,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,history ,this e-text comes from multiple editions of ,challoner's revised ,douay- ,rheims ,version of the ,holy ,bible4 ,in #aefh ,english exiles1 many from ,oxford1 established the ,english ,college of ,douay 7,douai_/,doway71 ,flanders1 under ,william 7later ,cardinal7 ,allen4 ,in ,october1 #aegh1 ,gregory ,martin began the work of preparing an ,english translation of the ,bible for ,catholic readers1 the first such translation into ,modern ,english4 ,assisting were ,william ,allen1 ,richard ,bristow1 ,thomas ,worthington1 and ,william ,reynolds who revised1 criticized1 and corrected ,dr4 ,martin's work4 ,the college published the ,new ,testament at ,rheims 7,reims_/,rhemes71 ,france1 in #aehb through ,john ,fogny with a preface and explanatory notes1 authored chiefly by ,bristol1 ,allen1 and ,worthington4 ,later the ,old ,testament was published at ,douay in two parts 7#afji and #afaj7 by ,laurence ,kellam through the efforts of ,dr4 ,worthington1 then superior of the seminary4 ,the translation had been prepared before the appearance of the ,new ,testament1 but the publication was delayed due to financial difficulties4 ,the religious and scholarly adherence to the ,latin ,vulgate text led to the less elegant and idiomatic words and phrases often found in the translation4 ,in some instances where no ,english word conveyed the full meaning of the ,latin1 a ,latin word was ,anglicized and its meaning defined in a glossary4 ,although ridiculed by critics1 many of these words later found common usage in the ,english language4 ,spellings of proper names and the numbering of the ,psalms are adopted from the ,latin ,vulgate4 ,in #agdi ,dr4 ,richard ,challoner began a major revision of the ,douay and ,rheims texts1 the spellings and phrasing of which had become increasingly archaic in the almost two centuries since the translations were first produced4 ,he modernized the diction and introduced a more fluid style1 while faithfully maintaining the accuracy of ,dr4 ,martin's texts4 ,this revision became the 'de facto' standard text for ,english speaking ,catholics until the twentieth century4 ,it is still highly regarded by many for its style1 although it is now rarely used for liturgical purposes4 ,the notes included in this electronic edition are generally attributed to ,bishop ,challoner4 ,,contents ,the ,old ,testament ,book of ,genesis ,book of ,exodus ,book of ,leviticus ,book of ,numbers ,book of ,deuteronomy ,book of ,josue ,book of ,judges ,book of ,ruth ,first ,book of ,samuel1 alias #a ,kings ,second ,book of ,samuel1 alias #b ,kings ,third ,book of ,kings ,fourth ,book of ,kings ,first ,book of ,paralipomenon ,second ,book of ,paralipomenon ,first ,book of ,esdras ,book of ,nehemias1 alias #b ,esdras ,book of ,tobias ,book of ,judith ,book of ,esther ,book of ,job ,book of ,psalms ,book of ,proverbs ,ecclesiastes ,solomon's ,canticle of ,canticles ,book of ,wisdom ,ecclesiasticus ,prophecy of ,isaias ,prophecy of ,jeremias ,lamentations of ,jeremias ,prophecy of ,baruch ,prophecy of ,ezechiel ,prophecy of ,daniel ,prophecy of ,osee ,prophecy of ,joel ,prophecy of ,amos ,prophecy of ,abdias ,prophecy of ,jonas ,prophecy of ,micheas ,prophecy of ,nahum ,prophecy of ,habacuc ,prophecy of ,sophonias ,prophecy of ,aggeus ,prophecy of ,zacharias ,prophecy of ,malachias ,first ,book of ,machabees ,second ,book of ,machabees ,the ,new ,testament ,gospel ,according to ,st4 ,matthew ,gospel ,according to ,st4 ,mark ,gospel ,according to ,st4 ,luke ,gospel ,according to ,st4 ,john ,acts of the ,apostles ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to the ,romans ,first ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to the ,corinthians ,second ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to the ,corinthians ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to the ,galatians ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to the ,ephesians ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to the ,philippians ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to the ,colossians ,first ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to the ,thessalonians ,second ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to the ,thessalonians ,first ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to ,timothy ,second ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to ,timothy ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to ,titus ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to ,philemon ,epistle of ,st4 ,paul to the ,hebrews ,catholic ,epistle of ,st4 ,james the ,apostle ,first ,epistle of ,st4 ,peter the ,apostle ,second ,epistle of ,st4 ,peter the ,apostle ,first ,epistle of ,st4 ,john the ,apostle ,second ,epistle of ,st4 ,john the ,apostle ,third ,epistle of ,st4 ,john the ,apostle ,catholic ,epistle of ,st4 ,jude the ,apostle ,apocalypse of ,st4 ,john the ,apostle ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,genesis ,this book is so called from its treating of the ,,generation1 that is1 of the creation and the beginning of the world4 ,the ,hebrews call it ,,beresith1 from the ,word with which it begins4 ,it contains not only the history of the ,creation of the world2 but also an account of its progress during the space of #bcfi years1 that is1 until the death of ,,joseph4 ,genesis ,chapter #a ,god createth ,heaven and ,earth1 and all things therein1 in six days4 #a3a4 ,in the beginning ,god created heaven1 and earth4 #a3b4 ,and the earth was void and empty1 and darkness was upon the face of the deep2 and the spirit of ,god moved over the waters4 #a3c4 ,and ,god said3 ,be light made4 ,and light was made4 #a3d4 ,and ,god saw the light that it was good2 and he divided the light from the darkness4 #a3e4 ,and he called the light ,day1 and the darkness ,night2 and there was evening and morning one day4 #a3f4 ,and ,god said3 ,let there be a firmament made amidst the waters3 and let it divide the waters from the waters4 ,a firmament444 ,by this name is here understood the whole space between the earth1 and the highest stars4 ,the lower part of which divideth the waters that are upon the earth1 from those that are above in the clouds4 #a3g4 ,and god made a firmament1 and divided the waters that were under the firmament1 from those that were above the firmament1 and it was so4 #a3h4 ,and ,god called the firmament1 ,heaven2 and the evening and morning were the second day4 #a3i4 ,god also said2 ,let the waters that are under the heaven1 be gathered together into one place3 and let the dry land appear4 ,and it was so done4 #a3aj4 ,and ,god called the dry land1 ,earth2 and the gathering together of the waters1 he called ,seas4 ,and ,god saw that it was good4 #a3aa4 ,and he said3 let the earth bring forth green herb1 and such as may seed1 and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind1 which may have seed in itself upon the earth4 ,and it was so done4 #a3ab4 ,and the earth brought forth the green herb1 and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind1 and the tree that beareth fruit1 having seed each one according to its kind4 ,and ,god saw that it was good4 #a3ac4 ,and the evening and the morning were the third day4 #a3ad4 ,and ,god said3 ,let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven1 to divide the day and the night1 and let them be for signs1 and for seasons1 and for days and years3 #a3ae4 ,to shine in the firmament of heaven1 and to give light upon the earth1 and it was so done4 #a3af4 ,and ,god made two great lights3 a greater light to rule the day2 and a lesser light to rule the night3 and ,the stars4 ,two great lights444 ,god created on the first day1 light1 which being moved from east to west1 by its rising and setting1 made morning and evening4 ,but on the fourth day he ordered and distributed this light1 and made the sun1 moon1 and stars4 ,the moon1 though much less than the stars1 is here called a great light1 from its giving a far greater light to the earth than any of them4 #a3ag4 ,and he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth4 #a3ah4 ,and to rule the day and the night1 and to divide the light and the darkness4 ,and ,god saw that it was good4 #a3ai4 ,and the evening and morning were the fourth day4 #a3bj4 ,god also said3 let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life1 and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven4 #a3ba4 ,and ,god created the great whales1 and every living and moving creature1 which the waaters brought forth1 according to their kinds1 and every winged fowl according to its kind4 ,and ,god saw that it was good4 #a3bb4 ,and he blessed them1 saying3 ,increase and multiply1 and fill the waters of the sea3 and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth4 #a3bc4 ,and the evening and morning were the fifth day4 #a3bd4 ,and ,god said3 ,let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind1 cattle and creeping things1 and beasts of the earth1 according to their kinds4 ,and it was so done4 #a3be4 ,and ,god made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds1 and cattle1 and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind4 ,and ,god saw that it was good4 #a3bf4 ,and he said3 ,let us make man to our image and likeness3 and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea1 and the fowls of the air1 and the beasts1 and the whole earth1 and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth4 ,let us make man to our image444 ,this image of ,god in man1 is not in the body1 but in the soul2 which is a spiritual substance1 endued with understanding and free will4 ,god speaketh here in the plural number1 to insinuate the plurality of persons in the ,deity4 #a3bg4 ,and ,god created man to his own image3 to the image of ,god he created him3 male and female he created them4 #a3bh4 ,and ,god blessed them1 saying3 ,increase and multiply1 and fill the earth1 and subdue it1 and rule over the fishes of the sea1 and the fowls of the air1 and all living creatures that move upon the earth4 ,increase and multiply444 ,this is not a precept1 as some ,protestant controvertists would have it1 but a blessing1 rendering them fruitful2 for ,god had said the same words to the fishes1 and birds1 7ver4 #bb7 who were incapable of receiving a precept4 #a3bi4 ,and ,god said3 ,behold ,i have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth1 and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind1 to be your meat3 #a3cj4 ,and to all beasts of the earth1 and to every fowl of the air1 and to all that move upon the earth1 and wherein there is life1 that they may have to feed upon4 ,and it was so done4 #a3ca4 ,and ,god saw all the things that he had made1 and they were very good4 ,and the evening and morning were the sixth day4 ,genesis ,chapter #b ,god resteth on the seventh day and blesseth it4 ,the earthly paradise1 in which ,god placeth man4 ,he commandeth him not to eat of the tree of knowledge4 ,and formeth a woman of his rib4 #b3a4 ,so the heavens and the earth were finished1 and all the furniture of them4 #b3b4 ,and on the seventh day ,god ended his work which he had made3 and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done4 ,he rested1 etc444 ,that is1 he ceased to make or create any new kinds of things4 ,though1 as our ,lord tells us1 ,john #e4ag1 ,he still worketh1 viz41 by conserving and governing all things1 and creating souls4 #b3c4 ,and he blessed the seventh day1 and sanctified it3 because in it he had rested from all his work which ,god created and made4 #b3d4 ,these are the generations of the heaven and the earth1 when they were created1 in the day that the ,lord ,god made the heaven and the earth3 #b3e4 ,and every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth1 and every herb of the ground before it grew3 for the ,lord ,god had not rained upon the earth2 and there was not a man to till the earth4 #b3f4 ,but a spring rose out of the earth1 watering all the surface of the earth4 #b3g4 ,and the ,lord ,god formed man of the slime of the earth3 and breathed into his face the breath of life1 and man became a living soul4 #b3h4 ,and the ,lord ,god had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning3 wherein he placed man whom he had formed4 #b3i4 ,and the ,lord ,god brought forth of the ground all manner of trees1 fair to behold1 and pleasant to eat of3 the tree of life also in the midst of paradise3 and the tree of knowledge of good and evil4 ,the tree of life444 ,so called because it had that quality1 that by eating of the fruit of it1 man would have been preserved in a constant state of health1 vigour1 and strength1 and would not have died at all4 ,the tree of knowledge444 ,to which the deceitful serpent falsely attributed the power of imparting a superior kind of knowledge1 beyond that which ,god was pleased to give4 #b3aj4 ,and a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise1 which from thence is divided into four heads4 #b3aa4 ,the name of the one is ,phison3 that is it which compasseth all the land of ,hevilath1 where gold groweth4 #b3ab4 ,and the gold of that land is very good3 there is found bdellium1 and the onyx stone4 #b3ac4 ,and the name of the second river is ,gehon3 the same is it that compasseth all the land of ,ethiopia4 #b3ad4 ,and the name of the third river is ,tigris3 the same passeth along by the ,assyrians4 ,and the fourth river is ,euphrates4 #b3ae4 ,and the ,lord ,god took man1 and put him into the paradise of pleasure1 to dress it1 and to keep it4 #b3af4 ,and he commanded him1 saying3 ,of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat3 #b3ag4 ,but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil1 thou shalt not eat4 ,for in what day soever thou shalt eat of it1 thou shalt die the death4 #b3ah4 ,and the ,lord ,god said3 ,it is not good for man to be alone3 let us make him a help like unto himself4 #b3ai4 ,and the ,lord ,god having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth1 and all the fowls of the air1 brought them to ,adam to see what he would call them3 for whatsoever ,adam called any living creature the same is its name4 #b3bj4 ,and ,adam called all the beasts by their names1 and all the fowls of the air1 and all the cattle of the field3 but for ,adam there was not found a helper like himself4 #b3ba4 ,then the ,lord ,god cast a deep sleep upon ,adam3 and when he was fast asleep1 he took one of his ribs1 and filled up flesh for it4 #b3bb4 ,and the ,lord ,god built the rib which he took from ,adam into a woman3 and brought her to ,adam4 #b3bc4 ,and ,adam said3 ,this now is bone of my bones1 and flesh of my flesh2 she shall be called woman1 because she was taken out of man4 #b3bd4 ,wherefore a man shall leave father and mother1 and shall cleave to his wife3 and they shall be two in one flesh4 #b3be4 ,and they were both naked3 to wit1 ,adam and his wife3 and were not ashamed4 ,genesis ,chapter #c ,the serpent's craft4 ,the fall of our first parents4 ,their punishment4 ,the promise of a ,redeemer4 #c3a4 ,now the serpent was more subtle tha any of the beasts of the earth which the ,lord ,god had made4 ,and he said to the woman3 ,why hath ,god commanded you1 that you should not eat of every tree of paradise8 #c3b4 ,and the woman answered him1 saying3 ,of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat3 #c3c4 ,but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise1 ,god hath commanded us that we should not eat2 and that we should not touch it1 lest perhaps we die4 #c3d4 ,and the serpent said to the woman3 ,no1 you shall not die the death4 #c3e4 ,for ,god doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof1 your eyes shall be opened3 and you shall be as ,gods1 knowing good and evil4 #c3f4 ,and the woman saw that the tree was good to eat1 and fair to the eyes1 and delightful to behold3 and she took of the fruit thereof1 and did eat1 and gave to her husband1 who did eat4 #c3g4 ,and the eyes of them both were opened3 and when they perceived themselves to be naked1 they sewed together fig leaves1 and made themselves aprons4 ,and the eyes1 etc444 ,not that they were blind before1 7for the woman saw that the tree was fair to the eyes1 ver4 #f47 nor yet that their eyes were opened to any more perfect knowledge of good2 but only to the unhappy experience of having lost the good of original grace and innocence1 and incurred the dreadful evil of sin4 ,from whence followed a shame of their being naked2 which they minded not before2 because being now stript of original grace1 they quickly began to be subject to the shameful rebellions of the flesh4 #c3h4 ,and when they heard the voice of the ,lord ,god walking in paradise at the afternoon air1 ,adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the ,lord ,god1 amidst the trees of paradise4 #c3i4 ,and the ,lord ,god called ,adam1 and said to him3 ,where art thou8 #c3aj4 ,and he said3 ,i heard thy voice in paradise2 and ,i was afraid1 because ,i was naked1 and ,i hid myself4 #c3aa4 ,and he said to him3 ,and who hath told thee that thou wast naked1 but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof ,i commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat8 #c3ab4 ,and ,adam said3 ,the woman1 whom thou gavest me to be my companion1 gave me of the tree1 and ,i did eat4 #c3ac4 ,and the ,lord ,god said to the woman3 ,why hast thou done this8 ,and she answered3 ,the serpent deceived me1 and ,i did eat4 #c3ad4 ,and the ,lord ,god said to the serpent3 ,because thou hast done this thing1 thou art cursed among all cattle1 and beasts of the earth3 upon thy breast shalt thou go1 and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life4 #c3ae4 ,i will put enmities between thee and the woman1 and thy seed and her seed3 she shall cursh thy head1 and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel4 ,she shall crush444 ,ipsa1 the woman2 so divers of the fathers read this place1 conformably to the ,latin3 others read it ipsum1 viz41 the seed4 ,the sense is the same3 for it is by her seed1 ,jesus ,christ1 that the woman crushes the serpent's head4 #c3af4 ,to the woman also he said3 ,i will multiply thy sorrows1 and thy conceptions3 in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children1 and thou shalt be under thy husband's power1 and he shall have dominion over thee4 #c3ag4 ,and to ,adam he said3 ,because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife1 and hast eaten of the tree1 whereof ,i commanded thee1 that thou shouldst not eat1 cursed is the earth in thy work3 with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life4 #c3ah4 ,thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee1 and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth4 #c3ai4 ,in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken3 for dust thou art1 and into dust thou shalt return4 #c3bj4 ,and ,adam called the name of his wife ,eve3 because she was the mother of all the living4 #c3ba4 ,and the ,lord ,god made for ,adam and his wife garments of skins1 and clothed them4 #c3bb4 ,and he said3 ,behold ,adam is become as one of us1 knowing good and evil3 now therefore lest perhaps he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life1 and eat1 and live for ever4 ,behold ,adam1 etc444 ,this was spoken by way of reproaching him with his pride1 in affecting a knowledge that might make him like to ,god4 #c3bc4 ,and the ,lord ,god sent him out of the paradise of pleasure1 to till the earth from which he was taken4 #c3bd4 ,and he cast out ,adam3 and placed before the paradise of pleasure ,cherubims1 and a flaming sword1 turning every way1 to keep the way of the tree of life4 ,genesis ,chapter #d ,the history of ,cain and ,abel4 #d3a4 ,and ,adam knew ,eve his wife2 who conceived and brought forth ,cain1 saying3 ,i have gotten a man through ,god4 #d3b4 ,and again she brought forth his brother ,abel4 ,and ,abel was a shepherd1 and ,cain a husbandman4 #d3c4 ,and it came to pass after many days1 that ,cain offered1 of the fruits of the earth1 gifts to the ,lord4 #d3d4 ,abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock1 and of their fat3 and the ,lord had respect to ,abel1 and to his offerings4 ,had respect444 ,that is1 shewed his acceptance of his sacrifice 7as coming from a heart full of devotion73 and that1 as we may suppose1 by some visible token1 such as sending fire from heaven upon his offerings4 #d3e4 ,but to ,cain and his offerings he had no respect3 and ,cain was exceeding angry1 and his countenance fell4 #d3f4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,why art thou angry8 and why is thy countenance fallen8 #d3g4 ,if thou do well1 shalt thou not receive8 but if ill1 shall not sin forthwith be present at the door8 but the lust thereof shall be under thee1 and thou shalt have dominion over it4 #d3h4 ,and ,cain said to ,abel his brother3 ,let us go forth abroad4 ,and when they were in the field1 ,cain rose up against his brother ,abel1 and slew him4 #d3i4 ,and the ,lord said to ,cain3 ,where is thy brother ,abel8 ,and he answered3 ,i know not3 am ,i my brother's keeper8 #d3aj4 ,and he said to him3 ,what hast thou done8 the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth4 #d3aa4 ,now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth1 which hath opened her mouth and recieved the blood of thy brother at thy hand4 #d3ab4 ,when thou shalt till it1 it shall not yield to thee its fruit3 a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth4 #d3ac4 ,and ,cain said to the ,lord3 ,my iniquity is greater than that ,i may deserve pardon4 #d3ad4 ,behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth1 and from thy face ,i shall be hid1 and ,i shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth3 every one therefore that findeth me1 shall kill me4 ,every one that findeth me shall kill me444 ,his guilty conscience made him fear his own brothers and nephews2 of whom1 by this time1 there might be a good number upon the earth2 which had now endured near #acj years2 as may be gathered from ,gen4 #e4c1 compared with chap4 #d4be1 though in the compendious account given in the scriptures1 only ,cain and ,abel are mentioned4 #d3ae4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,no1 it shall not so be3 but whosoever shall kill ,cain1 shall be punished sevenfold4 ,and the ,lord set a mark upon ,cain1 that whosoever found him should not kill him4 ,set a mark1 etc444 ,the more common opinion of the interpreters of holy writ supposes this mark to have been a trembling of the body2 or a horror and consternation in his countenance4 #d3af4 ,and ,cain went out from the face of the ,lord1 and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth at the east side of ,eden4 #d3ag4 ,and ,cain knew his wife1 and she conceived1 and brought forth ,henoch3 and he built a city1 and called the name thereof by the name of his son ,henoch4 ,his wife444 ,she was a daughter of ,adam1 and ,cain's own sister2 ,god dispensing with such marriages in the beginning of the world1 as mankind could not otherwise be propagated4 ,he built a city1 viz444 ,in process of time1 when his race was multiplied1 so as to be numerous enough to people it4 ,for in the many hundred years he lived1 his race might be multiplied even to millions4 #d3ah4 ,and ,henoch begot ,irad1 and ,irad begot ,maviael1 and ,maviael begot ,mathusael1 and ,mathusael begot ,lamech1 #d3ai4 ,who took two wives3 the name of the one was ,ada1 and the name of the other ,sella4 #d3bj4 ,and ,ada brought forth ,jabel3 who was the father of such as dwell in tents1 and of herdsmen4 #d3ba4 ,and his brother's name was ,jubal3 he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs4 #d3bb4 ,sella also brought forth ,tubalcain1 who was a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron4 ,and the sister of ,tubalcain was ,noema4 #d3bc4 ,and ,lamech said to his wives ,ada and ,sella3 ,hear my voice1 ye wives of ,lamech1 hearken to my speech3 for ,i have slain a man to the wounding of myself1 and a stripling to my own bruising4 ,i have slain a man1 etc444 ,it is the tradition of the ,hebrews1 that ,lamech in hunting slew ,cain1 mistaking him for a wild beast2 and that having discovered what he had done1 he beat so unmercifully the youth1 by whom he was led into that mistake1 that he died of the blows4 #d3bd4 ,sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for ,cain3 but for ,lamech seventy times sevenfold4 #d3be4 ,adam also knew his wife again3 and she brought forth a son1 and called his name ,seth1 saying3 ,god hath given me another seed for ,abel1 whom ,cain slew4 #d3bf4 ,but to ,seth also was born a son1 whom he called ,enos3 this man began to call upon the name of the ,lord4 ,began to call upon1 etc444 ,not that ,adam and ,seth had not called upon ,god1 before the birth of ,enos2 but that ,enos used more solemnity in the worship and invocation of ,god4 ,genesis ,chapter #e ,the genealogy1 age1 and death of the ,patriarchs1 from ,adam to ,noe4 ,the translation of ,henoch4 #e3a4 ,this is the book of the generation of ,adam4 ,in the day that ,god created man1 he made him to the likeness of ,god4 #e3b4 ,he created them male and female2 and blessed them3 and called their name ,adam1 in the day when they were created4 #e3c4 ,and ,adam lived a hundred and thirty years1 and begot a son to his own image and likeness1 and called his name ,seth4 #e3d4 ,and the days of ,adam1 after he begot ,seth1 were eight hundred years3 and he begot sons and daughters4 #e3e4 ,and all the time that ,adam lived1 came to nine hundred and thirty years1 and he died4 #e3f4 ,seth also lived a hundred and five years1 and begot ,enos4 #e3g4 ,and ,seth lived after he begot ,enos1 eight hundred and seven years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3h4 ,and all the days of ,seth were nine hundred and twelve years1 and he died4 #e3i4 ,and ,enos lived ninety years1 and begot ,cainan4 #e3aj4 ,after whose birth he lived eight hundred and fifteen years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3aa4 ,and all the days of ,enos were nine hundred and five years1 and he died4 #e3ab4 ,and ,cainan lived seventy years1 and begot ,malaleel4 #e3ac4 ,and ,cainan lived after he begot ,malaleel1 eight hundred and forty years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3ad4 ,and all the days of ,cainan were nine hundred and ten years1 and he died4 #e3ae4 ,and ,malaleel lived sixty-five years and begot ,jared4 #e3af4 ,and ,malaleel lived after he begot ,jared1 eight hundred and thirty years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3ag4 ,and all the days of ,malaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years1 and he died4 #e3ah4 ,and ,jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years1 and begot ,henoch4 #e3ai4 ,and ,jared lived after he begot ,henoch1 eight hundred years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3bj4 ,and all the days of ,jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years1 and he died4 #e3ba4 ,and ,henoch lived sixty-five years1 and begot ,mathusala4 #e3bb4 ,and ,henoch walked with ,god3 and lived after he begot ,mathusala1 three hundred years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3bc4 ,and all the days of ,henoch were three hundred and sixty-five years4 #e3bd4 ,and he walked with ,god1 and was seen no more3 because ,god took him4 #e3be4 ,and ,mathusala lived a hundred and eighty-seven years1 and begot ,lamech4 #e3bf4 ,and ,mathlusala lived after he begot ,lamech1 seven hundred and eighty-two years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3bg4 ,and all the days of ,mathusala were nine hundred and sixty-nine years1 and he died4 #e3bh4 ,and ,lamech lived a hundred and eighty-two years1 and begot a son4 #e3bi4 ,and he called his name ,noe1 saying3 ,this same shall comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth1 which the ,lord hath cursed4 #e3cj4 ,and ,lamech lived after he begot ,noe1 five hundred and ninety-five years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3ca4 ,and all the days of ,lamech came to seven hundred and seventy-seven years1 and he died4 ,and ,noe1 when he was five hundred years old1 begot ,sem1 ,cham1 and ,japheth4 ,genesis ,chapter #f ,man's sin is the cause of the deluge4 ,noe is commanded to build the ark4 #f3a4 ,and after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth1 and daughters were born to them1 #f3b4 ,the sons of ,god seeing the daughters of men1 that they were fair1 took to themselves wives of all which they chose4 ,the sons of ,god444 ,the descendants of ,seth and ,enos are here called sons of ,god from their religion and piety3 whereas the ungodly race of ,cain1 who by their carnal affections lay grovelling upon the earth1 are called the children of men4 ,the unhappy consequence of the former marrying with the latter1 ought to be a warning to ,christians to be very circumspect in their marriages2 and not to suffer themselves to be determined in their choice by their carnal passion1 to the prejudice of virtue or religion4 #f3c4 ,and ,god said3 ,my spirit shall not remain in man for ever1 because he is flesh1 and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years4 ,his days shall be1 etc444 ,the meaning is1 that man's days1 which before the flood were usually #ijj years1 should now be reduced to #abj years4 ,or rather1 that ,god would allow men this term of #abj years1 for their repentance and conversion1 before he would send the deluge4 #f3d4 ,now giants were upon the earth in those days4 ,for after the sons of ,god went in to the daughters of men1 and they brought forth children1 these are the mighty men of old1 men of renown4 ,giants444 ,it is likely the generality of men before the flood were of a gigantic stature in comparison with what men now are4 ,but these here spoken of are called giants1 as being not only tall in stature1 but violent and savage in their dispositions1 and mere monsters of cruelty and lust4 #f3e4 ,and ,god seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth1 and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times1 #f3f4 ,it repented him that he had made man on the earth4 ,and being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart1 ,it repented him1 etc444 ,god1 who is unchangeable1 is not capable of repentance1 grief1 or any other passion4 ,but these expressions are used to declare the enormity of the sins of men1 which was so provoking as to determine their ,creator to destroy these his creatures1 whom before he had so much favoured4 #f3g4 ,he said3 ,i will destroy man1 whom ,i have created1 from the face of the earth1 from man even to beasts1 from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air1 for it repenteth me that ,i have made them4 #f3h4 ,but ,noe found grace before the ,lord4 #f3i4 ,these are the generations of ,noe3 ,noe was a just and perfect man in his generations1 he walked with ,god4 #f3aj4 ,and he begot three sons1 ,sem1 ,cham1 and ,japheth4 #f3aa4 ,and the earth was corrupted before ,god1 and was filled with iniquity4 #f3ab4 ,and when ,god had seen that the earth was corrupted 7for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth71 #f3ac4 ,he said to ,noe3 ,the end of all flesh is come before me1 the earth is filled with iniquity through them1 and ,i will destroy them with the earth4 #f3ad4 ,make thee an ark of timber planks3 thou shalt make little rooms in the ark1 and thou shalt pitch it within and without4 #f3ae4 ,and thus shalt thou make it4 ,the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits3 the breadth of it fifty cubits1 and the height of it thirty cubits4 ,three hundred cubits1 etc444 ,the ark1 according to the dimensions here set down1 contained four hundred and fifty thousand square cubits2 which was more than enough to contain all the kinds of living creatures1 with all necessary provisions3 even supposing the cubits here spoken of to have been only a foot and a half each1 which was the least king of cubits4 #f3af4 ,thou shalt make a window in the ark1 and in a cubit shalt thou finish the top of it3 and the door of the ark thou shalt set in the side3 with lower1 middle chambers1 and third stories shalt thou make it4 #f3ag4 ,behold1 ,i will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth1 to destroy all flesh1 wherein is the breath of life under heaven4 ,all things that are in the earth shall be consumed4 #f3ah4 ,and ,i will establish my covenant with thee1 and thou shalt enter into the ark1 thou and thy sons1 and thy wife1 and the wives of thy sons with thee4 #f3ai4 ,and of every living creature of all flesh1 thou shalt bring two of a sort into the ark1 that they may live with thee3 of the male sex1 and the female4 #f3bj4 ,of fowls according to their kind1 and of beasts in their kind1 and of every thing that creepeth on the earth according to its kind3 two of every sort shall go in with thee1 that they may live4 #f3ba4 ,thou shalt take unto thee of all food that may be eaten1 and thou shalt lay it up with thee3 and it shall be food for thee and them4 #f3bb4 ,and ,noe did all things which ,god commanded him4 ,genesis ,chapter #g ,noe with his family go into the ark4 ,the deluge overflows the earth4 #g3a4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,go in1 thou and all thy house1 into the ark3 for thee ,i have seen just before me in this generation4 #g3b4 ,of all clean beasts take seven and seven1 the male and the female4 ,of all clean444 ,the distintion of clean and unclean beasts appears to have been made before the law of ,moses1 which was not promulgated till the year of the world #bead4 #g3c4 ,but of the beasts that are unclean two and two1 the male and the female4 ,of the fowls also of the air seven and seven1 the male and the female3 that seed may be saved upon the face of the whole earth4 #g3d4 ,for yet a while1 and after seven days1 ,i will rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights3 and ,i will destroy every substance that ,i have made1 from the face of the earth4 #g3e4 ,and ,noe did all things which the ,lord had commanded him4 #g3f4 ,and he was six hundred years old1 when the waters of the flood overflowed the earth4 #g3g4 ,and ,noe went in and his sons1 his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark1 because of the waters of the flood4 #g3h4 ,and of beasts clean and unclean1 and of fowls1 and of every thing that moveth upon the earth1 #g3i4 ,two and two went in to ,noe into the ark1 male and female1 as the ,lord had commanded ,noe4 #g3aj4 ,and after the seven days were passed1 the waters of the flood overflowed the earth4 #g3aa4 ,in the six hundredth year of the life of ,noe1 in the second month1 in the seventeenth day of the month1 all the fountains of the great deep were broken up1 and the floodgates of heaven were opened3 #g3ab4 ,and the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights4 #g3ac4 ,in the selfsame day ,noe1 and ,sem1 and ,cham1 and ,japheth1 his sons3 his wife1 and the three wives of his sons with them1 went into the ark4 #g3ad4 ,they and every beast according to its kind1 and all the cattle in their kind1 and every thing that moveth upon the earth1 according to its kind1 and every fowl according to its kind1 all birds1 and all that fly1 #g3ae4 ,went in to ,noe into the ark1 two and two of all flesh1 wherein was the breath of life4 #g3af4 ,and they that went in1 went in male and female of all flesh1 as ,god had commanded him3 and the ,lord shut him in on the outside4 #g3ag4 ,and the flood was forty days upon the earth3 and the waters increased1 and lifted up the ark on high from the earth4 #g3ah4 ,for they overflowed exceedingly3 and filled all on the face of the earth3 and the ark was carried upon the waters4 #g3ai4 ,and the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth3 and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered4 #g3bj4 ,the water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered4 #g3ba4 ,and all flesh was destroyed that moved upon the earth1 both of fowl and of cattle1 and of beasts1 and of all creeping things that creep upon the earth3 and all men4 #g3bb4 ,and all things wherein there is the breath of life on the earth1 died4 #g3bc4 ,and he destroyed all the substance that was upon the earth1 from man even to beast1 and the creeping things and fowls of the air3 and they were destroyed from the earth3 and ,noe only remained1 and they that were with him in the ark4 #g3bd4 ,and the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days4 ,genesis ,chapter #h ,the deluge ceaseth4 ,noe goeth out of the ark1 and offereth a sacrifice4 ,god's covenant to him4 #h3a4 ,and ,god remembered ,noe1 and all the living creatures1 and all the cattle which were with him in the ark1 and brought a wind upon the earth1 and the waters were abated3 #h3b4 ,the fountains also of the deep1 and the floodgates of heaven1 were shut up1 and the rain from heaven was restrained4 #h3c4 ,and the waters returned from off the earth going and coming3 and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days4 #h3d4 ,and the ark rested in the seventh month1 the seven and twentieth day of the month1 upon the mountains of ,armenia4 #h3e4 ,and the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month3 for in the tenth month1 the first day of the month1 the tops of the mountains appeared4 #h3f4 ,and after that forty days were passed1 ,noe opening the window of the ark1 which he had made1 sent forth a raven3 #h3g4 ,which went forth and did not return1 till the waters were dried up upon the earth4 ,did not return444 ,the raven did not return into the ark2 but 7as it may be gathered from the ,hebrew7 went to and fro2 sometimes going to the mountains1 where it found carcasses to feed on3 and other times returning1 to rest upon the top of the ark4 #h3h4 ,he sent forth also a dove after him1 to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth4 #h3i4 ,but she not finding where her foot might rest1 returned to him into the ark3 for the waters were upon the whole earth3 and he put forth his hand1 and caught her1 and brought her into the ark4 #h3aj4 ,and having waited yet seven other days1 he again sent forth the dove out of the ark4 #h3aa4 ,and she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an olive tree1 with green leaves1 in her mouth4 ,noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth4 #h3ab4 ,and he stayed yet other seven days3 and he sent forth the dove1 which returned not any more unto him4 #h3ac4 ,therefore in the six hundredth and first year1 the first month1 the first day of the month1 the waters were lessened upon the earth1 and ,noe opening the covering of the ark1 looked1 and saw that the face of the earth was dried4 #h3ad4 ,in the second month1 the seven and twentieth day of the month1 the earth was dried4 #h3ae4 ,and ,god spoke to ,noe1 saying3 #h3af4 ,go out of the ark1 thou and thy wife1 thy sons and the wives of thy sons with thee4 #h3ag4 ,all living things that are with thee of all flesh1 as well in fowls as in beasts1 and all creeping things that creep upon the earth1 bring out with thee1 and go ye upon the earth3 increase and multiply upon it4 #h3ah4 ,so ,noe went out1 he and his sons3 his wife1 and the wives of his sons with him4 #h3ai4 ,and all living things1 and cattle1 and creeping things that creep upon the earth1 according to their kinds went out of the ark4 #h3bj4 ,and ,noe built an altar unto the ,lord3 and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean1 offered holocausts upon the altar4 ,holocausts1444 or whole burnt offerings4 ,in which the whole victim was consumed by fire upon ,god's altar1 and no part was reserved for the use of priest or people4 #h3ba4 ,and the ,lord smelled a sweet savour1 and said3 ,i will no more curse the earth for the sake of man3 for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth3 therefore ,i will no more destroy every living soul as ,i have done4 ,smelled1 etc444 ,a figurative expression1 denoting that ,god was well pleased with the sacrifices which his servant offered4 #h3bb4 ,all the days of the earth1 seedtime and harvest1 cold and heat1 summer and winter1 night and day1 shall not cease4 ,genesis ,chapter #i ,god besseth ,noe3 forbiddeth blood1 and promiseth never more to destroy the world by water4 ,the blessing of ,sem and ,japheth4 #i3a4 ,and ,god blessed ,noe and his sons4 ,and he said to them3 ,increase1 and multiply1 and fill the earth4 #i3b4 ,and let the fear and dread of you be upon all the beasts of the earth1 and upon all the fowls of the air1 and all that move upon the earth3 all the fishes of the sea are delivered into your hand4 #i3c4 ,and every thing that moveth1 and liveth shall be meat for you3 even as the green herbs have ,i delivered them all to you3 #i3d4 ,saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat4 #i3e4 ,for ,i will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast1 and at the hand of man1 at the hand of every man1 and of his brother1 will ,i require the life of man4 #i3f4 ,whosoever shall shed man's blood1 his blood shall be shed3 for man was made to the image of ,god4 #i3g4 ,but increase you and multiply1 and go upon the earth and fill it4 #i3h4 ,thus also said ,god to ,noe1 and to his sons with him3 #i3i4 ,behold ,i will establish my covenant with you1 and with your seed after you3 #i3aj4 ,and with every living soul that is with you1 as well in all birds1 as in cattle and beasts of the earth1 that are come forth out of the ark1 and in all the beasts of the earth4 #i3aa4 ,i will establish my covenant with you1 and all flesh shall be no more destroyed with the waters of a flood1 neither shall there be from henceforth a flood to waste the earth4 #i3ab4 ,and ,god said3 ,this is the sign of the covenant which ,i give between me and you1 and to every living soul that is with you1 for perpetual generations4 #i3ac4 ,i will set my bow in the clouds1 and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me and between the earth4 #i3ad4 ,and when ,i shall cover the sky with clouds1 my bow shall appear in the clouds3 #i3ae4 ,and ,i will remember my covenant with you1 and with every living soul that beareth flesh3 and there shall no more be waters of a flood to destroy all flesh4 #i3af4 ,and the bow shall be in the clouds1 and ,i shall see it1 and shall remember the everlasting covenant1 that was made between ,god and every living soul of all flesh which is upon the earth4 #i3ag4 ,and ,god said to ,noe3 ,this shall be the sign of the covenant1 which ,i have established1 between me and all flesh upon the earth4 #i3ah4 ,and the sons of ,noe1 who came out of the ark1 were ,sem1 ,cham1 and ,japheth3 and ,cham is the father of ,chanaan4 #i3ai4 ,these three are the sons of ,noe3 and from these was all mankind spread over the whole earth4 #i3bj4 ,and ,noe a husbandman began to till the ground1 and planted a vineyard4 #i3ba4 ,and drinking of the wine was made drunk1 and was uncovered in his tent4 ,drunk444 ,noe by the judgment of the fathers was not guilty of sin1 in being overcome by wine3 because he knew not the strength of it4 #i3bb4 ,which when ,cham the father of ,chanaan had seen1 to wit1 that his father's nakedness was uncovered1 he told it to his two brethren without4 #i3bc4 ,but ,sem and ,japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders1 and going backward1 covered the nakedness of their father3 and their faces were turned away1 and they saw not their father's nakedness4 ,covered the nakedness444 ,thus1 as ,st4 ,gregory takes notice ,l4 #ce2 ,moral4 c4 #bb1 we ought to cover the nakedness1 that is1 the sins1 of our spiritual parents and superiors4 #i3bd4 ,and ,noe awaking from the wine1 when he had learned what his younger son had done to him1 #i3be4 ,he said3 ,cursed be ,chanaan1 a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren4 ,cursed be ,chanaan444 ,the curses1 as well as the blessings1 of the partiarchs1 were prophetical3 ,and this in particular is here recorded by ,moses1 for the children of ,israel1 who were to possess the land of ,chanaan4 ,but why should ,chanaan be cursed for his father's faults8 ,the ,hebrews answer1 that he being then a boy1 was the first that saw his grandfather's nakedness1 and told his father ,cham of it2 and joined with him in laughing at it3 which drew upon him1 rather than upon the rest of the children of ,cham1 this prophetical curse4 #i3bf4 ,and he said3 ,blessed be the ,lord ,god of ,sem1 be ,chanaan his servant4 #i3bg4 ,may ,god enlarge ,japheth1 and may he dwell in the tents of ,sem1 and ,chanaan be his servant4 #i3bh4 ,and ,noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years4 #i3bi4 ,and all his days were in the whole nine hundred and fifty years3 and he died4 ,genesis ,chapter #aj ,the genealogy of the children of ,noe1 by whom the world was peopled after the flood4 #aj3a4 ,these are the generations of the sons of ,noe3 ,sem1 ,cham1 and ,japheth3 and unto them sons were born after the flood4 #aj3b4 ,the sons of ,japheth3 ,gomer1 and ,magog1 and ,madai1 and ,javan1 and ,thubal1 and ,mosoch1 and ,thiras4 #aj3c4 ,and the sons of ,gomer3 ,ascenez and ,riphath and ,thogorma4 #aj3d4 ,and the sons of ,javan3 ,elisa and ,tharsis1 ,cetthim and ,dodanim4 #aj3e4 ,by these were divided the islands of the ,gentiles in their lands1 every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations4 ,the islands444 ,so the ,hebrews called all the remote countries1 to which they went by ships from ,judea1 to ,greece1 ,italy1 ,spain1 etc4 #aj3f4 ,and the ,sons of ,cham3 ,chus1 and ,mesram1 and ,phuth1 and ,chanaan4 #aj3g4 ,and the sons of ,chus3 ,saba1 and ,hevila1 and ,sabatha1 and ,regma1 and ,sabatacha4 ,the sons of ,regma3 ,saba1 and ,dadan4 #aj3h4 ,now ,chus begot ,nemrod3 he began to be mighty on the earth4 #aj3i4 ,and he was a stout hunter before the ,lord4 ,hence came a proverb3 ,even as ,nemrod the stout hunter before the ,lord4 ,a stout hunter444 ,not of beasts but of men3 whom by violence and tyranny he brought under his dominion4 ,and such he was1 not only in the opinion of men1 but before the ,lord1 that is1 in his sight who cannot be deceived4 #aj3aj4 ,and the beginning of his kingdom was ,babylon1 and ,arach1 and ,achad1 and ,chalanne in the land of ,sennaar4 #aj3aa4 ,out of that land came forth ,assur1 and built ,ninive1 and the streets of the city1 and ,chale4 #aj3ab4 ,resen also between ,ninive and ,chale3 this is the great city4 #aj3ac4 ,and ,mesraim begot ,ludim1 and ,anamim and ,laabim1 ,nephthuim4 #aj3ad4 ,and ,phetrusim1 and ,chasluim2 of whom came forth the ,philistines1 and the ,capthorim4 #aj3ae4 ,and ,chanaan begot ,sidon his firstborn1 the ,hethite1 #aj3af4 ,and the ,jebusite1 and the ,amorrhite1 and the ,gergesite4 #aj3ag4 ,the ,hevite and ,aracite3 the ,sinite1 #aj3ah4 ,and the ,aradian1 the ,samarite1 and the ,hamathite3 and afterwards the families of the ,chanaanites were spread abroad4 #aj3ai4 ,and the limits of ,chanaan were from ,sidon as one comes to ,gerara even to ,gaza1 until thou enter ,sodom and ,gomorrha1 and ,adama1 and ,seboim even to ,lesa4 #aj3bj4 ,these are the children of ,cham in their kindreds and tongues1 and generations1 and lands1 and nations4 #aj3ba4 ,of ,sem also the father of all the children of ,heber1 the elder brother of ,japheth1 sons were born4 #aj3bb4 ,the sons of ,sem3 ,elam and ,assur1 and ,arphaxad1 and ,lud1 and ,aram4 #aj3bc4 ,the sons of ,aram3 ,us1 and ,hull1 and ,gether2 and ,mes4 #aj3bd4 ,but ,arphaxad begot ,sale1 of whom was born ,heber4 #aj3be4 ,and to ,heber were born two sons3 the name of the one was ,phaleg1 because in his days was the earth divided3 and his brother's name ,jectan4 #aj3bf4 ,which ,jectan begot ,elmodad1 and ,saleph1 and ,asarmoth1 ,jare1 #aj3bg4 ,and ,aduram1 and ,uzal1 and ,decla1 #aj3bh4 ,and ,ebal1 and ,abimael1 ,saba1 #aj3bi4 ,and ,ophir1 and ,hevila1 and ,jobab4 ,all these were the sons of ,jectan4 #aj3cj4 ,and their dwelling was from ,messa as we go on as far as ,sephar1 a mountain in the east4 #aj3ca4 ,these are the children of ,sem according to their kindreds and tongues1 and countries in their nations4 #aj3cb4 ,these are the families of ,noe1 according to their people and nations4 ,by these were the nations divided on the earth after the flood4 ,genesis ,chapter #aa ,the tower of ,babel4 ,the confusion of tongues4 ,the genealogy of ,sem down to ,abram4 #aa3a4 ,and the earth was of one tongue1 and of the same speech4 #aa3b4 ,and when they removed from the east1 they found a plain in the land of ,sennaar1 and dwelt in it4 #aa3c4 ,and each one said to his neighbour3 ,come let us make brick1 and bake them with fire4 ,and they had brick instead of stones1 and slime instead of mortar3 #aa3d4 ,and they said3 ,come1 let us make a city and a tower1 the top whereof may reach to heaven2 and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands4 #aa3e4 ,and the ,lord came down to see the city and the tower1 which the children of ,adam were building4 #aa3f4 ,and he said3 ,behold1 it is one people1 and all have one tongue3 and they have begun to do this1 neither will they leave off from their designs1 till they accomplish them in deed4 #aa3g4 ,come ye1 therefore1 let us go down1 and there confound their tongue1 that they may not understand one another's speech4 #aa3h4 ,and so the ,lord scattered them from that place into all lands1 and they ceased to build the city4 #aa3i4 ,and therefore the name thereof was called ,babel1 because there the language of the whole earth was confounded3 and from thence the ,lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries4 ,babel444 ,that is1 confusion4 #aa3aj4 ,these are the generations of ,sem3 ,sem was a hundred years old when he begot ,arphaxad1 two years after the flood4 #aa3aa4 ,and ,sem lived after he begot ,arphaxad1 five hundred years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3ab4 ,and ,arphaxad lived thirty-five years1 and begot ,sale4 #aa3ac4 ,and ,arphaxad lived after he begot ,sale1 three hundred and three years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3ad4 ,sale also lived thirty years1 and begot ,heber4 #aa3ae4 ,and ,sale lived after he begot ,heber1 four hundred and three years3 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3af4 ,and ,heber lived thirty-four years1 and begot ,phaleg4 #aa3ag4 ,and ,heber lived after he begot ,phaleg1 four hundred and thirty years3 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3ah4 ,phaleg also lived thirty years1 and begot ,reu4 #aa3ai4 ,and ,phaleg lived after he begot ,reu1 two hundred and nine years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3bj4 ,and ,reu lived thirty-two years1 and begot ,sarug4 #aa3ba4 ,and ,reu lived after he begot ,sarug1 two hundred and seven years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3bb4 ,and ,sarug lived thirty years1 and begot ,nachor4 #aa3bc4 ,and ,sarug lived after he begot ,nachor1 two hundred years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3bd4 ,and ,nachor lived nine and twenty years1 and begot ,thare4 #aa3be4 ,and ,nachor lived after he begot ,thare1 a hundred and nineteen years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3bf4 ,and ,thare lived seventy years1 and begot ,abram1 and ,nachor1 and ,aran4 #aa3bg4 ,and these are the generations of ,thare3 ,thare begot ,abram1 ,nachor1 and ,aran4 ,and ,aran begot ,lot4 #aa3bh4 ,and ,aran died before ,thare his father1 in the land of his nativity in ,ur of the ,chaldees4 #aa3bi4 ,and ,abram and ,nachor married wives3 the name of ,abram's wife was ,sarai3 and the name of ,nachor's wife1 ,melcha1 the daughter of ,aran1 father of ,melcha and father of ,jescha4 #aa3cj4 ,and ,sarai was barren1 and had no children4 #aa3ca4 ,and ,thare took ,abram his son1 and ,lot the son of ,aran1 his son's son1 and ,sarai his daughter in law1 the wife of ,abram his son1 and brought them out of ,ur of the ,chaldees1 to go into the land of ,chanaan3 and they came as far as ,haran1 and dwelt there4 #aa3cb4 ,and the days of ,thare were two hundred and five years1 and he died in ,haran4 ,genesis ,chapter #ab ,the call of ,abram1 and the promise made to him4 ,he sojourneth in ,chanaan1 and then by occasion of a famine1 goeth down to ,egypt4 #ab3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,abram3 ,go forth out of thy country1 and from thy kindred1 and out of thy father's house1 and come into the land which ,i shall shew thee4 #ab3b4 ,and ,i will make of thee a great nation1 and ,i will bless thee1 and magnify thy name1 and thou shalt be blessed4 #ab3c4 ,i will bless them that bless thee1 and curse them that curse thee1 and ,,in ,,thee shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed4 #ab3d4 ,so ,abram went out as the ,lord had commanded him1 and ,lot went with him3 ,abram was seventy-five years old when he went forth from ,haran4 #ab3e4 ,and he took ,sarai his wife1 and ,lot his brother's son1 and all the substance which they had gathered1 and the souls which they had gotten in ,haran3 and they went out to go into the land of ,chanaan4 ,and when they were come into it1 #ab3f4 ,abram passed through the country unto the place of ,sichem1 as far as the noble vale3 now the ,chanaanite was at that time in the land4 #ab3g4 ,and the ,lord appeared to ,abram1 and said to him3 ,to thy seed will ,i give this land4 ,and he built there an altar to the ,lord1 who had appeared to him4 #ab3h4 ,and passing on from thence to a mountain1 that was on the east side of ,bethel1 he there pitched his tent1 having ,bethel on the west1 and ,hai on the east3 he built there also an altar to the ,lord1 and called upon his name4 #ab3i4 ,and ,abram went forward1 going and proceeding on to the south4 #ab3aj4 ,and there came a famine in the country3 and ,abram went down into ,egypt1 to sojourn there3 for the famine was very grievous in the land4 #ab3aa4 ,and when he was near to enter into ,egypt1 he said to ,sarai his wife3 ,i know that thou art a beautiful woman3 #ab3ab4 ,and that when the ,egyptians shall see thee1 they will say3 ,she is his wife3 and they will kill me1 and keep thee4 #ab3ac4 ,say1 therefore1 ,i pray thee1 that thou art my sister3 that ,i may be well used for thee1 and that my soul may live for thy sake4 ,my sister444 ,this was no lie2 because she was his niece1 being daughter to his brother ,aran1 and therefore1 in the style of the ,hebrews1 she might truly be called his sister1 as ,lot is called ,abram's brother1 ,gen4 #ad4ad4 ,see ,gen4 #bj4ab4 #ab3ad4 ,and when ,abram was come into ,egypt1 the ,egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful4 #ab3ae4 ,and the princes told ,pharao1 and praised her before him3 and the woman was taken into the house of ,pharao4 #ab3af4 ,and they used ,abram well for her sake4 ,and he had sheep and oxen and he asses1 and men servants1 and maid servants1 and she asses1 and camels4 #ab3ag4 ,but the ,lord scourged ,pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for ,sarai1 ,abram's wife4 #ab3ah4 ,and ,pharao called ,abram1 and said to him3 ,what is this that thou hast done to me8 ,why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife8 #ab3ai4 ,for what cause didst thou say1 she was thy sister1 that ,i might take her to my wife8 ,now therefore there is thy wife1 take her1 and go thy way4 #ab3bj4 ,and ,pharao gave his men orders concerning ,abram3 and they led him away and his wife1 and all that he had4 ,genesis ,chapter #ac ,abram and ,lot part from each other4 ,god's promise to ,abram4 #ac3a4 ,and ,abram went up out of ,egypt1 he and his wife1 and all that he had1 and ,lot with him into the south4 #ac3b4 ,and he was very rich in possession of gold and silver4 #ac3c4 ,and he returned by the way1 that he came1 from the south to ,bethel1 to the place where before he had pitched his tent between ,bethel and ,hai1 #ac3d4 ,in the place of the altar which he had made before1 and there he called upon the name of the ,lord4 #ac3e4 ,but ,lot also1 who was with ,abram1 had flocks of sheep1 and herds of beasts1 and tents4 #ac3f4 ,neither was the land able to bear them1 that they might dwell together3 for their substance was great1 and they could not dwell together4 #ac3g4 ,whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of ,abram and of ,lot4 ,and at that time the ,chanaanite and the ,pherezite dwelled in that country4 #ac3h4 ,abram therefore said to ,lot3 ,let there be no quarrel1 ,i beseech thee1 between me and thee1 and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen3 for we are brethren4 #ac3i4 ,behold the whole land is before thee3 depart from me1 ,i pray thee3 if thou wilt go to the left hand1 ,i will take the right3 if thou choose the right hand1 ,i will pass to the left4 #ac3aj4 ,and ,lot lifting up his eyes1 saw all the country about the ,jordan1 which was watered throughout1 before the ,lord destroyed ,sodom and ,gomorrha1 as the paradise of the ,lord1 and like ,egypt as one comes to ,segor4 #ac3aa4 ,and ,lot chose to himself the country about the ,jordan1 and he departed from the east3 and they were separated one brother from the other4 #ac3ab4 ,abram dwelt in the land of ,chanaan3 and ,lot abode in the towns1 that were about the ,jordan1 and dwelt in ,sodom4 #ac3ac4 ,and the men of ,sodom were very wicked1 and sinners before the face of the ,lord beyond measure4 #ac3ad4 ,and the ,lord said to ,abram1 after ,lot was separated from him3 ,lift up thy eyes1 and look from the place wherein thou now art1 to the north and to the south1 to the east and to the west4 #ac3ae4 ,all the land which thou seest1 ,i will give to thee1 and to thy seed for ever4 #ac3af4 ,and ,i will make thy seed as the dust of the earth3 if any man be able to number the dust of the earth1 he shall be able to number thy seed also4 #ac3ag4 ,arise and walk through the land in the length1 and the breadth thereof3 for ,i will give it to thee4 #ac3ah4 ,so ,abram removing his tent1 came1 and dwelt by the vale of ,mambre1 which is in ,hebron3 and he built there an altar to the ,lord4 ,genesis ,chapter #ad ,the expedition of the four kings2 the victory of ,abram2 he is blessed by ,melchisedech4 #ad3a4 ,and it came to pass at that time1 that ,amraphel1 king of ,sennaar1 and ,arioch1 king of ,pontus1 and ,chodorlahomor1 king of the ,elamites1 and ,thadal1 king of nations1 #ad3b4 ,made war against ,bara1 king of ,sodom1 and against ,bersa1 king of ,gomorrha1 and against ,sennaab1 king of ,adama1 and against ,semeber1 king of ,seboim1 and against the king of ,bala1 which is ,segor4 #ad3c4 ,all these came together into the woodland vale1 which now is the salt sea4 #ad3d4 ,for they had served ,chodorlahomor twelve years1 and in the thirteenth year they revolted from him4 #ad3e4 ,and in the fourteenth year came ,chodorlahomor1 and the kings that were with him3 and they smote the ,raphaim in ,astarothcarnaim1 and the ,zuzim with them1 and the ,emim in ,save of ,cariathaim4 #ad3f4 ,and the ,chorreans in the mountains of ,seir1 even to the plains of ,pharan1 which is in the wilderness4 #ad3g4 ,and they returned1 and came to the fountain of ,misphat1 the same is ,cades3 and they smote all the country of the ,amalecites1 and the ,amorrhean that dwelt in ,asasonthamar4 #ad3h4 ,and the king of ,sodom1 and the king of ,gomorrha1 and the king of ,adama1 and the king of ,seboim1 and the king of ,bala1 which is ,segor1 went out3 and they set themselves against them in battle array1 in the woodland vale3 #ad3i4 ,to wit1 against ,chodorlahomor king of the ,elamites1 and ,thadal king of nations1 and ,amraphel king of ,sennaar1 and ,arioch king of ,pontus3 four kings against five4 #ad3aj4 ,now the woodland vale had many pits of slime4 ,and the king of ,sodom1 and the king of ,gomorrha turned their backs1 and were overthrown there3 and they that remained1 fled to the mountain4 ,of slime4 ,bituminis444 ,this was a kind of pitch1 which served for mortar in the building of ,babel1 ,gen4 #aa4c1 and was used by ,noe in pitching the ark4 #ad3aa4 ,and they took all the substance of the ,sodomites1 and ,gomorrhites1 and all their victuals1 and went their way3 #ad3ab4 ,and ,lot also1 the son of ,abram's brother1 who dwelt in ,sodom1 and his substance4 #ad3ac4 ,and behold one1 that had escaped1 told ,abram the ,hebrew1 who dwelt in the vale of ,mambre the ,amorrhite1 the brother of ,escol1 and the brother of ,aner3 for these had made a league with ,abram4 #ad3ad4 ,which when ,abram had heard1 to wit1 that his brother ,lot was taken1 he numbered of the servants born in his house1 three hundred and eighteen1 well appointed3 and pursued them to ,dan4 #ad3ae4 ,and dividing his company1 he rushed upon them in the night1 and defeated them3 and pursued them as far as ,hoba1 which is on the left hand of ,damascus4 #ad3af4 ,and he brought back all the substance1 and ,lot his brother1 with his substance1 the women also1 and the people4 #ad3ag4 ,and the king of ,sodom went out to meet him1 after he returned from the slaughter of ,chodorlahomor1 and of the kings that were with him in the vale of ,save1 which is the king's vale4 #ad3ah4 ,but ,melchisedech1 the king of ,salem1 bringing forth bread and wine1 for he was the priest of the most high ,god1 #ad3ai4 ,blessed him1 and said3 ,blessed be ,abram by the most high ,god1 who created heaven and earth4 #ad3bj4 ,and blessed be the most high ,god1 by whose protection1 the enemies are in thy hands4 ,and he gave him the tithes of all4 #ad3ba4 ,and the king of ,sodom said to ,abram3 ,give me the persons1 and the rest take to thyself4 #ad3bb4 ,and he answered him3 ,i lift up my hand to the ,lord ,god the most high1 the possessor of heaven and earth1 #ad3bc4 ,that from the very woofthread unto the shoe latchet1 ,i will not take of any things that are thine1 lest thou say3 ,i have enriched ,abram4 #ad3bd4 ,except such things as the young men have eaten1 and the shares of the men that came with me1 ,aner1 ,escol1 and ,mambre3 these shall take their shares4 ,genesis ,chapter #ae ,god promiseth seed to ,abram4 ,his faith1 sacrifice and vision4 #ae3a4 ,now when these things were done1 the word of the ,lord came to ,abram by a vision1 saying3 ,fear not1 ,abram1 ,i am thy protector1 and thy reward exceeding great4 #ae3b4 ,and ,abram said3 ,lord ,god1 what wilt thou give me8 ,i shall go without children3 and the son of the steward of my house is this ,damascus ,eliezer4 #ae3c4 ,and ,abram added3 ,but to me thou hast not given seed3 and lo my servant born in my house1 shall be my heir4 #ae3d4 ,and immediately the word of the ,lord came to him1 saying3 ,he shall not be thy heir3 but he that shall come out of thy bowels1 him shalt thou have for thy heir4 #ae3e4 ,and he brought him forth abroad1 and said to him3 ,look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst4 ,and he said to him3 ,so shall thy seed be4 #ae3f4 ,abram believed ,god1 and it was reputed to him unto justice4 #ae3g4 ,and he said to him3 ,i am the ,lord who brought thee out from ,ur of the ,chaldees1 to give thee this land1 and that thou mightest possess it4 #ae3h4 ,but he said3 ,lord ,god1 whereby may ,i know that ,i shall possess it8 #ae3i4 ,and the ,lord answered1 and said3 ,take me a cow of three years old1 and a she goat of three years and a ram of three years1 a turtle also1 and a pigeon4 #ae3aj4 ,and he took all these1 and divided them in the midst1 and laid the two pieces of each one against the other3 but the birds he divided not4 #ae3aa4 ,and the fowls came down upon the carcasses1 and ,abram drove them away4 #ae3ab4 ,and when the sun was setting1 a deep sleep fell upon ,abram1 and a great and darksome horror seized upon him4 #ae3ac4 ,and it was said unto him3 ,know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own1 and they shall bring them under bondage1 and afflict them four hundred years4 #ae3ad4 ,but ,i will judge the nation which they shall serve1 and after this they shall come out with great substance4 #ae3ae4 ,and thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace1 and be buried in a good old age4 #ae3af4 ,but in the fourth generation they shall return hither3 for as yet the iniquities of the ,amorrhites are not at the full until this present time4 #ae3ag4 ,and when the sun was set1 there arose a dark mist1 and there appeared a smoking furnace1 and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions4 #ae3ah4 ,that day ,god made a covenant with ,abram1 saying3 ,to thy seed will ,i give this land1 from the river to ,egypt even to the great river ,euphrates4 #ae3ai4 ,the ,cineans1 and ,cenezites1 the ,cedmonites1 #ae3bj4 ,and the ,hethites1 and the ,pherezites1 the ,raphaim also1 #ae3ba4 ,and the ,amorrhites1 and the ,chanaanites1 and the ,gergesites1 and the ,jebusites4 ,genesis ,chapter #af ,abram marrieth ,agar1 who bringeth forth ,ismael4 #af3a4 ,now ,sarai1 the wife of ,abram1 had brought forth no children3 but having a handmaid1 an ,egyptian1 named ,agar1 #af3b4 ,she said to her husband3 ,behold1 the ,lord hath restrained me from bearing3 go in unto my handmaid1 it may be ,i may have children of her at least4 ,and when he agreed to her request1 #af3c4 ,she took ,agar the ,egyptian her handmaid1 ten years after they first dwelt in the land of ,chanaan1 and gave her to her husband to wife4 ,to wife444 ,plurality of wives1 though contrary to the primitive institution of marriage1 ,gen4 #b4bd1 was by divine dispensation allowed to the patriarchs3 which allowance seems to have continued during the time of the law of ,moses4 ,but ,christ our ,lord reduced marriage to its primitive institution4 ,matt4 #ai4 #af3d4 ,and he went in to her4 ,but she perceiving that she was with child1 despised her mistress4 #af3e4 ,and ,sarai said to ,abram3 ,thou dost unjustly with me3 ,i gave my handmaid into thy bosom1 and she perceiving herself to be with child1 despiseth me4 ,the ,lord judge between me and thee4 #af3f4 ,and ,abram made answer1 and said to her3 ,behold thy handmaid is in thy own hand1 use her as it pleaseth thee4 ,and when ,sarai afflicted her1 she ran away4 #af3g4 ,and the angel of the ,lord having found her1 by a fountain of water in the wilderness1 which is in the way to ,sur in the desert1 #af3h4 ,he said to her3 ,agar1 handmaid of ,sarai1 whence comest thou8 and whither goest thou8 ,and she answered3 ,i flee from the face of ,sarai1 my mistress4 #af3i4 ,and the angel of the ,lord said to her3 ,return to thy mistress1 and humble thyself under her hand4 #af3aj4 ,and again he said3 ,i will multiply thy seed exceedingly1 and it shall not be numbered for multitude4 #af3aa4 ,and again3 ,behold1 said he1 thou art with child1 and thou shalt bring forth a son3 and thou shalt call his name ,ismael1 because the ,lord hath heard thy affliction4 #af3ab4 ,he shall be a wild man3 his hand will be against all men1 and all men's hands against him3 and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren4 #af3ac4 ,and she called the name of the ,lord that spoke unto her3 ,thou the ,god who hast seen me4 ,for she said3 ,verily1 here have ,i seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me4 #af3ad4 ,therefore she called that well1 the well of him that liveth and seeth me4 ,the same is between ,cades and ,barad4 #af3ae4 ,and ,agar brought forth a son to ,abram3 who called his name ,ismael4 #af3af4 ,abram was four score and six years old when ,agar brought him forth ,ismael4 ,genesis ,chapter #ag ,the ,covenant of circumcision4 #ag3a4 ,and after he began to be ninety and nine years old1 the ,lord appeared to him3 and said unto him3 ,i am the ,almighty ,god3 walk before me1 and be perfect4 #ag3b4 ,and ,i will make my covenant between me and thee3 and ,i will multiply thee exceedingly4 #ag3c4 ,abram fell flat on his face4 #ag3d4 ,and ,god said to him3 ,i am1 and my covenant is with thee1 and thou shalt be a father of many nations4 #ag3e4 ,neither shall thy name be called any more ,abram3 but thou shalt be called ,abraham3 because ,i have made thee a father of many nations4 ,abram444 in the ,hebrew1 signifies a high father3 but ,abraham1 the father of the multitude2 ,sarai signifies my ,lady1 but ,sara absolutely ,lady4 #ag3f4 ,and ,i will make thee increase exceedingly1 and ,i will make nations of thee1 and kings shall come out of thee4 #ag3g4 ,and ,i will establish my covenant between me and thee1 and between thy seed after thee in their generations1 by a perpetual covenant3 to be a ,god to thee1 and to thy seed after thee4 #ag3h4 ,and ,i will give to thee1 and to thy seed1 the land of thy sojournment1 all the land of ,chanaan1 for a perpetual possession1 and ,i will be their ,god4 #ag3i4 ,again ,god said to ,abraham3 ,and thou therefore shalt keep my covenant1 and thy seed after thee in their generations4 #ag3aj4 ,this is my covenant which you shall observe between me and you1 and thy seed after thee3 ,all the male kind of you shall be circumcised4 #ag3aa4 ,and you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin1 that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you4 #ag3ab4 ,an infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you1 every manchild in your generations3 he that is born in the house1 as well as the bought servant1 shall be circumcised1 and whosoever is not of your stock3 #ag3ac4 ,and my covenant shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant4 #ag3ad4 ,the male whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised1 that soul shall be destroyed out of his people3 because he hath broken my covenant4 #ag3ae4 ,god said also to ,abraham3 ,sarai thy wife thou shalt not call ,sarai1 but ,sara4 #ag3af4 ,and ,i will bless her1 and of her ,i will give thee a son1 whom ,i will bless1 and he shall become nations1 and kings of people shall spring from him4 #ag3ag4 ,abraham fell upon his face1 and laughed1 saying in his heart3 ,shall a son1 thinkest thou1 be born to him that is a hundred years old8 and shall ,sara that is ninety years old bring forth8 #ag3ah4 ,and he said to ,god3 ,o that ,ismael may live before thee4 #ag3ai4 ,and ,god said to ,abraham3 ,sara thy wife shall bear thee a son1 and thou shalt call his name ,isaac1 and ,i will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant1 and with his seed after him4 #ag3bj4 ,and as for ,ismael ,i have also heard thee4 ,behold1 ,i will bless him1 and increase1 and multiply him exceedingly3 he shall beget twelve chiefs1 and ,i will make him a great nation4 #ag3ba4 ,but my covenant ,i will establish with ,isaac1 whom ,sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year4 #ag3bb4 ,and when he had left off speaking with him1 ,god went up from ,abraham4 #ag3bc4 ,and ,abraham took ,ismael his son1 and all that were born in his house3 and all whom he had bought1 every male among the men of his house3 and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin forthwith the very same day1 as ,god had commanded him4 #ag3bd4 ,abraham was ninety and nine years old1 when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin4 #ag3be4 ,and ,ismael his son was full thirteen years old at the time of his circumcision4 #ag3bf4 ,the selfsame day was ,abraham circumcised and ,ismael his son4 #ag3bg4 ,and all the men of his house1 as well they that were born in his house1 as the bought servants and strangers1 were circumcised with him4 ,genesis ,chapter #ah ,angels are entertained by ,abraham4 ,they foretell the birth of ,isaac4 ,abraham's prayer for the men of ,sodom4 #ah3a4 ,and the ,lord appeared to him in the vale of ,mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent1 in the very heat of the day4 #ah3b4 ,and when he had lifted up his eyes1 there appeared to him three men standing near to him3 and as soon as he saw them1 he ran to meet them from the door of his tent1 and adored down to the ground4 #ah3c4 ,and he said3 ,lord1 if ,i have found favour in thy sight1 pass not away from thy servant4 #ah3d4 ,but ,i will fetch a little water1 and wash ye your feet1 and rest ye under the tree4 #ah3e4 ,and ,i will set a morsel of bread1 and strengthen ye your heart1 afterwards you shall pass on3 for therefore are you come aside to your servant4 ,and they said3 ,do as thou hast spoken4 #ah3f4 ,abraham made haste into the tent to ,sara1 and said to her3 ,make haste1 temper together three measures of flour1 and make cakes upon the hearth4 #ah3g4 ,and he himself ran to the herd1 and took from thence a calf1 very tender and very good1 and gave it to a young man1 who made haste and boiled it4 #ah3h4 ,he took also butter and milk1 and the calf which he had boiled1 and set before them3 but he stood by them under the tree4 #ah3i4 ,and when they had eaten1 they said to him3 ,where is ,sara thy wife8 ,he answered3 ,lo she is in the tent4 #ah3aj4 ,and he said to him3 ,i will return and come to thee at this time1 life accompanying1 and ,sara1 thy wife1 shall have a son4 ,which when ,sara heard1 she laughed behind the door of the tent4 #ah3aa4 ,now they were both old1 and far advanced in years1 and it had ceased to be with ,sara after the manner of women4 #ah3ab4 ,and she laughed secretly1 saying3 ,after ,i am grown old1 and my lord is an old man1 shall ,i give myself to pleasure8 #ah3ac4 ,and the ,lord said to ,abraham3 ,why did ,sara laugh1 saying3 ,shall ,i1 who am an old woman1 bear a child indeed8 #ah3ad4 ,is there any thing hard to ,god8 ,according to appointment ,i will return to thee at this same time1 life accompanying1 and ,sara shall have a son4 #ah3ae4 ,sara denied1 saying3 ,i did not laugh3 for she was afraid4 ,but the ,lord said3 ,nay2 but thou didst laugh4 #ah3af4 ,and when the men rose up from thence1 they turned their eyes towards ,sodom3 and ,abraham walked with them1 bringing them on the way4 #ah3ag4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,can ,i hide from ,abraham what ,i am about to do3 #ah3ah4 ,seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation1 and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed8 #ah3ai4 ,for ,i know that he will command his children1 and his household after him1 to keep the way of the ,lord1 and do judgment and justice3 that for ,abraham's sake1 the ,lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him4 #ah3bj4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,the cry of ,sodom and ,gomorrha is multiplied1 and their sin is become exceedingly grievous4 #ah3ba4 ,i will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me2 or whether it be not so1 that ,i may know4 ,i will go down1 etc444 ,the ,lord here accommodates his discourse to the way of speaking and acting amongst men2 for he knoweth all things1 and needeth not to go anywhere for information4 ,note here1 that two of the three angels went away immediately for ,sodom2 whilst the third1 who represented the ,lord1 remained with ,abraham4 #ah3bb4 ,and they turned themselves from thence1 and went their way to ,sodom3 but ,abraham as yet stood before the ,lord4 #ah3bc4 ,and drawing nigh1 he said3 ,wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked8 #ah3bd4 ,if there be fifty just men in the city1 shall they perish withal8 and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just1 if they be therein8 #ah3be4 ,far be it from thee to do this thing1 and to slay the just with the wicked1 and for the just to be in like case as the wicked2 this is not beseeming thee3 thou who judgest all the earth1 wilt not make this judgment4 #ah3bf4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,if ,i find in ,sodom fifty just within the city1 ,i will spare the whole place for their sake4 #ah3bg4 ,and ,abraham answered1 and said3 ,seeing ,i have once begun1 ,i will speak to my ,lord1 whereas ,i am dust and ashes4 #ah3bh4 ,what if there be five less than fifty just persons8 wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city3 ,and he said3 ,i will not destroy it1 if ,i find five and forty4 #ah3bi4 ,and again he said to him3 ,but if forty be found there1 what wilt thou do8 ,he said3 ,i will not destroy it for the sake of forty4 #ah3cj4 ,lord1 saith he1 be not angry1 ,i beseech thee1 if ,i speak3 ,what if thirty shall be found there8 ,he answered3 ,i will not do it1 if ,i find thirty there4 #ah3ca4 ,seeing1 saith he1 ,i have once begun1 ,i will speak to my ,lord3 ,what if twenty be found there8 ,he said3 ,i will not destroy it for the sake of twenty4 #ah3cb4 ,i beseech thee1 saith he1 be not angry1 ,lord1 if ,i speak yet once more3 ,what if ten shall be found there8 ,and he said3 ,i will not destroy it for the sake of ten4 #ah3cc4 ,and the ,lord departed1 after he had left speaking to ,abraham3 and ,abraham returned to his place4 ,genesis ,chapter #ai ,lot1 entertaining ,angels in his house1 is delivered from ,sodom1 which is destroyed3 his wife for looking back is turned into a statue of salt4 #ai3a4 ,and the two angels came to ,sodom in the evening1 and ,lot was sitting in the gate of the city4 ,and seeing them1 he rose up and went to meet them3 and worshipped prostrate to the ground4 #ai3b4 ,and said3 ,i beseech you1 my lords1 turn in to the house of your servant1 and lodge there3 wash your feet1 and in the morning you shall go on your way4 ,and they said3 ,no1 but we will abide in the street4 #ai3c4 ,he pressed them very much to turn in unto him3 and when they were come into his house1 he made them a feast1 and baked unleavened bread1 and they ate3 #ai3d4 ,but before they went to bed1 the men of the city beset the house1 both young and old1 all the people together4 #ai3e4 ,and they called ,lot1 and said to him3 ,where are the men that came in to thee at night8 bring them out hither1 that we may know them3 #ai3f4 ,lot went out to them1 and shut the door after him1 and said3 #ai3g4 ,do not so1 ,i beseech you1 my brethren1 do not commit this evil4 #ai3h4 ,i have two daughters who1 as yet1 have not known man2 ,i will bring them out to you1 and abuse you them as it shall please you1 so that you do no evil to these men1 because they are come in under the shadow of my roof4 #ai3i4 ,but they said3 ,get thee back thither4 ,and again3 ,thou camest in1 said they1 as a stranger1 was it to be a judge8 therefore we will afflict thee more than them4 ,and they pressed very violently upon ,lot3 and they were even at the point of breaking open the doors4 #ai3aj4 ,and behold the men put out their hand1 and drew in ,lot unto them1 and shut the door4 #ai3aa4 ,and them1 that were without1 they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest1 so that they could not find the door4 #ai3ab4 ,and they said to ,lot3 ,hast thou here any of thine8 son in law1 or sons1 or daughters1 all that are thine bring them out of this city3 #ai3ac4 ,for we will destroy this place1 because their cry is grown loud before the ,lord1 who hath sent us to destroy them4 #ai3ad4 ,so ,lot went out1 and spoke to his sons in law that were to have his daughters1 and said3 ,arise3 get you out of this place1 because the ,lord will destroy this city4 ,and he seemed to them to speak as it were in jest4 #ai3ae4 ,and when it was morning1 the angels pressed him1 saying3 ,arise1 take thy wife1 and the two daughters that thou hast3 lest thou also perish in the wickedness of the city4 #ai3af4 ,and as he lingered1 they took his hand1 and the hand of his wife1 and of his two daughters1 because the ,lord spared him4 #ai3ag4 ,and they brought him forth1 and set him without the city3 and there they spoke to him1 saying3 ,save thy life3 look not back1 neither stay thou in all the country about3 but save thy self in the mountain1 lest thou be also consumed4 #ai3ah4 ,and ,lot said to them3 ,i beseech thee1 my ,lord1 #ai3ai4 ,because thy servant hath found grace before thee1 and thou hast magnified thy mercy1 which thou hast shewn to me1 in saving my life1 and ,i cannot escape to the mountain1 lest some evil seize me1 and ,i die4 #ai3bj4 ,there is this city here at hand1 to which ,i may flee1 it is a little one1 and ,i shall be saved in it3 is it not a little one1 and my soul shall live8 #ai3ba4 ,and he said to him3 ,behold also in this1 ,i have heard thy prayers1 not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken4 #ai3bb4 ,make haste1 and be saved there3 because ,i cannot do any thing till thou go in thither4 ,therefore the name of that city was called ,segor4 ,segor444 ,that is1 a little one4 #ai3bc4 ,the sun was risen upon the earth1 and ,lot entered into ,segor4 #ai3bd4 ,and the ,lord rained upon ,sodom and ,gomorrha brimstone and fire from the ,lord out of heaven4 #ai3be4 ,and he destroyed these cities1 and all the country about1 all the inhabitants of the cities1 and all things that spring from the earth4 #ai3bf4 ,and his wife looking behind her1 was turned into a statue of salt4 ,and his wife444 ,as a standing memorial to the servants of ,god to proceed in virtue1 and not to look back to vice or its allurements4 #ai3bg4 ,and ,abraham got up early in the morning1 and in the place where he had stood before with the ,lord3 #ai3bh4 ,he looked towards ,sodom and ,gomorrha1 and the whole land of that country3 and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace4 #ai3bi4 ,now when ,god destroyed the cities of that country1 remembering ,abraham1 he delivered ,lot out of the destruction of the cities wherein he had dwelt4 #ai3cj4 ,and ,lot went up out of ,segor1 and abode in the mountain1 and his two daughters with him 7for he was afraid to stay in ,segor7 and he dwelt in a cave1 he and his two daughters with him4 #ai3ca4 ,and the elder said to the younger3 ,our father is old1 and there is no man left on the earth1 to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth4 #ai3cb4 ,come1 let us make him drunk with wine1 and let us lie with him1 that we may preserve seed of our father4 #ai3cc4 ,and they made their father drink wine that night3 and the elder went in1 and lay with her father3 but he perceived not1 neither when his daughter lay down1 nor when she rose up4 #ai3cd4 ,and the next day the elder said to the younger3 ,behold ,i lay last night with my father1 let us make him drink wine also to night1 and thou shalt lie with him1 that we may save seed of our father4 #ai3ce4 ,they made their father drink wine that night also1 and the younger daughter went in1 and lay with him3 and neither then did he perceive when she lay down1 nor when she rose up4 #ai3cf4 ,so the two daughters of ,lot were with child by their father4 #ai3cg4 ,and the elder bore a son1 and she called his name ,moab3 he is the father of the ,moabites unto this day4 #ai3ch4 ,the younger also bore a son1 and she called his name ,ammon2 that is1 the son of my people3 he is the father of the ,ammonites unto this day4 ,genesis ,chapter #bj ,abraham sojourned in ,gerara3 ,sara is taken into king ,abimelech's house1 but by ,god's commandment is restored untouched4 #bj3a4 ,abraham removed from thence to the south country1 and dwelt between ,cades and ,sur1 and sojourned in ,gerara4 #bj3b4 ,and he said of ,sara his wife3 ,she is my sister4 ,so ,abimelech the king of ,gerara sent1 and took her4 #bj3c4 ,and ,god came to ,abimelech in a dream by night1 and he said to him3 ,lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken3 for she hath a husband4 #bj3d4 ,now ,abimelech had not touched her1 and he said3 ,lord1 wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just8 #bj3e4 ,did not he say to me3 ,she is my sister3 and she say1 ,he is my brother8 in the simplicity of my heart1 and cleanness of my hands have ,i done this4 #bj3f4 ,and ,god said to him3 ,and ,i know that thou didst it with a sincere heart3 and therefore ,i withheld thee from sinning against me1 and ,i suffered thee not to touch her4 #bj3g4 ,now therefore restore the man his wife1 for he is a prophet3 and he shall pray for thee1 and thou shalt live3 but if thou wilt not restore her1 know that thou shalt surely die1 thou and all that are thine4 #bj3h4 ,and ,abimelech forthwith rising up in the night1 called all his servants3 and spoke all these words in their hearing1 and all the men were exceedingly afraid4 #bj3i4 ,and ,abimelech called also for ,abraham1 and said to him3 ,what hast thou done to us8 what have we offended thee in1 that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin8 thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do4 #bj3aj4 ,and again he expostulated with him1 and said3 ,what sawest thou1 that thou hast done this8 #bj3aa4 ,abraham answered3 ,i thought with myself1 saying3 ,perhaps there is not the fear of ,god in this place3 and they will kill me for the sake of my wife3 #bj3ab4 ,howbeit1 otherwise also she is truly my sister1 the daughter of my father1 and not the daughter of my mother1 and ,i took her to wife4 #bj3ac4 ,and after ,god brought me out of my father's house1 ,i said to her3 ,thou shalt do me this kindness3 ,in every place1 to which we shall come1 thou shalt say that ,i am thy brother4 #bj3ad4 ,and ,abimelech took sheep and oxen1 and servants and handmaids1 and gave to ,abraham3 and restored to him ,sara his wife1 #bj3ae4 ,and said3 ,the land is before you1 dwell wheresoever it shall please thee4 #bj3af4 ,and to ,sara he said3 ,behold ,i have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver1 this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee1 and whithersoever thou shalt go3 and remember thou wast taken4 #bj3ag4 ,and when ,abraham prayed1 ,god healed ,abimelech and his wife1 and his handmaids1 and they bore children3 #bj3ah4 ,for the ,lord had closed up every womb of the house of ,abimelech1 on account of ,sara1 ,abraham's wife4 ,genesis ,chapter #ba ,isaac is born4 ,agar and ,ismael are cast forth4 #ba3a4 ,and the ,lord visited ,sara1 as he had promised3 and fulfilled what he had spoken4 #ba3b4 ,and she conceived and bore a son in her old age1 at the time that ,god had foretold her4 #ba3c4 ,and ,abraham called the name of his son1 whom ,sara bore him1 ,isaac4 ,isaac444 ,this word signifies laughter4 #ba3d4 ,and he circumcised him the eighth day1 as ,god had commanded him1 #ba3e4 ,when he was a hundred years old3 for at this age of his father1 was ,isaac born4 #ba3f4 ,and ,sara said3 ,god hath made a laughter for me3 whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me4 #ba3g4 ,and again she said3 ,who would believe that ,abraham should hear that ,sara gave suck to a son1 whom she bore to him in his old age8 #ba3h4 ,and the child grew1 and was weaned3 and ,abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning4 #ba3i4 ,and when ,sara had seen the son of ,agar1 the ,egyptian1 playing with ,isaac1 her son1 she said to ,abraham3 #ba3aj4 ,cast out this bondwoman and her son2 for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son ,isaac4 #ba3aa4 ,abraham took this grievously for his son4 #ba3ab4 ,and ,god said to him3 ,let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy1 and for thy bondwoman3 in all that ,sara hath said to thee1 hearken to her voice3 for in ,isaac shall thy seed be called4 #ba3ac4 ,but ,i will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation1 because he is thy seed4 #ba3ad4 ,so ,abraham rose up in the morning1 and taking bread and a bottle of water1 put it upon her shoulder1 and delivered the boy1 and sent her away4 ,and she departed1 and wandered in the wilderness of ,bersabee4 #ba3ae4 ,and when the water in the bottle was spent1 she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there4 #ba3af4 ,and she went her way1 and sat overagainst him a great way off1 as far as a bow can carry1 for she said3 ,i will not see the boy die3 and sitting overagainst1 she lifted up her voice and wept4 #ba3ag4 ,and ,god heard the voice of the boy3 and an angel of ,god called to ,agar from heaven1 saying3 ,what art thou doing1 ,agar8 fear not2 for ,god hath heard the voice of the boy1 from the place wherein he is4 #ba3ah4 ,arise1 take up the boy1 and hold him by the hand1 for ,i will make him a great nation4 #ba3ai4 ,and ,god opened her eyes3 and she saw a well of water1 and went and filled the bottle1 and gave the boy to drink4 #ba3bj4 ,and ,god was with him3 and he grew1 and dwelt in the wilderness1 and became a young man1 an archer4 #ba3ba4 ,and he dwelt in the wilderness of ,pharan1 and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of ,egypt4 #ba3bb4 ,at the same time ,abimelech1 and ,phicol the general of his army1 said to ,abraham3 ,god is with thee in all that thou dost4 #ba3bc4 ,swear therefore by ,god1 that thou wilt not hurt me1 nor my posterity1 nor my stock3 but according to the kindness that ,i have done to thee1 thou shalt do to me1 and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger4 #ba3bd4 ,and ,abraham said3 ,i will swear4 #ba3be4 ,and he reproved ,abimelech for a well of water1 which his servants had taken away by force4 #ba3bf4 ,and ,abimelech answered3 ,i knew not who did this thing3 and thou didst not tell me1 and ,i heard not of it till today4 #ba3bg4 ,then ,abraham took sheep and oxen1 and gave them to ,abimelech3 and both of them made a league4 #ba3bh4 ,and ,abraham set apart seven ewelambs of the flock4 #ba3bi4 ,and ,abimelech said to him3 ,what mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart8 #ba3cj4 ,but he said3 ,thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand3 that they may be a testimony for me1 that ,i dug this well4 #ba3ca4 ,therefore that place was called ,bersabee2 because there both of them did swear4 ,bersabee444 ,that is1 the well of oath4 #ba3cb4 ,and they made a league for the well of oath4 #ba3cc4 ,and ,abimelech and ,phicol1 the general of his army1 arose and returned to the land of the ,palestines4 ,but ,abraham planted a grove in ,bersabee1 and there called upon the name of the ,lord ,god eternal4 #ba3cd4 ,and he was a sojourner in the land of the ,palestines many days4 ,genesis ,chapter #bb ,the faith and obedience of ,abraham is proved in his readiness to sacrifice his son ,isaac4 ,he is stayed from the act by an angel4 ,former promises are renewed to him4 ,his brother ,nachor's issue4 #bb3a4 ,after these things1 ,god tempted ,abraham1 and said to him3 ,abraham1 ,abraham4 ,and he answered3 ,here ,i am4 ,god tempted1 etc444 ,god tempteth no man to evil1 ,james #a4ac2 but by trial and experiment maketh known to the world1 and to ourselves1 what we are1 as here by this trial the singular faith and obedience of ,abraham was made manifest4 #bb3b4 ,he said to him3 ,take thy only begotten son ,isaac1 whom thou lovest1 and go into the land of vision2 and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which ,i will shew thee4 #bb3c4 ,so ,abraham rising up in the night1 saddled his ass1 and took with him two young men1 and ,isaac his son3 and when he had cut wood for the holocaust1 he went his way to the place which ,god had commanded him4 #bb3d4 ,and on the third day1 lifting up his eyes1 he saw the place afar off4 #bb3e4 ,and he said to his young men3 ,stay you here with the ass2 ,i and the boy will go with speed as far as yonder1 and after we have worshipped1 will return to you4 #bb3f4 ,and he took the wood for the holocaust1 and laid it upon ,isaac his son2 and he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword4 ,and as they two went on together1 #bb3g4 ,isaac said to his father3 ,my father4 ,and he answered3 ,what wilt thou1 son8 ,behold1 saith he1 fire and wood3 where is the victim for the holocaust8 #bb3h4 ,and ,abraham said3 ,god will provide himself a victim for an holocaust1 my son4 ,so they went on together4 #bb3i4 ,and they came to the place which ,god had shewn him1 where he built an altar1 and laid the wood in order upon it2 and when he had bound ,isaac his son1 he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood4 #bb3aj4 ,and he put forth his hand1 and took the sword1 to sacrifice his son4 #bb3aa4 ,and behold1 an angel of the ,lord from heaven called to him1 saying3 ,abraham1 ,abraham4 ,and he answered3 ,here ,i am4 #bb3ab4 ,and he said to him3 ,lay not thy hand upon the boy1 neither do thou any thing to him3 now ,i know that thou fearest ,god1 and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake4 #bb3ac4 ,abraham lifted up his eyes1 and saw behind his back a ram1 amongst the briers1 sticking fast by the horns1 which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son4 #bb3ad4 ,and he called the name of that place1 ,the ,lord seeth4 ,whereupon1 even to this day1 it is said3 ,in the mountain the ,lord will see4 #bb3ae4 ,and the angel of the ,lord called to ,abraham a second time from heaven1 saying3 #bb3af4 ,by my own self have ,i sworn1 saith the ,lord3 because thou hast done this thing1 and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake3 #bb3ag4 ,i will bless thee1 and ,i will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven1 and as the sand that is by the sea shore2 thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies4 #bb3ah4 ,and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed1 because thou hast obeyed my voice4 #bb3ai4 ,abraham returned to his young men1 and they went to ,bersabee together1 and he dwelt there4 #bb3bj4 ,after these things1 it was told ,abraham1 that ,melcha also had borne children to ,nachor his brother4 #bb3ba4 ,hus1 the firstborn1 and ,buz1 his brother1 and ,camuel the father of the ,syrians1 #bb3bb4 ,and ,cased1 and ,azau1 and ,pheldas1 and ,jedlaph1 #bb3bc4 ,and ,bathuel1 of whom was born ,rebecca3 these eight did ,melcha bear to ,nachor1 ,abraham's brother4 #bb3bd4 ,and his concubine1 named ,roma1 bore ,tabee1 and ,gaham1 and ,tahas1 and ,maacha4 ,genesis ,chapter #bc ,sara's death and burial in the field bought of ,ephron4 #bc3a4 ,and ,sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years4 #bc3b4 ,and she died in the city of ,arbee which is ,hebron1 in the land of ,chanaan3 and ,abraham came to mourn and weep for her4 #bc3c4 ,and after he rose up from the funeral obsequies1 he spoke to the children of ,heth1 saying3 #bc3d4 ,i am a stranger and sojourner among you3 give me the right of a burying place with you1 that ,i may bury my dead4 #bc3e4 ,the children of ,heth answered1 saying3 #bc3f4 ,my lord1 hear us1 thou art a prince of ,god among us3 bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres3 and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre4 #bc3g4 ,abraham rose up1 and bowed down to the people of the land1 to wit1 the children of ,heth3 ,bowed down to the people444 ,adoravit1 literally adored4 ,but this word here1 as well as in many other places in the ,latin scriptures1 is used to signify only an inferior honour and reverence paid to men1 expressed by a bowing down of the body4 #bc3h4 ,and said to them3 ,if it please your soul that ,i should bury my dead1 hear me1 and intercede for me to ,ephron the son of ,seor4 #bc3i4 ,that he may give me the double cave1 which he hath in the end of his field3 ,for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you1 for a possession of a burying place4 #bc3aj4 ,now ,ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of ,heth4 ,and ,ephron made answer to ,abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city1 saying3 #bc3aa4 ,let it not be so1 my lord1 but do thou rather hearken to what ,i say3 ,the field ,i deliver to thee1 and the cave that is therein2 in the presence of the children of my people1 bury thy dead4 #bc3ab4 ,abraham bowed down before the people of the land4 #bc3ac4 ,and he spoke to ,ephron1 in the presence of the people3 ,i beseech thee to hear me3 ,i will give money for the field2 take it1 and so will ,i bury my dead in it4 #bc3ad4 ,and ,ephron answered3 #bc3ae4 ,my lord1 hear me4 ,the ground which thou desirest1 is worth four hundred sicles of silver3 this is the price between me and thee3 but what is this8 bury thy dead4 #bc3af4 ,and when ,abraham had heard this1 he weighed out the money that ,ephron had asked1 in the hearing of the children of ,heth1 four hundred sicles of silver1 of common current money4 #bc3ag4 ,and the field that before was ,ephron's1 wherein was the double cave1 looking towards ,mambre1 both it and the cave1 and all the trees thereof1 in all its limits round about1 #bc3ah4 ,was made sure to ,abraham for a possession1 in the sight of the children of ,heth1 and of all that went in at the gate of his city4 #bc3ai4 ,and so ,abraham buried ,sara1 his wife1 in the double cave of the field1 that looked towards ,mambre1 this is ,hebron in the land of ,chanaan4 #bc3bj4 ,and the field was made sure to ,abraham1 and the cave that was in it1 for a possession to bury in1 by the children of ,heth4 ,genesis ,chapter #bd ,abraham's servant1 sent by him into ,mesopotamia1 bringeth from thence ,rebecca1 who is married to ,isaac4 #bd3a4 ,now ,abraham was old1 and advanced in age2 and the ,lord had blessed him in all things4 #bd3b4 ,and he said to the elder servant of his house1 who was ruler over all he had3 ,put thy hand under my thigh1 #bd3c4 ,that ,i may make thee swear by the ,lord1 the ,god of heaven and earth1 that thou take not a wife for my son1 of the daughters of the ,chanaanites1 among whom ,i dwell3 #bd3d4 ,but that thou go to my own country and kindred1 and take a wife from thence for my son ,isaac4 #bd3e4 ,the servant answered3 ,if the woman will not come with me into this land1 must ,i bring thy son back again to the place from whence thou camest out8 #bd3f4 ,and ,abraham said3 ,beware thou never bring my son back again thither4 #bd3g4 ,the ,lord ,god of heaven1 who took me out of my father's house1 and out of my native country1 who spoke to me1 and swore to me1 saying3 ,to thy seed will ,i give this land3 he will send his angel before thee1 and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son4 ,he will send his angel before thee444 ,this shows that the ,hebrews believed that ,god gave them guardian angels for their protection4 #bd3h4 ,but if the woman will not follow thee1 thou shalt not be bound by the oath3 only bring not my son back thither again4 #bd3i4 ,the servant1 therefore1 put his hand under the thigh of ,abraham1 his lord1 and swore to him upon his word4 #bd3aj4 ,and he took ten camels of his master's herd1 and departed1 carrying something of all his goods with him1 and he set forward and went on to ,mesopotamia1 to the city of ,nachor4 #bd3aa4 ,and when he had made the camels lie down without the town1 near a well of water1 in the evening1 at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water1 he said3 #bd3ab4 ,o ,lord1 the ,god of my master1 ,abraham1 meet me today1 ,i beseech thee1 and shew kindness to my master1 ,abraham4 #bd3ac4 ,behold1 ,i stand nigh the spring of water1 and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water3 #bd3ad4 ,now1 therefore1 the maid to whom ,i shall say3 ,let down thy pitcher that ,i may drink3 and she shall answer1 ,drink1 and ,i will give thy camels drink also3 let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant ,isaac3 and by this1 ,i shall understand that thou hast shewn kindness to my master4 #bd3ae4 ,he had not yet ended these words within himself1 and behold ,rebecca came out1 the daughter of ,bathuel1 son of ,melcha1 wife to ,nachor the brother of ,abraham1 having a pitcher on her shoulder3 #bd3af4 ,an exceeding comely maid1 and a most beautiful virgin1 and not known to man3 and she went down to the spring1 and filled her pitcher1 and was coming back4 #bd3ag4 ,and the servant ran to meet her1 and said3 ,give me a little water to drink of thy pitcher4 #bd3ah4 ,and she answered3 ,drink1 my lord4 ,and quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm1 and gave him drink4 #bd3ai4 ,and when he had drunk1 she said3 ,i will draw water for thy camels also1 till they all drink4 #bd3bj4 ,and pouring out the pitcher into the troughs1 she ran back to the well to draw water2 and having drawn1 she gave to all the camels4 #bd3ba4 ,but he musing1 beheld her with silence1 desirous to know whether the ,lord had made his journey prosperous or not4 #bd3bb4 ,and after that the camels had drunk1 the man took out golden earrings1 weighing two sicles2 and as many bracelets1 of ten sicles weight4 #bd3bc4 ,and he said to her3 ,whose daughter art thou8 tell me3 is there any place in thy father's house to lodge8 #bd3bd4 ,and she answered3 ,i am the daughter of ,bathuel1 the son of ,melcha1 whom she bore to ,nachor4 #bd3be4 ,and she said1 moreover1 to him3 ,we have good store of both straw and hay1 and a large place to lodge in4 #bd3bf4 ,the man bowed himself down1 and adored the ,lord1 #bd3bg4 ,saying3 ,blessed be the ,lord ,god of my master ,abraham1 who hath not taken away his mercy and truth from my master1 and hath brought me the straight way into the house of my master's brother4 #bd3bh4 ,then the maid ran1 and told in her mother's house all that she had heard4 #bd3bi4 ,and ,rebecca had a brother1 named ,laban1 who went out in haste to the man1 to the well4 #bd3cj4 ,and when he had seen the earrings and bracelets in his sister's hands1 and had heard all that she related1 saying1 ,thus and thus the man spoke to me3 he came to the man who stood by the camels1 and near to the spring of water1 #bd3ca4 ,and said to him3 ,come in1 thou blessed of the ,lord2 why standest thou without8 ,i have prepared the house1 and a place for the camels4 #bd3cb4 ,and he brought him into his lodging2 and he unharnessed the camels1 and gave straw and hay1 and water to wash his feet1 and the feet of the men that were come with him4 #bd3cc4 ,and bread was set before him4 ,but he said3 ,i will not eat1 till ,i tell my message4 ,he answered him3 ,speak4 #bd3cd4 ,and he said3 ,i am the servant of ,abraham3 #bd3ce4 ,and the ,lord hath blessed my master wonderfully1 and he is become great3 and he hath given him sheep and oxen1 silver and gold1 men servants and women servants1 camels and asses4 #bd3cf4 ,and ,sara1 my master's wife1 hath borne my master a son in her old age1 and he hath given him all that he had4 #bd3cg4 ,and my master made me swear1 saying3 ,thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the ,chanaanites1 in whose land ,i dwell3 #bd3ch4 ,but thou shalt go to my father's house1 and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son3 #bd3ci4 ,but ,i answered my master3 ,what if the woman will not come with me8 #bd3dj4 ,the ,lord1 said he1 in whose sight ,i walk1 will send his angel with thee1 and will direct thy way3 and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my own kindred1 and of my father's house4 #bd3da4 ,but thou shalt be clear from my curse1 when thou shalt come to my kindred1 if they will not give thee one4 #bd3db4 ,and ,i came today to the well of water1 and said3 ,o ,lord ,god of my master1 ,abraham1 if thou hast prospered my way1 wherein ,i now walk1 #bd3dc4 ,behold1 ,i stand by the well of water1 and the virgin1 that shall come out to draw water1 who shall hear me say3 ,give me a little water to drink of thy pitcher3 #bd3dd4 ,and shall say to me3 ,both drink thou1 and ,i will also draw for thy camels3 let the same be the woman1 whom the ,lord hath prepared for my master's son4 #bd3de4 ,and whilst ,i pondered these things secretly with myself1 ,rebecca appeared1 coming with a pitcher1 which she carried on her shoulder3 and she went down to the well and drew water4 ,and ,i said to her3 ,give me a little to drink4 #bd3df4 ,and she speedily let down the pitcher from her shoulder1 and said to me3 ,both drink thou1 and to thy camels ,i will give drink4 ,i drank1 and she watered the camels4 #bd3dg4 ,and ,i asked her1 and said3 ,whose daughter art thou8 ,and she answered3 ,i am the daughter of ,bathuel1 the son of ,nachor1 whom ,melcha bore to him4 ,so ,i put earrings on her to adorn her face1 and ,i put bracelets on her hands4 #bd3dh4 ,and falling down1 ,i adored the ,lord1 blessing the ,lord ,god of my master1 ,abraham1 who hath brought me the straight way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son4 #bd3di4 ,wherefore1 if you do according to mercy and truth with my master1 tell me3 but if it please you otherwise1 tell me that also1 that ,i may go to the right hand1 or to the left4 #bd3ej4 ,and ,laban and ,bathuel answered3 ,the word hath proceeded from the ,lord3 we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure4 #bd3ea4 ,behold1 ,rebecca is before thee1 take her and go thy way1 and let her be the wife of thy master's son1 as the ,lord hath spoken4 #bd3eb4 ,which when ,abraham's servant heard1 falling down to the ground1 he adored the ,lord4 #bd3ec4 ,and bringing forth vessels of silver and gold1 and garments1 he gave them to ,rebecca1 for a present4 ,he offered gifts also to her brothers1 and to her mother4 #bd3ed4 ,and a banquet was made1 and they ate and drank together1 and lodged there4 ,and in the morning1 the servant arose1 and said3 ,let me depart1 that ,i may go to my master4 #bd3ee4 ,and her brother and mother answered3 ,let the maid stay1 at least1 ten days with us1 and afterwards she shall depart4 #bd3ef4 ,stay me not1 said he1 because the ,lord hath prospered my way3 send me away1 that ,i may go to my master4 #bd3eg4 ,and they said3 ,let us call the maid1 and ask her will4 ,let us call the maid1 and ask her will444 ,not as to her marriage1 as she had already consented1 but of her quitting her parents and going to her husband4 #bd3eh4 ,and they called her1 and when she was come1 they asked3 ,wilt thou go with this man8 ,she said3 ,i will go4 #bd3ei4 ,so they sent her away1 and her nurse1 and ,abraham's servant1 and his company4 #bd3fj4 ,wishing prosperity to their sister1 and saying3 ,thou art our sister1 mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands2 and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies4 #bd3fa4 ,so ,rebecca and her maids1 being set upon camels1 followed the man3 who with speed returned to his master4 #bd3fb4 ,at the same time1 ,isaac was walking along the way to the well which is called ,of the living and the seeing3 for he dwelt in the south country3 #bd3fc4 ,and he was gone forth to meditate in the field1 the day being now well spent3 and when he had lifted up his eyes1 he saw camels coming afar off4 #bd3fd4 ,rebecca also1 when she saw ,isaac1 lighted off the camel1 #bd3fe4 ,and said to the servant3 ,who is that man who cometh towards us along the field8 ,and he said to her3 ,that man is my master4 ,but she quickly took her cloak1 and covered herself4 #bd3ff4 ,and the servant told ,isaac all that he had done4 #bd3fg4 ,who brought her into the tent of ,sara his mother1 and took her to wife3 and he loved her so much1 that it moderated the sorrow which was occasioned by his mother's death4 ,genesis ,chapter #be ,abraham's children by ,cetura2 his death and that of ,ismael4 ,isaac hath ,esau and ,jacob twins4 ,esau selleth his first birthright to ,jacob4 #be3a4 ,and ,abraham married another wife named ,cetura3 #be3b4 ,who bore him ,zamram1 and ,jecsan1 and ,madan1 and ,madian1 and ,jesboc1 and ,sue4 #be3c4 ,jecsan also begot ,saba1 and ,dadan4 ,the children of ,dadan were ,assurim1 and ,latusim1 and ,loomim4 #be3d4 ,but of ,madian was born ,epha1 and ,opher1 and ,henoch1 and ,abida1 and ,eldaa3 all these were the children of ,cetura4 #be3e4 ,and ,abraham gave all his possessions to ,isaac3 #be3f4 ,and to the children of the concubines he gave gifts1 and separated them from ,isaac his son1 while he yet lived1 to the east country4 ,concubines444 ,agar and ,cetura are here called concubines1 7though they were lawful wives1 and in other places are so called17 because they were of an inferior degree1 and such in scripture are usually called concubines4 #be3g4 ,and the days of ,abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five years4 #be3h4 ,and decaying he died in a good old age1 and having lived a long time1 and being full of days3 and was gathered to his people4 #be3i4 ,and ,isaac and ,ismael his sons buried him in the double cave1 which was situated in the field of ,ephron the son of ,seor the ,hethite1 over against ,mambre1 #be3aj4 ,which he had bought of the children of ,heth3 there was he buried1 and ,sara his wife4 #be3aa4 ,and after his death1 ,god blessed ,isaac his son1 who dwelt by the well named ,of the living and seeing4 #be3ab4 ,these are the generations of ,ismael the son of ,abraham1 whom ,agar the ,egyptian1 ,sara's servant1 bore unto him3 #be3ac4 ,and these are the names of his children according to their calling and generations4 ,the firstborn of ,ismael was ,nabajoth1 then ,cedar1 and ,adbeel1 and ,mabsam1 #be3ad4 ,and ,masma1 and ,duma1 and ,massa1 #be3ae4 ,hadar1 and ,thema1 and ,jethur1 and ,naphis1 and ,cedma4 #be3af4 ,these are the sons of ,ismael3 and these are their names by their castles and towns1 twelve princes of their tribes4 #be3ag4 ,and the years of ,ismael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven1 and decaying he died1 and was gathered unto his people4 #be3ah4 ,and he dwelt from ,hevila as far as ,sur1 which looketh towards ,egypt1 to them that go towards the ,assyrians4 ,he died in the presence of all his brethren4 #be3ai4 ,these also are the generations of ,isaac the son of ,abraham3 ,abraham begot ,isaac3 #be3bj4 ,who when he was forty years old1 took to wife ,rebecca the daughter of ,bathuel the ,syrian of ,mesopotamia1 sister to ,laban4 #be3ba4 ,and ,isaac besought the ,lord for his wife1 because she was barren3 and he heard him1 and made ,rebecca to conceive4 #be3bb4 ,but the children struggled in her womb1 and she said3 ,if it were to be so with me1 what need was there to conceive8 ,and she went to consult the ,lord4 #be3bc4 ,and he answering1 said3 ,two nations are in thy womb1 and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb1 and one people shall overcome the other1 and the elder shall serve the younger4 #be3bd4 ,and when her time was come to be delivered1 behold twins were found in her womb4 #be3be4 ,he that came forth first was red1 and hairy like a skin3 and his name was called ,esau4 ,immediately the other coming forth1 held his brother's foot in his hand3 and therefore he was called ,jacob4 #be3bf4 ,isaac was threescore years old when the children were born unto him4 #be3bg4 ,and when they were grown up1 ,esau became a skilful hunter1 and a husbandman3 but ,jacob1 a plain man1 dwelt in tents4 #be3bh4 ,isaac loved ,esau1 because he ate of his hunting3 and ,rebecca loved ,jacob4 #be3bi4 ,and ,jacob boiled pottage3 to whom ,esau1 coming faint out of the field1 #be3cj4 ,said3 ,give me of this red pottage1 for ,i am exceeding faint4 ,for which reason his name was called ,edom4 #be3ca4 ,and ,jacob said to him3 ,sell me thy first birthright4 #be3cb4 ,he answered3 ,lo ,i die1 what will the first birthright avail me8 #be3cc4 ,jacob said3 ,swear therefore to me4 ,esau swore to him1 and sold his first birthright4 #be3cd4 ,and so taking bread and the pottage of lentils1 he ate1 and drank1 and went on his way2 making little account of having sold his first birthright4 ,genesis ,chapter #bf ,isaac sojourneth in ,gerara1 where ,god reneweth to him the promise made to ,abraham4 ,king ,abimelech maketh league with him4 #bf3a4 ,and when a famine came in the land1 after that barrenness which had happened in the days of ,abraham1 ,isaac went to ,abimelech1 king of the ,palestines1 to ,gerara4 #bf3b4 ,and the ,lord appeared to him1 and said3 ,go not down into ,egypt1 but stay in the land that ,i shall tell thee4 #bf3c4 ,and sojourn in it1 and ,i will be with thee1 and will bless thee3 for to thee and to thy seed ,i will give all these countries1 to fulfil the oath which ,i swore to ,abraham thy father4 #bf3d4 ,and ,i will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven3 and ,i will give to thy posterity all these countries3 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed4 #bf3e4 ,because ,abraham obeyed my voice1 and kept my precepts and commandments1 and observed my ceremonies and laws4 #bf3f4 ,so ,isaac abode in ,gerara4 #bf3g4 ,and when he was asked by the men of that place1 concerning his wife1 he answered3 ,she is my sister3 for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife1 thinking lest perhaps they would kill him because of her beauty4 #bf3h4 ,and when very many days were passed1 and he abode there1 ,abimelech1 king of the ,palestines1 looking out through a window1 saw him playing with ,rebecca1 his wife4 #bf3i4 ,and calling for him1 he said3 ,it is evident she is thy wife3 why didst thou feign her to be thy sister8 ,he answered3 ,i feared lest ,i should die for her sake4 #bf3aj4 ,and ,abimelech said3 ,why hast thou deceived us8 ,some man of the people might have lain with thy wife1 and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin4 ,and he commanded all the people1 saying3 #bf3aa4 ,he that shall touch this man's wife1 shall surely be put to death4 #bf3ab4 ,and ,isaac sowed in that land1 and he found that same year a hundredfold3 and the ,lord blessed him4 #bf3ac4 ,and the man was enriched1 and he went on prospering and increasing1 till he became exceeding great4 #bf3ad4 ,and he had possessions of sheep and of herds1 and a very great family4 ,wherefore the ,palestines envying him1 #bf3ae4 ,stopped up at that time all the wells1 that the servants of his father1 ,abraham1 had digged1 filling them up with earth3 #bf3af4 ,insomuch that ,abimelech himself said to ,isaac3 ,depart from us1 for thou art become much mightier than we4 #bf3ag4 ,so he departed1 and came to the torrent of ,gerara1 to dwell there3 #bf3ah4 ,and he digged again other wells1 which the servants of his father1 ,abraham1 had digged1 and which1 after his death1 the ,philistines had of old stopped up3 and he called them by the same names1 by which his father before had called them4 #bf3ai4 ,and they digged in the torrent1 and found living water3 ,torrent444 ,that is1 a channel where sometimes a torrent or violent stream had run4 #bf3bj4 ,but there also the herdsmen of ,gerara strove against the herdsmen of ,isaac1 saying3 ,it is our water4 ,wherefore he called the name of the well1 on occasion of that which had happened1 ,calumny4 #bf3ba4 ,and they digged also another2 and for that they quarrelled likewise1 and he called the name of it1 ,enmity4 #bf3bb4 ,going forward from thence1 he digged another well1 for which they contended not2 therefore he called the name thereof1 ,latitude1 saying3 ,now hath the ,lord given us room1 and made us to increase upon the earth4 ,latitude444 ,that is1 wideness1 or room4 #bf3bc4 ,and he went up from that place to ,bersabee1 #bf3bd4 ,where the ,lord appeared to him that same night1 saying3 ,i am the ,god of ,abraham thy father1 do not fear1 for ,i am with thee3 ,i will bless thee1 and multiply thy seed for my servant ,abraham's sake4 #bf3be4 ,and he built there an altar3 and called upon the name of the ,lord1 and pitched his tent2 and commanded his servants to dig a well4 #bf3bf4 ,to which place when ,abimelech1 and ,ochozath his friend1 and ,phicol chief captain of his soldiers1 came from ,gerara1 #bf3bg4 ,isaac said to them3 ,why are ye come to me1 a man whom you hate1 and have thrust out from you8 #bf3bh4 ,and they answered3 ,we saw that the ,lord is with thee1 and therefore we said3 ,let there be an oath between us1 and let us make a covenant1 #bf3bi4 ,that thou do us no harm1 as we on our part have touched nothing of thine1 nor have done any thing to hurt thee2 but with peace have sent thee away1 increased with the blessing of the ,lord4 #bf3cj4 ,and he made them a feast1 and after they had eaten and drunk3 #bf3ca4 ,arising in the morning1 they swore one to another3 and ,isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home4 #bf3cb4 ,and behold1 the same day the servants of ,isaac came1 telling him of a well which they had digged1 and saying3 ,we have found water4 #bf3cc4 ,whereupon he called it ,abundance3 and the name of the city was called ,bersabee1 even to this day4 #bf3cd4 ,and ,esau being forty years old1 married wives1 ,judith1 the daughter of ,beeri1 the ,hethite1 and ,basemath1 the daughter of ,elon1 of the same place4 #bf3ce4 ,and they both offended the mind of ,isaac and ,rebecca4 ,genesis ,chapter #bg ,jacob1 by him mother's counsel1 obtaineth his father's blessing instead of ,esau4 ,and by her is advised to fly to his uncle ,laban4 #bg3a4 ,now ,isaac was old1 and his eyes were dim1 and he could not see3 and he called ,esau1 his elder son1 and said to him3 ,my son8 ,and he answered3 ,here ,i am4 #bg3b4 ,and his father said to him1 ,thou seest that ,i am old1 and know not the day of my death4 #bg3c4 ,take thy arms1 thy quiver1 and bow1 and go abroad2 and when thou hast taken something by hunting1 #bg3d4 ,make me a savoury meat thereof1 as thou knowest ,i like1 and bring it that ,i may eat3 and my soul may bless thee1 before ,i die4 #bg3e4 ,and when ,rebecca had heard this1 and he was gone into the field to fulfil his father's commandment1 #bg3f4 ,she said to her son ,jacob3 ,i heard thy father talking with ,esau1 thy brother1 and saying to him3 #bg3g4 ,bring me of thy hunting1 and make me meats that ,i may eat1 and bless thee in the sight of the ,lord1 before ,i die4 #bg3h4 ,now therefore1 my son1 follow my counsel3 #bg3i4 ,and go thy way to the flock1 bring me two kids of the best1 that ,i may make of them meat for thy father1 such as he gladly eateth4 #bg3aj4 ,which when thou hast brought in1 and he hath eaten1 he may bless thee before he die4 #bg3aa4 ,and he answered her3 ,thou knowest that ,esau1 my brother1 is a hairy man1 and ,i am smooth3 #bg3ab4 ,if my father should feel me1 and perceive it1 ,i fear lest he will think ,i would have mocked him1 and ,i shall bring upon me a curse instead of a blessing4 #bg3ac4 ,and his mother said to him3 ,upon me be this curse1 my son3 only hear thou my voice1 and go1 fetch me the things which ,i have said4 #bg3ad4 ,he went1 and brought1 and gave them to his mother4 ,she dressed meats1 such as she knew his father liked4 #bg3ae4 ,and she put on him very good garments of ,esau1 which she had at home with her3 #bg3af4 ,and the little skins of the kids she put about his hands1 and covered the bare of his neck4 #bg3ag4 ,and she gave him the savoury meat1 and delivered him bread that she had baked4 #bg3ah4 ,which when he had carried in1 he said3 ,my father8 ,but he answered3 ,i hear4 ,who art thou1 my son8 #bg3ai4 ,and ,jacob said3 ,i am ,esau1 thy firstborn3 ,i have done as thou didst command me3 arise1 sit and eat of my venison1 that thy soul may bless me4 ,i am ,esau thy firstborn444 ,st4 ,augustine 7,l4 ,contra mendacium1 c4 #aj71 treating at large upon this place1 excuseth ,jacob from a lie1 because this whole passage was mysterious1 as relating to the preference which was afterwards to be given to the ,gentiles before the carnal ,jews1 which ,jacob by prophetic light might understand4 ,so far is certain1 that the first birthright1 both by divine election and by ,esau's free cession belonged to ,jacob3 so that if there were any lie in the case1 it could be no more than an officious and venial one4 #bg3bj4 ,and ,isaac said to his son3 ,how couldst thou find it so quickly1 my son8 ,he answered3 ,it was the will of ,god1 that what ,i sought came quickly in my way3 #bg3ba4 ,and ,isaac said3 ,come hither1 that ,i may feel thee1 my son1 and may prove whether thou be my son ,esau1 or no4 #bg3bb4 ,he came near to his father1 and when he had felt him1 ,isaac said3 ,the voice indeed is the voice of ,jacob2 but the hands1 are the hands of ,esau4 #bg3bc4 ,and he knew him not1 because his hairy hands made him like to the elder4 ,then blessing him1 #bg3bd4 ,he said3 ,art thou my son ,esau8 ,he answered3 ,i am4 #bg3be4 ,then he said3 ,bring me the meats of thy hunting1 my son1 that my soul may bless thee4 ,and when they were brought1 and he had eaten1 he offered him wine also1 which after he had drunk1 #bg3bf4 ,he said to him3 ,come near me1 and give me a kiss1 my son4 #bg3bg4 ,he came near1 and kissed him4 ,and immediately as he smelled the fragrant smell of his garments1 blessing him1 he said3 ,behold1 the smell of my son is as the smell of a plentiful field1 which the ,lord hath blessed4 #bg3bh4 ,god give thee of the dew of heaven1 and of the fatness of the earth1 abundance of corn and wine4 #bg3bi4 ,and let peoples serve thee1 and tribes worship thee3 be thou lord of thy brethren1 and let thy mother's children bow down before thee4 ,cursed be he that curseth thee3 and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings4 #bg3cj4 ,isaac had scarce ended his words1 when1 ,jacob being now gone out abroad1 ,esau came1 #bg3ca4 ,and brought in to his father meats1 made of what he had taken in hunting1 saying3 ,arise1 my father1 and eat of thy son's venison2 that thy soul may bless me4 #bg3cb4 ,and ,isaac said to him3 ,why6 who art thou8 ,he answered3 ,i am thy firstborn son1 ,esau4 #bg3cc4 ,isaac was struck with fear1 and astonished exceedingly2 and wondering beyond what can be believed1 said3 ,who is he then that even now brought me venison that he had taken1 and ,i ate of all before thou camest8 and ,i have blessed him1 and he shall be blessed4 #bg3cd4 ,esau having heard his father's words1 roared out with a great cry2 and1 being in a consternation1 said3 ,bless me also1 my father4 #bg3ce4 ,and he said3 ,thy brother came deceitfully and got thy blessing4 #bg3cf4 ,but he said again3 ,rightly is his name called ,jacob2 for he hath supplanted me lo this second time3 ,my birthright he took away before1 and now this second time he hath stolen away my blessing4 ,and again he said to his father3 ,hast thou not reserved me also a blessing8 ,jacob444 ,that is1 a supplanter4 #bg3cg4 ,isaac answered3 ,i have appointed him thy lord1 and have made all his brethren his servants3 ,i have established him with corn and wine1 and after this1 what shall ,i do more for thee1 my son8 #bg3ch4 ,and ,esau said to him3 ,hast thou only one blessing1 father8 ,i beseech thee bless me also4 ,and when he wept with a loud cry1 #bg3ci4 ,isaac being moved1 said to him3 ,in the fat of the earth1 and in the dew of heaven from above1 #bg3dj4 ,shall thy blessing be4 ,thou shalt live by the sword1 and shalt serve thy brother3 and the time shall come1 when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck4 #bg3da4 ,esau therefore always hated ,jacob1 for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him2 and he said in his heart3 ,the days will come of the mourning for my father1 and ,i will kill my brother ,jacob4 #bg3db4 ,these things were told to ,rebecca3 and she sent and called ,jacob1 her son1 and said to him3 ,behold ,esau1 thy brother1 threateneth to kill thee4 #bg3dc4 ,now therefore1 my son1 hear my voice1 arise and flee to ,laban1 my brother1 to ,haran3 #bg3dd4 ,and thou shalt dwell with him a few days1 till the wrath of thy brother be assuaged1 #bg3de4 ,and his indignation cease1 and he forget the things thou hast done to him3 afterwards ,i will send1 and bring thee from thence hither4 ,why shall ,i be deprived of both my sons in one day8 #bg3df4 ,and ,rebecca said to ,isaac3 ,i am weary of my life1 because of the daughters of ,heth3 if ,jacob take a wife of the stock of this land1 ,i choose not to live4 ,genesis ,chapter #bh ,jacob's journey to ,mesopotamia3 his vision and vow4 #bh3a4 ,and ,isaac called ,jacob1 and blessed him1 and charged him1 saying3 ,take not a wife of the stock of ,chanaan3 #bh3b4 ,but go1 and take a journey to ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 to the house of ,bathuel1 thy mother's father1 and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of ,laban1 thy uncle4 #bh3c4 ,and ,god almighty bless thee1 and make thee to increase and multiply thee3 that thou mayst be a multitude of people4 #bh3d4 ,and give the blessings of ,araham to thee1 and to thy seed after thee3 that thou mayst possess the land of thy sojournment1 which he promised to thy grandfather4 #bh3e4 ,and when ,isaac had sent him away1 he took his journey and went to ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 to ,laban1 the son of ,bathuel1 the ,syrian1 brother to ,rebecca1 his mother4 #bh3f4 ,and ,esau seeing that his father had blessed ,jacob1 and had sent him into ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 to marry a wife thence2 and that after the blessing he had charged him1 saying3 ,thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of ,chanaan3 #bh3g4 ,and that ,jacob obeying his parents1 was gone into ,syria3 #bh3h4 ,experiencing also1 that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of ,chanaan3 #bh3i4 ,he went to ,ismael1 and took to wife1 besides them he had before1 ,maheleth1 the daughter of ,ismael1 ,abraham's son1 the sister of ,nabajoth4 #bh3aj4 ,but ,jacob being departed from ,bersabee1 went on to ,haran4 #bh3aa4 ,and when he was come to a certain place1 and would rest in it after sunset1 he took of the stones that lay there1 and putting under his head1 slept in the same place4 #bh3ab4 ,and he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth1 and the top thereof touching heaven3 the angels also of ,god ascending and descending by it4 #bh3ac4 ,and the ,lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him3 ,i am the ,lord ,god of ,abraham thy father1 and the ,god of ,isaac3 ,the land1 wherein thou sleepest1 ,i will give to thee and to thy seed4 #bh3ad4 ,and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth3 thou shalt spread abroad to the west1 and to the east1 and to the north1 and to the south3 and ,,in ,,thee and thy seed1 all the tribes of the earth ,,shall ,,be ,,blessed4 #bh3ae4 ,and ,i will be thy keeper whithersoever thou goest1 and will bring thee back into this land3 neither will ,i leave thee1 till ,i shall have accomplished all that ,i have said4 #bh3af4 ,and when ,jacob awaked out of sleep1 he said3 ,indeed the ,lord is in this place1 and ,i knew it not4 #bh3ag4 ,and trembling1 he said3 ,how terrible is this place8 this is no other but the house of ,god1 and the gate of heaven4 #bh3ah4 ,and ,jacob arising in the morning1 took the stone which he had laid under his head1 and set it up for a title1 pouring oil upon the top of it4 #bh3ai4 ,and he called the name of the city ,bethel1 which before was called ,luza4 ,bethel444 ,this name signifies the house of ,god4 #bh3bj4 ,and he made a vow1 saying3 ,if ,god shall be with me1 and shall keep me in the way1 by which ,i walk1 and shall give me bread to eat1 and raiment to put on1 #bh3ba4 ,and ,i shall return prosperously to my father's house3 the ,lord shall be my ,god3 #bh3bb4 ,and this stone1 which ,i have set up for a title1 shall be called the house of ,god3 and of all things that thou shalt give to me1 ,i will offer tithes to thee4 ,genesis ,chapter #bi ,jacob serveth ,laban seven years for ,rachel3 but is deceived with ,lia3 he afterwards marrieth ,rachel4 ,lia bears him four sons4 #bi3a4 ,then ,jacob went on in his journey1 and came into the east country4 #bi3b4 ,and he saw a well in the field1 and three flocks of sheep lying by it3 for the beasts were watered out of it1 and the mouth thereof was closed with a great stone4 #bi3c4 ,and the custom was1 when all the sheep were gathered together1 to roll away the stone1 and after the sheep were watered1 to put it on the mouth of the well again4 #bi3d4 ,and he said to the shepherds3 ,brethren1 whence are you8 ,they answered3 ,of ,haran4 #bi3e4 ,and he asked them1 saying3 ,know you ,laban1 the son of ,nachor8 ,they said3 ,we know him4 #bi3f4 ,he said3 ,is he in health8 ,he is in health1 say they3 and behold1 ,rachel1 his daughter1 cometh with his flock4 #bi3g4 ,and ,jacob said3 ,there is yet much day remaining1 neither is it time to bring the flocks into the folds again3 first give the sheep drink1 and so lead them back to feed4 #bi3h4 ,they answered3 ,we cannot1 till all the cattle be gathered together1 and we remove the stone from the well's mouth1 that we may water the flocks4 #bi3i4 ,they were yet speaking1 and behold ,rachel came with her father's sheep2 for she fed the flock4 #bi3aj4 ,and when ,jacob saw her1 and knew her to be his cousin german1 and that they were the sheep of ,laban1 his uncle3 he removed the stone wherewith the well was closed4 #bi3aa4 ,and having watered the flock1 he kissed her3 and lifting up his voice wept4 #bi3ab4 ,and he told her that he was her father's brother1 and the son of ,rebecca3 but she went in haste and told her father4 #bi3ac4 ,who1 when he heard that ,jacob his sister's son was come1 ran forth to meet him3 and embracing him1 and heartily kissing him1 brought him into his house4 ,and when he had heard the causes of his journey1 #bi3ad4 ,he answered3 ,thou art my bone and my flesh4 ,and after the days of one month were expired1 #bi3ae4 ,he said to him3 ,because thou art my brother1 shalt thou serve me without wages8 ,tell me what wages thou wilt have4 #bi3af4 ,now he had two daughters1 the name of the elder was ,lia2 and the younger was called ,rachel4 #bi3ag4 ,but ,lia was blear eyed3 ,rachel was well favoured1 and of a beautiful countenance4 #bi3ah4 ,and ,jacob being in love with her1 said3 ,i will serve thee seven years for ,rachel1 thy younger daughter4 #bi3ai4 ,laban answered3 ,it is better that ,i give her to thee than to another man2 stay with me4 #bi3bj4 ,so ,jacob served seven years for ,rachel3 and they seemed but a few days1 because of the greatness of his love4 #bi3ba4 ,and he said to ,laban3 ,give me my wife2 for now the time is fulfilled1 that ,i may go in unto her4 #bi3bb4 ,and he1 having invited a great number of his friends to the feast1 made the marriage4 #bi3bc4 ,and at night he brought in ,lia1 his daughter1 to him1 #bi3bd4 ,giving his daughter a handmaid1 named ,zelpha4 ,now when ,jacob had gone in to her according to custom1 when morning was come he saw it was ,lia4 #bi3be4 ,and he said to his father in law3 ,what is it that thou didst mean to do8 did not ,i serve thee for ,rachel8 why hast thou deceived me8 #bi3bf4 ,laban answered3 ,it is not the custom in this place1 to give the younger in marriage first4 #bi3bg4 ,make up the week of days of this match3 and ,i will give thee her also1 for the service that thou shalt render me other seven years4 #bi3bh4 ,he yielded to his pleasure3 and after the week was past1 he married ,rachel3 #bi3bi4 ,to whom her father gave ,bala1 for her servant4 #bi3cj4 ,and having at length obtained the marriage he wished for1 he preferred the love of the latter before the former1 and served with him other seven years4 #bi3ca4 ,and the ,lord seeing that he despised ,lia1 opened her womb1 but her sister remained barren4 #bi3cb4 ,and she conceived and bore a son1 and called his name ,ruben1 saying3 ,the ,lord saw my affliction3 now my husband will love me4 #bi3cc4 ,and again she conceived and bore a son1 and said3 ,because the ,lord heard that ,i was despised1 he hath given this also to me3 and she called his name ,simeon4 #bi3cd4 ,and she conceived the third time1 and bore another son1 and said3 ,now also my husband will be joined to me1 because ,i have borne him three sons3 and therefore she called his name ,levi4 #bi3ce4 ,the fourth time she conceived and bore a son1 and said3 ,now will ,i praise the ,lord3 and for this she called him ,juda4 ,and she left bearing4 ,genesis ,chapter #cj ,rachel1 being barren1 delivereth her handmaid to ,jacob2 she beareth two sons4 ,lia ceasing to bear1 giveth also her handmaid1 and she beareth two more4 ,then ,lia beareth other two sons and one daughter4 ,rachel beareth ,joseph4 ,jacob1 desirous to return home1 is hired to stay for a certain part of the flock's increase1 whereby he becometh exceeding rich4 #cj3a4 ,and ,rachel seeing herself without children1 envied her sister1 and said to her husband3 ,give me children1 otherwise ,i shall die4 #cj3b4 ,and ,jacob being angry with her1 answered3 ,am ,i as ,god1 who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb8 #cj3c4 ,but she said3 ,i have here my servant ,bala3 go in unto her1 that she may bear upon my knees1 and ,i may have children by her4 #cj3d4 ,and she gave him ,bala in marriage3 who1 #cj3e4 ,when her husband had gone in unto her1 conceived and bore a son4 #cj3f4 ,and ,rachel said3 ,the ,lord hath judged for me1 and hath heard my voice1 giving me a son2 and therefore she called his name ,dan4 #cj3g4 ,and again ,bala conceived1 and bore another1 #cj3h4 ,for whom ,rachel said3 ,god hath compared me with my sister1 and ,i have prevailed3 and she called him ,nephthali4 #cj3i4 ,lia perceiving that she had left of bearing1 gave ,zelpha1 her handmaid1 to her husband4 #cj3aj4 ,and when she had conceived1 and brought forth a son1 #cj3aa4 ,she said3 ,happily4 ,and therefore called his name ,gad4 #cj3ab4 ,zelpha also bore another4 #cj3ac4 ,and ,lia said3 ,this is for my happiness3 for women will call me blessed4 ,therefore she called him ,aser4 #cj3ad4 ,and ,ruben going out in the time of the wheat harvest into the field1 found mandrakes3 which he brought to his mother ,lia4 ,and ,rachel said3 ,give me part of thy son's mandrakes4 #cj3ae4 ,she answered3 ,dost thou think it a small matter1 that thou hast taken my husband from me1 unless thou take also my son's mandrakes8 ,rachel said3 ,he shall sleep with thee this night1 for thy son's mandrakes4 #cj3af4 ,and when ,jacob returned at even from the field1 ,lia went out to meet him1 and said3 ,thou shalt come in unto me1 because ,i have hired thee for my son's mandrakes4 ,and he slept with her that night4 #cj3ag4 ,and ,god heard her prayers2 and she conceived3 and bore a fifth son3 #cj3ah4 ,and said3 ,god hath given me a reward1 because ,i gave my handmaid to my husband4 ,and she called his name ,issachar4 #cj3ai4 ,and ,lia conceived again1 and bore the sixth son1 #cj3bj4 ,and said3 ,god hath endowed me with a good dowry2 this turn also my husband will be with me1 because ,i have borne him six sons3 and therefore she called his name ,zabulon4 #cj3ba4 ,after whom she bore a daughter1 named ,dina4 #cj3bb4 ,the ,lord also remembering ,rachel1 heard her1 and opened her womb4 #cj3bc4 ,and she conceived1 and bore a son1 saying3 ,god hath taken away my reproach4 #cj3bd4 ,and she called his name ,joseph3 saying3 ,the ,lord give me also another son4 #cj3be4 ,and when ,joseph was born1 ,jacob said to his father in law3 ,send me away1 that ,i may return into my country1 and to my land4 #cj3bf4 ,give me my wives1 and my children1 for whom ,i have served thee1 that ,i may depart3 thou knowest the service that ,i have rendered thee4 #cj3bg4 ,laban said to him3 ,let me find favour in thy sight3 ,i have learned1 by experience1 that ,god hath blessed me for thy sake4 #cj3bh4 ,appoint thy wages which ,i shall give thee4 #cj3bi4 ,but he answered3 ,thou knowest how ,i have served thee1 and how great thy possession hath been in my hands4 #cj3cj4 ,thou hadst but little before ,i came to thee1 and now thou art become rich3 and the ,lord hath blessed thee at my coming4 ,it is reasonable1 therefore1 that ,i should now provide also for my own house4 #cj3ca4 ,and ,laban said3 ,what shall ,i give thee8 ,but he said3 ,i require nothing2 but if thou wilt do what ,i demand1 ,i will feed and keep thy sheep again4 #cj3cb4 ,go round through all thy flocks1 and separate all the sheep of divers colours1 and speckled2 and all that is brown and spotted1 and of divers colours1 as well among the sheep as among the goats1 shall be my wages4 #cj3cc4 ,and my justice shall answer for me tomorrow before thee1 when the time of the bargain shall come2 and all that is not of divers colours1 and spotted1 and brown1 as well among the sheep as among the goats1 shall accurse me of theft4 #cj3cd4 ,and ,laban said3 ,i like well what thou demandest4 #cj3ce4 ,and he separated the same day the she goats1 and the sheep1 and the he goats1 and the rams of divers colours1 and spotted2 and all the flock of one colour1 that is1 of white and black fleece1 he deliverdd into the hands of his sons4 #cj3cf4 ,and he set the space of three days journey betwixt himself and his son in law1 who fed the rest of his flock4 #cj3cg4 ,and ,jacob took green rods of poplar1 and of almond1 and of plane trees1 and pilled them in part3 so when the bark was taken off1 in the parts that were pilled1 there appeared whiteness3 but the parts that were whole1 remained green3 and by this means the colour was divers4 #cj3ch4 ,and he put them in the troughs1 where the water was poured out2 that when the flocks should come to drink1 they might have the rods before their eyes1 and in the sight of them might conceive4 #cj3ci4 ,and it came to pass1 that in the very heat of coition1 the sheep beheld the rods1 and brought forth spotted1 and of divers colours1 and speckled4 #cj3dj4 ,and ,jacob separated the flock1 and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams2 and all the white and the black were ,laban's1 and the rest were ,jacob's1 when the flocks were separated one from the other4 #cj3da4 ,so when the ewes went first to ram1 ,jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams1 and of the ewes1 that they might conceive while they were looking upon them4 #cj3db4 ,but when the later coming was1 and the last conceiving1 he did not put them4 ,and those that were lateward1 became ,laban's2 and they of the first time1 ,jacob's4 #cj3dc4 ,and the man was enriched exceedingly1 and he had many flocks1 maidservants and menservants1 camels and asses4 ,genesis ,chapter #ca ,jacob's departure3 he is pursued and overtaken by ,laban4 ,they make a covenant4 #ca3a4 ,but after that he had heard the words of the sons of ,laban1 saying3 ,jacob hath taken away all that was our father's1 and being enriched by his substance is become great4 #ca3b4 ,and perceiving also1 that ,laban's countenance was not towards him as yesterday and the other day4 #ca3c4 ,especially the ,lord saying to him3 ,return into the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred1 and ,i will be with thee4 #ca3d4 ,he sent1 and called ,rachel and ,lia into the field1 where he fed the flocks1 #ca3e4 ,and said to them3 ,i see your father's countenance is not towards me as yesterday and the other day3 but the ,god of my father hath been with me4 #ca3f4 ,and you know that ,i have served your father to the uttermost of my power4 #ca3g4 ,yea your father hath also overreached me1 and hath changed my wages ten times3 and yet ,god hath not suffered him to hurt me4 #ca3h4 ,if at any time1 he said3 ,the speckled shall be thy wages3 all the sheep brought forth speckled3 but when he said on the contrary3 ,thou shalt take all the white one for thy wages3 all the flocks brought forth white ones4 #ca3i4 ,and ,god hath taken your father's substance1 and given it to me4 #ca3aj4 ,for after the time came of the ewes conceiving1 ,i lifted up my eyes1 and saw in my sleep1 that the males which leaped upon the females were of divers colours1 and spotted1 and speckled4 #ca3aa4 ,and the angel of ,god said to me in my sleep3 ,jacob4 ,and ,i answered3 ,here ,i am4 #ca3ab4 ,and he said3 ,lift up thy eyes1 and see that all the males leaping upon the females1 are of divers colours1 spotted and speckled4 ,for ,i have seen all that ,laban hath done to thee4 #ca3ac4 ,i am the ,god of ,bethel1 where thou didst anoint the stone1 and make a vow to me4 ,now therefore arise1 and go out of this land1 and return into thy native country4 #ca3ad4 ,and ,rachel and ,lia answered3 ,have we any thing left among the goods and inheritance of our father's house8 #ca3ae4 ,hath he not counted us as strangers1 and sold us1 and eaten up the price of us8 #ca3af4 ,but ,god hath taken our father's riches1 and delivered them to us1 and to our children3 wherefore1 do all that ,god hath commanded thee4 #ca3ag4 ,then ,jacob rose up1 and having set his children and wives upon camels1 went his way4 #ca3ah4 ,and he took all his substance1 and flocks1 and whatsoever he had gotten in ,mesopotamia1 and went forward to ,isaac1 his father1 to the land of ,chanaan4 #ca3ai4 ,at that time ,laban was gone to shear his sheep1 and ,rachel stole away her father's idols4 ,her father's idols444 ,by this it appears that ,laban was an idolater2 and some of the fathers are of opinion that ,rachel stole away these idols to withdraw him from idolatry1 removing the occasion of his sin4 #ca3bj4 ,and ,jacob would not confess to his father in law that he was flying away4 #ca3ba4 ,and when he was gone1 together with all that belonged to him1 and having passed the river1 was going on towards mount ,galaad1 #ca3bb4 ,it was told ,laban on the third day1 that ,jacob fled4 #ca3bc4 ,and he took his brethren with him1 and pursued after him seven days2 and overtook him in the mount of ,galaad4 #ca3bd4 ,and he saw in a dream ,god1 saying to him3 ,take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against ,jacob4 #ca3be4 ,now ,jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain3 and when he1 with his brethren1 had overtaken him1 he pitched his tent in the same mount of ,galaad4 #ca3bf4 ,and he said to ,jacob3 ,why hast thou done thus1 to carry away1 without my knowledge1 my daughters as captives taken with the sword8 #ca3bg4 ,why wouldst thou run away privately1 and not acquaint me1 that ,i might have brought thee on the way with joy1 and with songs1 and with timbrels1 and with harps8 #ca3bh4 ,thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and daughters2 thou hast done foolishly2 and now indeed1 #ca3bi4 ,it is in my power to return thee evil2 but the ,god of your father said to me yesterday3 ,take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against ,jacob4 #ca3cj4 ,suppose thou didst desire to go to thy friends1 and hadst a longing after thy father's house3 why hast thou stolen away my gods8 #ca3ca4 ,jacob answered3 ,that ,i departed unknown to thee1 it was for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force4 #ca3cb4 ,but1 whereas1 thou chargest me with theft3 with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods1 let him be slain before our brethren4 ,search1 and if thou find any of thy things with me1 take them away4 ,now when he said this1 he knew not that ,rachel had stolen the idols4 #ca3cc4 ,so ,laban went into the tent of ,jacob1 and of ,lia1 and of both the handmaids1 and found them not4 ,and when he was entered into ,rachel's tent1 #ca3cd4 ,she1 in haste1 hid the idols under the camel's furniture1 and sat upon them3 and when he had searched all the tent1 and found nothing1 #ca3ce4 ,she said3 ,let not my lord be angry that ,i cannot rise up before thee1 because it has now happened to me according to the custom of women4 ,so his careful search was in vain4 #ca3cf4 ,and ,jacob being angry1 said in a chiding manner3 ,for what fault of mine1 and for what offence on my part hast thou so hotly pursued me1 #ca3cg4 ,and searched all my household stuff8 ,what hast thou found of all the substance of thy house8 lay it here before my brethren1 and thy brethren1 and let them judge between me and thee4 #ca3ch4 ,have ,i1 therefore1 been with thee twenty years8 thy ewes and goats were not barren1 the rams of thy flocks ,i did not eat3 #ca3ci4 ,neither did ,i shew thee that which the beast had torn2 ,i made good all the damage3 whatsoever was lost by theft1 thou didst exact it of me3 #ca3dj4 ,day and night was ,i parched with heat1 and with frost1 and sleep departed from my eyes4 #ca3da4 ,and in this manner have ,i served thee in thy house twenty years1 fourteen for thy daughters1 and six for thy flocks3 thou hast changed also my wages ten times4 #ca3db4 ,unless the ,god of my father1 ,abraham1 and the fear of ,isaac1 had stood by me1 peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked3 ,god beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands1 and rebuked thee yesterday4 #ca3dc4 ,laban answered him3 ,the daughters are mine1 and the children1 and thy flocks1 and all things that thou seest are mine3 what can ,i do to my children1 and grandchildren8 #ca3dd4 ,come1 therefore1 let us enter into a league2 that it may be for a testimony between me and thee4 #ca3de4 ,and ,jacob took a stone1 and set it up for a title4 #ca3df4 ,and he said to his brethren3 ,bring hither stones4 ,and they1 gathering stones together1 made a heap1 and they ate upon it4 #ca3dg4 ,and ,laban called it1 ,the witness heap2 and ,jacob1 ,the hillock of testimony3 each of them according to the propriety of his language4 #ca3dh4 ,and ,laban said3 ,this heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day1 and therefore the name thereof was called ,galaad1 that is1 ,the witness heap4 #ca3di4 ,the ,lord behold and judge between us1 when we shall be gone one from the other4 #ca3ej4 ,if thou afflict my daughters1 and if thou bring in other wives over them3 none is witness of our speech but ,god1 who is present and beholdeth4 #ca3ea4 ,and he said again to ,jacob3 ,behold this heap1 and the stone which ,i have set up between me and thee1 #ca3eb4 ,shall be a witness3 this heap1 ,i say1 and the stone1 be they for a testimony1 if either ,i shall pass beyond it going towards thee1 or thou shalt pass beyond it thinking harm to me4 #ca3ec4 ,the ,god of ,abraham1 and the ,god of ,nachor1 the ,god of their father1 judge betweeen us4 ,and ,jacob swore by the fear of his father ,isaac3 #ca3ed4 ,and after he had offered sacrifices in the mountain1 he called his brethren to eat bread4 ,and when they had eaten1 they lodged there3 #ca3ee4 ,but ,laban arose in the night1 and kissed his sons and daughters1 and blessed them3 and returned to his place4 ,genesis ,chapter #cb ,jacob's vision of angels2 his message and presents to ,esau2 his wrestling with an angel4 #cb3a4 ,jacob also went on the journey he had begun3 and the angels of ,god met him4 #cb3b4 ,and when he saw them1 he said3 ,these are the camps of ,god1 and he called the name of that place ,mahanaim1 that is1 ,camps4 #cb3c4 ,and he sent messengers before him to ,esau1 his brother1 to the land of ,seir1 to the country of ,edom3 #cb3d4 ,and he commanded them1 saying3 ,thus shall ye speak to my lord ,esau3 ,thus saith thy brother ,jacob3 ,i have sojourned with ,laban1 and have been with him until this day3 #cb3e4 ,i have oxen1 and asses1 and sheep1 and menservants1 and womenservants3 and now ,i send a message to my lord1 that ,i may find favour in thy sight4 #cb3f4 ,and the messengers returned to ,jacob1 saying3 ,we came to ,esau1 thy brother1 and behold he cometh with speed to meet thee with four hundred men4 #cb3g4 ,then ,jacob was greatly afraid2 and in his fear divided the people that was with him1 and the flocks1 and the sheep1 and the oxen1 and the camels1 into two companies1 #cb3h4 ,saying3 ,if ,esau come to one company1 and destroy it1 the other company that is left1 shall escape4 #cb3i4 ,and ,jacob said3 ,o ,god of my fahter ,abraham1 and ,god of my father ,isaac3 ,o ,lord who saidst to me1 ,return to thy land1 and to the place of thy birth1 and ,i will do well for thee4 #cb3aj4 ,i am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies1 and of thy truth which thou hast fulfilled to thy servant4 ,with my staff ,i passed over this ,jordan2 and now ,i return with two companies4 #cb3aa4 ,deliver me from the hand of my brother ,esau1 for ,i am greatly afraid of him2 lest perhaps he come1 and kill the mother with the children4 #cb3ab4 ,thou didst say1 that thou wouldst do well by me1 and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea1 which connot be numbered for multitude4 #cb3ac4 ,and when he had slept there that night1 he set apart1 of the things which he had1 presents for his brother ,esau1 #cb3ad4 ,two hundred she goats1 twenty he goats1 two hundred ewes1 and twenty rams1 #cb3ae4 ,thirty milch camels with their colts1 forty kine1 and twenty bulls1 twenty she asses1 and ten of their foals4 #cb3af4 ,and he sent them by the hands of his servants1 every drove by itself1 and he said to his servants3 ,go before me1 and let there be a space between drove and drove4 #cb3ag4 ,and he commanded the first1 saying3 ,if thou meet my brother ,esau1 and he ask thee3 ,whose art thou8 or whither goest thou8 or whose are these before thee8 #cb3ah4 ,thou shalt answer3 ,thy servant ,jacob's3 he hath sent them as a present to my lord ,esau2 and he cometh after us4 #cb3ai4 ,in like manner he commanded the second1 and the third1 and all that followed the droves1 saying3 ,speak ye the same words to ,esau1 when ye find him4 #cb3bj4 ,and ye shall add3 ,thy servant ,jacob himself also followeth after us2 for he said3 ,i will appease him with the presents that go before1 and afterwards ,i will see him1 perhaps he will be gracious to me4 #cb3ba4 ,so the presents went before him1 but himself lodged that night in the camp4 #cb3bb4 ,and rising early1 he took his two wives and his two handmaids1 with his eleven sons1 and passed over the ford of ,jaboc4 #cb3bc4 ,and when all things were brought over that belonged to him1 #cb3bd4 ,he remained alone2 and behold1 a man wrestled with him till morning4 ,a man1 etc444 ,this was an angel in human shape1 as we learn from ,osee #ab4d4 ,he is called ,god1 ver4 #bh and #cj1 because he represented the person of the ,son of ,god4 ,this wrestling1 in which ,jacob1 assisted by ,god1 was a match for an angel1 was so ordered 7ver4 #bh17 that he might learn by this experiment of the divine assistance1 that neither ,esau1 nor any other man1 should have power to hurt him4-,it was also spiritual1 as appeareth by his earnest prayer1 urging and at last obtaining the angel's blessing4 #cb3be4 ,and when he saw that he could not overcome him1 he touched the sinew of his thigh1 and forthwith it shrank4 #cb3bf4 ,and he said to him3 ,let me go1 for it is break of day4 ,he answered3 ,i will not let thee go1 except thou bless me4 #cb3bg4 ,and he said3 ,what is thy name8 ,he answered3 ,jacob4 #cb3bh4 ,but he said3 ,thy name shall not be called ,jacob1 but ,israel2 for if thou hast been strong against ,god1 how much more shalt thou prevail against men8 #cb3bi4 ,jacob asked him3 ,tell me by what name art thou called8 ,he answered3 ,why dost thou ask my name8 ,and he blessed him in the same place4 #cb3cj4 ,and ,jacob called the name of the place ,phanuel1 saying3 ,i have seen ,god face to face1 and my soul has been saved4 ,phanuel444 ,this word signifies the face of ,god1 or the sight1 or seeing of ,god4 #cb3ca4 ,and immediately the sun rose upon him1 after he was past ,phanuel2 but he halted on his foot4 #cb3cb4 ,therefore the children of ,israel1 unto this day1 eat not the sinew1 that shrank in ,jacob's thigh3 because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank4 ,genesis ,chapter #cc ,jacob and ,esau meet3 ,jacob goeth to ,salem1 where he raiseth an altar4 #cc3a4 ,and ,jacob lifting up his eyes1 saw ,esau coming1 and with him four hundred men3 and he divided the children of ,lia and of ,rachel1 and of the two handmaids4 #cc3b4 ,and he put both the handmaids and their children foremost3 and ,lia and her children in the second place3 and ,rachel and ,joseph last4 #cc3c4 ,and he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times1 until his brother came near4 #cc3d4 ,then ,esau ran to meet his brother1 and embraced him3 and clasping him fast about the neck1 and kissing him1 wept4 #cc3e4 ,and lifting up his eyes1 he saw the women and their children1 and said3 ,what mean these8 ,and do they belong to thee8 ,he answered3 ,they are the children which ,god hath given to me1 thy servant4 #cc3f4 ,then the handmaids and their children came near and bowed themselves4 #cc3g4 ,lia also1 with her children1 came near and bowed down in like manner2 and last of all1 ,joseph and ,rachel bowed down4 #cc3h4 ,and ,esau said3 ,what are the droves that ,i met8 ,he answered3 ,that ,i might find favour before my lord4 #cc3i4 ,but he said3 ,i have plenty1 my brother1 keep what is thine for thyself4 #cc3aj4 ,and ,jacob said3 ,do not so ,i beseech thee1 but if ,i have found favour in thy eyes1 receive a little present at my hands3 for ,i have seen thy face1 as if ,i should have seen the countenance of ,god3 be gracious to me1 #cc3aa4 ,and take the blessing which ,i have brought thee1 and which ,god hath given me1 who giveth all things4 ,he took it with much ado at his brother's earnest pressing him1 #cc3ab4 ,and said3 ,let us go on together1 and ,i will accompany thee in thy journey4 #cc3ac4 ,and ,jacob said3 ,my lord1 thou knowest that ,i have with me tender children1 and sheep1 and kine with young3 which if ,i should cause to be overdriven1 in one day all the flocks will die4 #cc3ad4 ,may it please my lord to go before his servant3 and ,i will follow softly after him1 as ,i shall see my children to be able1 until ,i come to my lord in ,seir4 #cc3ae4 ,esau answered3 ,i beseech thee1 that some of the people1 at least1 who are with me1 may stay to accompany thee in the way4 ,and he said3 ,there is no necessity3 ,i want nothing else but only to find favour1 my lord1 in thy sight4 #cc3af4 ,so ,esau returned that day1 the way that he came1 to ,seir4 #cc3ag4 ,and ,jacob came to ,socoth3 where having built a house1 and pitched tents1 he called the name of the place ,socoth1 that is1 ,tents4 #cc3ah4 ,and he passed over to ,salem1 a city of the ,sichemites1 which is in the land of ,chanaan1 after he returned from ,mesopotamia of ,syria3 and he dwelt by the town4 #cc3ai4 ,and he bought that part of the field1 in which he pitched his tents1 of the children of ,hemor1 the father of ,sichem1 for a hundred lambs4 #cc3bj4 ,and raising an altar there1 he invoked upon it the most mighty ,god of ,israel4 ,genesis ,chapter #cd ,dina is ravished1 for which the ,sichemites are destroyed4 #cd3a4 ,and ,dina the daughter of ,lia went out to see the women of that country4 #cd3b4 ,and when ,sichem the son of ,hemor the ,hevite1 the prince of that land1 saw her1 he was in love with her3 and took her away1 and lay with her1 ravishing the virgin4 #cd3c4 ,and his soul was fast knit unto her2 and whereas she was sad1 he comforted her with sweet words4 #cd3d4 ,and going to ,hemor his father1 he said3 ,get me this damsel to wife4 #cd3e4 ,but when ,jacob had heard this1 his sons being absent1 and employed in feeding the cattle1 he held his peace till they came back4 #cd3f4 ,and when ,hemor the father of ,sichem was come out to speak to ,jacob1 #cd3g4 ,behold his sons came from the field3 and hearing what had passed1 they were exceeding angry1 because he had done a foul thing in ,israel1 and committed an unlawful act1 in ravishing ,jacob's daughter4 #cd3h4 ,and ,hemor spoke to them3 ,the soul of my son ,sichem has a longing for your daughter3 give her him to wife3 #cd3i4 ,and let us contract marriages one with another3 give us your daughters1 and take you our daughters4 #cd3aj4 ,and dwell with us3 the land is at your command1 till1 trade1 and possess it4 #cd3aa4 ,sichem also said to her father and to her brethren3 ,let me find favour in your sight1 and whatsoever you shall appoint ,i will give3 #cd3ab4 ,raise the dowry1 and ask gifts1 and ,i will gladly give what you shall demand3 only give me this damsel to wife4 #cd3ac4 ,the sons of ,jacob answered ,sichem and his father deceitfully1 being enraged at the deflowering of their sister3 ,deceitfully444 ,the sons of ,jacob1 on this occasion1 were guilty of a grievous sin1 as well by falsely pretending religion1 as by excess of revenge3 though otherwise their zeal against so foul a crime was commendable4 #cd3ad4 ,we cannot do what you demand1 nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised2 which with us is unlawful and abominable4 #cd3ae4 ,but in this we may be allied with you1 if you will be like us1 and all the male sex among you be circumcised3 #cd3af4 ,then will we mutually give and take your daughters1 and ours2 and we will dwell with you1 and will be one people3 #cd3ag4 ,but if you will not be circumcised1 we will take our daughter and depart4 #cd3ah4 ,their offer pleased ,hemor1 and ,sichem1 his son3 #cd3ai4 ,and the young man made no delay1 but forthwith fulfilled what was required3 for he loved the damsel exceedingly1 and he was the greatest man in all his father's house4 #cd3bj4 ,and going into the gate of the city1 they spoke to the people3 #cd3ba4 ,these men are peaceable1 and are willing to dwell with us3 let them trade in the land1 and till it1 which being large and wide wanteth men to till it3 we shall take their daughters for wives1 and we will give them ours4 #cd3bb4 ,one thing there is for which so great a good is deferred3 ,we must circumcise every male among us1 following the manner of the nation4 #cd3bc4 ,and their substance1 and cattle1 and all that they possess1 shall be ours2 only in this let us condescend1 and by dwelling together1 we shall make one people4 #cd3bd4 ,and they all agreed1 and circumcised all the males4 #cd3be4 ,and behold the third day1 when the pain of the wound was greatest3 two of the sons of ,jacob1 ,simeon and ,levi1 the brothers of ,dina1 taking their swords1 entered boldly into the city and slew all the men4 #cd3bf4 ,and they killed also ,hemor and ,sichem1 and took away their sister ,dina out of ,sichem's house4 #cd3bg4 ,and when they were gone out1 the other sons of ,jacob came upon the slain2 and plundered the city in revenge of the rape4 #cd3bh4 ,and they took their sheep1 and their herds1 and their asses1 wasting all they had in their houses and in their fields4 #cd3bi4 ,and their children and wives they took captive4 #cd3cj4 ,and when they had boldly perpetrated these things1 ,jacob said to ,simeon and ,levi3 ,you have troubled me1 and made me hateful to the ,chanaanites and ,pherezites1 the inhabitants of this land4 ,we are few3 they will gather themselves together and kill me2 and both ,i1 and my house shall be destroyed4 #cd3ca4 ,they answered3 ,should they abuse our sister as a strumpet8 ,genesis ,chapter #ce ,jacob purgeth his family from idols3 goeth by ,god's commandment to ,bethel1 and there buildeth an altar4 ,god appearing again to ,jacob blesseth him1 and changeth his name into ,israel4 ,rachel dieth in childbirth4 ,isaac also dieth4 #ce3a4 ,in the mean time ,god said to ,jacob3 ,arise and go up to ,bethel1 and dwell there1 and make there an altar to ,god1 who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from ,esau1 thy brother4 #ce3b4 ,and ,jacob having called together all his household1 said3 ,cast away the strange gods that are among you1 and be cleansed1 and change your garments4 #ce3c4 ,arise1 and let us go up to ,bethel1 that we may make there an altar to ,god2 who heard me in the day of my affliction1 and accompained me in my journey4 #ce3d4 ,so they gave him all the strange gods they had1 and the earrings which were in their ears3 and he buried them under the turpentine tree1 that is behind the city of ,sichem4 #ce3e4 ,and when they were departed1 the terror of ,god fell upon all the cities round about1 and they durst not pursue after them as they went away4 #ce3f4 ,and ,jacob came to ,luza1 which is in the land of ,chanaan1 surnamed ,bethel3 he and all the people that were with him4 #ce3g4 ,and he built there an altar1 and called the name of that place1 ,the house of ,god3 for there ,god appeared to him when he fled from his brother4 #ce3h4 ,at the same time ,debora1 the nurse of ,rebecca1 died1 and was buried at the foot of ,bethel1 under an oak1 and the name of that place was called1 ,the oak of weeping4 #ce3i4 ,and ,god appeared again to ,jacob1 after he returned from ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 and he blessed him1 #ce3aj4 ,saying3 ,thou shalt not be called any more ,jacob1 but ,israel shall be thy name4 ,and he called him ,israel4 ,israel444 ,this name signifieth one that prevaileth with ,god4 #ce3aa4 ,and said to him3 ,i am ,god almighty1 increase thou and be multiplied4 ,nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee1 and kings shall come out of thy loins4 #ce3ab4 ,and the land which ,i gave to ,abraham and ,isaac1 ,i will give to thee1 and to thy seed after thee4 #ce3ac4 ,and he departed from him4 #ce3ad4 ,but he set up a monument of stone1 in the place where ,god had spoken to him3 pouring drink fferings upon it1 and pouring oil thereon3 #ce3ae4 ,and calling the name of that place ,bethel4 #ce3af4 ,and going forth from thence1 he came in the spring time to the land which leadeth to ,ephrata3 wherein when ,rachel was in travail1 #ce3ag4 ,by reason of her hard labour1 she began to be in danger1 and the midwife said to her3 ,fear not1 for thou shalt have this son also4 #ce3ah4 ,and when her soul was departing for pain1 and death was now at hand1 she called the name of her son ,benoni1 that is1 the son of my pain3 but his father called him ,benjamin1 that is1 the son of the right hand4 #ce3ai4 ,so ,rachel died1 and was buried in the highway that leadeth to ,ephrata1 this is ,bethlehem4 #ce3bj4 ,and ,jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre3 this is the pillar of ,rachel's monument1 to this day4 #ce3ba4 ,departing thence1 he pitched his tent beyond the ,flock tower4 #ce3bb4 ,and when he dwelt in that country1 ,ruben went1 and slept with ,bala the concubine of his father3 which he was not ignorant of4 ,now the sons of ,jacob were twelve4 ,the concubine444 ,she was his lawful wife2 but1 according to the style of the ,hebrews1 is called concubine1 because of her servile extraction4 #ce3bc4 ,the sons of ,lia3 ,ruben the first born1 and ,simeon1 and ,levi1 and ,juda1 and ,issachar1 and ,zabulon4 #ce3bd4 ,the sons of ,rachel3 ,joseph and ,benjamin4 #ce3be4 ,the sons of ,bala1 ,rachel's handmaid3 ,dan and ,nephthali4 #ce3bf4 ,the sons of ,zelpha1 ,lia's handmaid3 ,gad and ,aser3 these are the sons of ,jacob1 that were born to him in ,mesopotamia of ,syria4 #ce3bg4 ,and he came to ,isaac his father in ,mambre1 the city of ,arbee1 this is ,hebron3 wherein ,abraham and ,isaac sojourned4 #ce3bh4 ,and the days of ,isaac were a hundred and eighty years4 #ce3bi4 ,and being spent with age he died1 and was gathered to his people1 being old and full of days3 and his sons ,esau and ,jacob buried him4 ,genesis ,chapter #cf ,esau with his wives and children parteth from ,jacob4 ,an account of his descendants1 and of the first kings of ,edom4 #cf3a4 ,and these are the generations of ,esau1 the same is ,edom4 #cf3b4 ,esau took wives of the daughters of ,chanaan3 ,ada the daughter of ,elon the ,hethite1 and ,oolibama the daughter of ,ana1 the daughter of ,sebeon the ,hevite3 ,ada444 ,these wives of ,esau are called by other names1 ,gen4 #bf4 ,but it was very common amongst the ancients for the same persons to have two names1 as ,esau himself was also called ,edom4 #cf3c4 ,and ,basemath1 the daughter of ,ismael1 sister of ,nabajoth4 #cf3d4 ,and ,ada bore ,eliphaz3 ,basemath bore ,rahuel4 #cf3e4 ,oolibama bore ,jehus1 and ,ihelon1 and ,core4 ,these are the sons of ,esau1 that were born to him in the land of ,chanaan4 #cf3f4 ,and ,esau took his wives1 and his sons and daughters1 and every soul of his house1 and his substance1 and cattle1 and all that he was able to acquire in the land of ,chanaan3 and went into another country1 and departed from his brother ,jacob4 #cf3g4 ,for they were exceeding rich1 and could not dwell together3 neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them1 for the multitude of their flocks4 #cf3h4 ,and ,esau dwelt in mount ,seir3 he is ,edom4 #cf3i4 ,and these are the generations of ,esau1 the father of ,edom1 in mount ,seir4 #cf3aj4 ,and these the names of his sons3 ,eliphaz the son of ,ada1 the wife of ,esau3 and ,rahuel1 the son of ,basemath1 his wife4 #cf3aa4 ,and ,eliphaz had sons3 ,theman1 ,omar1 ,sepho1 and ,gatham and ,cenez4 #cf3ab4 ,and ,thamna was the concubine of ,eliphaz1 the son of ,esau3 and she bore him ,amalech4 ,these are the sons of ,ada1 the wife of ,esau4 #cf3ac4 ,and the sons of ,rahuel were ,nahath and ,zara1 ,samma and ,meza4 ,these were the sons of ,basemath1 the wife of ,esau4 #cf3ad4 ,and these were the sons of ,oolibama1 the daughter of ,ana1 the daughter of ,sebeon1 the wife of ,esau1 whom she bore to him1 ,jehus1 and ,ihelon1 and ,core4 #cf3ae4 ,these were dukes of the sons of ,esau3 the sons of ,eliphaz1 the firstborn of ,esau3 duke ,theman1 duke ,omar1 duke ,sepho1 duke ,cenez1 #cf3af4 ,duke ,core1 duke ,gatham1 duke ,amalech3 these are the sons of ,eliphaz1 in the land of ,edom1 and these the sons of ,ada4 #cf3ag4 ,and these were the sons of ,rahuel1 the son of ,esau3 duke ,nahath1 duke ,zara1 duke ,samma1 duke ,meza4 ,and these are the dukes of ,rahuel1 in the land of ,edom3 these the sons of ,basemath1 the wife of ,esau4 #cf3ah4 ,and these the sons of ,oolibama1 the wife of ,esau3 duke ,jehus1 duke ,ihelon1 duke ,core4 ,these are the dukes of ,oolibama1 the daughter of ,ana1 and wife of ,esau4 #cf3ai4 ,these are the sons of ,esau1 and these the dukes of them3 the same is ,edom4 #cf3bj4 ,these are the sons of ,seir1 the ,horrite1 the inhabitants of the land3 ,lotan1 and ,sobal1 and ,sebeon1 and ,ana1 #cf3ba4 ,and ,dison1 and ,eser1 and ,disan4 ,these are dukes of the ,horrites1 the sons of ,seir1 in the land of ,edom4 #cf3bb4 ,and ,lotan had sons3 ,hori and ,heman4 ,and the sister of ,lotan was ,thamna4 #cf3bc4 ,and these the sons of ,sobal3 ,alvan1 and ,manahat1 and ,ebal1 and ,sepho1 and ,onam4 #cf3bd4 ,and these the sons of ,sebeon3 ,aia and ,ana4 ,this is ,ana that found the hot waters in the wilderness1 when he fed the asses of ,sebeon1 his father3 #cf3be4 ,and he had a son ,dison1 and a daughter ,oolibama4 #cf3bf4 ,and these were the sons of ,dison3 ,hamdan1 and ,eseban1 and ,jethram1 and ,charan4 #cf3bg4 ,these also were the sons of ,eser3 ,balaan1 and ,zavan1 and ,acan4 #cf3bh4 ,and ,dison had sons3 ,hus and ,aram4 #cf3bi4 ,these were dukes of the ,horrites3 duke ,lotan1 duke ,sobal1 duke ,sebeon1 duke ,ana1 #cf3cj4 ,duke ,dison1 duke ,eser1 duke ,disan3 these were dukes of the ,horrites that ruled in the land of ,seir4 #cf3ca4 ,and the kings that ruled in the land of ,edom1 before the children of ,israel had a king1 were these3 #cf3cb4 ,bela the son of ,beor1 and the name of his city ,denaba4 #cf3cc4 ,and ,bela died1 and ,jobab1 the son of ,zara1 of ,bosra1 reigned in his stead4 #cf3cd4 ,and when ,jobab was dead1 ,husam1 of the land of the ,themanites1 reigned in his stead4 #cf3ce4 ,and after his death1 ,adad1 the son of ,badad1 reigned in his stead1 who defeated the ,madianites in the country of ,boab2 and the name of his city was ,avith4 #cf3cf4 ,and when ,adad was dead1 there reigned in his stead1 ,semla1 of ,masreca4 #cf3cg4 ,and he being dead1 ,saul1 of the river ,rohoboth1 reigned in his stead4 #cf3ch4 ,and when he also was dead1 ,balanan1 the son of ,achobor1 succeeded to the kingdom4 #cf3ci4 ,this man also being dead1 ,adar reigned in his place2 and the name of his city was ,phau3 and his wife was called ,meetabel1 the daughter of ,matred1 daughter of ,mezaab4 #cf3dj4 ,and these are the names of the dukes of ,esau in their kindreds1 and places1 and callings3 duke ,thamna1 duke ,alva1 duke ,jetheth1 #cf3da4 ,duke ,oolibama1 duke ,ela1 duke ,phinon1 #cf3db4 ,duke ,cenez1 duke ,theman1 duke ,mabsar1 #cf3dc4 ,duke ,magdiel1 duke ,hiram3 these are the dukes of ,edom dwelling in the land of their government2 the same is ,esau1 the father of the ,edomites4 ,genesis ,chapter #cg ,joseph's dreams3 he is sold by his brethren1 and carried into ,egypt4 #cg3a4 ,and ,jacob dwelt in the land of ,chanaan1 wherein his father sojourned4 #cg3b4 ,and these are his generations3 ,joseph1 when he was sixteen years old1 was feeding the flock with his brethren1 being but a boy3 and he was with the sons of ,bala and of ,zelpha his father's wives3 and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime4 #cg3c4 ,now ,israel loved ,joseph above all his sons1 because he had him in his old age3 and he made him a coat of divers colours4 #cg3d4 ,and his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father1 more than all his sons1 hated hem1 and could not speak peaceably to him4 #cg3e4 ,now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream1 that he had dreamed3 which occasioned them to hate him the more4 ,a dream444 ,these dreams of ,joseph were prophetical1 and sent from ,god2 as were also those which he interpreted1 ,gen4 #dj4 and #da42 otherwise generally speaking1 the observing of dreams is condemned in the ,scripture1 as superstitious and sinful4 ,see ,deut4 #ah4aj2 ,eccli4 #cd4b1c4 #cg3f4 ,and he said to them3 ,hear my dream which ,i dreamed4 #cg3g4 ,i thought we were binding sheaves in the field3 and my sheaf arose as it were1 and stood1 and your sheaves standing about bowed down before my sheaf4 #cg3h4 ,his brethren answered3 ,shalt thou be our king8 or shall we be subject to thy dominion8 ,therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred4 #cg3i4 ,he dreamed also another dream1 which he told his brethren1 saying3 ,i saw in a dream1 as it were the sun1 and the moon1 and eleven stars worshipping me4 #cg3aj4 ,and when he had told this to his father1 and brethren1 his father rebuked him and said3 ,what meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed8 shall ,i and thy mother1 and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth8 ,worship444 ,this word is not used here to signify divine worship1 but an inferior veneration1 expressed by the bowing of the body1 and that1 according to the manner of the eastern nations1 down to the ground4 #cg3aa4 ,his brethren therefore envied him3 but his father considered the thing with himself4 #cg3ab4 ,and when his brethren abode in ,sechem1 feeding their father's flocks1 #cg3ac4 ,israel said to him3 ,thy brethren feed the sheep in ,sichem3 come1 ,i will send thee to them4 ,and when he answered3 #cg3ad4 ,i am ready3 he said to him3 ,go1 and see if all things be well with thy brethren1 and the cattle3 and bring me word again what is doing4 ,so being sent from the vale of ,hebron1 he came to ,sichem3 #cg3ae4 ,and a man found him there wandering in the field1 and asked what he sought4 #cg3af4 ,but he answered3 ,i seek my brethren1 tell me where they feed the flocks4 #cg3ag4 ,and the man said to him3 ,they are departed from this place3 for ,i heard them say3 ,let us go to ,dothain4 ,and ,joseph went forward after his brethren1 and found them in ,dothain4 #cg3ah4 ,and when they saw him afar off1 before he came nigh them1 they thought to kill him3 #cg3ai4 ,and said one to another3 ,behold the dreamer cometh4 #cg3bj4 ,come1 let us kill him1 and cast him into some old pit3 and we will say3 ,some evil beast hath devoured him3 and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him3 #cg3ba4 ,and ,ruben hearing this1 endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands1 and said3 #cg3bb4 ,do not take away his life1 nor shed his blood3 but cast him into this pit1 that is in the wilderness1 and keep your hands harmless3 now he said this1 being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father4 #cg3bc4 ,and as soon as he came to his brethren1 they forthwith stript him of his outside coat1 that was of divers colours3 #cg3bd4 ,and cast him into an old pit where there was not water4 #cg3be4 ,and sitting down to eat bread1 they saw some ,ismaelites on their way coming from ,galaad1 with their camels1 carrying spices1 and balm1 and myrrh to ,egypt4 #cg3bf4 ,and ,juda said to his brethren3 ,what will it profit us to kill our brother1 and conceal his blood8 #cg3bg4 ,it is better that he be sold to the ,ismaelites1 and that our hands be not defiled3 for he is our brother and our flesh4 ,his brethren agreed to his words4 #cg3bh4 ,and when the ,madianite merchants passed by1 they drew him out of the pit1 and sold him to the ,ismaelites1 for twenty pieces of silver3 and they led him into ,egypt4 #cg3bi4 ,and ,ruben returning to the pit1 found not the boy3 #cg3cj4 ,and rending his garments he went to his brethren1 and said3 ,the boy doth not appear1 and whither shall ,i go8 #cg3ca4 ,and they took his coat1 and dipped it in the blood of a kid1 which they had killed3 #cg3cb4 ,sending some to carry it to their father1 and to say3 ,this we have found3 see whether it be thy son's coat1 or not4 #cg3cc4 ,and the father acknowledging it1 said3 ,it is my son's coat1 an evil wild beast hath eaten him1 a beast hath devoured ,joseph4 #cg3cd4 ,and tearing his garments1 he put on sackcloth1 mourning for his son a long time4 #cg3ce4 ,and all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow1 he would not receive comfort1 but said3 ,i will go down to my son into hell1 mourning4 ,and whilst he continued weeping1 ,into hell444 ,that is1 into limbo1 the place where the souls of the just were received before the death of our ,redeemer4 ,for allowing that the word hell sometimes is taken for the grave1 it cannot be so taken in this place2 since ,jacob did not believe his son to be in the grave1 7whom he supposed to be devoured by a wild beast17 and therefore could not mean to go down to him thither3 but certainly meant the place of rest where he believed his soul to be4 #cg3cf4 ,the ,madianites sold ,joseph in ,egypt to ,putiphar1 an eunuch of ,pharao1 captain of the soldiers4 ,an eunuch444 ,this word sometimes signifies a chamberlain1 courtier1 or officer of the king3 and so it is taken in this place4 ,genesis ,chapter #ch ,the sons of ,juda3 the death of ,her and ,onan3 the birth of ,phares and ,zara4 #ch3a4 ,at that time ,juda went down from his brethren1 and turned in to a certain ,odollamite1 named ,hiras4 #ch3b4 ,and he saw there the daughter of a man of ,chanaan1 called ,sue3 and taking her to wife1 he went in unto her4 #ch3c4 ,and she conceived1 and bore a son1 and called his name ,her4 #ch3d4 ,and conceiving again1 she bore a son1 and called him ,onan4 #ch3e4 ,she bore also a third3 whom she called ,sela4 ,after whose birth1 she ceased to bear any more4 #ch3f4 ,and ,juda took a wife for ,her1 his first born1 whose name was ,thamar4 #ch3g4 ,and ,her1 the first born of ,juda1 was wicked in the sight of the ,lord3 and was slain by him4 #ch3h4 ,juda1 therefore1 said to ,onan his son3 ,go in to thy brother's wife and marry her1 that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother4 #ch3i4 ,he knowing that the children should not be his1 when he went in to his brother's wife1 he spilled his seed upon the ground1 lest children should be born in his brother's name4 #ch3aj4 ,and therefore the ,lord slew him1 because he did a detestable thing3 #ch3aa4 ,wherefore ,juda said to ,thamar his daughter-in-law3 ,remain a widow in thy father's house1 till ,sela my son grow up3 for he was afraid lest he also might die1 as his brethren did4 ,she went her way1 and dwelt in her father's house4 #ch3ab4 ,and after many days were past3 the daughter of ,sue the wife of ,juda died3 and when he had taken comfort after his mourning1 he went up to ,thamnas1 to the shearers of his sheep1 he and ,hiras the ,odollamite1 the shepherd of his flock4 #ch3ac4 ,and it was told ,thamar that her father-in-law was come up to ,thamnas to shear his sheep4 #ch3ad4 ,and she put off the garments of her widowhood1 and took a veil3 and changing her dress1 sat in the cross way1 that leadeth to ,thamnas3 because ,sela was grown up1 and she had not been married to him4 #ch3ae4 ,when ,juda saw her1 he thought she was a harlot3 for she had covered her face1 lest she should be known4 #ch3af4 ,and going to her1 he said3 ,suffer me to lie with thee3 for he knew her not to be his daughter-in-law4 ,and she answered3 ,what wilt thou give me to enjoy my company8 #ch3ag4 ,he said3 ,i will send thee a kid out of the flock4 ,and when she said again3 ,i will suffer what thou wilt1 if thou give me a pledge1 till thou send what thou promisest4 #ch3ah4 ,juda said3 ,what wilt thou have for a pledge8 ,she answered3 ,thy ring and bracelet1 and the staff which thou holdest in thy hand4 ,the woman therefore at one copulation conceived4 #ch3ai4 ,and she arose and went her way3 and putting off the apparel which she had taken1 put on the garments of her widowhood4 #ch3bj4 ,and ,juda sent a kid by his shepherd1 the ,odollamite1 that he might receive the pledge again1 which he had given to the woman3 but he1 not finding her1 #ch3ba4 ,asked the men of that place3 ,where is the woman that sat in the cross way8 ,and when they all made answer3 ,there was no harlot in this place1 #ch3bb4 ,he returned to ,juda1 and said to him3 ,i have not found her2 moreover1 the men of that place said to me1 that there never sat a harlot there4 #ch3bc4 ,juda said3 ,let her take it to herself1 surely she cannot charge us with a lie1 ,i sent the kid which ,i promised3 and thou didst not find her4 #ch3bd4 ,and behold1 after three months1 they told ,juda1 saying3 ,thamar1 thy daughter-in-law1 hath played the harlot1 and she appeareth to have a big belly4 ,and ,juda said3 ,bring her out that she may be burnt4 #ch3be4 ,but when she was led to execution1 she sent to her father in law1 saying3 ,by the man1 to whom these things belong1 ,i am with child4 ,see whose ring1 and bracelet1 and staff this is4 #ch3bf4 ,but he acknowledging the gifts1 said3 ,she is juster than ,i3 because ,i did not give her to ,sela1 my son4 ,however he knew her no more4 #ch3bg4 ,and when she was ready to be brought to bed1 there appeared twins in her womb3 and in the very delivery of the infants1 one put forth a hand1 whereon the midwife tied a scarlet thread1 saying3 #ch3bh4 ,this shall come forth the first4 #ch3bi4 ,but he drawing back his hand1 the other came forth3 and the woman said3 ,why is the partition divided for thee8 and therefore called his name ,phares4 ,phares444 ,that is1 a breach or division4 #ch3cj4 ,afterwards his brother came out1 on whose hand was the scarlet thread3 and she called his name ,zara4 ,genesis ,chapter #ci ,joseph hath charge of his master's house3 rejecteth his mistress's solicitations3 is falsely accused by her1 and cast into prison1 where he hath the charge of all the prisoners4 #ci3a4 ,and ,joseph was brought into ,egypt1 and ,putiphar1 an eunuch of ,pharao1 chief captain of the army1 an ,egyptian1 bought him of the ,ismaelites1 by whom he was brought4 #ci3b4 ,and the ,lord was with him1 and he was a prosperous man in all things3 and he dwelt in his master's house3 #ci3c4 ,who knew very well that the ,lord was with him1 and made all that he did to prosper in his hand4 #ci3d4 ,and ,joseph found favour in the sight of his master1 and ministered to him3 and being set over all by him1 he governed the house committed to him1 and all things that were delivered to him3 #ci3e4 ,and the ,lord blessed the house of the ,egyptian for ,joseph's sake1 and multiplied all his substance1 both at home and in the fields4 #ci3f4 ,neither knew he any other thing1 but the bread which he ate4 ,and ,joseph was of a beautiful countenance1 and comely to behold4 #ci3g4 ,and after many days1 his mistress cast her eyes on ,joseph1 and said3 ,lie with me4 #ci3h4 ,but he in no wise consenting to that wicked act said to her3 ,behold1 my master hath delivered all things to me1 and knoweth not what he hath in his own house3 #ci3i4 ,neither is there any thing which is not in my power1 or that he hath not delivered to me1 but thee1 who art his wife2 how then can ,i do this wicked thing1 and sin against my ,god8 #ci3aj4 ,with such words as these day by day1 both the woman was importunate with the young man1 and he refused the adultery4 #ci3aa4 ,now it happened on a certain day1 that ,joseph went into the house1 and was doing some business1 without any man with him3 #ci3ab4 ,and she catching the skirt of his garment1 said3 ,lie with me4 ,but he leaving the garment in her hand1 fled1 and went out4 #ci3ac4 ,and when the woman saw the garment in her hands1 and herself disregarded1 #ci3ad4 ,she called to her the men of her house1 and said to them3 ,see1 he hath brought in a ,hebrew1 to abuse us3 he came in to me1 to lie with me2 and when ,i cried out1 #ci3ae4 ,and he heard my voice1 he left the garment that ,i held1 and got him out4 #ci3af4 ,for a proof therefore of her fidelity1 she kept the garment1 and shewed it to her husband when he returned home3 ,a proof of her fidelity444 or an argument to gain credit1 argumentum fidei4 #ci3ag4 ,and said3 ,the ,hebrew servant1 whom thou hast brought1 came to me to abuse me4 #ci3ah4 ,and when he heard me cry1 he left the garment which ,i held1 and fled out4 #ci3ai4 ,his master hearing these things1 and giving too much credit to his wife's words1 was very angry1 #ci3bj4 ,and cast ,joseph into the prison1 where the king's prisoners were kept1 and he was there shut up4 #ci3ba4 ,but the ,lord was with ,joseph1 and having mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison3 #ci3bb4 ,who delivered into his hand all the prisoners that were kept in custody3 and whatsoever was done1 was under him4 #ci3bc4 ,neither did he himself know any thing1 having committed all things to him3 for the ,lord was with him1 and made all that he did to prosper4 ,genesis ,chapter #dj ,joseph interpreteth the dreams of two of ,pharao's servants in prison3 the event declareth the interpretations to be true1 but ,joseph is forgotten4 #dj3a4 ,after this1 it came to pass1 that two eunuchs1 the butler and the baker of the king of ,egypt1 offended their lord4 #dj3b4 ,and ,pharao being angry with them1 7now the one was chief butler1 the other chief baker17 #dj3c4 ,he sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers1 in which ,joseph also was prisoner4 #dj3d4 ,but the keeper of the prison delivered them to ,joseph1 and he served them4 ,some little time passed1 and they were kept in custody4 #dj3e4 ,and they both dreamed a dream the same night1 according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves3 #dj3f4 ,and when ,joseph was come into them in the morning1 and saw them sad1 #dj3g4 ,he asked them1 saying3 ,why is your countenance sadder today than usual8 #dj3h4 ,they answered3 ,we have dreamed a dream1 and there is nobody to interpret it to us4 ,and ,joseph said to them3 ,doth not interpretation belong to ,god8 ,tell me what you have dreamed3 ,doth not interpretation belong to ,god8444 ,when dreams are from ,god1 as these were1 the interpretation of them is a gift of ,god4 ,but the generality of dreams are not of this sort2 but either proceed from the natural complexions and dispositions of persons1 or the roving of their imaginations in the day on such objects as they are much affected with1 or from their mind being disturbed with cares and troubles1 and oppressed with bodily infirmities3 or they are suggested by evil spirits1 to flatter1 or to terrify weak minds1 in order to gain belief1 and so draw them into error or superstition2 or at least to trouble them in their sleep1 whom they cannot move when they are awake3 so that the general rule1 with regard to dreams1 is not to observe them1 nor to give any credit to them4 #dj3i4 ,the chief butler first told his dream3 ,i saw before me a vine1 #dj3aj4 ,on which were three branches1 which by little and little sent out buds1 and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes3 #dj3aa4 ,and the cup of ,pharao was in my hand3 and ,i took the grapes1 and pressed them into the cup which ,i held1 and ,i gave the cup to ,pharao4 #dj3ab4 ,joseph answered3 ,this is the interpretation of the dream3 ,the three branches1 are yet three days3 #dj3ac4 ,after which ,pharao will remember thy service1 and will restore thee to thy former place3 and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office1 as before thou was wont to do4 #dj3ad4 ,only remember me when it shall be well with thee1 and do me this kindness3 to put ,pharao in mind to take me out of this prison3 #dj3ae4 ,for ,i was stolen away out of the land of the ,hebrews1 and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon4 #dj3af4 ,the chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream1 said3 ,i also dreamed a dream1 ,that ,i had three baskets of meal upon my head3 #dj3ag4 ,and that in one basket which was uppermost1 ,i carried all meats that are made by the art of baking1 and that the birds ate out of it4 #dj3ah4 ,joseph answered3 ,this is the interpretation of the dream3 ,the three baskets1 are yet three days3 #dj3ai4 ,after which ,pharao will take thy head from thee1 and hang thee on a cross1 and the birds shall tear thy flesh4 #dj3bj4 ,the third day after this was the birthday of ,pharao3 and he made a great feast for his servants1 and at the banquet remembered the chief butler1 and the chief baker4 #dj3ba4 ,and he restored the one to his place1 to present him the cup3 #dj3bb4 ,the other he hanged on a gibbet1 that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn4 #dj3bc4 ,but the chief butler1 when things prospered with him1 forgot his interpreter4 ,genesis ,chapter #da ,joseph interpreteth the two dreams of ,pharao3 he is made ruler over all ,egypt4 #da3a4 ,after two years ,pharao had a dream4 ,he thought he stood by the river1 #da3b4 ,out of which came up seven kine1 very beautiful and fat3 and they fed in marshy places4 #da3c4 ,other seven also came up out of the river1 ill favoured1 and lean fleshed3 and they fed on the very bank of the river1 in green places3 #da3d4 ,and they devoured them1 whose bodies were very beautiful and well conditioned4 ,so ,pharao awoke4 #da3e4 ,he slept again1 and dreamed another dream3 ,seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair3 #da3f4 ,then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted1 #da3g4 ,and devoured all the beauty of the former4 ,pharao awaked after his rest3 #da3h4 ,and when morning was come1 being struck with fear1 he sent to all the interpreters of ,egypt1 and to all the wise men3 and they being called for1 he told them his dream1 and there was not any one that could interpret it4 #da3i4 ,then at length the chief butler remembering1 said3 ,i confess my sin3 #da3aj4 ,the king being angry with his servants1 commanded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of the captain of the soldiers4 #da3aa4 ,where in one night both of us dreamed a dream forboding things to come4 #da3ab4 ,there was there a young man a ,hebrew1 servant to the same captain of the soldiers3 to whom we told our dreams1 #da3ac4 ,and we heard what afterwards the event of the thing proved to be so4 ,for ,i was restored to my office3 and he was hanged upon a gibbet4 #da3ad4 ,forthwith at the king's command ,joseph was brought out of the prison1 and they shaved him3 and changing his apparel brought him in to him4 #da3ae4 ,and he said to him3 ,i have dreamed dreams1 and there is no one that can expound them3 ,now ,i have heard that thou art very wise at interpreting them3 #da3af4 ,joseph answered3 ,without me1 ,god shall give ,pharao a prosperous answer4 #da3ag4 ,so ,pharao told what he had dreamed3 ,methought ,i stood upon the bank of the river1 #da3ah4 ,and seven kine came up out of the river1 exceeding beautiful and full of flesh3 and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture4 #da3ai4 ,and behold1 there followed these1 other seven kine1 so very ill favoured and lean1 that ,i never saw the like in the land of ,egypt3 #da3bj4 ,and they devoured and consumed the former1 #da3ba4 ,and yet gave no mark of their being full3 but were as lean and ill favoured as before4 ,i awoke1 and then fell asleep again1 #da3bb4 ,and dreamed a dream3 ,seven ears of corn grew up upon one stalk1 full and very fair4 #da3bc4 ,other seven also thin and blasted1 sprung of the stalk3 #da3bd4 ,and they devoured the beauty of the former3 ,i told this dream to the conjecturers1 and there is no man that can expound it4 #da3be4 ,joseph answered3 ,the king's dream is one3 ,god hath shewn to ,pharao what he is about to do4 #da3bf4 ,the seven beautiful kine1 and the seven full ears1 are seven years of plenty3 and both contain the same meaning of the dream4 #da3bg4 ,and the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them1 and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind1 are seven years of famine to come3 #da3bh4 ,which shall be fulfilled in this order4 #da3bi4 ,behold1 there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of ,egypt3 #da3cj4 ,after which shall follow other seven years of so great scarcity1 that all the abundance before shall be forgotten3 for the famine shall consume all the land1 #da3ca4 ,and the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty4 #da3cb4 ,and for that thou didst see the second time a dream pertaining to the same thing3 it is a token of the certainty1 and that the word of ,god cometh to pass1 and is fulfilled speedily4 #da3cc4 ,now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man1 and make him ruler over the land of ,egypt3 #da3cd4 ,that he may appoint overseers over all the countries3 and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits1 during the seven fruitful years1 #da3ce4 ,that shall now presently ensue3 and let all the corn be laid up1 under ,pharao's hands1 and be reserved in the cities4 #da3cf4 ,and let it be in readiness1 against the famine of seven years to come1 which shall oppress ,egypt1 and the land shall not be consumed with scarcity4 #da3cg4 ,the counsel pleased ,pharao1 and all his servants4 #da3ch4 ,and he said to them3 ,can we find such another man1 that is full of the spirit of ,god8 #da3ci4 ,he said therefore to ,joseph3 ,seeing ,god hath shewn thee all that thou hast said1 can ,i find one wiser and one like unto thee8 #da3dj4 ,thou shalt be over my house1 and at the commandment of thy mouth all the people shall obey3 only in the kingly throne will ,i be above thee4 #da3da4 ,and again ,pharao said to ,joseph3 ,behold1 ,i have appointed thee over the whole land of ,egypt4 #da3db4 ,and he took his ring from his own hand1 and gave it into his hand3 and he put upon him a robe of silk1 and put a chain of gold about his neck4 #da3dc4 ,and he made him go up into his second chariot1 the crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him1 and that they should know he was made governor over the whole land of ,egypt4 #da3dd4 ,and the king said to ,joseph3 ,i am ,pharao3 without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of ,egypt4 #da3de4 ,and he turned his name1 and called him in the ,egyptian tongue the saviour of the world4 ,and he gave him to wife ,aseneth1 the daughter of ,putiphare1 priest of ,heliopolis4 ,then ,joseph went out to the land of ,egypt4 ,the saviour of the world444 ,zaphnah paaneah4 #da3df4 7,now he was thirty years old when he stood before king ,pharao71 and he went round all the countries of ,egypt4 #da3dg4 ,and the fruitfulness of the seven years came3 and the corn being bound up into sheaves1 was gathered together into the barns of ,egypt4 #da3dh4 ,and all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city4 #da3di4 ,and there was so great abundance of wheat1 that it was equal to the sand of the sea1 and the plenty exceeded measure4 #da3ej4 ,and before the famine came1 ,joseph had two sons born3 whom ,aseneth1 the daughter of ,putiphare1 priest of ,heliopolis1 bore unto him4 #da3ea4 ,and he called the name of the firstborn ,manasses1 saying3 ,god hath made me to forget all my labours1 and my father's house4 ,manasses444 ,that is1 oblivion1 or forgetting4 #da3eb4 ,and he named the second ,ephraim1 saying3 ,god hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty4 ,ephraim444 ,that is1 fruitful1 or growing4 #da3ec4 ,now when the seven years of plenty that had been in ,egypt were passed3 #da3ed4 ,the seven years of scarcity1 which ,joseph had foretold1 began to come3 and the famine prevailed in the whole world1 but there was bread in all the land of ,egypt4 #da3ee4 ,and when there also they began to be famished1 the people cried to ,pharao1 for food4 ,and he said to them3 ,go to ,joseph3 and do all that he shall say to you4 #da3ef4 ,and the famine increased daily in all the land3 and ,joseph opened all the barns1 and sold to the ,egyptians3 for the famine had oppressed them also4 #da3eg4 ,and all provinces came into ,egypt1 to buy food1 and to seek some relief of their want4 ,genesis ,chapter #db ,jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in ,egypt4 ,their treatment by ,joseph4 #db3a4 ,and ,jacob hearing that food was sold in ,egypt1 said to his sons3 ,why are ye careless8 #db3b4 ,i have heard that wheat is sold in ,egypt3 ,go ye down1 and buy us necessaries1 that we may live1 and not be consumed with want4 #db3c4 ,so the ten brethren of ,joseph went down1 to buy corn in ,egypt3 #db3d4 ,whilst ,benjamin was kept at home by ,jacob1 who said to his brethren3 ,lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey4 #db3e4 ,and they entered into the land of ,egypt with others that went to buy4 ,for the famine was in the land of ,chanaan4 #db3f4 ,and ,joseph was governor in the land of ,egypt1 and corn was sold by his direction to the people4 ,and when his brethren had bowed down to him1 #db3g4 ,and he knew them1 he spoke as it were to strangers1 somewhat roughly1 asking them3 ,whence came you8 ,they answered3 ,from the land of ,chanaan1 to buy necessaries of life4 #db3h4 ,and though he knew his brethren1 he was not known by them4 #db3i4 ,and remembering the dreams1 which formerly he had dreamed1 he said to them3 ,you are spies4 ,you are come to view the weaker parts of the land4 ,you are spies444 ,this he said by way of examining them1 to see what they would answer4 #db3aj4 ,but they said3 ,it is not so1 my lord2 but thy servants are come to buy food4 #db3aa4 ,we are all the sons of one man3 we are come as peaceable men1 neither do thy servants go about any evil4 #db3ab4 ,and he answered them3 ,it is otherwise3 you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land4 #db3ac4 ,but they said3 ,we thy servants are twelve brethren1 the sons of one man in the land of ,chanaan3 the youngest is with our father1 the other is not living4 #db3ad4 ,he saith1 ,this is it that ,i said3 ,you are spies4 #db3ae4 ,i shall now presently try what you are3 by the health of ,pharao1 you shall not depart hence1 until your youngest brother come4 #db3af4 ,send one of you to fetch him3 and you shall be in prison1 till what you have said be proved1 whether it be true or false3 or else by the health of ,pharao you are spies4 ,or else by the health of ,pharao you are spies444 ,that is1 if these things you say be proved false1 you are to be held for spies for your lying1 and shall be treated as such4 ,joseph dealt in this manner with his brethren1 to bring them by the means of affliction to a sense of their former sin1 and a sincere repentance for it4 #db3ag4 ,so he put them in prison three days4 #db3ah4 ,and the third day he brought them out of prison1 and said3 ,do as ,i have said1 and you shall live3 for ,i fear ,god4 #db3ai4 ,if you be peaceable men1 let one of your brethren be bound in prison3 and go ye your ways1 and carry the corn that you have bought1 unto your houses4 #db3bj4 ,and bring your youngest brother to me1 that ,i may find your words to be true1 and you may not die4 ,they did as he had said4 #db3ba4 ,and they talked one to another3 ,we deserve to suffer these things1 because we have sinned against our brother1 seeing the anguish of his soul1 when he besought us1 and we would not hear3 therefore is this affliction come upon us4 #db3bb4 ,and ,ruben1 one of them1 said3 ,did not ,i say to you3 ,do not sin against the boy2 and you would not hear me8 ,behold his blood is required4 #db3bc4 ,and they knew not that ,joseph understood1 because he spoke to them by an interpreter4 #db3bd4 ,and he turned himself away a little while1 and wept3 and returning1 he spoke to them4 #db3be4 ,and taking ,simeon1 and binding him in their presence1 he commanded his servants to fill their sacks with wheat1 and to put every man's money again in their sacks1 and to give them besides provisions for the way3 and they did so4 #db3bf4 ,but they having loaded their asses with the corn went their way4 #db3bg4 ,and one of them opening his sack1 to give his beast provender in the inn1 saw the money in the sack's mouth1 #db3bh4 ,and said to his brethren3 ,my money is given me again2 behold it is in the sack4 ,and they were astonished1 and troubled1 and said to one another3 ,what is this that ,god hath done unto us8 #db3bi4 ,and they came to ,jacob their father in the land of ,chanaan1 and they told him all things that had befallen them1 saying3 #db3cj4 ,the lord of the land spoke roughly to us1 and took us to be spies of the country4 #db3ca4 ,and we answered him3 ,we are peaceable men1 and we mean no plot4 #db3cb4 ,we are twelve brethren born of one father3 one is not living1 the youngest is with our father in the land of ,chanaan4 #db3cc4 ,and he said to us3 ,hereby shall ,i know that you are peaceable men3 ,leave one of your brethren with me1 and take ye necessary provision for your houses1 and go your ways1 #db3cd4 ,and bring your youngest brother to me1 that ,i may know you are not spies3 and you may receive this man again1 that is kept in prison3 and afterwards may have leave to buy what you will4 #db3ce4 ,when they had told this1 they poured out their corn1 and every man found his money tied in the mouth of his sack3 and all being astonished together1 #db3cf4 ,their father ,jacob said3 ,you have made me to be without children3 ,joseph is not living1 ,simeon is kept in bonds1 and ,benjamin you will take away3 all these evils are fallen upon me4 #db3cg4 ,and ,ruben answered him3 ,kill my two sons1 if ,i bring him not again to thee3 deliver him into my hand1 and ,i will restore him to thee4 #db3ch4 ,but he said3 ,my son shall not go down with you3 his brother is dead1 and he is left alone3 if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go1 you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to hell4 ,to hell444 ,that is1 to that place1 where the souls then remained1 as above1 chapter #cg4 ver4 #ce4 ,genesis ,chapter #dc ,the sons of ,jacob go again into ,egypt with ,benjamin4 ,they are entertained by ,joseph4 #dc3a4 ,in the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land4 #dc3b4 ,and when they had eaten up all the corn1 which they had brought out of ,egypt1 ,jacob said to his sons3 ,go again1 and buy us a little food4 #dc3c4 ,juda answered3 ,the man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath1 saying3 ,you shall not see my face1 unless you bring your youngest brother with you4 #dc3d4 ,if therefore thou wilt send him with us1 we will set out together1 and will buy necessaries for thee4 #dc3e4 ,but if thou wilt not1 we will not go3 for the man1 as we have often said1 declared unto us1 saying3 ,you shall not see my face without your youngest brother4 #dc3f4 ,israel said to them3 ,you have done this for my misery1 in that you told him you had also another brother4 #dc3g4 ,but they answered3 ,the man asked us in order concerning our kindred3 if our father lived3 if we had a brother3 and we answered him regularly1 according to what he demanded3 could we know that he would say3 ,bring hither your brother with you8 #dc3h4 ,and ,juda said to his father3 ,send the boy with me1 that we may set forward1 and may live3 lest both we and our children perish4 #dc3i4 ,i take the boy upon me1 require him at my hand3 unless ,i bring him again1 and restore him to thee1 ,i will be guilty of sin against thee for ever4 #dc3aj4 ,if delay had not been made1 we had been here again the second time4 #dc3aa4 ,then ,israel said to them3 ,if it must needs be so1 do what you will3 take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels1 and carry down presents to the man1 a little balm1 and honey1 and storax1 myrrh1 turpentine1 and almonds4 ,balm444 ,literally rosin1 resinae2 but here by that name is meant balm4 #dc3ab4 ,and take with you double money1 and carry back what you found in your sacks1 lest perhaps it was done by mistake4 #dc3ac4 ,and take also your brother1 and go to the man4 #dc3ad4 ,and may my almighty ,god make him favourable to you3 and send back with you your brother1 whom he keepeth1 and this ,benjamin3 and as for me ,i shall be desolate without children4 #dc3ae4 ,so the men took the presents1 and double money1 and ,benjamin3 and went down into ,egypt1 and stood before ,joseph4 #dc3af4 ,and when he had seen them1 and ,benjamin with them1 he commanded the steward of his house1 saying3 ,bring in the men into the house1 and kill victims1 and prepare a feast3 because they shall eat with me at noon4 #dc3ag4 ,he did as he was commanded1 and brought the men into the house4 #dc3ah4 ,and they being much afraid1 said there one to another3 ,because of the money1 which we carried back the first time in our sacks1 we are brought in3 that he may bring upon us a false accusation1 and by violence make slaves of us and our asses4 #dc3ai4 ,wherefore1 going up to the steward of the house1 at the door1 #dc3bj4 ,they said3 ,sir1 we desire thee to hear us4 ,we came down once before to buy food3 #dc3ba4 ,and when we had bought1 and were come to the inn1 we opened our sacks1 and found our money in the mouths of the sacks3 which we have now brought again in the same weight4 #dc3bb4 ,and we have brought other money besides1 to buy what we want3 we cannot tell who put it in our bags4 #dc3bc4 ,but he answered3 ,peace be with you1 fear not3 your ,god1 and the ,god of your father1 hath given you treasure in your sacks4 ,for the money1 which you gave me1 ,i have for good4 ,and he brought ,simeon out to them4 #dc3bd4 ,and having brought them into the house1 he fetched water1 and they washed their feet1 and he gave provender to their asses4 #dc3be4 ,but they made ready the presents1 against ,joseph came at noon3 for they had heard that they should eat bread there4 #dc3bf4 ,then ,joseph came in to his house1 and they offered him the presents1 holding them in their hands2 and they bowed down with their face to the ground4 #dc3bg4 ,but he courteously saluting them again1 asked them1 saying3 ,is the old man your father in health1 of whom you told me8 ,is he yet living8 #dc3bh4 ,and they answered3 ,thy servant our father1 is in health2 he is yet living4 ,and bowing themselves1 they made obeisance to him4 #dc3bi4 ,and ,joseph lifting up his eyes1 saw ,benjamin1 his brother by the same mother1 and said3 ,is this your young brother1 of whom you told me8 ,and he said3 ,god be gracious to thee1 my son4 #dc3cj4 ,and he made haste1 because his heart was moved upon his brother1 and tears gushed out3 and going into his chamber1 he wept4 #dc3ca4 ,and when he had washed his face1 coming out again1 he refrained himself1 and said3 ,set bread on the table4 #dc3cb4 ,and when it was set on1 for ,joseph apart1 and for his brethren apart1 for the ,egyptians also that ate with him apart1 7for it is unlawful for the ,egyptians to eat with the ,hebrews1 and they think such a feast profane73 #dc3cc4 ,they sat before him1 the firstborn according to his birthright1 and the youngest according to his age4 ,and they wondered very much2 #dc3cd4 ,taking the messes which they received of him3 and the greater mess came to ,benjamin1 so that it exceeded by five parts4 ,and they drank1 and were merry with him4 ,genesis ,chapter #dd ,joseph's contrivance to stop his brethren4 ,the humble supplication of ,juda4 #dd3a4 ,and ,joseph commanded the steward of his house1 saying3 ,fill their sacks with corn1 as much as they can hold3 and put the money of every one in the top of his sack4 #dd3b4 ,and in the mouth of the younger's sack put my silver cup1 and the price which he gave for the wheat4 ,and it was so done4 #dd3c4 ,and when the morning arose1 they were sent away with their asses4 #dd3d4 ,and when they were now departed out of the city1 and had gone forward a little way3 ,joseph sending for the steward of his house1 said3 ,arise1 and pursue after the men3 and when thou hast overtaken them1 say to them3 ,why have you returned evil for good8 #dd3e4 ,the cup which you have stolen1 is that in which my lord drinketh1 and in which he is wont to divine3 you have done a very evil thing4 #dd3f4 ,he did as he had commanded him4 ,and having overtaken them1 he spoke to them the same words4 #dd3g4 ,and they answered3 ,why doth our lord speak so1 as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact8 #dd3h4 ,the money1 that we found in the top of our sacks1 we brought back to thee from the land of ,chanaan3 how then should it be that we should steal out of thy lord's house1 gold or silver8 #dd3i4 ,with whomsoever of thy servants shall be found that which thou seekest1 let him die1 and we will be the bondmen of my lord4 #dd3aj4 ,and he said to them3 ,let it be according to your sentence3 with whomsoever it shall be found1 let him be my servant1 and you shall be blameless4 #dd3aa4 ,then they speedily took down their sacks to the ground1 and every man opened his sack4 #dd3ab4 ,which when he had searched1 beginning at the eldest1 and ending at the youngest1 he found the cup in ,benjamin's sack4 #dd3ac4 ,then they rent their garments1 and loading their asses again1 returned into the town4 #dd3ad4 ,and ,juda at the head of his brethren went in to ,joseph 7for he was not yet gone out of the place7 and they all together fell down before him on the ground4 #dd3ae4 ,and he said to them3 ,why would you do so8 know you not that there is no one like me in the science of divining4 ,the science of divining444 ,he speaks of himself according to what he was esteemed in that kingdom4 ,and indeed1 he being truly a prophet1 knew more without comparison than any of the ,egyptian sorcerers4 #dd3af4 ,and ,juda said to him3 ,what shall we answer my lord8 or what shall we say1 or be able justly to allege8 ,god hath found out the iniquity of thy servants3 behold1 we are all bondmen to my lord1 both we1 and he with whom the cup was found4 #dd3ag4 ,joseph answered3 ,god forbid that ,i should do so3 he that stole the cup1 he shall be my bondman3 and go you away free to your father4 #dd3ah4 ,then ,juda coming nearer1 said boldly3 ,i beseech thee1 my lord1 let thy servant speak a word in thy ears1 and be not angry with thy servant3 for after ,pharao thou art4 #dd3ai4 ,my lord4 ,thou didst ask thy servants the first time3 ,have you a father or a brother4 #dd3bj4 ,and we answered thee1 my lord3 ,we have a father an old man1 and a young boy1 that was born in his old age2 whose brother by the mother is dead2 and he alone is left of his mother1 and his father loveth him tenderly4 #dd3ba4 ,and thou saidst to thy servants3 ,bring him hither to me1 and ,i will set my eyes on him4 #dd3bb4 ,we suggested to my lord3 ,the boy cannot leave his father3 for if he leave him1 he will die4 #dd3bc4 ,and thou saidst to thy servants3 ,except your youngest brother come with you1 you shall see my face no more4 #dd3bd4 ,therefore when we were gone up to thy servant our father1 we told him all that my lord had said4 #dd3be4 ,and our father said3 ,go again1 and buy us a little wheat4 #dd3bf4 ,and we said to him3 ,we cannot go3 if our youngest brother go down with us1 we will set out together3 otherwise1 without him we dare not see the man's face4 #dd3bg4 ,whereunto he answered3 ,you know that my wife bore me two4 #dd3bh4 ,one went out1 and you said3 ,a beast devoured him2 and hitherto he appeareth not4 #dd3bi4 ,if you take this also1 and any thing befall him in the way1 you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hell4 #dd3cj4 ,therefore1 if ,i shall go to thy servant1 our father1 and the boy be wanting1 7whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him17 #dd3ca4 ,and he shall see that he is not with us1 he will die1 and thy servants shall bring down his grey hairs with sorrow unto hell4 ,his gray hairs444 ,that is1 his person1 now far advanced in years4-,with sorrow unto hell444 ,the ,hebrew word for hell is here sheol1 the ,greek hades3 it is not taken for the hell of the damned2 but for that place of souls below where the servants of ,god were kept before the coming of ,christ4 ,which place1 both in the ,scripture and in the creed1 is named hell4 #dd3cb4 ,let me be thy proper servant1 who took him into my trust1 and promised1 saying3 ,if ,i bring him not again1 ,i will be guilty of sin against my father for ever4 #dd3cc4 ,therefore ,i1 thy servant1 will stay instead of the boy in the service of my lord1 and let the boy go up with his brethren4 #dd3cd4 ,for ,i cannot return to my father without the boy1 lest ,i be a witness of the calamity that will oppress my father4 ,genesis ,chapter #de ,joseph maketh himself known to his brethren3 and sendeth for his father4 #de3a4 ,joseph could no longer refrain himself before many that stood by3 whereupon he commanded that all should go out1 and no stranger be present at their knowing one another4 #de3b4 ,and he lifted up his voice with weeping1 which the ,egyptians1 and all the house of ,pharao heard4 #de3c4 ,and he said to his brethren3 ,i am ,joseph3 ,is my father yet living8 ,his brethren could not answer him1 being struck with exceeding great fear4 #de3d4 ,and he said mildly to them3 ,come nearer to me4 ,and when they were come near him1 he said3 ,i am ,joseph1 your brother1 whom you sold into ,egypt4 #de3e4 ,be not afraid1 and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries3 for ,god sent me before you into ,egypt for your preservation4 #de3f4 ,for it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land1 and five years more remain1 wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping4 #de3g4 ,and ,god sent me before1 that you may be preserved upon the earth1 and may have food to live4 #de3h4 ,not by your counsel was ,i sent hither1 but by the will of ,god3 who hath made me as it were a father to ,pharao1 and lord of his whole house1 and governor in all the land of ,egypt4 #de3i4 ,make haste1 and go ye up to my father1 and say to him3 ,thus saith thy son ,joseph3 ,god hath made me lord of the whole land of ,egypt2 come down to me1 linger not4 #de3aj4 ,and thou shalt dwell in the land of ,gessen3 and thou shalt be near me1 thou and thy sons1 and thy sons' sons1 thy sheep1 and thy herds1 and all things that thou hast4 #de3aa4 ,and there ,i will feed thee1 7for there are yet five years of famine remaining7 lest both thou perish1 and thy house1 and all things that thou hast4 #de3ab4 ,behold1 your eyes1 and the eyes of my brother ,benjamin1 see that it is my mouth that speaketh to you4 #de3ac4 ,you shall tell my father of all my glory1 and all things that you have seen in ,egypt3 make haste and bring him to me4 #de3ad4 ,and falling upon the neck of his brother ,benjamin1 he embraced him and wept3 and ,benjamin in like manner wept also on his neck4 #de3ae4 ,and ,joseph kissed all his brethren1 and wept upon every one of them3 after which they were emboldened to speak to him4 #de3af4 ,and it was heard1 and the fame was spread abroad in the king's court3 ,the brethren of ,joseph are come2 and ,pharao with all his family was glad4 #de3ag4 ,and he spoke to ,joseph that he should give orders to his brethren1 saying3 ,load your beasts1 and go into the land of ,chanaan1 #de3ah4 ,and bring away from thence your father and kindred1 and come to me2 and ,i will give you all the good things of ,egypt1 that you may eat the marrow of the land4 #de3ai4 ,give orders also that they take wagons out of the land of ,egypt1 for the carriage of their children and their wives2 and say3 ,take up your father1 and make haste to come with all speed3 #de3bj4 ,and leave nothing of your household stuff2 for all the riches of ,egypt shall be yours4 #de3ba4 ,and the sons of ,israel did as they were bid4 ,and ,joseph gave them wagons according to ,pharao's commandment3 and provisions for the way4 #de3bb4 ,he ordered also to be brought out for every one of them two robes3 but to ,benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver1 with five robes of the best3 #de3bc4 ,sending to his father as much money and raiment2 adding besides1 ten he asses1 to carry off all the riches of ,egypt1 and as many she asses1 carrying wheat and bread for the journey4 #de3bd4 ,so he sent away his brethren1 and at their departing said to them3 ,be not angry in the way4 #de3be4 ,and they went up out of ,egypt1 and came into the land of ,chanaan1 to their father ,jacob4 #de3bf4 ,and they told him1 saying3 ,joseph1 thy son1 is living2 and he is ruler in all the land of ,egypt4 ,which when ,jacob heard1 he awaked as it were out of a deep sleep1 yet did not believe them4 #de3bg4 ,they1 on the other side1 told the whole order of the thing4 ,and when he saw the wagons1 and all that he had sent1 his spirit revived1 #de3bh4 ,and he said3 ,it is enough for me if ,joseph1 my son1 be yet living3 ,i will go and see him before ,i die4 ,genesis ,chapter #df ,israel1 waranted by a vision from ,god1 goeth down into ,egypt with all his family4 #df3a4 ,and ,israel taking his journey1 with all that he had1 came to the well of the oath1 and killing victims there to the ,god of his father ,isaac1 ,the well of the oath444 ,bersabee4 #df3b4 ,he heard him1 by a vision in the night1 calling him1 and saying to him3 ,jacob1 ,jacob4 ,and he answered him3 ,lo1 here ,i am4 #df3c4 ,god said to him3 ,i am the most mighty ,god of thy father2 fear not1 go down into ,egypt1 for ,i will make a great nation of thee there4 #df3d4 ,i will go down with thee thither1 and will bring thee back again from thence3 ,joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes4 #df3e4 ,and ,jacob rose up from the well of the oath3 and his sons took him up1 with their children and wives in the wagons1 which ,pharao had sent to carry the old man1 #df3f4 ,and all that he had in the land of ,chanaan3 and he came into ,egypt with all his seed2 #df3g4 ,his sons1 and grandsons1 daughters1 and all his offspring together4 #df3h4 ,and these are the names of the children of ,israel1 that entered into ,egypt1 he and his children4 ,his firstborn ,ruben1 #df3i4 ,the sons of ,ruben3 ,henoch and ,phallu1 and ,hesron and ,charmi4 #df3aj4 ,the sons of ,simeon3 ,jamuel and ,jamin and ,ahod1 and ,jachin and ,sohar1 and ,saul1 the son of a woman of ,chanaan4 #df3aa4 ,the sons of ,levi3 ,gerson and ,caath1 and ,merari4 #df3ab4 ,the sons of ,juda3 ,her and ,onan1 and ,sela1 and ,phares and ,zara4 ,and ,her and ,onan died in the land of ,chanaan4 ,and sons were born to ,phares3 ,hesron and ,hamul4 #df3ac4 ,the sons of ,issachar3 ,thola and ,phua1 and ,job and ,semron4 #df3ad4 ,the sons of ,zabulon3 ,sared1 and ,elon1 and ,jahelel4 #df3ae4 ,these are the sons of ,lia1 whom she bore in ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 with ,dina1 his daughter4 ,all the souls of her sons and daughters1 thirty-three4 #df3af4 ,the sons of ,gad3 ,sephion and ,haggi1 and ,suni and ,esebon1 and ,heri and ,arodi1 and ,areli4 #df3ag4 ,the sons of ,aser3 ,jamne and ,jesua1 and ,jessuri and ,beria1 and ,sara their sister4 ,the sons of ,beria3 ,heber and ,melchiel4 #df3ah4 ,these are the sons of ,zelpha1 whom ,laban gave to ,lia1 his daughter4 ,and these she bore to ,jacob1 sixteen souls4 #df3ai4 ,the sons of ,rachel1 ,jacob's wife3 ,joseph and ,benjamin4 #df3bj4 ,and sons were born to ,joseph1 in the land of ,egypt1 whom ,aseneth1 the daughter of ,putiphare1 priest of ,heliopolis1 bore him3 ,manasses and ,ephraim4 #df3ba4 ,the sons of ,benjamin3 ,bela and ,bechor1 and ,asbel and ,gera1 and ,naaman and ,echi1 and ,ross and ,mophim1 and ,ophim and ,ared4 #df3bb4 ,these are the sons of ,rachel1 whom she bore to ,jacob3 all the souls1 fourteen4 #df3bc4 ,the sons of ,dan3 ,husim4 #df3bd4 ,the sons of ,nephthali3 ,jaziel and ,guni1 and ,jeser and ,sallem4 #df3be4 ,these are the sons of ,bala1 whom ,laban gave to ,rachel1 his daughter3 and these she bore to ,jacob3 all the souls1 seven4 #df3bf4 ,all the souls that went with ,jacob into ,egypt1 and that came out of his thigh1 besides his sons' wives1 sixty-six4 #df3bg4 ,and the sons of ,joseph1 that were born to him in the land of ,egypt1 two souls4 ,all the souls of the house of ,jacob1 that entered into ,egypt1 were seventy4 #df3bh4 ,and he sent ,juda before him to ,joseph1 to tell him2 and that he should meet him in ,gessen4 #df3bi4 ,and when he was come thither1 ,joseph made ready his chariot1 and went up to meet his father in the same place3 and seeing him1 he fell upon his neck1 and embracing him1 wept4 #df3cj4 ,and the father said to ,joseph3 ,now shall ,i die with joy1 becuase ,i have seen thy face1 and leave thee alive4 #df3ca4 ,and ,joseph said to his brethren1 and to all his father's house3 ,i will go up1 and will tell ,pharao1 and will say to him3 ,my brethren1 and my father's house1 that were in the land of ,chanaan1 are come to me3 #df3cb4 ,and the men are shepherds1 and their occupation is to feed cattle2 their flocks1 and herds1 and all they have1 they have brought with them4 #df3cc4 ,and when he shall call you1 and shall say3 ,what is your occupation8 #df3cd4 ,you shall answer3 ,we1 thy servants1 are shepherds1 from our infancy until now1 both we and our fathers4 ,and this you shall say1 that you may dwell in the land of ,gessen1 because the ,egyptians have all shepherds in abomination4 ,genesis ,chapter #dg ,jacob and his sons are presented before ,pharao3 he giveth them the land of ,gessen4 ,the famine forceth the ,egyptians to sell all their possessions to the king4 #dg3a4 ,then ,joseph went in and told ,pharao1 saying3 ,my father and brethren1 their sheep and their herds1 and all that they possess1 are come out of the land of ,chanaan3 and behold they stay in the land of ,gessen4 #dg3b4 ,five men also1 the last of his brethren1 he presented before the king3 ,the last444,extremos4 ,some interpret this word of the chiefest1 and most rightly3 but ,joseph seems rather to have chosen out such as had the meanest appearance1 that ,pharao might not think of employing them at court1 with danger of their morals and religion4 #dg3c4 ,and he asked them3 ,what is your occupation8 ,they answered3 ,we1 thy servants1 are shepherds1 both we and our fathers4 #dg3d4 ,we are come to sojourn in thy land1 because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants1 the famine being very grievous in the land of ,chanaan3 and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of ,gessen4 #dg3e4 ,the king therefore said to ,joseph3 ,thy father and thy brethren are come to thee4 #dg3f4 ,the land of ,egypt is before thee3 and make them dwell in the best place1 and give them the land of ,gessen4 ,and if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them1 make them rulers over my cattle4 #dg3g4 ,after this ,joseph brought in his father to the king1 and presented him before him3 and he blessed him4 #dg3h4 ,and being asked by him3 ,how many are the days of the years of thy life8 #dg3i4 ,he answered3 ,the days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years1 few1 and evil1 and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers4 #dg3aj4 ,and blessing the king1 he went out4 #dg3aa4 ,but ,joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in ,egypt1 in the best place of the land1 in ,ramesses1 as ,pharao had commanded4 #dg3ab4 ,and he nourished them1 and all his father's house1 allowing food to every one4 #dg3ac4 ,for in the whole world there was want of bread1 and a famine had oppressed the land1 more especially of ,egypt and ,chanaan2 #dg3ad4 ,out of which he gathered up all the money for the corn which they bought1 and brought it in to the king's treasure4 #dg3ae4 ,and when the buyers wanted money1 all ,egypt came to ,joseph1 saying3 ,give us bread3 why should we die in thy presence1 having now no money8 #dg3af4 ,and he answered them3 ,bring me your cattle1 and for them ,i will give you food1 if you have no money4 #dg3ag4 ,and when they had brought them1 he gave them food in exchange for their horses1 and sheep1 and oxen1 and asses3 and he maintained them that year for the exchange of their cattle4 #dg3ah4 ,and they came the second year1 and said to him3 ,we will not hide from our lord1 how that our money is spent1 and our cattle also are gone3 neither art thou ignorant that we have nothing now left but our bodies and our lands4 #dg3ai4 ,why therefore shall we die before thy eyes8 we will be thine1 both we and our lands3 buy us to be the king's servants1 and give us seed1 lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness4 #dg3bj4 ,so ,joesph bought all the land of ,egypt1 every man selling his possessions1 because of the greatness of the famine4 ,and he brought it into ,pharao's hands3 #dg3ba4 ,and all its people from one end of the borders of ,egypt1 even to the other end thereof1 #dg3bb4 ,except the land of the priests1 which had been given them by the king3 to whom also a certain allowance of food was given out of the public stores1 and therefore they were not forced to sell their possessions4 #dg3bc4 ,then ,joseph said to the people3 ,behold1 as you see1 both you and your lands belong to ,pharao2 take seed and sow the fields1 #dg3bd4 ,that you may have corn4 ,the fifth part you shall give to the king2 the other four you shall have for seed1 and for food for your families and children4 #dg3be4 ,and they answered3 our life is in thy hand2 only let my lord look favourably upon us1 and we will gladly serve the king4 #dg3bf4 ,from that time unto this day1 in the whole land of ,egypt1 the fifth part is paid to the kings1 and it is become as a law1 except the land of the priests1 which was free from this covenant4 #dg3bg4 ,so ,israel dwelt in ,egypt1 that is1 in the land of ,gessen1 and possessed it2 and grew1 and was multiplied exceedingly4 #dg3bh4 ,and he lived in it seventeen years3 and all the days of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years4 #dg3bi4 ,and when he saw that the day of his death drew nigh1 he called his son ,joseph1 and said to him3 ,if ,i have found favour in thy sight1 put thy hand under my thigh2 and thou shalt shew me this kindness and truth1 not to bury me in ,egypt4 #dg3cj4 ,but ,i will sleep with my fathers1 and thou shalt take me away out of this land1 and bury me in the burying place of my ancestors4 ,and ,joseph answered him3 ,i will do what thou hast commanded4 #dg3ca4 ,and he said3 ,swear then to me4 ,and as he was swearing1 ,israel adored ,god1 turning to the bed's head4 ,to the bed's head444 ,st4 ,paul1 ,heb4 #aa4ba1 following the ,greek translation of the ,septuagint1 reads adored the top of his rod4 ,where note1 that the same word in the ,hebrew1 according to the different pointing of it1 signifies both a bed and a rod4 ,and to verify both these sentences1 we must understand that ,jacob leaning on ,joseph's rod adored1 turning towards the head of his bed3 which adoration1 inasmuch as it was referred to ,god1 was an absolute and sovereign worship3 but inasmuch as it was referred to the rod of ,joseph1 as a figure of the sceptre1 that is1 of the royal dignity of ,christ1 was only an inferior and relative honour4 ,genesis ,chapter #dh ,joseph visiteth his father in his sickness1 who adopteth his two sons ,manasses and ,ephraim1 and blesseth them1 preferring the younger before the elder4 #dh3a4 ,after these things1 it was told ,joseph that his father was sick2 and he set out to go to him1 taking his two sons ,manasses and ,ephraim4 #dh3b4 ,and it was told the old man3 ,behold thy son ,joseph cometh to thee4 ,and being strengthened1 he sat on his bed4 #dh3c4 ,and when ,joseph was come in to him1 he said3 ,god almighty apppeared to me at ,luza1 which is in the land of ,chanaan1 and he blessed me1 #dh3d4 ,and said3 ,i will cause thee to increase and multiply1 and ,i will make of thee a multitude of people3 and ,i will give this land to thee1 and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession4 #dh3e4 ,so thy two sons1 who were born to thee in the land of ,egypt before ,i came hither to thee1 shall be mine3 ,ephraim and ,manasses shall be reputed to me as ,ruben and ,simeon4 #dh3f4 ,but the rest whom thou shalt have after them1 shall be thine1 and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions4 #dh3g4 ,for1 when ,i came out of ,mesopotamia1 ,rachel died from me in the land of ,chanaan in the very journey1 and it was spring time3 and ,i was going to ,ephrata1 and ,i buried her near the way of ,ephrata1 which by another name is called ,bethlehem4 #dh3h4 ,then seeing his sons1 he said to him3 ,who are these8 #dh3i4 ,he answered3 ,they are my sons1 whom ,god hath given me in this place4 ,and he said3 ,bring them to me1 that ,i may bless them4 #dh3aj4 ,for ,israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great age1 and he could not see clearly4 ,and when they were brought to him1 he kissed and embraced them1 #dh3aa4 ,and said to his son3 ,i am not deprived of seeing thee2 moreover ,god hath shewn me thy seed4 #dh3ab4 ,and when ,joseph had taken them from his father's lap1 he bowed down with his face to the ground4 #dh3ac4 ,and he set ,ephraim on his right hand1 that is1 towards the left hand of ,israel2 but ,manasses on his left hand1 to wit1 towards his father's right hand1 and brought them near to him4 #dh3ad4 ,but he1 stretching forth his right hand1 put it upon the head of ,ephraim1 the younger brother2 and the left upon the head of ,manasses1 who was the elder1 changing his hands4 #dh3ae4 ,and ,jacob blessed the sons of ,joseph1 and said3 ,god1 in whose sight my fathers ,abraham and ,isaac walked1 ,god that feedeth me from my youth until this day3 #dh3af4 ,the angel that delivereth me from all evils1 bless these boys3 and let my name be called upon them1 and the names of my fathers ,abraham and ,isaac2 and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth4 #dh3ag4 ,and ,joseph seeing that his father had put his right hand upon the head of ,ephraim1 was much displeased3 and taking his father's hand1 he tried to lift it from ,ephraim's head1 and to remove it to the head of ,manasses4 #dh3ah4 ,and he said to his father3 ,it should not be so1 my father2 for this is the firstborn1 put thy right hand upon his head4 #dh3ai4 ,but he refusing1 said3 ,i know1 my son1 ,i know3 and this also shall become a people1 and shall be multiplied2 but his younger brother shall be greater than he2 and his seed shall grow into nations4 #dh3bj4 ,and he blessed them at that time1 saying3 ,in thee shall ,israel be blessed1 and it shall be said3 ,god do to thee as to ,ephraim1 and as to ,manasses4 ,and he set ,ephraim before ,manasses4 #dh3ba4 ,and he said to ,joseph1 his son3 ,behold ,i die1 and ,god will be with you1 and will bring you back into the land of your fathers4 #dh3bb4 ,i give thee a portion above thy brethren1 which ,i took out of the hand of the ,amorrhite with my sword and bow4 ,genesis ,chapter #di ,jacob's prophetical blessings of his twelve sons3 his death4 #di3a4 ,and ,jacob called his sons1 and said to them3 ,gather yourselves together1 that ,i may tell you the things that shall befall you in the last days4 #di3b4 ,gather yourselves together1 and hear1 ,o ye sons of ,jacob1 hearken to ,israel1 your father3 #di3c4 ,ruben1 my firstborn1 thou art my strength1 and the beginning of my sorrow2 excelling in gifts1 greater in command4 ,my strength1 etc444 ,he calls him his strength1 as being born whilst his father was in his full strength and vigour3 he calls him the beginning of his sorrow1 because cares and sorrows usually come on with the birth of children4 ,excelling in gifts1 etc41 because the firstborn had a title to a double portion1 and to have the command over his brethren1 which ,ruben forfeited by his sin2 being poured out as water1 that is1 spilt and lost4 #di3d4 ,thou art poured out as water1 grow thou not2 because thou wentest up to thy father's bed1 and didst defile his couch4 ,grow thou not444 ,this was not meant by way of a curse or imprecation2 but by way of a prophecy foretelling that the tribe of ,ruben should not inherit the pre-eminences usually annexed to the first birthright1 viz41 the double portion1 the being prince or lord over the other brethren1 and the priesthood3 of which the double portion was given to ,joseph1 the princely office to ,juda1 and the priesthood to ,levi4 #di3e4 ,simeon and ,levi brethren3 vessels of iniquity waging war4 #di3f4 ,let not my soul go into their counsel1 nor my glory be in their assembly3 because in their fury they slew a man1 and in their selfwill they undermined a wall4 ,slew a man1444 viz41 ,sichem the son of ,hemor1 with all his people1 ,gen4 #cd42 mystically and prophetically it alludes to ,christ1 whom their posterity1 viz41 the priests and the scribes1 put to death4 #di3g4 ,cursed be their fury1 because it was stubborn3 and their wrath1 because it was cruel3 ,i will divide them in ,jacob1 and will scatter them in ,israel4 #di3h4 ,juda1 thee shall thy brethren praise3 thy hand shall be on the necks of thy enemies2 the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee4 #di3i4 ,juda is a lion's whelp3 to the prey1 my son1 thou art gone up3 resting thou hast couched as a lion1 and as a lioness1 who shall rouse him8 ,a lion's whelp1 etc444 ,this blessing of ,juda foretelleth the strength of his tribe1 the fertility of his inheritance2 and principally that the sceptre and legislative power should not be utterly taken away from his race till about the time of the coming of ,christ3 as in effect it never was3 which is a demonstration against the modern ,jews1 that the ,messiah is long since come2 for the sceptre has long since been utterly taken away from ,juda4 #di3aj4 ,the sceptre shall not be taken away from ,juda1 nor a ruler from his thigh1 till he come that is to be sent1 and he shall be the expectation of nations4 #di3aa4 ,tying his foal to the vineyard1 and his ass1 ,o my son1 to the vine4 ,he shall wash his robe in wine1 and his garment in the blood of the grape4 #di3ab4 ,his eyes are more beautiful than wine1 and his teeth whiter than milk4 #di3ac4 ,zabulon shall dwell on the seashore1 and in the road of ships1 reaching as far as ,sidon4 #di3ad4 ,issachar shall be a strong ass1 lying down between the borders4 #di3ae4 ,he saw rest that it was good3 and the land that it was excellent3 and he bowed his shoulder to carry1 and became a servant under tribute4 #di3af4 ,dan shall judge his people like another tribe in ,israel4 ,dan shall judge1 etc444 ,this was verified in ,samson1 who was of the tribe of ,dan1 and began to deliver ,israel4 ,judges #ac4e4 ,but as this deliverance was but temporal and very imperfect1 the holy patriarch 7ver4 #ah7 aspires after another kind of deliverer1 saying3 ,i will look for thy salvation1 ,o ,lord4 #di3ag4 ,let ,dan be a snake in the way1 a serpent in the path1 that biteth the horse's heels1 that his rider may fall backward4 #di3ah4 ,i will look for thy salvation1 ,o ,lord4 #di3ai4 ,gad1 being girded1 shall fight before him3 and he himself shall be girded backward4 ,gad being girded1 etc444 ,it seems to allude to the tribe of ,gad2 when after they had received for their lot the land of ,galaad1 they marched in arms before the rest of the ,israelites1 to the conquest of the land of ,chanaan3 from whence they afterwards returned loaded with spoils4 ,see ,jos4 #d4 and #ab4 #di3bj4 ,aser1 his bread shall be fat1 and he shall yield dainties to kings4 #di3ba4 ,nephthali1 a hart let loose1 and giving words of beauty4 #di3bb4 ,joseph is a growing son1 a growing son and comely to behold3 the daughters run to and fro upon the wall2 ,run to and fro1 etc444 ,to behold his beauty2 whilst his envious brethren turned their darts against him1 etc4 #di3bc4 ,but they that held darts1 provoked him1 and quarrelled with him1 and envied him4 #di3bd4 ,his bow rested upon the strong1 and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed1 by the hands of the mighty one of ,jacob3 thence he came forth a pastor1 the stone of ,israel4 ,his bow rested upon the strong1 etc444 ,that is1 upon ,god1 who was his strength3 who also loosed his bands1 and brought him out of prison to be the pastor1 that is1 the feeder and ruler of ,egypt1 and the stone1 that is1 the rock and support of ,israel4 #di3be4 ,the ,god of thy father shall be thy helper1 and the ,almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of heaven above1 with the blessings of the deep that lieth beneath1 with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb4 #di3bf4 ,the blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers3 until the desire of the everlasting hills should come3 may they be upon the head of ,joseph1 and upon the crown of the ,nazarite among his brethren4 ,the blessings of thy father1 etc444 ,that is1 thy father's blessings are made more prevalent and effectual in thy regard1 by the additional strength they receive from his inheriting the blessings of his progenitors ,abraham and ,isaac4 ,the desire of the everlasting hills1 etc444 ,these blessings all looked forward towards ,christ1 called the desire of the everlasting hills1 as being longed for1 as it were1 by the whole creation4 ,mystically1 the patriarchs and prophets are called the everlasting hills1 by reason of the eminence of their wisdom and holiness4 ,the ,nazarite444 ,this word signifies one separated2 and agrees to ,joseph1 as being separated from1 and more eminent than1 his brethren4 ,as the ancient ,nazarites were so called from their being set aside for ,god1 and vowed to him4 #di3bg4 ,benjamin a ravenous wolf1 in the morning shall eat the prey1 and in the evening shall divide the spoil4 #di3bh4 ,all these are the twelve tribes of ,israel3 these things their father spoke to them1 and he blessed every one with their proper blessings4 #di3bi4 ,and he charged them1 saying3 ,i am now going to be gathered to my people3 bury me with my fathers in the double cave1 which is in the field of ,ephron the ,hethite1 ,to be gathered to my people444 ,that is1 ,i am going to die1 and so to follow my ancestors that are gone before me1 and to join their company in another world4 #di3cj4 ,over against ,mambre1 in the land of ,chanaan1 which ,abraham bought together with the field1 of ,ephron the ,hethite1 for a possession to bury in4 #di3ca4 ,there they buried him1 and ,sara his wife3 there was ,isaac buried with ,rebecca1 his wife3 there also ,lia doth lie buried4 #di3cb4 ,and when he had ended the commandments1 wherewith he instructed his sons1 he drew up his feet upon the bed1 and died3 and he was gathered to his people4 ,genesis ,chapter #ej ,the mourning for ,jacob1 and his interment4 ,joseph's kindness towards his brethren4 ,his death4 #ej3a4 ,and when ,joseph saw this1 he fell upon his father's face1 weeping and kissing him4 #ej3b4 ,and he commanded his servants1 the physicians1 to embalm his father4 #ej3c4 ,and while they were fulfilling his commands1 there passed forty days3 for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed1 and ,egypt mourned for him seventy days4 #ej3d4 ,and the time of the mourning being expired1 ,joseph spoke to the family of ,pharao3 ,if ,i have found favour in your sight1 speak in the ears of ,pharao3 #ej3e4 ,for my father made me swear to him1 saying3 ,behold ,i die2 thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which ,i have digged for myself in the land of ,chanaan4 ,so ,i will go up and bury my father1 and return4 #ej3f4 ,and ,pharao said to him3 ,go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear4 #ej3g4 ,so he went up1 and there went with him all the ancients of ,pharao's house1 and all the elders of the land of ,egypt4 #ej3h4 ,and the house of ,joseph with his brethren1 except their children1 and their flocks and herds1 which they left in the land of ,gessen4 #ej3i4 ,he had also in his train chariots and horsemen3 and it was a great company4 #ej3aj4 ,and they came to the threshing floor of ,atad1 which is situated beyond the ,jordan3 where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation1 they spent full seven days4 #ej3aa4 ,and when the inhabitants of ,chanaan saw this1 they said3 ,this is a great mourning to the ,egyptians4 ,and therefore the name of that place was called1 ,the mourning of ,egypt4 #ej3ab4 ,so the sons of ,jacob did as he had commanded them4 #ej3ac4 ,and carrying him into the land of ,chanaan1 they buried him in the double cave1 which ,abraham had bought together with the field for a possession of a burying place1 of ,ehpron1 the ,hethite1 over against ,mambre4 #ej3ad4 ,and ,joseph returned into ,egypt with his brethren1 and all that were in his company1 after he had buried his father4 #ej3ae4 ,now he being dead1 his brethren were afraid1 and talked one with another3 ,lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered1 and requite us all the evil that we did to him4 #ej3af4 ,and they sent a message to him1 saying3 ,thy father commanded us before he died1 #ej3ag4 ,that we should say thus much to thee from him3 ,i beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren1 and the sin and malice they practised against thee3 we also pray thee1 to forgive the servants of the ,god of thy father this wickedness4 ,and when ,joseph heard this1 he wept4 #ej3ah4 ,and his brethren came to him2 and worshipping prostrate on the ground1 they said3 ,we are thy servants4 #ej3ai4 ,and he answered them3 ,fear not3 can we resist the will of ,god8 #ej3bj4 ,you thought evil against me3 but ,god turned it into good1 that he might exalt me1 as at present you see1 and might save many people4 #ej3ba4 ,fear not3 ,i will feed you and your children4 ,and he comforted them1 and spoke gently and mildly4 #ej3bb4 ,and he dwelt in ,egypt with all his father's house2 and lived a hundred and ten years4 ,and he saw the children of ,ephraim to the third generation4 ,the children also of ,machir1 the sons of ,manasses1 were born on ,joseph's knees4 #ej3bc4 ,after which he told his brethren3 ,god will visit you after my death1 and will make you go up out of this land1 to the land which he swore to ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob4 #ej3bd4 ,and he made them swear to him1 saying3 ,god will visit you1 carry my bones with you out of this place3 #ej3be4 ,and he died1 being a hundred and ten years old4 ,and being embalmed1 he was laid in a coffin in ,egypt4