■A^ THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES p 'n nil;; nsD wVVi5±i .SCHOOL & FAMILY BIBLE. * THE FIRST PART, CONTAINING THE PENTATEUCH, NEWLY TRANSLATED ■■^v, THE CailEF RABBI, I^Y UU. A. BEN18C1L art/ mul ( nstUxUion^ jiie, St. All- i-e, f tlic German Oriental Society J!ditor oj ,, ,.ulo. Commentary on EzekieL The Life loish War under Hadrian and Trajan. LONDON: .ISHED BY JAMES DARLING, 81, GREAT QUEEN ST., LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS ; R HAD AT ^ ilALL, LBADENHALL STKEET. A. M. 5611—1851. 1 1, CAMOMILE 8TBKKT, BISHOPSOATE. 41 D^£j^]bin aw PiiNTATBucH. — A upw Edition of the CK^JiDin has ju " "'^r I'eniscti, and can be had at Sussex Hall, at 48. p . ii'ieral discount allowed to parties addressing themselvei I loprietor. In the Press, Being the last part of a Jewish Solionl and Family Bible, contain: Pentateuch, (Hebrew and English,) translated from the Hebrew the supervision of the Rev. the Chief Rabbi, by Dr. a. BKNISCH. By the same author has appeared (second edition, price 2s. 6d.; Lectures on the Life and Writings of Maimonides." Wertheim, Paternoster Row, and Sussex Hall, Leadenhall Sti '• In these Lectures ar? concisely pourtrayed the life and history of one of t eminent n.en whom Jewish or any other literature has ever produced. App( the sketcli of his life, is a valual)le list of all the known works of Maimonides, th which has yet appeared in any European collection." — Athenceum. "Dr. Benisch has given us within the compass of two short lectures much information concerning the greatest of the modern Hebrew philosophers." — Mil i<7r: JEWISH SCHOOL & FAMILY BIBLE. THE FIRST PART, CONTAINING THE PENTATEUCH, NEWLY TRANSLATED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE RBV. THE CHIEF RABBI, BY DR. A. BENISCH, Professor of Hebrew to the Jews' and Getisral Literary and Scientific Tnttitutton, Lecturer pro tern, to the Western Synagogue, St. Alhaiis Place, Member of the London Philological Society, and of the German Oriental Society, Editor 0/ Ae Voice of Jacob, Author of a Translation of and a Commentary on Ezehiel, The Life ofMaimonides-iOfJevmh Life,andof the Jewish War under Hadrian and Trajan. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY JAMES DARLING, 81, GREAT QUEEN ST., LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS. A. M. 5611—1851. V, ) TO HIS BRETHREN IN FAITH IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE, THIS VERSION OF THE PENTATEUCH IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE TRANSLATOR. 20Sa047 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. I HAVE thought fit to entitle this version of the inspired writings the Jewish School and Family Bible, because it is marked by characteristics peculiar to Judaism. Whilst Jew and Gentile agree in considering this volume as emanating from God, and reverencing it as such, the Christian nevertheless regards it from a point of view of his own. He does not feel bound in its interpretation and rendering by the massorethic rules from which the Jew may not depart without deviating from the path of orthodoxy ; and there is probably no version of the Hebrew Scriptures executed for the Christian public, but exhibits instances of that liberty indulged in by the translators, whilst a Jew, by any such latitude, would render his work liable to the charge of heterodoxy on the part of the Syna- gogue. The Christian, moreover, considers himself absolved from what he calls the ceremonial laws of the Mosaic Dispen- sation. The Jew, however, although he divides the laws into various classes, this is, theoretically only, for scientific purposes, yet, practically, he makes no distinction between law and law ; and although some by their special reference to the Temple in Jeru- salem, and the national existence of Israel in the Holy Land, are at present not practicable, yet they are all equally binding upon him, and of an equally obligatory chai'acter. This latter view must materially influence the translator in his work. He that regards the ceremonial laws as a mass of types which have lost their significance since the appearance of the architype will, no doubt, look at themwitli the respect due to their exalted origin, and perhaps n PREFACE. even with the reverence with which the endeared remains of the departed are considered. But as, in his opinion, it is only a hfeless frame which he beholds,Tiis eyes will fail to observe the character- istics which distinguish a living organism, and his delineation will be accordingly. He that perceives in the ceremonial laws institutions of a temporary nature, befitting only views and circumstances no longer in existence, will examine them with antiquarian curiosity, critical acumen, and historical exactness. But as, in his, opinion they have no bearing on the present age, he will be satisfied with a general knowledge of them sufficient for his purpose, but will not become acquainted with those minutiae acquired only by him that sees their working daily and has daily to apply them. The former may be an excellent theorist, but the latter only can be called a practitionist. If it is considered that the ceremonial laws compose a large proportion of the Pentateuch and that they are intimately interwoven with its other elements, it will be ad- mitted at once that the spirit in which a Jewish translator has to conceive his work must be of a peculiar character. Let us illus- trate by a few examples the view here set forth. In Lev. xxiii. 40, we read in reference to the Feast of Taber- nacles ; nny yv ?i3yi onon niM mn ]*y no pL*'xin nvn dd*? onnp^i Sn3 '•myi thus rendered in the Anglican version : " And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees and willows of the brook." From the observance of this law. Christians, in unison with their views of the Bible, deem themselves absolved. For them it has no practical interest. A misconception of the text, therefore, is apt to escape the attention of the scholar, and will certainly not be discovered by the unlearned biblical student, and even if noticed, is likely to pass as an inadvertence. But it is quite different with the Jewish reader of the Bible, To him this commandment is of practical importance, and every year he sees it carried into effect. However ignorant in other respects, he knows what the text refers to ; for from personal experience he is aware that by this text are meant the citron, palm branch, myrtle, and the willow of the brook. To him, therefore, it is of PREFACE. VU the utmost importance that if not in accordance with Jewish tra- dition, the translator should at least not misconceive and conse- quently, mistranslate the text. But how has this passage been rendered ? ns, which never has any other signification except that of fruit, is in the body of the version translated "boughs." The substantive mn (meaning gloi-y or majesty,) probably here the name of a species of tree, is rendered "goodly," and ^^]}, -which is singular, is translated "boughs," and r\2]} which is pro- bably the name of a species of tree, and which, at all events, cannot be taken adjectively, is rendered " thick." In the same chapter, (v. 15) nst^'n mnOD D^h Dm~D1 is ren- dered "And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath." Now inasmuch as n2t^' literally means rest, it equally applies to the Sabbath and other festive days. In this passage tradition has decided that by nnt^ here is meant the first day of Passover, and that, consequently, on the 50th afterwards, the Festival of Weeks commences. From this view, however, the Sadducees differed, taking the word 7)21:^ in the signification of Sabbath. They, therefore, began to count the 7 weeks from the Sunday following the first day of Passover, and, consequently, their Festival of Weeks did not coincide with that of the orthodox Jews. The Anglican version evidently adopted the Sadducean view, and therefore is apt to mislead the orthodox Jew. I shall now, for the sake of illustration, select from the nume- rous instances before me an example where, by departing from the system of accents, as established by the Massorah, and rigorously followed by the Synagogue, quite a different sense has been given to the text. In Levit. xvii. 14, we read, xin IC'Dll 10T TJ'3 ^2 K'DJ *3, which is rendered in the Anglican version, " For it is the life of all flesh ; the blood of it is for the life thereof." The version here makes of the Hebrew two sentences. But as the word TJ*3 (flesh) has a re6«a, which is a minor disjunctive accent, it does not conclude the sentence.* Whatever the meaning of this difficult * Compare the first part of the preceding verse, where precisely tliesame accents occur, which, as is evident t'loiii tiie te\t, do not divide the passage into two sentences. via ' PREFACE. verse, thia much is clear, the AngUcan version takes the passage in a sense widely differing from tliat given it by the Massorah, as may be seen by comparing the rendering of the verse in thia translation with that of the Anglican version. Having pointed out the characteristic features of a version of the Scriptures for Jews, it would be a work of supererogation to prove to the Jewish community the desirableness of their possess- ing a translation which shall be the faithful expositor of Jewish opinions on every point in which the Synagogue holds distinct views, and to which they may safely refer in cases of doubt. To possess such a version in their vernacular tongue was the endea- vour of every portion of the Jewish community wherever they were established ; and to this endeavour the world is indebted for most of the ancient, and for many of the best modern trans- lations of the Bible. An enumeration of these various perform- ances, together with an inquiry into their respective merits, would not be uninteresting, and perhaps not out of place ; but as such an examination would overstep the limits of a preface, I confine myself to the mention of two versions which deserve special notice for the ftdelity and skill with which they are ex- ecuted, and for their close adherence to the opinions of the synagogue, and which have rendered me signal services in the performance of my task. These are the German translation of the Pentateuch made by Moses Mendelssohn, in the last century, and that of the whole Scriptures, also executed in Germany, by a band of Jewish sjcholars under the editorship of Dr.L.Zunz. With the view of affording to the pubhc the highest guarantee possible that the work before them is a faithful expositor of Jewish opinion in every theological point, the proof sheets were submitted to the Rev. the Chief Rabbi, whose suggestions were implicitly complied with in all those particulars bearing on religious subjects, while in every other respect I remained un- fettered, although I largely availed myself of the numerous and important hints which the Rev. Dr. threw out during our frequent ronferences, and for which I now publicly beg to tender him my •inocre thanks. PREFACE. IX It now remains for me to develop the principles on which this translation is based. The object for which the Bible is resorted to differs so mate- rially from the purpose for which other literary works are studied, that the rules given for their translation from a foreign language into a vernacular, appear to me insufficient for the production of a version of the Scriptures. It is for the compa- ratively few that the versions of the ancients are made ; it is the mass of the ,people for whom translations of the Bible are des- tined. It is for the gratification of curiosity, for the acquisition of historical lore, for the enlargement of the sphere of philoso- phical knowledge that the scrolls of antiquity are mostly unfolded. But the sacred volume is read for the purpose of searching out the path of truth, for deducing and forming rules of conduct in practical life, and for becoming acquainted with the means upon which human happiness depends. A translator of the Bible, therefore, should not be satisfied with a performance bearing all the characteristic features of the original, but should endeavour to give even those which being considered as adventitious are designedly neglected in other works. To use a simile, it is not the production of a portrait, but rather that of a daguerreotype of the original at which the translator of the Bible should aim. The translator who sets about his work with preconceived opinions, or mixes up the commentator with the translator, does not discharge his duty to the reader, since the latter does not seek to know the views of the former, or of any body else — but the word of God as expressed in the Bible, and as shall be under- stood by him according to the measure of intelligence and the amount of preparatory knowledge which he may happen to possess. I have accordingly laid down the following three prin- ciples for my guidance in this work — Fidelity, Uniformity, and Independence. Fidelity. — In order to attain the highest possible degree of fidelity, and to enable the biblical scholar to ascertain at a glance whether the signification of a Hebrew word is fully established, doubtful, or altogether unknown, every term previous to its being X PREFACE. rendered has been subjected to a careful examination. The best dictionaries, and especially the various treatises investigating He- brew synonymes, were for this purpose consulted ; and where these did not prove satisfactory, inquiries of my own were instituted. Terms, about which I arrived at the conclusion that as yet we do not know their signification, I did not render at all ; whilst to such as are yet doubtful, although there is strong (but not conclusive) evidence in favor of the x'enderiug adopted, I pre- fixed the following sign ||. As an instance of the first class I quote Tachask (Exod. xxvio, and in many other places.) This is translated by the Anglican version "a badger." " This is," ob- serves the Cyclopaedia of Bibhcal Literature {suh. voc.) "unques- tionably a wrong interpretation of the word ti>nn, since the badger is not found in Southern Asia, and has not as yet been noticed out of Europe." And as this, as well as all other renderings, are purely conjectural, destitute of every proof by which sound phi- lologists support their views, I left it untranslated. As an in- stance of the second class I quote the word Reem, DS"l (Numb, xxii. 22, and in several other places) translated by the Anglican version "unicorn." Gesenius (in his dictionary sub. voc.) trans- lates it " buffalo," and his reasons appeared to me very strong, although not decisive, therefore I rendered it "buffalol|." Uniformity. — The rendering of a word fixed, has been, as far as practicable, uniformly adhered to. If, for instance, the ascer- tained signification of laiD is desert, this, and no other transla- tion is given to this term wherever it may occur. The Anglican version is in this respect very inconsistent. The word just quoted, although generally rendered "wilderness," is sometimes translated "desert" (for instance, in Exod. iii. 1 ; xix. 2 ; xxiii. 31, &c.) The same is the case with the noun, |n which is indiscri- minately rendered (/race (for instance. Gen. vi. 8), and favour (for instance, Numb. xi. U, 15). For the verb, n:n the Anglican version has no less than eight renderings, of which the reader may convince himself by referring to the following passages : In Numb. i. 25, it is translated "pitch," but in x. 31, " encamp ;" in xxxi. 19, "abide;" ix. 17, "rest in their tents;" and in v. 20, PREFACE. XI "abide in their tents." In Nehem. xi. 20, "dwelt;" Numb.x. 5, "to lie ;" Nahum iii. 17, " camp." The verb yD3 (he journeyed) I have noticed is rendered in ten different ways. That these instances are not solitary, every reader may convince himself by consulting " The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament," published at Longman's, where every page will afford him exemplifications of this kind. Whatever the principle by which the translators appointed by king James were, in this respect, guided (and 1 must confess I have hitherto failed to discover it), it is evidently attended with two great disadvantages. It, in the first place, increases the dif- ficulties for the learner who uses their version for the purpose of acquiring a knowledge of the Hebrew. Let the learner, for in- stance, on the first outset have met with a passage where the verb n3n is given by " he encamped," he will impress this ren- dering upon his memory, and as a matter of course, wherever he finds the Hebrew n3n his memory will suggest to him its English equivalent "he encamped," and vice versa. So far so good. But let him in the next verse find "he pitched bis tent," he would not for a moment think that the Hebrew equivalent is again run, and expecting some other term, he will be at the trouble of consulting the original, when, to his surprise, he will find the same nan, which in the line above it was rendered " he encamped." Well, let us suppose the learner to have impressed upon his memory also this second signification, he will naturally expect the next time^ he reads in the version " he pitched his tent" the Hebrew nsn ; but no such thing, it is not njn in the text, it is riX VpT\ I'pnS (Gen. xxxi. 25.) This lax mode of rendering is, in the second place, most perplex- ing to the student, and must necessarily often mislead him. Let us suppose, in order to illustrate this point, a student not acquainted with the Hebrew, investigating the laws concerning the paschal lamb ; he will read (Exod. xii. 43)." AndtheLord said unto Moses and Aaron, this is the ordinance of the Passover: there shall no stranger eat thereof." The word "stranger" as used in the Anglican version may mean a " layman " (as, for instance, ")t Exod. Xll PREFACE. XXIX. 33), or an individual sojourning in a place of which he is not •'a native" (ij, Gen. xxj^ii. 4), and lastly, "an alien" (ns^Deut. xvii. 1 5 ) , all of which are indiscriminately rendered " a stranger." The inquirer not acquainted with the existence of these Hebi'ew woids for these three distinct ideas will take the English term in its conventional meaning ; but what will be his perplexity when he reads in verses 48, 49 (ibid,): "And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and keep the passover of the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it ... . One law shall be to him that is home-born, and to the stranger that sojourneth among you," whilst the text presents no difficulty whatever; the Herbrew for the first "stranger," being -|3J p, son of an alien ; and for the second stranger, "ij, in the second mean- ing of the term. This lax rendering may further practically lead the biblical student to conclusions which may very materially affect the weai of society. Let us suppose our inquii'er interested in the question of capital punishment. Before taking a part, he will probably search in the Word of God for a safe line of conduct. He will find in the ten commandments, " thou shalt not kill." Seeing from many passages (for instance. Numbers xxxv. 31) that the Hebrew has a distinct term for " to murder," (nX"i)* he will con- clude that this verb is not used in this commandment, and that consequently it is against the Decalogue putting a person to death for any reason whatever; whilst, in liict, the scriptural text under discussion prohibits murder, the verb nVT (to murder) and not i"in (to slay), or riDH (to put to death) being em- ployed. But as a too rigid adherence to this rule would occasionally have done violence to our language, and at other times have ren- dered the expression unintelligible, a suitable translation has in such cases been inserted in the version, whilst the original ren- Strictly taken, nvT neither means to kill (i. e. to take life) nor to murder, (t. e. to take human life unlawfully and unintentionally). The Hebrew nvT means " to taks human life unlawfully witliout reference to intention (comp. Numb. XXV. 12-13) ; il is therefore more faithfully renderely, and fill thp waters in the seas, and the fowl shall multipl^^on the earth.* 23 And it was evening and it was morning, a fifth day. 24 And God said, The earth shall bring forth the living soul, after its kind, beast, and creeping thing, and animal of the earth after their kind: and it was so.* 25 And God made the rsnimal of the earth after its kind, and beasts after their kind, and every thing that creep- eth upon the ground after its kind : and God saw that it was good. 26 And God said, We will make man^ in our image, after our likeness : and they shall have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over the beasts, and over all the earth, and over every 27 creeping thing upon the earth.* So God created the » making. « gave. » Adam. * have dominion. GENESIS, Chap. I. II. man^ in his own image, in the image of God created he 28 him ; male and female created he them.* And God blessed them, and God said unto them^Be fruitful and mul- tiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it : and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over every animal that creepeth upon the earth.* 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing^ seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree yielding- 30 seed ; to you it shall be for food.* And to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heaven, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, I have given every green herb for food : 31 and it was so.* And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And it was even- ing and it was morning, day the sixth. Chap. II. 1 Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all 2 the host of them.* And on the seventh day God had finished his work which he had made : and he rested^ on the seventh day from all his work which he had 3 made.* And God blessed the seventh day, and sancti- fied it: because that in it he rested-^ from all his work which God had created in order to make it. 4 These are the generations^ of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the 5 Eternal God made the earth and the heaven.* And every plant of the field was not yet in the earth, and every herb of the field had not yet grown: for the Eternal God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, 6 and there was no man^ to till^ the ground.* But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole 7 face of the ground.* And the Eternal God formed the man^ of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and the man^ became a living 8 soul. And the Eternal God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man^ whom he had formed. 1 Adam. - seeding. 3 left oflF. * progeny. ^ gerve. GENESIS, Chap. II. 9 And out of the ground caused the Eternal God to grow every tree that is desirable to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, 10 and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.* And a river goeth out of Eden to water the garden ; and from 11 thence it partcth, and becomethinto four heads.* The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth 12 the whole land of Havilah, where there is the gold ;* And the gold of that land is good : there is the bedollach and 13 onyx stone.* And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land 14 of Ethiopia.* And the name of the third river is Hid- dekel: that is it which goeth towards the east of Assyria. 15 And the fourth river is Euphrates.* And the Eternal God took the man, and placed him in the garden of 16 Eden to cultivate^ it and to keep it.* And the Eternal God commanded the man,- saying, of every tree of the 17 garden thou mayest freely eat:*^ But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.*"* 18 And the Eternal God said. It is not good that the man2 should be alone ; I will make him a help meet for^ 19 him.* Now out of the ground the Eternal God had formed every animal of the field, and every fowl of the heaven; and brought it unto the man^ to see what he would call it : and whatsoever the man- called every 20 living soul that ivas its name.* And the man- gave" names to all the beasts, and to the fowl of the heaven, and to every animal of the field; but for the man" he 21 had not found a help meet for^ him.* And the Eternal God caused an overpowering sleep to fall upon the man,'^ and he slept : and he took one of his ribs, and shut in flesh 22 instead thereof;* And the Eternal God made'' the rib, which he had taken from the man'^ into a woman, and 23 brought her unto the man.* And the man- said. This is this time bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh : this shall be called Woman, because this was taken out of 24 Man.* Therefore a man Icaveth his father and his mother, and cleaveth unto his wife : that they may 25 become as one flesh. i\nd they were both naked, the mau^ and his wife, and were not ashamed. * serve. - Adam. ^ eating thou mayest eat. ■* dying thou shalt die. * as opposite. ° called. ' built. GENESIS, Chap. III. Chap. III. 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the Eternal God had made. And he said unto the woman. Although God hath said, Ye 2 shall not eat of every tree of the garden . . . .* And the woman said unto the serpent, We m.ay eat of the fruit 3 of the trees of the garden :* But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said. Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lestyc die.* 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not 5 surely die :* For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be unclosed, and ye shall 6 be as gods, knowing good and evil.* And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and 7 he did eat.* And the eyes of them both were unclosed, and they knew that they were naked ; and they fastened 8 together fig leaves, and made themselves girdles.* And they heard the voice of the Eternal God walking about in the garden in^ the wind of the day: and the man" and his wife hid themselves firom the face of the Eternal God 9 in the midst of the trees of the garden.* And the Eternal God called unto the man," and said unto him. Where 10 art thou?* And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked ; and I 11 hid myself* And he said. Who told thee that thou tvast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof 12 I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?* And the man2 said, The woman whom thou gavest to he 13 with me, she gave me of the tree : and I did eat.* And the Eternal God said unto the woman. What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said. The 14 serpent beguiled me. and I did eat.* And the Eternal God said unto the serpent. Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all beasts, and above every animal of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and 15 dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:* And I will set enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed ; it shall bruise thy headj and thou shalt bruise its heel. '■ towards. '' Adam. GENESIS, Chap. III. IV. 16 Unto the woman he said,, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy pregnancy; in pain thou shalt bear children ; and thy longing shall be to thy husband, and he shall have dominion over thee. 1 7 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast heark- ened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ;* 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth^ to thee; 19 and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;* In the sweat of thy face^ shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust 20 thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.* And the man^ called his wife's name Eve ; because she was th** 21 mother of all living.* And unto Adam and to his wife did the Eternal God make inner garments for the skin, and clothed them. 22 And the Eternal God said. Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put* forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat and 23 live for ever:^* Therefore the Eternal God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to tilF the ground from 24 whence he was taken.* So he drove out the man ;' and he stationed at the east of the garden of Eden the Che- rubim, and the flame of the sword turning itself to keep the way of the tree of life. Chap. IV. 1 And the man^ knew Eve his wife ; and she became pregnant, and bare Cain, and said, I have obtained a 2 man from the Eternal.* And she again bare'' his brother Abel. And Abel was a feeder of flocks, but 3 Cain was a tiller of^ the ground.* And in process of time^ it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of 4 the ground an oblation unto the Eternal.* i^nd Abel, he also brought of the first-born of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Eternal had regard unto Abel and 5 to his oblation.* But unto Cain and to his oblation he had not regard. And Cain was very wrothj^*^ and his 6 face fell. *And the Eternal said unto Cain, Wherefore 4 * cauee to grow. ^ nose. ^ Adam. ^ send. ^ henceforth. " serve in. ' continued to bear. * serving. ^ at the end of days. '" glowed greatly. GENESIS, Chap. IV. art thou wroth ?^ and wherefore is thy face fallen ?* 7 Is it not thusi if thoa niendeot there is forgiveness,^ and if thou dost not mend, sin croucheth at the entrance ; and unto thee is its longing, nevertheless thou mayest rule 8 over it.* And Cain said to Abel his brother .... and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.* 9 And the Eternal said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother ? And he said, I know not : am I my brothers 10 keeper?* And be said. What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.* 11 And now cursed be thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to take thy brother's blood from 12 thy hand;* When thou tillest^ the ground, it shall not continue to give unto thee her strength ; a vagabond and 13 a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.* And Cain said unto the Eternal, My punishment^ is greater than can 14 be borne.* Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground ; and from thy face shall I oe hid ; and I shall be a vagabond and a wanderer in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that whosoever findeth 15 me shall slay me.* And the Eternal said unto him, Verily, whosoever slayeth Cain, it shall be avenged sevenfold. And the Eternal appointed? a sign for Cain, 16 that none finding him should smite him.* And Cain went away from the face of the Eternal, and abode in the land 17 of Nod, on the east of Eden.* And Cain knew his wife; and she became pregnant, and bare Enocl^: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the 18 name of his son, Enoch.* And unto Enoch was born Irad ; and Irad begat^ Mehujael : and Mehujael begat^ 19 Methusael: and Methu&ael begat^ Lamech.* And La- mech took unto hira two wives : the name of the one 20 was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.* And Adah bare Jabal : he was the father of such as abide in 21 tents, and of such as have cattle.* And his brother's name was Jubal : he was the father of all such as handle^ 22 the harp and pipes.* And Zillah, she also bare Tubal- cain, the father of every sharpener, and of every arti- ficer in copper and iron: and the sister of Tubal- 23 cain was Naamah.* And Lamech said unto his wives, * dost thou glow ! -forbe^iririg. ^ servcit. * iniquity, ^bare. ^ lay hold of. 7 put. GENESIS Cha^. IV. V. Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, give ear unto my speech: noio that I can slay^ a man by 24 a wound of m.ine, and a child by a stripe of mine :* If Cain be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and 25 sevenfold.* And Adam knew his wife again : and she bare a son, and called his name Seth : For God, said she, hath appointed^ me another seed instead of Abel, 26 for Cain slew him.* And to Seth, to him also there was born a son ; and he called his name Enos: then it was begun to call idols by the name of the Eternal. Chap. V. 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created raan,^ in the likeness of God 2 made he him ;* Male and female created he them ; and blessed them, and called their name man,^ in the day 3 when they were created.* And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, 4 after his image ; and called his name Seth :* And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth were eight 5 hundred years : and he begat sons and daughters:* And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years : and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and 7 begat Enos :* And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:* 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years : and he died. 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan :* 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred 11 and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:* And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years : and he died. 12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Maha- 13 laleel:* And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and 14 daughters:* And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 15 And Mnhalalecl lived sixty and five years, and begat 1 have slain ^ set. ^ Adam. GENESIS, Cii^P. Y. 16 Jared :* And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jarcci eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters :* 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years : and he died. 18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and 19 he begat Enoch :* And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:* 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years : and he died. 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat 22 Methuselah :* And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons 23 and daughters:* And all the days of Enoch were three 24 hundred sixty and five years :* And Enoch walked with God : and he was not ; for God took him. ^6 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven 26 years, and begat Lamech :* And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, 27 and begat sons and daughters:* And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. 28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, 29 and begat a son.* And he called his name Noah, saying,* This same shall comfort us concerning our work' and sorrow of our hands, because of the ground 30 which the Eternal hath cursed.* And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, 31 and begat sons and daughters :* And all the days of Lamech were seven hundi'ed seventy and seven years: and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 1 deed. G GENESIS, Chap. VI. Chap. VL 1 And it came to pass, M'hen men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto 2 them,* That the sons of the gods saw the daughters of men that they were fair^ and they took them wives of all 3 whom they chose.* And the Eternal said. My spirit shall not henceforth pron^^uuce judgment against man through their backslidings : he is only flesh, therefore 4 his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.* There were the giants- in the earth in those days ; and also after tluit, when the sons of the gods came unto the daughters of men, and they bare childrtn to them, these are the heroes who were of old men of name. 6 And the Eternal saw that the wickedness of man was great^ in the earth, and that every imagination of the 6 thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.'** And the Eternal repented that lie had made man on the 7 earth, and it pained his heart.* And the Eternal said, I will blot out-'' the man whom 1 have created from the face of the grt)und ; from man, to beast, to the creeping thing, and to the fowls of the heaven ; for I repent that I 8 have made them.* l)iit Noah ibund favor in the eyes of the Eternal. 9 These are the progeny of Noah; Noah was a righteous man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked 10 with God.* And Noah begat three sons, i^hem. Ham, 11 and Japheth.* Now the eartli was corrupt before God, 12 and the earth was filled with violence.* And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt ; for all flesh bad cornn)ted its way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto. Noah, The end of all flesh is come beibre me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy** them with 14 the earth.* Make thee an ark" of gopher wood ; rooms" ' good. "^ fallea ones. ^ numerous. * all the day. * wipe away. ^ corrupt. ' chest. * nests. GENESIS, CuAP. VI. \IL shalt thou make in the ark^ and shalt pitch it within and 15 without with pitch.* And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the ark^ shall he three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, rind the height of it thirty 16 cubits.* A transparency shalt thou make to the ark,' and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above ; and the en- trance of the ark' shalt thou put in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make ic* 17 And behold, I, even I, do bring a deluge of waters upon the earth, to destroy- all flesh, wherein is the spirit of life, from under the heaven ; ami every thing that is in 18 the earth shall expire.* But with thee will I establish^ my covenant ; and thou shalt come into the ark,' thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with 19 thee.* And of every living thing of all flesh, two of all shalt thou bring into the ark,' to keep them alive with 20 thee ; they shall be male and female.* Of fowls after their kind, and of beasts after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground, after its kind, two of all 21 shall come unto thee, to keep them aUve.* And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee, and 22 ibr them.* And Noah did thus ; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Crap. VII. 1 And the Eternal said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark ;' for thee have I seen righteous 2 before me in this generation.* Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and its female :■* and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and 3 its female.^* Of fowls also of the heaven, by sevens,^ the male and the female ; to keep seed alive upon the 4 face of all the earth.* For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every being that I have made will I blot'' 5 out from off the face of the ground.* And Noah did according unto all that the Eternal commanded him.* 6 And Noah was six hundred years old^ when the deluge 1 chest. - corrupt. ^ raise. * -•■eveu seven, a man and his viife. ' a man and his wife. '' seven seven. ' wipe. " a son of. GENESIS, Chap. VII. 7 of waters was upon the earth.* And Noah came in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him , 8 into the ark,^ because of the waters of the deluge.* Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,* 9 There came in two and two unto Noah into the ai'k,^ the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.* 10 And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters 11 of the deluge were upon the earth.* In the six hun- dredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day M'ere all the fountains of the great^ murmuring deep broken up, 12 and the apertures of the heaven were opened.* And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.* 13 In the selfsame day came Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark.^* 14 They, and every animal after its kind, and every beast after its kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowt 15 after its kind, every bird, whatever hath wings.* And they came in unto Noah into the ark,^ two and two of 16 all flesh, wherein is the spirit of life.* And they that came in, came in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him : and the Eternal shut him in.* 17 And the deluge was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark,^ and it was lifted 18 up above the earth.* And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark^ 19 went upon the face of the waters.* And the waters pre- vailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high mountains, that were under the whole heaven, were 20 covered.* Fifteen cubits above them did the waters pre- 21 vail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh expired that moved^ upon the earth, of fowl, and of beast, and of animal, and of every prolific creature that bringeth forth abundantly upon the earth, and every 22 man :* All in whose nostrils loas the breath of the spirit 23 oflife, of allthat loas in the dry* land, died.* And he blotted'' out every being which was upon the face of the * chest. 2 numeroua. ^ crept. * dried up. ^ ^ipg,} away. GENESIS. Chap. VII. VIII ground, from man to be.ist, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heaven ; and they were blotted^ out from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that 24 were with him in the ark.^* And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. Chap. VIII. 1 AxD God remembered Noah, and every animal, and every beast that was with him in the ark;* and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters 2 assuaged.* The fountains also of the murmuring deep and the apertures of heaven were stopped, and the rain 3 from the heaven was wtlhheld;* And the waters returned from off the earth continually ;^ and after the end^ of 4 the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.*'^ And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat* 5 And the waters decreased'' continually^ until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the 6 month, were the tops'' of the mountains seen.* And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened 7 the window of the ark which he had made:* And he sent forth the raven, which went out to and fro,^ until 8 the waters were dried up from off the earth.* Also he sent forth the dove from him, to see if the waters were 9 abated from off the face of the ground ;* But the dove found no rest for the sole^ pf her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark,^ for the waters were on the face of the whole earth : then he put forth^^ his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.2* 10 And he waited yet seven other days : and again he sent 11 forth'' the dove out of the ark.^* And the dove came in to him in the evening time ; and, lo, in her mouth IOCS an olive leaf torn off: so Noah knew that the waiters 12 were abated from off" the earth.* And he waited yet seven other daj^s; and sent forth the dove which 13 returned not again unto him any more.* And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first darj of the month, the waters were dried up from oft' the earth ; and Noah removed the covering 1 wiped away. ^ chest. ■'' going and returning. * extremity. ^ (jj^^jnisije^^ * were going and returning. ' heads. ^ going out and returning. ^ hollow. ^" sent. U he continued to send. GENESIS, Cha:-. VIII. IX. of the ark^ and saw, and, beliold, the face of the ground 14 was dried up. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15 16 And God spake imto Noah, saying,* Go out of the ark,^ thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' 17 wives with thee.* Bring forth with thee every animal that is with thee, of all flesh, of fowl, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may bring forth abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.* 18 And Noah went out, and his sons, and his wife, and his 19 sons' wives with him :* Every animal, every creeping thing, and every fowl ; whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the 20 ark.i* And Noah built an altar unto the Eternal: and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and 21 offered^ burnt offerings on the altar.* And the Eternal smelled the grateful odour ; and the Eternal said in his heart, I will not again-^ execrate the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again^ smite 22 any more every thing living, as I have done.* While the earth remaineth,'' seed^2meand harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.* Chap. IX. 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto 2 them. Be fruitful, andmultiply, and fill the earth.* And the dread^ of you and the terror of you shall be upon every animal of the earth, and upon every fowl of the heaven, upon all that creepeth upon the ground, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they 3 given.* Every creeping thing that liveth shall be food for you ; as the green herb have I given you all 4 things* Nevertheless flesh with the soul thereof, and ■5 the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.* However your own blood of your souls will I require ; at the hand of every living souP will 1 require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of a man's brother^ will I require 6 the soul of man.* Whoso shcddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of ' ;hi!t. 'brought up. ^ continue to. * yet all the days of the earth. " leave oflF. * animal. '' a man his brother. ,^ terriblenets. GENESIS, Chap. IX. 7 God made he man.* And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply ; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 And God said unto Noah, and to his sons with him, 9 as follows,* And I, behold,! establish^ my covenant with 10 you, and with your seed after you;* And with eveiy living soul that is with you, of the fowl, of the beast, and of every animal of the earth with you ; from all 11 that go out of the ark' to every animal of the earth.* And I v-ill establish^ my covenant with you ; that all flesh shall not be cut off any more by the waters of the deluge ; neither sliall there a^iy more be a deluge to 12 destroy"^ the earth.* And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I appoint* between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for generations 13 for ever :* My bow I have set'^ in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the 14 earth.* And it shall come to pass, when I cloud the earth with clouds, that the bow shall be seen in the 15 cloud :* And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living soul of all licsh ; and the waters shall no more become a dclusfe to 16 destroy^ all flesh.* And the bow shall be in the cloud ; and I will regard'' it in order to remember for ever the covenant between God and everv livins soul of all flesh 17 that is upon the earth.* And God said unto Noah, This 25 the sign of the covenant, which I have established"^ between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 18 And the sons of Noah that went out of the ark,^ were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth ; and Ham is the father 19 of Canaan.* These are the three sons of Noah: and 20 bythem was the whole earth overspread.* And Noah, the 21 husbandman,^ began and planted a vineyard.* And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was 22 uncovered in the midst of his tent.* And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and 23 told his two brethren without.* And Shem and Japheth took an outer garment, and put it upon both their shoulders, and went backwards and covered the nakedness of their father ; and their faces we?'e backward, and they saw 24 not their father's nakedness.* And Noah awoke from 1 chest. ^ raise. ' corrupt. * give. 5 given. « ste. ! man of the ground. 8 raised. GENESIS, Chap. IX. X. his wine, and knew what nis younger^ son had done 25 unto him.* And he said, Cursed he Canaan ; a servant 26 of sei-vants will he be unto his brethren.* And he said. Blessed he the Eternal God of Shem ; and may 27 Canaan be servant to them.* May God enlai'ge Japhcth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem ; and may Canaan 28 be servant to them.* And Noah lived after the deluge 29 three hundred and fifty years.* And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years ; and he died. Chap. X. 1 Now these ore the progeny of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons Lorn 2 after the deluge.* The sons of Japheth ; Gomcr, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Me- 3 shech, and Tiras.* And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz, 4 and Riphath, and Torgarmah.* And the sons of Javan ; 5 Elishah, and Tarsbish, Kittim, and Dodanim.* From these were parted the inhabitants of the maritime settle^ ments of the nations in their lands; every one^ after his 6 tongue, after their families, in their nations.* And the sons of Ham ; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and 7 Canaan.* And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtcchah: and the 8 sons of Raamah ; Sheba, and Dedan.* And Cush begat 9 Nimrod : he began to be a hero in the earth.* He was a hero of the chase^ before the Eternal : wherefore it is said. Even as Nimrod the hero of the chase^ before the 10 Eternal* And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Ercch, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of 11 Shinar.* Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth and Calah.* 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is 13 a great city.* And Mitzraim begat Ludim, and Ana- 14 mini, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,* And Pfithrusim, and Casluhim, out of whom came Philistira, and Caphtorim, 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,* 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite. ' little. ^ a man. ^ venison, provision. GENESIS, Chap. X. 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite.* 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hama- thite: and afterwards vrere the famihes of the Canaanite 19 spread abroad.* And the boundary of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza ; as thou comest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, 20 and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.* These are the sons of Ham, after their famihes, after their tongues, in their lands, and in their nations. 2 1 Unto Shem, also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, ^ even to him were 22 children born.* The children of Shem; Elam, and 23 Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.* And the children of Aram ; Uz, and IIul, and Gether, and 24 Mash.* And Arphaxad begat Salah ; and Salah begat 25 Eber.* And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; 26 and his brother's name was Joktan.* And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,* 27 28 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,* And Obal, 29 and Abimael, and Sheba,* And Ophir, and Havilah, and 30 Jobab : all these were the sons of Joktan.* And their habitation was from Mesha, as thou comest unto Sephar 31a mount of the east.* These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after 32 their nations.* These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their progeny, in their nations: and from these were the nations parted on the earth after the deluge. Chap. XL 1 And the whole earth was of one language,' and of few' 2 words.* And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a deep valley in the land of 3 Shinar ; and they abode there. And they said, one to another,"* Come, let us make bi'icks, and burn them thoroughly.^ And they had brick for stone, and bitumen 4 had they for mortar.* And they said. Come, we will build for us a city and a tower, whose head may reach unto heaven; and we will make for us a name, lest we be 1 great. 2 Up. 3 single, * a man ta his fellow. 5 to burning. D GENESIS, Chap. XI. o scattered upon the face of the whole earth.* And the Eternal came down to see the city and the tower, which 6 the children of men had built.* And the Eternal said. Behold, it is one people, and they have all one language ;i and this they begin to do : and now shall they not be precluded from anything which they have devised to 7 do?* Come, we will go down and there confound" their langaage,^ that they may not understand one another's 8 speech. ^* So the Eternal scattered them from thence upon the face of all the earth : and the}' ceased to build 9 the city.* Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Eternal did there confound^ the language' of all the earth : and from thence did the Eternal scatter them upon the face of all the earth. 10 These are the progeny of Shem: Sheni was an hun- dred years old,'* and begat Arphaxad two years after 1 1 the deluge :* And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat 13 Salah :* And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three yeais, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:* 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. in And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat 17 Peleg:* And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hun- dred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:* 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat 21 Serug :* And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hun- dred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:* 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat iip. * mingle •' that they mry not hear a man the lip of his fellow. ^ a son of hundred years. GENESIS, Chap. XI. XII. 25 Terah:* And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah Hved seventy years, and begat Abram, 27 Nahor, and Haran.* Now these are the progeny of Terah : Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran ; and 28 Haran begat Lot.* And Ilaran died before his fether Terah in the knd of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldees.* 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife teas Sarai ; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, 30 and the father of Iscah.* But Sarai was barren ; she 31 had no child.* And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife ; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan ; and they came unto Haran, and abode 32 there.* And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years : and Terah died in Haran. Chap. XXL Now the Eternal had said unto Abram, Go out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will shew thee :* And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing :* And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that execrateth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth2 be blessed.* So Abram went, as the Eternal had spoken unto him ; and Lot went with him : and Abram icas seventy and five years old-^ when he went out from Haran.* And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten'* in Haran: and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and * ground. ^ a son of seventy and five years. * made. GENESIS, Chap. XII. XIII. 6 they came into the land of Canaan.* And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the oak of Moreh.* And the Canaanite was then 7 in the land.* And the Eternal appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land : and there built he an altar unto the Eternal, who appeared unto 8 him.* And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched^ his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and the Ai on the east : and there he built an altar unto the Eternal, and called on the 9 name of the Eternal.* And Abram journeyt^d, going and journeying towards the south. 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there ; for the famine 11 teas grievous^ in the land. *ADd it came to pass, when he approached to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a woman of 12 beautiful appearance.^* Therefore it shall come to pass, that when the Egyptians see thee, they will say. This is his wife : and they will slay me, but thee they will 13 keep alive.* Say, 1 pray, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake ; and my soul shall 14 live because of thee.* And it came to pass that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the 15 woman that she teas very beautiful.* The officers also of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh : and 16 the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.* And to Abram he did well for her sake : and he had flocks, and herds, and he-asses, and menservants, and handmaids, 17 and she-asses, and camels.* And the Eternal plagued Pharaoh and his house with great afflictions because of 18 Sarai Abram's wife.* And Pharaoh called Abram, and said. What is this that thou hast done unto me ? where- fore didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?* 19 Wherefore saidst thou. She is my sister? so that I took her to me to wife : now therefore behold thy wife, take 20 her, and go.* And Pharaoh commanded his men con- cerning him : and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. Chap. XIII. 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with liim, into the south.* * inclined. ^ heavy. ^ sight. GENESIS, Chap. XIIT. 2 And Abram was very richi in cattle, in silver, and in 3 gold.* And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been 4 previously, bctweeen Beth-el.and the Ai ;* Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first : and 5 there Abrara called on the name of the Eternal.* And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, 6 and tents.* And the land was not able to bear them, that they might abide together ; for their substance was great, so that they were not able to abide together.* 7 And there was a quarrel between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle : and the Canaanite and the Perrizite abode then in the land.* 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no conten- tion, I pray, between me and thee, and between my 9 herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be kinsmen.-* Is not the whole land before thee? part, I pray, from me : if thou ivilt take to the left, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right, then I will go to 10 the left.* And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the dis- trict^ of the Jordan, that it vms well watered every where, before the Eternal destroyed^ Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Eternal, like the land of 1 1 Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.* Then Lot chose him all the district^ of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed from the 12 east: and they parted the one from the other.** Abram abode in the land of Canaan, and Lot abode in the cities of the district,^ and pitched his tent towards Sodom.* 13 But the men of Sodom were evil and sinful before the 14 Eternal exceedingly.* And the Eternal said unto Abram, after that Lot was parted from him. Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and west- 15 ward:^* For all the land which thou secst, to thee will 16 1 give it, and to thy seed for ever.* And I will make' thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man is able to count the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed 17 also be counted.* Arise, walk about in the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will 18 I give it.* Then Abi'am pitched his tent, and came and abode at the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Eternal. * heavy. ' men brethren. ^ circle. * corrupted. ^ a man from his brother. ^ seaward. ' put. GENESIS, Chap. XIV. Chap. XIV. 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of 2 Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim ;* That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king 3 of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.* All these joined together in the Vale of Siddim, which is 4 the salt sea.* Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, 5 and in the thirteenth^ year they rebelled.* And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that %cere with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in 6 Shaveh Kiriathaim,* And the Horites in their Mount 7 Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the desert.* And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country- of the Amalekites, and also 8 the Amorites, that abode in Hazezon-tamar.* And there went out the king of Sodom^ and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, the same is Zoar; and they joined^ 9 battle-^ with them in the vale of Siddim ;* With Chedor- laomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of 10 Ellasar; four kings with the five.* And the vale of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled"' and fell there; and they 11 that remained fled" to the mountain.* And they took all the substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their 12 food, and went.* And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who abode in Sodom, and his substance, and they 13 went.* And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: for he dwelt at the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate* with 14 Abram.* And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued ' thirteen. - field. ^ set in order. * war. ' owners of the covenant. ' ran awaj. GENESIS, Chap. XIV. XV. 15 them unto Dan.* And he divided himself, by night, against them, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left of 16 Damascus.* And he restored all the substance, and a' so his brother Lot, and his substance he restored, 17 and the women also, and the people.* And the King of Sodom went out towards him after his re- turn from smiting Chedorlaomer, and the kings that loere with him, to the vale of Shaveh, Avhich is the 18 king's vale.* And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was a priest of the 19 most high God.* And he blessed him, and said. Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor 20 of heaven and earth :* And blessed be the most hig-h God, who hath delivered up thine adversaries into thy 21 hand. And he gave him tithes of all.* And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the souls, and take 22 the substance to thyself. * And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted^ up mine hand unto the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth;* 23 If I take from a thread even to a sandal tie, and if I take anything that is thine, . . . and thou shalt not say, I 24 have made Abram rich:* Nought for me only that which the lads have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eschol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. Crap. XV. 1 After these things the word of the Eternal came^ unto Abram in a vision, saying. Fear not, Abram : I am thy 2 shield, thy reward shall be very great.^* And Abram said. Lord Eternal, wherefore^ wilt thou give me, since I go childless, and the son of the steward of my house is this 3 Eliezer of Damascus.* And Abram said. Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : and, lo, one born in my house is 4 mine heir.* And, behold, the word of the Eternal came unto him, saying. He shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine oivn bowels shall be thine heir.* 5 And he brought him forth outside, and said, Look now towards heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them : and he said unto him. So shall thy seed ' heaved, ' lads. •* was. * much. ^ what. GENESIS, Chap. XV. XVI. 6 be.* And he believed in the Eternal ; and he accounted^ 7 it to him for righteousness.* And he said unto him, I am the Eternal who brought thee out of Ur of the 8 Chaldees, to give thee this land to p:issess it* And he said, Lord Eternal, whereby shall I know that I shall 9 possess it?* And he said unto him. Take me an heifer of three years old,^ and a she goat of three years old,'' and a ram of three years old," and a turtle dove, and a 10 young pigeon.*^ And he t'Hik unto him all these, and split them in the midst, and laid each piece one against 11 another:'* but the birds spHt he i ot.* And the birds of p»-ey came down upon the carcases, and Abram scared 12 them away.* And when the svni was going down, an over- powering sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, an horror of 13 great darkness fell upon him.* And he said unto Abram, Know of a su' ety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, uid shall serve them ; and they 14 shall afflict them four hundred years ; And also against that nation, whom they shall serve, will I pronounce judgment; and afterwards shall they come out with 15 great substance.* And thou shalt come to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.*^ 16 But a fourth generation shall come hither again : for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.^* 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a torch of fire that passed between those fragments.* 18 In the same day the Eternal made'' a covenant with Abram, saying. Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river 19 Euphrates:* The Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the 20 Kadmonite,* And the Hitt'te, and the Perizzite, and 21 the Rephaim,* And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. CiiAP. XVI. 1 Now Sarai Abram's Avife bare him no children : find she had an Egyptian handmaid, whose name ivas Ilagar.* 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Eternal hath restrained me from bearing: come, I pray, unto my handmaid ; perhaps I may obtain children by ' thought. '^ threefold. ^ bird. * gave a man his piece towards his fellow. * grey hair. " whole. ' cut. GENESIS, Chap. XVI. XVII. her.i And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.* 3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her handmaid the Egyptian, after^ Abram had abode ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be 4 his wife.* And he came unto Hagar, and she became pregnant: and when she saw that she was pregnant, 5 her mistress was slighted in her eyes.* And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong^ is through thee : I have given my handmaid into thy bosom ; and when she saw that she was pregnant, I was slighted in her eyes: may 6 the Eternal judge between me and thee.* But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy handmaid is in thy hand ; do to her as '* seemeth good in thine eyes. And Sarai 7 afflicted her, and she fled from her face.* And an angeH of the Eternal found her by a fountain^ of water in the 8 desert, by the fountain^ on the way to Shur.* And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt Lhou go? And she said. From the face 9 of my mistress Sarai I am fleeing.* And the angel^ of the Eternal said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit 10 thyself ^ under her hands.* And the angel^ of the Eternal said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that 11 it shall not be counted for multitude.* And the angel'* of the Eternal said unto her. Behold, thou art pregnant, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael ; 12 because the Eternal hath heard thy affliction.* And he will be like a wild ass among men; his hand loill be against all, and the hand of all against him ; and in the face of 13 all his brethren he shall dwell.* And she called the name of the Eternal that spake unto her. Thou art a God visible to me : for she said. Did I see a vestige after 14 my seeing him?* Therefore the well was called Beer- lahai-roi ; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.* 15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his 16 son's name, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.* And Abram ivas fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. Chap. XVII. 1 And when Abram was ninety years old^ and nine, the Eternal appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am an Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect.* • Bball be built from ber. ^ at the end. ^ violence. * messenger. * eye. ^ afflict tbysfilf. ' a son of. E GENESIS, Chap. XVII. 2 And I will make^ my covenant between me and thee, 3 and will multiply thee exceedingly.* And Abram fell 4 on his foce : and God spake to him, saying,* I am lie! behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a 5 father of a multitude of nations.* Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham ; for a father of a multitude of nations have I 6 made* thee.* And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make^ nations of thee, and kings shall go 7 forth from thee.* And I will establish^ my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee through- out their generations for a covenant for ever, to be a 8 God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.* And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for a possession 9 for ever ; and I will be their God.* And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee, throughout their genera- 10 tions.* This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, be- tween me and you and thy seed after thee; every male 11 of you shall be circumcised.* And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be for a sign of the 12 covenant between me and you.* And at the age"* of eight days shall every male of you be circumcised throughout your generations, he that is bom in the house, or bought with* money of any son of an alien, who is not 13 of thy seed.* He that is born in thy house, or bought with* thy money, must needs be circumcised : and my covenant shall be in your flesh for a covenant 14 for ever, * And the uncircumcised male who doth not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people ; he hath made void my covenant. 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah sliall her 1 6 name be.* And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her : yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother 17 of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.* Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old?^ and shall Sarah, that is ninety 18 years old,*' bear?* And Abraham said unto God, O that 1 9 Ishmael might live before thee I* And God said. Indeed, ' give. - given. ' raise. * n son of. * and the purchase of. ' a daugnter of uinety years. 7 a son of liuiinlod year. GENESIS, Chap. XVII. XVIII. Sarah, thy wife shall bear thee a son ; and thou shall call his name Isaac : and I will establish^ my covenant with him for a covenant for ever, and with his seed 20 after him.* And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall 21 he beget, and I will make'^ him a great nation.* But my covenant will I estabUsh^ with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this appointed time in the next^ year.* 22 And he finished speaking with him, and God went up 23 from Abraham.* And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with'* his money, every male of the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had spoken unto 24 him.* And Abraham was ninety years old^ and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.* 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old,^ when he 26 was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.* In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael 27 his son.* And all the men of his house, born in the house, or bought with money^ of the son of an alien, were circumcised with him. Chap. XVIIL 1 And the Eternal appeared unto him in the oaks of Mamre: and he sat in the entrance of the tent in 2 the heat of the day.* And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and lo, three men stood by him:^ and when he saw them, he ran towards them from the entrance of the tent, and prostrated himself to- 3 wards the earth,* And said. My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy eyes, pass not, I pray, 4 from thy servant:* Let a little water, I pray, be taken, and lave your feet, and recHne under the 5 tree :* And I will take a morsel of bread, and sustain ye your hearts ; after that ye may pass : for therefore have ye passed by your servant. And they said. So do, 6 as thou hast said.* And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said. Hasten three seahs of fine meal,^ ' raise. - give. ^ other. * the purchase of. * a son of ninety years. * a soa of thirteen years. "' and the purchase of. ^ were placed above. ^ meal of flour. GENESIS, Chap. XVIII. 7 knead it, and make hearthcakes.* And Abrahanj ran unto the herd, and took a calf i tender and good, and gave it unto the lad ; and he hasted to dress* it.* 8 And he took clotted cream, and milk, and the calf;' which he had dressed,"* and set^ it before them ; and he 9 stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.* And they said unto him. Where is Sarah thy wife ? And he 10 said. Behold, in the tent.* And he said, I will certainly return^ unto thee as the time that liveth ; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the 11 entrance of the tent, as this tvas behind him.* Now Abraham and Sarah were advanced in days;'^ the man- 12 ner® of women had ceased with Sarah.* Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am faded 13 shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?* And the Eternal said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear, I being old ?* 14 Is anything too hard'' for the Eternal? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, as the time that liveth, 15 and Sarah shall have a son.* Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he 16 said. Nay; but thou didst laugh.* And the men rose from thence, and glanced towards Sodom : and Abraham 17 went with them to send them away.* And the Eternal said, Shall 1 hide'" from Abraham that thing which I am 18 about to do;* Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth 19 shall be blessed in him?* For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Eternal, to do righteous- ness and judgment ; that the Eternal may bring upon 20 Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.* And the Eternal said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah 21 is great, and because their sin is very heavy;* I will go down now, and see if they have done accorcling to the cry of it which is come unto me — extermination, and if not — 22 I will know.* And the men turned from thence, and went towards Sodom : but Abraham stood yet before the 23 Eternal.* And Abraham stepped near, and said. Wilt thou also sweep away the righteous with the wicked ? * 2# Peradventure there be fifty righteous in the midst of the ' son of a herd. - make. ' son of the herd. * made. '^ gave. ^ return- ing I will return. '' coming. ^ path. ' distinguished. >" cover. GENESIS, Chap. XVIII. XIX. city ; wilt thou also sweep away and not bear with the 25 place for the fifty righteous that are therein?* It is unworthy of thee to do after this manner^ to put to death the righteous with the wicked, so that like as the righteous so the wicked; it is unworthy thee: Shall 26 the Judge of all the earth not do judgment?* And the Eternal said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then I will bear with all the place for 27 their sakes.* And Abraham answered and said. Behold now, I have taken upon me^ to speak unto the Lord, 28 and I am but dust and ashes :* Peradventure there shall lack^ five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy* for five all the city? And he said. If I find there forty 29 and five I will not destroy"* it* And he continued yet to speak unto him, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for 30 forty's sake.* And he said unto him. Oh let not the wrath of the . Lord glow, and I will speak : Perad- venture there shall thirty be found there. And he said, 31 I will not do it, if 1 find there thirty.* And he said. Behold, now, I have taken upon me^ to speak unto the Lord : Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy^ it for twenty's sake.* 32 And he said. Oh let not the Lord be wroth,^ and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy* it for 33 ten's sake.* And the Eternal went as soon as he had finished speaking with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. Chap. XLX. 1 And the two angels® came to Sodom at evening ; and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom : and Lot seeing thein rose to meet^ them ; and he prostrated himself with his 2 face^ towards the earth ; * And he said. Behold now, my lords, turn in,^ I pray, to your servant's house, and lodge over night, and lave your feet, and ye may rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said. Nay; but we will abidei*> in the street over night.* 3 And he pressed upon them greatly ; and they turned in^^ unto him, and came into his house ; and he made them * I70rd. ^ consented. ' diminish. * corrupt, * glow. ^ messengers. ' towards. ^ nostrils. ^ depart. i° lodge. " departed. GENESIS, Chap. XIX. a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did 4 eat.* They had not yet laid down, when the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young,^ all the people from every 5 quarter.^* And they called unto Lot, and said unfo him, Where are the men who came to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know 6 them.* And Lot went out at the entrance unto them, 7 and shut the door after him,* And said, pray, my 8 brethren, do not so wickedly.* Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known man; pray, let me bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes : only unto these men do nothing ;* for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof."** 9 But they said. Step back. And they said a^ain, This one came to sojourn, and he will needs judge: now will we do worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and stepped 10 near to break the door.* But the men put^ forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut 11 the door.* And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the 12 entrance.* And the men said unto Lot, whom hast thou yet here ? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring out of the 13 place:* For we will destroy^ this place, because the cry concerning them is great before the face of the Eternal ; 14 and the Eternal hath sent us to destroy^ it.* And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, the suitors of his daughters, and said, Arise, go out of this place ; for the Eternal will destroy^ the city ; but he was as one 15 that jested in the eyes of his sons in law.* And when the morning dawn went up, then the angels^ urged Lot, saying. Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, who are found here, lest thou be swept away in the 16 iniquity of the city.* And while he lingered, the men laid hold of his hand, and of the hand of his wife, and of the hand of his two daughters ; the Eternal having pity upon him : and they brought him forth, and placed 17 him without the city.* And it came to pass, when they * from the lad to the old man. " extremity. ^ not a word. * beam. * sent. * corrupt. ^ taking- ® messengers. GENESIS, Chap. XIX. had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy Ufa j^® look not behind thee, neither stand in all the district ;'^ escape to the mountain., lest thou be swept 18 away.* And Lot said unto them. Oh, not so, my Lord:* 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found favour in thy eyes, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed" me in keeping alive my soul ; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil cleave unto me, 20 and I die :* Behold iiow, this city is near to fleei^ unto, and it is little : Oh, let me escape thither, indeed it is- 21 little, that my soul may live?* And he said unto him. See, I have accepted thee^ concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow'* this city, for which thou hast 22 spoken.* Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou art come thither. Therefore one 23 called the name of the city Zoar.* The sun was risen'^ 24 upon the earth when Lot came into Zoar.* Then the Eternal caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone^ and fire from the Eternal out of heaven ;* 25 And he overthrew'' those cities, and all the district,^ and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the growth of the 26 ground,* But his wife looked back from behind him, 27 and she became a pillar^ of salt.* And Abraham rose early in the morning tof/o to the place where he had stood 28 before the Eternal :* And he glanced towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and towards all the face of the land of the district,^ and beheld, and, lo, the vapour of the earth went 29 up as the vapour of a furnace.* And it came to pass, when God destroyed^ the cities of the district,^ that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew^ the cities in 30 which Lot abode.* And Lot went up out of Zoar, and abode in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to abide in Zoar : and he abode in a cave, 31 he and his two daughters.* And the firstborn said unto the younger. Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come unto us after the way of all 32 the earth :* Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may keep alive seed 33 from our father.* And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn came and lay with * circle. ^ is it not. * borne thy face. * turn. * had gone out. * resin. ^ turned. * one stationed. ' corrupted. ly soul. 11 done. !'■* vi.n away GENESIS, Chap. XIX. XX. her father ; and he knew not when she lay down, nor 34 when she arose.* And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father; let us make him drink wine this night also ; and come thou, and lie with him, 35 that we may keep alive seed from our father.* And they made their father drink wine that night also : and the younger arose, and lay with him ; and he knew not 36 when she lay down, nor when she arose.* Thus the two daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab : the same is the father of Moab unto this day.* 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi : the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. Chap. XX. 1 And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the land of the south, and abode between Kadesh and Shur, and 2 sojourned in Gerar.* And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, she is my sister : and Abimelech king of Gerar 3 sent, and took Sarah.* But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him. Behold, thou shalt die for the woman whom thou hast taken ; for she is a 4 man's wife.^* But Abimelech had not approached her: and he said. Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous 5 nation ?* Said he not unto to me. She is my sister ? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother : in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have 6 I done this.* And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart ; therefore I withheld thee from sinning against 7 me : therefore suffered^ I thee not to touch her.* Now therefore restore the man his wife ; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt Jive: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely 8 die, thou, and all that are thine.* Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spake all these words in their ears : and the men 9 were sore afraid.* Then Abimelech called Abraham, ^ owned by an owner. ^ gave. GENESIS, Chap. XX. XXI. and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us ? and in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin ? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.* 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, 1 1 that thou hast done this thing ?* And x\braham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.^* 12 And yet indeed she is my sister ; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she 13 became my wife.* And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her. This is thy kindness' which thou shalt do unto me : at every place whither we shall come, say 14 of me, He is my brother.* And Abimelech took flocks, and herds, and menservants, and handmaids, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.* 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: 16 abide where it is good in thine eyes.* And unto Sarah he said. Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, it shall be to thee an eye- covering unto all that are with thee, and thou mayest 17 face^ every one.* So Abraham prayed luito God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid- 18 servants; and they bare children.* For the Eternal had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because'* of Sarah Abraham's wife. CiiAP. XXL 1 And the Eternal visited Sarah as he had said, and the 2 Eternal did unto Sarah as he had spoken.* For Sarah became pregnant, and bai'e Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to 3 him.* And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac* 4 And Abrahfim circumcised his son Isaac being eight 5 days old"' as God had commanded him.* And Abraham was an hundred years old,^ when his son Isaac was born 6 unto him.* And Sarah said, God hath made me a person 7 to be laughed atj all that hear it will laugh at me.* And she • on the word. ^ mercy. ^ stand opposite. * for the word. * a son of eight days. ^ a son of an hundred years. GENESIS, Chap. XXI. said, Who would have declared unto Abraham, that Sarah should have suckled children ? for I have born 8 him a son in his old age.* And the child grew, and was weaned : and Abraham made a great feast on the 9 day that Isaac was weaned.* And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had bom unto Abraham, 10 mocking.* Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Drive away this maidservant and her son : for the son of this maidservant shall not possess with my son, even with U Isaac* And the thing was very evil in the eyes of 12 Abraham, because of his son.* And God said unto Abraham, I^et it not be evil in thy eyes because of the lad, and because of thy maid servant ; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice ; for through 13 Isaac shall seed be raised unto thee.i* And also of the son of the maidservant will I make' a nation, because heis thy 14 seed.* And Abraham rose eai'ly in the morning, and took bread, and a skin-vessel of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she went, and wandered in the 15 desert of Beer-shcba.* And the water was finished from the skin-vessel, and she cast the child under one of the 16 plants.* And she went, and sat her down over against him, at the distance of about a bowshot: for she said. Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and 17 wept.* And God heard the voice of the lad: and an angeP of God called to Hagar out of the heaven, and said unto hci-. What ailcth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God 18 hath heard the voice of the lad where he is* Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will 19 make^ him a great nation.* And God unclosed hereyes, and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the skin-vessel with water, and gave the lad drink.* 20 And God was with the lad ; and he grew, and abode in 21 the desert, and became an archer.* And he abode in the desert of Paran : and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and i called unto thee. ' put. ' messenger. GENESIS, Chap. XXI. XXII. Phichol the officer of his host spake unto Abraham, 23 saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest :* Now therefore sweai unto mc here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my offspring, nor with my grand-child : II but according to the mercy that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land 24 wherein thou hast sojourned.* And Abraham said, I 25 will swear.* And Abraham reproved^ Abimelech be- cause of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants 26 had violently taken away.* And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing : neither didst thou 27 tell me, neither yet heard I of i1, but to-day.* And Abraham took flocks and herds, and gave them unto 28 Abimelech ; and both of them mades a covenant-* And Abraham placed seven ewe lambs of the flock by them- 29 selves.* And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast placed 30 by themselves?* And he said. For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a 31 witness unto me, that I have digged this well.* Where- fore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there 32 they sware both of them.* Thus they made'^ a covenant at Beer-sheba : then Abimelech rose, and Phichol the officer of his host, and they returned into the land of 33 the Philistines.* And Abraham planted a tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and invoked*^ there m the name of the 34 Eternal, the everlasting-* God.* And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Chap. XXII. 1 And it came to pass after these things that God did try- Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, 2 Behold, here I am.* And he said. Take now thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah ; and bring him up there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountaii:ts which I will tell 3 thee of.^* And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took his two lads with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose, and went unto the place of which * argued with. ^ put. ^ cut. * for ever. * say unto ihee. 6 called. GENESIS, Chap. XXII. 4 God had told him.*^ Then on the third day Abraham 5 Hfted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.* And Abraham said unto his lads, Abide ye here with the ass ; and I and the lad will go yonder and prostrate 6 ourselves, and return to you.* And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and put it upon Isaac his son ; and he took the lire in his hand, and the slaughtering knife ; and they went both of them to- 7 gether.* And Isaac said unto Abraham his father, and he said. My father : and he said. Here am I, my son. And he said. Behold the fire and the wood : but where 8 is any of the flock for a burnt offering ?* And Abraham said, My son, God will provide^ himself one of the flock for a burnt offering: so they went both of them to- 9 gether.* And they came to the place which God had told him of;^ and Abraham built an altar there, and set the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and put 10 him on the altar upon the wood.* And Abraham stretched forth'* his hand, and took the slaughtering 1 1 knife to slaughter his son.* And an angeP of the Eternal called unto him out of the heaven, and said, Abraham, 12 Abraham: and he said, Here am L* And he said, Lay^ not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any- thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, since thou hast not kept back thy son, thine only one 13 from me.* And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold a ram, afterwards caught' in the thicket by its horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and brought it up for a burnt offering in the stead of his 14 son.* And Abraham called the name of that place Adonay-Yireh : as it is said to this day. In the mount 15 of the Eternal it shall be seen.* And an angcPof the Eternal called unto Abraham out of the heaven the second 16 time.* And said. By myself have I sworn, is the decla- ration of the Eternal, that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not kept back thy son, thine only one :* 17 That I will greatly bless thee, and I will exceedingly multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore f and thy seed shall which God had said unto liira. * see. ' said to him. * sent, * messeuger. '' send. ' seized. ^ ii|,_ GENESIS, Chap. XXII. XXIII. 18 possess the gate of his enemies ;* And all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves with thy seed ; because^ 19 thou hast hearkened to my voice.* oo Abraham re- turned unto his lads, and they rose and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham abode at Beer-sheba. 20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also 21 born children unto thy brother Nahor;* Huz his first- born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of 22 Aram,* And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and 23 Jidlaph, and Bethuel.* And Beth uel begat Rebekah : these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's bro- 24 ther.* And his concubine, whose name toas Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. Chap. XXIII. 1 And the life of Sarah was an hundred years and seven years and twenty years : these were the years of the life 2 of Sarah.* And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came 3 to bewail Sarah, and to weep for her.* And Abra- ham arose from before his dead, and spake unto the 4 sons of Heth, saying,* I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession of a burying-place with 5 you, that I may bury my dead from before me.* And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto 6 him,* Hear us, my lord : thou art a prince of God in the midst of us : in the choice of our burying-place bury thy dead; none^ of us shall withhold from thee his burying-place, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.* 7 And Abraham arose, and prostrated himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.* 8 And he spake with them, saying, If it be your mind^ to bury my dead from before me; hear me, and intreat* for me to Ephron the son of Zohar.* ^ heel, consequence. ^ a man. ^ goul. * meet. GENESIS, Chap. XXIII. XXIV. 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the extremity of his field; for its full value in silver he shall give it me for a property of a 10 burying-place in the midst of you.* Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth : and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience^ of the children of Heth, even of all that came in at the gate of 1 1 his city, saying,* Nay, my lord, hear me : the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; before the eyes of the sons of my people give I it thee : bury 1 2 thy dead.* And Abraham prostrated himself before the 13 people of the land.* And he spake unto Ephron in the audience^ of the people of the laiid, saying. But if thou wouldst only hear me: I will give thee money for the field : take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.* 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him.* 15 My lord, hearken unto me : land ico7-th four hundred shekels of silver, — what is that between me and thee ? 16 bury therefore thy dead.* And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named^ in the audience^ of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver current*"^ money 17 with the merchant.* And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that icere in the field, that were in all the boundaries round 18 were made sure"** unto Abraham for a purchase before the eyes of the children of Iletli, before all that came 19 in at the gate of his city.* And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Mach- pelah before Mamre : the same is Hebron in the land of 20 Canaan.* And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure"* unto Abraham for a property of a burying-place by the sons of Heth. Chap. XXIV. 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age,* and 2 the Eternal had blessed Abraham in all thinas* And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy 3 hand- under my thigh :* And I will adjure thee by the ' ears. * spoken. ^ passing. * arose. ' come into days. GENESIS, Chap. XXIV; Eternal, the, God of the heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I abide.* 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kin- 5 dred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.* And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to go after me unto this land : must I needs bring^ thy son again unto the land from whence 6 thou didst go out?* And Abraham said unto him, 7 Beware lest thou bring^ my son thither again.* The Eternal God of the heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land-: he shall send his angel- before thee, and thou shalt take a ^v'lfe unto my son from 8 thence.* And if the woman will not be willing to go after thee, then thou shalt be clear^ from this my oath : 9 only bringi ^ot my son thither again.* And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and 10 sware to him concerning that matter.* And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his lord, and went ; all the goods of his lord beinj in his hand: .and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.* 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the 12 time that the females go out to draw water. And he said, O Eternal God of my lord Abraham, I pray thee, let it happen this day before me, and shew'' mercy unto m}' lord 13 Abraham.* Behold, I am placed by the welH of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to 14 draw water :* And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, incline thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink ; and she shall say. Drink, and 1 will give thy camels drink also : let the same be she that thou hast appointed-^ for thy servant Isaac ; and thereby shall 15 1 know that thou hast done mercy unto my lord.* And it came to pass, before he had finished speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, 16 with her pitcher upon her shoulder.* And the damsel was very fair to look upon,^ a virgin, no man had known her : and she went down to the well^ and filled 1 restore. ^ messenger. ^ guiltless. * eye. * argued. ^ of sight. ^ do. GENESIS, Chap. XXIV. 17 her pitcher, and went up.* And the servant ran towards her, and said. Let me, I pray thee, sip a httle water from 18 thy pitcher.* And she said. Drink, my lord : and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and 19 p;ave him drink.* And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, I will draw water ^or thy camels also, 20 until they have finished drinking.* And she hasted, and emptied herpitcher, into the drinking trough,and ran again unto the v\ ell to draw water, and drew for all his camels* 21 And the man wondering at her was silent, to know whether the Eternal had made his journey^ prosperous 22 or not.* And it came to pass, as the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden pendant a beka in weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels 23 weight of gold ;* And said. Whose daughter art thou ? tell me, I pray thee: is there place in thy father's 24 house for us to lodge over night?* And she said ^,^,,^ _„ .^--y^ unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son 25 of Milcah, whom she bare unto Nahor.* She said moreover unto him. We have both straw and pro- vender enough, and place to lodge over night.* 26 And the man bowed down his head, and prostrated 27 himself to the Eternal.* And he said, Blessed be the Eternal God of my lord x'\braham, who hath not left destitute- my lord of his mercy and his truth : I being in the way, the Eternal led me to the house of my 28 lord's brethren.* And the damsel ran, and told tkem of 29 her mother's house these things.* And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban : and Laban ran out 30 unto the man, unto the well.^* And it came to pass, when he saw the pendant and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man ; and, behold, he stood by the 31 camels at the well.^* And he said. Come in, thou blessed of the Eternal ; wherefore standest thou with- out ? for I have cleared the house, and a place for the .>2 camels.* And the man came into the house: and he uiiszirded his camels, and gave sti*aw and provender for tiiG camels, and water to lave his feet, and the men's 33 feet that were with him.* And there was put meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat until I 34 have spoken my words. And he said. Speak on.* And 35 he said, Abralinnrs servant am I.* And the Eternal \ way. ■ forsaken. ^ i^ye. GENESIS, Chap. XXIV. hath blessed my lord greatly ; and he is become great : and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and handmaids, and camels, and 36 asses.* And Sarah my lord's wife bare a son to my master when she was old : and unto him hath he given 37 all that he hath.* And my lord adjured me, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters 38 of the Canaanites, in whose land I abide:* But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my family, and 39 take a wife unto my son.* And I said unto my lord, 40 Peradventure the woman will not go after me.* And he said unto me, The Eternal, before whom I walk, will send his angeP with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my family, and of 41 my father's house :* Then shalt thou be clear^ from this my oathjS when thou comest to my family ; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear^ from my oath.^* 42 And I came this day unto the well,'* and said, O Eternal God of my lord Abraham, if now thou do prosper my 43 way which I go :* Behold, I am placed by the welP of water; and let it come to pass, that when the young woman cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her. Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to 44 drink ; And she say to me, both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels : let the same be the woman whom the Eternal hath appointed^ for my lord's son.* 45 And before I had finished speaking in mine heart, be- hold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder ; and she went down unto the well,* and drew water: and I said unto her. Give me drink, I pray thee?* 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said. Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also : so I drank, and she gave the camels drink 47 also.* And I asked her, and said. Whose daughter art thou ? And she said. The dauo;hter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him : and I put the pen- dant upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.* 48 And I bowed down my head, and prostrated myself to the Eternal, and blessed the Eternal God of my lord Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth to take 49 niy lord's brother's daughter unto his son.* And now if ye will show'^ mercy and truth with my lord, tell me : and 1 messenger. * guiltless. ^ execration. * eye. ^ argued, tt do. G GENESIS, Chap. XXIV. if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the right or to the 50 left.* Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said. The thing has gone forth from the Eternal : we cannot 51 speak unto thee evil or good.* Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy lord's 52 son's wife, as the Eternal liath spoken.* And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he prostrated himself to the earth before the Eternal.* 53 And the servant brought forth vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and gave th?m to Rebe- kah : he gave also to her brother and to her mother 54 precious things.* And they did eat and drink, he and the men that ivere with him, and lodged over night; and they rose in the morning, and he said. Send me away 55 unto my lord.* And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a year' or ten montlis ; after that 5Q she may go.* And he said unto them, Delay me not, for the Eternal hath prospered my way ; send me away that 51 I may go to my lord.* And they said, We will call the 58 damsel, and ask at her mouth.* And they called Rebe- kah, and said unto her. Wilt thou go Avith this man ? 59 And she said, I v.ill go.* And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and 60 his men.* And the}^ blessed Rebekah, and said unt( her. Our sister! mayest thou become thousands ol myriads, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who 61 hate them.* And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and went after the man : 62 and the servant took Rebekah, and went.* And Isaac had just come from the well Lahai-roi; for he abode in 63 the south country.* And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the turn of evening : and he lifted up his 64 eyes, and saw, and, behold, camels loere coming.* And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and she saw Isaac, and she 65 fell off the camel.* And she said unto the servant, What man is this that goeth in the field towards us? And the servant said. It is my lord ; and she took the 66 veil, and covered herself* And the servant related to 67 Isaac all the things that he had done.* And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mothei''s death. * davs. GENESIS, CiiAP. XXV ClTAP. XXV. 1 Then again^ Abraham took^ a wife, and her name was 2 Keturah.* And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, 3 and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shnah,* And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian ; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the 5 children of Keturah.* And Abraham gave all that he 6 had unto Isaac.* But unto the sons of the concubines, whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, east- 7 ward, unto the east country.* And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred 8 years, and threescore, and fifteen years.* Then Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, old and fuU^ of 9 years ; and was gathered to his peoples.* And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, 10 which is before Mamre :* The field which Abraham purchased^ of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham 11 buried, and Sarah his wife.* And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac ; and Isaac abode by the well Lahai-roi. 12 Now these G.re the progeny of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, 13 bare unto Abraham:* And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their progeny: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth: and 14 Keclar, and Abdeel, and Mibsam,* And Mishma, and 15 Dumah, and Massa.* Hahar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, 16 and Kedemah:* These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their enclosures, and by their etrongholds ; twelve princes according to their races.* 1 V And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred years, and thirty years, and seven years: and he expired 18 and died; and was gathered unto his peoples.* And they dwelt from Ilavilah unto Shur, that is before * continued. * and took. ^ satisfied. ^ acquired. GENESIS. Chap. XXV, Egypt, as thou comest towards Assyria : his portion lay^ in the presence of all his brethren.* 19 And these are the progeny of Isaac, Abraham's son; 20 Abraham begat Isaac :* And Isaac was forty years old^ when he took Rebekahto wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the 21 Syrian.* And Isaac entreated the Eternal facing his wife, because she was barren: and the Eternal was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife became preg- 22 nant.* And the children struggled together within her; and she said. If zV be so, wherefore am 1 thus — ? And 23 she went to enquire of the Eternal.* And the Eternal said unto her. Two nations a?-e in thy womb,^ and two races shall be parted from thy bowels ; and one race shall be firmer than the other race ; and the elder^ shall serve ihe 24 younger.* And when her days to bear were full, behold, 25 there were twins in her womb.^* And the first went out red, all over like an hairy robe ; and they called his 26 name Esau.* And after that went his brother out, his hand seizing Esau's heel ; and his name he called Jacob : and Isaac ivas threescore years old-' when she bare them.* 27 And the lads grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter," a man of the field; but Jacob was a plain man, 28 abiding in tents.* And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison ;^ but Rebekah loved Jacob.* 29 And Jacob sod pottage : and Esau came from the field, 30 and he was faint:* And Esau said to Jacob, Let me devour, I pray thee, from this red, even this red thing ; for I am faint : therefore was his name called Edom.* 31 And Jacob said. Sell me this'' day thy birthright.* 32 And Esau said. Behold, I am in peril" to die : and what'* 33 is this birthright to me ?* And Jacob said. Swear to me this^ day ; and he sware to him : and he sold his 34 birthright unto Jacob.* Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles ; and he did eat and drink, and he rose and went ; thus Esau despised his birthright. ' fell. * a son of. ^ belly. * numerous. ^ a man knowing hunting. ' the hunting \vas in his mouth. ^ as the. ^ going. ^ tvherefore. GENESIS, Chap. XXVI. Chap. XXVL 1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto 2 Gerar.* And the Eternal appeared unto him, and said. Go not down into Egypt : dwell in the land which I 3 shall telli thee of.* Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee ; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will establish^ the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy 4 father :* And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the 5 earth bless themselves.* As a reward^ that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my com- 6 mandments, my ordinances, and my laws.* And Isaac 7 abode in Gerar :* And the men of the place asked him of his wife ; and he said. She is my sister : for he feared to say. She is my wife ; lest, said he, the men of the place should slay me for Rebekah ; because she was fair to 8 look upon.^* And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time,^ that Abimelech king of the Philistines glanced out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac 9 was sporting^ with Rebekah his wife.* And Abimelech called Isaac, and said. Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and how saidst thou, She is my sister ? And Isaac 10 said unto him. Because I said. Lest I die for her.* And Abimelech said. What is this thou hast done unto us ? one of the people might lightly'' have lain with thy wife, 11 and thou wouldst have brought guilt upon us.* And Abimelech commanded all the people, saying. He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to 12 death.* Then Isaac sowed in that land, and found in that year an hundredfold:^ and the Eternal blessed 13 him:* Thus the man grew, and went forward,^ 14 and grew until he became very great:* For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and many domestics: and the Philistines were jealous of him.* 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged * say. 2 raise. ' heel, consequence. * good of sight. ® the days to him there had been long. ^ mocking. '' as a little. ^ gates. ^ going. GENESIS, Chap. XXVI. in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had 16 stopped them and filled them with dust.* And Abime- lech said unto Isaac, Go from us ; for thou art become 17 much mio;htier than we.* And Isaac went thence, and encamped in the vallc}'^ of Gerar, and abode there.* 18 And Isaac digged again^ the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his 19 father had called them.* And Isaac's servants digged in the valley,! and found there a well of living water.* 20 And the hcrdmen of Gerar quarrelled with Isaac's herd- men, saying, The water is ours : and he called the name of the well Esek ; because they contended with him.* 21 And they digged another well, and quarrelled for that 22 also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.* And he removed from thence, and digged another well ; and for that they quarrelled nt)t; and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said. For now the Eternal hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.* 23 24 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.* And the Eternal appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, f)r I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multi{)ly thy 25 seed for my servant Abraham's sake.* And he builded an altar there, and invoked? the name of the Eicrn-;!, and pitched^ his tent there: and there Isaac's servant? 26 digged a well.* Then Abimclech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his companion, and Phichol the 27 officer of his host.* And Isaac said unto them, Why come ye to me, when 3'e hate me, and have sent me 28 away from you?* And they said. We saw plainly that the Eternal was with thee : and we said. Let there be now an oath'^ between us, even between us and thee, and 29 let us make^ a covenant with thee.* That thou wilt do us no evil, since we have not touched thee, and since we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace. Thou art now blessed of the 30 Eternal.* And he made them a feast, and they did eat 31 and drink.* And they rose early in the morning, and swai-e one to another;'' and Isaac sent them away, and 32 they went from him in peace.* And it came to pass that * brook. 2 retunied and digged. * inclined. * execration. * cut. " a uian lu Ilia orouiei. ^ called in. GENESIS, Chav. XXVI. XXVli. day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him con- cernino; the well which they had digged, and said unto 33 him, We have found water.* And he called it Shebah : therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. 34 And Esau was forty years old,^ when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Ilittite, and Bashe- 35 math the daughter of Elon the Hittite :* And they were a vexation of spirit unto Isaac and unto Kebekah. Chap. XXVII. 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and lis eyes were too dim to see, he called Esau his eldest^ son, and said unto him. My son: and he said unto him, 2 Behold, here am L* And he said. Beheld now, 1 am 3 old, I know not the day of my death :* Now therefore take,^ I pray thee, thy weapons,^ thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt me some venison:^* 4 And make me savoury meats, such as I love, and bring them to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless 5 thee before I die. And llebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to 6 hunt^or venison,^ in order to bring 2^. And Rebekah said unto Jacob her son, as follows: Behold, I heard thy 7 father speak unto Esau thy brother saying,* Bring me venison^ and make me savoury meats, tnat I may eat, and bless thee before the Eternal before my death.* 8 Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice according 9 to that which I command thee.* Go now to the flock, and take me from thence two good kid^ of the goats , and I will make them savoury meats for thy father, such 10 as he loveth :* And thou shalt brmg them to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his 1 1 death.* And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother. Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth 12 man:* My father peradventure will feel me and I shall be in his eyes as an impostor; and I shall bring a curse 13 upon me, and not a blessing* And his mother said unto him. Upon me be thy curse, my so i : only hearken 14 to my voice, and go take them to me.* And he went, and took, and brought them to his moth r : and his mother made savoury meats, such as his father loved.* a son of. great. ^ bear. * vessels. ^ luiiui;!;;. GENESIS, Chap. XXVII, 15 And Rebekah took the costly garments of her eldest* son Esau, which were with her in the house, and clothed 16 with them Jacob her younger^ son :* And she clothed with the skins of the kids of the goats his hands, and 17 the smooth of his neck :* And she gave the savoury meats, and the bread, which she had made, into the 18 hand of her son Jacob.* And he came unto his father, and said. My father : and he said. Here am I ; who art 19 thou, my son?* And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou spakest unto me : arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my 20 venison,^ that thy soul may bless me.* And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly,'* my son ? And he said. Because the Eternal 21 thy God caused it thus to happen before me.* And Isaac said unto Jacob, Step near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my son Esau himself* or 22 not.* And Jacob stepped near unto Isaac his father ; and he felt him, and said. The voice is Jacob's voice, 23 but the hands are the hands of Esau.* And he recog- nised him not, because his hands were hairy, as his 24 brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.* And he said, Art thou my son Esau himselF' ? And he said, I am* 25 And he said, Reach it to me, and I will eat of my son's venison,^ that my soul may bless thee. And he reached it to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, 26 and he drank.* And his father Isaac said unto him, 27 Step near now, and kiss me, my son.* And he stepped nf^ar, and kissed him : and he smelled the odour of hia garments, and blessed him, and said. See, the odour of my son is as the odour of a fipld which the Eternal hath 28 blessed:* Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the flitness*^ of the earth, and plenty of corn 29 and wine :* Let peoples serve thee, and races prostrate themselves to thee : be master over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons prostrate themselves to thee : they that curse thee shall be cursed, and they that bless thee 30 shall be blessed.* And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the face of Isaac his father, that Esau his 31 brother came in irom his hunting.* And he also had made savoury meats, and brought them unto his father, and said unto his father. Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison,^ that thy soul may bless me.* » great. ^ little. '■'■ hunting. * What is this thou hast hastened to tiad? '•• this. ^ oils. GENESIS, Chap. XXVII. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou ? And 33 he said, I am thy sen, thy firstborn, Esau.* And Isaac trembled icith an exceedingly great trembling, and said, Who then is he that hath hunted venison^ and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and 34 have blessed him ? yea, and he shall be blessed.* And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father 35 Bless me, even me also, O my father.* And he said. Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken thy 36 blessing.* And he said. Is it because he was called Jacob, that he hath supplanted me these two times : he took my birthright ; and, behold, now he hath taken my blessing. And he said. Hast thou not reserved a bles- 37 sing for me?* And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made^ him thy master, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants ; and with corn and must have I supported him : and what shall 38 I do now unto thee, my son ?* And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father ? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up 39 his voice, and wept** And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling^ shall be the fatness'* of the earth, and from the dew of heaven from above ;* 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thv brother ; and it shall come to pass when thou rovest about, II that thou shalt pull his yoke from off thy neck.* 41 And Esau was hostile to Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart. The days of mourning for my father approach ; 42 then will I slay my brother Jacob.* And these words of Esau her elder^ son were told to Rebekah : and she sent and called Jacob her younger^ son, and said unto him. Behold, thy brother Esau, concerning thee, doth 43 comfort himself, intending to slay thee.* Now there- fore, my son, hearken to my voice ; and arise, flee thou 44 to Laban my brother to Haran ;* And abide with him 45 a few'days, until thy brothers fury turn;** Until thy brother's wrath turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him ; then I will send, and take thee from thence : wherefore should I be bereft also of 46 you both in one day?* And Rebekah said to Isaac, ' hunting. ^ p„t_ 3 stay. * oils. ^ great. * little. 7 siir.''{' s return. H GENESIS, CiiAP. XXVIl. XXVril. My life is harassed, because of the daughters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, Uke these of the daughters of the land, what^ is life to me ? Chap. XXVIII. 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and com- manded him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a 2 wife of the daughters of Canaan.* Arise, go to Padan- aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban 3 thy mother's brother.* A,nd God Almightywill bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou 4 mayest be an assembly of peoples ;* And give t!iee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojournings, 5 which God gave unto Abraham.* And Isaac sent away Jacob ; and ho went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syxuan, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's 6 and Esau's mother.* When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he prohibited him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of 7 the daughters of Canaan;* And that Jacob had hearkened unto his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan- 8 aram; Esau thus saw that the daughters of Canaan were 9 evil in the eyes of Isaac his father: * Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took besides his former wives, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went to- ll wards Haran.* And he lighted upon the place, and tarried there^ all night, because the sun was set ;'* and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for a resting-place for his head, and lay down in that place.* 12 And he dreamed, and behold a 1 idder set up on the earth, and the top*^ of it reached to heaven : and behold angels^ of 13 God going up and down on it.* And, behold, the Eternal stood'' above it, and said, I am the Eternal God of ' wherefore. ^ lodged. * come. " head, ^ messengers. ' was placed. GENESIS, Chap. XXVIII. XXIX. Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy 14 seed;* And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad^ to the west,- and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in 15 thyseedshall all the families ot'thcearth^ be blessed.* And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whither- soever thou goest, and will restore thee again into this land ; for I will not forsake thee, until I have done that 16 which I have spoken to thee.* And Jacob awoke out of his sleep, and he said. Surely the Eternal is in this 17 place; and I knew it not.* And he was afraid, and said. How fearful is this place ! this is none other but the 18 house of God, and this is the g^'^e of heaven.* And Jacob rose early in the morning, ^nd took the stone t'at he had put /or a resting-place for his head, and set it up for a pillar,*^ and poured oil upon the top^ of it.* 1 9 and he called the name of that place Beth-el : whereas 20 liuz had been the name of the city ;jt the first.* And Jacob vowed a vow, saymg, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way thnt I go, and will give 21 me bread to eat, and a garment to put on,* So that I return to my father's house in peace : then shall the 22 Eternal be my God ;* and this stone which I have put for a pillar,'' shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. Chap. XXIX. 1 Then Jacob lifted up his feet, and went into the land 2 of the children of the cast.* And he saw, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three droves of sheep^ crouching by it; for out of that well they gave the droves drink : and the stone upon the well's mouth 3 was great.* And thither were all the droves gathered : and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and gave the flocks drink, and restored the stone upon the 4 well's mouth in its place.* And Jacob said unto them. My brethren, whence are ye ? And they said, of Haran 6 are we.* And he said unto them. Know ye Laban the * burst forth. ^ seaward. ^ ground. * head. ^ tlooks. ' monument. GENESIS, Chap. XXIX. 6 sonof Nahor? And they said, We know him* And he said unto them. Is he well?^ And they said, He is well : and, be- hold, Rachel his daughter is coming with the flock.* 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high^ day, it is not yet time for the cattle to be gathered : give ye drink to the flock, 8 and go a7id feed them.* And they said. We cannot, until all the droves be gathered, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth ; then we give the flock 9 drink.* And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's flock : for she was a shepherdess.* 10 And it came to pass, when Jacjb saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the flock of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob stepped near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and gave drink to the flock of Laban his mother's brother.* 1 1 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and 12 wept.* And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's kinsman,!*' and that he i^asRebekah's son; and she ran 13 and told her father.* And it came to pass, when Laban heard the reporf* of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran towards him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he related to Laban all 14 these things.* And Laban said unto him. Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him 1 5 the space of a month.^* And Laban said unto Jacob, Is it because thou art my brother, that thou shouldest serve 16 me for nought? tell me, what shall thy hire be?* And Laban had two daughters : the name of the elder^ was 17 Leah, and the name of the younger'' was Rachel.* And the eyes of Leah were tender ; but Rachel was of beau- 18 tiful form, and of beautiful appearance.^* And Jacob loved Rachel ; and said, I will serve thee seven years 19 for Rachel thy younger? daughter.* And Laban said, 7 peace unto him. ^ peace is unto him. ' great. « fame. * a month of days. « great, 'little, "sight. » full, lu brother n single. GENESIS, Chap. XXIX. XXX. 24 her.* And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah 25 his handmaid for a handmaid.* And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah : and he said to Laban, What is this that thou hast done unto me ? did not I serve with thee for Rachel ? wherefore then 26 hast thou deceived me ?* And Laban said. It must not be so done in our place, to give the younger before the 27 firstborn.* Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve 28 with me yet seven other years.* And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week of that one : and he gave him Rachel 29 his daughter to wife also.* And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.* 30 And he came also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other 31 years.* And when the Eternal saw that Leah was hated, 32 he opened her womb : but Rachel was barren.* And Leah became pregnant, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben : for she said, Surely the Eternal hath seen my affliction ; now therefore my husband will love 33 me.* And she became pregnant again, and bare a son : and said. Because the Eternal hath heard that I ivas hated, he hath therefore given me this also: and she 34 called his name Simeon.* And she became pregnant again and bare a son ; and said. Now this time will my husband become attached to me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.* 35 And she became pregnant again, and bare a son ; and she said. Now will I praise the Eternal : therefore she called his name Judah; and left^ bearing. Chap. XXX, 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no childreny Rachel envied her sister ; and said unto Jacob, Give* 2 me children, if not I am a dead woman.* And Jacob's wrath glowed against Rachel: and he said. Am I in God's stead, who hath kept back^ from thee the fi'uit of 3 the womb ?* And she said. Behold my maid servant Bilhah, come unto her; and she shall bear upon my ^ stood. ^ get. 3 refrained. GENESIS, Cis.vp. XXX. 4 Knees, that I may also have children by her.^* And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob 5 came unto her.* And Bilhah became pregnant, and 6 bare Jacob a son.* And Rachel said, God hath pro- nounced judgment upon me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son : therefore called she 7 his name Dan.* And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid became 8 pregnant again, and bare Jacob a second son.* And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled^ with my sister: and I have prevailed: and she called his 9 name Naphtali.* When Leah saw that she had left*^ bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her 10 Jacob to wife.* And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare 1 1 Jacob a son.* And Leah said, Good luck cometh : and 12 she called his name Gad.* And Zilpah Leah's hand- 13 maid bare Jacob a second son.* And Leah said. For my happiness ! for daughters will call me happy : and 14 she called his name Asher.* And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's 15 mandrakes.* And she said unto her. Is it too little that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said. Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's 16 mandrakes.* And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out towards him, and said, Thou must come unto me ; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that 17 night.* And God hearkened unto Leah, and she be- 18 came pregnant, and bare Jacob a fifth son.* And Leah said, God hath given me my share,* because I have given my handmaid to my husband : and she called his 19 name Issachar,* And Leah became pregnant, again, 20 and bare Jacob a sixth son.* And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry ; now will my husband reside with me, because I have born him six sons: and 21 she called his name Zebulun.* And afterwards she 22 bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.* And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, 23 and opened her womb.* And she became pregnant, and bare a son ; and said, God hath taken away^ my 1 be built by her means. - was I entwined. ' stood. ' hire. '' gathered. GENESIS, Chap. XXX. 24 disgrace :* And she called his name Joseph ; and said, 25 The Eternal will add to me another son.* And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto 26 mine own place, and to my country.* Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go : for thou knowest my service which I 27 have served thee.* And Laban said unto him, 1 pray thee, would I had f -und favour in thine eyes, I have divined that the Eternal hath blessed me for thy sake* 28 And he said, Appoint^ me thy hire, and I will give 29 it* And he said unto him. Thou knowest how- 1 have served thee, and what thy cattle has become with me.* 30 For a little which thou hadst before me, is now increased^ unto a multitude, and the Eternal hath blessed thee since my coming,^ and now when shall 1 provide^ for 31 mine own house also ?* And he said. What shall I give thee ? And Jacob said. Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, 1 wnl turn 32 again,' feed a«* return. 10 every one of tby flock. GENESIS, Chap. XXX. XXXI. came heated before the sticks, and the flocks bare ring- 40 straked, speckled and spotted.* And Jacob parted the lambs, and set^ the faces of the flocks toward the ring- straked, and all the dark in the flock of Laban ; and he put his own droves by themselves, and set them not 41 with Laban's flocks.* And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger]! flocks became heated, that Jacob put the sticks before the eyes of the flocks in the gutters, that 42 they might become heated among the sticks.* But when the flocks were feeble, || he put them not: so that 43 feebler|| were Laban's, and the stronger! Jacob's.* And the man increased^ exceedingly, and had many flocks, and handmaids, and menservants, and camels, and asses. Chap. XXXI. 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken all that teas our father's ; and of that which 2 tvas our father's hath he made all this glory.* And Jacob saw the face of Laban, and, behold, it was not 3 towards him as before.^* And the Etecnal said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to 4 thy kindred; and I will be with thee.* And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto 5 his flock.* And said unto them, I see your father's face, that it is not towards me as before ;^ but the God of my 6 father hath been with me.* And ye know that with all 7 my strength I have served your father.* And your father hath deceived me, and changed my hire ten 8 times ; but God suffered^ him not to do me evil.* If he said thus. The speckled shall be thy hire ; then all the flocks bare speckled; and if he said thus. The ring- straked shall be thy hire ; then bare all the flocks 9 ringstraked.* Thus God hath delivered the cattle of 10 your father, and given them to me.* And it came to pass at the time that the flocks became heated, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which went up on the flocks luere ringstraked, 11 speckled, and grisled.* And an angcb of God spake unto me in a dream, sayiiig, Jacob : And I said, Here 12 «/n L* And he said. Lift up now thine eyes, and see^ ' gave. '■* burst forth. ^ yesterday, before yesterday. * messenger. GENESIS, Chap. XXXI. all the rams which go up on the flocks are nngstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Lahau 13 doeth unto thee.* I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar,'«?2f/ where thou vowedst a vow unto me : now arise, go out from this land, and return unto 14 the land of thy kindred.* And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him. Is there yet any portion or 15 inheritance for us in our father's house ?* Are we not thought aliens by him ? for he hath sold us, and hath 16 also altogether eaten our money.* For all the riches which God hath delivered from our father, that is our's, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath 17 said unto thee, do.* Then Jacob rose, and lifted up his 18 sons and his wives upon the camels ;* And he led away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gotten, the cattle of his property, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, to come to Isaac his father to the land of 19 Canaan.* For Laban had gone to shear his flock: and 20 Rachel stole the teraphim that ivere her father's.* And Jacob stole the heart of Laban the Syrian, in that none 21 told him that he fled.* So he fled with all that he had ; and he rose, and passed over the river, and nut his face 22 towards mount Gilead.* And it was told Laban on the 2.3 third day that Jacob was fled.* And he took his breth- ren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey ;i 24 and he overtook-' him in Mount Gilead.* And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob 25 either good or evil.* Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had fixed his tent in the mount: and Laban 26 fixed with his brethren in the mount of Gilead.* And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away my heart, and led away my daughters, 27 as captives taken with the sword?* Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me ; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with 28 joy, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?* And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? 29 thou hast now done foolishly.* It is in the power of my hand to do you evil: but the God of your father saicl unto me yesternight. Take thou heed that thou speak * wa\. ' t:Mve to. 3 iiioiiumeQt. GENESIS, Chap. XXXI. 30 not to Jacob either good or evil.* And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen 31 my gods?* And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I feared: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest 32 violently take thy daughters from me.* With whomso- ever thou findest thy gods, let him not live ; before our brethren recognise what is thine with me, ard take it to thee ; for Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen 33 them.* And Laban came into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, 34 and came into Rachel's tent.* Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's saddle-pillow, and sat upon them. And Laban felt all the tent, but 35 found them not* And she said to her father, Let it not be displeasing^ in the eyes of my lord that I cannot rise before thee ; for the way of women is upon me. And 36 he searched, but found not the teraphim.* And Jacob was wroth,^ and quarrelled with Laban : and Jacob an- swered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me ?* 37 For thou hast felt all my vessels, what hast thou found of all thy household vessels? put it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge^ between 38 us both.* This twenty 3'ears have I been with thee : thy ewes and thy she-goats have not lost their young, and 39 the rams of thy llock have I not eaten.* That which was torn 1 brought not unto thee : I bare the loss of it; at my hand didst thou seek it, whether stolen by 40 day, or stolen by night.* Where I was by day the drought consumed^ me, and the frost by night ; and my 41 sleep departed from mine eyes.* I have now been twenty years in thy house ; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flocks : and thou 42 hast changed my hire ten times.* Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the dread of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen my misery, and the labour 43 of my hands, and reproved^ thee yesternight.* And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters ' glow. * glowed. 3 argue. * ate. ' argued. GENESIS, Chap. XXXI. XXXII. are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest w mine : and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have 44 born ?* Now therefore come thou, let us make^ a covenant, I and thou ; and let it be for a witness between 45 me and thee.* And Jacob took a stone, and set" it up 46 for a pillar?* And Jacob said unto his brethren, Collect stones ; and they took stones, and made a stone-heap : 47 and they did eat there upon the stone-heap.* And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha : but Jacob called it 48 Galeed.* And Laban said. This stone-heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name 49 of it called Galeed;* And Mizpah; for he said. The Eternal watch between me and thee, when we are absent 50 from one another.^* If thou shalt afiiict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and 51 thee.* And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this stone- heap, and behold this pillar,^ which I have cast* between 52 me and thee.* This stone-heap be witness, and this pil- lar^ie witness, that I will not pass over this stone-heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this stone- 53 heap and this pillar^ unto me, for evil,* The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob sware by the 54 dread of his father Isaac* Then Jacob sacrificed upon the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread ; and they did eat bread, and lodged all night in the moun- 55 tain.* And early in the morning Laban rose, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them : and Laban went, and returned unto his place. Chap. XXXIL 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels* of God 2 met'him.* And when Jacob saw them, he said. This is God's camp: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. ' cut. * heaved. ^ kept close a man from his fellow. * shot. ^ messengers fi moiiuiiient. ^ li'-lited on. GENESIS, Chap. XXXII. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his 4 brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.* And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau ; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and have delayed there until 5 now :* And I have oxen,^ and asses, flocks, and men- servants, and handmaids: and I have sent to tell my 6 lord, that I may find favour in thy eyes.* And the mes- sengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he goeth towards thee, and four 7 hundred men with him.* Then Jacob feared greatly and was distressed : and he apporiioned the people that were with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into 8 two camps ;* And said, If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the remaining camp may escape.* 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Eternal who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and 10 I will do thee good:* I am too unworthy of all the mercies, and ofall the truth which thou hast showed" unto thy servant ; for with my staffs I passed this Jordan ; 11 and now I am become two camps.* Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, 12 and the mother with the children.* And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make^ thy seed as the sand of the 13 sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.* And he lodged there that same night ; and took of that which 14 came to his hand a present* for Esau his brother ;* Two hundred she goats and twenty he goats, two hundred 15 ewes, and twenty rams.* Thirty milch camels with their colts,^ forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and 16 ten foals.* And he gave tliem into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself,^ and said unto his ser- vants, Pass before me, and put a space between drove 1 7 and drove.* And he commanded the first, saying, When Esau my brother, meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou ? and whither goest thou ? and 1 on* of the herd. 2 done. ^ stick. * put. ' oblation. ^ sons. ' a drove, adrove alone. GENESIS, Chap. XXXII. 18 whose are these before thee?* Then thou shalt say, They are tliy servant Jacob's ; it is a present^ sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.* 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that went after the droves, saying, In this manner 20 shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.* And say ye moreover. Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us; For he said, I will appease him" with the present^ that goeth before me, and afterwards I will see his face ; per- 21 adventure he will accept of me.^* So the present^ passed before him : and himself lodged that night in the 22 camp.* And he rose that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed 23 the ford Jabbok.* And he took them, and made them pass the brook, and he made pflss that which was his.* 24 And Jacob was left alone ; and there wrestled a man 25 with him until the breaking of the day.'** And when he saw that he was not able to prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was sprained, as he wrestled with him.* 26 And he said. Send me away, for the day breaketh.s And he said, I will not send thee away, except thou 27 bless me.* And he said unto him. What is thy name ? 28 And he said, Jacob.* And he said. Thy name shall be called'' no more Jacob, but Israel ; for thou hast con- tended with God and with men, and hast prevailed.*^ 29 And Jacob asked liim, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said. Wherefore is it that thou doth 30 ask after my name ? And he blessed him there.* And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen 31 an angeF face to face, and my soul is preserved.* And the sun shone upon him as he passed over Penuel, and 32 he halted upon his thigh.* Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the tendon which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day : because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the tendon that shrank. i oblation. - expiate his face. ^ uft up my face. * the going up of the dawn. * the dawn goeth up. ' said. ' been able. God, GENESIS, Cha?. XXXIII. 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he apportioned the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, 2 and unto the two handmaids.* And he put the hand- maids and their children first, and Leah and her children 3 behind, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.^* And he himself passed before them, and prostrated himself to the earth seven times, until he stepped near to his'brother.* 4 And Esau ran towards him, and embraced him, and fell 5 on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.* And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said. Who are these with thee ? And he said. The children with whom God hath favored thy servant.* 6 Then the handmaidens stepped near, they and their 7 children, and prostrated themselves.* And Leah also with her children stepped near, and prostrated them- selves : and afterwards Joseph and Rachel stepped near, 8 and they prostrated themselves.* And he said. What meanest thou by all this camp'* which I met? And he said, 9 These are to find favour in the eyes of my lord.* And Esau said, I have enough ; my brother, be thine that 10 which is thine.* And Jacob said. Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favour in thy eyes, then take my present^ at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of a god-ZzAe heing^ 11 and thou wast pleased with me.* Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee ; because God hath favoured me, and because I have everything. And he 12 pressed him, and he took it* And he said. Let us journey, and let us go,^and I will go along with thee.* 13 And he said unto him. My lord knoweth that the chil- dren are tender, and the flocks and herds with young|| are with me: and if men should overdrive them one 14 day, all the flocks will die.* Let my lord, I pray thee, pass before his servant: and I will lead on gently in my slow progress, according to the pace'* of the drove* that is before me, and according to the pace'* of the 15 children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.* And Esau said, Let me now leave^ with thee some of the people that are with me. And he said, Wherefore this? 16 let me find favour in the eyes of my lord.* So Esau ' behind. * \yj,o jg ^\ ^jjjj camp to tbee? ^ oblation. * foot. * work. * cause to stay. GENESIS, Chap. XXXIII. XXXIV. 17 returned that day on his way unto Seir.* And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built for himself a house, and made booths for his cattle : therefore he called the name of the place Succoth. 18 And Jacob came safely^ to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padari- 19 aram; and encamped before the city.* And he ob- tained a part- of a field, where he had spread^ his tent, at the hand of the children of 1 1 amor, Shechem's father, 20 for an hundred kesitahs.* And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. Chap. XXXIV. 1 AjsfD Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see among the daughters of the 2 land.* And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and 3 lay with her, and afflicted her.* And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the 4 damsel, and spake lovingly* to the damsel.* And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Take 5 me this young maiden to wife.* And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter : now his sons were with his cattle in the field : and Jacob was silent 6 until they wxre come.* And Hamor the lather of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.* *? And the sons of Jacob came from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth,^ because he had wrought a base deed against Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter ; and thus it ought 8 not to be done.* And Hamor spake with theai, say- ing, The soul of my son Shechem delighteth in your 9 daughter : I pray you give her him to wife.* And in- termarry with us, and give your daughters unto us, and 10 take our daughters unto you.* And ye shall abide with us : and the land shall be before you ; and travel ye 1 1 therein, and get you possessions therein.* And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I 12 will give.* Multiply upon me greatly'' dowry and gilt, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me : but ' complete. ^ portion. ^ inclined. * to the heart. ' glowed. ^ exceedingly. GENEJ5IS, Chap. XXXIV. 13 give me the damsel to wife.* And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with subtlety, and spake thus because he had defiled Dinah their sister:* 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised ; for that 15 were a disgrace unto us :* But in this will we consent unto you : If ye will be as we are, to circumcise every 16 male of you.* Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will 17 abide with you, and we will become one people.* But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised ; then 18 will we take our daughter, and we will go.* And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of 19 Shechem Hamor's son.* And the young man^ delayed not to do the thing, because he was pleased with Jacob's dauo-hter : and he was the most honoured of all the house 20 of hTs father.* And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spake with the men of 21 their city, saying,* These men are completely with us; therefore let them abide in the land, and travel therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them ;^ let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give 22 them our daughters.* Only herein will the men con- sent unto us for to abide with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are 23 circumcised.* Shall not their cattle and their property and every beast of their's he our's? only let us consent 24 unto them, and they will abide with us.* And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city ; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.* 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, thr.t two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came 26 upon the city in security, and slew all the males.* And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the cdge^ of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, 27 and went out.* The sons of Jacob came ui)on the slain^ and plundered the city, because they had defiled 28 their sister.* They took their flocks, and f::2ir herds, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that 29 which was in the field;* And all their wealth^ and all lad. = wide of hand before them. ' mouth. * pierced. '' force. GENESIS, Chap. XXXIV. XXXV. their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and 30 plundered even all that was in the house.* And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Pemzzites: and I being few in^ number, they may gather themselves together against me, and smite me; and I shall be exterminated, I and 31 my house.* And they said, Should he do with our sister as with an harlot ? CnAP. XXXV. 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and abide there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the 2 face of Esau thy brother.* Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him. Remove the strange gods that are in the midst of you, and purify 3 yourselves, and change your garments : ^* And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.* 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their pendants which loere in their ears ; and Jacob secreted them under the terebinth 5 which was by Shechem.* And they jom'neyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of 6 Jacob.* So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that 7 were with him.* And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there god-like beings* were revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of 8 his brother.* But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under the oak : and he called its name Allonbachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came 10 from Padan-aram, and blessed him.* And God said unto him. Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name : il and he called his name Israel.* And God said unto ' persons of. * gods. ^ outer garments. GENESIS, Chap. XXXV. him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and an assembly of nations shall be of thee, 12 and kings shall go out of thy loins.* And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, 13 and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.* And God went up from him at the place where he spake 14 with him.* And Jacob set up a pillar" in the place where he spake with him, even a pillar'^of stone : and he ])oured out a hbation thereon, and he poured oil 15 thereon.* And Jacob called the name of the place 16 where God spake with him, Beth-el.* And they jour- neyed from Beth-el ; and there was but a kibrath of land to come to Ephrath: and Rachel bare, and she had 17 hard labour.^* And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour,^ that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; 18 for this also is a son for thee,* And it came to pass, as her soul was departing,^ for she died, that she called his name Ben-oni : but his father called his name Ben- 19 jamin.* And Rachel died, and was buried on the way 20 to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.* And Jacob set up a pillar'^ upon her burying-place : that is the pillar^ of 21 Rachel's burying place unto this day.* And Israel journeyed, and spread"* his tent beyond Migdal Edar.* 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's con- cubine : and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebu- 24 lum :* The sons of Rachel ; Joseph, and Benjamin :* 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan and 26 Naphtali : And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid ; Gad, and Asher ; these are the sons of Jacob, who were 27 born to him in Padan-arara.* And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, the city of Arbah, which 28 is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.* And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.* 29 And Isaac expired, and died, and was gathered unto his peoples, being old and fulP of days : and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. ' was hard in her bearing. ^ jjard in her bearing. ' going out. * inclined. * satisfied. * moniiuient. GENESIS, CiiAP. XXXVl. Chap. XXXVI. 1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.* 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan ; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and AhoUbamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite ;* 3 And Basmath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.* 4 And Adah bare to Esau EUphaz; and Basmath bare 5 Reuel;* And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah : these are the sons of Esau, who were born unto 6 him in the land of Canaan.* And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of liis house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his pro- perty, which he had got in the land of Canaan ; and went into a country away from the face of his brother Jacob.* 7 For their substance was more than that they could abide together; and the land of their sojournings could not 8 bear them because of their cattle.* Thus Esau abode 9 in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.* And these are the generations of Esau the father of Edom in mount Seir:* 10 These are the names of Esau's sons ; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, K.euel the son of Basmath the 1 1 wife of Esau.* And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, 12 Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.* And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son ; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek : these were the sons of Adah Esau's 13 wife.* And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah : these were the sons of 14 Basmath Esau's wife.* And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife : and she bare to Esau Jeush, and 15 Jaalam, and Korah.* These tcere chieftains of the sons of Esau : the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau ; chieftain Teman, chieftain Omar, chieftain Zeplio, 16 chieftain Kenaz.* Chieftain Korah, chieftain Gatam, and chieftain Amalek : these are the chieftains that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom ; these were the sous 17 of Adah.* And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son ; chieftain Nahath, chieftain Zerah, chieftain Sham- mah, chieftain Mizzah: these are the chieftains thai came of Reuel in the land of Edom ; these are the son^ GENESIS, Chap. XXXVI. 18 of Basmath Esau's wife.* And these are the sons of Aliolibamah Esau's wife ; chieftain Jeush, chieftain Jaa- lara, chieftain Korah: these were the chieftains that came of Ahohbamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.* 19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their chieftains.* 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabit- ants of the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and 2 1 Anah,* And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan : these are the chieftains of the Horites, the children of Seir 22 in the land of Edom.* And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman ; and Lotan's sister was Timna.* 23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and 24 Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.* And these are the children of Zibeon ; and Ajah, and Anah : this was that Anah that found the yemim in the desert, as 25 he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.* And the chil- dren of Anah were these ; Dishon, and Aholibamah the 26 daughter of Anah.* And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.* 27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, 28 and Akan.* The children of Dishan are these ; Uz, 29 and Aran.* These are the chieftains that came of the Horites; chieftain Lotan, chieftain Shobal, chieftain 30 Zibeon, chieftain Anah.* Chieftain Dishon, chieftain Ezer, chieftain Dishan: these are the chieftains that came of Hori, according to their chieftains in the land of Seir. 31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children 32 of Israel.* And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom : 33 and the name of his city was Dinhabah.* And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in 34 his stead.* And Jobab died, and Husham of the land 35 of Temani reigned in his stead.* And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of 36 his city was Avith.* And Pladad died, and Samlah of 37 Masrekah reigned in his stead.* And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead,* 38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor 39 reigned in his stead.* And Baal-hanan the son of GENESIS, Chap. XXXVI. XXXVII. Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead • and the name of his city was Pau ; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of 40 Mezahab.* And these are the names of the chief- tains that came of Esau, according to their famiUes, after their places, by their names ; chieftain Timnah, chieftain 4 1 Alvah, chieftain Jetheth.* Chieftain Ahohbamah, chief- 42 tain Elah, chieftain Pinon,* Chieftain Kenaz, chieftain 43 Teman, chieftain Mibzar,* Chieftain Magdiel, chieftain Iram : these are the chieftains of Edom, according to their habitations, in the land of their possession : he is Esau the father of the Edomites. Chap. XXXVH. 1 And Jacob abode in the land of his father's sojourning, 2 in the land of Canaan.* These are the progeny of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old,^ was feeding the flock with his brethren ; and the lad teas with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil 3 report.* Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age : and he 4 made him a long sleeved garment.* And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak 5 peaceably unto him.* And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they continued still 6 more to hate him.* And he said unto them, Hear, I 7 pray you, this dream which I have dreamed :* For, be- hold, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also placed itself upright ; and, behold, your sheaves surrounded, and prostrated 8 themselves to my sheaf.* And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us ? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us ? and they continued to hate him 9 still more for his dreams, and for his words.* And he dreamed yet another dream, and related it to his breth- ren, and said. Behold, I have dreamed a dream more ; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars ' a son of seventeen years. GENESIS, Chap. XXXVII. 10 prostrated themselves to mc* And he related it to his father, and to his brethren : and his father rebuked him, and said unto him. What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to prostrate ourselves to thee to the earth?* 1 1 And his brethren envied him ; but his father observed 12 the matter.^* And his brethren went to feed their 13 father's flock in Shechem.* And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the Jlock in Shechem ? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to bin), 14 Here am L* And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see if peace be with thy brethren, and if peace be with the flocks ; and bring^ me word again. So he sent him out 15 of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.* And a man found him, and behold, he was straying in the field: and the man asked him, saying. What seekest 1 6 thou ?* And he said, I seek my brethren : tell me, I 17 pray thee, where they feed their Jiocks ?* And the man said. They have journeyed hence ; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his breth- 18 ren, and found them in Dothan.* And when they saw him afar off, even before he approached unto them, they 19 conspired against him to put him to death.* And they said one to another,^ Behold, that dreamer'* cometh.* 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say. Some evil beast* hath eaten him : and we shall see what will become of 21 his dreams.* And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands ; and said. Let us not kill him.^* 22 And Reuben said unto them. Shed no blood, cast him into this pit that is in the desert, but lay*^ no hand upon him ; that he might deliver him out of their hands, to 23 restore him to his father.* And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they made Josephstrip off^his lon^, sleeved garment, the long, sleeved 24 garment that was on him ;* And they took him, and cast him into the pit : and the pit was empty, there was 25 no water in it.* And they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes and saw, and, behold, a com- pany of IshmaeUtes came from Gilead with their camels * kept the word. - restore. ' a man to his brother. * owner of dreams. ' animal. " smite him a soul. ' send. » smoothen. GENESIS, Chap. XXXVII. XXXVIII. oearing spiceryU and balm and labdanum,(| going to 26 bring it down to Egypt.* And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and 27 conceal 1 his blood?* Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him : for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren heark- 28 ened.* Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen ; and they drew and brought up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of 29 silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.* And Reuben returned unto the pit; and he rent his gar- 30 ments.* And he returned unto his brethren, and said, 31 The child is not ; and T, whither shall I go ?* And they took Joseph's lo?2i/, sleeved garment, and slaughtered a kid- of the goats, and dipped the lone/, sleeved garment in the 32 blood ;* And they sent the Ion(/, sleeved garment, and they brought it to their father ; and said. This have we found : recognise now whether it be thy son's lon(/, sleeved 33 garment or no.* And he recognised it, and said, It is my son's lonp, sleeved garment ; an evil beast^ hath eaten him ; 34 Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.* And Jacob rent his outer garments, and put sackcloth upon his 35 loins, and mourned for his son many days.* And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him ; but he refused to comfort himself; and he said, for I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his 36 father wept for him.* And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, a captain"* of Pharaoh's, officer of the executioners. Chap. XXXVIH. 1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in^ to a certain AduUa- 2 mite man, whose name ivas Hirah.* And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanitish man, whose name teas Shuah ; and he took her, and came unto her.* 3 And she became pregnant, and bare a son; and he 4 called his name Er.* And she became pregnant again, 5 and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.* And she continued and again bare a son ; and called his name Shelah : and he was at Chezib, when she bare 6 him.* And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, ' cover. 2 hairy. ^ animal. * a eunuch. ^ inclined. GENESIS, Chap. XXXVTII. 7 whose name urns Taraar.* And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked! in the eyes of the Eternal; and the Eternal 8 put him to death.* And Judah said unto Onan, Come unto thy brother's wife, and marry her as brother-in- 9 law, and raise seed to thy brother.* And Onan knew that the seed would not be his ; and it came to pass, when he came unto his brother's wife, that he wasted^ it on the earth, in order not to give seed to his brother.* 10 And the thing which he did was evil in the eyes of the 1 1 Eternal : therefore he put him to death also.* Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law. Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown : for he said. Lest peradventure, he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and abode in her fiither's house.* 12 And in process of tirae-^ the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died ; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnath, he and his friend'* Hirah 13 the Adullamite.* And it was told Tamar, saying, Be- hold thy husband's father goeth up to Tinmatli to shear 14 his flock.* And she removed the garments of her widow- hood from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat at the entrance of Enayim, which is on the way to Timnath; for she saw that She- lah was grown, and she was not given unto him to 15 wife.* When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an 16 harlot; because she had covered her face.* And he inclined towards her by the way, and said. Come, I pray thee, let me come unto thee ; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said. What wilt thou 17 give me, that thou mayest come unto me?* And he said, I will send forth to thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said. If thou wilt give me a pledge, till 18 thou send it?* And he said, What pledge shall I give thee ? And she said. Thy signet, and thy string, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and 19 came unto her, and she became pregnant by him.* And she arose, and went away, and removed her veil from 20 her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.* And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend"* the Adullamite, to take his pledge from the 2 1 woman's hand : but he found her not.* Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the prostitute that loas at Enayim on the I'oad ? And they said. There was •^2 no prostitute in thisp/are.* And he returned unto Judah 1 evil, '^corrupted. Mlie days increased. ^ felLw. GENESIS, Chap. XXXVIII. XXXIX, and said, I did not find her; and the men of the place also 23 said, that there was no prostitute in this place* And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we become ascorn : behold, 24 I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.* And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter- in-law hath played the harlot, and also, behold, she is pregnant by fornication. And Judah said. Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.* 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her husband's father, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I preg- nant : and she said, Recognise, I pray thee, whose are 26 these, the signet, and strings, and staff.* And Judah recognised them, and said. She hath been more righteous than I ; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. 27 And he knew her again no more.* And it came to pass, in the time of her bearing, that, behold, twins were in 28 her womb.^* And it came to pass, when she bare, that the one put out^ his hand: and the midwife took and tied upon his hand a shining red thread, saying. This came 29 out first.* And it came to pass, as he drew back^ his hand, that, behold, his brother came out : and she said. How hast thou burst forth ? this breach be upon thee : 30 therefore he called his name Pharez.* And afterwards came out his brother, that had the shining red thread upon his hand : and his name was called Zarah. Chap. XXXIX, 1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt ; and Potiphar, a captain'* of Pharaoh, officer of the executioners, an Egyptian man, obtained him from the hands of Ishmael- 2 ites, who had brought him down thither.* And the Eternal was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man ; and he was in the house of his lord the Egyptian.* 3 And his lord saw that the Eternal was with him, and that the Eternal made all that he did to prosper in his 4 hand.* And Joseph found favour in his eyes, aud^he ministered unto him : and he appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he had he gave into his hand.* 5 And it came to pass when he had appointed him over- seer over his house, and over all that he had, that the Eternal blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake ; and the blessing of the Eternal was upon all that he had 6 in the house, and in the field.* And he leff^ all that ^ belly. ■^ gave. ' restored. * eunuch. ' forsook. i, GENESIS, Chap. XXXIX. he had in Joseph's hand ; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph 7 was of beautiful form and beautiful appearance.^* And it came to pass after these things that his lord's wife lifted up her eyes to Joseph ; and she said, Lie with 8 me.* But he refused, and said unto his lord's wife. Behold, my lord knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath given all that he hath into my hand ;* 9 There is none greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great evil, and sin 10 against God?* And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to 11 lie by her, or to be with her.* And it came to pass on such a day, that Joseph went into the house to do his work ; and there was none of the men of the house 12 there within.* And she caught him by his garment, saying. Lie with me : and he left^ his garment in her 13 hand, and ran away, and went out abroad.* And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left^ his garment in her 14 hand, and had run away abroad,* That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying. See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto U) to mock us; he came unto me to lie with me, and I called with a loud^ 15 voice:* And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and called, that he left^ his garment 16 with me, and ran away, and went out abroad.* And she placed his garment by her, until his lord came into his 17 house * And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast 18 brought unto us, came unto me to mock me :* And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and called, that he 19 left" his garment with me, and ran away abroad.* And it came to pass, when his lord heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this man- ner^ did thy servant to me; that his wrath glowed.* 20 And Joseph's lord took him, and put^ him into the prison-house, a place where the king's prisoners were 21 bound: and he was there in the prison-house.* But the Eternal was with Joseph, and shewed^ him mercy, and gave him favour in the eyes of the officer of the 22 prison-house.* And the officer of the prison-house gave J sight. ^ forsook. 3 great. ' words. ^ gave. ^ inclined. GENESIS, CiiAP. XXXIX. XL. to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison- house ; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer 23 of it* The officer of the prison-house saw not to any thing that was under his hand ; because the Eternal was with him, and that which he did, the Eternal made to prosper. Chap. XL. 1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had sinned against 2 their lord the king of Egypt.* And Pharaoh was angry against two of his eunuchs, against the officer of the 3 butlers, and against the officer of the bakers.* And he put^ them in the ward of the house of the officer of the executioners, into the prison-house the place where 4 Joseph was bound.* And the officer of the executioners charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto 5 them : and they were a year' in ward.* And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, 6 who were bound in the prison-house.* And Joseph came unto them in the morning, and when he saw them, 7 behold they were troubled.* And he asked Pharaoh's eunuchs that were with him in the ward of his lord's 8 house, saying. Why are your faces sad** to-day ?* And they said unto him. We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them. Do not interpretations belong to God ? relate them 9 to me, I pray you.* And the officer of the butlers re- lated his dream to Joseph, and said to him. In my dream, 10 behold, a vine icas before me ;* And on the vine we^e three shoots: and it luas as though it flowered, and its blossom went up; and the clusters thereof ripened into 1 1 grapes :* And Pharaoh's cup was in m}-^ hand : and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, 1 2 and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.^* And Joseph said unto him. This is the interpretation of it: The 13 three shoots are three days:* Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place :^ and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner^ when thou wast his J gave. * days. ' evil. * hollow. ' frame. ^ first judgment. GENESIS, Chap. XL. XLI. 14 butler.* O that thou wouldst remember me when it shall be well with thee, andwouldst show mercy, I pray thee, unto me and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, 15 and bring me out of this house :* For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into 16 the dungeon.!* When the officer of the bakers saw that he had interpreted for good, he said unto Joseph, I also saw in my dream, and, behold, I had three baskets of 17 white bread on my head:* And in the uppermost basket there icas of all manner of food for Pharaoh, the work^ of a baker ; and the fowls did eat them out of the basket 1 8 upon my head.* And Joseph answered and said. This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three 19 days:* Yet within three days shall Pharaoh hft up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and 20 the fowls shall eat thy flesh from off thee.* And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birth- day, that he made a feast unto all his servants : and he lifted up the head of the officer of the butlers, and of the officer of the bakers in the midst of his servants.* 21 And he restored the officer of the butlers unto his but- lership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's 22 hand:^* But he hanged the officer of the bakers: as 23 Joseph had interpreted to them.* Yet did not the officer of the butlers remember Joseph, but forgat him. Chap. XLL 1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years,'' that Pharaoh dreamed : and, behold, he stood by the river.* 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine beautiful to the sight and plump-fleshed ; and they fed 3 in the reed-grass.* And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, bad to the sight and thin- fleshed ; and stood by the other kine upon the brink^ of 4 the river.* And the kine bad to the sight and thin- fleshed did eat up the seven kine that were beautiful to * pit. ^ deed. ^ hollow. * days. * do. GENESIS, Chap. XLI. 5 the sight and plump. So Pharoah awoke,* And he slept and dreamed a second time : and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, ^ plump and good.* 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and parched with the east 7 wind grew up after them.* And the seven thin ears swallowed the seven plump and full ears. And Pharoah 8 awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.* And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled^ ; and he sent and called for all the engravers of hieroglyphics of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharoah re- lated to them his dream ; but none could interpret it 9 unto Pharoah.* Then spake the officer of the butlers unto Pharoah, saying, I will make mention of my 10 faults^ to-day:* Pharoah was angry with his servants, and put^ me in ward in the house of the officer of the executioners, both me and the officer of the bakers:* 1 1 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he ; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his 1 2 dream.* And there was there with us a lad, an Hebrew, servant to the officer of the executioners ; and we related to him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each 13 man according to his dream he did interpret.* And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he 14 restored unto my office,^ and him he hanged.* Then Pharoah sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon :^ and he cHpped his hair, and 15 changed his raiment'' and came unto Pharoah.* And Pharoah said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and none can interpret it : and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand^ a dream to interpret it.* 16 And Joseph answered Pharoah, saying. Not I: God 17 will answer the peace of Pharoah.* And Pharoah said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the 18 bank^ of the river:* And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, plump-fleshed and beautiful of 19 form; and they fed in the reed-grass :* And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very bad of form and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all 20 the land of Egypt for badness :* And the lean and the » cane. * struck. ^ sina. * gave. ^ frame. ^ pit. ' outer garments. 8 hear. ^ lip. GENESIS, CfiAP. XLI. 21 bad kine did eat up the firi^t seven plump kine:* And when they had eaten them up,i it could not be known that they had eaten them up;i their appear- 22 ance" being bad, as previously. So I awoke.* And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came 23 up on one stalk^ full and good :* And, behold, seven ears, sapless, thin, and parched with the east wind, grew 24 up after them :* And the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears : and I said it unto the engravers of hiero- 25 (jhjpldcs ; but none could tell it to me.* And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one : God 26 hath told Pharaoh what he is about to do.* The seven good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are 27 seven years; the dream is one.* And the seven thin and bad kine that came up after them are seven years ; and the seven lean ears of corn parched with the east 28 wind shall be seven years of famine.* This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh : What God is about 29 to do he hath fshown unto Pharaoh.* Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the 30 land of Egypt:* And there shall arise after them seven years of famine :; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt ; and the famine shall consume^ the 31 land;* And the plenty shall not be known in the land because of that famine afterwards ; for it shall be very 32 heavy.* And for that the dream was repeated unto Pha- raoh twice ; it is because the thing is determined by God, 33 and God hasteneth to do it.* Now fherefore let Pharaoh look out^ a man understanding and wise, and set him over 34 the land of Egypt* Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty.* 35 And let them store up all the food of those good years that come, and pile up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, 36 for food in the cities and let them keep it.* And the food shall be as a charge for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the iand of Egypt ; 37 that the land be not cut off through the famine.* And the thing vms good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the * when they had come into their inwards. * eight. ^ cane. * fiuish. * see. GENESIS, Chap. XLI. 38 eyes of all his servants.* And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in 39 whom the Spirit of God is?* And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Since God hath made all this known unto thee, 40 there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:* Thou shalt be over my house, and to thee shall all my people do homage:^ only in the throne will I be greater than thou.* 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set^ thee 42 over all the land of Egypt* And Pharaoh took ofF^ his ring from his hand, and puf* it upon Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen, and put a gold 43 collar about his neck ;* And he made him to ride in the carriage of the second in rank which he had; and they called before him, Abrech: and he set^ him 44 over all the land of Egypt.* And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I ain Pharaoh, but without thee shall no man 45 lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.* And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah ; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti- pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all 46 the land of Egypt.* And Joseph icas thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before Pharaoh, and passed 47 throughout all the land of Egypt.* And in the seven years of plenty, the earth brought forth* by handfuls.* 48 And he stored up all the food of the seven years which was in the land of Egypt, and laid up* the food in the cities: the food of the field which was round about 49 every city, laid* he up in the midst thereof* And Joseph piled up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until 50 he ceased numbering ; for it was without number.* And unto Joseph were born two sons before the 3'ear of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti- 51 pherah priest of On bare unto him.* And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh : For God, said he, hath effaced from my mind all my trouble, and all my 52 father's house.* And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the 53 land of my misery.* And the seven years of plenty, that 54 was in the land of Egypt, were finished.* And the seven 1 upon thy mouth shall all my people kiss. '^ given. ' remoyed. * gave. * made. GENESIS, Chap. XLI. XLII. years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said : and the famine was in all lands ; but in all the land 55 of Egypt there was bread.* And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said unto all Egypt, Go unto 56 Joseph ; what he saith to you, do.* And the famine was over all the face of the earth : and Joseph opened all the places that had food in them, and sold grain unto the Egyptians ;i and the famine waxed sore^ in the land 57 of Egypt.* And all the earth came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy grain ; because that the famine was sore* in all the earth.* Chap. XLII. 1 Now when Jacob saw that there was a sale of com in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons. Wherefore do ye look 2 to yourselves?* And he said. Behold, I have heard that there is a sale of corn in Egypt : go down thither, and buy grain for us from thence ; that we may live, 3 and not die.* And Joseph's ten brethren went down 4 to buy corn in Egypt.* But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren ; for he said, Lest 5 peradventure mischief befall him.* And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came : for 6 the famine was in the land of Canaan.* And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold grain to all the people of the land : and Joseph's breth- ren came, and prostrated themselves before him with 7 their faces^ to the earth.* And Joseph saw his breth- ren, and he recognised them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them ; and he said unto them, Whence come ye ? And they said. From the 8 land of Canaan to buy grain for food.* And Joseph recognised his brethren, but they recognised him not.* 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them. Ye are spies; to see the 10 nakedness of the land ye are come:* And they said unto him. Nay, my lord, but to buy grain for food are 1 1 thy servants come.* We are all one man's sons ; we are 12 trustworthy, thy servants are no spies.* And he said ' Egypt. ^ was strong. ^ nostrils. GENESIS, Chap. XLIl. unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land 13 ye are come.* And they said. Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan ; and, behold, the youngest^ is this day with our father, 14 and one is not* And Joseph said unto them. That is 15 it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:* Hereby ye shall be proved : By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest^ brother come 16 hither.* Send one of you, and let him fetch^ your bro- ther, and ye shall be bound in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you : and 1 7 if not, by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies :* And 18 he put them all together^ into ward three days.* And Joseph said unto them the third day. This do, that ye 1 9 may live ; for I fear God :* If ye he trustworthy, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward : go ye, carry^ a purchase of grain for the famine^ of 3'our 20 houses :* But bring your youngest' brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. 2 1 And they did so.* And they said, one to another,^ We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he implored us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon 22 us.* And Reuben answered them, saying. Said I not unto you as follows. Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is 23 required.* And they knew not that Joseph understood 24 them ; for the interpreter was between them.* And he turned away from them, and wept ; and he returned to them again, and spake to them, and took from them 25 Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.* Then Joseph commanded to filF their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto 26 them.* And they lifted their purchase of grain on 27 their asses, and went from thence.* And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging- place, he saw his money ; for, behold, it was in his bag s 28 mouth.* And he said unto his brethren. My money is 1 litUe. * take. ^ gathered them. * bring. ' hunger. * a maa to his brother. ' and they fiJlcd. M GENESIS, Chap. XLII. XLHI. restored ; and, lo, it is even in my bag : and their heart failed them ;^ and they trembled, saying one to another,^ 29 What is this that God hath done unto us ?* And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, 30 and told him all that befell unto them ; saying,* The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, took^ 31 us for spies of the land.* And we said unto him We are 32 trustworthy ; we are no spies :* We he twelve brethren, sons of our father ; one is not, and the youngest'* is this 33 day with our father in the land of Canaan.* And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us. Hereby shall I know that ye are trustworthy ; place one of your breth- ren with me, and take food for the famine-^ of your 34 houses, and go.* And bring your youngest* brother unto me : then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are trustworthy : so will I give you your brother, 35 and ye shall travel in the land.* And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money teas in his sack : and when they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were 36 afraid.* And Jacob their father said unto them. Me have ye bereaved of children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin: all these 37 things are upon me.* And Reuben said unto his father, as follows, Put to death my two sons, If I bring him not to thee : give him into my hand, and 1 will restore him to 38 thee.* And he said. My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he remains alone : if mischief befall him by the way in which ye go, then shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave. Chap. XLHI. 1 2 And the famine was heavy In the land.* And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the purchase of grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again,^ buy grain for us for a little ,'i food.* And Judah said unto him as follows. The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying. Ye shall not see vent out. * a man to his brother. ^ gave. * little. ^ hunger. ' return- GENESIS, Chap. XLIII. 4 my face, except your brother &e with you.* If thou will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee 5 grain for food :* But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down : for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see 6 my face, except your brother be with you.* And Israel said, Wherefore did ye do evil to me, by telling the man 7 that ye had yet a brother?* And they said, the man asked us strictly concerning ourselves, and our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor^ of these words: could we certainly know that he would 8 say. Bring your brother down ?* And Judah said unto Israel his father. Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; that we may live, and not die, both we, 9 and thou, and also our little ones.* I will be surety for him ; at m;y hand shalt thou seek him : if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then I shall have 10 sinned against thee all my days:* For had we not 11 lingered, surely now we had returned twice.* And their father Israel said unto them, If so, now do this ; take of the best fruits|| in the land in yoiu* vessels, and bring down to the man a present,- a little balm, and a little honey, spices,|| and labdanum,|| nuts, and almonds:* 12 And take double money in your hand ; and the money that was restored in the mouth of your bags, restore by 13 your own hand ; peradventure it was an oversight :* Take 14 also your brother, and arise, return unto the man :* And God Almighty give you compassion before the man that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I am to be bereaved of children, let me be bereaved 15 of children.* And the men took that present,^ and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin ; and rose, and went down to Egypt, and stood before 16 Joseph.* And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to him who was over his house. Bring these men into the house, and kill, and prepare ; for these 17 men shall eat with me at noon.* And the man did as Joseph said; and the man brought the men into 18 Joseph's house.* And the men were afraid, because ' mouth. * aa oblation. GENESIS, Chap. XLIII. they were brought into Joseph's house ; and they said, Because of the money that was restored in our bags pre- viously are we brought in ; that he may seek occasion^ ao^ainst us, and fall upon us, and take us for 19 servants, and our asses.* And they stepped near to the man who was over Joseph's house, and they spake 20 with him at the entrance of the house,* And said, O my lord, we came indeed down previously to buy grain 21 for food:* And it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our bags, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his bag, our money in its full weight : and we have brought* it back in 22 our hand.* And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy grain for food : we know not who put 23 our money in our bags.* And he said, Peace be with you. Fear not : your God, and the God of your father, hath given you a hidden treasure in your bags : Your money came to mc. And he brought Simeon out unto them.* 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they laved their feet ; and he gave 25 their asses provender,* And they prepared the present^ against Joseph came at noon : for they heard that they 26 should eat bread there.* And when Joseph came into the house, they brought him the present,^ which was in their hand into the house, and prostrated themselves 27 to him to the earth.* And he asked them of their welfare'* and said. Is there peace with your father, the old 28 man of whom ye spake ? Is he yet alive ?* And they answered, Peace is with thy servant our father, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and pros- 29 tratcd themselves.* And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, 7s this your younger^ brother, of whom ye spake^ unto me ? 30 And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.* And Joseph made haste ; for his compassion was excited to- wards his brother: and he sought tvhere to weep, and 31 he came into his chamber, and wept there.* And he laved his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and 32 said. Set on^ bread.* And they set on^ for him alone, iind for them alone, and for the Egyptians, who did eat with him uloiic: because the Egyptians could not pa( brciwl with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination I roll Liiusitlf. - restored. ^ an oblatiuu. * peace. » little. ^ said, r jmt. GENESIS, Chap. XLIII. XLIV. 3^ unto the Egyptians.'* And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth : and the men marvelled one at 34 another. 2* And one bore presents unto them from before his face : but Benjamin's present was five times as much as the presents of all of them. And they drank, and were merry^ with him. Chap. XIJV. 1 And he commanded him that was over his house, say- ing. Fill the men's bags toith food, as much as they can bear, and put every man's money in his bag's mouth.* 2 And put my goblet, the silver goblet, in the bag's mouth of the youngest,"* and the money for his purchase of com. And he did according to the word that Joseph had 3 spoken.* When the morning was light, the men were 4 sent away, they and their asses.* When they were gone out of the city, they were not yet far, Joseph said unto him that was over his house. Arise, pursue the menj and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, 5 Wherefore have ye repaid evil for good ?* Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in that ye have done.* 6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these 7 words.* And they said unto him. Wherefore speaketh my lord these words ? It were unworthy of thy servants 8 to do according to this thing:* Behold, the money, which we found in our bags' mouths, we restored unto thee out of the land of Canaan : how then should we 9 steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold ?* With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, 10 and we also will be my lord's servants.* And he said. It were right to he according unto your words : never- theless he only with whom it is found shall be my servant; 1 1 but ye shall be guiltless.* Then they hastened and brought down every man his bag to the earth, and opened every 12 man his bag.* And he searched, and began at the eldest,^ and finished at the youngest ;"* and the goblet was found 13 in Benjamin's bag.* Then they rent their outer-garments, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.* 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; ' Egypt. * a mail to his fellow. ' drunken. * little. ^ great. GENESIS, Chap. XLIV. while ho loas yet there : and they fell before him on the 15 earth.* And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done ? did ye not know that such a man 16 as I can certainly divine?* And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants : behold, we are my lord's ser- vants, both we, and he also in whose hand the goblet is 17 found.* And he said, It were unworthy of me to do so: but the man in whose hand the goblet is found, he shall be my servant ; and as for you, go you up in peace unto your father. 18 Then Judah stepped near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thy wrath glow against thy 19 servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.* My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother ?* 20 And we said unto my lord. We have an old father, and a little child of Ms old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his 21 father loveth him.* And thou saidst unto thy servants. Bring him down unto me, that I may set^ mine eyes 22 upon him.* And we said unto my lord. The lad can- not leave his father : for if he should leave his father, 23 he would die.* And thou saidst unto thy servants. Except your youngest^ brother come down with you, ye 24 shall see my face no more.^* And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the 25 words of my lord.* And ovu: father said. Go again,'* buy 26 us as a little food.* And we said. We cannot go down: if our youngest^ brother be with us, then will we go down : for we may not see the man's face, except our 27 youngest^ brother be with us.* And thy servant my father said unto us. Ye know that my wife bare me two 28 sons:* And the one went out from me, and i said, Surely he is torn in pieces ; and I saw him not since :* 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with evil to the * put. ^ little. ^ not continue to Bee my face. * return. GENESIS, Chap. XLIV. XLV. 30 grave.* Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us ; as his soul is bound 31 up in the lad's soul:* It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die : and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy 32 servant our father with sorrow to the grave.* For thy sen^ant became surety for the lad unto my father, say- ing, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall have 33 sinned against my father for ever.'* Now therefore, 1 pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a servant to my lord; and let the lad go up with his 34 brethren.* For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me ? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on^ my father. Chap. XLV. 1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood^ by him ; and he called, Let every man go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while 2 Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.* And he wept aloud t^ and the Egyptians^ and the house of 3 Pharaoh heard it.* And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph ; doth my father yet live ? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were amazed at his 4 presence.* And Joseph said unto his brethren, Step near to me, I pray you. And they stepped near. And he said I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into 5 Egypt.* Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves,*' that ye sold me hither : for God did send me G before you for the preservation of life.* For these two years hatli the famine been in the land : and yet there are five years, in which there shall neither be ploughing nor 7 harvest.* And God sent me before you to prepare for you a subsistence'' in the earth, and to save your lives by a great 8 deliverance.* So nov^itwas not you thats,cx\i me hither, but God: and he hath made^ me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the 9 land of Egypt.* Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him. Thus saith thy son, Joseph, God hath » all days. ^ find. 3 ^g^e placed. * gave his voice in VFceping. * Egypt. • nor let it glow in your eyes. ' put for you a remnant. * put. GENESIS. Chap. XLV. made^ me lord of all Egypt : come down unto me, tarry^ 10 not:* And thou shalt abide in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, 11 and all that thou hast:* And there will I nourish thee ; for yet there are five years of famine ; lest thou, and thy \io\xsehold, and all that thou hast, be impoverished.* 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.* 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and 14 bring down my father hither.* And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept ; and Benjamin wept 15 upon his neck,* Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren spake 16 with him.* And the fame^ thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come : and it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his 17 servants.* And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, 18 come unto the land of Canaan;* And take your father and your households, and come unto me : and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the 19 fat of the land.* Now thou art commanded, this do ye ; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring* your father, and 20 come.* Also regard not your stuff ;^ for the best of all 21 the land of Eti^ypt is your's.* And the children of Israel did so : and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command^ of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the 22 way.* To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment;'' but to Benjamin he gave three hundred 23 pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.''* And to his father he sent after this manner ; ten asses bearing of the best things of Egypt, and ten she asses bearing com and bread and sustenance for his father by the 24 way.* So he sent his brethren away, and they went : and he said unto them. See that ye be not agitated by 25 the way.* And they went up out of Egypt, and came 26 into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,* And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler ' put. ' stand. ^ voice. ' bear. * and your eyes shall not spare your vessels. ^ mouth. ' outer-garments. GENESIS, Chap. XLV. XLVI. over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart con- 27 tinned cold, for he believed them not.* And they spake to him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them : and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to bear him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:* 28 And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son ia yet alive : I will go and see him before I die. Chap. XLVI. 1 And Israel journeyed with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and sacrificed sacrifices unto the God of his 2 father Isaac* And God said unto Israel in the visions^ of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said. Here 3 am I.* And he said, I am the mighty God, the God of thy father : fear not to go down into Egypt ; for I will there 4 make^ of thee a great nation :* I will go down with thee into Egypt ; and I myself will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall set^ his hand upon thine eyes.* 5 And Jacob rose from Beer-sheba : and the sons of Israel carried^ Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pliaroah had sent to 6 carry* him.* And they took their cattle, and their sub- stimcc, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with 7 him:* His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, • who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, 9 Jacob's firstborn.* And the sons of Reuben ; Ilanoch, 10 and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.* And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of the Canaanitish 11 woman.* And the sons of Levi; Gcrshon, Kohath, 12 and Merari.* And the sons of Jndah: Er, and Onaii, and Shelah, and Pharcz, and Zarah : but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.* And the sons of Pharez 13 were Hezron and Hamul.* And the sons of lesachar*; 14 Tola, and Phiivah, and Job, and Sliimron.* And the 15 sons of Zebulun; Scrcd, and Elon, and Jahlcel.* These ' sights. ' put. ^ bore. ^ bear. ^^. GENESIS, CiiAP. XLVI. itre the sons of Leah, vrhom she bare unto Jacob in Padun-aram, with his daughter Dinah : all the souls of 16 his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.* And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and 17 Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Arcli.* And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister : and the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and 18 Malchiel.* These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto 1 9 Jacob, even sixteen souls.* The sons of Rachel Jacob's 20 wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.* And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare 21 unto him.* And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and 22 Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.* These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob : all the souls 23 were fourteen.* And the sons of Dan; Hushim.* 24 And the sons of Naphtali ; Jahzeel, and Gunl, and 25 Jezer, and Shillem.* These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she 26 bare these unto Jacob: all the souls icere seven.* All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins,' besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the 27 souls were threescore and six ;* And the sons of Joseph, who were born him in Egypt, were two souls ; all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct^ him unto Goshen ; and thcj came into the land of 29 Goshen.* And Joseph made ready^ his carriage, and went up towards Israel his father, to Goshen, and when he appeared before him, he fell on his neck, and wept 30 on his neck a good while.'** And Israel said unto Joseph, Now I vi'iW fain die, since I have seen thy face, 31 because thou art yet alive.* And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and say unto him. My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are 32 come unto me ;* And the men are shepherds,'' for they have been cattle keepers f and they have brought their 33 flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.* And it } thigh. ' teach. ' bound. * further. ' herdmeu of flocks. '' men of cattle. GENESIS, Chap. XLVI. XLVII. shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall 34 say, What is your occupation ?i* That ye shall say. Thy servants have been cattle keepers^ from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers : in order that ye may abide in the land of Goshen ; for every shep- herd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.'* Chap. XLVIL 1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said. My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.* 2 And he took some^ of his brethren, even five men, and 3 presented^ them unto Pharaoh.* And Pharaoh said unto his brethren. What is your occupation ?7 And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds,^ both 4 we, and also our fathers.* They said moreover unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come ; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks ; for the famine is heavy in the land of Canaan : now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants abide in the land of Goshen.* 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father 6 and thy brethren are come unto thee :* The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land settle thy father and brethren; in the land of Goshen let them abide : and if thou knowest ani/ men of activity^ among them, then make^" them rulers^^ over my cattle.* 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and presented 8 him to Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.* And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, how many are the days of the 9 years of thy life ?* And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimaged^ are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained^^ unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their 10 pilgrimage. 1^* And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went 11 out fi*om before Pharaoh.* And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the 12 land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.* And ^ are your deeds. * men of cattle. ^ feeder of a flock. * Egypt. ' the extremity. * set. "> deed. ^ feeders of flocks. » force. *° put. " as officers. " sojournings. ^' overtaken. GENESIS, Chap. XLVII. Joseph supported his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their Httle 13 ones.* And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very heavy, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.* 14 And Joseph collected all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought:^ and Joseph brought the 15 money into Pharaoh's house.* And when the money was exhausted in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians^ came unto Joseph, and said. Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? 16 for the money is at an end.* And Joseph said. Come give your cattle ; and I will give you for your cattle, if 17 money is at an end.* And they brought their cattle unto Joseph : and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks,^ and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses : and he fed-* them with bread 18 for all their cattle for that year.* When that year was endcd,^ they came unto him the second year, and said unto him. We will not withhold from my lord, that our money is exhausted; my lord also hath our herds of cattle:" nothing remains before my lord, but 19 our bodies, and our ground:* Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground ? buy^ us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may 20 live, and not die, that the ground be not desolate.* And Joseph obtained all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for the Egyptians sold everi/ man his field, because the famine prevailed over them :^ so the land became Pha- 21 raoh's.* And as for the people, he caused them to pass into cities from 07ie extremity of the boundaries of 22 Efypt even to the other extremity thereof.* Only the ground of the priests obtained he not ; for the priests had a portion^ from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion^ which Pharaoh gave them : wherefore they sold not 23 their ground.* Then Joseph said unto the people. Behold, 1 have obtained you this day and your ground for Pharaoh : lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow 24 the ground.* And it shall come to pass in the increase, » for the purchase of graia for which they purchased grain. - Kgypt. '' cattle of the flocks. * cuuductcd. '"■ exhausted. <> cattle of beasts. ^ obtaio. ^ was strong. '•' statute. GENESIS. Chap. XLVIl. XLVIII. that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharoah, and fonr parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your hoxiseholds, and for food 25 for your litde ones.* And they said. Thou hast saved our lives : let us find favour in the eves of my lord, and 26 we will be Pharaoh's servants.* And Joseph made^ it a statute over the land^ of Egypt unto this day, that Pha- raoh should have the fifth part; except the ground of 27 the priests only, w^zcA became not Pharaoh^s.* And Israel abode in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen ; and -they had possessions^ therein, and were fruitful, 28 and multiplied exceedingly.* And Jacob Hved in the land of Egypt seventeen years : so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were an hundred forty and seven years.* 29 And when the days of Israel's death approached, he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favour in thy eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, that thou wilt shew^ me mercy and 30 truth ; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt .* But I will - lie with my fathers, and thou sbalt bear me from Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place.* And he said, I will 31 do according to thy words.* And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware.unto him. And Israel prostrated himself upon the bed's head. CuAP. XLVIII. 1 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with him 2 his two sons^ Manasseh and Ephraim.* And une told .Jacob, and said. Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee : and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the 3 bed.* And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty ai>peared unto me at Luz in the land of CanaJin, and 4 blessed me,* And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fi-uitful, and multiply thee, and I will make oP thee an assembly of peoples ; and will give this land to thy 1 set. 3 ground. ^ seized. * do. ^ give. GENESIS, Chap. XLVIII. 6 seed after tliee for a possession henceforth.* And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine ; as Reuben and Simeon, shall Ephraim and Manas - 6 seh, be mine.* And thy issue,^ which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the 7 name of their brethren in their inheritance.* And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a kibrath of land to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath ; the same is 8 Beth-lehem,* And Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said> 9 Who are these?* And Joseph said unto his father. They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this ■place. And he said, Bring^ them, I pray thee, unto me, 10 and I will bless them.* Now the eyes of Israel were dim^ from old age, so that he could not see. And he made them step near unto him ; and he kissed them, 1 1 and embraced them.* And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not contemplated to see thy face : and, lo, God hath 12 shewed me also thy seed.* And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he prostrated himself 13 before his face'* to the earth.* And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand, towards Israel's left, and Manasseh in his left hand towards Israel's right, and 14 made them step near unto him.* And Israel stretched out his right hand, and set it upon Ephraim's head,, although he loas the younger, and his left upon Manas- seh's head, placing his hands designedly ; for Manasseh 15 loas the firstborn.* And he blessed Joseph, and said, the God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me since I existed unto this 16 day,* The AngeF redeeming me from all evil, shall bless the lads ; and let my name be called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and let them increase fish-like, as to multitude, in the midst of the 17 earth.* And when Joseph saw that his father set his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes : and he held up his father's hand, to remove it 18 from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.* And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father : for this is the firstbjrn; put thy right hand upon his head.* 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I * kindred. - take. ■'' heavy. * nostrils. ^ sent. •"' messenger. GENESIS, Chap. XLVIII. XLIX. tnow it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great : but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude^ 20 of nations.* And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make- thee as Eph- raim and as Manasseh: and he put Ephraim before 21 Manasseh.* And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die : but God shall be with you, and restore you unto 22 the land of your fathers.* Moreover I have given to thee one portion^ above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite vdth my sword and with my bow. Chap. XLIX. 1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said. Gather your- selves together, that I may tell you that which shall be- 2 fall you in the remoteness of days.* Gather'* yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob ; and hearken^ unto 3 Israel your father.* Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my vigour, and the beginning of my manhood, superiority 4 in dignity,^ and superiority in power :* TAy precipi- tancy is like the waters, thou shalt not be superior;'' be- cause thou wentest up to thy father's place of repose; then profanedst thou my couch bj/ going up. 5 Simeon and Levi are bretliren; instruments^ of violence 6 are their swords ||.* O my soul, come not thou into their secret deUberation ; unto their asssembly, my glory-^, be not thou united : for in their wrath they slew a man, 7 and in their selfwiW they lamed an ox.^ Cursed he their wrath, for it was powerful ; and their fierceness, for it was cruel :^° I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter 8 them in Israel.* Judah, thee thy brethren shall praise : thy hand is in the neck of thine enemies ; thy father's 9 sons shall prostrate themselves before thee.* A young lion is Judah : from the prey, my son, thou goest up : he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as a fierce 10 lioness|| ; who shall rouse him ?* The rod shall not de- part from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and his be the obedience of peo- 1 1 pies.* Binding unto the vine his foal, and to the vine branch the son of his she ass ; he washed in wine his 12 attire, and in the blood of grapes his raiment:* His eyes are red[| from wine, and the whiteness of his teeth is with milk. * (ulluess. ^ put. 3 shoulder. * store. ^ hear. * rising. "> leave. ^ vessels. " one of a herd. ^^ hard. GENESIS, CiiAP. XLIX. 13 Zebulun towards the coast of seas shall dwell ; and he shall be for an haven^ of ships ; and his border' shall be unto Zidon. 14 Issachar is a bony ass crouching between the folds|| :* 15 And he saw that repose was good, and the land that it loas pleasant; and he inclined his shoulder to receive the burthen, and became a servant unto tribute. 16 Dan shall pronounce judgment on his people, as one 17 of the tribes of Israel.* Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a viper| in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so 18 that his rider shall fall backward.* I hope for thy aid, 19 O Lord.* Gad, an assailing troop shall assail him: 20 but he shall assail the heel.* Out of Asher cometh his fat bread, and he shall give dainties for a king.* 21 Naphtali is a hind sent forth : he giveth sayings of plea- 22 santness.* A son of fruitfulness is Joseph, eue;i a son of fruitfulness by a welF : daughters tread on the wall :* 23 And they embittered him and were numerous; and 24 the archers^ were hostile to him.* But his bow abideth in strength,^ and the arms of his hands remain supple and vigorous by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob ; from thence he became the feeder, the stone of Israel:* 25 From the God of thy father, who shall help thee ; and the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the murmuring deep that croucheth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the 26 womb :* The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors even to the boundaries!! of the everlasting^ hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of" the head of him that is a Nazarite among his brethren. 27 Benjamin is a wolf that teareth and in the morning eateth his prey,|| and at even he divideth the spoil.* 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : and this is it that their father spake unto them, when he blessed them ; every man according to his blessing he blessed 29 them.* And he commanded them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the 30 Ilittitc.* In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham obtained witli the field of Ephron the Hittite a coast. - thigh. 3 an eye. * ownere of arrows. ^ continuity. ." for ever. GENESIS, Chap. XLIX. L, 31 for a possession of a burying-place.* There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Robekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.* 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein 33 was fro;n the children of Heth.* And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered unto his peoples. Chap. L. 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon 2 him, and kissed him.* And Joseph commanded his servant3 the physicians to enbalm his father: and the 3 physicians embalmed Israel.* And forty days were fulfilled^ for him ; for so are fulfilled' the days of em- balming: and the Egyptians^ wept for him threescore 4 and ten days.* And when the days of his weeping were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, 5 I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,* My father adjured me, saying, Lo, I die: in my buryiiig-place which I have bought for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will return.* 6 And Pharaoh said. Go up, and bury thy father, accord- 7 ing as he adjured thee.* And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of 8 the land of Egypt,* And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house : only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left^ in the 9 land of Goshen.* And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen : and it was a very great^ camp.* 10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a great and very sore'' lamentation : and he made a mourning 11 for his father seven days.* And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the thresh- ing floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous'* mourning to the Egyptians :^ wherefore the name of it was called 1 2 Abcl-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.* And hissons 13 did unto him according as he commanded them :* For * full. - Egypt. 3 forsook. * heavy. O GENESIS, Chap. L. his sons bore him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abra- ham obtained with the field for a possession of a bury- 14 ing-place of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.* And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he 1 5 had buried his father.* And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure be hostile to us, and will certainly requite^ 16 us afl the evil which we did unto^ him.* And they commanded some to go unto Joseph, saying, Th}^ father 17 did command before his death, saying,* So shall ye say unto Joseph, ForgivCj^ pray, the trespass ot thy brethren, and their sin; for they did^ unto thee evil: and now, pray, forgive^ the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept 18 when they spake unto him.* And his breiliren also went and fell down before him ; and they said, Behold, we 19 are thy servants.* And Joseph said unto them. Fear not: 20 for am I instead of God?* Though ye thought evil against me, God thought it for good ; in order to do as 21 at this day, to preserve numerous people alive.* Now therefore fear ye not : I vt^ill support you and your little ones. Thus he comforted them, and spake kindly unto 22 them."* And Joseph abode in Egypt, he, and his father's house : and Joseph lived an hundred and ten 23 years.* And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation : the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were, when children, upon Joseph's knees** 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die : and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 25 Jacob * And Joseph adjured the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall bring up 26 m^' bones from hence.* So Joseph died, being an hun- dred and ten years old :^ and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin^ in Egypt. ' restore to. * requited. ' bear. * requited. * unto their hearts. * 8 son of an hundred and ten years. ^ case. END OF THE FIRST KOOK OF MOSES. EXODUS. EXODUS. Chap. I. 1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his houseAoW came 2 with Jacob.* Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,* 3 4 Issachar, Zebuhm, and Benjamin,* Dan, and Naph- 5 tah, Gad, and Asher.* And all the souls that came out of the thigh of Jacob were seventy souls: including 6 Joseph who was in Egypt.* And Joseph died, and all 7 his brethren, and all that generation.* And the chil- dren of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty ; and the 8 land was filled with them.* Now there arose a new 9 king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.* And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and powerful than we:* 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they mul- tiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out^ any war, they be added also to our enemies, and fight 1 1 against us, or go up out of the land.* Therefore they did set^ over them officers of tribute to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store cities, 12 Pithom and Raamses.* And as they afflicted them, so they multiplied and grew.* And they were har- 13 rassed because of the children of Israel.* And the Epyptians made the children of Israel to serve with 14 rigour*:* And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in slime and in bricks, and in all manner of ' put. '^ burst forth. ' they call. EXODUS, Chap. I. II. service in the field : all their service, wherein they made 15 them serve, xuas with rigour.* And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midv/ives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the second 16 Puah:* And he said. When ye do the office of a mid- wife to the Hebrew women, and see upon the stools ;' if it be a son, then ye shall put him to death: but if it n he Sk daughter, then she shall live.* But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt spake to 18 them, but saved the children alive.* And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved 19 the children alive?* And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women ; for they are vigorous,^ and bear ere 20 the midwives come unto them.* Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and 2 1 waxed very mighty.* And it came to pass, because the 22 midwives feared God, that he made them houses.* And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying. Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.* Chap. II. 1 Now there had gone a man of the house of Levi, and 2 had taken to wife a daughter of Levi.* And the woman was pregnant, and bare a son : and when she saw him that he was good^^, she concealed him three months.* 3 And when she could no longer conceal him, she took for him an ark^ of paper-reed, and daubed it with bitu- men and with pitch, and put the child therein ; and she 4 put it in the flags by the river's brink.-** And his sister placed herself afar off, to know what would be done to 5 him.* And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to lave at the river ; and her damsels walked by the river's side f and when she saw the ark' among the flags, she sent her 6 maid-servant and she took it.* And when she had opened zY, she saw it — the child : and, behold, it was a weeping-boy. And she pitied him, and said, This is 7 one of the Hebrews' children.* Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter. Shall I go and call to thee a * two stoues. - alive. ^ chest. * lip. ^ hand. EXODUS, Chap. II. hursin^^-woman of the Hebrews, that she may suckle 8 the child for thee ?* And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the young woman went and called the 9 child's mother.* And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her. Take this child away, and suckle it for me, and I will give thee thy hire. And the woman took the It) child and suckled it.* And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became as her son. And she called his name Moses : and she 1 1 said. Because I pulled him out of the water.* And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and saw their bur- dens : and he saw an Egyptian-man smiting an Hebrew- 1 2 man, one of his brethren.* And he turned this way and that way,- and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian to death, and secreted him in the 13 sand.* And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to the guilty one,^ Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow ?* 14 And he said. Who made"* thee a personage^ an officer, or a judge over us? intendest*' thou to slay me, as thou slewest the Egyptian ? And Moses feared, and said. Surely the 15 thing is known,* Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he soug;ht to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and abode in the land of Midian : and 16 he sat down by a well.* Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters ; and they came and drew water, and filled the gutters to give their father's flock drink.* 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses arose and saved them, and gave drink to their 18 flock.* And when they came to Reuel their father, he 1 9 said, Why have ye come so hastily to day ?* And they said. An Egyptian-man delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and 20 gave drink to the flock.* And he said unto his daughters. And where is he ? wherefore have ye left'' 21 the man? call him, that he may eat bread.* And Moses was content to abide with the man : and he gave Moses 22 Zipporah his daughter.* And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom : for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange^ land. * suckling. ^ thus and thus. ^ wicked. * put, ' man. * sayest. ' forsaken. ^ ^^ jjjgn EXODUS, Chap. II. ItL 23 And it came to pass in process of time,^ that the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the service, and they cried, and their cry for help came up unto God by reason of the service.* 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with 25 Jacob.* And God saw the children of Israel, and God knew their affliction. Chap. III. 1 Now Moses fed the flock of Jcthro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian : and he led the flock behind the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to 2 Horeb.* And the angeP of the Eternal appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush : and he saw, and, behold the bush burned^ with fire, 3 and the bush was not devoured.* And Moses said, I will just depart, and see this great sight, why the bush 4 is not consumed.* And when the Eternal saw that he departed to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here 5 am I.* And he said. Approach not hither : put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place whereon thou 6 standest is holy ground. "** Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses screened his 7 face ; for he was afraid to look upon God.* And the Eternal said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows ;* 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey : unto the place of the Canaanites, and the 1 littites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, 9 and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.* Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me : and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the * during those many days. ^ messenger. ' was consuming. * ground of holiness. EXODUS, Chap. III. 10 Egyptians oppress them.* Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt* 1 1 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the chil- 12 dren of Israel out of Egypt?* And he said, Because I will be with thee ; and this shall be a sign unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this 13 mountain.* And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall ^ay unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you : and they shall say to me. What is his name ? what shall 14 I say unto them?* And God said unto Moses, 1 AM THAT I AM : and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.* 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Eternal, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you : this is my name for ever, and this is my memo- 16 rial unto all generations.^* Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them. The Eternal God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in 17 Egypt :* And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with 18 milk and honey.* And they shall hearken to thy voice : and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him. The Eternal God of the Hebrews hath happened to meet us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey^ into the desert, that we may sacrifice to the 19 Eternal our God.* And I know that the king of Egypt 20 will not lef* you go, not even by a strong hand.* And I will stretch out^ my hand, and smite the Egyptians with all my W(mders which I will do among them : and after that 21 he will let you go.* And I will give this people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians : and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go ye shall not go empty :* ' generation generation. ' way. * give. ^ send. y EXODUS, CuAP. III. IV. 22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment ;i and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters ; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians ClIAP. IV. 1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will say the Eternal hath not appeared unto thee.* 2 And the Eternal said unto him, What is that in thine 3 hand? And he said, A staff.* And ho said. Cast it on the earth. And he cast it on the earth, and it became 4 a serpent ; and Moses ran away from before it* And the Eternal said unto Moses, Put forth^ thine hand, and seize it by its tail. And he putforth^ his hand, andlaidhold 5 of it, and it became a staff in his hand :^* That they may believe that the Eternal God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath 6 appeared unto thee.* And the Eternal said furthermore unto him. Bring now thine hand into thy bosom. And he brought his haxid into his bosom: and when he brought it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.* 7 And he said, Put^ thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put^ liis hand into his bosom again ; and brought it out of his bosom, and, behold, it had returned 8 as his other flesh.* And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to tlie voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the 9 latter sign.* And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry 10 land* And Moses said unto tlie Eternal, Pardon, my Lord, I am not a man of words, neither heretofore,'' nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant : but I am slow 11 of speech*^ and of a slow'' tongue.* And the Eternal said unto him. Who hath made^*^ man's mouth? or who maketh^^ the dumb, or deaf, or the open-eyed, or the 12 blind? have not I the Eternal?* Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou 13 shalt say.* And he said. Pardon, my Lord, send, I pray * outer garment. ^ send. ^ sent. '' hollow. * restore. ^ restored. ' from yesterday nor from before yesterday. ^ aid, heavy mouth. " heavy. *" put. " putteth. EXODUS, Chap. IV. 14 thee, by the hand of him lohom thou wilt send.* And the wrath of the Eternal glowed against Moses, and he said. Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he goeth forth towards thee : and when he seeth thee, he will be 15 glad in his heart.* And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach^ you 16 what ye shall do.* And he shall speak for thee unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of 17 God.* And thou shalt take this staff in thine hand, 18 wherewith thou shalt do the signs.* And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto ray brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.* 19 And the Eternal said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt : for all the men are dead who sought thy 20 life.^* And Moses took his wife and his sons, and made them ride upon the ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt : and Moses took the staff of God in his 21 bandi*, i^nd the Eternal said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all the wonders before Pharaon, which I have put in thine hand : but I will suffer his heart to be hard^, that he 22 shall not let the people go.* And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Eternal, Israel is my son, 23 even my firstborn:* And I say unto thee. Let my son go, that he may serve me : and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Eternal, Israel is my son, 23 even my firstborn :* And I say unto thee. Send away my son, that he may serve me : and if thou refuse to send him away, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy 24 firstborn.* And it came to pass by the way in the lodging place, that the Eternal met him, and 25 sought to put him to death.* Then Zippora took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at* his feet, and said. Surely a bridegroom of 2Q blood art thou to me.* So he loosened his hold of him : then she said, A bridegroom of blood thou art, because of circumcisions. 27 And the Eternal said to Aaron, Go into the desert towards Moses. And he went, and met him in 28 the mountain of God, and kissed him.* And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Eternal who had sent • sboot. ^ soul. 3 strong * made it touch, EXODUS, Chap. IV. V. him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.* 29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all 30 the elders of the children of Israel :* And Aaron spake all the words which the Eternal had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the eyes of the people.* 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the Eternal had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves. Chap. V. 1 And afterwards Moses and Aaron came and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Eternal God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in 2 the desert.* And Pharaoh said, Who is the Eternal, whose voice I am to obey, to let Israel go ? I know 3 not the Eternal, neither will I let Israel go.* And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath happened to meet us : let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey' into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Eternal our God; lest he light on us with pestilence, or with the sword.* 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Whencfora do ye, Moses and Aaron, disturb the people from their 5 works : go ye unto your burdens.* And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye 6 make them leave off their burdens.* And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, 7 and their bailiffs, saying,* Ye shall not continue to give the people straw to make bricks, as heretofore :^ 8 let them go and gather straw for themselves.* And the proportion of the bricks which they did make hereto- fore,^ ye shall put upon them ; ye shall not diminish ouffht thereof: for they be idle ; therefore they cry, 9 saying. Let us go and sacrifice to our God.* Let the service be hard upon the men, that they may labour^ 10 therein; and let them not regard vain words.* And the taskmakers of the people went out, and their bailiffs, and they spake to the people, saying. Thus saith 1 1 Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.* Go ye, take to yourselves straw where ye can fkid it : yet not ought* 1 way. ' yesterday before yesterday. ^ do. * word. EXODUS, Chap. V. VI. 12 of your service shall be diminished.* So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt 13 to gather stubble for straw.* And the taskmasters urged them, saying, Finish your works,^ your daily tasks,^ as 14 when there was straw.* And the bailiffs of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had put over them, were smitten, saying, Wherefore have ye not finished your task^ in making bricks, both yesterday and 15 to-day, as heretofore.^* Then the bailiffs of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Where- 16 fore dost thou thus with thy servants?* There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick : and, behold, thy servants are smitten ; but the 17 fault is in thine own people.* But he said. Ye are idle, ye are idle : therefore ye say. Let us go and sacrifice to 18 the Eternal.* Go therefore now, and serve ; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye give the 19 amount of bricks.* And the bailiffs of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, being obliged to say. Ye shall not diminish ought from your bricks of 20 your daily task.^* And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way,^ as they came forth from 21 Pharaoh :* And they said unto them. The Eternal look upon you, and judge ; because ye have made our odour to be abhorred^ in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.* 22 And Moses returned unto the Eternal, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou done so evil to this people ? where- 23 fore is it that thou hast sent me ?* For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people ; neither hast thou deUvered thy people at all. CnAP. VI. 1 Then the Eternal said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh : for with a strong hand shall he send them away, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out 2 of his land.* And God spake unto Moses, and said unto 3 him, I am the Eternal.* And I appeared unto Abraham, ^deedt. '^ ihe word of a day on its day, ^ statute. * as yesterday, before yesterday, also yesterday, also to-day. * were placed towards them: ^ to stink. EXODUS, Chap. VI. unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name o/*God Almighty, but by my name, the Eternal, was I not known to 4 them.* And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their 5 sojouniings, wherein they sojourned.* And 1 have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom Egypt causes to serve; and I have remembered my 6 covenant.* Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Eternal, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you out of their service, and I will redeem you with a stretched 7 out^ arm, and with great judgments:* And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Eternal your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of Egypt.* 8 And I will bring you unto the land, concerning which I did swear^ to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; and I will give it you for an heritage : 9 I am the Eternal.* And Moses spake so unto the chil- dren of Israel : but they hearkened not unto Moses through anguish^ of spirit, and through hard service.* 10 11 And the Eternal spake unto Moses, saying,* Go"* in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he send the 12 children of Israel out of his land.* And Moses spake before the Eternal, saying. Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me ; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips ?* 13 And the Eternal spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and commanded them concerning the children of Israel, and concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these are the families of 15 Reuben.* And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaid the son of the Canaanitish icoman : these are the fami- 16 lies of Simeon.* And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations ; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari : and the years of the life of Levi 17 were an hundred thirty and seven years.* The sons of ' an inclined. ^ lifted up ray hand. •'' shortness. * come. EXODUS, Chap. VI. VII. Gershon ; Libni, and Shimi, according to their 18 families.* And the sons of Koath ; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron and Uzziel: and the years of the Ufe of 19 Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.* And the sons of Merari ; Mahili and Mushi : these are the 20 famihes of Levi according to their generations.* And Amram took to himself Johebed his aunt to wife ; and she bare him Aaron and Moses : and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty 21 and seven years.* And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and 22 Nepheg, and Zikri.* And the sons of Uzziel ; Mishael, 23 and Elzaphan, and Zithri.* And Aaron took to him- self Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife ; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, 24 and Ithamar.* And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph : these are the families of the 25 Korhite.* And Eleazar Aaron's son took to himself one of the daughters of Putiel to wife : and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the 26 Levites according to their famihes.* These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Eternal said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according 27 to their hosts.* These are they who spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from 28 Egypt : these are that Moses and Aaron.* And it came to pass on the day xchen the Eternal spake unto Moses 29 in the land of Egypt.* That the Eternal spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Eternal : speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I impart unto thee.* 30 And Moses said before the Eternal, Behold, I am of uncircumcised Hps, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me ? Chap. VII. And the Eternal said unto Moses, See, I have made^ thee Ulie a god to Pharaoh : and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.* Thou shalt speak all that I command thee : and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.* And I will allow Pharaoh's heart to harden, and mul- tiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.* * given. EXODUS, Chap. VIL 4 But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay^ my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, — my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt 5 by great judgments.* And Egypt shall know that I am the Eternal, when I stretch forth^ mine hand against Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from the midst of 6 them.* And Moses and Aaron did as the Eternal com- 7 manded them, so did they.* And Moses teas fourscore years old,^ and Aaron fourscore and three years old-^ when they spake unto Pharaoh. 8 And the Eternal spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, 9 saying,* When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew^ a wonder for you : then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and cast it before Pharaoh, 10 and it shall become a serpent.^* And Moses and Aaron came in unto Phara««h, and they did so as the Eternal had commanded : and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and 1 1 it became a serpent.^* Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers : now the engravers of hieroglyphics of Egypt, they also did in like manner 12 with their secret arts.* For they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents :^ but Aaron's staff 13 swallowed their staves.* But Pharaoh's heart was hard,^ and he hearkened not unto them : as the Eternal had 14 said.* And the Eternal said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart 15 is hardened,^ he refuseth to let the people go.* Go unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water ; and thou shalt place thyself by the river's brink^ towards him ; and the staff which was turned into a 16 serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.* And thou shalt say unto him. The Eternal God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying. Send away my people, that they may serve me in the desert : and, behold, 17 hitherto thou wouldest not hear.* Thus saith the Eternal, In this thou shalt know that I am the Eternal : behold, I will smite with the staff that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall 18 be turned into blood.* And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink ; and Egypt shall be loath to drink^" of the water of the river. 19 And the Eternal said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, ' give, * incline. ^ a son of fourscore years. * a son of fourscore and three years. ^ give. '' huge creature. " btroug. "^ heavy. '•' Hp. '" weary to drink. EXODUS, Chap. VII. VIU. Take thy staff, and stretch out^ thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their gatherings of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in 20 vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.* And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Eternal commanded ; and he lifted up the staff, and smote the waters that were in the river, before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his servants ; and all the waters that were in the river 21 were turned into blood.* And the fish that was in the river died ; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river ; and there was blood 22 throughout all the land of Egypt* And the engravers of hieroglyphics of Egypt did so with their secret arts : and Pharaoh's heart was hard,^ and he did not hearken 23 unto them ; as the Eternal had said.* And Pharaoh tnrned and went^ into his house, neither did he set his 24 heart to this also.* And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink ; for they could not 25 drink of the water of the river.* And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Eternal had smitten the river. 26 And the Eternal spake unto Moses, Go"* unto Pharaoh, and say unto him. Thus saith the Eternal, Let my 27 people go, that they may serve me.* And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all thy boun- 28 daries with the frogs.* And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, and they shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy . people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading- 29 troughs:* And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. Chap. VIIL 1 And the Eternal spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth^ thine hand with thy staff over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause the frogs to 2 come up upon the land of Egypt.* And Aaron stretched forfh^ his hand over the waters of Egypt ; and the frog^ ' incliue. * strong. ^ came. * come. ^ inclined. EXODUS, Chap. VIII. 3 came up, and covered the land of Egypt.* And the en- gravers ofhieroglyphics did so with their secret arts, and 4 brought up the frogs upon the land of Egypt* Then Pha- raoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the Eternal, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people ; and I will let the people go, that they 5 may sacrifice unto the Eternal.* And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: for what period^ shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy peo- ple, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that 6 they may remain in the river only ?* And he said. For to-morrow. And he said. Be it according to thy word: that thou maycst know that there is none like unto the 7 Eternal our God.* And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people ; they shall remain in the river only.* 8 And Moses and Aaron went out fi'om Pharaoh : and Moses cried unto the Eternal because of the frogs which 9 he had brought- upon Pharaoh.* And the Eternal did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the inclosures, and out of the 10 fields.* And they piled them up in heaps'^ and tlie land 1 1 stank.* But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he allowed his heart to be hardened, and hearkened not 12 unto them; as the Eternal had spoken.* And the Eternal said unto Moses, say unto Aaron, Stretch out* thy staff, and smite the dust of the land that it may become 13 gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.* And they did so ; for Aaron stretched out'* his hand with his staff, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became gnats on man, and on beast ; all the dust of the land became 14 gnats throughout all the land of Egj^pt.* And the en- gravers of hieroylyphics did so with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not : so there were 15 gnats upon man, and upon beast.* Then the engravers of hieroglyphics said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger ot God: and Pharaoh's heart wjis hardened,^ and lio hearkened not unto them ; as the Eternal had spoken.* 16 And the Elei-nal said imto Moses, Rise early in the morning, and place thyself before Pharaoh ; lo, he gocth forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith ' for when. * put. ' heaps heaps. * iacliue. * inclined. ' strong. N EXODUS, Chap. VIII. IX. the Eternal, Let my people go, that they may serve 17 me.* But if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send the insects|| upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses : and the houses of Egypt shall be full of the insects, |1 and also the ground 18 whereon they are.* And I will distinguish in that day the land of Goshen, in which ray people dwell,^ that no insects|| shall be there ; in order that thou mayest know 19 that 1 am the Eternal in the midst of the earth.* And I will put a division^ between my people and thy people : 20 for to-morrow shall this sign be.* And the Eternal did so; and there came numerous^ insects|| into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt : the land was corrupted by reason of the 2 1 insects. ||* And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.* 22 And Moses said. It is not nieef* so to do ; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Eternal our God : lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone 23 us ?* We will go three days' journey^ into the desert, and sacrifice to the Eternal our God, as he shall say 24 unto us.* And Pharaoh said, I will let you go that ye may sacrifice to the Eternal your God in the desert ; only ye shall not go very far away : entreat for me.* 25 And Moses said. Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the Eternal that the insects|[ may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to- morrow : but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Eternal.* 26 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the 27 Eternal* And the Eternal did according to the word of Moses ; and he removed the insects|| from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people ; there remained 28 not one.* And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. Chap. IX. 1 Then the Eternal said unto Moses, Go« in unto Pha- raoh, and tell him^ Thus saith the Eternal God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.* 1 stand. 2 release. ^ heavy. * ready. * way. ^ come. EXODUS, Chap. IX. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them 3 still,* Behold, the hand of the Eternal is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herd, and upon the 4 flock : there shall be a very heavy pestilence.* And the Eternal shall distinguish between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt : and there shall nothing die of 5 all that is the children's of Israel.* And the Eternal set^ an appointed time, saying, To morrow the Eternal 6 shall do this thing in the land.* And the Eternal did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Eg^'^it died ; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not 7 one.* And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened,^ and he did not let the people go. 8 And the Eternal said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it towards the heaven in the eyes of 9 Pharaoh.* And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth^ with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the 10 land of Egypt* And they took soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up towards heaven ; and it became a boil breaking forth^ 11 with blains upon man, and upon beast.* And the engravers of hieroglyphics could not stand before Moses because of the boils ; for the boil was upon the engravers 12 of hieroglyphics, BXi(\. upon all Egypt* And the Eternal suffered the heart of Pharaoh to be hardened,** and he hearkened not unto them ; as the Eternal had spoken unto Moses. 13 And the Eternal said unto Moses, Rise early in the morning, and place thyself liefore Pharaoh, and eay unto him, Thus saith the Eternal God of the Hebrews, Let 14 my people go, that they may serve me.* For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people ; that thou maycst know that there is none like me in all the earth.* 15 For now I might have stretched^ out my hand, and I might have smitten thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou wouldcst have been exterminated from the IG earth,* But that in very deed for this cause have I raised*^ thee up, for to shew thee my jiower ; and that my name 'put. •heavy, ^blossoming. * strong. * sent. '■ caused tbce to btand. EXODUS, Chap. IX. 1 7 may be declared^ throughout all the earth.* As yet ezalt- est thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let 18 them go?* Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very heavy hail, such as hath not been in Egypt 1 9 from the day of its foundation even until now.* Send therefore now, and use thy power over thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field ; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be gathered into the house, the hail shall come down upon 20 them, and they shall die.* He that feared the word of the Eternal among the servants of Pharaoh made his 21 servants and his cattle flee into the houses:* And he that regarded* not the word of the Eternal left^ his ser- vants and his cattle in the field. 22 And the Eternal said unto Moses, Stretch forth'* thine hand towards heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.* 23 And Moses stretched forth,-"* his staff towards heaven ; and the Eternal sent^ thunder^ and hail, and fire ran along upon the ground; and the Eternal caused hail to 24 rainupon the land of Egypt.* So there was hail, and con- suming"* fire in the midst of the hail, very heavy, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it 25 became a nation.* And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast ; and the hail smote every herb of the field, 26 and shattered every tree of the field.* Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel wercj was there 27 no hail.* And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time ; the Eternal is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.* 28 Entreat the Eternal, for there have been too many thunderings^ of God and hail ; and I will let you go, 29 and ye shall stay no longer.^ And Moses said unto him. As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread my hands^° unto the Eternal ; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth belongs to the 30 Eternal.* But as for thee and thy servants, I know 3 1 that ye will not yet be afraid of the Eternal God.* And i related. ^ put his heart. ^ forsook. * incline. * inclined, * gave. ^?oices. 8 taking to itself. '•' >e shall not continue to stand. *" hollows. EXODUS, Chap. IX. X. the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley 32 was in the ear, and the flax vjas boiled.* But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten: for they ivere not 33 grown up.i* And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread his hands^ unto the Eternal ; and the thunders-^ and hail ceased, and the rain was not 34 poured upon the earth.* And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders^ were ceased, he continued to sin, and hardened his heart, he and 35 his servants.* And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened,'* neither would he let the children of Israel go ; as the Eternal had spoken by the hand of Moses. Chap. X. 1 And the Eternal said unto Moses, Go^ in unto Pharaoh: for I have allowed his heart to be hardened, and the heart of his servants, that I might set these my signs 2 among them : And that thou mayest relate in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done® among them ; that ye may know that I am the Eternal.* 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him. Thus saith the Eternal God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to be humbled before me ? 4 let my people go, that they may serve me.* For, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will 5 I bring the locusts within thy boundaries :* And they shall cover the face'' of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earths and they shall eat the residue which is escaped, which rcmaineth unto you from the hail, and shall cat every tree which groweth for you out G of the field :* And thy houses shall be full, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all Egypt ; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were u})on the ground unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh.* 7 xVnd Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us ? let the men go, that they may serve the Eternal their God: knowest thou not ^ dark. ^ hollows. ^ voices. * strong. ^ come. " put. '' eye. EXODUS, Chap. X. S yet that Egypt has perished ?* And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them. Go, serve the Eternal your God : who^ are they 9 that shall go ?* And Moses said. We will go with our young^ and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we 10 go; for it is our feast unto the Eternal * And he said unto them. Let the Eternal be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones : look that evil is 11 before your face.* Not so: go now ye that are adult men, and serve the Eternal ; for that ye did seek. And they drove them out from before the face of Pharaoh. 12 And the Eternal said unto Moses, Stretch out'' thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that hath remained from the 13 hail.* And Moses stretched forth"^ his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Eternal brought'' an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; ajid when it was morning, the east wind brought^ the locusts.* 14 And the locusts went up all over the land of Egypt, and rested within aU the boundaries of Egypt : very heavy were they ; before them there were no such locusts as 15 they, neither after them shall be such.* For they covered the face^ of the whole land, so that the land was dark- ened ; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left : and there was not left any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs 16 of the field, through all the land of Egypt.* Then Pharaoh hastened to call for Moses and Aaron ; and he said, I have sinned against the Eternal your God, and 17 against you.* Now therefore forgive,^ I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the Eternal your God, 18 that he may remove from me this death only.* And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the Eternal.* 19 And the Eternal turned a very strong west^ wind, and bore away the locusts, and cast^° them into the Red sea ;^i there remained not one locust in all the boundaries 20 of Egypt.* But the Eternal allowed Pharaoh's heart to be hardened, ^2 go that he would not let the children of Israel go. ' who and who. ^ lads. ' incline. *■ inclined. ^ led. ' bore. ' eye. 8 bear. "sea. •" fixed. •! sea of flags. »'^ strong. EIXODUS, Chap. X. XL 2^ AL.d the Eternal said unto Moses, Stretch out^ thine hand towards heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness tohich may be 22 felt.* And Moses stretched forth^ his hand towards heaven; and there was a thick darkness^ in all the land 23 of Egypt three days:* They saw not one another,* neither rose any man from his place^ for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their habita- 24 tions.* And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Eternal; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed : let your little ones also go with you.* 25 And Moses said, Thou must give into our hands also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice^ 26 unto the Eternal our God.* Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof remain; for thereof 26 must we take to serve the Eternal our God ; and we know not zvifh what we must serve the Eternal, until 27 we come thither.* But the Eternal allowed Pharaoh's heart to be hardened,^ and he would not let them go.* 28 And Pharaoh said unto him. Go from me, take heed to thyself, thou shalt not continue to see my face ; for in 29 that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.* And Moses said. Thou hast spoken right, I will not further continue to see thy face. Chap. XL 1 And the Eternal said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one infliction more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt ; after- wards he will let you go hence : when he shall let j/ou go, he shall surely drive you out hence altogether.* 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man ask his fellow, and every woman her fellow, for vessels 3 of silver, and for vessels of gold.* And the Eternal gave the people favour in the eyes of Egypt. Moreover the man Moses 7oas very great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of Pharaoh's servants, and in the eyes of the people. 4 And Moses said. Thus saith the Eternal, About mid- 5 night will I go out into the midst of Egypt:* And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the handmaid that is behind the ' incline. ^ inclined. ^ darkness of thick darkness. * a man saw not his brother. ^ underneath him. ^ mako. ' strengthened. EXODUS, Chap. XI. XII. 6 mill-stones; and all the firstborn of beasts.* And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any 7 more.i* But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move- his tongue, against man or beast ; that ye may know that the Eternal distinguisheth be- 8 tween Egypt and Israel.* And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and prostrate themselves unto me, saying, Go out, and all the people that follow thcc:^ and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in fierceness of wrath. 9 And the Eternal said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you ; so that my wonders may be multiplied 10 in the land of Egypt* And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh : and the Eternal allowed Pharaoh's heart to be hardened,'* so that he did not send the children of Israel out of his land. Chap. XII. 1 And the Eternal spake unto Moses and Aaron in the 2 land of Egypt, saying,* This month shall be unto you the beginning^ of months : it shall be the first month of 3 the year to you.* Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man one of a flock, for the 4 house of their fathers, one of a flock for a house :* And if the household be too little for one of a flock, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the proportion of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the 5 one of the flock.* The one of the flock shall be without blemish,^ a male of the first year:'' ye shall take it from the 6 sheep, or from the goats :* And it shall be in your keep- ing until the fourteenth day of the same month : and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall 7 slaughter it at eventide.^* And they shall take of the blood, and strike^ it on the two side posts and on the lintel; on the houses, wherein they shall eat 8 it.* And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs 9 they shall eat it.* Eat not of it half-done, nor sodden^" at all with water, but roast with fire ; its head with its ^ continue. '^ sharpen. ^ are at thy feet. * strengthen. ^ head. * perfect. ' the son of a year. - between the two evenings. ^ give. *° cooked. EXODUS, CiiAP. XII. 10 legs, and with the inward parts thereof.* And ye shall noc leave anything of it until the morning ; and that which is left of it until the morning ye shall hum with 11 fire.* And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your stick in your hand ; and ye shall eat it in haste : it is the passover of tho 12 Eternal* For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast ; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute I judgments; I am the Eternal.* 13 And the blood shall be to you for a sign upon the houses where ye are : and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the infliction shall not be upon you 14 as a destroyer, when I smite the land of Egypt.* And this day shall be unto you for a memorial ; and ye shall celebrate it a feast to the Eternal throughout your gene- rations; ye shall celebrate it a feast, an ordinance for 15 ever.* Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall have put away^ leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that scul shall be cut 16 off from Israel.* And in the first day there shall be a convocation of holiness, and in the seventh day there shall be a convocation of holiness to you ; no work shall be done in them, save that which may be eaten by man,^ 17 that only may be done for you.* And ye shall watch* the unleavened bread • for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt : therefore shall ye keep this day throughout your generations an 18 ordinance for ever.* In the first month, on the four- teenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at 19 even.* Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses : for whosoever eateth that which leaveneth, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger or a native of the land.* 20 Ye shall eat nothing that leaveneth ; in all your habita- 21 tions shall ye eat unleavened bread.* Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out or take you a lamb^ according to your families, 22 and slaughter the passover.* And ye shall take a bunch ' do. * cause to leave oflF. ' a soul. * keep. * a flock. EXODUS, Chap. XII. of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and touch the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason ; and none of you shall go out from the entrance of his house until the morning.* 23 For the Eternal will pass through to afflict Egypt; and when he sceth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Eternal will pass over the entrance, and will not suifer^ the destroyer to come in unto your 24 houses to afflict i/ou.* And ye shall keep this thing for a 25 statute to thee and thy sons for ever.* And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Eternal will give you, according as he hath spoken, that 26 ye shall keep this service.* And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you. What mean ye 21 by this service ?* That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the passover of the Eternal, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he afflicted Egypt, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and prostrated themselves.* 28 And the children of Israel went, and did as the Eternal had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the Eternal smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon ;2 and 30 all the firstborn of beasts.* And Pharaoh rose in the night, he, and all his servants, and all Egypt; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house 31 where there was not one dead.* And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Arise, go out from the midst of my people, both ye and the children of Israel ; and go, serve the Eternal, as ye have spoken.* 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have spoken, 33 and be gone; and bless me also.* And Egypt was urgent''' upon the people, hastening to send them out of 34 the land ; for they said. We are all dead men.* And the people took^ their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their outer-garments 35 upon their shoulder.* And the children of Israel d'd according to the word of Moses ; and they asked of the Egyptians vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and outer- 1 give. * house of (he pit. ' strong. * bore. EXODUS. Chap. XII. XIII. 36 garments :* And the Eternal gave the people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that they complied with their asking. And they emptied Egypt. 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Raraeses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot, 38 adult males, besides little ones.* And a mixed mul- titude^ went up also with them ; and flocks, and herds, 39 even very much^ cattle.* And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were driven out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had 40 they made for themselves any provisions.* Now the stay of the children of Israel, who abode in Egypt, was 41 four hundred and thirty years.* And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the self-same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of 42 the Eternal went out from the land of Egypt.* It is a night of observation unto the Eternal for bringing them out from the land of Egypt : this is that night of obser- vation of the Eternal to all the children of Israel through- out their generations. 43 And the Eternal said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover : There shall no alien^ eat 44 thereof:* But every man's servant that is bought* for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he 45 eat thereof.* A tolerated sojourner and a hired servant 46 shall not cat thereof* In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry^ forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the 47 house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.* All the 48 congregation of Israel shall keep^ it.* And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep^ the pass- over to tlie Eternal, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep*' it ; and he shall be as a native of the land : and no uncircumciscd person 49 shall eat thereof* One law shall be for the native, and for the stranger that sojourneth in the midst of you.* 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Eternal com- 51 mandcd Moses and Aaron, so did they.* And it came to ])ass the selfsame day, tJiat the Eternal did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. Chap. XIII. 1 2 And the Eternal sj^akc unto Moses, saying,* Sanctify liiito nie all the firstborn, the first olfspriiig of every 1 uuiuei ous mixture. « heavy. ^ son of an alien. * a purchase. '•' bring. " makft EXODUS, Chap. XIII. womb of the children of Israel, both of man and of 3 beast : it is mine.* And Moses said unto the people. Remember this day, in which ye went out from Egypt, out of the house of servants; for by strength of hand the Eternal brought you out thence : nothing leavened 4 shall be eaten.* This day go ye out in the month 5 Abib* And it shall be when the Eternal shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt serve this 6 service in this month.* Seven days thou shalt eat un- leavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be afeast' 7 to the Eternal.* Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall nothing leavened be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee within 8 all thy boundaries.* And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Eternal did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.* 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of the Eternal may be in thy mouth : for with a strong hand hath the Eternal brought thee out of Egypt.* 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its appointed season from year to year.^ 11 And it shall be when the Eternal shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and 12 to thy fathers, and shall give it thee.* That thou shalt set apart^ unto the Eternal every first offspring of the womb, and every first offspring dropped by beast which 1.3 thou hast; the males sliall be for the Eternal.* And every first offspring of an ass thou shalt redeem^ with one of a flock ; and if thou wilt not redeem^ it, then thou shalt break its neck: and all the firstborn of man 14 among thy sons shalt thou redeem.^* And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come,'' saying. What is this ? that thou shalt say unto him. By strength of hand the Eternal brought us out from Egypt, from 15 the house of servants:* And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly^ let us go, that the Eternal slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast : therefore I sacrifice to the Eternal every first offspring of the womb, being * from days to days. - causii to pass, ^ release. * to-morrow, "made it hard. T festival. EXODUS, Chap. XIII. XIV. males; but all the firstborn among my sons I redeem.'* 16 And it shall be for a sign upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand the Eternal brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had sent the people away, that God guided them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that ims near ; for God said. Lest peradventure the people repent 18 when they see war, and they return to Egypt:* But God led the people about, through the way of the desert of the Red sea r^ and the children of Israel went up 19 harnessed out of the land of Egypt.* And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him : for he had straitly ad- jured the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you : and ye shall bring up my bones away hence 20 with you.* And they journeyed from Succoth, and en- 21 camped in Etham, in the extremity of the desert.* And the Eternal went before them by day in a colunm of cloud, to guide them in the way and by night in a column 22 of fire to give them light ; to go by day and night :* He did not cause the column of cloud to depart by day, nor the column of fire by night, /rom before the people. Chap. XIV. 1 2 And the Eternal spake unto Moses, saying,* Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn^ and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, be- fore Baal-zephon : over against it shall ye encamp by 3 the sea.* For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the desert hath shut 4 them in.* And I will allow Pharaoh's heart to be hard- ened'* that he shall pursue after them ; and I will be honoured through Pharaoh, and through all his forces ;. that Egypt may know that I am the Eternal. And they 5 did so.* And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his ser- vants was turned against the people, and they said. What is this we have done, that we have sent Israel 6 away from serving us ? And he made ready^ his chariot, 7 and took his people with him :* And he took six hun- dred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and 8 fighting men upon all of them.* And the Eternal allowed the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt to be hard- ened* and he pursued after the children of Israel: and 'release, -sea of flags. ^ retina. ^ streiiijtliei). ''bound. EXODUS, Chap. XIV. 9 tlic cliiklren of Israel went out with a high^ hand.* But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his forces, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi- 10 hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.* And when Pharaoh approached, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched"^ after them ; and they were sore afraid : and the children of Israel cried 1 1 unto the Eternal.* And they said unto Moses, Because there were no burying-places in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the desert? what is it that thou hast 12 done unto us, to bring us forth out of Egypt?* Is not this the word that we spoke unto thee in Egypt, saying. Let us alone,^ that we may serve Egypt? For it had been better for us to serve Egypt, than that we should 13 die in the desert.* And Moses said unto the people. Fear ye not, stand still,"* and see the salvation of the Eternal, which he willshew^ to you to day: for the Egyp- tians** whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them 14 again no more^ for ever.* The Eternal shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15 And the Eternal said unto Moses, Wherefore^ cricst thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, 16 that they jcurney onwards:* But lift thou up thy staff, and stretch out,^ thine hand over the sea, and divide^" it: and the children of Israel shall come on dry \7 ground through the midst of the sea.* And I, behold, I will allow the heart of Egypt to harden,^^ and they shall come after them : and I will be honoured through Pha- raoh, and through all his forces, through his chariots, 18 and through his horsemen.* And Egypt shall know that I am the Eternal, when I have been honoured through Pharaoh, through his chariots, and. through his 19 horsemen.* And the angeU^ of God who went before the camp of Israel, journeyed and went behind them ; and the column of the cloud went- from before their 20 face, and stood behind them :* And it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel ; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these : so that the one approached not the other all 21 the night.* And Moses stretched out ^^ his hand over 1 exalted. ^ journeyed. ^ cease from us. * place yourselves. * do. * Egypt. ' ye shall not continue to see. ^ what. ^ incline. '*' cleave. " strengthen. '- messenger. '■^ inclined. EXODUS, CiiAP. XIV. XV. die sea ; and the Eternal caused the sea to go hack by a powerful east wind all that night, and made^ the sea dry 22 land, and the waters were divided.^* And the children of Israel came into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a walF unto them on their 23 right, and on their left.* And the Egyptians'* pursued, and came after them to the midst of the sea, even all 24 Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.* And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Eternal glanced on the camp of Egypt through the column of fire and cloud, and confounded the camp of Egypt,* 25 And removed their chariot wheels, and he drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians'* said, Let us run away from the face of Israel : for the Eternal fighteth for them agamst Egypt. 26 And the Eternalsaid unto Moses, Stretch out* thine hand over the sea, that the waters may return upon the Egyptians,* upon their chariots, and upon their horse- 27 men.* And Moses stretched forth^ his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its continuity at the turning of the morning ; and the Egyptians'* fledi'' towards it : and the Eternal overthrew the Egyptians'* in the midst of 28 the sea.* And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the forces of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not 29 so much as one of them.* But the children of Israel walked'' upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a v.alP unto them on their right, and on 30 their left.* Thus the Eternal saved Israel that day out of the hand of Egypt; and Israel saw the Egyptians* 31 dead upon the sea shore.^* And Israel saw that great work^ which the Eternal did upon Egypt : and the peo- ple feared the Eternal, and believed in the Eternal, and in Moses his servant Chap. XV. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Eternal, and said as follows : I will sing unto the Eternal, for he is gloriously sublime : tlie horse and 'put. 'clefl. 'rampart. ■* Kgypt. * incliue. "inclined. ■* went- ' lip. 'Land. 'Oraii away. EXODUS, Chap. XV. 2 his rider hath he hurled into the sea.* The Eternal is my might and hymn, and he is become my salvation ; he 15 my God, and I will glorify him ; my father's God, .3 and I will exalt him.* The Eternal is a man of war : 4 the Eternal is his name.* Pharaoh's chariots and his forces hath he cast^ into the sea : and the choicest of his 5 fighting-men are sunk in the Red sea.^* The murmuring depths have covered them : they went down to the hot 6 torn as a stone* Thy right hand, O Eternal, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Eternal, hath 7 dashed in pieces the enemy.* And in the greatness^ of thine excellency* thou hast overthrown^ them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath,^ which 8 consumed^ them as stubble.* And with the blast^ of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up, the floods were placed as a mound, and the murmuring depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.* The enemy said, 1 will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my soul shall be full of them ; I will draw'' my sword, my 10 hand shall dispossess them.* Thou didst blow with tliy wind, the sea covered them : they dropped like lead in th(i 1 1 mighty waters.* Who is like unto thee, O Eternal, amorig the mighty beings ? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, 12 fearful in praises, doing wonderful things?* Thou stretch- edst out^° thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.* 13 Thou in thy mercy hast guided the people which thou hast redeemed : thou hast conducted them in thy might 14 unto the abode of thy holiness.* Peoples shall hear, and be agitated: pangs shall seize the inhabitants of 15 Palashath.* Then the chieftains of Edom shall be amazed; the powerful of M^ab, quaking shall seize them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall despond.* 16 Horror and dread shall fall upon them; by the great- ness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone ; till thy people pass, O Eternal, till the people pass, ichich 17 thou hast purchased.^^* Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the establishment, C) Eternal, which thou hast made^^ for thy residence, in the sanctuary, O Eternal, which thy 18 hands have established.* The Eternal shall I'eign for 19 ever and ever * For the horse of Pharaoh came in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, 1 shot. 2 sea of flags. ^ inultitmle. * pride. ^ i,rokeri clown. '' fierceness, ''eat- "wind. ^ empty. "' inclinodst. n obtained. 12 effected. S GENESIS, Chap. XV. XV\. and the Eternal brought again' the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out 2 1 after her with timbrels and with dances.* And Miriam answered them. Sing ye to the Eternal, for he is glori- ously sublime ; the horse and his rider hath he hurled into the sea.* 22 So Moses caused Israel to journey from the Red sea^ and they went out into the desert of Shur; and they went three days in the desert, and found no 23 water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : 24 theiefore the name of it was called Marah.* And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we 25 drink?* And he cried unto the Eternal; and the Eternal shewed-^ him a wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet: there he made^ for them a statute and ordinance,^ and there he tried 26 them.* And said. If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Eternal thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his command- ments, and will keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have put upon Egypt: 27 for I am the Eternal that healeth thee.* And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm trees : and they encamped there by the waters. Chap. XVL 1 And they journeyed from Elim, and all the congrega- tion of the children of Israel came unto the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their going out of the 2 land of Egypt.* And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron 3 in the desert :* And the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died^ by the hand of the Eternal in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh * restored. * sea of flags. ^ taught, shot. * put. '' judgment. ^ who will give our dying. EXODUS, Chap. XVI. f)ot9, and when we did eat bread to satisfaction ; for je lave brought us forth into this desert, to put to death 4 this whole assembly by famine.* Then said the Eternal unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you ; and the people shall go out and collect a certain rate every day,^ that I may try them, whether 5 they will walk in my law, or no.* And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in ; and it shall be twice as much as they 6 collect daily.*2 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Eternal hath brought 3^ou out from the land of Egypt :* 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Eternal ; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Eternal : and what are we, that ye murmur against 8 us ?* And Moses said. This shall he, when the Eternal shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to satisfaction; for that the Eternal heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we ? your murmurings are not against 9 us, but against the Eternal.* And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Approach to the Eternal: for he hath heard 10 your murmurings.* And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they turned towards the desert, and, behold, 11 the glory of the Eternal appeared in the cloud.* And 12 the Eternal spake unto Moses, saying,* I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel : speak unto them, saying, At eventide^ ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be satisfied with bread ; and ye shall 13 know that I am the Eternal your God.* And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp : and in the morning there was a layer of dew 14 round about the camp.* And when the layer of devtr was gone up, behold, upon the face of the desert there lay a small peeled thing, || as small as the hoarfrost on 15 earth.* And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another,'* What is it : for they knew not what it ivas. And Moses said unto them. This is the bread which the Eternal hath given you for food.* the thiag fot tlie day in its day. * day, day. '^ between the two evcniiii;?. * a man to bis brother. MODUS, Chap. XVI. 16 This is tlic thing which the Eternal hath commanded. Collect of it evert/ man according to his eating, an omer for ei:>en/ man,^ according to the number of your souls ; 17 take ye every man for them which are in his tent.* And the children of Israel did so, and collected, some much, 18 and some little.* And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had no excess, and he that gathered little had no lack; they collected every 19 man according to his eating * And Moses said. Let no 20 mail leave of it till the morning,* Kotwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some men left of it until the moniing, and it bred worms, and it stank ; 2 1 and Moses was angry with them.* And they collected it every morning,'' every man according to his eating: 22 when the sun waxed hot it melted.* And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they collected double bread, two omers for one man : and all the princes of the con- 23 gregation came and told Moses.* And he said unto them. This is that which the Eternal hath said, A strict rest of the sabbath of holiness is to morrow unto the Eternal, bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe^ that ye will seethe^ to day; and that which reniaineth over 24 lay up for you as a charge until the morning.* And thev laid it up till the morning, as Moses commanded : and it did not stiuk, neither was there any worm therein.* 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day ; for to day is a sab- bath unto the Eternal : to day ye shall not find it in the 26 field.* Six days ye shall collect it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.* 27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day to collect, and they found 28 none.* And the Eternal said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?* 29 See, for that the Eternal hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place,'* let no man 30 go out of his place on the seventh day.* So the people 31 rested'^ on the seventh day.* And tlie house of Israel called the name thereof manna ; and it was like corian- der seed, white ; and the taste of it icas like flat cakes 32 made with honey.* And Moses said. This is the thing which the Eternal commandcth. Fill an omer of it for a * ii rivull. '■ iu the morning in the morning. 3 ^j^yk. 4 uuJcnioath him- ^ left oil". EXODUS, Chap. XVI. XVII. charge throughout your generations ; that they may see the bread which I have given you to eat in the desert, 33 when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt* And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a wicker vessel,!! andpuH an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Eternal, for a charge throughout your generations.* 34 As the Eternal commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up 35 before the testimony, for a charge.* And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited ; thev did eat manna until they came 36 unto the extremity of the land of Canaan.* Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. Chap. XVII. 1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel jour- neyed from the desert of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment^ of the Eternal, and encamped in Rephidim : and there was no water for the 2 people to drink.* Wherefore the people did quarrel with Moses, and said. Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why^quarrel ye with 3 me ? wherefore^ do ye try the Eternal ?* And the peo- ple thirsted there for water ; and the people murmured against Moses, and said. Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to put us and our children 4 and our cattle to death with thirst ?* And Moses cried unto the Eternal, saying. What shall I do unto this 5 people ? yet a little and they would stone me.* And the Eternal said unto Moses, Pass before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel ; and thy staff, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, 6 and go.* Behold, 1 will stand before thee there upon the crag in Horeb ; and thou shalt smite the crag, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the eyes of tlie elders of 7 Israel.* And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarrel of the children of Israel, and because of their trying the Eternal, saying, Is the Eternal among us or not. 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Re- 9 phidim.* And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us ' give. * mouth. ^ what. EXODUS, Chap. XVII. XVIII. out men, and go out, fight with Amalek : to-morrow I will stand on the top^ of the hill with the staff of God 10 in mine hand.* So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek : and Moses, Aaron, and Hur 1 1 went up to the top^ of the hill.* And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hand, that Israel prevailed : and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.* 1 2 But Moses' hands rcere heavy ; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side;^ and his hands were 13 steady 3 until the going down"* of the sun.* And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge* of the sword. 14 And the Eternal said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in the book, and rehearse^ it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of 15 Amalek from under heaven.* And Moses built an altar, 16 and called the name of it Adonay-nissi :* For he said, Because the hand is upon the throne of Yah, war from the Eternal with Araalek from generation to generation. Chap. XVIIL 1 WuEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Eternal had brought Israel out 2 of Egypt ;* Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after his having sent her away.* 3 And her two sons ; of whom the name of the one tvas Gershom; for he said, I have been a stranger in an 4 alien land:* And the name of the other'' was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and 5 delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:* And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the desert, where he encamped at the 6 moimtain of God:* And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, 7 and her two sons with her.* And Moses went out to- head. ^ one on this and one on this. ^ faithfulness. * coming. ^ mouth. ^ put. ■' one. EXODUS, Chap. XVIII. wards his father in law, and prostrated himself, and kissed him ; and they asked each other o^ their welfare^; 8 and they came into the tent.* And Moses related to his father in law all that the Eternal had done unto Pharaoh and to Egypt for Israel's sake, and all the tra- vail that had come upon^ them by the way, and how the 9 Eternal delivered them.* And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Eternal had done to Israel, whom 10 he had delivered out of the hand of Egypt.* And Je- thro said, Blessed be the Eternal, who hath delivered you out of the hand of Egypt, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the 1 1 hand of Egypt.* Now I know that the Eternal is greater than all the gods : for it is in the thing wherein they acted 12 presumptuously^ tJiat punishment came upon them.* And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God : and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before 13 God.* And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people : and the people stood by Moses 14 from the morning unto the evening ?* And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said. What is this thing that thou doest to the people ? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people are placed 15 near thee from morning unto evening.* And Moses said unto his father in law. Because the people come 16 unto me to enquire of God:* When they have a mat- ter,^ they come unto me ; and I judge between one and another,* and I do make them know the statutes of God, 17 and his laws.* And Moses' father in law said unto him, 18 The thing that thou doest is not good.* Thou wilt surely wither away, both thou, and this people that is with thee : for this thing is too heavy for thee ; thou 19 art not able to do it thyself alone.* Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee : Be thou for the people to God-ward, that 20 thou mayest bring the causes^ unto God :* And thou shalt enlighten them in the statutes and laws, and make them know the way wherein they must go, and the deeds * and a man asked his fellow of his peace. ^ found. ' sod. * word. ' a man and hia fellow. ^ tilings. EXODUS, Chai'. XVIii. XIX. 21 that they must do.* Moreover thou shalt provide^ out of all the people, men of ability/ such as fear God, mca of truth, hating lucre; and put such over them, to be officers of thousands, awtf officers of hundreds, officers of 22 fifties, and officers of tens :* And let them judge the people at all times : and it shall be that every great thing they shall bring unto thee, but every small thing they shall judge : so shall it be easier for thyself, and they 23 shall bear the burden with thee.* If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to stand, and all this people shall also come to their 24 place in peace.* So Moses hearkened to the voice of 25 his father in law, and did all that he had said.* And Moses chose men of ability^ out of all Israel, and made^ them heads over the people, officers of thousands, offi- cers of hundreds, officers of fifties, and officers of tens.* 26 And they judged the people at all times : the hard thing they brought unto Moses, but every small thing they 27 judged themselves.* And Moses let his father in law go, and he went his way into his own land. Chap. XIX. 1 On the third month, after the children of Israel were gone out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they 2 into the desert of Sinai.* For they had journeyed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had encamped in the desert ; and there Israel encamped 5 before the mountain.* And Moses went up unto God, and the Eternal called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and 4 tell the children of Israel ;* Ye have seen what I did unto Egypt, and hoio I bare you on eagles' wings, and 5 brought you unto myself.* Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a select portion unto me above all the peoples: for 6 all the earth is mine.* And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speuk unto the children of Israel.* 7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and put before them all these words which the Eternal * behold. ^ force ' gave. EXODUS, CiiAr. XIX. 6 coramandcd him.* And all the people answered toge- ther, and said, All that the Eternal hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned' the words of the people 9 unto the Eternal* And the Eternal said unto Moses, Behold, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and also believe in thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the 10 people unto the Eternal.* And the Eternal said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,*^ 1 1 And be ready^ against the third day : for on the third day the Eternal will come down before the eyes of 12 all the people upon mount Sinai.* And thou shait set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to youriplves, that ye go not up into the mountain, or touch the extremity of it : whosoever toucheth the moun- 13 tain, shall surely be put to death.* There shall not a hand touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it he beast or man, it shall not live : whilst the jubilant sound is drawing out, they shall come 14 up to the mountain.* And Moses went down from the mountain unto the people, and sanctified the people ; 15 and they washed their clothes. 2* And he said unto the people. Be ready^ against the third dayt^ step not nij>;h unto 16 a woman.* And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders* and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon the mountain, and the voice of the cornet exceeding strong ; so that all the people that were 17 in the camp trembled.* And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp towards God ; and they placed 18 themselves at the nether part of the mountain.* And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Eternal went down upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole 19 mount trembled greatly.* And the voice of the cornet went on stronger and stronger ; Moses spake, and God 20 answered him by a voice.* And the Eternal came down upon mount Sinai, on the top^ of the mountain : and the Eternal called Moses up to the top" of the mountain ; 21 and Moses went up.* And the Eternal said unto Moses, Go down, charge^ the people, lest they break tliroiig 1 22 towards the Eternal to see, and many of them fail.* Aihl * restored. * outer garments. ^ established. * to three days. * voict^s. * head. '' protest to. T EXODUS, Chap. XIX. XX. let the priests also, who step nigh unto the Eternal, sanctify themselves, lest the Eternal burst forth upon 23 them.* And Moses said unto the Eternal, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai : for thou chargedst^ us, saying, Set bounds about the mountain, and sanctify it.* 24 And the Eternal said unto him, Go, go down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee : but let not the priests and the people break through to come up 25 unto the Eternal, lest he burst forth upon them.* So Moses went down unto the people, and spake^ unto them. Chap. XX. 1 2 And God spake all these words, saying,* I am the Eternal thy God, who have brought the^out of the 3 land of Egypt, out of the house of servants.* Thou 4 shalt have no other gods before my face.* Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness^ of any thing that is in the heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the 5 water under the earth :* Thou shalt not prostrate thy- self to them, nor serve them : for I the Eternal thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation 6 of them that hate me ;* And shewing* mercy unto thousand generations of them that love me, and keep my 7 commandments.* Thou shalt not take^ the name of the Eternal thy God in vain ; for the Eternal will not hold him guiltless that taketh^ his name in vain. 8 9 Remember the sabbath day, to sanctify it.* Six 10 days mayest thou labour,^ and do all thy work:* But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Eternal thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy ?7za;zservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beasts, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates :* 1 1 For in six days the Eternal made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested^ on the seventh day : therefore the Eternal blessed the sabbath day, and saiic- 12 tificd it.* Honour th^ father and thy mother: that 'didst testify, unto. 'said, 'similitude. * doing * bear. '' boarei!]. 7 scMc. ^ .eft o.T. eheaieih. EXODUS, Chap. XX. XXF. thy days may be long upon the ground which the 13 Eternal thy God giveth thee.* Thou shalt not mur- der.* Thou shalt not commit adultery.* Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness^ against 14 thy fellow-man* Thou shalt not covet thy fellow- Twan's house. Thou shalt not covet thy fellow -man's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor any of his herd, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy fellow-man'' s. 15 And all the people saw the thunderings- and the flaming torches, and the voice of the cornet, and the mountain smoking : and when the people saw it, they 16 moved, and stood afar oif.* And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God 17 speak with us, lest we die.* And Moses said unto the people. Fear not: for God is come in order to try you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.* 18 And the people stood afar off, and Moses stepped near 19 unto the thick darkness where God was* And the Eternal said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have spoken to 20 you from the heaven.* Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.* 21 An altar of earth^ thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy feast offer- ings, thy flocks, and thine herds : in all places where I mention my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless 22 thee.* And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone : for if thou wave 23 thy iron tool'' above it, thou hast profaned it* Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy naked- ness be not uncovered thereon. Chap. XXI. 1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt put before 2 them.* If thou obtain an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve : and in the seventh he shall go out free for 3 nothiui;;.* If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married,^ then his wife shall go out * answer as a witness of falsehood. * voice«. "giounH * sword. 6 tbe owner of a wfle. EXODUS, Chap. XX I. 4 with him.* If his lord have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or dauojhtcrs; the wife and her children shall be her lord's, and he shall go out by 5 himself.* And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my lord, my wife, and my children ; I will not go out 6 free : * Then his lord shall cause him to step unto the judges,^ he shall also cause him to step unto the door, or unto the door post; and his lord shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for 7 ever.* And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants 8 do.* If she be evil in the eyes of her lord, who hath betrothed her to himself,^ then shall he let her be re- leased : to sell her unto an alien people he shall have no 9 power,-* seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.* And if he hath betrothed her unto his son, he shall do unto 10 her after the manner^ of daughters.* If he take him another wife ; her sustenance, her raiment, and her duty 1 1 of marriage shall he not diminish.* And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without 12 money.* He that smitethaman, so that he die, shall 13 surelybe put to death.* And if a man lie not in wait, but God let hhn fall into his hand ; then I will appoint*' thee a 14 place whither he shall flee 7* But ifa man act presump- tuously^ against his fellow-man, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.* 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall surely 16 be put to death.* And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, and he be 2)7'eviausli^ found in his hand, be 17 shall surelybe put to death.* And he that curse th his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.* And 18 if men quarrel, and a man smite his fellow-?nrtn with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but kecpeth^ his 19 bed:'"* If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff,!' then shall he that smote him be freed: only he shall pay for the loss of his time,'' and shall cause 20 Jiim to be thoroughly healed.* And if a man smite his servant, or his maid-servant, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely avenged.* 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue'^ a day or two, he shall 2 God, 3 kethib, not betrothed. 4 not rule. * judgment. f> put. 7 ruit away. 8 sccthetb. '•> falleth. 10 couch, n prop. >2 gLvc/o/' his sitting. 18 stand. EXODUS, Chap. XXI. 22 not be avenged : for he is his money.* If men strive, and hurt^ a woman with child, so that her fruit depart^ from /i afilict. * her children go out. ^ owner. * set. * corrupt. <= from yea^ tertlay, before yesterday. '' release. EXODUS, Chap. XXH. he shall pay five of (he herd for one of the herd, and four of the flock for one of the flock: — Chap. XXIL 1 If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall no c/uilt of blood be incurred for him.* 2 If the sun shone upon him, there shall be guilt of blood incurred for him : he shall surely pay ; if he have no- 3 thing, then he shall be sold for his theft.* If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be one of the herd, or an ass, or one of the flock ; he shall pay 4 double.* If a man shall lay waste a field or vineyard, and shall send in his beast of pasture, and shall devas- tate the field of another ; the best of his field, and the best 5 of his vineyard, shall he pay.* If a fire break^ out, and catch in^ thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed^ therewith ; he 6 that kindled'* the conflagration shall surely pay.* If a man shall give unto his fellow-Twan money or vessels to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house ; if the thief 7 be found, he shall pay double.* If the thief be not found, then the owner of the house shall approach unto the judges,* if he have not put^ his hand unto his feWo-w-man^s 8 goods.''* For all manner^ of trespass, whether it be for- one of the herd, for an ass, for one of the flock, for outer-garment, or for any lost thing, which another shall say is his, the word of both shall come before the judges;* and whom the judges* shall condemn, he shall pay double 9 unto his fellow-maw.* If a man give unto his fellow-ware an ass, or one of a herd, or one of a flock, or any beast, to keep ; and it die, or be hurt,^ or be captured, no one 10 seeing it:* Then shall an oath of the Eternal be be- tween them both, if he have not put® his hand unto his fellow's-TTzan's goods :^ and the owner of it shall accept^** i 1 it, and he shall not pay.* But aasuredly if it be stolen from him, he shall pay unto the owner thereof. 12 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for wit- 13 ness, and he shall not pay that which was torn.* And if a man borrow^^ a beast of his fellow-7wa?2j and it be huit,^ or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall 14 surely pay.* But if the owner thereof be with it, he ' go. "^ find. ^ CAtcn. * laid waste by meaua of. * God. ^ sent. ' work. ® jvord. ' broken, i" take. " asks. F.XODUS, Chap. XXII. XXIII. x5 shall not pay ; if it he hired, it came for his hire.'* And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely give the marriage price for her 16 to be his wife.* If her father utterly refuse to give her onto him, he shall pay^ money according to the mar- 17 riage price of the virgins.* Thou shalt not suffer a witch 18 to live.* Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be 19 put to death.* He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Eternal only, he shall be doomed to death.* 20 Thou shalt neither be extortionate to a stranger, nor oppress him : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt* 21 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless chiU* 22 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto 23 me, I will surely hear their cry :* And my wrath shall glow, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children 24 fatherless.* If thou lend money to ani/ of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an ex- 25 actor, neither shall ye lay upon him interest.^* If thou at all take thy fellow-mari's outer-garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him at the going down of the 26 sun;* For that is his raiment only, it is his outer- garment for his skin : wherein shall he lie down ? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I j7 will hear; for I am gracious.* Thou shalt not execrate 28 God, nor curse a prince among thy people.* Thou shalt not delay to offer from thy abundance, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.* 29 Likewise shalt thou do with that of thy herd, aiid with that of thy flock: seven days it shall be with its dam;* 30 on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.* And ye shall be men of holiness unto me : neither shall ye eat anj/ flesh that is torn in the field ; ye shall cast it to the dogs. Chap. XXIII. 1 Thou shalt not bear a false-"* report: set not thine hand 2 with the wicked to be a witness for violence.* Thou shalt not follow** the many for evil ; neither shalt tliou speak" in a quarrel to incline after many to wrest J"
  • luminary. ^ shining-worm. ^ thinker. * deed. ^ second. ^ progeny. X EXODUS, Cha-. XXVIII. the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: 12 thou shalt make them settings of gold.* And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod/or stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Eternal 13 upon his two shoulders for a memorial* And thou 14 shalt make settings of gold;* And two chains o/pure gold ; twisted of cord-like work shalt thou make them, 15 and fasten^ the cord-like chains to the settings.* And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment the work of an artist ;- after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it ; o/gold, o/blue purple, and o/red purple, and of crimson,^ and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make 16 it.* Square it shall be Ziem^ doubled ; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall he the breadth there- 17 of.* And thou shalt fill it with fillings of stones, eue/z four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius,!! a 18 topaz, and a carbuncle : this shall be the first row.* And the second row shall be an emerald,! a sapphire, and a 19 diamond.* And the third row a ligure,| an agate, |1 and 20 an amethyst. 11* And the fourth row a beryl, |1 and an onyx, and a jasper : they shall be set in gold in their 21 fillings.* And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one"* with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.* 22 And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate twisted 2.3 chains of cord-like work of pure gold.* And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put! the two rings on the two extremities of the breast- 24 plate. And thou shalt put^ the two cords of gold in the two rings which are on the extremities of the breast- 25 plate.* And the other two extremities of the two cords thou shalt fasten^ in the two settings, and put^ them on 26 the shoulder-pieces of the ephod before it.'^* And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two extremities of the breastplate in the border*^ thereof, which is in the other side of the ephod inward.* 27 And two rings of gold thou shalt make, and shall put^ them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod under- neath, towards the forepart thereof, 'over against the joining thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.* » give. * thiaker. ^ shining worm. * a man. ^ opposite the face thereof. ^ lip "> opposite the face. .G EXODUS, Chap. XXVIII. 28 And they shall fasten the breastplate by the rings there- of unto the rings of the ephod with a string of blue purple, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the 29 ephod.* And Aaron shall bear the names of the chil- dren of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he cometh in unto the holy place^ for a me- 30 morial before the Eternal continually.* And thou shalt put^ in the breasfplate of judgment the Urim and Thum- niim ; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart when he cometh in before the Eternal: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before 31 the Eternal continually.* And thou shalt make the 32 robe of the ephod all of blue purple.* And there shall be a hole^ in the top* of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding^ of work of a weaver round about the hole^ of it, as it were the hole^ of an habergeon, that it 33 be not rent.* And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomgranates of blue purple, and of red pur- ple, and 0/ crimson,^ round about the hem thereof; and 34 bells of gold in the midst of them round about :* A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a 35 pomgranate, upon the hem of the robe about.* And it shall be upon Aaron to minister : and its sound'' shall be heard when he cometh in unto the holy place^ before the Eternal, and when he goeth out, that he die not.* 36 And thou shalt make a bright plate of pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLI- 37 NESS TO THE ETERIS AL.* And thou shalt put it on a blue purple string that it may be upon the mitre ; upon 38 the forefront^of the mitre it shall be.* Audit shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be continually upon his forehead, that they may be accepted^ before the Eternal.* 39 And thou shalt work the inner garment with checker work of fine linen, thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and the belt thou shalt make the work of an embroiderer.* 40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make inner garments, and thou shalt make for them belts, and high caps shalt thou i\ make for them, for glory and for splendor.* And thou shalt clothe Aaron thy brother, and his sons with them; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them,^° and sanctify holiness. " give. ^ mouth. * head. ^ lip. ^ shining worm, ' voice. 8 opposite the face. * to will. '" fill their hands. EXODUS, Chap. XXVIII. XXIX. 42 them, that they may minister unto me as priests.* And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs shall 43 they be.* And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the appointed tent, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place ;^ that they bear not iniquity, and die : it shall be an ordinance for ever unto him and his seed after him. Chap. XXIX. 1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to sanctify them, to minister unto me as priests : Take one 2 young^ bull, and two rams without blemish.^* And un- leavened bread, and pierced cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil : of 3 flour of wheat shalt thou make them.* And thou shalt put* them into one basket, and oifer them in the basket, 4 with the bull and the two rams.* And Aaron and his sons thou shalt cause to approach unto the entrance of the 5 appointed tent, and shalt lave them with water.* And thou shalt take the garments, and clothe Aaron with the inner garment, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and fasten the ephod on him with the 6 curiousgirdle of the ephod:* Andthou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and puf* the diadem of holiness upon 7 the mitre.* Then thou shalt take the anointing oil, and 8 pour it upon his head, and anoint him.* And thou shalt cause his sons to approach, and clothe them with inner 9 garments.* And thou shalt gird them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind high caps on them : and the priest's office shall be their's for an ordinance for ever : 10 and thoushalt consecrate^ Aaron and his sons.* And thou shalt bring nigh^ the bull before the appointed tent : and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head 11 of the bull.* And thou shalt slaughter the bull before 12 the eternal, by the entrance of the appointed tent.* And thou shalt take of the blood of the bull, and put* it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour^ 13 all the blood beside the base of the altar.* And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the lobe^ that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and cause them to ascend in ' holiness. * son of a herd. ^ perfect. * give. ' fill the hands of. * offer. ' shed. •* superfluity. EXODUS, Chap. XXIX. 14 fume8 upon the altar.* But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire without 15 the camp: it w a sin offering.* And the one ram thou shalt also take ; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands 16 upon the head of the ram.* And thcu shalt slaughter the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it 17 round about upon J;he altar.* And the ram thou shalt sever into pieces, and lave its inwards and its legs, and 18 put' them unto its pieces, and unto its head.* And thou shalt cause the whole ram to ascend in fumes upon the altar : it is a burnt offering unto the Eternal : it is a pleasing odour, an offering made by fire unto the 19 Eternal.* And thou shalt take the second ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head 20 of the ram.* Then shalt thou slaughter the ram, and take of its blood, and put' it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe- of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood 21 upon the altar round about* And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him : and he shall be holy, and his garments, and 22 his sons, and his sons' garments with him.* Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the fsit tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the lobe' above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder ; for it is a ram of consecration.'** 23 And one loaf^ of bread, and one pierced cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened 24 bread that is before the Eternal.* And thou shalt put all in the hands** of Aaron, and in the hands^ of his sons ; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before 25 the Eternal.* And thou shalt take them from their hands, and cause them to ascend in fumes upon the altar besides the burnt offering, for a pleasing odour before the Eternal : it is an offering made by fire unto the Eternal.* 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration,'* and wave it /or a wave offering before the 27 Eternal: and it shall be thy part.* And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration,^ even of that ' give. ^ thumb. ^ superfluity. * fulfilment. ^ circle. ® hollows. EXODUS, Ch vp. XXIX. which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his 28 sons:* And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering ; and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their feast offerings, eve7i their heave offering unto the 29 Eternal.* And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be conse- 30 crated in them.^* Seven days shall he among his sons that is priest in his stead, put them on, when he cometh into the appointed tent to minister^ in the holy place.'^* 31 And the ram of the consecration,^thou shalt take and 32 seethe* its flesh in a holy place.* And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, hy the entrance of the appointed tent.* 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the expiation was made, to consecrate^ and to sanctify them : but the stranger^ shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.^* 34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations,^ or of the bread, be left unto the morning, then thou shalt burn that which is left with fire : it shall not be eaten, because 35 it is holiness.-* And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have com- manded thee : seven days shalt thou consecrate them.^* 36 And a bull, besides the sin offering, thou shalt o^qt^ every day for expiation : and thou shalt purify the altar, when thou hast made an expiation for it, and thou shalt anoint 37 it, to sanctify it.* Seven days thou shalt make an expiation for the altar, and sanctify it ; and it shall be an altar most holy :^ whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.* 38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer^ upon the altar ; two lambs of the first year^*^ day by day continually.* 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer*^ in the morning ; and 40 the other lamb thou shalt offer^ at evening :"* And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil ; and the fourth part 41 of an hin of wine /or a libation.* And the second lamb thou shalt offer^ at even^^ and shalt do thereto according to the oblation of the morning, and according to the libation thereof, for a pleasing odour, an offering made by fire 42 unto the Eternal* This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the appointed tent before the Eternal ; where I shall be 1 fill with them their hands. ^ holiness, ^ fulfilment. * cook. * gn their hands. * layman. '' fulfilments. ^ make. ^ holiness of holiness. ^^ the sons of a year. '^ between the two evenings. EXODUS, Chap. XXIX. XXX. 43 met by you, to speak there unto thee.* And there I will be met by the children of Israel, and it shall 44 be sanctified by my glory.* And I will sanctify the appointed tent? and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons to minister to me as 45 priests.* And I will dwell in the midst of the chil- 46 dren of Israel, and will be their God.* And they shall know that I am the Eternal their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell in the midst of them : I am the Eternal their God. Chap. XXX. 1 And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of in- 2 cense : of acacia wood shalt thou make it.* A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; square shall it be : and two cubits shall he the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.* 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the roof thereof, and the sides^ thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a border of 4 gold round about.* And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the border of it, by the two corners" thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it\ and they shall be for places^ for the bars to bear it 5 withal.* And thou shalt make the bars