Genesis 4 Cross References - Leeser

¹ And the man knew Eve his wife: and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. ² And she bore again, his brother, Abel; and Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. ³ And it came to pass in process of time, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground and offering unto the Lord. ⁴ And Abel—he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fattest thereof; and the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering; ⁵ But unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect; and it was very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance fell. ⁶ And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? ⁷ If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou canst rule over it. 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. ⁹ And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel they brother? and he said, I know not; am I my brother’s keeper? ¹⁰ And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. ¹¹ And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand: ¹² When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength unto thee; fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be on 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 ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and if I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, it will come to pass, that every one that findeth me will slay me. ¹⁵ And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold. And the Lord set a sign unto Cain, that any one finding him should not kill him. 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 bore Enoch; and he built 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 Mechujael: and Mechujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat Lemech. ¹⁹ And Lemech took unto himself two wives, the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. ²⁰ And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle. ²¹ And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as play on the harp and guitar. ²² And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, an artificer in every article of copper and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. ²³ And Lemech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lemech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man to my own wounding, and a young-man to my hurt. ²⁴ If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly Lemech seventy and seven-fold. ²⁵ And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Sheth [Seth]; for God said she hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. ²⁶ And to Sheth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁵ And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt wound his heel.

²⁵ And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Sheth [Seth]; for God said she hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

²⁹ And he called his name Noach, [Noah,] saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

¹⁷ And now kill ye every male among the little ones, and every woman that hath known man by lying with him shall ye kill.

²³ Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

²⁵ And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Sheth [Seth]; for God said she hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. ²⁶ And to Sheth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

²⁰ And Noah, who was a husbandman, began his work, and he planted a vineyard.

²⁹ And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle hath become with me. ³⁰ For it was a little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased into a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming; and now when shall I provide also for my own house? ³¹ And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me the least; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

¹³ And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brothers feed the flocks in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

³² And the men are shepherds, for they have been owners of cattle; and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, they have brought along. ³³ And it shall come to pass, if Pharaoh should have you called, and say, What is your occupation? ³⁴ That ye shall say, Owners of cattle have thy servants been from our youth even until now, both we, as also our fathers; in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

³ And Pharaoh said unto his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, as also our fathers.

¹ And Moses was keeping the flock of Jithro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock far away into the desert, and came to the mountain of God, to Choreb.

⁷⁰ And he made choice of David his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds: ⁷¹ From following the ewes with young he brought him, to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. ⁷² And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and by the skilfulness of his hands did he lead them.

³ Lo, children are an inheritance from the Lord: a reward is the fruit of the body.

¹⁵ But the Lord hath taken me away from behind the flocks, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

¹ And when any person wish to offer a meat-offering unto the Lord: then shall his offering be of fine flour; and he shall pour upon it oil, and put thereon frankincense; ² And he shall bring it to one of the sons of Aaron the priest; and he shall take therefrom his handful of its flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, as an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord. ³ And what is left of the meat-offering shall belong to Aaron and to his sons: it is a most holy thing, from the fire-offerings of the Lord. ⁴ And if thou bring an oblation of a meat-offering baked in the oven, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened cakes mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. ⁵ And if thy oblation be a meat-offering baked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour mingled with oil, unleavened. ⁶ Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour thereon oil: it is a meat-offering. ⁷ And if thy oblation be a meat-offering baked in the deep pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. ⁸ And thou shalt bring the meat-offering, which shall be made of these things, unto the Lord; and the offerer shall present it unto the priest, who shall bring it near unto the altar. ⁹ And the priest shall take up from the meat-offering its memorial, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord. ¹⁰ And that which is left of the meat-offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons: it is a most holy thing, from the fire-offerings of the Lord. ¹¹ No meat-offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be prepared leavened; for of whatever is leaven, or of any honey, ye shall not sacrifice an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

¹² All the best of oil, and all the best of wine, and of corn, the first-fruits thereof which they shall offer unto the Lord, to thee have I given them.

⁷ And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up; because there had been no rain in the land.

⁶ But during all this I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king of Babylon I went back unto the king, and after the lapse of some time I obtained by request leave of the king;

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold a smoking furnace, and a burning flame, which passed between those pieces.

¹² That thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb unto the Lord; and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou shalt have, the males, shall belong to the Lord.

¹⁶ And the priest shall burn them upon the altar; as the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savor, is all the fat unto the Lord. ¹⁷ A perpetual statute shall it be for your generations throughout all your dwellings: no fat nor blood shall ye eat.

²⁴ And there came forth a fire from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat; and when all the people saw this, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

³⁵ And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had offered the incense.

¹⁷ But the firstling of an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: their blood shalt thou sprinkle upon the altar, and their fat shalt thou burn as a fire-offering, for a sweet savor unto the Lord.

²¹ Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

²⁴ And do ye call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and it shall be that the God who answereth by fire, he shall be the true God. And all the people answered and said, The proposal is good.

³⁸ And there fell a fire of the Lord, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust; and the water also that was in the trench did it lick up.

²⁶ And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and he called on the Lord: and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

¹ And when Solomon had made an end of praying, a fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.

^{3 (20:4)} May he remember all thy meat-offerings, and accept in favor thy burnt-sacrifice. Selah.

⁹ Honor the Lord with thy wealth, and with the first-fruits of all thy products:

² And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

⁵ And he said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

¹⁵ And this displeased Moses greatly, and he said unto the Lord, Have no respect unto their offering: I have not taken away an ass of any one of them, nor have I done wrong to any one of them.

² For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.

¹⁰ Say ye to the righteous, that he hath done well; for the fruit of their doings shall they eat. ¹¹ Woe unto the wicked who doeth evil; for the recompense of his hands shall be bestowed on him.

¹¹ And it was grievious to David, because the Lord had suddenly taken away ‘Uzza; and he called that place Perez-’uzza [Breach of ‘Uzza] until this day. ¹² And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring home to me the ark of God? ¹³ So David removed not the ark unto himself into the city of David, but had it carried round into the house of ‘Obed-edom the Gittite.

¹⁸ Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins should be as scarlet, they shall become white as the snow; though they should be red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

⁵ Thus hath said the Lord, What fault did your fathers find in me, that they went away far from me, and walked after vanity, and became vain?

³¹ O present generation, regard ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of deep darkness? wherefore say my people, We wander about; we cannot come any more unto thee?

³ O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherewith have I wearied thee? testify against me. ⁴ Although I had brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bond-men; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. ⁵ O my people, do but remember what Balak the king of Moab resolved, and what Bil’am the son of Be’or answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, in order that ye may know the gracious benefits of the Lord.

¹⁶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and the suffering of thy conception; in pain shalt thou bring forth children; and for thy husband shall be thy desire, but he shall rule over thee.

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. ⁹ And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel they brother? and he said, I know not; am I my brother’s keeper? ¹⁰ And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. ¹¹ And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand: ¹² When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength unto thee; fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be on the earth. ¹³ And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

²¹ And he said unto him, See, I have favored thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, of which thou hast spoken.

²³ But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord; and ye shall experience the punishment of your sin which will overtake you.

²³ All these things did Aravnah, for the king, give unto the king. And Aravnah said unto the king, May the Lord thy God receive thee favorably.

²⁸ And he went with Joram the son of Achab to the war against Chazael the king of Syria at Ramoth-gil’ad: and the Syrians smote Joram.

⁴ As I was in the days of my abundance, when the confidence of God was upon my tent:

⁸ And now take unto yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up a burnt-offering in your behalf; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him alone will I receive favorably, so as not to deal with you after your folly; because ye have not spoken of me properly, like my servant Job.

⁵ It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, to wrest the cause of the righteous in judgment.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a sinful purpose?

¹² But let a sinner do evil a hundred times, and God withhold long his punishment from him; still do I truly know for certain that it will be well with those that fear God, because they are afraid of him; ¹³ And that it will not be well with the wicked, and that he will not endure many days, like the shadow; because he is not afraid of God.

²⁰ To what purpose serveth me the frankincense which cometh from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far-off country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not agreeable unto me.

⁸ And if ye bring near the blind to sacrifice it, is this not evil? and if ye bring near the lame and the sick, is this not evil? do but present it unto thy governor, will he be pleased with thee, or receive thee with favor? saith the Lord of hosts.

¹⁰ Oh that there were some one among you that would lock up the doors of the sanctuary, that ye might not light up my altar for nought: I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept in favor an offering from your hand.

¹³ And ye have said, Behold, what a wearisome task is it! and ye have left it to famish, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye have brought what was robbed, and the lame, and the sick, and thus ye have brought an offering: should I accept this in favor from your hand? saith the Lord.

²⁷ And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him in private; and he smote him there under the fifth rib, and he died, for the blood of ‘Asahel his brother.

²⁶ And Abshalom said, If not, let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee? ²⁷ But Abshalom urged him greatly, and he sent with him Amnon and all the sons of the king. ²⁸ Now Abshalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye, I pray you, when Annon’s heart is merry with wine, and I say unto you, Smite Amnon: then kill him, fear not; behold, it is I who command it you; be firm and show yourselves men of valor.

⁶ And thy hand-maid had two sons, and they two quarreled together in the field, and there was no one between them to help either; so the one smote the other, and slew him.

⁹ And Joab said to ‘Amassa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab’s right hand took hold of ‘Amassa’s beard to kiss him. ¹⁰ And ‘Amassa did not guard himself against the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. But Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba’ the son of Bichri.

² That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in Kephirim, in the plain of Ono. But they were thinking of doing me mischief.

¹⁵ For then canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear;

³ Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord? and who shall be able to stand in his holy place? ⁴ He that is of clean hands, and pure of heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, and hath not sworn deceitfully: ⁵ He shall bear away blessing from the Lord, and the reward of righteousness from the God of his salvation. ⁶ This is the generation of those that adore him, that seek thy presence, the sons of Jacob. Selah.

^{3 (36:4)} The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

^{21 (55:22)} The creamy words of his mouth are smooth, yet there is war in his heart; his words are softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.

¹⁹ If thou wouldst but slay the wicked, O God! and ye men of blood, depart from me.

²⁴ With his lips dissembleth he that hateth, and within himself layeth he up deceit: ²⁵ Though he make his voice sound ever so graciously, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ If one’s hatred be covered by deception, then shall be laid bare his wickedness before a whole assembly.

⁶ For the son disgraceth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

⁹ And the Lord God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou? ¹⁰ And he said, Thy voice I heard in the garden; and I was afraid, because I am naked; and I hid myself. ¹¹ And he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

³² And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: acknowledge, we pray thee, whether it be thy son’s coat or not.

¹³ But thou sayest, “What doth God know? can he judge behind the darkness? ¹⁴ Thick clouds are a covering for him, so that he will not see; and he walketh along on the circle of heaven.”

^{12 (9:13)} For he, that inquireth after acts of blood, hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

¹³ For what doth the wicked despise God? why doth he say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it? ¹⁴ Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and despiteful acts, to requite it with thy hand: unto thee the unfortunate committeth himself; unto the fatherless hast thou ever been a helper.

¹³ He that concealeth his transgressions will not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them will obtain mercy.

¹³ And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

⁵ Your blood, however, on which your lives depend, 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.

²⁰ And the Lord said, Because the cry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous:

⁷ And the Lord said, I have truly seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard its cry by reason of its taskmasters; yea, I know its sorrows;

³³ And ye shall not defile the land wherein ye are; for the blood it is which defileth the land: and no atonement can be made unto the land for the blood which hath been shed therein, except through the blood of him that hath shed it.

¹⁹ And Joshua said unto ‘Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me, I pray thee, what thou hast done: hide nothing from me.

²⁶ Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will repay thee in this part of the field, saith the Lord. And now lift up, and cast him down into the field, according to the word of the Lord.

¹⁸ Earth! do thou not cover up my blood, and let no place restrain my cry.

¹² Out of a populous city is groaning heard, and the soul of the deadly wounded crieth out: yet God regardeth it not as an offence.

³⁸ If my land ever cried out because of me, or if its furrows wept together; ³⁹ If I ever consumed its strength without payment, or caused the soul of its owners to grieve:

²¹ These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: thou didst ween that I am like thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thy eyes.”

¹⁴ From wrong and violence will he deliver their soul; and precious shall their blood be in his eyes.

⁷ For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he hoped for justice, but behold injustice; for equity, but behold iniquity.

¹⁴ And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

¹⁴ Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and if I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, it will come to pass, that every one that findeth me will slay me.

¹⁶ Cursed be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother; and all the people shall say, Amen. ¹⁷ Cursed be he that removeth the landmark of his neighbor; and all the people shall say, Amen. ¹⁸ Cursed be he that causeth the blind to wander out of the way; and all the people shall say, Amen. ¹⁹ Cursed be he that perverteth the cause of the stranger, of the fatherless, and of the widow; and all the people shall say, Amen. ²⁰ Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt; and all the people shall say, Amen. ²¹ Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast; and all the people shall say, Amen. ²² Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother; and all the people shall say, Amen. ²³ Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law; and all the people shall say, Amen. ²⁴ Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly; and all the people shall say, Amen. ²⁵ Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay a person, an innocent blood; and all the people shall say, Amen. ²⁶ Cursed be he that executeth not the words of this law to do them; and all the people shall say, Amen.

¹⁵ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day: that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. ¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. ¹⁷ Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. ¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of the flocks. ¹⁹ Cursed shalt thou be at thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be at thy going out. ²⁰ The Lord will send out against thee misfortune, confusion, and failure, in all the occupation of thy hand which thou mayest engage in; until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, that thou hast forsaken me.

^{19 (29:18)} And it might come to pass, when he heareth the words of this denunciation, that he would bless himself in his heart, saying, There will be peace unto me, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart; in order that the indulgence of the passions may appease the thirst for them: ^{20 (29:19)} The Lord will not pardon him; but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and there shall rest upon him all the curse that is written in this book; and the Lord will blot out his name from under the heavens. ^{21 (29:20)} And the Lord will single him out unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the denunciations of the covenant which is written in this book of the law.

³⁸ If my land ever cried out because of me, or if its furrows wept together; ³⁹ If I ever consumed its strength without payment, or caused the soul of its owners to grieve: ⁴⁰ Then may instead of wheat, thorns come forth, and instead of barley, cockle. (Here end the words of Job.)

²¹ For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth on them: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more be a cover over her slain.

¹⁷ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed be the ground for thy sake; in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. ¹⁸ And thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the field.

²⁰ And in vain shall your strength be spent; for your land shall not yield her products, and the tree of the land shall not yield its fruit.

³⁶ And regarding those that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a leaf shaken shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from the sword; and they shall fall with none pursuing.

²³ And thy heavens that are over thy head shall be copper, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. ²⁴ The Lord will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

⁶⁵ And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall not be any rest for the sole of thy foot: and the Lord will give thee there a trembling heart, and a failing of eyes, and a faintness of soul. ⁶⁶ And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt be in dread day and night, and thou shalt have no confidence of thy life;

¹⁰ Let his children be continually moving about, and beg, and let them seek their bread out of their ruined places.

³ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashchur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. And Jeremiah said unto him, Not Pashchur Fulness of Freedom hath the Lord called thy name, but Magor-missabib [Terror all around]. ⁴ For thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thy eyes shall see it; and all Judah will I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall lead them into exile to Babylon, and shall smite them with the sword.

¹⁷ My God will reject them, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

²² He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.

¹⁵ And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold. And the Lord set a sign unto Cain, that any one finding him should not kill him. ¹⁶ And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

⁵ Your blood, however, on which your lives depend, 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. ⁶ Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man.

¹⁷ And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be struck down before your enemies: and they that hate you shall bear rule over you; and ye shall flee while there is no one pursuing you.

^{12 (17:27)} And the children of Israel said unto Moses, thus, Behold, we perish, we are lost, we are all lost. ^{13 (17:28)} Every one that cometh near at all unto the tabernacle of the Lord must die: shall we totally perish?

¹⁹ The avenger of the blood himself shall slay the murderer; when he meeteth him, shall he slay him.

²¹ Or if in enmity he have smitten him with his hand, that he died, he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of the blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth with him.

²⁷ And the avenger of the blood should find him beyond the boundary of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of the blood should kill the manslayer: he shall not be guilty of blood;

⁶⁵ And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall not be any rest for the sole of thy foot: and the Lord will give thee there a trembling heart, and a failing of eyes, and a faintness of soul.

⁷ And, behold, the whole family is risen up against thy handmaid, and they said, Give up the slayer of his brother, that we may have him put to death, for the life of his brother whom he hath killed; and we will destroy also the heir: and thus they will quench my coal which is remaining, so as not to allow to my husband either name or remainder upon the face of the earth.

²⁰ All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant. ²¹ A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him. ²² He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword. ²³ He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness. ²⁴ Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle.

¹⁴ And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not. ¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have, if we entreat him urgently?”

^{11 (51:13)} Cast me not away from thy presence; and thy holy spirit do not take from me. ^{12 (51:14)} Restore unto me the gladness of thy salvation; and with a liberal spirit do thou support me.— ^{13 (51:15)} I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall return unto thee. ^{14 (51:16)} Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; that my tongue may sing aloud of thy righteousness.

¹² Let him have none that extendeth kindness, and let there be none that is gracious to his fatherless children.

⁷ Hasten, answer me, O Lord, my spirit falleth: hide not thy face from me, that I may not become like those that go down into the pit.

³² Through his own evil is the wicked thrust down; but even in his death doth the righteous have confidence.

¹ Every wicked fleeth when no man pursueth; but the righteous are like the confident young lion.

²² And they will look unto the earth; and behold there are trouble and darkness, dimness of oppression, and they shall be scattered into obscurity.

³ For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass against Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out of his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

³ Therefore shall they be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, as the chaff that is driven by the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as smoke out of a window.

²⁴ If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly Lemech seventy and seven-fold.

¹⁸ And if with these things even ye will not yet hearken unto me: then will I chastise you yet more, sevenfold for your sins.

²¹ And if ye walk yet contrary unto me, and if you refuse to hearken unto me: then will I bring more plagues upon you, sevenfold according to your sins.

²⁴ Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and I also will punish you, sevenfold for your sins.

²⁸ Then will I also walk contrary unto you in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you, sevenfold for your sins.

⁷ And also by the hand of Jehu the son of Chanani, the prophet, came the word of the Lord against Ba’sha, and against his house, both for all the evil that he did in the eyes of the Lord, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, thus being like the house of Jerobo’am; and because he had killed him.

^{11 (59:12)} Slay them not, that my people may not forget: drive them about by thy power; and bring them down, thou our shield, O Lord.

¹² And recompense unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their defiance wherewith they have defied thee, O Lord.

³¹ And if he be found, he must pay sevenfold; all the wealth his house must he give.

⁴ And the Lord said unto him, Pass through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and inscribe a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and who complain because of all the abominations which are done in the midst of it.

⁶ The aged, youth, and virgin, and little children, and women shall ye slay and destroy; but come not near any man upon whom the mark is; and at my sanctuary shall ye begin. Then they began with the ancient men who were before the house.

⁴ And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Yizre’el; for but yet a little while, when I will visit the blood of Yizre’el upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

⁸ And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

¹⁸ And all the people perceived the thunders, and the lightnings, and the sound of the cornet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they removed trembling, and stood afar off.

²³ And the Lord became gracious unto them, and had mercy on them, and turned his regard unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, and he cast them not off from his presence even until now.

²⁰ For through the anger of the Lord it occurred in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

¹² Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, all that is his be in thy power; only against himself shalt thou not stretch forth thy hand. The Accuser went thereupon away from the presence of the Lord.

⁷ Thereupon went the Accuser forth from the presence of the Lord, and he smote Job with a sore inflammation, from the sole of his foot unto the crown of his head.

¹⁷ He shall not look with pleasure on streams, on flowing brooks of honey and cream.

^{11 (5:12)} Then will rejoice all those that put their trust in thee; for ever will they shout for joy, when thou protectest them: and then will exult in thee those that love thy name.

^{2 (68:3)} As smoke is driven off, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

³⁹ Therefore, behold, I am here, and I will tear you completely away, and I will cast you off, and the city that I have given to you and to your fathers, out of my presence;

¹⁸ And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch.

²² And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.

⁴ And they said, Go to, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower, the top of which may reach unto heaven; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

¹⁸ Now Abshalom had taken and reared up for himself in his lifetime, the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said, I have no son, so as to keep my name in remembrance; and he called the pillar after his own name: and it was called Abshalom’s monument, even until this day.

^{11 (49:12)} Their inward thought is, that their houses are to be for ever, their dwelling-places, from generation to generation; they call them by their own names in various countries.

⁴ I made great works: I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards; ⁵ I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted therein trees of all kinds of fruit; ⁶ I made myself pools of water, to water therewith the forest overgrown with trees; ⁷ I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and I had likewise those born in my house; I had also great possessions of cattle and flocks above all that had been before me in Jerusalem. ⁸ I gathered unto myself also silver and gold, and the choice treasures of kings and of the provinces: I procured myself male singers and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men, wagons and chariots. ⁹ So was I great, and obtained more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. ¹⁰ And whatsoever my eyes desired I refused them not; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart was rejoiced with all my toil, and this was my portion of all my toil. ¹¹ But when I turned myself to look on all my works that my hands had wrought, and on the toil that I had toiled to accomplish: then, behold, all was vanity and a torture of the spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

^{30 (4:27)} The king commenced, and said, Is not this Babylon the great, that I myself have built for a royal residence by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

²¹ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methushelah.

² Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

¹⁸ And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help suitable for him.

²⁴ Therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they become one flesh.

² And she bore again, his brother, Abel; and Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

²¹ And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as play on the harp and guitar.

²⁷ And the boys grew up: and Esau was an expert hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

⁵⁰ These were the sons of Caleb: Benchur, the first-born of Ephratah, Shobal the father of Kiryath-ye’arim, ⁵¹ Salma the father of Beth-lechem, Chareph the father of Beth-gader. ⁵² And Shobal the father of Kir’yath-ye’arim had sons: Haroeh, and Chazi-hammenuchoth.

⁴ And Penuel the father of Gedor, and ‘Ezer the father of Chushah. These are the sons of Chur, the first-born of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lechem. ⁵ And Ashchur the father of Thekoa’ had two wives. Chelah and Na’arah.

⁹ And not to build houses for our dwelling: and we never had any vineyard, or field, or seed; ¹⁰ But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done in accordance with all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

²⁷ Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and why didst thou not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

¹² They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

¹² And there are harp and psaltery, tambourine and flute, and wine at their drinking-feasts; but the deeds of the Lord they regard not, and the works of his hands they behold not.

⁵ That chant to the sound of the psaltery, and like David’s do they imagine their instrument of music to be;

³ And this is the offering which ye shall take from them: gold, and silver, and copper,

²² Nevertheless the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

⁹ A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, wherein thou shalt not lack anything; a land the stones whereof are iron, and out of the mountains of which thou canst hew copper.

²⁵ Iron and copper shall be thy bolts; and as thy younger days so shall thy old age be.

^{7 (2:6)} And now send me a skilful man to work in gold, and in silver and in copper, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that understandeth how to engrave with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem whom David my father hath provided.

¹³ Thou shalt not kill.

¹⁸ Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the Lord.

¹⁸ And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; bend hither thy ear unto me, son of Zippor!

⁷ And they told it to Yotham; and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizzim, and he lifted up his voice, and cried; and he said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, so that God may hearken unto you.

¹⁵ And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold. And the Lord set a sign unto Cain, that any one finding him should not kill him.

¹ And the man knew Eve his wife: and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. ² And she bore again, his brother, Abel; and Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. ³ And it came to pass in process of time, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground and offering unto the Lord.

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.

¹⁰ And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. ¹¹ And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand:

³ And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his likeness, after his image; and called his name Sheth. ⁴ And the days of Adam after he had begotten Sheth were eight hundred years; and he begat sons and daughters.

¹ Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

⁸ And he removed from there unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and ‘Ai on the east; and he built there an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.

²⁵ And he built there an altar, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched there his tent: and the servants of Isaac dug there a well.

¹⁷ Thou hast this day acknowledged the Lord, that he is thy God, and that thou wilt walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice; ¹⁸ And the Lord hath acknowledged thee this day, that thou art unto him a peculiar people, as he hath spoken unto thee, and that thou shouldst keep all his commandments;

¹⁷ Unto thee will I offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and on the name of the Lord will I call.

⁵ This one will say, I belong to the Lord; and the other will call himself by the name of Jacob; and the other will inscribe himself with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

¹ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the spring of Judah, who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel,—not in truth, nor in righteousness.

¹⁹ We are become as though we are those over whom thou hast never ruled, over whom thy name hath not been called.

¹⁶ In those days shall Judah be helped, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety: and this is what she shall be called, The Lord is our righteousness.

^{32 (3:5)} And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall escape; for on mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and among the remnant whom the Lord calleth.

⁹ Yea then will I change unto the people a pure language, that they may all call on the name of the Lord, to serve him with one accord.