Their Expulsion from Eden. Cain and Abel. Murder of Abel

which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And the man called his wife's name 2 Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21 And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever-23 therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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And the man knew Eve his 4 wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah. 2 And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, 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 Jehovah. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had 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 And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its

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desire; but do thou rule over
8 And Cain told Abel his brot
And it came to pass, when they v
in the field, that Cain rose up aga
Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And Jehovah said unto C
Where is Abel thy brother? And
said, I know not: am I my broth
keeper? 10 And he said, What h
thou done? the voice of thy broth
blood crieth unto me from
ground. 11 And now cursed art th
from the ground, which hath oper
its mouth to receive thy brothe
blood from thy hand; 12 wh
thou tillest the ground, it sh
not henceforth yield unto thee
strength; a fugitive and a wander
shalt thou be in the earth. 13 A
Cain said unto Jehovah, 5 My pu
ishment is greater 6 than I can bea
14 Behold, thou hast driven me o
this day from the face of the groun
and from thy face shall I be hi
and I shall be a fugitive and a wa
derer in the earth; and it will con
to pass, that whosoever findeth m
will slay me. 15 And Jehovah sai
unto him, Therefore whosoever slay
eth Cain, vengeance shall be take
on him sevenfold. And Jehova
appointed a sign for Cain, lest an
finding him should smite him.

16 And Cain went out from the
presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the
land of 7 Nod, 8 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 Mehu-
jael; and Mehujael begat Methu-
shael; and Methushael begat La-
mech. 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 intents
and have cattle. 21 And his brother's
name was Jubal: he was the father
of all such as handle the harp and
pipe. 22 And Zillah, she also bare
5 Or, Mine iniquity

4 Heb. said unto.

6 Or, than can be forgiven
7 That is, Wandering.

8 Or, in front of

Birth of Seth. Descendants of Seth

l-cain, the forger of every cut-lived after he begat Kenan eight instrument of 2 brass and iron: hundred and fifteen years, and bethe sister of Tubal-cain was Naa- gat sons and daughters: 11 and all 23 And Lamech said unto his the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

The Corruption of Mankind. Noah and his Sons

vah hath cursed. 30 And Lamech was corrupt before God, and 1 earth was filled with violen 12 And God saw the earth, ar behold, it was corrupt; for all fle had corrupted their way upon t earth.

lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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13 And God said unto Noa The end of all flesh is come befc me; for the earth is filled with vi lence through them; and, behold, And it came to pass, when will destroy them with the eart men began to multiply on the 14 Make thee an ark of goph face of the ground, and daughters wood; 7rooms shalt thou make were born unto them, 2 that the the ark, and shalt pitch it with sons of God saw the daughters of and without with pitch. 15 Ar men that they were fair; and they this is how thou shalt make it: th took them wives of all that they length of the ark three hundre chose. 3 And Jehovah said, My cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubit Spirit shall not strive with man and the height of it thirty cubit for ever, 2 for that he also is flesh: 16 A light shalt thou make to th 3 yet shall his days be a hundred ark, and to a cubit shalt thou fir and twenty years. 4 The Neph-ish it upward; and the door c ilim were in the earth in those the ark shalt thou set in the sid days, and also after that, when thereof; with lower, second, an the sons of God came in unto the third stories shalt thou make it daughters of men, and they bare 17 And I, behold, I do bring th children to them: the same were flood of waters upon the earth, to the mighty men that were of old, destroy all flesh, wherein is the the men of renown. breath of life, from under heaven everything that is in the earth shal die. 18 But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

5 And Jehovah 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. 6 And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 And the earth 1 Or, rule in Acc. to Sept., Vulg., and Syr.,

abide in

7 come thou and all thy house

And Jehovah said unto Noah,

into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this genera7 Heb. nests. 8 Or roof 9 Or, from above

Noah commanded to make an Ark. The Ark entered. The Flood comes

hon.

2 Of every clean beast thou | life. alt take to thee seven and seven, de male and his female; and of the easts that are not clean two, the Lale and his female: 3 of the birds so of the heavens, seven and even, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground. 5 And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah 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 birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground, 9 there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after the 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, on the seventeenth day of the month, on 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; 14 they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every 2 sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of 2 Heb. wing.

1 Heb. blot out.

16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah 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 lifted up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth and every man: 22 all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died. 23 4 And every living thing was 5 destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were 5 destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

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And God remembered Noah,

8 and all the beasts, and all the

cattle that were with him in the ark :
and God made a wind to pass over
the earth, and the waters assuaged;
2 the fountains also of the deep and
the windows of heaven were stopped,
and the rain from heaven was re-
strained; 3 and the waters returned
from off the earth continually and
after the end of a hundred and fifty
days the waters decreased. 4 And
the ark rested in the seventh month,
on the seventeenth day of the month,
upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased con-
tinually until the tenth month: in
the tenth month, on the first day of

3 Or, swarming thing that swarmeth
4 Or, And he destroyed every living thing
5 Heb. blotted out.

The Waters abate. The Raven and the Dove. God blesses Noah 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 window of the ark which he had made: 7 and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 And he sent forth a dove from him, 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 to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark. 10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; 11 and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth 1an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

20 And Noah builded an altar Jehovah, and took of every cl beast, and of every clean bird, a offered burnt-offerings on the al 21 And Jehovah smelled the sw savor; and Jehovah said in his hea I will not again curse the ground a more for man's sake, for that 1 imagination of man's heart is e from his youth; neither will I aga smite any more everything living, I have done. 22 While the earth maineth, seedtime and harvest, a cold and heat, and summer winter, and day and night shall n cease.

And God blessed Noah and b sons, and said unto them, fruitful, and multiply, and replenis the earth. 2 And the fear of yo and the dread of you shall be upo every beast of the earth, and upo every bird of the heavens; with a wherewith the ground teemeth, an all the fishes of the sea, into you hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have 13 And it came to pass in the six I given you all. 4 But flesh with hundred and first year, in the first the life thereof, which is the blood month, the first day of the month, thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And the waters were dried up from off the surely your blood, the blood of your earth and Noah removed the cov-lives, will I require; at the hand ering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried. 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. 15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth from 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 birds, and cattle, and 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 bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

1 Or, a fresh olive leaf

of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the 2 Or, sake; for the 3 Or, creepeth