THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. c Ps. 33. 6. Is. 40. 13, 14. d Ps. 33. 9. e 2 Cor. 4. 6. † Heb. between the light and 5 And God called the light f Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 And God said, Let there Ps. 74, 16, & be a tfirmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. between the darkness. 104. 20. † Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was. Job 37. 18. Ps. 136. 5. Jer. 10. 12. & 51. 15. † Heb. expansion. h Prov. 8. 28. i Ps. 148. 4. k Job 26. 10. 1 Heb. 6. 7. † Heb. tender grass. 7 And God made the firmament, hand divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were iabove the firmament: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 ¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be fort signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it 16 And God made two great stars also. Before CHRIST 4004. "Deut. 4. 19 Ps. 74. 16. & 136. 7. Heb. beand be tween the tween the night. Ps. 74. 17. & 104. 19. PPs. 136. 7 8. 9. & 148 3,5. tHeb.for the rule of the 17 And God set them in the Job 38. 7. firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day Jer. 31. 35. and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 20 And God said, Let the waters 8 And God called the firma- bring forth abundantly the mov-Or, creep ment Heaven. And the evening ing creature that hath life, and and the morning were the sec-tfowl that may fly above the ond day. earth in the topen firmament of heaven. 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree Luke 6. 44. yielding mfruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth and it was so. 5 And every eplant of the field. 1. 12. before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man sto till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist up-from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 27 So God created man in his 1 Cor. 11. 7. own image, zin the image of God created he him; a male and female created he them. ch. 5. 2. Mal. 2. 15. Matt. 19.4. Mark 10. 6. bel. 9. 1, 7. Lev. 26.9. Ps. 127. 3. & 128, 3, 4. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb + bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall 15. & 136. 25. be for meat. † Heb. creepeth. Heb. seeding seed. ch. 9. 3. Job 36. 31. Ps. 104. 14, & 146. 7. Acts 14. 17. Ps. 145. 15, Job 38. 41. 30 And to every beast of the carth, and to every e fowl of the 16. & 14.9. air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is tlife, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Heb. a living soul. Ps. 104. 24. 1 Tim. 4. 4. a Ps. 33. 6. bEx. 20. 11. & 31. 17. Deut. 5. 14. CHAPTER II. 1 The first sabbath. 4 The manner of the creation. 8 The planting of the garden of Eden, 10 and the river thereof. 17 The tree of knowledge only forbidden. 19, 20 The naming of the creatures. 21 The making of woman, and institution of marriage. the heavens the 7 And the LORD God formed man t of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 8¶ And the LORD God planted ma garden "eastward in Eden; and there phe put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, sand the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilahi, where there is gold; Job 38. 26, ch. 3. 23. 27, 28. Or, a mist which went up from, &c. 12 And the gold of that land is good: "there is bdellium and the Num. 11. 7. onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of + Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. † Heb. Cush. Dan. 10. 4. Or, east ward to Assyria. 15 And the LORD God took the Or, Adam. T earth were finished, and all man, and put him into the gure 1 ve, the host of them. den of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 2 b And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had 16 And the LORD God commade; and he rested on the sev-manded the man, saying, Of eventh day from all his work which ery tree of the garden thou Heb. eating he had made. mayest freely cat: thou shalt eat. bch. 3. 3, 19. Rom. 6. 23. 1 Cor. 15. 56. James 1. 15. 1 John 5. 16. † Heb. dying thou shalt die. c ch. 3. 12. 1 Cor. 11. 9. 1 Tim. 2. 13. † Heb. as d ch. 1. 20, 24. The man. f ch. 15. 12. † Heb. builded. And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help t meet for him. Man's shameful f Befor CHRI 4004. d ver. 13. 4d And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then e e your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and ver. 7. evil. 2 Cor. 11. a desire. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was † pleasant to the eyes, Heb. t and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, fand did eat, and gave 1 Tim. 2. 14. also unto her husband with her; 19d And out of the ground the 20 And Adam † gave names to 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, † made Prov. 18. 22. he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Heb. 13. 4. h ch. 29. 14. Judg. 9. 2. 2 Sam. 5. 1. & 19. 13. Eph. 5. 30. 23 And Adam said, This is now hbone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh she shall be called Heb. Isha.+Woman, because she was itaken out of t man. il Cor. 8. † Heb. Ish. 1 ch. 3. 7, 10, m Ex. 32. 25. Is. 47. 3. a Rev. 12.9. & 20.2. b Matt. 10. 16. 2 Cor. 11. 3. 24k Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife and they shall be one flesh. 251 And they were both naked, CHAPTER III. OW a the serpent was more 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of about. the LORD God walking in the gar-k Job 38. 1. den in the † cool of the day: and † Heb. wind. Adam and his wife hid them-1.Job 31. 33. selves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? Jer. 23. 24. 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, mand I was afraid, ch. 2. 25. because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? Ex. 3. 6. Nsubtile thau hy beast of the done this, thou art cursed above field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye because, &c. shall not eat of every tree of the garden? all cattle, and above every beast ver. 4. Tim. 2. 14. P Ex. 21. 29, 2 Cor. 11. 3. 32. 9 Is. 65. 25. Mic. 7. 17. r Matt. 3. 7. & 13. 38. & 23. 33. John 8. 44. Acts 13. 10. 1 John 3. 8. s Ps. 132. 11. Is. 7. 14. Mic. 5. 3. Matt. 1. 23, 25. Luke 1. 31, 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between rthy seed and her seed; Rom. 16, 20 tit shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 8 Col. 2. 15. Punishment of mankind. GENESIS. The murder of Abel. Before CHRIST 4003. Before w and thy desire shall be to thy | had respect unto Abel and to CHRIST husband, and he shall rule over 4004. cli. 4. 7. Or, subject to thy husband. & 14. 34. thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, y Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, zand 1 Cor. 11. 3. hast eaten of the tree, a of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Eph. 5. 22, 23, 24. 1 Tim. 2. 11, 12. Tit. 2. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 1,5, 6. J1 Sam.15.23. Z ver. 6. 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it t bring forth to thee; and ethou b Ecc. 1. 2. 3. shalt eat the herb of the field: a ch. 2. 17. Is. 24.5, 6. Rom. 8. 20. © Job 5. 7. Ecc. 2. 23. d Job 31. 40. t Heb. cause to bud. ePs. 104. 14. fEce. 1. 13. 2 Thess.3.10. Ech. 2. 7. h Job 21. 26. Rom. 5. 12. Jer. 22. 23. 19 fIn the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: s for dust thou art, and hunto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 And the LORD God said, i Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: his offering: Heb. 11. 4. 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his counte-ch. 31. 2. nance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door: and I unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Or, have the excellency? Heb. 11. 4. 1Or, subject unto thee, ch. 3. 16. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his about 3875. brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, & Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's † blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. The genealogy Before about 3875. Before CHRIST 3769. 18 And unto Enoch was born | 6 And Seth lived a hundred and CHRIST Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: five years, and begat Enos: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat + Lamech. 19¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven h ch. 4. 26. years, and begat sons and daughters: † Heb. Lemech. hurt. s ver. 15. t ch. 5. 3. † Heb. Sheth, I Or, to call themselves by the name of the LORD. 1 Kings 18. 24. Ps. 116. 17. Joel 2. 32. Zeph. 3. 9. 1 Cor. 1. 2. 4004. a 1 Chr. 1. 1. Luke 3. 38. b ch. 1. 26. Eph. 4. 24. Col. 3. 10. c ch. 1. 27. 3874. d ch. 4. 25. fch. 1. 28. 8 ch. 3. 19. Heb. 9. 27. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25 T And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and tcalled his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26 And to Seth, "to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. CHAPTER V. 1 The genealogy, age, and death of the pa- 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9¶ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat + Cainan : 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daugh ters: 11 And all the days of Enos were 12 ¶ And Cainan lived seventy 14 And all the days of Cainan 3679. + Heb. Kenan. 3609. † Gr. Maleleel. 3544. 15 ¶ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: tHeb. Jered 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. 18 ¶ And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two HIS is the a book of the gen-years: and he died. day that God created man, in 2 c Male and female created he 3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and d called his name Seth: 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: fand he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. |