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11 And he said, Who told thee that

ch. 2. 18. thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of

Before

The punishment of mankind shalt not eat of it: 'cursed is the ground for for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life:

e

4004. b Eccles. 1.

5,6. Rom. &

20.

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it 23: ai. 24. + bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

c Job 5.7. Eccles. 2. 23.

d Job 31. 40.

+ Heb. cause

19 'In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the to bud. ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and "unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife's name + Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Ps. 104. 14. 13. Thess.

f Eccles. 1.

3. 10.

g

ch. 2. 7.

Job 21. 26. Ps. 104. 29.

& 34. 15. Eccles. 3. 20. & 12.7.

Hebr. 9. 27.

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife Rom. 5. 12. did the LORD God make coats of skins, + Heb. and clothed them.

Chavah. That is, i ver. 5.

22 And the LORD God said, 'Be- living. hold, the man is become as one of us, to Like Isai. 19. know good and evil: and now, lest he 12 & 47. 12, put forth his hand, and take also of the 23 tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

13. Jer. 22. k ch. 2. 9.

23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the Ich. 4. 2. & ground from whence he was taken.

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24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

CHAP. IV.

1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel. 11 The curse of Cain. 17 Enoch the first city. 19 Lamech and his two wives. 25 The birth of Seth, 26 and Enos.

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said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. acquired. 2 And she again bare his brother A-Heb. bel. And Abel was ta keeper of sheep, + Heb. but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had a respect unto Abel and to his offering:

5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

6 Ánd the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

a feeder.

a cb. 3. 23.

&

9. 20.
days

+ Heb. at the

b Numb. 18. 12.

c

Numb. 18. 17. Prov. 3. Heb. sheep, 4

or, gcats.
d Hebr. 11.

e ch. 31. 2.

Or, have

7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not || be accepted? and if thou doest not the excel well, sin lieth at the door. And unto lency. thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt | Or, subject rule over him.

8 ¶ And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and 'slew him.

? And the LORD said unto Cain,

Hebr. 11. 4.

unto thee.

ch. 3. 16.

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wild. x. 3

Matt. 23-35 1 John 3. 12

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The curse of Cain.

Before CHRIST 3875

GENESIS.

Before

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The patriarchs' genealogy. "Where is Abel thy brother? And he said,+Enos: then began men || "to call upon T I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? the name of the LORD. 10 And he said, What hast thou done? John 8.44 the voice of thy brother's blood 'crieth unto me from the ground.

£ Ps. 9. 12.

+ Heb. bloods.

i Hebr. 12. 24. Rev. 6.

10.

| Or, Mine iniquity is

Freater than

that it may be forgiven.

~~24.

Job 15.20 1 P. 51. 11.

m ch. 9. 6. Nunib. 35. 19, 21, 27.

6.

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, ||My punishment is greater than I can bear.

14 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. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, venPs. 79. 12. geance shall be taken on him "sevenfold. Ezek. 9. 4. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

p 2 Kings 13. 23. & 24.20. Jer. 23-39. & 52.3. cir. 3875+ Heb. Chanoch. q Ps. 49. 11.

+ Heb. Lemech.

12.

16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

17 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.

18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat + Lamech.

19¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

21 And his brother's name was Jubal: Rom. 4.11, he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

+ Heb. whetter.

1 Or, 1 would slay a man in my wound, &c. Or, in my hurt.

s ver. 15.
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+ Heb.
Sheth
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u ch. 5. 6.

22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain 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. 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

Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

26 And to Seth, "to him also there was born a son; and he called his name

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HIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God Joel 2. 32. made he him;

2 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:

4 And the days of Adam after he nad begotten Seth were eight hundred years: f 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 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9¶ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat †Cainan :

10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

12 And Cainan lived seventy 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 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 † Methuselah":

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

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26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 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 + Noah,

1 Pet 3 20 saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground "which the LORD

! That is, resi, or, comfort.

ch. 317. hath cursed.

& 411.

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a ch. 6. 10. 6 ch. 10. 21.

a ch. 1. 28

2 Esd. 37.

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ND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; Dest 7-3, and they took them wives of all which they chose.

< Gal. 5. 16, 17. 1 Poz. 3 19.29.

3 And the LORD said, "My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he P.38 also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

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4 There were giants in the earth in Word signi- those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughgination, ters of men, and they bare children to pses and them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

but also the

desires.

e ch. 8 21.

Dest. 23 19 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that

Prov. 6. 18 ? Red 38 Nack is 19

Heb ery every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil †continually.

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6 And 'it repented the LORD that he 246 had made man on the earth, and it "grieved him at his heart.

Mal & G Jam. 1. 17.

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Isa. 63, 19. 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man Eph 43 whom I have created from the face of the *Heb. from earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; ch 119, for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Exod 33

12, 16, 17. Luke 1. 30. Arts - 45.

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14¶ Make thee an ark of gopher wood; 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 the earth. shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth +Heb. nests. 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.

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19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring ch. 7. 8,9, into the ark, to keep them 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 see ch. 2. 19. 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.

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3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, 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 e ver. 12, 17. it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance +Heb. blot that I have made will I + destroy from

out.

f ch. 6. 22.

23-19

g ver. 1.

Or, on the seventh day.

h ch. 8. 2. Prov. 8. 28.

Ezek. 26. 19.

| Or, flood gates.

ch. 1.7.& 8.

2. Ps. 78. 23. k ver. 4, 17.

I ver. 1,7.

eh. 6. 18. Hebr. 11. 7.

1Pet. 3. 20.

2 Pet. 2. 5.

m ver. 2, 3, 8,9

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.

7 ¶ 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.

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 and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 ¶ And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 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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14 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 +Heb. wing. after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

a ch. 6. 20.

p ver. 4, 12.

n

16 And they that went in, went in male ⚫ver. 2,3 and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. 17¶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.

|

The waters asswagc.

22 All in whose nostrils was the Before breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

23 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. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

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Heb. the spirit of life.

breath of the

2

Wisd. 10.4. Pet. 2. 5. &

1 Pet. 3. 20.

3. 6.

ch. 8. 3. &

ch. & 4. compared with ver. 11. of this chap.

AND God remembered Noah, and Exod.2.2

every living thing, and all the cat- 1 Sam. 1. 19. tle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the Exod. 14. earth, and the waters asswaged;

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and

the rain from heaven was restrained; d Job 38. 373 And the waters returned from off the earth continually and after the of the hundred and fifty days waters were abated.

end

the

4 ¶ And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Årarat.

Heb. in go turning."

ing and ree ch. 7. 24

in going and

5 And the waters + decreased continu- † Heb. were ally until the tenth month: in the tenth decreasing. month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

6 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened 'the win- fch. 6. 16. dow of the ark which he had made:

7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters + Heb. in were dried up from off the earth.

going forth and return

8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, ing. to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

9 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 carth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pull-+Heb. caused her in unto him into the ark.

10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove

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Before CHRIST 2348

geh. 713

h ch 7. 15

I ch. 1. 22.

+ Heb-families.

k Lev. ch. 13.

I Lev. 1.9. Ezek. 20. 41.

+ Heb. a 4

CHAP. IX.

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.

14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

17 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.

18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their †kinds, went forth out of the ark.

20 ¶ 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.

21 And the LORD smelled 'a+sweet 2 Cor. 2 15 savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again "curse the ground any Bour of rest. more for man's sake; for the "imaginac317 tion of man's heart is evil from his youth; Or, though. neither will I again smite any more Job 14&every thing living, as 1 have donc.

# ch. 6.5

15. 14 Ps. $1.5. Jer.

19. Matt.

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22+ While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

CHAP. IX.

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1 God blesseth Noah. 4 Blood and murder

are forbidden. & God's covenant, 13 signified by the rainbow. 18 Noah replenisheth the world, 20 planteth a vineyard, 21 is drunken, and mocked of his son, 25 curseth Canaan, 26 blesseth Shem, 27 prayeth for Japheth, 29 and dieth.

And God blessed to Be fruitful, ND God blessed Noah and his sons, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

2 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.

d

2. 16. 1 Tim. 3 Every moving thing that liveth 434 shall be meat for you; even as the & green 111119 herb have I given you all things.

fLev. 17. 10,

26. Deut. 12

23. 18am.

15-20, 29 8. Exod. 21.

4 'But flesh with the life thereof, 1434 Acts which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and "at the hand

hch. 49, 10.

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of man; at the hand of brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by i Acts 17. 26. man shall his blood be shed: 'for in the k Exod, 21. image of God made he man. 17. Matt. 26.

12, 14. Lev.

7 And you, "be ye fruitful, and multi- 52. Rev. 13. ply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, 10. and multiply therein.

1 ch. 1. 27. m ver. 1, 19.

8 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, and & ch. 1. 28. to his sons with him, saying,

9 And I, "behold, I establish my cove-n ch. 6. 18. nant with you,and with your seed after you;

o Isai. 54-9.

10 And with every living creature PPs. 145-9. 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.

11 And I will establish my covenant Isai. 54.9 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.

12 And God said, 'This is the token ch. 17. 11. 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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