THE

HOLY BIBLE

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 THE
HOLY BIBLE
CONTAINING
THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES
AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED

Authorized King James Version

RED-LETTER EDITION

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 The Holy Bible, King James Version

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 Contents
THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ecclesiastes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Exodus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Song of Solomon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
Leviticus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Isaiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Jeremiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Deuteronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Lamentations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762
Joshua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Ezekiel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768
Judges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
Ruth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Hosea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
1 Samuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Joel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
2 Samuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Amos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851
1 Kings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Obadiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857
2 Kings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Jonah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859
1 Chronicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Micah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861
2 Chronicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Nahum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866
Ezra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 Habakkuk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868
Nehemiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 Zephaniah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871
Esther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Haggai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874
Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Zechariah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876
Psalms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 Malachi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885
Proverbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

Matthew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891 1 Timothy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1110
Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926 2 Timothy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114
Luke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 Titus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117
John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986 Philemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119
The Acts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014 Hebrews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1120
Romans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1050 James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1131
1 Corinthians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1064 1 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1135
2 Corinthians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1078 2 Peter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1139
Galatians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1087 1 John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1142
Ephesians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1092 2 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1146
Philippians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097 3 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1147
Colossians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101 Jude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1148
1 Thessalonians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1105 Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1150
2 Thessalonians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108

One Year Reading Plan 1168

30 Days with Jesus 1171

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 THE

OLD TESTAMENT

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 THE F I RST B O O K OF M OSES, C ALLED

GE N ES I S
THE CRE ATION the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in

1 In the beginning God created the

heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and
itself, after his kind: and God saw that it
was good.
13 And the evening and the morning
void; and darkness was upon the face of were the third day.
the deep. And the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters. THE FOURTH DAY
14 And God said, Let there be lights in
THE FIRS T DAY the firmament of the heaven to divide
3 And God said, Let there be light: and the day from the night; and let them be
there was light. for signs, and for seasons, and for days,
4 And God saw the light, that it was and years:
good: and God divided the light from the 15 And let them be for lights in the fir-
darkness. mament of the heaven to give light upon
5 And God called the light Day, and the the earth: and it wasso.
darkness he called Night. And the eve- 16 And God made two great lights; the
ning and the morning were the first day. greater light to rule the day, and the
lesser light to rule the night: he made the
THE SECOND DAY stars also.
6 And God said, Let there be a firma- 17 And God set them in the firmament
ment in the midst of the waters, and let of the heaven to give light upon the
it divide the waters from the waters. earth,
7 And God made the firmament, and 18 And to rule over the day and over the
divided the waters which were under the night, and to divide the light from the
firmament from the waters which were darkness: and God saw that it was good.
above the firmament: and it wasso. 19 And the evening and the morning
8 And God called the firmament were the fourth day.
Heaven. And the evening and the morn-
ing were the second day. THE FIF TH DAY
20 And God said, Let the waters bring
THE THIRD DAY forth abundantly the moving creature
9 And God said, Let the waters under that hath life, and fowl that may fly
the heaven be gathered together unto above the earth in the open firmament
one place, and let the dry land appear: of heaven.
and it wasso. 21 And God created great whales, and
10 And God called the dry land Earth; every living creature that moveth, which
and the gathering together of the waters the waters brought forth abundantly,
called he Seas: and God saw that it was after their kind, and every winged fowl
good. after his kind: and God saw that it was
11 And God said, Let the earth bring good.
forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be
the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters
whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the
and it wasso. earth.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, 23 And the evening and the morning
and herb yielding seed after his kind, and were the fifth day.

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THE SIX TH DAY ens and of the earth when they were cre-
24 And God said, Let the earth bring ated, in the day that the Lord God made
forth the living creature after his kind, the earth and the heavens,
cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of 5 And every plant of the field before it
the earth after his kind: and it wasso. was in the earth, and every herb of the
25 And God made the beast of the earth field before it grew: for the Lord God had
after his kind, and cattle after their kind, not caused it to rain upon the earth, and
and every thing that creepeth upon the there was not a man to till the ground.
earth after his kind: and God saw that it 6 But there went up a mist from the
was good. earth, and watered the whole face of the
ground.
THE CRE ATIONOFMAN 7 And the Lord God formed man of the
26 And God said, Let us make man in our dust of the ground, and breathed into his
image, after our likeness: and let them nostrils the breath of life; and man be-
have dominion over the fish of the sea, came a living soul.
and over the fowl of the air, and over the
cattle, and over all the earth, and over THE GARDEN OFEDEN
every creeping thing that creepeth upon 8 And the Lord God planted a garden
the earth. eastward in Eden; and there he put the
27 So God created man in his own im- man whom he had formed.
age, in the image of God created he him; 9 And out of the ground made the Lord
male and female created he them. God to grow every tree that is pleasant to
28 And God blessed them, and God said the sight, and good for food; the tree of
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and life also in the midst of the garden, and
the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
replenish the earth, and subdue it: and
10 And a river went out of Eden to wa-
have dominion over the fish of the sea,
ter the garden; and from thence it was
and over the fowl of the air, and over ev-
parted, and became into four heads.
ery living thing that moveth upon the
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is
earth. it which compasseth the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold;
THE GIVING OFFOOD
12 And the gold of that land is good:
29 And God said, Behold, I have given there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
you every herb bearing seed, which is 13 And the name of the second river is
upon the face of all the earth, and every Gihon: the same is it that compasseth
tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree the whole land of Ethiopia.
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 14 And the name of the third river is
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward
every fowl of the air, and to every thing the east of Assyria. And the fourth river
that creepeth upon the earth, wherein is Euphrates.
there is life, I have given every green herb
for meat: and it wasso. MAN TOC ARE FOR THEGARDEN
31 And God saw every thing that he had 15 And the Lord God took the man, and
made, and, behold, it was very good. And put him into the garden of Eden to dress
the evening and the morning were the it and to keepit.
sixth day. 16 And the Lord God commanded the
man, saying, Of every tree of the garden
THE SE VENTH DAY thou mayest freely eat:
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were
finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for
in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
his work which he had made; and he shalt surely die.
rested on the seventh day from all his 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good
work which he had made. that the man should be alone; I will make
3 And God blessed the seventh day, him an help meet for him.
and sanctified it: because that in it he
had rested from all his work which God ADAM NAMES LIVING CRE ATURES
created and made. 19 And out of the ground the Lord God
4 These are the generations of the heav- formed every beast of the field, and every

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fowl of the air; and brought them unto opened, and they knew that they were
Adam to see what he would call them: naked; and they sewed fig leaves to-
and whatsoever Adam called every living gether, and made themselves aprons.
creature, that was the name thereof. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, God walking in the garden in the cool
and to the fowl of the air, and to every of the day: and Adam and his wife hid
beast of the field; but for Adam there was themselves from the presence of the
not found an help meet for him. Lord God amongst the trees of the gar-
den.
THE CRE ATIONOFWOMAN 9 And the Lord God called unto Adam,
21 And the Lord God caused a deep and said unto him, Where art thou?
sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the
and he took one of his ribs, and closed garden, and I was afraid, because I was
up the flesh instead thereof; naked; and I hid myself.
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou
taken from man, made he a woman, and wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree,
brought her unto the man. whereof I commanded thee that thou
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of shouldest not eat?
my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall 12 And the man said, The woman whom
be called Woman, because she was taken thou gavest to be with me, she gave me
out of Man. of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the
THE FIRS T MARRIAGE woman, What is this that thou hast
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father done? And the woman said, The serpent
and his mother, and shall cleave unto his beguiled me, and I did eat.
wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man THE CURSE
and his wife, and were not ashamed. 14 And the Lord God said unto the ser-
pent, Because thou hast done this, thou
THE TEMP TATION art cursed above all cattle, and above ev-

3 Now the serpent was more subtil

than any beast of the field which the
Lord God had made. And he said unto
ery beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt
thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the
days of thy life:
the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall 15 And I will put enmity between thee
not eat of every tree of the garden? and the woman, and between thy seed
2 And the woman said unto the ser- and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and
pent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees thou shalt bruise his heel.
of the garden: 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in multiply thy sorrow and thy conception;
the midst of the garden, God hath said, in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children;
Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye and thy desire shall be to thy husband,
touch it, lest ye die. and he shall rule over thee.
4 And the serpent said unto the 17 And unto Adam he said, Because
woman, Ye shall not surely die: thou hast hearkened unto the voice of
5 For God doth know that in the day thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be which I commanded thee, saying, Thou
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground
good and evil. for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of
it all the days of thy life;
THE FALL OFMAN 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring
6 And when the woman saw that the forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb
tree was good for food, and that it was of the field;
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be de- 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
sired to make one wise, she took of the bread, till thou return unto the ground;
fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also for out of it wast thou taken: for dust
unto her husband with her; and he did thou art, and unto dust shalt thou re-
eat. turn.
7 And the eyes of them both were 20 And Adam called his wifes name

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Eve; because she was the mother of all THE CURSE OFC AIN
living. 11 And now art thou cursed from the
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did earth, which hath opened her mouth
the Lord God make coats of skins, and to receive thy brothers blood from thy
clothed them. hand;
12 When thou tillest the ground, it
MAN SENT FROMTHEGARDEN shall not henceforth yield unto thee her
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt
man is become as one of us, to know thou be in the earth.
good and evil: and now, lest he put forth 13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My
his hand, and take also of the tree of life, punishment is greater than I can bear.
and eat, and live for ever: 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him day from the face of the earth; and from
forth from the garden of Eden, to till the thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a
ground from whence he was taken. fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and
24 So he drove out the man; and he it shall come to pass, that every one that
placed at the east of the garden of Eden findeth me shall slayme.
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which 15 And the Lord said unto him, There-
turned every way, to keep the way of the fore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance
tree of life. shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the
Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any find-
C AINAND ABEL ing him should kill him.

4 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and

she conceived, and bare Cain, and
said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
C AINDWELL S INTHEL AND
OFNOD
16 And Cain went out from the pres-
2 And she again bare his brother Abel. ence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land
And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain of Nod, on the east of Eden.
was a tiller of the ground. 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she con-
3 And in process of time it came to ceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a
pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the city, and called the name of the city, after
ground an offering unto the Lord. the name of his son, Enoch.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the first- 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and
lings of his flock and of the fat thereof. Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael be-
And the Lord had respect unto Abel and gat Methusael: and Methusael begat
to his offering: Lamech.
5 But unto Cain and to his offering
he had not respect. And Cain was very L AMECHS DESCENDANTS
wroth, and his countenance fell. 19 And Lamech took unto him two
6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art wives: the name of the one was Adah,
thou wroth? and why is thy countenance and the name of the other Zillah.
fallen? 20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the fa-
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be ther of such as dwell in tents, and of such
accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin as have cattle.
lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be 21 And his brothers name was Jubal: he
his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. was the father of all such as handle the
harp and organ.
ABEL MURDERED 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain,
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: an instructor of every artificer in brass
and it came to pass, when they were in and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was
the field, that Cain rose up against Abel Naamah.
his brother, and slew him. 23 And Lamech said unto his wives,
9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives
is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for
not: Am I my brothers keeper? I have slain a man to my wounding, and
10 And he said, What hast thou done? a young man to my hurt.
the voice of thy brothers blood crieth 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
unto me from the ground. truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

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THE BIRTH OFSE TH 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and Jared eight hundred and thirty years,
she bare a son, and called his name Seth: and begat sons and daughters:
For God, said she, hath appointed me an- 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were
other seed instead of Abel, whom Cain eight hundred ninety and five years: and
slew. he died.
26 And to Seth, to him also there was
born a son; and he called his name Enos: JAREDS DESCENDANTS
then began men to call upon the name of 18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and
the Lord. two years, and he begat Enoch:
19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch
ADAMS DESCENDANTS eight hundred years, and begat sons and

5 This is the book of the generations

of Adam. In the day that God created
man, in the likeness of God made he him;
daughters:
20 And all the days of Jared were nine
hundred sixty and two years: and he
2 Male and female created he them; died.
and blessed them, and called their name
Adam, in the day when they were created. ENOCHS DESCENDANTS
3 And Adam lived an hundred and 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years,
thirty years, and begat a son in his own and begat Methuselah:
likeness, after his image; and called his 22 And Enoch walked with God after he
name Seth: begat Methuselah three hundred years,
4 And the days of Adam after he had and begat sons and daughters:
begotten Seth were eight hundred years: 23 And all the days of Enoch were three
and he begat sons and daughters: hundred sixty and five years:
5 And all the days that Adam lived were 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he
nine hundred and thirty years: and he was not; for God took him.
died.
ME THUSEL AHS DESCENDANTS
SE THS DESCENDANTS
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five
eighty and seven years, and begat
years, and begat Enos:
Lamech:
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat
eight hundred and seven years, and be-
Lamech seven hundred eighty and two
gat sons and daughters:
8 And all the days of Seth were nine years, and begat sons and daughters:
hundred and twelve years: and he died. 27 And all the days of Methuselah were
nine hundred sixty and nine years: and
ENOSS DESCENDANTS he died.
9 And Enos lived ninety years, and be-
gat Cainan: L AMECHS DESCENDANTS
10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan 28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty
eight hundred and fifteen years, and be- and two years, and begat a son:
gat sons and daughters: 29 And he called his name Noah, saying,
11 And all the days of Enos were nine This same shall comfort us concerning
hundred and five years: and he died. our work and toil of our hands, because
of the ground which the Lord hath
C AINANS DESCENDANTS cursed.
12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and 30 And Lamech lived after he begat
begat Mahalaleel: Noah five hundred ninety and five years,
13 And Cainan lived after he begat Ma- and begat sons and daughters:
halaleel eight hundred and forty years, 31 And all the days of Lamech were
and begat sons and daughters: seven hundred seventy and seven years:
14 And all the days of Cainan were nine and he died.
hundred and ten years: and he died.
NOAHS DESCENDANTS
MAHAL ALEELS DESCENDANTS 32 And Noah was five hundred years
15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and
years, and begat Jared: Japheth.

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 G e n e s i s 6: 1 6
MANS WICKEDNESS be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it

6 And it came to pass, when men began

to multiply on the face of the earth,
and daughters were born unto them,
fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cu-
bits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark,
2 That the sons of God saw the daugh- and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above;
ters of men that they were fair; and they and the door of the ark shalt thou set in
took them wives of all which they chose. the side thereof; with lower, second, and
3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not third stories shalt thou makeit.
always strive with man, for that he also 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood
is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred of waters upon the earth, to destroy all
and twenty years. flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from
4 There were giants in the earth in under heaven; and every thing that is in
those days; and also after that, when the the earth shall die.
sons of God came in unto the daughters
of men, and they bare children to them, THE PROMISE OFA COVENANT
the same became mighty men which 18 But with thee will I establish my cov-
were of old, men of renown. enant; and thou shalt come into the ark,
5 And God saw that the wickedness thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy
of man was great in the earth, and that sons wives with thee.
every imagination of the thoughts of his 19 And of every living thing of all flesh,
heart was only evil continually. two of every sort shalt thou bring into
6 And it repented the Lord that he had the ark, to keep them alive with thee;
made man on the earth, and it grieved they shall be male and female.
him at his heart. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle
7 And the Lord said, I will destroy after their kind, of every creeping thing of
man whom I have created from the face the earth after his kind, two of every sort
of the earth; both man, and beast, and shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
the creeping thing, and the fowls of the 21 And take thou unto thee of all food
air; for it repenteth me that I have made that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to
them. thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and
for them.
NOAH FINDS GR ACE WITHGOD 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of God commanded him, so didhe.
the Lord.
9 These are the generations of Noah: ENTERING THEARK
Noah was a just man and perfect in his
generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem,
7 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come
thou and all thy house into the ark;
for thee have I seen righteous before me
Ham, and Japheth. in this generation.
11 The earth also was corrupt before 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to
God, and the earth was filled with vio- thee by sevens, the male and his female:
lence. and of beasts that are not clean by two,
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, the male and his female.
behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the
corrupted his way upon the earth. male and the female; to keep seed alive
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of upon the face of all the earth.
all flesh is come before me; for the earth 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause
is filled with violence through them; it to rain upon the earth forty days and
and, behold, I will destroy them with the forty nights; and every living substance
earth. that I have made will I destroy from off
the face of the earth.
BUILDING THEARK 5 And Noah did according unto all that
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; the Lord commanded him.
rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and 6 And Noah was six hundred years old
shalt pitch it within and without with when the flood of waters was upon the
pitch. earth.
15 And this is the fashion which thou 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and
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into the ark, because of the waters of the of life, of all that was in the dry land,
flood. died.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that 23 And every living substance was de-
are not clean, and of fowls, and of every stroyed which was upon the face of
thing that creepeth upon the earth, the ground, both man, and cattle, and
9 There went in two and two unto Noah the creeping things, and the fowl of the
into the ark, the male and the female, as heaven; and they were destroyed from
God had commanded Noah. the earth: and Noah only remained alive,
10 And it came to pass after seven days, and they that were with him in the ark.
that the waters of the flood were upon 24 And the waters prevailed upon the
the earth. earth an hundred and fifty days.

THE FLOOD THE WATERS RECEDE

11 In the six hundredth year of Noahs
life, in the second month, the seven-
teenth day of the month, the same day
8 And God remembered Noah, and ev-
ery living thing, and all the cattle that
was with him in the ark: and God made a
were all the fountains of the great deep wind to pass over the earth, and the wa-
broken up, and the windows of heaven ters asswaged;
were opened. 2 The fountains also of the deep and
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty the windows of heaven were stopped,
days and forty nights. and the rain from heaven was restrained;
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, 3 And the waters returned from off the
and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the earth continually: and after the end of
sons of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the the hundred and fifty days the waters
three wives of his sons with them, into were abated.
the ark;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, THE ARK RES TS ONAR AR AT
and all the cattle after their kind, and ev- 4 And the ark rested in the seventh
ery creeping thing that creepeth upon month, on the seventeenth day of the
the earth after his kind, and every fowl month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
after his kind, every bird of every sort. 5 And the waters decreased continu-
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ally until the tenth month: in the tenth
ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is month, on the first day of the month,
the breath of life. were the tops of the mountains seen.
16 And they that went in, went in male
and female of all flesh, as God had com- A R AVEN AND A DOVE SENT FORTH
manded him: and the Lord shut himin. 6 And it came to pass at the end of forty
17 And the flood was forty days upon days, that Noah opened the window of
the earth; and the waters increased, and the ark which he had made:
bare up the ark, and it was lift up above 7 And he sent forth a raven, which
the earth. went forth to and fro, until the waters
were dried up from off the earth.
THE WATERS PRE VAIL 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him,
18 And the waters prevailed, and were to see if the waters were abated from off
increased greatly upon the earth; and the face of the ground;
the ark went upon the face of the waters. 9 But the dove found no rest for the
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly sole of her foot, and she returned unto
upon the earth; and all the high hills, that him into the ark, for the waters were on
were under the whole heaven, were cov- the face of the whole earth: then he put
ered. forth his hand, and took her, and pulled
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters her in unto him into the ark.
prevail; and the mountains were cov- 10 And he stayed yet other seven days;
ered. and again he sent forth the dove out of
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the ark;
the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and 11 And the dove came in to him in the
of beast, and of every creeping thing that evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an ol-
creepeth upon the earth, and every man: ive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the
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12 And he stayed yet other seven days; upon all that moveth upon the earth, and
and sent forth the dove; which returned upon all the fishes of the sea; into your
not again unto him any more. hand are they delivered.
13 And it came to pass in the six hun- 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall
dredth and first year, in the first month, be meat for you; even as the green herb
the first day of the month, the waters have I given you all things.
were dried up from off the earth: and 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which
Noah removed the covering of the ark, is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
and looked, and, behold, the face of the 5 And surely your blood of your lives
ground was dry. will I require; at the hand of every beast
14 And in the second month, on the will I require it, and at the hand of man;
seven and twentieth day of the month, at the hand of every mans brother will I
was the earth dried. require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth mans blood, by
LE AVING THEARK man shall his blood be shed: for in the
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, image of God made he man.
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply;
wife, and thy sons, and thy sons wives bring forth abundantly in the earth, and
with thee. multiply therein.
17 Bring forth with thee every living
thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both GODS COVENANT WITHNOAH
of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creep- 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his
ing thing that creepeth upon the earth; sons with him, saying,
that they may breed abundantly in the 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant
earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon with you, and with your seed after you;
the earth. 10 And with every living creature that is
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of
and his wife, and his sons wives with every beast of the earth with you; from
him: all that go out of the ark, to every beast
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, of the earth.
and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth 11 And I will establish my covenant with
upon the earth, after their kinds, went you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any
forth out of the ark. more by the waters of a flood; neither
shall there any more be a flood to destroy
NOAHS SACRIFICE AND GODS the earth.
PROMISE
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the THE R AINBOW
Lord; and took of every clean beast, and 12 And God said, This is the token of the
of every clean fowl, and offered burnt of- covenant which I make between me and
ferings on the altar. you and every living creature that is with
21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; you, for perpetual generations:
and the Lord said in his heart, I will not 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it
again curse the ground any more for shall be for a token of a covenant be-
mans sake; for the imagination of mans tween me and the earth.
heart is evil from his youth; neither will I 14 And it shall come to pass, when I
again smite any more every thing living, bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow
as I have done. shall be seen in the cloud:
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime 15 And I will remember my covenant,
and harvest, and cold and heat, and sum- which is between me and you and every
mer and winter, and day and night shall living creature of all flesh; and the waters
not cease. shall no more become a flood to destroy
all flesh.
GOD BLESSES NOAH 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and

9 And God blessed Noah and his sons,

and said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth.
I will look upon it, that I may remember
the everlasting covenant between God
and every living creature of all flesh that
2 And the fear of you and the dread is upon the earth.
of you shall be upon every beast of the 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the
earth, and upon every fowl of the air, token of the covenant, which I have es-

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tablished between me and all flesh that tongue, after their families, in their na-
is upon the earth. tions.
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth
of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and HAMS DESCENDANTS
Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Miz-
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and raim, and Phut, and Canaan.
of them was the whole earth overspread. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and
Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and
NOAHS DRUNKENNESS Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah;
20 And Noah began to be an husband- Sheba, and Dedan.
man, and he planted a vineyard: 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to
21 And he drank of the wine, and was be a mighty one in the earth.
drunken; and he was uncovered within 9 He was a mighty hunter before the
his tent. Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nim-
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw rod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
the nakedness of his father, and told his 10 And the beginning of his kingdom
two brethren without. was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and
23 And Shem and Japheth took a gar- Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
ment, and laid it upon both their shoul- 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur,
ders, and went backward, and covered and builded Nineveh, and the city Reho-
the nakedness of their father; and their both, and Calah,
faces were backward, and they saw not 12 And Resen between Nineveh and
their fathers nakedness. Calah: the same is a great city.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Ana-
knew what his younger son had done mim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
unto him. 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of
whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
C ANA AN CURSED 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first-
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a born, and Heth,
servant of servants shall he be unto his 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite,
brethren. and the Girgasite,
26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and
of Shem; and Canaan shall be his ser- the Sinite,
vant. 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite,
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he and the Hamathite: and afterward were
shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Ca- the families of the Canaanites spread
naan shall be his servant. abroad.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three 19 And the border of the Canaanites was
hundred and fifty years. from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar,
29 And all the days of Noah were nine unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom,
hundred and fifty years: and he died. and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim,
even unto Lasha.
NOAHS DESCENDANTS 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their

10 Now these are the generations of

the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth: and unto them were sons born
families, after their tongues, in their
countries, and in their nations.

after the flood. SHEMS DESCENDANTS

21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the
JAPHE THS DESCENDANTS children of Eber, the brother of Japheth
2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Ma- the elder, even to him were children
gog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, born.
and Meshech, and Tiras. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and As-
3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, shur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
and Riphath, and Togarmah. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles begat Eber.
divided in their lands; every one after his 25 And unto Eber were born two sons:

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