RST BOOK OF MOSES,

ing thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

heaven and 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every a, and void; thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: f the deep and God saw that it was goo. the face of

261 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have : and there dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all was good: the earth, and over every creeping thing that Harkness.

creepeth upon the earth. ad the dark- 27 So God created man in his own image, in ing and the the image of God created he him; male aad

mament in 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto divide the them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subducit: and have dominion over the divided the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and ent from the over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. ent: and it 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face eaven: and of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is second day. the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall under the be for meat.

e place, and 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth Earth; and upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given s called he every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, bring forth and behold, it was very good. And the evening e fruit-tree and the morning were the sixth day. seed is in

5, and herb

tree yield

after his

g were the

THUS the heavens and the earth were finish-
ed, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work
which he had made; and he rested on the sev-
enth day from all his work which he had made.

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctights in the fied it: because that in it he had rested from all e day from his work which God created and made. and for sea- 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day firmament that the LORD God made the carth and the earth: and heavens,

5 And every plant of the field before it was in the greater the earth, and every herb of the field before it ght to rule grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to

Lent of the till the ground.

But there went up a mist from the earth, and the night, watered the whole face of the ground. ness: and 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust

of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the were the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 81 And the LORD God planted a garden east bring forth ward in Eden; and there he put the man whom hath life, he had formed.

arth in the 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and every and good for food; the tree of life also in the the waters midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge kind, and of good and evil.

d God saw 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden: and from thence it was parted, and

Be fruitful, became into four heads.

seas, and 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah,

g were the where there is gold;

12 And the gold of that land is good: there is

g forth the bdellium and the onyx-stone.

and creep- 13 And the name of the

Marnage instituted. The punishment of m the same is it that compasseth the whole land of naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree wh Ethiopia. commanded thee, that thou shouldest nott 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: 12 And the man said, The woman who that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it.

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

gavest to be with me, she gave me of t and I did eat.

13 And the LORD God said unto the v What is this that thou hast done? And man said, The serpent beguiled me, and I 14 And the LORD God said unto the s Because thou hast done this, thou art above all cattle, and above every beast

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, an evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 15 And I will put enmity between thee a 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good woman, and between thy seed and her so that the man should be alone: I will make him shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bru a help meet for him. heel.

19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed 16 Unto the woman he said, I will g every beast of the field, and every fowl of the multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; air, and brought them unto Adam to see what row thou shalt bring forth children: and t he would call them; and whatsoever Adam sire shall be to thy husband, and he sha called every living creature, that was the name over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because tho 20 And Adam gave names to all eattle, and to hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, an the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the eaten of the tree of which I commanded tield but for Adam there was not found a help saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed meet for him. ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to it all the days of thy life; fall upon Adam, and he slept ; and he took one 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat from man, made he a woman, and brought her till thou return unto the ground; for out

wast thou taken for dust thou art, and dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife's name Ev cause she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife di LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed 221 And the LORD God said, Behold, the is become as one of us, to know good and And now, lest he put forth his hand, and also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth

Now the serpent was more subtile than any the garden of Eden, to till the ground

made: and he said unto the woman, Yea, hath 24 So he drove out the man: and he plac God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims garden?

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

a flaming sword which turned every wa
keep the way of the tree of life.
CHAP. IV.

Birth of Cain and Abel.

ND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she ceived, and bare Cain, and said, I gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain wa tiller of the ground.

3 And in process of time it came to pass, Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an o ing unto the LORD.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstling wise; she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the L and gave also unto her husband with her, and had respect unto Abel, and to his offering: he did eat.

5 But unto Cain, and to his offering, he had

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and respect. And Cain was very wroth, and they knew that they were naked and they sew-countenance fell. ed fig leaves together, and made themselves 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art t wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen

8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be acc walking in the garden in the cool of the day: ed? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of thou shalt rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: the garden. 9 And the LORD God ca'led unto Adam, and it came to pass when they were in the field, said unto him, Where art thou ? Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and s

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden: him. and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Wher Abel thy brother? And he said, I know

CHAP. V, VI. nou done? the hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and unto me from daughters:

11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred

om the earth, and five years; and he died.

to receive thy 12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and be

d, it shall not 13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel rength: A fu-eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons be in the earth. and daughters:

D, My punish- 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hun

dred and ten years; and he died.

e out this day 15 1 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, from thy face and begat Jared:

fugitive and a 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared 1 come to pass, eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons all slay me. and daughters:

"herefore who- 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eiglit all be taken on hundred ninety and five years; and he died. ta mark upon 18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two kill him.

ne presence of 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight of Nod, on the hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years; and he died.

he conceived, ity, and called 211 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and me of his son begat Methuselah :

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

23 And all the days of Enoch were three huna two wives: dred sixty and five years: d the name of

24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not: for God took him.

25 1 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty

as have cattle. and seven years, and begat Lamech: ubal: he was 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech arp and organ. seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat

al-cain, an in- sons and daughters:

and iron: and 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine ah.

es, Adah and

of Lamech,

e slain a man

■ to my hurt.

en-fold, truly

hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.

28 1 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

29 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.

gain, and she 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five th: For God, hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons ther seed in- and daughters:

31 And all the days of Lamech were seven e was born a hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. : then began 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and LORD.

Chs.

ons of Adam:

m; and bless- 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of Adam, in the men that they were fair; and they took them

wives of all which they chose.

d and thirty 3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not always ikeness, after strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his

eth:

days shall be a hundred and twenty years. had begotten 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and he begat and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare chiled were nine dren to them: the same became mighty men, which were of old, men of renown.

died.

nd five years, 51 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imaginat Enos eight tion of the thoughts of his heart was only evil gat sons and continually.

6 And it repented the LORD that he had made mine hundred man on the earth, and it grieved him at his

Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of and Noah's wife, and the three wives of hi with them, into the ark:

14 They, and every beast after his kind, a the cattle after their kind, and every cre thing that creepeth upon the earth after his and every fowl after his kind, every bird of sort.

15 And they went in unto Noah into the arl and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath o 16 And they that went in, went in mal female of all flesh, as God had commanded and the LORD shut him in.

17 And the flood was forty days upon the e and the waters increased, and bare up the and it was lifted up above the earth.

18 And the waters prevailed, and were ind ed greatly upon the earth: and the ark upon the face of the waters.

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 makeit. 17 And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of the whole heaven were covered. waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters pre

wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven:

and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly the earth; and all the high hills that were u

and the mountains were covered.

21 And all flesh died that moved upon the e
both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, ai
every creeping thing that creepeth upon
earth, and every man:

18 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.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of
every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep of all that was in the dry land, died.
them alive with thee they shall be male and!
female.

23 And every living substance was destro which was upon the face of the ground, both r 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after and cattle, and the creeping things, and the their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth of the heaven; and they were destroyed f after his kind; two of every sort shall come unto the earth; and Noah only remained alive,

they that were with him in the ark.

24 And the waters prevailed upon the ear hundred and fifty days.

AND God remembered Noah, and every li

thing, and all the cattle that was with in the ark: and God made a wind to pass c the earth, and the waters assuaged;

ND the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou A and all thy house into the ark: for thee have 2 The fountains also of the deep, and the v

dows of heaven were stopped, and the rain fr heaven was restrained;

3 And the waters returned from off the ea continually and after the end of the hund

I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female; and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and fifty days the waters were abated. and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face 41 And the ark rested in the seventh mor of all the earth. on the seventeenth day of the month, upon

4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain mountains of Ararat. upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and 5 And the waters decreased continually, u every living substance that I have made will I the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the f destroy from off the face of the earth.

5 And Noah did according unto all that the 1.CRD Commanded him.

6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

day of the month, were the tops of the mo tains seen.

6 And it came to pass at the end of fo days, that Noah opened the window of the which he had made:

7 And he sent forth a raven, which went fo to and fro, until the waters were dried up fr off the earth.

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

9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of l foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; the waters were on the face of the whole ear Then he put forth his hand, and took her, a pulled her in unto him into the ark.

10 And he stayed yet other seven days, a

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life again be sent forth the dove out of the ark

CHAP. IX, X. Noah planteth a vineyard. In the evening, nant which I make between me and you, and Leaf pluckt off. every living creature that is with you, for perwere abated petual generations.

13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be en days, and for a token of a covenant between me and the ned not again earth.

14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a six hundredth cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen he first day of in the cloud:

ap from off the 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is vering of the between me and you, and every living creature e face of the of all flesh; and the waters shall no more be

come a flood to destroy all flesh. the seven and 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I ne earth dried. will look upon it, that I may remember the eversaying, lasting covenant between God and every living thy wife, and creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. thee. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token ing thing that of the covenant which I have established bevl, and of cat-tween me and all flesh that is upon the earth. that creepeth 18 And the sons of Noah that went forth of ed abundantly the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: multiply upon and Ham is the father of Canaan.

19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of

sons, and his them was the whole earth overspread.

1:

ng, and every

on the earth,

the ark

nto the LORD,

of every clean

20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard :

21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two breth

the altar. ren without. savour; and 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garinent. and Il not again laid it upon both their shoulders, and went m's sake; for backward, and covered the nakedness of their evil from his father: and their faces were backward, and te any more they saw not their father's nakedness.

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew

eed-time and what his younger son had done unto him. summer and 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant

of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of
Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

sons, and said 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall nultiply, and dwe'l in the tents of Shern; and Canaan shall

read of you, 28 11 And Noah lived after the flood three th, and upon hundred and fifty years.

moveth upon 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundthe sea; into red and fifty years: and he died.

shall be meat

have I given Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto

which is the them were sons born after the flood.

2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, ves will I re-and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, vill I require and Tiras.

mand of every 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and e of man. Riphath, and Togarmah.

by man shall 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarof God made shish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles diviultiply; bring ded in their lands; every one after his tongue, and multiply after their families, in their nations.

6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizrai,

nd to his sons and Phut, and Canaan.

7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, ovenant with and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha; and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

;

e that is with 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a Of every beast mighty one in the earth.

go out of the 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty

ant with you; hunter before the LORD.

y more by the 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Baere any more bel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the