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 3  And  God  blessed  the seventh
day,  and sanctified  it:  because
that in it he  had rested from all
his  work  which God  created  and
made.
 19  And  out  of the  ground  the
LORD  God  formed every  beast  of
the  field, and every fowl of  the
air; and  brought  them  unto Adam
to  see  what he would call  them:
and    whatsoever   Adam    called
every  living creature,  that  was
the  name  thereof.
 21  And  the   LORD   God  caused
a deep sleep  to  fall  upon Adam,
and he slept:  and  he took one of
his ribs, and  closed up the flesh
instead  thereof;
 22  And the  rib, which the  LORD
God  had  taken   from  man,  made
he  a   woman,  and   brought  her
unto  the  man.
 24 So he  drove out  the man; and
he  placed  at  the  east  of  the
garden of Eden  Cher-u-bims, and a
flaming  sword which turned  every
way, to  keep the way of  the tree
of  life.
AND   Adam  knew  Eve   his  wife;
and   she   conceived,  and   bare
Cain,  and said, I  have gotten  a
man  from  the  LORD.
 8 And Cain  talked with  Abel his
brother:  and  it  came  to  pass,
when they were in  the field, that
Cain  rose  up  against  Abel  his
brother,  and  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?
 25  And   Adam   knew   his  wife
again;  and she  bare a  son,  and
called  his name  Seth:   For God,
said she,  hath  appointed  me an-
other seed  instead of  Abel, whom
Cain  slew.
 5  And  all  the days  that  Adam
lived   were   nine   hundred  and
thirty  years:  and  he  died.
 23  And  all  the  days of  Enoch
were  three   hundred   sixty  and
five  years:
 24   And    Enoch    walked  with
God:  and  he  was  not;  for  God
took  him.
 27  And  all the days  of Me-thu-
se-lah  were  nine  hundred  sixty
and  nine  years:  and  he  died.
 10  And  Noah  begat three  sons,
Shem,  Ham,  and  Ja-pheth.
 14  Make  thee an  ark of  gopher
wood;  rooms  shalt thou  make  in
the ark, and shalt pitch it within
and  without  with  pitch.
 16  A  window   shalt  thou  make
to the ark,  and in a  cubit shalt
thou finish it above; and the door
of the ark  shalt thou  set in the
side thereof;  with lower, second,
and third stories  shalt thou make
it.
 2  Of  every   clean  beast  thou
shalt take to  thee by sevens, the
male  and   his   female:  and  of
beasts that are  not clean by two,
the  male  and  his  female.
 11  In  the  six  hundredth  year
of  Noah's  life,  in  the  second
month,  the   seventeenth  day  of
the  month,  the   same  day  were
all  the  fountains of  the  great
deep broken up, and the windows of
heaven  were  opened.
 12  And  the  rain was  upon  the
earth forty days and forty nights.
 4  And  the  ark  rested  in  the
seventh   month,  on   the  seven-
teenth  day  of  the  month,  upon
the  mountains  of  Ararat.
 11  And  I   will   establish  my
covenant  with you; neither  shall
all flesh  be cut off any  more by
the waters  of   a  flood; neither
shall there any more be a flood to
destroy  the  earth.
 13 I do set my  bow in the cloud,
and it shall  be for  a token of a
covenant   between  me   and   the
earth.
 29  And  all  the  days  of  Noah
were   nine   hundred  and   fifty
years:  and  he  died.
NOW    Sar-a-i    Abrams's    wife
bare   him   no    children:   and
she  had  an  handmaid,  an  Egyp-
tian,  whose  name  was  Hagar.
 3  And   Sar-a-i   Abram's   wife
took  Hagar  her  maid  the  Egyp-
tian,  after Abram  had dwelt  ten
years  in  the land  of  Ca-na-an,
and  gave   her  to   her  husband
Abram  to  be  his  wife.
 15  And   Hagar   bare   Abram  a
son:  and  Abram called  his son's
name,  which   Hagar   bare,  Ish-
mael.
 24   And   Abraham   was   ninety
years  old and  nine, when  he was
circumcised  in the  flesh of  his
foreskin.
 23  The   sun  was   risen   upon
the  earth when  Lot entered  into
Zoar.
 24  Then  the  LORD  rained  upon
Sodom    and    upon    Go-mor-rah
brimstone  and fire from the  LORD
out  of  heaven;
 26  But  his  wife   looked  back
from  behind him,  and she  became
a  pillar  of  salt.
 2  And  he  said,  Take  now  thy
son,  thine only  son Isaac,  whom
thou lovest, and get thee into the
land of  Mo-ri-ah;  and  offer him
there  for a  burnt offering  upon
one  of  the   mountains  which  I
will  tell  thee  of.
 13  And  Abraham  lifted  up  his
eyes,  and looked, and behold  be-
hind   him  a  ram  caught  in   a
thicket  by his horns:  and  Abra-
ham  went  and took the  ram,  and
offered him up  for a burnt offer-
ing  in  the  stead  of  his  son.
 67  And  Isaac brought  her  into
his  mother   Sarah's   tent,  and
took   Rebekah,  and  she   became
his wife; and  he  loved her:  and
Isaac  was   comforted  after  his
mother's  death.
 7  And these are the days of  the
years  of Abraham's life which  he
lived, an  hundred  threescore and
fifteen  years.
 24  And  when   her  days  to  be
delivered were  fulfilled, behold,
there  were  twins  in  her  womb.
 25  And the  first came  out red,
all  over like  an hairy  garment;
and  they  called  his name  Esau.
 26  And   after  that  came   his
brother  out, and  his  hand  took
hold  on  Esau's   heel;  and  his
name was called  Jacob:  and Isaac
was  threescore   years  old  when
she  bare  them.
 32  And Esau said,  Behold, I  am
at  the  point to  die:  and  what
profit  shall  this birthright  do
to  me?
 33  And  Jacob   said,  Swear  to
me  this day;  and  he sware  unto
him:  and  he sold his  birthright
unto  Jacob.
 34  Then  Jacob  gave Esau  bread
and  pottage of  lentiles; and  he
did eat  and  drink, and  rose up,
and  went  his   way:   thus  Esau
despised  his  birthright.
 10  And  Jacob   went   out  from
Beer-sheba,   and    went   toward
Haran.
 11  And he  lighted  upon  a cer-
tain place, and  tarried there all
night,  because the  sun was  set;
and he took of the  stones of that
place, and  put them  for his pil-
lows, and  lay down in  that place
to  sleep.
 10  And  Jacob   went   out  from
Beer-sheba,   and    went   toward
Haran.
 12  And  he  dreamed, and  behold
a ladder set up on  the earth, and
the top  of it reached  to heaven:
and  behold  the   angels  of  God
ascending  and  descending on  it.
 24  And  Jacob  was  left  alone;
and  there   wrestled  a  man with
him until the breaking of the day.
 25  And  when  he   saw  that  he
prevailed  not   against  him,  he
touched  the hollow of his  thigh;
and  the hollow  of Jacob's  thigh
was  out of joint, as he  wrestled
with  him.
 26  And he  said, Let me  go, for
the day  breaketh.  And he said, I
will not let thee  go, except thou
bless  me.
 28  And  the  days of Isaac  were
an    hundred     and    fourscore
years.
 29  And Isaac  gave up the ghost,
and  died, and  was gathered  unto
his people, being  old and full of
days:   and  his  sons  Esau   and
Jacob  buried  him.
 27  Come, and let us sell him  to
the Ish-mee-lites, and let not our
hand  be upon  him; for he  is our
brother  and our  flesh.  And  his
brethren  were  content.
 28  Then  there   passed  by Mid-
ianites   merchantmen;  and   they
drew  and lifted up Joseph out  of
the  pit, and  sold Joseph to  the
Ish-mee-lites  for  twenty  pieces
of  silver:   and   they   brought
Joseph  into  Egypt.
 12  And there  was there  with us
a young  man, an  Hebrew,  servant
to the  captain of the  guard; and
we  told him, and  he  interpreted
to  us  our  dreams; to  each  man
according  to  his  dream  he  did
interpret.
 14    Then   Phar-aoh  sent   and
called  Joseph,  and they  brought
him  hastily out  of the  dungeon:
and   he   shaved   himself,   and
changed  his   raiment,  and  came
in  unto  Pharaoh.
 3  And  God said,   Let there  be
light:  and  there  was  light.
 4  And  God saw  the light,  that
it  was good:  and God divided the
light  from  the  darkness.
 5  And God called  the light Day,
and the darkness  he called Night.
And the  evening  and  the morning
were  the  first  day.
 9  And   God    said,   Let   the
waters  under heaven  be  gathered
together  unto   one   place,  and
let  the dry  land appear:  and it
was  so.
 13   And  the   evening  and  the
morning  were  the  third  day.
 21  And God created great whales,
and  every  living  creature  that
moveth, which  the  waters brought
forth   abundantly,  after   their
kind, and every  winged fowl after
his kind:  and God saw that it was
good.
 23   And  the   evening  and  the
morning  were  the  fifth  day.
 27  So  God  created man  in  his
own  image, in  the  image of  God
created he  him;  male  and female
created  he  them.
 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.
 21  And  Enoch  lived  sixty  and
five  years,  and   begat  Me-thu-
se-lah:
 4  And  they said, Go to, let  us
build  us  a  city  and  a  tower,
whose  top  may reach  unto  heav-
en;  and  let us make us  a  name,
lest  we be scattered abroad  upon
the  face  of  the  whole  earth.
 9  Therefore is  the  name  of it
called  Babel;  because  the  LORD
did  there confound  the  language
of all the earth:  and from thence
did the  LORD scatter  them abroad
upon  the face of all the  earth.
 23   And   Abraham   drew   near,
and said, Wilt  thou  also destroy
the  righteous  with  the  wicked?
 32  And he said,  Oh  let not the
Lord  be angry,  and  I will speak
yet  but this  once:  Peradventure
ten  shall  be  found  there.  And
he said, I will not destroy it for
ten's  sake.
 11   And  Abraham  said,  Because
I thought, Surely  the fear of God
is  not in  this  place; and  they
will slay me for my wife's sake.
 12  And  yet  indeed  she  is  my
sister; she is  the daughter of my
father, but not the daughter of my
mother; and she became my wife.
AND  the  LORD  visited  Sarah  as
he   had   said,  and   the   LORD
did unto Sarah  as  he had spoken.
 2  For   Sarah   conceived,   and
bare  Abraham  a son  in  his  old
age, at the set  time of which God
had  spoken  to  him.
 3  And  Abraham called  the  name
of his son that was born unto him,
whom  Sarah  bare to  him,  Isaac.
 4  And  Abraham  circumcised  his
son Isaac being eight days old, as
God  had  commanded  him.
 5  And  Abraham  was  an  hundred
years old, when  his son Isaac was
born  unto  him.
 19   And   after  this,   Abraham
buried Sarah his  wife in the cave
of   the   field  of   Mach-pe-lah
before Mamre:  the  same is Hebron
in  the  land  of  Ca-na-an.
 29   And  Rebekah had a  brother,
and    his    name    was   Laban:
and Laban  ran  out unto  the man,
unto  the  well.
THEN     again    Abraham     took
a   wife,   and   her   name   was
Ke-tu-rah.
 25  And  the first came out  red,
all over  like  an  hairy garment;
and  they  called his  name  Esau.
 10  And  it  came to  pass,  when
Jacob saw  Rachel the  daughter of
Laban  his  mother's  brother, and
the  sheep of  Laban his  mother's
brother, that Jacob went near, and
rolled  the stone from the  well's
mouth,  and   watered   the  flock
of Laban his mother's brother.
 16  And Laban  had two daughters:
the  name of  the elder  was Leah,
and   the  name  of  the   younger
was  Rachel.
 18  And Jacob  loved  Rachel; and
said,  I  will  serve  thee  seven
years  for   Rachel   thy  younger
daughter.
 25  And  it  came  to  pass, that
in  the  morning, behold,  it  was
Leah:   and  he  said  to   Laban,
What is  this thou hast  done unto
me?  did not I serve with thee for
Rachel?  wherefore then hast  thou
beguiled  me?
 20   And   Jacob   served   seven
years for Rachel;  and they seemed
unto  him but a few days, for  the
love  he  had  to  her.
 26  And Laban  said, It  must not
be so done in our country, to give
the younger before the firstborn.
 30  And  he  went  in  also  unto
Rachel, and  he loved  also Rachel
more  than Leah,  and served  with
him yet seven other years.
 23  And  it  came  to  pass  when
Joseph was come unto his brethren,
that  they   stripped  Joseph  out
of  his  coat, his  coat  of  many
colours  that  was  on  him;
 26  And  Judah   said   unto  his
brethren,  What profit is it if we
slay our brother,  and conceal his
blood?
 27  Come, and let  us sell him to
the Ish-mee-lites, and let not our
hand be  upon him;  for he  is our
brother  and our  flesh.  And  his
brethren  were  content.
 6  And Judah  took a  wife for Er
his  firstborn,   whose  name  was
Tamar.
AND   Joseph  was   brought   down
to   Egypt;  and  Pot-i-phar,   an
officer  of  Phar-aoh, captain  of
the  guard,  an  Egyptian,  bought
him of the  hands  of the Ish-mee-
lites,  which   had   brought  him
down  thither.
 19  If ye be true men, let one of
your  brethren  be  bound  in  the
house  of  your   prison:  go  ye,
carry corn for  the famine of your
houses:
 24  And he  turned  himself about
from them, and  wept; and returned
to   them   again,  and   communed
with    them,   and   took    from
them   Simeon,   and   bound   him
before  their  eyes.
 37  And  Reuben  spake  unto  his
father, saying,  Slay my two sons,
if I bring  him  not to  thee: de-
liver him into my hand, and I will
bring him to thee again.
 11  Then they  speedily took down
every man his  sack to the ground,
and opened every man his sack.
 12  And  he  searched, and  began
at  the  eldest, and left  at  the
youngest: and  the  cup was  found
in Benjamin's sack.
 8  And  these  are the  names  of
the children of Israel, which came
into  Egypt, Jacob  and his  sons:
Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
 19  The  sons  of Rachel  Jacob's
wife;  Joseph,  and  Benjamin.
 20   And  unto   Joseph  in   the
land of Egypt were born Ma-nas-seh
and  E-phra-im,   which  As-e-nath
the   daughter   of  Po-ti-pher-ah
priest  of  On  bare  unto  him.
 26  So  Joseph   died,  being  an
hundred  and  ten  years  old: and
they  embalmed  him,  and  he  was
put  in  a  coffin  in  Egypt.