Genesis 15 Cross References - MSTC

¹ After these deeds, the word of God came unto Abram in a vision, saying, "Fear not Abram, I am thy shield; and thy reward shall be exceeding great." ² And Abram answered, "LORD Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? I go childless, and the cater of mine house, this Eliezer of Damascus, hath a son." ³ And Abram said, "See, to me hast thou given no seed: lo, a lad born in my house shall be mine heir!" ⁴ And behold, the word of the LORD spake unto Abram saying, "He shall not be thine heir, but one that shall come out of thine own body shall be thine heir." ⁵ And he brought him out at the doors and said, "Look up unto heaven and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them." And said unto him, "Even so shall thy seed be." ⁶ And Abram believed the LORD, and it was counted to him for righteousness. ⁷ And he said unto him, "I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur in Chaldea to give thee this land to possess it." ⁸ And he said, "LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall possess it?" ⁹ And he said unto him, "Take a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a three year old ram, a turtle dove and a young pigeon." ¹⁰ And he took all these and divided them in the midst, and laid every piece, one over against another. But the fowls divided he not. ¹¹ And the birds fell on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. ¹² And when the sun was down, there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness came upon him. ¹³ And he said unto Abram, "Know this of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that pertaineth not unto them. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreat them evil, four hundred years. ¹⁴ But the nation whom they shall serve, will I judge. And afterward shall they come out with great substance. ¹⁵ Nevertheless, thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age: ¹⁶ and in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full." ¹⁷ When the sun was down and it was waxed dark, behold, there was a smoking furnace and a fire brand that went between the said pieces. ¹⁸ And that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "Unto thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt, even unto the great river Euphrates: ¹⁹ the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, ²⁰ the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Giants, ²¹ the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites."

¹⁴ But the nation whom they shall serve, will I judge. And afterward shall they come out with great substance. ¹⁵ Nevertheless, thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age: ¹⁶ and in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full."

¹⁷ And God heard the voice of the child. And the angel of God called Hagar out of heaven and said unto her, "What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God hath heard the voice of the child where he lieth.

²⁴ And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not; for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake."

² And God said unto Israel in a vision by night, and called unto him, "Jacob, Jacob." And he answered, "Here am I." ³ And he said, "I am that mighty God of thy father, fear not to go down into Egypt. For I will make of thee there a great people.

¹³ And Moses said unto the people, "Fear ye not, but stand still and behold how the LORD shall save you this day: For as ye see the Egyptians this day, shall ye see them no more forever till the world's end.

⁶ And he said, "Hear my words. If there be a prophet of the LORD's among you, I will show myself unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

⁶ Pluck up your hearts and be strong, dread not nor be afeared of them: for the LORD thy God himself will go with thee, and will neither let thee go nor forsake thee."

²⁶ There is none like unto the God of Israel: he that sitteth upon heaven shall be thine help, whose glory is in the clouds: ²⁷ that is the dwelling place of God from the beginning, and from under the arms of the world. He hath cast out thine enemies before thee and said, 'Destroy.' ²⁸ And Israel shall dwell in safety alone. And the eyes of Jacob shall look upon a land of corn and wine. Moreover, his heaven shall drop with dew. ²⁹ Happy art thou Israel: who is like unto thee? A people that art saved by the LORD; thy shield, and helper, and sword of thy glory. And thine enemies shall hide themselves from thee, and thou shalt walk upon their high hills."

¹² The LORD recompense thee thy doing, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel unto whom thou art come, to trust under his wings."

⁹ Before time in Israel, when a man went to seek an answer of God, thus wise he spake: "Come, and let us go to the Seer." For he that is now called a prophet, was in the old time called a Seer.

²⁰ And David said to Solomon his son, "Harden thyself and be strong and do it. Fear not, nor let thine heart discourage thee. For the LORD my God is with thee, and shall not leave thee nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work that must serve for the house of the LORD.

³ But thou, O LORD, art my defender; thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.

¹² for thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him, as with a shield.

⁵ The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; thou shalt maintain my lot. ⁶ The lot is fallen unto me in fair ground; yea I have a goodly heritage.

² The LORD is my stony rock, and my defense, my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. {TYNDALE: The LORD is my rock, my castle and my deliverer. God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.}

¹ {A Psalm of David} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then should I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?

¹¹ So that men shall say, "Verily there is a reward for the righteous! Doubtless, there is a God that judgeth the earth!"

⁹ Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

¹¹ For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

⁴ He shall defend thee under his wings, that thou mayest be safe under his feathers: his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

¹¹⁴ Thou art my defense and shield; and my trust is in thy word.

⁵ Therefore do I cry unto thee, O LORD, and say, "Thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the living!"

¹⁸ The labour of the ungodly prospereth not; but he that showeth righteousness, shall receive a sure reward.

⁵ All the words of God are pure and clean, for he is a shield unto all them that put their trust in him.

⁴ Say unto them that are of a fearful heart, "Be of good cheer, and fear not. Behold, your God cometh, to take vengeance, and to reward, God cometh his own self, and will deliver you."

¹⁰ Be not afraid, for I will be with thee. Look not behind thee, for I will be thy God, to strengthen thee, help thee, and to keep thee with this righthand of mine.

¹⁴ Be not afraid, thou little worm Jacob, and thou despised Israel: for I will help thee, sayeth the LORD, and the holy one of Israel thine avenger.

¹ But now, the LORD that made thee O Jacob, and he that fashioned thee O Israel, sayeth thus, "Fear not, for I will defend thee. I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine own.

⁵ Fear not, for I am with thee. I will bring thy seed from the East, and gather thee together from the West.

² For thus sayeth the LORD, that made thee, fashioned thee, and helped thee, even from thy mother's womb: Be not afraid, O Jacob my servant, thou righteous, whom I have chosen.

⁸ yea, and that without any fear or stop. For have not I ever told you hitherto, and warned you? Ye can bear me record yourselves. Is there any God except me? Or any maker, that I should not know him?

¹² Yea I, I am even he, that in all things giveth you consolation. What art thou then, that fearest a mortal man; the child of man, which goeth away as doeth the flour,

²⁴ "The LORD is my portion," sayeth my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

¹ It chanced, in the thirtieth year, the fifth day of the fourth Month, that I was among the prisoners by the river of Chebar: where the heavens opened, and I saw a vision of God.

⁴ And he said unto me, "Thou son of man, get thee soon unto the house of Israel, and show them the words that I command thee.

²⁴ But the wind took me up, and in a vision which came by the spirit of God it brought me again into Chaldea among the prisoners. Then the vision that I had seen vanished away from me.

¹ In the third year of king Cyrus of Persia, there was showed unto Daniel, otherwise called Balteshazzar, a matter: yea, a true matter, but it is yet a long time unto it. He understood the matter well, and perceived what the vision was. ² At the same time, I, Daniel, mourned for the space of three weeks, ³ so that I had no lust to eat bread: as for flesh and wine, there came none within my mouth: No, I did not once anoint myself, till the whole three weeks were out. ⁴ Upon the twenty fourth day of the first month, I was by the great flood called Tigris. ⁵ I lift up mine eyes, and looked: and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded up with fine gold of Arabia: ⁶ His body was like the Chrisolite stone; his face, to look upon, was like lightning; his eyes as the flame of fire; his arms and feet were like fair glistering metal; but the voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude. ⁷ I, Daniel, alone saw this vision. The men that were with me, saw it not: but a great fearfulness fell upon them, so that they fled away, and hid themselves. ⁸ I was left there myself alone, and saw this great vision, so long till there remained no more strength within me: Yea I lost my colour clean, I wasted away, and my strength was gone. ⁹ Yet heard I the voice of his words: and as soon as I heard it, faintness came upon me, and I fell down flat to the ground upon my face. ¹⁰ And behold a hand touched me, which set me up upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands, ¹¹ saying unto me, "O Daniel, thou well beloved man: take good heed of the words, that I shall say unto thee, and stand right up, for unto thee am I now sent." And when he had said these words, I stood up trembling. ¹² Then said he unto me, "Fear not, Daniel: for why? Since the first day that thou set thine heart to understand, and didst chasten thyself before thy God: thy words have been heard. And I had come unto thee, when thou begannest to speak, ¹³ had not the prince over the kingdom of the Persians withstood me twenty one days. But lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; him have I left by the king of Persia, ¹⁴ and am come to show thee what shall happen unto thy people in the latter days: For it will be long yet before the vision be fulfilled." ¹⁵ Now when he had spoken these words unto me, I cast down my head to the ground and held my tongue. ¹⁶ Behold, there touched my lips one very like unto a man. Then opened I my mouth, and said unto him, that stood before me, "O my lord, my joints are loosed in the vision, and there is no more strength within me:

²⁶ And he said unto them, "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?" Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there followed a great calm.

²⁸ And fear ye not them which kill the body, and be not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body into hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And none of them doth light on the ground, without your father. ³⁰ And now are all the hairs of your heads numbered. ³¹ Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

⁵ The angel answered, and said to the women, "Fear ye not. I know well that ye seek Jesus which was crucified.

¹³ And the angel said unto him, "Fear not Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard: And thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John:

³⁰ And the angel said unto her, "Fear not Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.

³² Fear not little flock, for it is your father's pleasure, to give you a kingdom.

¹⁰ Then waxed he a hungered, and would have eaten. But while they made ready for him, he fell into a trance, ¹¹ and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel come down unto him, as it had been a great sheet, knit at the four corners, and was let down to the earth, ¹² wherein were all manner of four footed beasts of the earth and vermin and worms, and fouls of the air. ¹³ And there came a voice to him, "Rise, Peter. Kill and eat." ¹⁴ But Peter said, "God forbid Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." ¹⁵ And the voice spake unto him again the second time, "What God hath cleansed that make thou not common." ¹⁶ This was done thrice; And the vessel was received up again into heaven. ¹⁷ While Peter mused in himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold: the men which were sent from Cornelius, had made inquirance for Simon's house, and stood before the door.

²² And they said unto him, "Cornelius the captain, a just man and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the people of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel, to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee."

²² whether it be Paul, either Apollos, either Cephas: whether it be the world, or life, either death, whether they be present things or things to come: all are yours,

¹ God, in time past, diversely and many ways, spake unto the fathers by prophets:

⁵ Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with that ye have already. For he verily said, "I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee." ⁶ That we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man doeth unto me."

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet, even as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, "Fear not. I am the first and the last,

³ And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God. ⁴ And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the old things are gone.

¹ Then the LORD said unto Abram, "Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred; and out of thy father's house, into a land which I will show thee. ² And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing. ³ And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee. And in thee shall be blessed all the generations of the earth."

² And he said unto his eldest servant of his house which had the rule over all that he had, "Put thy hand under my thigh

¹⁰ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed, and had of all manner goods of his master with him, and stood up and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

²¹ And Isaac made intercession unto the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

¹ When Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, she envied her sister and said unto Jacob, "Give me children, or else I am but dead." ² Then was Jacob wroth with Rachel saying, "Am I in God's stead which keepeth from thee the fruit of thy womb?"

⁴ Wherefore he found grace in his master's sight, and served him. And his master made him ruler of his house, and put all that he had in his hand. ⁵ And as soon as he had made him ruler over his house and over all that he had, the LORD blessed this Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had: both in the house and also in the fields. ⁶ And therefore he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and looked upon nothing that was with him, save only on the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a goodly person and a well favored.

⁹ He himself is not greater in the house than I, and hath kept nothing from me, but only thee because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, for to sin against God?"

¹⁹ Therefore came they to the man that was the ruler over Joseph's house, and communed with him at the door,

¹ And he commanded the ruler of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry,

¹¹ and vowed a vow and said, "LORD of Hosts, if thou wilt look on the wretchedness of thine handmaid and shalt remember me and not forget thine handmaid, and shalt give unto thine handmaid a man child I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life and there shall neither razor or shears come upon his head."

³ Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD.

¹² Hope deferred grieveth the heart; but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

² A discreet servant shall have more rule than the sons that have no wisdom, and shall have like heritage with the brethren.

⁵ Unto them will I give in my household and within my walls, a better heritage and name than if they had been called sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that shall not perish.

⁵ and he gave him none inheritance in it — no, not the breadth of a foot — But promised that he would give it to him to possess and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

² And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing.

¹⁶ And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

¹⁴ When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he harnessed his servants born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and followed till they came at Dan.

²¹ He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall make him his master at length.

²³ through an idle housewife, and through a handmaiden that is heir to her mistress.

⁷ I bought servants and maidens, and had a great household. As for cattle and sheep, I had more substance of them than all they that were before me in Jerusalem.

¹ O LORD, thou art more righteous than that I should dispute with thee: Nevertheless, let me talk with thee in things reasonable. How happeneth it, that the way of the ungodly is so prosperous? And that it goeth so well with them, which without any shame offend and live in wickedness?

³⁵ Cast not away, therefore, your confidence; which hath great reward to recompense. ³⁶ For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

¹⁶ For I will bless her and give thee a son of her; and will bless her so that people, yea and kings of people, shall spring of her."

¹² Then the LORD said unto Abraham, "Let it not be grievous unto thee, because of the lad and of thy bondmaid: But in all that Sara hath said unto thee, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

¹² And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou laid to rest with thy fathers, then I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy body, and will establish his kingdom.

¹¹ And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, "Behold, my son which came out of mine own bowels seeketh my life. How much more may this son of Benjamin do it? Suffer him therefore to curse, for the LORD hath bidden him.

²¹ And the LORD sent an angel and destroyed all the men of war and the lords and captains of the host of the king of Assyria, that he turned his face, with shame, towards his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, he was there overthrown with the sword - even by them that issued out of his bowels.

²⁸ Brethren, we are, after the manner of Isaac, children of promise:

¹² whom I have sent home again. Thou therefore receive him, that is to say mine own heart,

¹⁰ And the angel of the LORD said unto her, "I will so increase thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude."

¹⁷ that I will bless thee and multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea side. And thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies.

⁴ and will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries. And through thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,

¹⁴ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: And thou shalt spread abroad: west, east, north and south. And through thee and thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

¹³ Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thine own self and saidest unto them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land which I have said, I will give unto your seed: and they shall inherit it forever.'"

¹⁰ For the LORD your God hath multiplied you: so that ye are this day as the stars of heaven in number.'

²² Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy souls, and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.

²³ But David took not the number of them under twenty years: for the LORD said he would increase Israel like unto the stars of the sky.

⁴ He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.

²² For like as the stars of heaven may not be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and of the Levites my ministers."

¹⁸ Which Abraham, contrary to hope, believed in hope: that he should be the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, "So shall thy seed be."

⁷ Neither are they all children straightway because they are the seed of Abraham: But in Isaac shall thy seed be called, ⁸ that is to say; They which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God. But the children of promise are counted the seed.

¹² And therefore sprang thereof one — and of one which was as good as dead — so many in multitude, as the stars of the sky, and as the sand of the sea shore which is innumerable.

³¹ And that was counted unto him for righteousness, among all posterities for evermore.

³ For what saith the scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness." ⁴ To him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of favour: but of duty. ⁵ To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, is his faith counted for righteousness. ⁶ Even as David describeth the blessedfulness of the man, unto whom God ascribeth righteousness without deeds,

⁹ Came this blessedness then upon the circumcised or upon the uncircumcised? We say verily how that faith was reckoned to Abraham, for righteousness.

¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness which is by faith: which faith he had, yet being uncircumcised, that he should be the father of all them that believe: though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also;

²⁰ He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief: But was made strong in the faith, and gave honour to God, ²¹ full certified that what he had promised, that he was able to make good. ²² And therefore was it reckoned to him for righteousness. ²³ It is not written for him only, that it was reckoned to him for righteousness: ²⁴ but also for us, to whom it shall be counted for righteousness so we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from death. ²⁵ Which was delivered for our sins, and rose again for to justify us.

¹⁹ For God was in Christ, and made agreement between the world and himself, and imputed not their sins unto them: and hath committed to us the preaching of the atonement.

⁶ Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was ascribed to him for righteousness." ⁷ Understand, therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. ⁸ For the scripture saw aforehand, that God would justify the heathen through faith, and therefore showed beforehand glad tidings unto Abraham: "In thee shall all nations be blessed." ⁹ So then, they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. ¹⁰ For as many as are under the deeds of the law, are under malediction. For it is written, "Cursed is every man that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to fulfil them." ¹¹ That no man is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident. For the just shall live by faith. ¹² The law is not of faith: but the man that fulfilleth the things contained in the law, shall live in them. ¹³ But Christ hath delivered us from the curse of the law, and was made accursed for us — for it is written, "Cursed is everyone that hangeth on tree" — ¹⁴ that the blessing of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Jesus Christ, and that we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith.

⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out into a place which he should afterward receive to inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he should go.

²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, "Abraham believed God, and it was reputed unto him for righteousness," and he was called the friend of God.

²⁸ And Haran died before Terah his father, in the land where he was born, at Ur in Chaldea. ²⁹ And Abram and Nahor took them wives. Abram's wife was called Sarai. And Nahor's wife, Milcah the daughter of Haran; which was father of Milcah and of Iscah. ³⁰ But Sarai was barren and had no child. ³¹ Then took Terah: Abram his son, and Lot his son Haran's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law his son Abram's wife. And they went with him from Ur in Chaldea, to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and dwelled there.

¹ Then the LORD said unto Abram, "Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred; and out of thy father's house, into a land which I will show thee.

⁷ Then the LORD appeared unto Abram and said, "Unto thy seed will I give this land." And he built an altar there unto the LORD which appeared to him.

¹⁵ for all the land which thou seest will I give unto thee and to thy seed for ever. ¹⁶ And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. ¹⁷ Arise, and walk about in the land, in the length of it and in the breadth, for I will give it unto thee."

⁷ Thou art the LORD, the God that hast chosen Abram, and broughtest him out of Ur in Chaldea, and called him Abraham: ⁸ and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give unto his seed the land of the Cananites, Hittites, Amorites, Perezites, Jebusites, and Girgashites - and hast made good thy words: for thou art righteous,

¹¹ saying, "Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance."

⁴² For why? He remembered his holy promise which he had made to Abraham his servant.

⁴⁴ and gave them the lands of the Heathen; where they took the labours of the people in possession,

² And he said, "Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hearken to. The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham while he was yet in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, ³ and said unto him, 'Come out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show unto thee.' ⁴ Then came he out of the land of Chaldea and dwelt in Haran. And after that, as soon as his father was dead, he brought him into this land, in which ye now dwell,

¹³ For the promise that he should be heir of the world was not given to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law: but through the righteousness which cometh of faith.

² And he said unto his eldest servant of his house which had the rule over all that he had, "Put thy hand under my thigh ³ that I may make thee swear by the LORD that is God of heaven and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son, of the daughters of the Canaanites, among which I dwell. ⁴ But shalt go unto my country and to my kindred, and there take a wife unto my son Isaac."

¹³ Lo, I stand here by the well of water and the daughters of the men of this city will come out to draw water: ¹⁴ Now the damsel to whom I say, 'stoop down thy pitcher, and let me drink.' If she say, 'Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also,' the same is she that thou hast ordained for thy servant Isaac: yea, and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed mercy on my master.

¹⁷ And he answered him, "If I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign, that thou art the LORD that talketh with me. ¹⁸ Depart not hence until I come again unto thee and bring mine offering, and have set it before thee." And he said, "I will tarry until thou come again." ¹⁹ And Gideon went and made ready a kid, and sweet cakes of an Ephah of flour, and put the flesh in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak and presented it. ²⁰ And the angel of God said unto him, "Take the flesh and the sweet cakes and put them upon this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so. 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 cakes. And there arose up fire out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the cakes. And the angel of the LORD vanished out of his sight. ²² And when Gideon perceived that it was an angel, he said, "Alas my Lord Jehovah, that I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face." ²³ And the LORD said unto him, peace be with thee and fear not, for thou shalt not die. ²⁴ Then Gideon made an altar there unto the LORD and called it Jehovah Shalom; The LORD is the Peace. Which unto this day is yet in Ophrah that pertaineth unto the father of the Abiezrites.

³⁶ And Gideon said unto God, "If thou wilt save Israel by my hand as thou hast said: ³⁷ Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the threshing place. And if the dew be on the fleece only, and dry upon all the earth beside: then I shall be sure that thou wilt save Israel by my hand as thou saidest." ³⁸ And it came to pass. And he rose up early on the morrow, and he thrust the fleece together and wrung the dew thereout and filled a bowl of water. ³⁹ And Gideon said unto God, "Be not angry with me, that I speak once more; let me prove only once again with the fleece. Let it be dry only upon the fleece, and dew upon all the ground about." ⁴⁰ And God did so that same night: so that it was dry upon the fleece only, and on all the ground about, dew.

⁹ if they say on this wise to us, 'Tarry until we come to you,' then we will stand still where we be and not go up unto them. ¹⁰ But and if they so say unto us, 'Come up unto us,' then we will go up, for the LORD hath delivered them into our hands. And this shall be a sign unto us."

⁸ Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, "What is the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?"

¹⁷ Show some token upon me for good, that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed; because thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.

¹¹ "Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God, from alow beneath, or from on high above."

¹⁸ And Zacharias said unto the angel, "Whereby shall I know this? Seeing that I am old, and my wife well stricken in years."

³⁴ Then said Mary unto the angel, "How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"

¹³ And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked about: and behold, there was a ram caught by the horns in a thicket. And he went and took the ram and offered him up for a sacrifice in the stead of his son.

³ If he bring a burnt offering of the oxen he shall offer a male without blemish, and shall bring him to the door of the tabernacle of witness, that he may be accepted before the LORD.

¹⁰ "'If he will offer a burnt sacrifice of the sheep whether it be of the lambs or of the goats: he shall offer a male without blemish.

¹⁴ "'If he will offer a burnt offering of the fowls unto the LORD, he shall offer either of the turtle doves or of the young pigeons.

¹ If any man bring a peace offering of the oxen: whether it be male or female, he shall bring such as is without blemish, before the LORD,

⁶ "'If a man bring a peace offering unto the LORD from of the flock: whether it be male, or female, it shall be without blemish.

² and said unto Aaron, "Take a calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering: both without blemish, and bring them before the LORD."

⁴ and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to offer before the LORD, and a meat offering mingled with oil, for today the LORD will appear unto you."

⁸ But and if she be not able to bring a sheep, then let her bring two turtles or two young pigeons: the one for the burnt offering, and the other for the sin offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'"

²² and two turtle doves or two young pigeons which he is able to get, and let the one be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

³⁰ And he shall offer one of the turtle doves or of the young pigeons, such as he can get:

⁵ "Gather my saints together unto me, those that set more by the covenant than by any offering."

⁵ Woe is my heart for Moab's sake. They fled unto the city of Zoar, which is like a fair young bullock of three years old; they went up to Luhith, weeping. The way toward Horonaim was full of lamentation for the hurt.

²⁴ and to offer, as it is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons."

¹⁷ When the sun was down and it was waxed dark, behold, there was a smoking furnace and a fire brand that went between the said pieces.

¹⁷ and break his wings, but pluck them not asunder. And then let the priest burn it upon the altar, even upon the wood that lieth upon the fire, a burnt sacrifice and an offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD.'"

¹⁸ Yea, those men that have broken my covenant, and not kept the words of the covenant which they made before me - when they hewed the calf in two, and when there went through the two halves thereof - ¹⁹ The princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the gelded men, the Priests and all the people of the land, which went through the two sides of the calf.

¹⁵ Study to show thyself laudable unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, dividing the word of truth justly.

¹³ With my lips will I be telling out all the judgments of thy mouth.

³ and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: There came a great Eagle with great wings; yea, with mighty long wings, full of feathers of divers colours; upon the mount of Lebanon, and took a branch from a Cedar tree,

⁷ But there was another Eagle, a great one, which had great wings and many feathers: and behold, the roots of this vine had a hunger after him, and spread out his branches toward him, to water his fruits.

⁴ And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls came, and devoured it up.

²¹ Then the LORD God cast a slumber on Adam, and he slept. And then he took out one of his ribs, and in stead thereof he filled up the place with flesh.

¹² And David took the spear and the cruse of water that were at Saul's head, and they gat them away, and no man saw or wist it or awoke. For they were all asleep, because the LORD had sent a slumber upon them.

¹³ In the fantasies and thoughts of the visions of the night, when sleep cometh on men: ¹⁴ Fear came upon me, and dread, and made all my bones to shake.

¹⁵ In dreams and visions of the night season - When slumbering cometh upon men, that they fall a sleep in their beds -

³ Know this also, that the LORD hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; when I call upon the LORD, he will hear me. ⁴ Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still. Selah. ⁵ Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

⁸ I was left there myself alone, and saw this great vision, so long till there remained no more strength within me: Yea I lost my colour clean, I wasted away, and my strength was gone. ⁹ Yet heard I the voice of his words: and as soon as I heard it, faintness came upon me, and I fell down flat to the ground upon my face.

⁸ And Saul arose from the earth, and opened his eyes, but saw no man. Then led they him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. ⁹ And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

⁹ and there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, fallen into a deep sleep. And as Paul declared, he was the more overcome with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

⁸ And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger: even all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and will be their God."

¹ These are the names of the children of Israel, which came to Egypt with Jacob, every man with his household: ² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

¹¹ And he set taskmasters over them, to keep them under with burdens. And they built unto Pharaoh treasure cities: Pithom and Rameses.

¹ Then Moses and Aaron went and told Pharaoh, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: 'Let my people go, that they may keep holy day unto me in the wilderness.'" ² And Pharaoh answered, "What fellow is the LORD, that I should hear his voice for to let Israel go? ³ I know not the LORD, neither will let Israel go." And they said, "The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he smite us either with pestilence or with sword." ⁴ Then said the king of Egypt unto them, "Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their work? Get you unto your labour." ⁵ And Pharaoh said furthermore, "Behold, there is much people in the land, and ye make them play and let their work stand." ⁶ And Pharaoh commanded the same day unto the taskmasters over the people and unto the officers, saying, ⁷ "See that ye give the people no more straw to make brick withal, as ye did in time past: let them go and gather them straw themselves. ⁸ And the number of bricks which they were wont to make in time past, lay unto their charge also, and minish nothing thereof. For they be idle and therefore cry, saying, 'Let us go and do sacrifice unto our God.' ⁹ They must have more work laid upon them, that they may labour therein, and then will they not turn themselves to false words." ¹⁰ Then went the taskmasters of the people and the officers out and told the people, saying, "Thus sayeth Pharaoh, "I will give you no more straw, ¹¹ but go yourselves and gather you straw where ye can find it, yet shall none of your labour be minished.'" ¹² Then the people scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt for to gather them stubble to be instead of straw. ¹³ And the taskmasters hasted them forward, saying, "Fulfill your work day by day, even as when straw was given you." ¹⁴ And the officers of the children of Israel which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten. And it was said unto them, "Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and today, as well as in times past?" ¹⁵ Then went the officers of the children of Israel and complained unto Pharaoh saying, "Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? ¹⁶ There is no straw given unto thy servants, and yet they say unto us, 'make brick.' And lo, thy servants are beaten, and thy people is foul intreated." ¹⁷ And he answered, "Idle are ye idle, and therefore ye say, 'Let us go and do sacrifice unto the LORD.' ¹⁸ Go therefore and work, for there shall no straw be given you, and yet see that ye deliver the whole tale of brick." ¹⁹ When the officers of the children of Israel saw themself in shrewd case — in that he said, 'ye shall minish nothing of your daily making of brick' - ²⁰ then they met Moses and Aaron standing in their way as they came out from Pharaoh, ²¹ and said unto them, "The LORD look unto you and judge! For ye have made the savour of us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and of his servants, and have put a sword into their hands to slay us." ²² Moses returned unto the LORD and said, "LORD wherefore dealest thou cruelly with this people: and wherefore hast thou sent me? ²³ For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath fared foul with this folk, and yet thou hast not delivered thy people at all."

⁴⁰ And the time of the dwelling of the children of Israel, which they dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. ⁴¹ And when the four hundred and thirty years were expired, even the self same day departed all the hosts of the LORD out of the land of Egypt.

²¹ Vex not a stranger, neither oppress him, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

⁹ Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for I know the heart of a stranger, because ye were strangers in Egypt.

³⁴ But let the stranger that dwelleth with you be as one of your selves, and love him as thy self, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

¹⁹ Love therefore the stranger, for ye were strangers yourselves in the land of Egypt.

¹¹ saying, "Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance." ¹² When there was yet but a few of them — and they strangers in the land -

²³ Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. ²⁴ But he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger than their enemies, ²⁵ whose heart turned so, that they hated his people, and dealt untruly with his servants.

⁶ God verily spake on this wise, that this seed should be a dweller in a strange land, and that they should keep them in bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. ⁷ 'But the nation to whom they shall be in bondage, will I judge,' said God, 'and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.'

¹⁷ "When the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

¹⁷ This I say, that the law which began afterward, beyond four hundred and thirty years, doth not disannul the testament, that was confirmed afore of God unto Christ ward, to make the promise of none effect.

⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out into a place which he should afterward receive to inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he should go. ⁹ By faith he removed into the land that was promised him, as into a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so did Isaac, and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. ¹⁰ For he looked for a city having a foundation, whose builder and maker is God. ¹¹ Through faith Sarah also received strength to be with child, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful which had promised. ¹² And therefore sprang thereof one — and of one which was as good as dead — so many in multitude, as the stars of the sky, and as the sand of the sea shore which is innumerable. ¹³ And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

¹ Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came unto Beersheba and offered offerings unto the God of his father Isaac. ² And God said unto Israel in a vision by night, and called unto him, "Jacob, Jacob." And he answered, "Here am I." ³ And he said, "I am that mighty God of thy father, fear not to go down into Egypt. For I will make of thee there a great people. ⁴ I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will also bring thee up again, and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes." ⁵ And Jacob rose up from Beersheba. And the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their children and their wives in the chariots which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. ⁶ And they took their cattle and the goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt: both Jacob and all his seed with him; ⁷ his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons daughters and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. ⁸ These are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt, both Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first son. ⁹ The children of Reuben: Hanoch, Phallu, Hezron and Carmi. ¹⁰ The children of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. ¹¹ The children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. ¹² The children of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Sarah — but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The children of Perez, Hezron, and Hamul. ¹³ The children of Issachar: Tola, Puva, Iob and Shimron. ¹⁴ The children of Zebulon: Sered, Elon and Jahleel. ¹⁵ These be the children of Lea which she bare unto Jacob in Mesopotamia with his daughter Dina. All these souls of his sons and daughters make thirty and six. ¹⁶ The children of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli. ¹⁷ The children of Asher: Imnah, Isvah, Ishvi, Beriah and Serah their sister. And the children of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel. ¹⁸ These are the children of Zilpah whom Laban gave to Lea his daughter. And these she bare unto Jacob in number sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The children of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were borne: Manasseh and Ephraim which Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On bare unto him. ²¹ The children of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard. ²² These are the children of Rachel which were born unto Jacob: fourteen souls altogether. ²³ The children of Dan: Hushim. ²⁴ The children Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. ²⁵ These are the sons of Bilhah which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob, altogether seven souls. ²⁶ All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt which came out of his loins — beside his son's wives — were all together sixty and six souls. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt were: two souls. So that all the souls of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt are seventy. ²⁸ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph that the way might be showed him unto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. ²⁹ And Joseph made ready his chariot and went to meet Israel his father unto Goshen, and presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck and wept upon his neck a good while. ³⁰ And Israel said unto Joseph, "Now I am content to die, insomuch I have seen thee, that thou art yet alive." ³¹ And Joseph said unto his brethren and unto his father's house, "I will go and show Pharaoh, and tell him that my brethren and my father's house which were in the land of Canaan are come unto me, ³² and how they are shepherds," — for they were men of cattle — "and they have brought their sheep and their oxen and all that they have with them. ³³ If Pharaoh call you and ask you what your occupation is, ³⁴ say, 'Thy servants have been occupied about cattle, from our childhood unto this time: both we and our fathers,' that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen. For an abomination unto the Egyptians are all that feed sheep."

²¹ And I will get this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: so that when ye go, ye shall not go empty: ²² but every wife shall borrow of her neighboress and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver and of gold and raiment. And ye shall put them on your sons and daughters, and shall rob the Egyptians."

⁵ And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, because the Egyptians keep them in bondage, and have remembered my covenant. ⁶ Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and will rid you out of their bondage, and will deliver you with a stretched-out arm and with great judgments.

¹ And the LORD said unto Moses, "Behold, I have made thee Pharaoh's God, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. ² Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. ³ But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that I may multiply my miracles and my wonders in the land of Egypt. ⁴ And yet Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may set mine hand upon Egypt and bring out mine armies, even my people the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, with great judgments. ⁵ And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I have stretched forth my hand upon Egypt, and have brought out the children of Israel from among them." ⁶ Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them. ⁷ And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty three when they spake unto Pharaoh. ⁸ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, ⁹ "When Pharaoh speaketh unto you and sayeth, 'Show a wonder,' then shalt thou say unto Aaron, 'Take the rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall turn to a serpent.'" ¹⁰ Then went Moses and Aaron in unto Pharaoh, and did even as the LORD had commanded. And Aaron cast forth his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it turned to a serpent. ¹¹ Then Pharaoh called for the wise men, and enchanters of Egypt did in like manner with their sorcery. ¹² And they cast down every man his rod, and they turned to serpents; but Aaron's rod ate up their rods. ¹³ And yet, for all that, Pharaoh's heart was hardened, so that he hearkened not unto them, even as the LORD had said. ¹⁴ Then said the LORD unto Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened, and he refuseth to let the people go.

³² And take your sheep and your oxen with you as ye have said, and depart and bless me also." ³³ And the Egyptians were fierce upon the people and made haste to send them out of the land: for they said, "We be all dead men." ³⁴ And the people took the dough before it was soured which they had in store, and bound it in cloths, and put it upon their shoulders. ³⁵ And the children of Israel did according to the saying of Moses: and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. ³⁶ And the LORD gat the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and so they borrowed, and robbed the Egyptians. ³⁷ Thus took the children of Israel their journey from Rameses to Succoth; six hundred thousand men of foot, beside children. ³⁸ And much common people went also with them, and sheep, and oxen, and cattle exceeding much.

²⁰ For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as it is come to pass this day.

²² And the LORD showed signs and wonders both great and evil upon Egypt, Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes;

¹⁸ Fear them not, but remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh and unto all Egypt, ¹⁹ and the great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs and wonders and mighty hand and stretched-out arm wherewith the LORD thy God brought thee out: even so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the nations of which thou art afraid.

² And call to mind this day that which your children have neither known nor seen: even the nurture of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand and his stretched out arm; ³ his miracles and his acts which he did among the Egyptians, even unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt and unto all his land; ⁴ and what he did unto the host of the Egyptians, unto their horses and chariots, how he brought the water of the reed sea upon them as they chased you, and how the LORD hath brought them to nought unto this day;

⁴ And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau. And I gave unto Esau mount Seir to possess it. But Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. ⁵ Then I sent Moses and Aaron. And I plagued Egypt, after the manner as I did among them, and after that I brought you out, ⁶ and I brought your fathers out of Egypt. And ye came unto the sea: and the Egyptians followed after your fathers with chariots and horsemen, unto the reed sea. ⁷ And they cried unto the LORD. And he put darkness between you and the Egyptians and brought the sea upon them and covered them. And your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt. And ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

¹⁷ For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage, and which did those miracles in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went and among all the nations which we came through.

⁸ After that Jacob was come into Egypt, your fathers cried unto the LORD, and the LORD sent Moses and Aaron: which brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

⁹ and hast considered the misery of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their complaint by the reed sea, ¹⁰ and showed tokens and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they were presumptuous and cruel against them; and so madest thou thee a name as it is this day. ¹¹ And the reed sea didst thou divide in sunder before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea dry-shoed: and their persecutors threwest thou into the deep as a stone, in the mighty waters;

⁴ Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and clear when thou shalt judge.

⁴³ how he had wrought his miracles in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: ⁴⁴ How he turned their waters into blood, so that they might not drink of the rivers; ⁴⁵ How he sent lice among them, to eat them up, and frogs to destroy them; ⁴⁶ How he gave their fruits unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the grasshopper; ⁴⁷ How he beat down their vineyards with hail stones, and their mulberry trees with the frost; ⁴⁸ How he smote their cattle also with hail stones, and their flocks with hot thunderbolts; ⁴⁹ How he sent upon them the furiousness of his wrath, anger, displeasure, and trouble, and sent evil angels among them; ⁵⁰ When he made a way to his fearful indignation, and spared not their souls from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; ⁵¹ When he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the most principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham.

²⁷ These did his tokens among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darkness, and it was dark; for they were not obedient unto his word. ²⁹ He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. ³⁰ Their land brought forth frogs; yea, even in their king's chambers. ³¹ He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies and lice in all their quarters. ³² He gave them hail stones for rain, and flames of fire in their land. ³³ He smote their vineyards and fig trees, and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts. ³⁴ He spake the word, and the grasshoppers came, and caterpillars innumerable, ³⁵ and did eat up all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruits of their ground. ³⁶ He smote all the firstborn in their land, even the chief of all their strength. ³⁷ He brought them forth also with silver and gold; there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

⁹ He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O thou land of Egypt, upon Pharaoh and all his servants.

¹⁴ For the LORD will avenge his people, and be gracious unto his servants.

⁴ "I am a stranger and a foreigner among you; give me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."

¹⁹ And then Abraham buried Sara his wife in the double cave of the field that lieth before Mamre, otherwise called Hebron in the land of Canaan.

⁷ These are the days of the life of Abraham which he lived: a hundred and seventy five years ⁸ and then fell sick and died, in a lusty age — when he had lived enough — and was put unto his people. ⁹ And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave in the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite before Mamre.

²⁹ and then fell he sick and died, and was put unto his people being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

²⁹ And he charged them, and said unto them, "I shall be put unto my people: see that ye bury me with my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

³¹ There they buried Abraham and Sara his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebecca his wife. And there I buried Lea:

¹³ And his sons carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought with the field to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite before Mamre.

²⁴ "Let Aaron be put unto his people, for he shall not come into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel: because ye disobeyed my mouth at the water of strife.

¹³ And when thou hast seen it, thou shalt be gathered unto thy people also; as Aaron thy brother was gathered unto his people.

¹⁰ And even so, all that generation were put unto their fathers. And there arose another generation after them which neither knew the LORD, nor yet the works which he did unto Israel.

¹ And when David was old and stricken in years, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

²⁸ And he died in a good age: old, rich and glorious. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

²⁸ Behold, I will take thee to thy fathers and thou shalt be put in thy grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the mischief that I will bring upon this place and upon the inhabiters of the same.'" And they brought the king word again.

²⁶ Thou shalt come to thy grave in a fair age, like as the corn sheaves are brought in to the barn in due season.

¹⁷ And so he died, being old and of a perfect age.

³⁷ Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last.

³ If a man beget a hundredth children, and live many years, so that his days are many in number, and yet cannot enjoy his good, neither be buried: as for him I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

⁷ Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.

¹ But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked, ² that he himself might be in rest, lie quietly upon his bed, and live after his own pleasure.

¹ At the same time, sayeth the LORD, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests and prophets, yea, and the bones of the citizens of Jerusalem, shall be brought out of their graves ² and laid against the Sun, the Moon and all the heavenly host: whom they loved, whom they served, whom they ran after, whom they sought and worshipped. They shall neither be gathered together nor buried, but shall lie upon the earth, to their shame and despising.

¹³ Go thou thy way now, till it be ended: take thy rest, and bide in thy lot, till the days have an end."

³² 'I am Abraham's God, and Isaac's God, and the God of Jacob?' God is not the God of the dead: but of the living."

³⁶ Howbeit David, after he had in his time fulfilled the will of God, he slept, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption.

¹³ For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he sware by himself, ¹⁴ saying, "Surely I will bless thee, and multiply thee indeed." ¹⁵ And so after that he had tarried a long time, he enjoyed the promises. ¹⁶ Men verily swear by him that is greater than themselves; And an oath to confirm the thing, is among them an end of all strife. ¹⁷ So God, willing very abundantly to show, unto the heirs of promise, the stableness of his counsel; he added an oath, ¹⁸ that by two immutable things — in which it was impossible that God should lie — we might have perfect consolation, which have fled, for to hold fast the hope that is set before us: ¹⁹ which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast. Which hope also entereth in, into those things which are within the veil,

¹³ And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ¹⁴ They that say such things, declare that they seek a country. ¹⁵ Also, if they had been mindful of that country, from whence they came out, they had leisure to have returned again. ¹⁶ But now they desire a better, that is to say a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them, even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

⁴⁰ And the time of the dwelling of the children of Israel, which they dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

²⁶ And therefore he did exceeding abominably, in following Idols, in all things like as did the Amorites which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

²³ After these kingdoms, while ungodliness is a growing, there shall arise a king of an unshamefast face, which shall be wise in dark speakings.

⁵ Then the angel that talked with me, went forth, and said unto me, 'Lift up thine eyes and see what this is that goeth forth.' ⁶ And I said, 'What is it?' He answered, 'This is a measure going out.' He said moreover, 'Even thus are they that dwell upon the whole earth to look upon.' ⁷ And behold, there was lift up a talent of lead: and lo, a woman sat in the midst of the measure. ⁸ And he said, 'This is ungodliness.' So he cast her into the midst of the measure, and threw the lump of lead up in to a hole. ⁹ Then lift I up mine eyes, and looked: and behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings, for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lift up the measure betwixt the earth and the heaven. ¹⁰ Then spake I to the angel that talked with me, 'Whither will these bear the measure?' ¹¹ And he said unto me, 'Into the land of Shinar, to build them a house: which when it is prepared, the measure shall be set there in his place.'

³² Fulfill ye likewise the measure of your fathers: ³³ ye serpents and generation of vipers, how should ye escape the damnation of hell? ³⁴ "Wherefore, Behold, I send unto you prophets, wise men, and scribes. And of them: some shall ye kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth: from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar:

¹⁶ and forbid us to preach unto the gentiles, that they might be saved, to fulfill their sins always: For the wrath of God is come on them, even to the utmost.

⁸ Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, how that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. ⁹ The Lord is not slack to fulfill his promise as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.

² And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of a bush. And he perceived that the bush burned with fire, and consumed not. ³ Then Moses said, "I will go hence and see this great sight, how it cometh that the bush burneth not."

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 cakes. And there arose up fire out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the cakes. And the angel of the LORD vanished out of his sight.

²⁰ For when the flame came up out of the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended up in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked upon and fell flat on their faces unto the ground.

⁹ Smoke went up out of his nostrils, and consuming fire out of his mouth, that coals were kindled of him.

²⁶ And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings and called unto the LORD and he heard him from heaven in fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

¹ For Zion's sake therefore will I not hold my tongue, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not cease: until their righteousness break forth as a shining light, and their salvation as a burning lamp.

⁴ which I commanded unto your fathers; what time as I brought them out of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Be obedient unto my voice, and do according to all that I commanded you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God,

¹⁴ And the name of the third river is Hiddekel, which runneth on the east side of the Assyrians; And the fourth river is Euphrates.

⁸ Furthermore, God spake unto Noah and to his sons with him saying, ⁹ "See, I make my covenant with you and your seed after you, ¹⁰ and with all living things that is with you: both fowl and cattle, and all manner beast of the earth that is with you, of all that cometh out of the ark, whatsoever beast of the earth it be. ¹¹ I make my covenant with you, that henceforth all flesh shall not be destroyed with the waters of any flood, and that henceforth there shall not be a flood to destroy the earth." ¹² And God said, "This is the token of my covenant which I make between me and you, and between all living thing, that is with you forever: ¹³ I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant made between me and the earth; ¹⁴ so that when I bring in clouds upon the earth, the bow shall appear in the clouds. ¹⁵ And then will I think upon my covenant which I have made between me and you, and all that liveth, whatsoever flesh it be. So that henceforth there shall be no more waters to make a flood to destroy all flesh. ¹⁶ The bow shall be in the clouds, and I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and all that liveth upon the earth, whatsoever flesh it be." ¹⁷ And God said unto Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have made between me and all flesh that is on the earth."

¹⁵ for all the land which thou seest will I give unto thee and to thy seed for ever.

¹ When Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to him saying, "I am the almighty God: walk before me and be uncorrupt. ² And I will make my covenant between thee and me, and will multiply thee exceedingly." ³ And Abram fell on his face. And God talked moreover with him, saying, ⁴ "I am. Behold, my covenant is with thee, that thou shalt be a father of many nations. ⁵ Therefore shalt thou no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham: for a father of many nations have I made thee, ⁶ and I will multiply thee exceedingly, and will make nations of thee: yea, and kings shall spring out of thee. ⁷ Moreover, I will make my covenant between me, and thee, and thy seed after thee; in their times to be an everlasting testament, so that I will be God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. ⁸ And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger: even all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and will be their God." ⁹ And God said unto Abraham, "See thou keep my covenant, both thou and thy seed after thee in their times. ¹⁰ This is my covenant which ye shall keep between me and you and thy seed after thee: that ye circumcise all your men children. ¹¹ Ye shall circumcise the foreskin of your flesh, and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. ¹² And every manchild when it is eight days old, shall be circumcised among you in your generations, and all servants also born at home or bought with money, though they be strangers and not of thy seed. ¹³ The servant born in thy house, and he also that is bought with money, must needs be circumcised, that my covenant may be in your flesh, for an everlasting bond. ¹⁴ If there be any uncircumcised manchild, that hath not the foreskin of his flesh cut off, his soul shall perish from his people: because he hath broken my covenant." ¹⁵ And God said unto Abraham, "Sarai, thy wife, shall no more be called Sarai: but Sara shall her name be. ¹⁶ For I will bless her and give thee a son of her; and will bless her so that people, yea and kings of people, shall spring of her." ¹⁷ And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sara, that is ninety years old, bear?" ¹⁸ And Abraham said unto God, "O that Ishmael might live in thy sight!" ¹⁹ Then said God, "Nay. Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac. And I will make my covenant with him, that it shall be an everlasting covenant unto his seed after him. ²⁰ And as concerning Ishmael also, I have heard thy request: lo, I will bless him and increase him, and multiply him exceedingly. Twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him. ²¹ But my covenant will I make with Isaac, which Sara shall bear unto thee: even this time, twelve month." ²² And God left off talking with him, and departed up from Abraham. ²³ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the servants born in his house, and all that was bought with money; as many as were men children among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the foreskin of their flesh, even the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. ²⁴ Abraham was ninety years old and nine when he cut off the foreskin of his flesh. ²⁵ And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when the foreskin of his flesh was circumcised. ²⁶ The selfsame day was Abraham circumcised and Ishmael his son. ²⁷ And all the men in his house, whether they were born in his house or bought with money, though they were strangers, were circumcised with him.

⁷ The LORD God of heaven which took me from my father's house and from the land where I was born, and which spake unto me and sware unto me saying 'unto thy seed will I give this land' — he shall send his angel before thee, that thou mayest take a wife unto my son from thence.

⁴ and give thee the blessing of Abraham: both to thee and to thy seed with thee, that thou mayest possess the land — wherein thou art a stranger — which God gave unto Abraham."

¹³ Yea, and the LORD stood upon it and said, "I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaac: The land which thou sleepest upon will I give thee and thy seed. ¹⁴ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: And thou shalt spread abroad: west, east, north and south. And through thee and thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

¹² And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, will I give unto thee, and unto thy seed after thee will I give it also."

²⁴ And Joseph said unto his brethren, "I die; And God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land, unto the land which he sware unto Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."

⁸ and am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land unto a good land and a large, and unto a land that floweth with milk and honey: even unto the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and of the Jebusites.

⁴ Moreover, I made an covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan: the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers.

²³ When mine angel goeth before thee and hath brought thee in unto the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I shall have destroyed them,

²⁷ I will send my fear before thee and will kill all the people whither thou shalt go. And I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee, ²⁸ and I will send hornets before thee, and they shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites and the Hittites before thee. ²⁹ I will not cast them out in one year, lest the land grow to a wilderness: and the beasts of the field multiply upon thee. ³⁰ But a little and a little I will drive them out before thee, until thou be increased that thou mayest inherit the land. ³¹ And I will make thy coasts from the reed sea unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river. I will deliver the inhabiters of the land into thine hand, and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

¹¹ Keep all that I command thee this day, and behold: I will cast out before thee the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

² "Command the children of Israel and say unto them, 'When ye come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall unto your inheritance; the land of Canaan with all her coasts. ³ And your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, so that your south quarter shall be from the side of the salt sea eastward,

⁵ And shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and shall go out at the sea.

⁷ depart therefore and take your journey and go unto the hills of the Amorites and unto all places nigh thereunto, both fields, hills and dales: and unto the south and unto the sea's side in the land of Canaan, and unto Lebanon: even unto the great river Euphrates. ⁸ Behold, I have set the land before you: go in therefore and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give unto them and their seed after them.'

¹ When the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee: the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perezites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; seven nations more in number and mightier than thou:

²⁴ All the places whereon the soles of your feet shall tread, shall be yours: even from the wilderness and from Lebanon and from the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coasts be.

⁴ And the LORD said unto him, "This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it unto thy seed. I have showed it thee before thine eyes: but thou shalt not go over thither."

³ All the places that the soles of your feet shall tread upon, have I given you, as I said unto Moses: ⁴ from the wilderness and this Lebanon unto the great river Euphrates; and all the land of the Hittites, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coasts.

¹ These are the kings of the land which the children of Israel smote and conquered their lands, on the other side Jordan eastward, from the river Arnon, unto mount Hermon, and all the plain eastward: ² Sihon king of the Amorites that dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which lieth on the brim of the river of Arnon, and to the middle of the river, and half Gilead unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon; ³ And in the plain unto the sea of Chinnereth eastward, and unto the sea in the plain called the salt sea eastward, the way to Bethjeshimoth and by south under the springs of Pisgah. ⁴ And the coasts of Og, king of Bashan which was of the remnant of the Rephaim and dwelt at Ashtaroth, and Edrei; ⁵ and reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and throughout all Bashan, unto the borders, of the Geshurites, and the Maacathites and half Gilead, unto the borders of Sihon king of Heshbon. ⁶ Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smote them, and Moses the servant of the LORD, gave their lands a possession, unto the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. ⁷ These are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan, westward, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon, even unto mount Halak that goeth up to Seir. And Joshua gave the land unto the tribes of Israel to possess, to every man his part; ⁸ in the upper land, and nether land, in plains, and springs of water, in the wilderness, and south country the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perezites, the Hivites and the Jebusites: ⁹ The king of Jericho; The king of Ai beside Bethel; ¹⁰ The king of Jerusalem; The king of Hebron; ¹¹ The king of Jarmuth; the king of Lachish; ¹² The king of Eglon; The king of Gezer; ¹³ The king of Debir; The king of Geder; ¹⁴ The king of Hormah; The king of Arad; ¹⁵ The king of Libnah; The king of Adullam; ¹⁶ The king of Makkedah; The king of Bethel; ¹⁷ The king of Tappuah; The king of Hepher; ¹⁸ The king of Aphek; The king of Lasharon; ¹⁹ The king of Madon; The king of Hazor; ²⁰ The king of Shimronmeron; The king of Achshaph;

⁴ and went along to Azmon, and it went out to the river of Egypt: so that the end of the coast is the sea. And these are their south coasts.

¹ And the second lot came out unto the tribe of the children of Simeon by their kindreds. And their inheritance fell in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah. ² And their inheritance was Beersheba, Sheba, and Moladah; ³ Hazarshual, Balah, and Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul and Hormah; ⁵ Ziklag, Bethmarcaboth and Hazarsusah; ⁶ Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen: Thirteen cities with their villages. ⁷ Aim, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan: Four cities with their villages. ⁸ And thereto all the villages that lie round about these cities, even unto Baalathbeer and Ramah, southward. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon in their kindreds. ⁹ Out of the portion of the children of Judah came the inheritance of the children of Simeon. For the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: and therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance in the inheritance of them. ¹⁰ And the third lot came unto the children of Zebulun according unto their kindreds. And the coasts of their inheritance came to Sarid, ¹¹ and went up to the sea and to Mareal, and touched at Dabbesheth, and met at the river that lieth before Jokneam; ¹² and turned from Sarid eastward toward the sun rising unto the border of Chisloth in mount Tabor: and then goeth out to Daberath and goeth up to Japhia; ¹³ and from thence goeth along eastward toward the sun rising, to Gathhepher, Ethkazin, and goeth to Rimmon, Methoar, and Neah. ¹⁴ And compasseth it on the north side and goeth to Nathan, and endeth in the valley of Iphtahel. ¹⁵ And Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: Twelve cities with their villages. ¹⁶ This is the inheritance of the Children of Zebulun, in their kindreds, the said cities with their villages. ¹⁷ And the fourth lot came out to the children of Issachar by their kindreds. ¹⁸ And their coasts were Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem; ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath; ²⁰ Rabbith, Kishion and Ebez; ²¹ Remeth, Engannim, Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez. ²² And his coasts met at Tabor, Shahazumah and at Bethshemesh and endeth at Jordan: Sixteen cities with their villages. ²³ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar by their kindreds, the cities and their villages. ²⁴ And the fifth lot came out unto the tribe of the children of Asher by their kindreds. ²⁵ And their coasts were Helkath, Hali, Beten and Achshaph; ²⁶ Allamelech, Amad, and Mishal; and met at Carmel on the sea, and at Shihor and at Libnath ²⁷ and turneth toward the sun rising to Bethdagon, and met at Zebulun and in the valley of Iphtahel, and toward the northside of Bethemek and Neiel, and goeth out on the left side of Cabul; ²⁸ and Hebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah even unto great Sidon. ²⁹ And then the coast turneth to Ramah and to the strong city of Azor and turneth to Hosah and endeth at the sea, by the possession of Achzib; ³⁰ Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob: Twenty and two cities with their villages. ³¹ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher by their kindreds: these cities with their villages. ³² And the sixth lot came out unto the children of Naphtali by their kindreds. ³³ And their coasts were from Heleph and from Allon in Zaananim, and Adaminekeb and Jabneel even to Lakkum, and go out at Jordan. ³⁴ And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth in mount Tabor, and then goeth out from thence to Hukkok and meeteth with Zebulun on the south side, and with Asher on the west, and at Judah upon Jordan toward the sun rising. ³⁵ And their strong cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hamath, Rakkath and Chinnereth; ³⁶ Adamah, Ramah and Hazor; ³⁷ Kadesh, Edrei, and Enhazor; ³⁸ Yiron, Migdalel, Horem, Bethanath and Bethshemesh: Nineteen cities with their villages.

³ David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to make the end of his coasts at the river Euphrates.

⁵ And is not mine house so with God? In that he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, perfect in all points. And in that he shall fulfill all that is healthsome unto me, and all my desires thereto;

²¹ And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river throughout all the land of the Philistines unto the borders of Egypt, and they brought presents and served Solomon all days of his life.

⁹ And eastward he inhabited until the wilderness, even upon the river Euphrates, for their cattle was much in the land of Gilead.

²⁶ And he reigned over all the kings from Euphrates unto the land of the Philistines and to the borders of Egypt.

⁸ and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give unto his seed the land of the Cananites, Hittites, Amorites, Perezites, Jebusites, and Girgashites - and hast made good thy words: for thou art righteous,

¹² In that time shall the LORD shoot from the swift water of Euphrates, unto the river of Egypt. And there shall the children be chosen out one by one.

³ Incline your ears, and come unto me, take heed, and your soul shall live. For I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

³¹ Behold, the days come, sayeth the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: ³² not after the covenant that I made with their fathers, when I took them by the hand, and led them out of the land of Egypt: which covenant they brake, wherefore I punished them sore, sayeth the LORD: ³³ But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, sayeth the LORD: I will plant my law in the inward parts of them, and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and they shall be my people. ³⁴ And from thenceforth shall no man teach his neighbour or his brother, and say, 'Know the LORD.' But they shall all know me, from the lowest unto the highest, sayeth the LORD. For I will forgive their misdeeds, and will never remember their sins anymore.

⁴⁰ And I will set up an everlasting covenant with them; Namely: that I will never cease to do them good, and that I will put my fear in their hearts, so that they shall not run away from me.

²⁰ "Thus sayeth the LORD: May the covenant which I have made with day and night be broken, that there should not be day and night in due season? ²¹ Then may my covenant also be broken, which I made with David my servant, and so he not to have a son to reign in his Throne. So shall also the priests and Levites never fail, but serve me. ²² For like as the stars of heaven may not be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and of the Levites my ministers." ²³ Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, ²⁴ "Considerest thou not what this people speaketh? 'Two kindreds,' say they, 'had the LORD chosen, and those same two hath he cast away.' For so far is my people come, that they have no hope to come together any more, and to be one people again. ²⁵ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD: If I have made no covenant with day and night, and given no statute unto heaven and earth; ²⁶ then will I also cast away the seed of David my servant: so that I will take no prince out of his seed, to rule the posterity of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But yet I will turn again their captivity, and be merciful unto them."

¹⁵ Brethren, I will speak after the manner of men. Though it be but a man's testament, yet no man despiseth it, or addeth anything thereto when it is once allowed. ¹⁶ To Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, "in the seeds," as in many: But, "in thy seed," as in one, which is Christ. ¹⁷ This I say, that the law which began afterward, beyond four hundred and thirty years, doth not disannul the testament, that was confirmed afore of God unto Christ ward, to make the promise of none effect.

²⁰ The God of peace that brought again from death our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting testament,

²¹ And he looked on the Kenites, and took his parable, and said, "Strong is thy dwelling place, and put thy nest upon a rock. ²² Neverthelater, thou shalt be a burning to Kain, until Assyria take thee prisoner."

⁵ Therefore in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Giants in Ashteroth-Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

⁵ And he shall be as one that gathereth up corn in the harvest, which cutteth his handful with the sickle, and when one gathereth the sheaves together in the valley, of Rephaim.

¹⁵ Canaan also begat Sidon his eldest son and Heth, ¹⁶ Jebusi, Amori, Girgosi, ¹⁷ Hivi, Arki, Sini, ¹⁸ Arvadi, Zemari and Hamathi. And afterward sprang the kindreds of the Canaanites. ¹⁹ And the coasts of the Canaanites were from Sidon till thou come to Gerar and to Gaza, and till thou come to Sodom, Gomorrah, Adma, Zeboiim: even unto Lasha.

²³ When mine angel goeth before thee and hath brought thee in unto the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I shall have destroyed them, ²⁴ see thou worship not their gods neither serve them, neither do after the works of them, but overthrow them and break down the places of them. ²⁵ And see that ye serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread and thy water, and I will take all sicknesses away from among you. ²⁶ "Moreover there shall be no woman childless or unfruitful in thy land, and the number of thy days I will fulfill. ²⁷ I will send my fear before thee and will kill all the people whither thou shalt go. And I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee, ²⁸ and I will send hornets before thee, and they shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites and the Hittites before thee.

² And I will send an angel before thee, and will cast out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

²⁸ And when he was come to the other side, into the country of the Gergesites, there met him two possessed of devils, which came out of the graves, and were out of measure fierce, so that no man might go by that way.