The tree of knowledge. BEFORE CHRIST 4004. + ch. 25. 18. GENESIS, III. thence it was parted, and became into four heads. k i The serpent deceiveth Eve. BEFORE CHRIST 4004. to water the garden; and from flesh: she shall be called 2 Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall 1 Cor. 11. 8. be one flesh. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is Numb. 11. 7. good: "there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 *But of the tree of the knowledge ch. 3. 1, 3, 11, of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 5 Heb. eating thou shalt eat. ver. 9. 17. b ch. 3. 3, 19. Rom. 6. 23. 1 Cor. 15. 56. Jam. 1. 15. 1 John 5. 16. thou shalt die. 6 Heb. dying c ch. 3. 12. 1 Cor. 11. 9. 1 Tim. 2. 13. 7 Heb. as before him. 4 ch. 1. 20, 24. e Ps. 8. 6. 8 See ch. 6. 20. Or, the man. 9 Heb. called. fch. 15. 12. 18 ¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help "meet for him. 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. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 9 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and 1 Sam. 26.12. he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they ch. 2. 25. were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the 'cool of the day: and Adam and his wife 'hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto 6 Or, things to gird about. 7 Job 38. 1. Heb. wind. Jer. 23. 24. The serpent is cursed. BEFORE CHRIST 4004. m ch. 2. 25. Exod. 3. 6. 1 John 3. 20. n ch. 2. 18. Job 31. 33. 。 ver. 4. 2 Cor. 11. 3. 1 Tim. 2. 14. 32. Isai. 65. 25. Mic. 7. 17. GENESIS, IV. Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? m 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, 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? 12 And the man said, "The woman Exod. 21. 29, whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the LORD God said unto the Matt. 3.7.& woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the LORD God said Punto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, Luke 1.31,34, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 13. 38. & 23. 33. John 8. 44. 35. Gal. 4. 4. t Rom. 16. 20. Col. 2. 15. Hebr. 2. 14. 1 John 5. 5. Rev. 12. 7, 71 Sam. 15.23. 2 ver. 6. ⚫ ch. 2. 17. Eccles. 1.2,3. Rom. 8. 20. Eccles. 2.23. Job 31. 40. 3 Heb. cause to bud. • Ps. 104. 14. Eccles. 1. 13. 2 Thess. 3. 10. ch. 2. 7. Job 21. 26. & Hebr. 9. 27. 5 That is, Liv ing. 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; "in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 2 W 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, 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; b 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it 3 bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 'In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken for dust thou art, and dust shalt thou return. unto 20 And Adam called his wife's name 45 Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Man is cast out of paradise. 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance ch. 31. 2. 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 And well, sin lieth at the door. 8 unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when The murder of Abel. BEFORE CHRIST about 3875. Matt. 23. 35. GENESIS, V. 8 1 John 3. 12. he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? Jude 11. & Ps. 9. 12. b John 8. 44. 2 Heb. bloods. * Hebr. 12. 24. Rev. 6. 10. 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's 2 blood crieth unto me from the ground. i 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. 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, Or, Mine ini- 3 My punishment is greater than I quity is greater than that it can bear. may be forgiven. 24. 1 Ps. 51. 11. k 14 Behold, thou hast driven me *Job 15. 20-out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, "that every one that Numb. 35.19, findeth me shall slay me. m ch. 9. 6. 21, 27. n Ps. 79. 12. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him "sevenfold. And the LORD set a ° Ezek. 9. 4, 6. mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer Rom.4.11, 12. in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. 4 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 25 ¶And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name 56 Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26 And to Seth, "to him also there Or, to call was born a son; and he called his name 'Enos: then began men 8 w to call upon the name of the LORD. God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 2 c Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 ¶ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: d 7 Heb. Enosh. 8 b 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. 1 Chron. 1. 1. Luke 3. 38. ch. 1. 26. Ephes. 4. 24. Col. 3. 10. c ch. 1. 27. 3874. d ch. 4. 25. &c. 4 And the days of Adam after he1 Chron. 1. 1, had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: 7 Ånd Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: fch. 1.28. € ch. 3. 19. Hebr. 9. 27. 3769. h ch. 4. 26. 12 And Cainan lived seventy Gr. Maleleel. years, and begat Mahalaleel: 13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 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 an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat i 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 years: and he died. 21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat 5 Methuselah: k 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: Translation of Enoch. 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years and he died. 28 ¶ And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29 And he called his name 23 Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. m 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. BEFORE CHRIST 3130. 2948. 2 Gr. Noe. Luke 3. 36. Hebr. 11. 7. 1 Pet. 3. 20. 3 That is, Rest, or, Comfort. m ch. 3. 17. & 4. 11. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat "Shem, ch. 6. 10. Ham, and Japheth. CHAPTER VI. 1 The wickedness of the world, which provoked • ch. 10. 21. AND it came to pass, when men • ch. 1. 28. 2 That the sons of God saw the C 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. c Gal. 5. 16, 17. 1 Pet. 3. 19, 20. 23 And all the days of Enoch were Heb. Lemech. begat Lamech: 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: Luke 1.6. Rom. 2. 13. & 3. 19. n Ezek. 8. 17. & 28. 16. O ch. 18. 21. 1 11 The earth also was corrupt m before God, and the earth was filled with violence. n 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; and end of the ark. alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort "shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. W 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. CHAPTER VII. 1 Noah, with his family, and the living creatures, enter into the ark. 17 The beginning, increase, and continuance of the flood. for all flesh had corrupted his way AND the LORD said unto Noah, upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, P The Hab. 2. 8, 17. end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Ps. 14. 2. & 33. 13, 14. & 53. 2, 3. P Jer. 51. 13. Ezek. 7. 2, 3, 6. Amos 8.2. 1 Pet. 4. 7. a ver. 17. 4 Or, from the earth. 5 Heb. nests. r ver. 13. ch. 7. 4, 21, 22, 23. 2 Pet. 2. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 20. 2 Pet. 2. 5. 14 ¶ Make thee an ark of gopherwood; 5 rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 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. 17 *And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my ch. 7. 1,7, 13. Covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all tch. 7. 8, 9, 15, flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them 16. BEFORE CHRIST 2448. " ch. 7. 9, 15. See ch. 2. 19. Hebr. 11. 7. See Exod. 40. 16. * ch. 7. 5, 9, 16. 3 of fowls also of the air by sevens, Lev. 10. 10. the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty ver. 12, 17. days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. g 3 Heb. blot out. ch. 6. 22. 2349. 7 ¶ & And Noah went in, and his ver. 1. sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male |