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004:001 | And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain,
and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. | |
004:002 | And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of
sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. |
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004:003 | And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of
the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. |
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004:004 | And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and
of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to
his offering: |
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004:005 | But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain
was very wroth, and his countenance fell. |
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004:006 | And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is
thy countenance fallen? |
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004:007 | If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou
doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be
his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. |
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004:008 | 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. |
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004:009 | And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he
said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
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004:010 | And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's
blood crieth unto me from the ground. |
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004:011 | And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her
mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; |
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004:012 | 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. |
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004:013 | And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I
can bear. |
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004:014 | Behold, thou hast driven me 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 findeth me shall slay me. |
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004:015 | And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a
mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. |
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004:016 | And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in
the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. |
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004:017 | And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and
he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the
name of his son, Enoch. |
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004:018 | And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and
Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. |
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004:019 | And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was
Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. |
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004:020 | And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in
tents, and of such as have cattle. |
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004:021 | And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all
such as handle the harp and organ. |
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004:022 | And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every
artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was
Naamah. |
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004:023 | 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. |
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004:024 | If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold. |
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004:025 | And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called
his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another
seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. |
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004:026 | 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. |
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005:001 | This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that
God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; | |
005:002 | Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called
their name Adam, in the day when they were created. |
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005:003 | And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in
his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name
Seth: |
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005:004 | And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight
hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: |
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005:005 | And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty
years: and he died. |
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005:006 | And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: |
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005:007 | And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven
years, and begat sons and daughters: |
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005:008 | And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years:
and he died. |
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005:009 | And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: |
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005:010 | And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen
years, and begat sons and daughters: |
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005:011 | And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and
he died. |
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005:012 | And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: |
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005:013 | And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and
forty years, and begat sons and daughters: |
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005:014 | And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years:
and he died. |
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005:015 | And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: |
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005:016 | And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and
thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: |
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005:017 | And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and
five years: and he died.
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005:018 | And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat
Enoch: |
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005:019 | And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and
begat sons and daughters: |
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005:020 | And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two
years: and he died. |
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005:021 | And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: |
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005:022 | And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: |
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005:023 | And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five
years: |
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005:024 | And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. |
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005:025 | And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and
begat Lamech. |
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005:026 | And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred
eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: |
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005:027 | And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and
nine years: and he died. |
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005:028 | And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a
son: |
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005:029 | And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort
us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the
ground which the LORD hath cursed. |
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005:030 | And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and
five years, and begat sons and daughters: |
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005:031 | And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and
seven years: and he died. |
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005:032 | And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,
and Japheth. |
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006:001 | And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of
the earth, and daughters were born unto them, | |
006:002 | That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were
fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. |
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006:003 | 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. |
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006:004 | 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. |
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006:005 | And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually. |
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006:006 | And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth,
and it grieved him at his heart. |
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006:007 | And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from
the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping
thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I
have made them. |
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006:008 | But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. |
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006:009 | These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and
perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. |
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006:010 | And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. |
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006:011 | The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was
filled with violence. |
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006:012 | And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt;
for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. |
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006:013 | And God said unto Noah, The 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. |
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006:014 | Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the
ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. |
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006:015 | 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. |
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006:016 | 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. |
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006:017 | 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.
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006:018 | But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt
come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy
sons' wives with thee. |
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006:019 | And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort
shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee;
they shall be male and female. |
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006:020 | 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. |
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006:021 | 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. |
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006:022 | Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did
he. |
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007:001 | And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into
the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation. | |
007:002 | 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. |
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007:003 | Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female;
to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. |
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007:004 | For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth
forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I
have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. |
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007:005 | And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. |
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007:006 | And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters
was upon the earth. |
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007:007 | And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'
wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the
flood. |
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007:008 | Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of
fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, |
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007:009 | There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and
the female, as God had commanded Noah. |
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007:010 | And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the
flood were upon the earth. |
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007:011 | 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. |
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007:012 | And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. |
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007:013 | In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and
Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three
wives of his sons with them, into the ark; |
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007:014 | They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after
their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every
bird of every sort. |
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007:015 | And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life. |
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007:016 | And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh,
as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. |
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007:017 | And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters
increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the
earth. |
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007:018 | And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the
earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. |
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007:019 | And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all
the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were
covered. |
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007:020 | Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the
mountains were covered. |
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007:021 | And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl,
and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth, and every man: |
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007:022 | All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was
in the dry land, died. |
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007:023 | And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the
face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping
things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed
from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that
were with him in the ark. |
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007:024 | And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty
days. |
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008:001 | And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the
cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to
pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; | |
008:002 | The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were
stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; |
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008:003 | And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and
after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were
abated.
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008:004 | And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth
day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. |
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008:005 | And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in
the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops
of the mountains seen. |
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008:006 | And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened
the window of the ark which he had made: |
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008:007 | And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until
the waters were dried up from off the earth. |
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008:008 | Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were
abated from off the face of the ground; |
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008:009 | But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she
returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the
face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took
her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. |
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008:010 | And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth
the dove out of the ark; |
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008:011 | And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her
mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the
waters were abated from off the earth. |
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008:012 | And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove;
which returned not again unto him any more. |
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008:013 | And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in
the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were
dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of
the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was
dry. |
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008:014 | And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the
month, was the earth dried. |
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008:015 | And God spake unto Noah, saying, |
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008:016 | Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy
sons' wives with thee. |
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008:017 | Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of
all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed
abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon
the earth. |
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008:018 | And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'
wives with him: |
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008:019 | Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and
whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went
forth out of the ark. |
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008:020 | And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every
clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt
offerings on the altar. |
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008:021 | And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his
heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's
sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his
youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living,
as I have done. |
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008:022 | While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and
heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not
cease. |
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009:001 | And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. | |
009:002 | And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every
beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all
that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the
sea; into your hand are they delivered. |
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009:003 | Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as
the green herb have I given you all things. |
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009:004 | But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof,
shall ye not eat. |
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009:005 | And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the
hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man;
at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of
man. |
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009:006 | Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed:
for in the image of God made he man. |
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009:007 | And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly
in the earth, and multiply therein. |
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009:008 | And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, |
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009:009 | And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your
seed after you; |
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009:010 | And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl,
of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from
all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
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009:011 | 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. |
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009:012 | And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make
between me and you and every living creature that is with you,
for perpetual generations: |
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009:013 | I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a
covenant between me and the earth. |
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009:014 | And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the
earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: |
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009:015 | And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you
and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall
no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. |
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009:016 | And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it,
that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and
every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. |
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009:017 | And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant,
which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon
the earth. |
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009:018 | And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem,
and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. |
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009:019 | These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole
earth overspread. |
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009:020 | And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: |
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009:021 | And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was
uncovered within his tent. |
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009:022 | And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his
father, and told his two brethren without. |
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009:023 | And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both
their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness
of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw
not their father's nakedness. |
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009:024 | And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son
had done unto him. |
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009:025 | And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he
be unto his brethren. |
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009:026 | And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall
be his servant. |
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009:027 | God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of
Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. |
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009:028 | And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. |
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009:029 | And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years:
and he died. |
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010:001 | Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham,
and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. | |
010:002 | The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. |
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010:003 | And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. |
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010:004 | And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and
Dodanim. |
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010:005 | By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their
lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in
their nations. |
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010:006 | And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. |
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010:007 | And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and
Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and
Dedan. |
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010:008 | And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the
earth. |
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010:009 | He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said,
Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. |
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010:010 | And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and
Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. |
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010:011 | Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and
the city Rehoboth, and Calah, |
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010:012 | And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. |
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010:013 | And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
Naphtuhim, |
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010:014 | And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and
Caphtorim. |
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010:015 | And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, |
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010:016 | And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, |
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010:017 | And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, |
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010:018 | And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and
afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. |
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010:019 | And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou
comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and
Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
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010:020 | These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their
tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. |
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010:021 | Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the
brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. |
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010:022 | The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,
and Aram. |
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010:023 | And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. |
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010:024 | And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. |
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010:025 | And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg;
for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name
was Joktan. |
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010:026 | And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and
Jerah, |
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010:027 | And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, |
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010:028 | And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, |
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010:029 | And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of
Joktan. |
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010:030 | And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a
mount of the east. |
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010:031 | These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their
tongues, in their lands, after their nations. |
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010:032 | These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their
generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations
divided in the earth after the flood. |
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011:001 | And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. | |
011:002 | And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that
they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt
there. |
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011:003 | And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and
burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime
had they for morter. |
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011:004 | And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower,
whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name,
lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. |
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011:005 | And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which
the children of men builded. |
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011:006 | And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have
all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing
will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. |
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011:007 | Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that
they may not understand one another's speech. |
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011:008 | So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of
all the earth: and they left off to build the city. |
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011:009 | 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. |
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011:010 | These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years
old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: |
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011:011 | And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and
begat sons and daughters. |
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011:012 | And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: |
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011:013 | And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three
years, and begat sons and daughters. |
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011:014 | And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: |
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011:015 | And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three
years, and begat sons and daughters. |
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011:016 | And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: |
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011:017 | And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters. |
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011:018 | And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: |
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011:019 | And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years,
and begat sons and daughters. |
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011:020 | And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: |
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011:021 | And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven
years, and begat sons and daughters. |
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011:022 | And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: |
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011:023 | And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and
begat sons and daughters. |
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011:024 | And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: |
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011:025 | And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen
years, and begat sons and daughters.
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011:026 | And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran. |
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011:027 | Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram,
Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. |
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011:028 | And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his
nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
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011:029 | And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife
was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter
of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. |
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011:030 | But Sarai was barren; she had no child. |
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011:031 | And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his
son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's
wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees,
to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and
dwelt there. |
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011:032 | And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and
Terah died in Haran. |
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014:001 | And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar,
Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal
king of nations; | |
014:002 | That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha
king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of
Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. |
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014:003 | All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is
the salt sea. |
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014:004 | Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth
year they rebelled. |
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014:005 | And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings
that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth
Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh
Kiriathaim, |
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014:006 | And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by
the wilderness. |
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014:007 | And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and
smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the
Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. |
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014:008 | And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of
Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and
the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle
with them in the vale of Siddim; |
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014:009 | With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of
nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of
Ellasar; four kings with five.
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014:010 | And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that
remained fled to the mountain. |
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014:011 | And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all
their victuals, and went their way. |
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014:012 | And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom,
and his goods, and departed. |
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014:013 | And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the
Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite,
brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were
confederate with Abram. |
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014:014 | And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he
armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three
hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. |
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014:015 | And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by
night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is
on the left hand of Damascus. |
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014:016 | And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his
brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the
people. |
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014:017 | And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return
from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were
with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. |
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014:018 | And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine:
and he was the priest of the most high God. |
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014:019 | And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most
high God, possessor of heaven and earth: |
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014:020 | And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine
enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. |
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014:021 | And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons,
and take the goods to thyself. |
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014:022 | And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand
unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and
earth, |
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014:023 | That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and
that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou
shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: |
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014:024 | Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion
of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let
them take their portion. |
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015:001 | After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a
vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy
exceeding great reward. | |
015:002 | And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of
Damascus? |
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015:003 | And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and,
lo, one born in my house is mine heir. |
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015:004 | And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This
shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of
thine own bowels shall be thine heir. |
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015:005 | And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward
heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them:
and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. |
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015:006 | And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness. |
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015:007 | And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of
Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. |
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015:008 | And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall
inherit it? |
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015:009 | And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old,
and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years
old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
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015:010 | And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst,
and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided
he not. |
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015:011 | And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove
them away. |
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015:012 | And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;
and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. |
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015:013 | And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall
be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve
them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; |
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015:014 | And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance. |
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015:015 | And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be
buried in a good old age. |
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015:016 | But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for
the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. |
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015:017 | And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was
dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed
between those pieces. |
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015:018 | In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,
Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt
unto the great river, the river Euphrates: |
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015:019 | The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, |
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015:020 | And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, |
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015:021 | And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and
the Jebusites. |
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017:001 | And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD
appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;
walk before me, and be thou perfect. | |
017:002 | And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will
multiply thee exceedingly. |
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017:003 | And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, |
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017:004 | As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be
a father of many nations. |
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017:005 | Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name
shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made
thee. |
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017:006 | And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make
nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. |
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017:007 | And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy
seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting
covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. |
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017:008 | And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the
land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for
an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. |
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017:009 | And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant
therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. |
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017:010 | This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you
and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be
circumcised. |
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017:011 | And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it
shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. |
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017:012 | And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,
every man child in your generations, he that is born in the
house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of
thy seed. |
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017:013 | He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy
money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in
your flesh for an everlasting covenant. |
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017:014 | And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is
not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people;
he hath broken my covenant. |
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017:015 | And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt
not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. |
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017:016 | And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I
will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of
people shall be of her. |
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017:017 | Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his
heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years
old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? |
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017:018 | And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before
thee! |
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017:019 | And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and
thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my
covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his
seed after him. |
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017:020 | And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed
him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him
exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make
him a great nation. |
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017:021 | But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall
bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. |
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017:022 | And he left off talking with him, and God went up from
Abraham. |
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017:023 | And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in
his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male
among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of
their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. |
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017:024 | And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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017:025 | And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. |
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017:026 | In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his
son. |
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017:027 | And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought
with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. |
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019:001 | And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the
gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and
he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; | |
019:002 | And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into
your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet,
and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they
said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. |
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019:003 | And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him,
and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did
bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. |
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019:004 | But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of
Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the
people from every quarter: |
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019:005 | And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men
which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that
we may know them. |
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019:006 | And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door
after him, |
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019:007 | And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. |
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019:008 | Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let
me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as
is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for
therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. |
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019:009 | And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one
fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now
will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed
sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. |
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019:010 | But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the
house to them, and shut to the door. |
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019:011 | And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with
blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied
themselves to find the door. |
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019:012 | And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in
law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast
in the city, bring them out of this place: |
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019:013 | For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is
waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath
sent us to destroy it. |
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019:014 | And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which
married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this
place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as
one that mocked unto his sons in law. |
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019:015 | And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot,
saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are
here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. |
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019:016 | And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and
upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two
daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought
him forth, and set him without the city.
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019:017 | And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,
that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee,
neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain,
lest thou be consumed. |
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019:018 | And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: |
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019:019 | Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and
thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me
in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest
some evil take me, and I die: |
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019:020 | Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little
one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and
my soul shall live. |
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019:021 | And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning
this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the
which thou hast spoken. |
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019:022 | Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou
be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called
Zoar. |
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019:023 | The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. |
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019:024 | Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone
and fire from the LORD out of heaven; |
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019:025 | And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the
ground. |
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019:026 | But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a
pillar of salt. |
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019:027 | And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he
stood before the LORD: |
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019:028 | And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the
land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the
country went up as the smoke of a furnace. |
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019:029 | And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the
plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the
midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the
which Lot dwelt. |
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019:030 | And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and
his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar:
and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. |
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019:031 | And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old,
and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after
the manner of all the earth: |
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019:032 | Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with
him, that we may preserve seed of our father. |
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019:033 | And they made their father drink wine that night: and the
firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived
not when she lay down, nor when she arose. |
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019:034 | And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said
unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father:
let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in,
and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. |
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019:035 | And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the
younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she
lay down, nor when she arose. |
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019:036 | Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their
father. |
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019:037 | And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the
same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. |
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019:038 | And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name
Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto
this day. |
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020:001 | And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country,
and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. | |
020:002 | And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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020:003 | But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to
him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou
hast taken; for she is a man's wife. |
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020:004 | But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt
thou slay also a righteous nation? |
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020:005 | Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she
herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart
and innocency of my hands have I done this. |
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020:006 | And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst
this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee
from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to
touch her. |
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020:007 | Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet,
and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou
restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou,
and all that are thine. |
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020:008 | Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all
his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the
men were sore afraid. |
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020:009 | Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast
thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou
hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast
done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. |
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020:010 | And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou
hast done this thing? |
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020:011 | 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. |
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020:012 | 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. |
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020:013 | And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my
father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness
which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall
come, say of me, He is my brother. |
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020:014 | And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him
Sarah his wife. |
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020:015 | And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell
where it pleaseth thee. |
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020:016 | And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a
thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of
the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other:
thus she was reproved. |
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020:017 | So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his
wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. |
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020:018 | For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. |
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023:001 | And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these
were the years of the life of Sarah. | |
023:002 | And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land
of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep
for her. |
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023:003 | And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the
sons of Heth, saying,
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023:004 | I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession
of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my
sight. |
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023:005 | And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, |
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023:006 | Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the
choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall
withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury
thy dead. |
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023:007 | And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the
land, even to the children of Heth. |
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023:008 | And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I
should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for
me to Ephron the son of Zohar, |
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023:009 | That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath,
which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is
worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace
amongst you. |
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023:010 | And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of
Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city,
saying, |
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023:011 | Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave
that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons
of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. |
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023:012 | And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. |
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023:013 | And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the
land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me:
I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I
will bury my dead there. |
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023:014 | And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, |
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023:015 | My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred
shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury
therefore thy dead. |
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023:016 | And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to
Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the
sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money
with the merchant. |
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023:017 | And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was
before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and
all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the
borders round about, were made sure |
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023:018 | Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children
of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. |
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023:019 | And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of
the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the
land of Canaan. |
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023:020 | And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure
unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of
Heth. |
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024:001 | And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD
had blessed Abraham in all things. | |
024:002 | And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that
ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under
my thigh: |
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024:003 | And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and
the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my
son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: |
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024:004 | But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take
a wife unto my son Isaac. |
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024:005 | And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not
be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy
son again unto the land from whence thou camest? |
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024:006 | And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my
son thither again. |
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024:007 | The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house,
and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and
that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this
land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take
a wife unto my son from thence.
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024:008 | And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou
shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son
thither again. |
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024:009 | And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his
master, and sware to him concerning that matter. |
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024:010 | And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master,
and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his
hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of
Nahor. |
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024:011 | And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a
well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that
women go out to draw water. |
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024:012 | And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send
me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master
Abraham. |
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024:013 | Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters
of the men of the city come out to draw water: |
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024:014 | And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say,
Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she
shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let
the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant
Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness
unto my master. |
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024:015 | And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that,
behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of
Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher
upon her shoulder. |
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024:016 | And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither
had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and
filled her pitcher, and came up. |
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024:017 | And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray
thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. |
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024:018 | And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. |
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024:019 | And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw
water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. |
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024:020 | And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and
ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his
camels. |
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024:021 | And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether
the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. |
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024:022 | And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the
man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two
bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; |
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024:023 | And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is
there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? |
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024:024 | And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of
Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. |
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024:025 | She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender
enough, and room to lodge in. |
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024:026 | And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. |
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024:027 | And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who
hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth:
I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my
master's brethren. |
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024:028 | And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these
things. |
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024:029 | And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban
ran out unto the man, unto the well. |
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024:030 | And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets
upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of
Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that
he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at
the well. |
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024:031 | And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore
standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room
for the camels. |
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024:032 | And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels,
and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash
his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. |
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024:033 | And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will
not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
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024:034 | And he said, I am Abraham's servant. |
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024:035 | And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become
great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver,
and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and
asses. |
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024:036 | And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she
was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. |
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024:037 | And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a
wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose
land I dwell: |
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024:038 | But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred,
and take a wife unto my son. |
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024:039 | And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not
follow me. |
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024:040 | And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send
his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take
a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: |
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024:041 | Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest
to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be
clear from my oath. |
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024:042 | And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my
master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: |
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024:043 | Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to
pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I
say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy
pitcher to drink; |
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024:044 | And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for
thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath
appointed out for my master's son. |
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024:045 | And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah
came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down
unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me
drink, I pray thee. |
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024:046 | And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her
shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink
also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. |
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024:047 | And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she
said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare
unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the
bracelets upon her hands. |
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024:048 | And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed
the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the
right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. |
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024:049 | And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell
me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or
to the left. |
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024:050 | Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth
from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. |
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024:051 | Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her
be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. |
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024:052 | And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their
words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. |
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024:053 | And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of
gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to
her brother and to her mother precious things. |
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024:054 | And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him,
and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he
said, Send me away unto my master. |
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024:055 | And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with
us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
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024:056 | And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath
prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. |
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024:057 | And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her
mouth. |
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024:058 | And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with
this man? And she said, I will go. |
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024:059 | And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and
Abraham's servant, and his men. |
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024:060 | And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our
sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let
thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. |
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024:061 | And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the
camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah,
and went his way. |
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024:062 | And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt
in the south country. |
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024:063 | And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide:
and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels
were coming. |
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024:064 | And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she
lighted off the camel. |
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024:065 | For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that
walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It
is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. |
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024:066 | And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. |
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024:067 | 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. |
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025:001 | Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. | |
025:002 | And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian,
and Ishbak, and Shuah. |
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025:003 | And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. |
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025:004 | And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and
Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. |
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025:005 | And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. |
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025:006 | But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had,
Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son,
while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. |
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025:007 | And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he
lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. |
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025:008 | Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an
old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. |
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025:009 | And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of
Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the
Hittite, which is before Mamre; |
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025:010 | The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there
was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. |
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025:011 | And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God
blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. |
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025:012 | Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom
Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: |
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025:013 | And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their
names, according to their generations: the firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, |
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025:014 | And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, |
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025:015 | Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: |
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025:016 | These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by
their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to
their nations. |
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025:017 | And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and
thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and
was gathered unto his people. |
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025:018 | And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt,
as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of
all his brethren.
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025:019 | And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham
begat Isaac: |
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025:020 | And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,
the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to
Laban the Syrian. |
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025:021 | And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was
barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his
wife conceived. |
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025:022 | And the children struggled together within her; and she said,
If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the
LORD. |
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025:023 | And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and
two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and
the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and
the elder shall serve the younger. |
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025:024 | And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold,
there were twins in her womb. |
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025:025 | And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment;
and they called his name Esau. |
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025:026 | 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. |
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025:027 | And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the
field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. |
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025:028 | And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but
Rebekah loved Jacob. |
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025:029 | And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he
was faint: |
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025:030 | And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same
red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called
Edom. |
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025:031 | And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. |
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025:032 | And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what
profit shall this birthright do to me? |
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025:033 | And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him:
and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. |
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025:034 | 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.
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