Genesis 28 Cross References - MSTC

¹ Then Isaac called Jacob his son and blessed him, and charged him and said unto him, "See thou take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan, ² but arise and get thee to Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father: and there take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother. ³ And God almighty bless thee, increase thee, and multiply thee that thou mayest be a number of people, 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." ⁵ Thus Isaac sent forth Jacob, to go to Mesopotamia unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, and brother to Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. ⁶ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him to Mesopotamia, to fetch him a wife thence, and that, as he blessed him he gave him a charge saying 'see thou take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan,' ⁷ and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone unto Mesopotamia: ⁸ and seeing also that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father: ⁹ then went he unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth to be his wife. ¹⁰ Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran, ¹¹ and came unto a place and tarried there all night, because the son was down. And took a stone of the place, and put it under his head, and laid him down in the same place to sleep. ¹² And he dreamed: and behold there stood a ladder upon the earth, and the top of it reached up to heaven. And see, the angels of God went up and down upon it. 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. ¹⁵ And see, I am with thee, and will be thy keeper in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land: Neither will I leave thee; until I have made good all that I have promised thee." ¹⁶ When Jacob was awaked out of his sleep, he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware." ¹⁷ And he was afraid, and said, "How fearful is this place? It is none other, but even the house of God and the gate of heaven!" ¹⁸ And Jacob stood up early in the morning and took the stone that he had laid under his head, and pitched it up on end, and poured oil on the top of it. ¹⁹ And he called the name of the place Bethel, for indeed the name of the city was called Luz before time. ²⁰ And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this journey which I go and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to put on, ²¹ so that I come again unto my father's house in safety: then shall the LORD be my God, ²² and this stone which I have set up on end, shall be God's house. And of all that thou shalt give me, will I give the tenth unto thee."

² the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took unto them wives, which they best liked among them all.

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.

³⁷ And my master made me swear saying, 'Thou shalt not take a wife to my son, among the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell.

³⁴ When Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri, an Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon, an Hittite also, ³⁵ which were disobedient unto Isaac and Rebekah.

⁴ and make me meat such as I love, and bring it me and let me eat that my soul may bless thee before that I die."

²⁷ And he went to him and kissed him. And he smelled the savour of his raiment and blessed him, and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed. ²⁸ God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of corn and wine. ²⁹ People be thy servants, and nations bow unto thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and thy mother's children stoop unto thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee." ³⁰ As soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, then came Esau his brother from his hunting: ³¹ and had made also meat, and brought it in unto his father and said unto him, "Arise my father and eat of thy son's venison, that thy soul may bless me." ³² Then his father Isaac said unto him, "Who art thou?" He answered, "I am thy eldest son Esau." ³³ And Isaac was greatly astonished out of measure, and said, "Where is he then that hath hunted venison and brought it me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him, and he shall be blessed still."

⁴⁶ And Rebekah spake to Isaac, "I am weary of my life, for fear of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such one as these are, or of the daughters of the land, what lust should I have to live?"

³ And God almighty bless thee, increase thee, and multiply thee that thou mayest be a number of people, 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."

⁹ and make marriages with us: give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you,

¹⁶ then will we give our daughter to you and take yours to us, and will dwell with you and be one people.

¹⁵ And he blessed Joseph saying, "God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, and the God which hath fed me all my life long unto this day;

²⁸ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is that which their father spake unto them when he blessed them, every man with a several blessing.

¹⁵ lest, if thou make any covenant with the inhabiters of the land, when they go a whoring after their gods and do sacrifice unto their gods, they call thee and thou eat of their sacrifice; ¹⁶ And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and when their daughters go a whoring after their gods,

¹ This is the blessing wherewith Moses, God's man, blessed the children of Israel before his death,

⁷ Unto the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses gave possession in Bashan: and unto the other half thereof gave Joshua with their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And also when Joshua sent them away unto their tents and blessed them,

¹⁴ Set yourselves therefore at large, and bear not a stranger's yoke with the unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? What company hath light with darkness? ¹⁵ What concord hath Christ with Belial? Either, what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? ¹⁶ How agreeth the temple of God with images? And ye are the temple of the living God, as said God, "I will dwell among them, and walk among them, and will be their God: and they shall be my people."

²⁰ And it chanced, after these things, that one told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor: ²¹ Uz his eldest son and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of the Syrians, ²² and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel." ²³ And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, yer he had left speaking, that Rebekah came out — the daughter of Bethuel, son to Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother — and her pitcher upon her shoulder. ¹⁶ The damsel was very fair to look upon, and yet a maid and unknown of man. And she went down to the well and filled her pitcher and came up again. ¹⁷ Then the servant ran unto her and said, "Let me sip a little water of thy pitcher." ¹⁸ And she said, "Drink, my lord." And she hasted and let down her pitcher upon her arm and gave him drink. ¹⁹ And when she had given him drink, she said, "I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have drunk enough." ²⁰ And she poured out her pitcher into the trough hastily, and ran again unto the well, to fetch water: and drew for all his camels. ²¹ And the fellow wondered at her. But held his peace, to wete whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. ²² And as the camels had left drinking, he took an earring of half a sicle weight, and two bracelets for her hands, of ten sicles weight of gold, ²³ and said unto her, "Whose daughter art thou? tell me: is there room in thy father's house, for us to lodge in?" ²⁴ And she said unto him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah which she bare unto Nahor,"

²⁹ And Rebekah had a brother called Laban. And Laban ran out unto the man, to the well:

⁵⁰ Then answered Laban and Bethuel, saying, "The thing is proceeded even out of the LORD, we can not therefore say unto thee, either good or bad:

²⁰ And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia and sister to Laban the Syrian.

⁵ Thus Isaac sent forth Jacob, to go to Mesopotamia unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, and brother to Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

¹ Then Jacob lift up his feet, and went toward the east country.

¹⁸ and carried away all his cattle and all his substance which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, for to go to Isaac his father, unto the land of Canaan.

¹⁰ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and truth which thou hast showed unto thy servant. For with my staff came I over this Jordan, and now have I gotten two droves.

⁹ And God appeared unto Jacob again after he came out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him,

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.

¹² Jacob fled into the land of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said unto them, "Grow and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over all the beasts that move on the earth.

¹ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, "Increase and multiply and fill the earth.

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.

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.

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. ¹⁸ And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice."

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her, "Thou art our sister, grow into thousand thousands, and thy seed possess the gates of their enemies."

¹¹ And God said unto him, "I am God almighty: grow and multiply; for people and a multitude of people shall spring of thee, yea and kings shall come out of thy loins.

⁵² The second called he Ephraim, "For God," said he, "hath caused me to grow in the land of my trouble."

¹⁴ And God almighty give you mercy in the sight of the man and send you your other brother and also Benjamin, and I will be as a man robbed of his children."

³ and said unto Joseph, "God almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

³ and I appeared unto Abraham, Isaac and Jacob an Almighty God: but in my name Jehovah was I not known unto them.

¹ {A song of the stairs} Except the LORD build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. Except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

³ Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD. ⁴ Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children. ⁵ Happy is the man, that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

³ Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy house, thy children like the olive branches round about thy table. ⁴ Lo, thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the LORD. ⁵ The LORD shall so bless thee out of Zion, that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. ⁶ Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.

¹⁸ and will be a father unto you, and ye shall be unto me sons and daughters," saith the Lord almighty.

²² And there was no temple therein. For the Lord God almighty and the lamb are the temple of it.

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."

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.

¹⁴ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was departed from him, "Lift up thine eyes and look from the place where thou art, northward, southward, eastward and westward, 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."

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."

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."

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."

¹² Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with thine ears consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

¹⁷ His name shall endure forever; his name shall remain under the sun among the posterities, which shall be blessed in him. And all the heathen shall praise him.

⁶ O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. ⁷ He is the LORD our God, his judgments are in all the world. ⁸ He is always mindful of his covenant and promise, that he made to a thousand generations, ⁹ even the covenant that he made with Abraham, and the oath that he sware unto Isaac, ¹⁰ and appointed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament; 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 -

⁷ "Blessed are they, whose unrighteousnesses are forgiven and whose sins are covered. ⁸ Blessed is that man to whom the Lord imputeth not sin."

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."

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.

³ Blessed be God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which hath blessed us with all manner of spiritual blessings in heavenly things by Christ,

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.

³³ And Isaac was greatly astonished out of measure, and said, "Where is he then that hath hunted venison and brought it me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him, and he shall be blessed still."

¹ Then Isaac called Jacob his son and blessed him, and charged him and said unto him, "See thou take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan,

⁴³ Now therefore my son hear my voice, make thee ready, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran:

¹² "Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

³ See that ye fear every man his father and his mother, and that ye keep my Sabbaths, for I am the LORD your God.

⁸ My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

¹⁷ Whoso laugheth his father to scorn, and setteth his mother's commandment at naught; the ravens pick out his eyes in the valley, and devoured be he of the young Eagles.

¹ Children, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right.

³ "that thou mayst be in good estate, and live long on the earth."

²⁰ Children, obey your fathers and mothers, in all things, for that is well pleasing unto the Lord.

⁶ But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

¹³ And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, with their names in their kindreds. The eldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵ Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their towns and castles; twelve princes of nations. ¹⁷ And these are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty seven years, and then he fell sick and died, and was laid unto his people.

³⁴ When Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri, an Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon, an Hittite also,

³ And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter and sister of Nebaioth.

¹³ And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath Esau's wife.

¹⁸ These were the children of Aholibamah Esau's wife: duke Jeusg, duke Jalam, duke Korah. These dukes came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah Esau's wife.

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.

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,

¹³ After a certain days, King Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.

¹⁸ And Jacob stood up early in the morning and took the stone that he had laid under his head, and pitched it up on end, and poured oil on the top of it.

⁴⁶ and said unto his brethren, "Gather stones." And they took stones, and made a heap, and they ate there, upon the heap.

²⁰ And Jesus said unto him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the son of the man hath not whereon to rest his head."

⁵ For as the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in us: even so is our consolation plenteous by Christ.

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."

¹² And when the sun was down, there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness came upon him.

³ And God came to Abimelech by night in a dream and said to him, "See, thou art but a dead man for the woman's sake which thou hast taken away, for she is a man's wife."

⁶ And God said unto him in a dream, "I know it well that thou didst it in the pureness of thy heart: And therefore I kept thee that thou shouldest not sin against me, neither suffered I thee to come nigh her. ⁷ Now, therefore, deliver the man his wife again, for he is a prophet. And let him pray for thee that thou mayest live. But and if thou deliver her not again, be sure that thou shalt die the death, with all that thou hast."

¹ But Jacob went forth on his journey. And the angels of God came and met him. ² And when Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's host," and called the name of that same place Mahanaim.

⁵ Moreover, Joseph dreamed a dream and told it his brethren: wherefore they hated him yet the more. ⁶ And he said unto them, "Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed. ⁷ Behold, we were making sheaves in the field: and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and yours stood round about and made obeisance to my sheaf." ⁸ Then said his brethren unto him, "What, shalt thou be our king or shalt thou reign over us?" And they hated him yet the more, because of his dream and of his words. ⁹ And he dreamed yet another dream and told it his brethren, saying, "Behold, I have had one dream more: me thought the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me." ¹⁰ And when he had told it unto his father and his brethren, his father rebuked him, and said unto him, "What meaneth this dream which thou hast dreamed: shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the ground before thee?" ¹¹ And his brethren hated him, but his father noted the saying.

¹ And it chanced, after this, that the chief butler of the king of Egypt and his chief baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. ² And Pharaoh was angry with them and put them in ward in his chief marshal's house: ³ even in the prison where Joseph was bound. ⁴ And the chief marshal gave Joseph a charge with them, and he served them. And they continued a season in ward. ⁵ And they dreamed, either of them, in one night: both the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt which were bound in the prison house, either of them his dream, and each man's dream of a sundry interpretation. ⁶ When Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them: behold, they were sad. ⁷ And he asked them, saying, "Wherefore look ye so sadly today?" ⁸ They answered him, "We have dreamed a dream, and have no man to declare it." And Joseph said unto them, "Interpreting belongeth to God, but tell me yet." ⁹ And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph and said unto him, "In my dream me thought there stood a vine before me, ¹⁰ and in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth: and the grapes thereof waxed ripe. ¹¹ And I had Pharaoh's cup in my hand, and took of the grapes and wrung them into Pharaoh's cup, and delivered Pharaoh's cup into his hand." ¹² And Joseph said unto him, "This is the interpretation of it. ¹³ The three branches are three days: for within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thine office again, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the old manner, even as thou didst when thou wast his butler. ¹⁴ But think on me with thee, when thou art in good case, and show mercy unto me. And make mention of me to Pharaoh, and help to bring me out of this house: ¹⁵ for I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing at all wherefore they should have put me into this dungeon." ¹⁶ When the chief baker saw that he had well interpreted it, he said unto Joseph, "Me thought also in my dream, that I had three wicker baskets on my head. ¹⁷ And in the uppermost basket, of all manner bakemeats for Pharaoh. And the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head." ¹⁸ Joseph answered, and said, "This is the interpretation thereof. The three baskets are three days, ¹⁹ for this day, three days, shall Pharaoh take thy head from thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee." ²⁰ And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. ²¹ And restored the chief butler unto his butlership again, and he reached the cup into Pharaoh's hand, ²² and hanged the chief baker: even as Joseph had interpreted unto them. ²³ Notwithstanding, the chief butler remembered not Joseph, but forgot him.

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.

⁹ For the eyes of the LORD behold all the earth, to strengthen the hearts of them that are whole with him. Herein thou hast done foolishly, and therefore from henceforth thou shalt have war."

¹² "And unto me came the word secretly, and mine ear hath received a little thereof. 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 And when the wind passed by before my presence it made the hairs of my flesh stand up. ¹⁶ He stood there, and I knew not his face. An image there was, before mine eyes, and in the stillness heard I a voice. ¹⁷ 'Shall man be more just than God? Or shall man be purer than his maker? ¹⁸ Behold, he hath found unfaithfulness among his own servants, and proud disobedience among his angels. ¹⁹ How much more then shall they that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is but earth: which shall be consumed by the moth? ²⁰ They shall be destroyed from morning unto the evening: yea, they shall perish everlastingly, and no man think thereon. ²¹ Is not their dignity taken away with them? They shall die - and not in wisdom.'

¹⁵ In dreams and visions of the night season - When slumbering cometh upon men, that they fall a sleep in their beds - ¹⁶ he roundeth them in the ears, he informeth them, and showeth them plainly,

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.

¹ In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, had Nebuchadnezzar a dream, wherethrough his spirit was vexed, and his sleep brake from him. ² Then the king commanded to call together all the soothsayers, charmers, witches and Chaldeans, for to show the king his dream. So they came, and stood before the king. ³ And the king said unto them, "I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was so troubled therewith, that I have clean forgotten what I dreamed." ⁴ Upon this the Chaldeans answered the king in the Syrians' speech, "O king, God save thy life forever. Show thy servants the dream, and we shall show thee, what it meaneth." ⁵ The king gave the Chaldeans their answer, and said, "It is gone from me: If ye will not make me understand the dream with the interpretation thereof, ye shall die, and your houses shall be prised. ⁶ But if ye tell me the dream and the meaning thereof, ye shall have of me gifts, rewards and great honour. Only, show me the dream, and the signification of it." ⁷ They answered again, and said, "The king must show his servants the dream, and so shall we declare what it meaneth." ⁸ Then the king answered, saying, "I perceive of a truth, that ye do but prolong the time: forsomuch as ye see, that the thing is gone from me. ⁹ Therefore, if ye will not tell me the dream, ye shall all have one judgment: But ye feign and dissemble with vain words which ye speak before me, to put off the time. Therefore tell me the dream, and so shall I know - if ye can show me - what it meaneth." ¹⁰ Upon this, the Chaldeans gave answer before the king, and said, "There is no man upon earth that can tell the thing, which the king speaketh of: Yea, there is neither king, prince, nor lord that ever asked such things at a soothsayer, charmer, or Chaldean: ¹¹ for it is a very hard matter, that the king requireth. Neither is there any that can certify the king thereof, except the gods: whose dwelling is not among the creatures." ¹² For the which cause the king was wroth with great indignation, and commanded to destroy all the wise men at Babylon: ¹³ and the proclamation went forth that the wise men should be slain. They sought also to slay Daniel with his companions. ¹⁴ Then Daniel enquired Arioch the king's steward, of the judgment and sentence that was gone forth already to kill such as were wise at Babylon. ¹⁵ He answered, and said to Arioch, being then the king's deputy, "Why hath the king proclaimed so cruel a sentence?" So Arioch told Daniel the matter. ¹⁶ Upon this, went Daniel up, and desired the king, that he might have leisure to show the king the interpretation: ¹⁷ and then came he home again and showed the thing unto Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: ¹⁸ that they should beseech the God of heaven for grace in this secret, that Daniel and his fellows with others such as were wise in Babylon, perished not. ¹⁹ Then was the mystery showed unto Daniel in a vision by night. And Daniel praised the God of heaven. ²⁰ Daniel also cried aloud, and said, "O that the name of God might be praised for ever and ever, for wisdom and strength are his own! ²¹ He changeth the times and ages; he putteth down kings, he setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and understanding to those that understand; ²² he openeth the deep secrets; he knoweth the thing that lieth in darkness, for the light dwelleth with him. ²³ I thank thee, and pray thee, O thou God of my fathers, that thou hast lent me wisdom and strength, and hast showed me the thing that we desired of thee, for thou hast opened the king's matter unto me." ²⁴ Upon this went Daniel in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise at Babylon: he went unto him, and said, "Destroy not such as are wise in Babylon, but bring me in unto the king, and I shall show the king the interpretation." ²⁵ Then Arioch brought Daniel into the king in all the haste, and said unto him, "I have found a man among the prisoners of Judah, that shall show the king the interpretation." ²⁶ Then answered the king, and said unto Daniel, whose name was Balteshazzar, "Art thou he, that canst show me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?" ²⁷ Daniel answered the king to his face, and said, "As for this secret, for the which the king maketh inquisition: it is neither the wise, the sorcerer, the charmer nor the devil conjurer, that can certify the king of it: ²⁸ Only God in heaven can open secrets; and he it is, that showeth the king Nebuchadnezzar what is for to come in the latter days. Thy dream, and that which thou hast seen in thine head upon thy bed, is this: ²⁹ O king, thou didst cast in thy mind, what should come hereafter: So he that is the opener of mysteries, telleth thee what is for to come. ³⁰ As for me, this secret is not showed me, for any wisdom that I have, more than any other living: but only that I might show the king the interpretation, that he might know the thoughts of his own heart. ³¹ Thou king sawest, and behold: there stood before thee a great Image, whose figure was marvelous great, and his visage grim. ³² The image head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his body and loins were of copper, ³³ his legs were of iron, his feet were part of iron and part of earth. ³⁴ Thou beheldest it till a stone was cut without hands, which smote the image upon the feet that were both of iron and earth, and brake them to powder. ³⁵ Then was the iron, the earth, the copper, the silver and gold broken altogether in pieces: and became like the chaff of corn, that the wind bloweth away from the summer floors, that they can no more be found. But the stone that smote the Image, became a great mountain, which fulfilleth the whole earth. ³⁶ This is the dream. And now will we show before the king, what it meaneth. ³⁷ O king, thou art a king of kings: For the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, riches, strength, and majesty: ³⁸ And hath delivered thee all things that are among the children of men: the beasts of the field, and the fowls under the heaven, and given thee dominion over them all. Thou art that golden head. ³⁹ After thee there shall arise another kingdom, which shall be less than thine. The third kingdom shall be like copper, and have domination in all lands. ⁴⁰ The fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron. For like as iron bruiseth and breaketh all things: Yea even as iron beateth everything down, so shall it beat down and destroy. ⁴¹ Whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of earth and part of iron: that is a divided kingdom, which nevertheless shall have some of the iron ground mixed with it, forsomuch as thou hast seen the iron mixed with the clay. ⁴² The toes of the feet that were part of iron and part of clay, signifieth: that it shall be a kingdom partly strong and partly broken. ⁴³ And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with clay: they shall mingle themselves with the seed of simple people: and yet not continue one with another, like as iron will not be soldered with a potsherd. ⁴⁴ In the days of these kings, shall the God of heaven set up an everlasting kingdom, which shall not perish, and his kingdom shall not be given over to another people. Yea, the same shall break and destroy all these kingdoms, but it shall endure forever. ⁴⁵ And whereas thou sawest that without any hands there was cut out of the mount a stone, which brake the iron, the copper, the earth, the silver and gold in pieces: by that hath the great God showed the king, what will come after this. This is a true dream, and the interpretation of it is sure." ⁴⁶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell down upon his face, and bowed himself unto Daniel, and commanded that they should offer meat offerings and sweet odours unto him. ⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel, and said, "Yea, of a truth your God is a God above all gods, and LORD above all kings, and an opener of secrets: seeing thou canst discover this mystery." ⁴⁸ So the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many and great gifts. He made him ruler of all the countries of Babylon, and lord of all the nobles, that were at Babylon. ⁴⁹ Now Daniel intreated the king for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, so that he made them rulers over all the offices in the land of Babylon: But Daniel himself remained still in the court by the king.

¹ Nebuchadnezzar, king, unto all people, kindreds and tongues that dwell upon the whole earth: peace be multiplied among you. ² I thought it good to show the tokens and marvelous works that the high God hath wrought upon me. ³ O how great are his tokens, and how mighty are his wonders? His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his power lasteth for ever and ever. ⁴ I, Nebuchadnezzar, being at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace, ⁵ saw a dream, which made me afraid: and the thoughts that I had upon my bed, with the visions of mine head, troubled me. ⁶ Then sent I out a commission, that all they which were of wisdom at Babylon should be brought before me, to tell me the interpretation of the dream. ⁷ So there came the soothsayers, charmers, Chaldeans and conjurers of devils: to whom I told the dream. But what it betokened, they could not show me: ⁸ till at the last, there came one Daniel, otherwise called Balteshazzar, according to the name of my God, which hath the spirit of the holy gods, in him: to whom I told the dream, saying, ⁹ "O Balteshazzar, thou prince of soothsayers: Forsomuch as I know that thou hast the spirit of the holy gods, and no secret is hid from thee. Tell me therefore, what the vision of my dream that I have seen may signify. ¹⁰ I saw a vision in my head upon my bed: and behold, there stood a tree upon the ground, ¹¹ which was very high, great and mighty. The height reached unto the heaven, and the breadth extended to all the ends of the earth: ¹² his leaves were fair, he had very much fruit, so that every man had enough to eat therein. The beasts of the field had shadows under it, and the fowls of the air dwelt in the boughs thereof. Shortly, all creatures fed of it. ¹³ I saw in my head a vision upon my bed: and behold, a watcher, and a holy one, came down from heaven ¹⁴ and cried mightily, saying, 'Hew down the tree, break off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit abroad: that all the beasts may get them away from under him, and the fowls from his branches. ¹⁵ Nevertheless, leave the ground of his root still in the earth, and bind him upon the plain field, with chains of iron and steel. With the dew of heaven shall he be wet, and he shall have his part in the herbs of the ground with other wild beasts. ¹⁶ That man's heart of his shall be taken from him, and a beast's heart shall be given him, till seven years be come and gone upon him. ¹⁷ This errand of the watcher, is a commandment grounded and sought out, in the counsel of him that is most holy: to learn men for to understand, that the highest hath power over the kingdoms of men; and giveth them to whom it liketh him, and bringeth the very outcasts of men over them.' ¹⁸ This is the dream, that I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Therefore O Balteshazzar, tell thou me what it signifieth: forsomuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to show me, what it meaneth. But thou canst do it, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee." ¹⁹ Then Daniel, whose name was Balteshazzar, held his peace by the space of a hour and his thoughts troubled him. So the king spake, and said, "O Balteshazzar, let neither the dream nor the interpretation thereof fear thee." Balteshazzar answered saying, "O my lord, this dream happen to thine enemies, and the interpretation to thine adversaries! ²⁰ As for the tree that thou sawest which was so great and mighty, whose height reached unto the heaven, and his breadth into all the world; ²¹ whose leaves were fair, and the fruit much; under the which the beasts of the field had their habitation, and upon whose branches the fowls of the air did sit. ²² Even thou, O king, art the tree: great and strong. Thy greatness increaseth, and reacheth unto the heaven, so doth thy power to the ends of the earth. ²³ But whereas the king saw a watcher, even a holy angel, that came down from heaven, and said, 'Hew down the tree, and destroy it: yet leave the ground of the root in the earth, and bind him upon the plain field with chains of iron and steel: He shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and his part shall be with the beasts of the field, till seven years be come and gone upon him.' ²⁴ This, O king, is the interpretation: yea, it is the very device of him that is highest of all, and it toucheth my lord the king. ²⁵ Thou shalt be cast out from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: with grass shalt thou be fed like an ox. Thou must be wet with the dew of the heaven: yea, seven years shall come and go upon thee, till thou know that the highest hath power upon the kingdoms of men, and giveth them to whom he list. ²⁶ Moreover, whereas it was said that the root of the tree should be left still in the ground: it betokeneth that thy kingdom shall remain whole unto thee, after thou hast learned to know that the power cometh from heaven. ²⁷ Wherefore, O king, be content with my counsel, that thou mayest lose thy sins with righteousness, and thine offenses with mercy to poor people: for such things shall prolong thy peace." ²⁸ All these things touched the king Nebuchadnezzar. ²⁹ So after twelve months, the king walked up and down in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon, ³⁰ and said, "This is the great city of Babylon, which I myself, with my power and strength, have made a king's court, for the honour of my majesty." ³¹ While these words were yet in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, "O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee be it spoken, 'Thy kingdom is departed from thee. ³² Thou shalt be cast out of men's company: thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, so that thou shalt eat grass like as an ox, till seven years be come and gone over thee: even until thou knowest, that the highest hath power upon the kingdoms of men, and that he may give them, unto whom it pleaseth him.'" ³³ The very same hour was this matter fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: so that he was cast out of men's company, and ate grass like an ox; His body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were as great as Eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws. ³⁴ When this time was past, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lift up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding was restored unto me again. Then gave I thanks to the highest. I magnified and praised him that liveth for evermore, whose power endureth alway, and his kingdom from one generation to another: ³⁵ in comparison of whom, all they that dwell upon the earth are to be reputed as nothing. He handleth according to his will, among the powers of heaven and among the inhabiters of the earth - and there is none that may resist his hand, or say, 'What doest thou?' ³⁶ At the same time was mine understanding given me again, and I was restored to the honour of my kingdom, to my dignity, and to my own shape again. My great estates and princes sought unto me, and I was set in my kingdom again, so that I had yet greater worship. ³⁷ Then did I, Nebuchadnezzar, love, magnify and praise the King of heaven: for all his works are true, and his ways right. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to bring them down.

¹ In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, saw Daniel a dream, and a vision was in his head upon his bed. Which dream he wrote, and the sum of the matter is this:

²⁰ While he thus thought, Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: For that which is conceived in her is of the holy ghost.

¹² And after they were warned of God in a dream that they should not go again to Herod, they returned into their own country another way. ¹³ When they were departed, Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying,. "Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt, and abide there till I bring thee word: For Herod will seek the child to destroy him."

¹⁹ When Herod was dead, Behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

⁵¹ And he said unto him, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending, and descending over the son of man."

¹⁶ At my first answering for myself, no man assisted me, but all forsook me. I pray God, that it may not be laid to their charges: ¹⁷ notwithstanding the Lord assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preaching should be fulfilled to the utmost and that all the gentiles should hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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

¹⁴ Are they not all spirits to do service, sent for to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of salvation?

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

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.

³ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give all these countries. And I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father,

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."

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."

⁴² And except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the God whom Isaac feareth, had been with me: surely thou hadst sent me away now all empty. But God beheld my tribulation, and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday."

⁹ And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac: LORD, which saidest unto me, 'return unto thy country and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee.'

¹ And God said unto Jacob, "Arise and get thee up to Bethel, and dwell there. And make there an altar unto God that appeared unto thee, when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother."

⁶ So came Jacob to Luz in the land of Canaan, otherwise called Bethel, with all the people that was with him. ⁷ And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because that God appeared unto him there, when he fled from his brother.

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."

¹⁵ and called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

¹⁷ And as she was in pains of her labour, the midwife said unto her, "Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also."

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.

⁶ And he said, "I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

¹⁵ And God spake further unto Moses, "Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, 'the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob hath sent me unto you': this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial throughout all generations. ¹⁶ Go therefore and gather the elders of Israel together and say unto them, 'the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, appeared unto me and said: I have been and seen both you and that which is done to you in Egypt.

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

²⁴ David my servant shall be their king, and they all shall have one shepherd only. They shall walk in my laws, and my commandments shall they both keep and fulfill. ²⁵ They shall dwell in the land that I gave unto Jacob my servant, whereas your fathers also have dwelt. Yea even in the same land shall they, their children, and their children's children dwell for evermore: and my servant David shall be their everlasting prince.

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."

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.

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.

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."

¹⁴ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was departed from him, "Lift up thine eyes and look from the place where thou art, northward, southward, eastward and westward,

¹⁸ seeing that Abraham shall be a great and a mighty people, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

¹⁸ And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice."

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,

¹² Thou saidest that thou wouldest surely do me good, and wouldest make my seed as the sand of the sea which can not be numbered for multitude."

¹¹ And God said unto him, "I am God almighty: grow and multiply; for people and a multitude of people shall spring of thee, yea and kings shall come out of thy loins. 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."

¹⁰ Who can tell the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? I pray God that my soul may die the death of the righteous, and that my last end may be like his!"

²⁰ If, when the LORD thy God hath enlarged thy coasts as he hath promised thee, thou say, 'I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh': then thou shalt eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth.

¹¹ I say therefore unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall rest with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;

²⁵ Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant, which God hath made unto our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'Even in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.'

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.

⁴ And I heard the number of them which were sealed, and there were sealed a hundred and forty four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

⁹ After this I beheld, and lo a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and people, and tongues, stood before the seat, and before the lamb, clothed with long white garments, and palms in their hands,

²⁰ And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this journey which I go and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to put on, ²¹ so that I come again unto my father's house in safety: then shall the LORD be my God,

³ And the LORD said unto Jacob, "Turn again into the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee."

² And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a lucky fellow and continued in the house of his master the Egyptian.

²¹ but the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and got him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison;

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."

¹⁶ And the angel which hath delivered me from all evil, bless these lads: that they may be called after my name, and after my father Abraham and Isaac, and that they may grow and multiply upon the earth."

²¹ And Israel said unto Joseph, "Behold, I die. And God shall be with you and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

¹² And he said, "I will be with thee. And this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee: after that thou hast brought the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain."

¹⁹ The Lord God is not a man, that he can lie; neither the son of a man, that he can repent! Should he say, and not do? Or should he speak, and not make it good?

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."

⁵ There shall not a man be able to withstand thee all the days of thy life. For as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee and will neither leave thee, nor forsake thee.

¹⁴ Behold, I walk this day, by the way of all the world: call ye to mind in all your hearts and in all your souls, that nothing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God promised you. All are come to pass, and nothing hath failed thereof. ¹⁵ And as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you: so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil until he have destroyed you from off this good land, which the LORD your God hath given you ¹⁶ when ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: and have gone and served strange gods, and bowed yourselves to them. Then shall the wrath of the LORD wax hot upon you, and ye shall perish quickly, from off the good land which he hath given you."

¹⁶ But then the LORD said unto him, "I will be with thee: and thou shalt smite the Midianites, as they were but one man."

⁵⁷ And the LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers, and forsake us not, neither leave us,

⁷ The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

¹¹ The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

⁵ The LORD himself is thy keeper; the LORD is thy defense upon thy righthand, ⁶ so that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night. ⁷ The LORD preserveth thee from all evil; yea, it is the LORD that keepeth thy soul. ⁸ The LORD preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth for evermore.

¹⁴ Neverthelater, yet the Lord, he will give you a sign. Behold: a virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

¹⁰ Take your counsel together, yet must your counsel come to nought; go in hand withal, yet shall it not prosper. For God is with us.

² If thou goest through the water, I will be with thee, that the strong floods should not pluck thee away. When thou walkest in the fire, it shall not burn thee, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.

¹⁹ They shall fight against thee, but they shall not be able to overcome thee: for I am with thee, to deliver thee, sayeth the LORD."

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

³⁵ Heaven and earth shall perish: but my words shall abide.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I commanded you. And lo, I am with you always even until the end of the world."

²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life: and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. ²⁹ My father which gave them me, is greater than all men; and no man is able to take them out of my father's hand.

³¹ What shall we then say unto these things? if God be on our side: who can be against us? ³² Which spared not his own son, but gave him for us all: How shall he not with him give us all things also?

⁸ For bodily exercise profiteth little: But godliness is good unto all things, as a thing which hath promises of the life that is now, and of the life to come.

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."

¹ Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, the brother of James. To them which are called and sanctified in God the father, and preserved in Christ Jesus.

⁵ And he said, "Come not hither, but put thy shoes off thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."

¹¹ Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among gods? Who is like thee, so glorious in holiness, fearful, laudable and that showest wonders?

¹⁵ And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, "Put thy shoes off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy." And Joshua did so.

⁴ And the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here am I." ⁵ And he ran unto Eli and said, "Here am I for thou calledest me." And he said, "I called thee not: go again and sleep." And he went and laid him down to sleep. ⁶ And the LORD called once again, "Samuel." And Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "I am here, thou didst call me." And he answered, "I called thee not my son. Go again and take thy rest." ⁷ But it was before Samuel knew the LORD; and before the word of the LORD was opened unto him.

¹¹ If he came by me, I might not look upon him: if he went his way, I should not perceive it.

¹⁴ For when God doth once command a thing, there should no man be curious to search whether it be right.

³⁵ O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places, even the God of Israel; he will give strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

¹³ but sanctify the LORD of Hosts: let him be your fear and dread.

²² and this stone which I have set up on end, shall be God's house. And of all that thou shalt give me, will I give the tenth unto thee."

¹ And God said unto Jacob, "Arise and get thee up to Bethel, and dwell there. And make there an altar unto God that appeared unto thee, when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother." ² Then said Jacob unto his household, and to all that were with him, "Put away the strange gods that are among you and make yourselves clean, and change your garments, ³ and let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there, unto God which heard me in the day of my tribulation and was with me in the way which I went." ⁴ And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were under their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under an oak at Shechem. ⁵ And they departed. And the fear of God fell upon the cities that were round about them, that they durst not follow after the sons of Jacob. ⁶ So came Jacob to Luz in the land of Canaan, otherwise called Bethel, with all the people that was with him. ⁷ And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because that God appeared unto him there, when he fled from his brother. ⁸ Then died Debora, Rebekah's nurse, and was buried beneath Bethel under an oak. And the name of it was called the oak of lamentation. ⁹ And God appeared unto Jacob again after he came out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him, ¹⁰ and said unto him, "Thy name is Jacob. Notwithstanding thou shalt be no more called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name." And so was his name called Israel. ¹¹ And God said unto him, "I am God almighty: grow and multiply; for people and a multitude of people shall spring of thee, yea and kings shall come out of thy loins. 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." ¹³ And God departed from him in the place where he talked with him.

²² and said unto his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God!"

¹⁴ so that the priests could not endure to minister by the reason of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

¹ Be not hasty with thy mouth,

⁶ And when the disciples heard that, they fell on their faces, and were sore afraid.

⁹ And, lo, the angel of the Lord stood hard by them, and the brightness of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.

³⁵ And they came out to see what was done. And came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus clothed, and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

¹⁵ But and if I tarry long, that then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth.

²¹ And seeing also that we have a high priest which is ruler over the house of God,

¹⁷ For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God. If it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them which believe not the gospel of God?

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 Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his men with him, and Isaac his son: and clove wood for the sacrifice, and rose up and got him to the place which God had appointed him.

¹³ I am the God of Bethel where thou anointedest the stone and where thou vowdest a vow unto me. Now arise and get thee out of this country, and return unto the land where thou wast born.'"

⁴⁵ Then took Jacob a stone and set it up on end,

¹⁴ And Jacob set up a mark in the place where he talked with him; even a pillar of stone, and poured drink offering thereon and poured also oil thereon,

²⁰ And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave, which is called Rachel's grave pillar unto this day.

¹⁰ And Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the habitation and all that was therein and sanctified them, ¹¹ and sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, and the laver with his foot, to sanctify them. ¹² And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him to sanctify him.

¹ And when Moses had full set up the habitation and anointed it and sanctified it and all the apparel thereof, and had anointed and sanctified the altar also and all the vessels thereof:

²⁶ And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone and pitched it on end in the said place, even under an oak that stood in the sanctuary of the LORD. ²⁷ And Joshua said unto all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake with us. It shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye lie unto your God."

¹² And then Samuel took a stone and pitched it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name thereof the stone of help, saying, "Thus far hath the LORD helped us."

¹⁸ And this Absalom, yet in his lifetime, took and reared up a pillar, which is yet in King's Dale. For he said, "I have no male child. And therefore, to keep my name in remembrance do I it." And he called the pillar after his own name. And it is called unto this day, Absalom's pillar.

⁶⁰ I make haste, and prolong not the time, to keep thy commandments.

¹⁰ Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.

¹⁹ At the same time shall the LORD of Hosts have an altar in the midst of the land of Egypt, with this title thereby: "Unto the LORD."

⁸ Then departed he thence unto a mountain that lieth on the east side of Bethel and pitched his tent — Bethel being on the west side, and Ai on the east — and he built there an altar unto the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.

²² And in like manner the house of Joseph went up to Bethel and the LORD with them, ²³ and the house of Joseph searched out Bethel which before time was called Luz. ²⁴ And the spies saw a man come out of the city and they said unto him, "Show us the way into the city, and we will show thee mercy." ²⁵ And he showed them the way into the city, and they smote it with the edge of the sword, but let the man and all his household go free. ²⁶ And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.

²⁹ And he put the one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

¹⁵ Though thou, Israel, are disposed to play the harlot, yet shouldest not thou have offended, O Judah. Thou shouldest not have run to Gilgal, nor gone up to Bethaven, nor have sworn, 'The LORD liveth.'

⁴ He strove with the angel, and gat the victory: so that he prayed and desired him. He found him at Bethel, and there he talked with us. ⁵ Yea, the LORD God of hosts, even the LORD himself remembered him:

¹⁵ And see, I am with thee, and will be thy keeper in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land: Neither will I leave thee; until I have made good all that I have promised thee."

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ² "Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, 'If any man will give a singular vow unto the LORD according to the value of his soul, ³ then shall the male from twenty years unto sixty be set at fifty sicles of silver, after the sicle of the sanctuary, ⁴ and the female at thirty sicles. ⁵ And from five years to twenty the male shall be set at twenty sicles, and the female at ten sicles. ⁶ And from a month unto five years, the male shall be set at five sicles of silver, and the female at three. ⁷ And the man that is sixty and above, shall be valued at fifteen sicles, and the woman at ten. ⁸ If he be too poor so to be set, then let him come before the priest: and let the priest value him, according as the hand of him that vowed is able to get. ⁹ "'If it be of the beasts of which men bring an offering unto the LORD: all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD, shall be holy. ¹⁰ He may not alter it nor change it: a good for a bad or a bad for good. If he change beast for beast, then both the same beast and it also wherewith it was changed shall be holy. ¹¹ If it be any manner of unclean beast of which men may not offer unto the LORD, let him bring the beast before the priest ¹² and let the priest value it. And whether it be good or bad as the priest setteth it, so shall it be. ¹³ And if he will buy it again, let him give the fifth part more to that it was set at. ¹⁴ "'If any man dedicate his house, it shall be holy unto the LORD. And the priest shall set it; whether it be good or bad, and as the priest hath set it, so it shall be. ¹⁵ If he that sanctified it will redeem his house, let him give the fifth part of the money that it was judged at thereto, and it shall be his. ¹⁶ If a man hallow a piece of his inherited land unto the LORD, it shall be set according to that it beareth. If it bear a homer of barley, it shall be set at fifty sicles of silver. ¹⁷ If he hallow his field immediately from the trumpet year, it shall be worth according as it is esteemed. ¹⁸ But and if he hallow his field after the trumpet year, the priest shall reckon the price with him according to the years that remain unto the trumpet year, and thereafter it shall be lower set. ¹⁹ "'If he that sanctified the field will redeem it again, let him put the fifth part of the price that it was set at thereunto, ²⁰ and it shall be his: if he will not, it shall be redeemed no more. ²¹ But when the field goeth out in the trumpet year, it shall be holy unto the LORD: even as a thing dedicated, and it shall be the priest's possession. ²² "'If a man sanctify unto the LORD a field, which he hath bought and is not of his inheritance, ²³ then the priest shall reckon with him what it is worth unto the trumpet year, and he shall give the price that it is set at the same day, and it shall be holy unto the LORD. ²⁴ But in the trumpet year, the field shall return unto him of whom he bought it, whose inheritance of land it was. ²⁵ "'And all setting shall be according to the holy sicle. One sicle maketh twenty geras. ²⁶ "'But the firstborn of the beasts that pertain unto the LORD, may no man sanctify: whether it be ox or sheep, for they are the LORD's already. ²⁷ If it be an unclean beast, then let him redeem it as it is set at, and give the fifth part more thereto. If it be not redeemed, then let it be sold as it is rated. ²⁸ Notwithstanding, no dedicated thing that a man dedicateth unto the LORD, of all his goods — whether it be man or beast or land of his inheritance — shall be sold or redeemed: for all dedicated things are most holy unto the LORD. ²⁹ No dedicated thing therefore that is dedicated of man, may be redeemed, but must needs die. ³⁰ "'All these tithes of the land, whether it be of the corn of the field or fruit of the trees, shall be holy unto the LORD. ³¹ If any man will redeem ought of his tithes, let him add the fifth part more thereto. ³² "'And the tithes of oxen and sheep and of all that goeth under the herdsman's keeping, shall be holy tithes unto the LORD. ³³ Men shall not look if it be good or bad nor shall change it. If any man change it then both it and that it was changed withal, shall be holy and may not be redeemed.'" ³⁴ These are the commandments which the LORD gave Moses in charge to give unto the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ² "Speak unto children of Israel and say unto them, 'When either man or woman appointeth to vow a vow of abstinence, for to abstain unto the LORD, ³ he shall abstain from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine or of strong drink, nor drink whatsoever is pressed out of grapes: and shall eat no fresh grapes neither yet dried, as long as his abstinence endureth. ⁴ Moreover he shall eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, no not so much as the kernels or the husk of the grape. ⁵ And as long as the vow of his abstinence endureth, there shall no razor nor shears come upon his head, until his days be out which he fasteth unto the LORD, and he shall be holy and shall let the locks of his hair grow. ⁶ As long as he abstaineth unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body: ⁷ he shall not make himself unclean at the death of his father, mother, brother or sister: For the abstinence of his God is upon his head. ⁸ And therefore as long as his abstinence lasteth, he shall be holy unto the LORD. ⁹ "'And if it fortune that any man, by chance, die suddenly before him and defile the head of his abstinence, then must he shave his head the day of his cleansing: even the seventh day he shall shave it. ¹⁰ And the eighth day he shall bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of witness. ¹¹ And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering and make an atonement for him, as concerning that he sinned upon the dead, and shall also hallow his head the same day ¹² and he shall abstain unto the LORD the time of his abstinency, and shall bring a lamb of an year old for a trespass offering: but the days that were before are lost, because his abstinence was defiled. ¹³ "'This is the law of the abstainer, when the time of his abstinence is out; he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of witness ¹⁴ and he shall bring his offering unto the LORD: a he-lamb of a year old without blemish for a burnt offering and a she-lamb of a year old without blemish for a sin offering, a ram without blemish also for a peace offering, ¹⁵ and a basket of sweet bread of fine flour mingled with oil and wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil with meat offerings and drink offerings that long thereto. ¹⁶ And the priest shall bring him before the LORD and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering, ¹⁷ and shall offer the ram for a peace offering unto the LORD with the basket of sweet bread, and the priest shall offer also his meat offering and his drink offering. ¹⁸ And the abstainer shall shave his head in the door of the tabernacle of witness and shall take the hair of his sober head and put it in the fire which is under the peace offering. ¹⁹ Then the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram and one sweet cake out of the basket and one sweet wafer also and put them in the hand of the abstainer after he hath shaven his abstinence off, ²⁰ and the priest shall wave them unto the LORD, which offering shall be holy unto the priest with the wavebreast and heaveshoulder: and then the abstainer may drink wine.

² Then Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD and said, "If thou wilt give this people into our hands, we will destroy their cities." ³ And the LORD heard the voice of Israel, and delivered them the Canaanites. And they destroyed both them and their cities, and called the place Hormah.

³⁰ And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD and said, "If thou shalt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, ³¹ then that thing that cometh out of the doors of my house against me, when I come home in peace from the children of Ammon, shall be the LORD's, and I will offer it up a burnt offering."

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."

²⁸ and therefore I also lend him the LORD, as long as he may be lent the LORD." And so they prayed there unto the LORD.

²⁴ And the men of Israel joined themselves together that day: and Saul adjured the people, saying, "Cursed be he that eateth any food until night, that I may be avenged of mine enemies." And so there was none of the people that tasted any sustenance.

⁸ For thy servant vowed a vow when I was in Geshur in the land of Syria, saying, "If the LORD shall bring me again to Jerusalem, I will serve the LORD."

¹ In the four and twentieth day of this month came the children of Israel together with fasting, and sackcloth, and earth upon them, ² and separated the seed of Israel from all the strange children and stood and acknowledged their sins, and the wickedness of their fathers, ³ and they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God four times on the day; and they acknowledged, and worshipped the LORD their God four times on the day. ⁴ And the Levites stood on high, namely Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenaniah, and cried loud unto the LORD their God. ⁵ And the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up praise the LORD your God forever: and let thanks be given unto the name of thy glory, which exceedeth all thanksgiving and praise. ⁶ LORD, thou alone hast made heaven, and the heaven of all heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the sea and all that is therein: thou givest life unto all, and the host of heaven bow themselves 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, 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.

²⁵ My praise is of thee in the great congregation; my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.

¹² Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows; unto thee will I give thanks.

⁵ For thou, O LORD, hast heard my desires, and hast given a heritage unto those that fear thy name.

⁸ So will I always sing praise unto thy name, that I may daily perform my vows.

¹³ I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings, to pay thee my vows,

¹¹ Look what ye promise unto the LORD your God: see that ye keep it, all ye that be round about him; bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

¹⁴ I will pay my vows, now, in the presence of all his people;

¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the LORD in the sight of all his people,

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and am steadfastly purposed, to keep thy righteous judgments.

² how he swore unto the LORD, and vowed a vow unto the almighty one of Jacob,

¹ Be not hasty with thy mouth, ² and let not thine heart speak anything rashly before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. ³ For where much carefulness is, there are many dreams: and where many words are, there men may hear fools. ⁴ If thou make a vow unto God, be not slack to perform it. As for foolish vows, he hath no pleasure in them. ⁵ If thou promise anything, pay it; for better it is that thou make no vow than that thou shouldest promise, and not pay. ⁶ Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh for to sin, neither say thou before the angel that it is thy ignorance. For then God will be angry at thy voice, and destroy all the works of thine hands. ⁷ And why? Whereas are many dreams and many words, there are also divers vanities: but look that thou fear God.

²¹ Moreover, Egypt shall be brought unto the LORD, and the Egyptians also shall know the LORD at the same time: they shall do him reverence with peace offerings, and with meat offerings: they shall promise him offerings, yea, and pay him also.

¹⁶ And of his fullness have all we received, even grace for grace.

¹⁸ Paul, after this, tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, Priscilla and Aquila accompanying him. And he shore his head in Cenchreae. For he had a vow.

¹² When day was come, certain of the Jews gathered themselves together, and made a vow saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. ¹³ They were about forty which had made this conspiration. ¹⁴ And they came to the chief priest and elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves with a vow, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. ¹⁵ Now therefore give ye knowledge to the upper captain, and to the council that he bring him forth unto us tomorrow, as though we would know some thing more perfectly of him. But we, or ever he come near, are ready in the mean season to kill him."

⁸ When we have food and raiment, let us therewith be content.

² The LORD is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation. He is my God, and I will glorify him! He is my father's God, and I will lift him up on high!

¹⁷ Thou hast set up the LORD this day to be thy God and to walk in his ways and to keep his ordinances, his commandments and his laws, and to hearken unto his voice.

³¹ then that thing that cometh out of the doors of my house against me, when I come home in peace from the children of Ammon, shall be the LORD's, and I will offer it up a burnt offering."

²⁴ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet nor shaved his beard nor washed his clothes from the time the king departed, until he came again in peace.

³⁰ And Mephibosheth said unto the king, "Yea, let him take all: for so much as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house."

¹⁷ And Naaman said, "If thou wilt not: yet I pray thee, may there not be given to thy servant the burden of two mules of earth? For thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt sacrifice nor offering unto any other God, than to the LORD.

²⁰ And blessed be God the most highest, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hands." And Abram gave him tithes of all.

³³ And Abraham planted a wood in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God:

¹⁷ And he was afraid, and said, "How fearful is this place? It is none other, but even the house of God and the gate of heaven!"

²⁰ And he made there an altar, and there called upon the mighty God of Israel.

⁷ And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because that God appeared unto him there, when he fled from his brother.

¹⁴ And Jacob set up a mark in the place where he talked with him; even a pillar of stone, and poured drink offering thereon and poured also oil thereon, ¹⁵ and called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

³⁰ "'All these tithes of the land, whether it be of the corn of the field or fruit of the trees, shall be holy unto the LORD. ³¹ If any man will redeem ought of his tithes, let him add the fifth part more thereto. ³² "'And the tithes of oxen and sheep and of all that goeth under the herdsman's keeping, shall be holy tithes unto the LORD. ³³ Men shall not look if it be good or bad nor shall change it. If any man change it then both it and that it was changed withal, shall be holy and may not be redeemed.'"

²² Thou shalt tithe all the increase of thy seed that cometh out of the field year by year. ²³ And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he hath chosen to make his name dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine and of thine oil, and the firstborn of thine oxen and of thy flock that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.