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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED

GENESIS

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In the a beginning b God created the heaven and the earth. 2And the earth was a without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. b And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 a And God said, b Let there be light: and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided 1 the light from the darkness. 5And God called the light a Day, and the darkness he called Night. 1 And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6And God said, a Let there be a 1 firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7And God made the firmament, a and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were b above the firmament: and it was so. 8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9And God said, a Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11And God said, Let the earth a bring forth 1 grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding b fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13And the evening and the morning were the third day. 14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide 1 the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16And God made two great lights; the a greater light 1 to rule the day, and the b lesser light to rule the night: he made c the stars also. 17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18and to a rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the 1 moving 2 creature that hath life, and 3 fowl that may fly above the earth in the 4 open firmament of heaven. 21And a God created great whales,

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1:1 a John 1:1,2; Heb. 1:10 b Ps. 8:3; Is. 44:24; Acts 17:24; Rev. 4:11 1:2 a Jer. 4:23 b Ps. 33:6; Is. 40:13,14 1:3 a Ps. 33:9 b 2 Cor. 4:6 1:4 1 Heb. between the light and between the darkness 1:5 1 Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was, etc. a Ps. 74:16 1:6 1 Heb. expansion a Job 37:18; Jer. 10:12 1:7 a Prov. 8:28 b Ps. 148:4 1:9 a Job 26:10; Prov. 8:29; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5

1:11 1 Heb. tender grass a Heb. 6:7 b Luke 6:44

1:14 1 Heb. between the day and between the night

1:16 1 Heb. for the rule of the day, etc. a Ps. 136:8 b Ps. 8:3 c Job 38:7 1:18 a Jer. 31:35 1:20 1 Or, creeping 2 Heb. soul 3 [Heb.

let fowl fly] 4 Heb. face of the firmament of heaven 1:21 a Ps. 104:26

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GENESIS 1, 2

1:22 a ch. 8:17

1:26 a Ps. 100:3; Eccl. 7:29; Eph. 4:24; Jas. 3:9 b ch. 9:2; Ps. 8:6 1:27 a 1 Cor. 11:7 b ch. 5:2; Mat. 19:4

1:28 1 Heb. creepeth a ch. 9:1,7; Lev. 26:9

1:29 1 Heb. seeding seed a ch. 9:3; Ps. 104:14,15 1:30 1 Heb. a living soul a Ps. 145:15 b Job 38:41 1:31 a Ps. 104:24

2:1 a Ps. 33:6 2:2 a Ex. 20:11; Heb. 4:4 2:3 1 Heb. created to make a Is. 58:13

2:4 a ch. 1:1

2:5 a ch. 1:12 b Job 38:26-28 c ch. 3:23 2:6 1 Or, a mist which went up from, etc.

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and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, a Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 26And God said, a Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and b let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27So God created man in his own image, a in the image of God created he him; b male and female created he them. 28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, a Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that 1 moveth upon the earth. 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb 1 bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree 1 yielding seed; a to you it shall be for meat. 30And to a every beast of the earth, and to every b fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is 1 life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 31And a God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and a all the host of them. 2 a And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3And God a blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God 1 created and made. 4 a These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5and every a plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not b caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man c to till the ground. 6But 1 there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the

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whole face of the ground. 7And the Lord God formed man 1 of the a dust of the ground, and b breathed into his c nostrils the breath of life; and d man became a living soul. 8And the Lord God planted a a garden b eastward in c Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow a every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; b the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth a the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12and the gold of that land is good: a there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of 1 Ethiopia. 14And the name of the third river is a Hiddekel: that is it which goeth 1 toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 15And the Lord God took 1 the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden 1 thou mayest freely eat: 17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, a thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof b 1 thou shalt surely die. 18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; a I will make him an help 1 meet for him. 19 a And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and b brought them unto 1 Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20And Adam 1 gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21And the Lord God caused a a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, 1 made he a woman, and a brought her unto the man. 23And Adam said, This is now a bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called 1 Woman, because she was b taken out of 2 Man. 24 a Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 a And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not b ashamed.

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Now a the serpent was b more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, 1 Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees

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2:7 1 Heb. dust of the ground a ch. 3:19,23; Ps. 103:14 b Job 33:4 c ch. 7:22 d 1 Cor. 15:45 2:8 a Is. 51:3 b ch. 3:24 c ch. 4:16 2:9 a Ezek. 31:8 b ch. 3:22; Rev. 2:7

2:11 a ch. 25:18 2:12 a Num. 11:7 2:13 1 Heb. Cush 2:14 1 Or, eastward to Assyria a Dan. 10:4 2:15 1 Or, Adam 2:16 1 Heb. eating thou shalt eat 2:17 1 Heb. dying thou shalt die a ch. 3:1,3,11,17 b ch. 3:3,19; Rom. 6:23 2:18 1 Heb. as before him a 1 Cor. 11:9; 1 Tim. 2:13 2:19 1 Or, the man a ch. 1:20,24 b Ps. 8:6 2:20 1 Heb. called

2:21 a 1 Sam. 26:12

2:22 1 Heb. builded a Heb. 13:4

2:23 1 [Heb. Isha] 2 [Heb. Ish] a ch.

29:14; Eph. 5:30 Cor. 11:8 2:24 a Mat. 19:5; Eph. 5:31 2:25 a ch. 3:7,10 b Is. 47:3 b1

3:1 1 Heb. Yea, because, etc. a Rev. 12:9 b 2 Cor. 11:3

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GENESIS 3

3:4 a 2 Cor. 11:3

3:6 1 Heb. a desire a 1 Tim. 2:14

3:7 1 Or, things to gird about a ch. 2:25 3:8 1 Heb. wind a Job 38:1 b Job 31:33; Jer. 23:24

3:10 a ch. 2:25; 1 John 3:20

3:12 a Prov. 28:13

3:13 a ver. 4; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14

3:14 a Is. 65:25

3:15 a John 8:44; Acts 13:10; 1 John 3:8 b Is. 7:14; Luke 1:31,34,35 c Rom. 16:20; Rev. 12:7 3:16 1 Or, subject to thy husband a Is. 13:8; John 16:21 b ch. 4:7 c 1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 5:22 3:17 a 1 Sam. 15:23 b ch. 2:17 c Rom. 8:20 d Eccl. 2:23 3:18 1 Heb. cause to bud a Ps. 104:14 3:19 a 2 Thes. 3:10 b ch. 2:7 c Job 21:26; Eccl. 3:20 3:20 1 Heb. Chavah. [That is, Living]

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of the garden: 3but 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, lest ye die. 4 a And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was 1 pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, a and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7And the eyes of them both were opened, a and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves 1 aprons. 8And they heard a the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the 1 cool of the day: and Adam and his wife b hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. 9And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, a and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12And the man said, a The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, a The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and a dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between a thy seed and b her seed; c it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; a in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; b and thy desire shall be 1 to thy husband, and he shall c rule over thee. 17And unto Adam he said, a Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, b of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: c cursed is the ground for thy sake; d in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18thorns also and thistles shall it 1 bring forth to thee; and a thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 a in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: b for dust thou art, and c unto dust shalt thou return. 20And Adam called his wife’s name 1 Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us,

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to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, a to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24So he drove out the man; and he placed a at the east of the garden of Eden b Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare 1 Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. 2And she again bare his brother 1 Abel. And Abel was 2 a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3And 1 in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought a of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. 4And Abel, he also brought of a the firstlings of his 1 flock and of b the fat thereof. And the Lord had c respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, a and his countenance fell. 6And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7If thou doest well, shalt thou not 1 be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And a 2 unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and a slew him. 9And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, a I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? 10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s 1 blood a crieth unto me from the ground. 11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; 12when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13And Cain said unto the Lord, 1 My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and a from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, b that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him a sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 16And Cain a went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare 1 Enoch: and he builded a city, a and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat 1 Lamech.

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3:23 a ch. 4:2; 9:20 3:24 a ch. 2:8 b Ps. 104:4; Heb. 1:7

4:1 1 [That is, Gotten, or, Acquired] 4:2 1 Heb. Hebel 2 Heb. a feeder 4:3 1 Heb. at the end of days a Num. 18:12 4:4 1 Heb. sheep, or, goats a Num. 18:17 b Lev. 3:16 c Heb. 11:4 4:5 a ch. 31:2 4:7 1 Or, have the excellency 2 Or, subject unto thee a ch. 3:16 4:8 a Mat. 23:35

4:9 a John 8:44 4:10 1 Heb. bloods a Heb. 12:24; Rev.

6:10

4:13 1 Or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven 4:14 a Ps. 51:11 b ch. 9:6; Num. 35:19,21,27 4:15 a Ps. 79:12

4:16 a 2 Ki. 13:23; 24:20; Jer. 23:39; 52:3 4:17 1 Heb. Chanoch a Ps. 49:11

4:18 1 Heb. Lemech

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GENESIS 4, 5

4:22 1 Heb. whetter

4:23 1 Or, I would slay a man in my wound, etc. 2 Or, in my hurt 4:24 a ver. 15 4:25 1 Heb. Sheth. [That is, Appointed, or, Put] a ch. 5:3 4:26 1 Heb. Enosh 2 Or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord a ch. 5:6 b 1 Ki. 18:24; Ps. 116:17; 1 Cor. 1:2 5:1 a ch. 1:26; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10 5:2 a ch. 1:27

5:3 a ch. 4:25 5:4 a 1 Chr. 1:1 b ch. 1:28 5:5 a ch. 3:19; Heb. 9:27 5:6 1 Heb. Enosh a ch. 4:26

5:9 1 Heb. Kenan

5:12 1 Gr. Maleleel

5:15 1 Heb. Jered

6 19And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 21And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an 1 instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 23And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for 1 I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man 2 to my hurt. 24 a If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and a called his name 1 Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26And to Seth, a to him also there was born a son; and he called his name 1 Enos: then began men b 2 to call upon the name of the Lord.

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This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in a the likeness of God made he him; 2 a male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and a called his name Seth: 4 a and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: b and he begat sons and daughters: 5and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: a and he died. 6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and a begat 1 Enos: 7and Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 8and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat 1 Cainan: 10and Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 11and all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. 12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat 1 Mahalaleel: 13and Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 14and all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat 1 Jared: 16and Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 17and all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

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Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat

a Enoch: 19and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years,

and begat sons and daughters: 20and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. 21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat 1 Methuselah: 22and Enoch a walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24and a Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: 26and Methuselah lived after he begat 1 Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 27and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. 28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29and he called his name 1 Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground a which the Lord hath cursed. 30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat a Shem, Ham, b and Japheth.

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And it came to pass, a when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they a took them wives of all which they chose. 3And the Lord said, a My spirit shall not always strive with man, b for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that 1 every a imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil 2 continually. 6And a it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it b grieved him at his heart. 7And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; 1 both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8But Noah a found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9These are the generations of Noah: a Noah was a just man and 1 perfect in his generations, and Noah b walked with God. 10And Noah

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5:18 a Jude 14,15

5:21 1 Gr. Mathusala 5:22 a ch. 6:9; 17:1; 2 Ki. 20:3; Ps. 16:8; Mic. 6:8; Mal. 2:6 5:24 a 2 Ki. 2:11; Heb. 11:5 5:26 1 Heb. Lemech

5:29 1 Gr. Noe. [That is, Rest, or, Comfort] a ch. 3:17

5:32 a ch. 6:10 b ch. 10:21

6:1 a ch. 1:28 6:2 a Deut. 7:3 6:3 a Gal. 5:16; 1 Pet. 3:19 b Ps. 78:39 6:5 1 Or, the whole imagination: The Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires 2 Heb. every day a ch. 8:21 6:6 a 1 Sam. 15:11,29; 2 Sam. 24:16; Mal. 3:6; Jas. 1:17 b Is. 63:10 6:7 1 Heb. from man unto beast 6:8 a ch. 19:19; Ex. 33:12; Luke 1:30; Acts 7:46 6:9 1 Or, upright a ch. 7:1; Ezek. 14:14,20; Heb. 11:7; 2 Pet. 2:5 b ch. 5:22

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GENESIS 6, 7 6:10 a ch. 5:32 6:11 a Rom. 2:13 b Ezek. 8:17 6:12 a Ps. 14:2; 53:2,3 6:13 1 Or, from the earth a Jer. 51:13; 1 Pet. 4:7 b ver. 17 6:14 1 Heb. nests

6:17 a ch. 7:4,2123; 2 Pet. 2:5

6:18 a ch. 7:1,7,13; 1 Pet. 3:20; 2 Pet. 2:5 6:19 a ch. 7:8,9,15,16 6:20 a ch. 7:9,15

6:22 a Heb. 11:7; See Ex. 40:16 b ch. 7:5,9,16

7:1 a Mat. 24:38; Luke 17:26; Heb. 11:7; 1 Pet. 3:20; 2 Pet. 2:5 b ch. 6:9; Ps. 33:18; Prov. 10:9; 2 Pet. 2:9 7:2 1 Heb. seven seven a Lev. ch. 11 b Lev. 10:10; Ezek. 44:23 7:3 1 Heb. seven seven 7:4 1 Heb. blot out a ver. 12,17 7:5 a ch. 6:22

7:7 a ver. 1

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begat three sons, a Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11The earth also was corrupt a before God, and the earth was b filled with violence. 12And God a looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13And God said unto Noah, a The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; b and, behold, I will destroy them 1 with the earth. 14Make thee an ark of gopher wood; 1 rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 a And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and a thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. 19And of every living thing of all flesh, a two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort a shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21And 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 for them. 22 a Thus did Noah; b according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

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And the Lord said unto Noah, a Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for b thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2Of every a clean beast thou shalt take to thee 1 by sevens, the male and his female: b and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3Of fowls also of the air 1 by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth a forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I 1 destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 a And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. 6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 a And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9there went in two and two

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unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10And it came to pass 1 after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all a the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the b 1 windows of heaven were opened. 12 a And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13In the selfsame day entered 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 a they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every 1 sort. 15And they a went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, a as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in. 17 a And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; a and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 21 a And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22all in a whose nostrils was 1 the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and a Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 a And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

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And God a remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: b and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; 2 a the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and b the rain from heaven was restrained; 3and the waters returned from off the earth 1 continually: and after the end a of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. 4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5And the waters 1 decreased continually until the tenth month: in

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7:10 1 Or, on the seventh day

7:11 1 Or, floodgates a ch. 8:2; Prov. 8:28; Ezek. 26:19 b ch. 8:2; Ps. 78:23 7:12 a ver. 4,17

7:14 1 Heb. wing a ch. 6:19

7:15 a ch. 6:20

7:16 a ver. 2,3

7:17 a ver. 4,12

7:18 a Ps. 104:26

7:21 a ch. 6:13,17

7:22 1 Heb. the breath of the spirit of life a ch. 2:7

7:23 a 1 Pet. 3:20; 2 Pet. 2:5 7:24 a ch. 8:3; 8:4; compared with ver. 11 of this chapter

8:1 a ch. 19:29; Ex. 2:24; 1 Sam. 1:19; Ps. 106:4 b Ex. 14:21 8:2 a ch. 7:11 b Job 38:37 8:3 1 Heb. in going and returning a ch. 7:24 8:5 1 Heb. were in going and decreasing

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8:6 a ch. 6:16 8:7 1 Heb. in going forth and returning

8:9 1 Heb. caused her to come

8:16 a ch. 7:13

8:17 a ch. 1:22

8:19 1 Heb. families 8:20 a Lev. ch. 11 8:21 1 Heb. a savour of rest 2 [Or, though] a Lev. 1:9; Ezek. 20:41; 2 Cor. 2:15; Eph. 5:2 b ch. 3:17; 6:17 c ch. 6:5; Job 14:4; Jer. 17:9 d ch. 9:11,15 8:22 1 Heb. As yet all the days of the earth a Is. 54:9 b Jer. 33:20,25 9:1 a ver. 7,19; ch. 1:28; 10:32 9:2 a ch. 1:28; Hos. 2:18

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the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. 6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened a the window of the ark which he had made: 7and he sent forth a raven, which went forth 1 to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; 9but the dove found no rest for the sole of 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 1 pulled her in unto him into the ark. 10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; 11and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 13And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16Go forth of the ark, a thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee. 17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and a be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him: 19every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their 1 kinds, went forth out of the ark. 20And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of a every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21And the Lord smelled a 1 a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again b curse the ground any more for man’s sake; 2 for the c imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; d neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 22 a 1 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and b day and night shall not cease.

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And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, a Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 a And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and

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