Genesis 22 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And it came to pass, after these things, that, God, did prove Abraham,––and he said unto him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me! ² And he said––Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah,––and cause him to ascend there, as an ascending–sacrifice, on one of the mountains, which I shall name unto thee.
³ So Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took his two young men with him, and Isaac his son,––and clave the pieces of wood for an ascending–sacrifice, and mounted and went his way unto the place which God had named to him. ⁴ It was, on the third day, that Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place, afar off. ⁵ And Abraham said unto his young men––Tarry by yourselves here, with the ass, but, I and the young man, must go yonder,––that we may bow ourselves down, and return unto you. ⁶ So Abraham took the pieces of wood for the ascending–sacrifice, and laid them on Isaac his son, and took in his own hand, the fire and the knife,––and they went on their way, both of them, together. ⁷ Then said Isaac unto Abraham his father, then said he: My father! And he said, Behold me, my son,––And he said, Behold––the fire, and the pieces of wood,––but where is the lamb, for an ascending–sacrifice? ⁸ And Abraham said, God, will provide for himself the lamb, for an ascending–sacrifice, my son! So they went on their way, both of them, together. ⁹ Then came they into the place which God had named to him, and Abraham built there the altar, and laid in order the pieces of wood,––and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, above the pieces of wood. ¹⁰ And Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife,––to slay his son.
¹¹ Then called out unto him the messenger of Yahweh, out of the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Behold me! ¹² Then he said, Do not put forth thy hand, unto the young man, neither do to him––anything at all,––for, now, know I that, one who reverest God, thou art, when thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from me. ¹³ And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! a ram, behind, caught in a thicket by his horns,––and Abraham went, and took the ram, and caused him to ascend as an ascending–sacrifice, instead of his son. ¹⁴ So Abraham called the name of that place, Yahweh–yireh,––as to which it is still said today, In the mountain of Yahweh, will provision be made.
¹⁵ Then called out the messenger of Yahweh, unto Abraham,––a second time, out of the heavens; ¹⁶ and said, By myself, have I sworn is the oracle of Yahweh,––Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, ¹⁷ That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea,––that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes: ¹⁸ So shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves in thy seed,––Because thou didst hearken unto my voice. ¹⁹ So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they mounted, and went on their way together, unto Beer–sheba,––and Abraham dwelt in Beer–sheba.
²⁰ And it came to pass, after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,––Behold! Milcah––she also, hath borne sons, to Nahor thy brother: ²¹ Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother,––and Kemuel, father of Aram–– ²² and Chesed and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph,––and Bethuel; ²³ And, Bethuel, hath begotten Rebekah,––These eight, hath Milcah borne to Nahor, brother of Abraham. ²⁴ And, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also, hath borne Tebah and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

⁷ Then said Isaac unto Abraham his father, then said he: My father! And he said, Behold me, my son,––And he said, Behold––the fire, and the pieces of wood,––but where is the lamb, for an ascending–sacrifice?

¹¹ Then called out unto him the messenger of Yahweh, out of the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Behold me!

⁴ And Yahweh saw, that he turned aside to see,––so God called unto him, out of the midst of the thorn–bush, and said––Moses! Moses! And he said––Behold me!

²⁵ And he made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh pointed out a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet,––There, he appointed him a statute and regulation, And, there, he put him to the proof. ²⁶ And he said: If thou, wilt indeed hearken, to the voice of Yahweh thy God, And, the thing that is right in his eyes, thou wilt do, And so give ear to his commandments, And keep all his statutes, None of the sicknesses which I laid on the Egyptians, will I lay upon thee, For, I, am Yahweh, thy physician.

⁴ Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Behold me! raining down for you bread out of heaven,––and the people shall go out and gather, the portion for a day, on its day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

² So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert,––that he might humble thee, to put thee to the proof, to know what was in thy heart,––whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

¹⁶ who fed thee with manna in the desert, which thy fathers had not known,––that he might humble thee, and that he might put thee to the proof, to do thee good in thy hereafter,

³ thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams,––for Yahweh your God, is putting you to the proof, to know whether ye do love Yahweh your God, with all your heart and with all your soul.

²² that I may, by them, put Israel to the proof,––whether they are going to be observant of the way of Yahweh, to walk therein as their fathers observed it, or not.

¹ And again was the anger of Yahweh kindled against Israel,––so that he suffered David to be moved against them, saying, Go, count Israel and Judah.

³¹ Yet verily, with regard to the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire concerning the wonderful token which came to pass in the land, God left him,––to prove him, to take note of all that was in his heart.

³ Fining–pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.

⁸ Then heard I the voice of My Lord, saying, Whom, shall I send? And who, will go for us? And I said––Here am I,––send me.

¹³ Trial, hath not taken you, save such as man can bear; faithful, moreover is God, who will not suffer you to be tried above what ye are able, but will make, with the trial, also the way of escape, that ye may be able to hold out.

¹⁷ By faith, Abraham, when tested, offered up Isaac, and, the only–begotten, would he have offered up, who the promises had accepted,––

¹² Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life––which he hath promised unto them that love him.
¹³ Let, no one, while tempted, be saying––From God, am I tempted,––for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one; ¹⁴ But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed,

²¹ Abraham our father, was it not, by works, he was declared righteous––when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

⁷ In order that the proving of your faith––much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved––may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ,––

¹⁹ And God said––Truly, Sarah thy wife, is about to bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name, Isaac,––and I will establish my covenant with him, as an age–abiding covenant, to his seed after him.

¹² And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thine eyes concerning the boy and concerning thy bondwoman, In all that Sarah may say unto thee, hearken to her voice,––For, in Isaac, shall there be called to thee––a seed.

¹² Then he said, Do not put forth thy hand, unto the young man, neither do to him––anything at all,––for, now, know I that, one who reverest God, thou art, when thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from me.

¹⁶ and said, By myself, have I sworn is the oracle of Yahweh,––Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one,

³¹ then shall it be, that, whosoever cometh forth out of the doors of my house, to meet me, when I return successful, from the sons of Ammon, shall belong unto Yahweh, and I will offer him up, as an ascending–sacrifice.

³⁹ And it came to pass, at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, and he fulfilled on her his vow which he had vowed,––she not having known man. And it became a statute, in Israel:––

²⁷ So he took his firstborn son who was to have reigned in his stead, and offered him up as an ascending–sacrifice upon the wall. And so it came to pass that there was great indignation against Israel. And they brake up from against him, and returned to their own land.

¹ Then began Solomon, to build the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, in Mount Moriah, where he had appeared unto David his father,––in the place which David had prepared, in the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

⁷ Will Yahweh, be pleased, with thousands of rams? with myriads of torrents of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression? the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

¹⁶ For God, so loved, the world, that, his Only Begotten Son, he gave,––that, whosoever believeth on him, might not perish, but have life age–abiding.

⁸ But God commendeth his own love unto us in that––we as yet being sinners, Christ in our behalf died.

³² He, at least, who his own Son did not spare, but in behalf of us all delivered him up, how shall he not also, with him, all things upon us in favour bestow?

⁹ Herein, hath the love of God in us, been made manifest, that, his only–begotten Son, God sent into the world, in order that we might live through him. ¹⁰ Herein, is love: not that, we, have loved God, but that, he, loved us, and sent forth his Son, as a propitiation concerning our sins.

²³ So Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all born of his house, and all bought with his silver––every male among the men of the house of Abraham,––and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, on this selfsame day, according to that which God had spoken with him.

¹⁴ So Abraham rose up early in the morning––and took bread and a skin of water, and gave unto Hagar,––putting them on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her forth,––so she went her way and wandered, in the desert of Beer–sheba.

⁶⁰ I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.

¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, with thy might, do,––for there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom, in hades, whither, thou, art going.

³ A purpose sustained, thou wilt guard, [saying], Prosper! Prosper! Because, in thee, hath he been led to trust. ⁴ Trust ye in Yahweh, unto futurity,––For, in Yah, Yahweh, is a rock of ages.

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother above me, is not, worthy, of me,––and, he that loveth son or daughter above me, is not, worthy, of me;

²⁸ Peter began to be saying unto him––Lo! we, have left all, and followed thee! ²⁹ Jesus said––Verily, I say unto you––There is, no one, who hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for the sake of me, and [for the sake of] the glad–message, ³⁰ who shall not receive a hundredfold, now, in this season, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands,––with persecutions, and, in the age that is coming, life age–abiding. ³¹ But, many, shall be––first–last, and [the] Last–first.

²⁶ If anyone cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, further also, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

¹⁶ to reveal his Son in me, that I might announce the glad–message regarding him among the nations, straightway, I conferred not with flesh and blood,

⁸ By faith, being called, Abraham obeyed––to come forth into a place he was destined to receive for an inheritance; and he came forth, not well knowing whither he was coming.

¹⁷ By faith, Abraham, when tested, offered up Isaac, and, the only–begotten, would he have offered up, who the promises had accepted,–– ¹⁸ Even him of whom it had been said––In Isaac, shall there be called to thee, a seed: ¹⁹ Accounting that, even from among the dead, God, was able, to raise [him], ––whence, even in similitude, he bare him away.

³ And they said, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us,––let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the desert, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest he fall upon us, with pestilence or with sword.

²² And Moses caused Israel to break up from the Red Sea, and they went out into the desert of Shur,––and journeyed three days in the desert, and found no water;

¹¹ and shall be ready, by the third day,––for, on the third day, will Yahweh come down in the sight of all the people, upon Mount Sinai.

¹⁵ And he said unto the people, Be ready, by the third day,––do not approach a woman.

¹⁷ but, as for the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice, on the third day––in fire, shall it be consumed.

³³ So then they went forward, from the mountain of Yahweh, a journey of three days,––and, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, was going before them, a journey of three days, to search out for them a resting–place.

¹² He, shall cleanse himself from sin therewith, on the third day, then, on the seventh day, shall he be clean,––but, if he cleanse not himself from sin on the third day, then, on the seventh day, shall he not be clean.

¹⁹ and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day,––so shall he cleanse himself from sin, on the seventh day, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be clean in the evening.

¹⁹ Ye, then, pitch outside the camp, for seven days,––whosoever hath killed a person, and whoever hath touched the slain, cleanse yourselves (from sin) on the third day, and on the seventh day, ye, and your captives.

¹¹ Pass ye through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Make ready for yourselves, provisions,––for, in three days more, are ye to pass over this Jordan, to go in and possess the land which Yahweh your God is giving you, to possess.

¹³ Then David crossed over to the other side, and took his stand on the top of the mountain, afar off,––a great space, being between them.

⁵ Return, and thou shalt say unto Hezekiah the leader of my people––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears,––Behold me! about to heal thee, On the third day, shalt thou go up unto the house of Yahweh;

¹ And it came to pass, on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the house of the king, over against the house of the king,––and, the king, was sitting upon his royal seat, in the royal house, over against the opening of the house.

² He will bring us to life, after two days,––on the third day, will he raise us up, that we may live before him.

²³ And they will slay him, and, on the third day, will he, arise. And they were grieved exceedingly.

³² And he said unto them––Go and tell this fox, Lo! I am casting out demons, and, cures, am I finishing, today, and tomorrow,––

⁴ And that he was buried, and that he hath been raised, on the third day, according to the Scriptures,––

¹⁹ Accounting that, even from among the dead, God, was able, to raise [him], ––whence, even in similitude, he bare him away.

¹ Therefore, indeed, seeing that, we also, have encircling us, so great a cloud of witnesses, stripping off every incumbrance and the easily entangling sin, with endurance, let us be running, the race that is lying before us,

⁶ We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man––to his way, had we burned,––And, Yahweh! caused to light upon him, The guilt of, us all!

¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,––Himself, our weaknesses, took, and, diseases, bare.

²⁶ Was it not needful for the Christ, these very things, to suffer, and to enter into his glory? ²⁷ And, beginning from Moses, and from all the prophets, he thoroughly explained to them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning himself.

¹⁷ And, bearing for himself the cross, he went forth unto the so–called Skull–place, which is named, in Hebrew, Golgotha;

²⁴ Who, our sins, himself, bare up, in his body, unto the tree, in order that we, from our sins getting away, in righteousness, might live,––by whose stripes, ye have been healed;

² And she went on to bear his brother, Abel,––and Abel became a feeder of sheep, whereas, Cain, was a tiller of the round.
³ So it came to pass, after certain days, that Cain brought in, of the fruit of the ground, a present to Yahweh: ⁴ Abel, also, even, he, brought in, of the firstlings of his sheep, and of their fat,––and Yahweh approved of Abel, and of his present;

²⁰ And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh,––and took of all the clean beasts, and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending sacrifices to go up on the altar.

³ Speak ye unto all the assembly of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month, then let them take to them, each man a lamb for his ancestral household, a lamb for a household.

³⁹ And, going forward a little, he fell upon his face, offering prayer, and saying––My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from me,––Nevertheless, not as, I, will, but as, thou, wilt.

⁴² Again, a second time, departing he prayed, saying: My Father! If it is impossible for this to pass, except I, drink, it, Accomplished, be, thy will.

¹¹ Jesus, therefore, said unto Peter––Thrust the sword into its sheath:––The cup which the Father hath given me, shall I in anywise not drink it?

¹⁵ For ye have not received a spirit of servitude, leading back into fear, but ye have received a spirit of sonship, whereby we are exclaiming––Abba! Oh Father!

¹⁴ Is anything, too wonderful for Yahweh? At the appointed time, I will return unto thee, at the quickening season, and, Sarah, shall have a son.

⁹ And Amaziah said unto the man of God, What then shall be done as to the hundred talents, which I have given to the company of Israel? Then said the man of God, Yahweh is able to give thee much more than this.

²⁶ And, looking intently, Jesus said unto them––With men, this is, impossible, but, with God, all things are possible.

²⁹ On the morrow, he beholdeth Jesus, coming unto him, and saith––See! the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.

³⁶ and, looking at Jesus walking, he saith––See! the Lamb of God!

¹⁹ But with precious blood, as of a lamb, unblemished and unspotted, of an Anointed One,–– ²⁰ Foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, but made manifest at a last stage of the times, for the sake of you

⁶ And I saw, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb, standing, showing that it had been slain,––having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the [seven] Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

¹² saying with a loud voice––Worthy, is the Lamb that hath been slain, to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

¹⁴ And I at once said to him––My lord! thou, knowest! And he said unto me––These, are they who come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb;

⁸ And all they who are dwelling upon the earth will do homage unto him,––[every one] whose name is not written in the scroll of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

⁷ And Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said: To thy seed, will I give this land,––And he built there, an altar, unto Yahweh who appeared unto him.

² And he said––Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah,––and cause him to ascend there, as an ascending–sacrifice, on one of the mountains, which I shall name unto thee.
³ So Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took his two young men with him, and Isaac his son,––and clave the pieces of wood for an ascending–sacrifice, and mounted and went his way unto the place which God had named to him. ⁴ It was, on the third day, that Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place, afar off.

²⁷ Yahweh is GOD, and hath shed on us light,––Bind ye the festal sacrifice with cords, Up to the horns of the altar.

⁴ Yet surely, our sicknesses, he, carried, And, as for our pains, he bare the burden of them,––But, we, accounted him stricken, Smitten of God, and humbled. ⁵ Yet, he, was pierced for transgressions that were ours, was crushed for iniquities that were ours,––The chastisement for our well–being, was upon him, And, by his stripes, there is healing for us. ⁶ We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man––to his way, had we burned,––And, Yahweh! caused to light upon him, The guilt of, us all! ⁷ Hard pressed––yet, he, humbled himself, Nor opened his mouth––As, a lamb, to the slaughter, is led, And, as a sheep, before her shearers, is dumb––Nor opened his mouth. ⁸ By constraint and by sentence, was he taken away, And, of his age, who considered, That he was cut off out of the land of the living, For my people’s transgression, did the stroke fall on him? ⁹ And, appointed with lawless men, was his grave, And, with the wicked, his tomb,––Though, no violence, had he done, Nor was guile in his mouth.
¹⁰ Yet, Yahweh, purposed to bruise him, He laid on him sickness:––If his soul become an offering for guilt, He shall see a seed, He shall prolong his days,––And, the purpose of Yahweh, in his hand, shall prosper:

¹ And, when they drew near unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, then, Jesus sent forth two disciples; ² saying unto them––Be going into the village that is over against you, and, straightway, ye shall find an ass, bound, and a colt with her,––loose them, and lead them unto me. ³ And, if anyone, unto you, say aught, ye shall say––Their Lord, hath, need,––and, straightway, he will send them. ⁴ But, this, hath come to pass, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken through the prophet, saying: ⁵ Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo! thy King, is coming unto thee, meek and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of a toiling ass. ⁶ And the disciples, went, and did as Jesus directed them; ⁷ and led the ass and the colt, and laid upon them their garments, and he took his seat upon them. ⁸ And, the chief multitude, spread their own mantles in the way, and, others, were cutting off young branches from the trees, and spreading them in the way; ⁹ and the multitudes, they who were going before him and they who were following after, were crying aloud, saying––Hosanna! to the Son of David, Blessed is he that is coming in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest. ¹⁰ And, when he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was startled, saying––Who is this? ¹¹ And, the multitudes, were saying––This, is the prophet Jesus,––He from Nazareth of Galilee.
¹² And Jesus entered into the temple, and cast out all who were selling and buying in the temple,––and, the tables of the money–changers, he overthrew, and the seats of them who were selling doves; ¹³ and saith unto them––It is written, My house, a house of prayer, shall be called; but, ye, are making it, A den of robbers! ¹⁴ And there came unto him blind and lame, in the temple, and he cured them. ¹⁵ But the Chief–priests and the Scribes, seeing, the marvels that he wrought, and the boys who were crying aloud in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! were greatly displeased; ¹⁶ and said unto him––Hearest thou what these are saying? And, Jesus, saith unto them––Yea: Have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings, hast thou prepared praise? ¹⁷ And, leaving them behind, he went forth outside the city into Bethany, and spent the night there.
¹⁸ And, early, returning into the city, he hungered; ¹⁹ and, seeing one fig–tree by the way, he came up to it, and nothing, found he thereon, save leaves only,––and he saith unto it––No more, from thee, let fruit spring forth, unto times age–abiding,––and the fig–tree, instantly withered away. ²⁰ And the disciples, seeing it, marveled, saying––How instantly, did the fig–tree wither away. ²¹ And Jesus, answering, said unto them––Verily, I say unto you, If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only, this of the fig–tree, shall ye do,––but, even if, unto this mountain, ye shall say, Be lifted up, and be cast into the sea, it shall be done. ²² And, all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
²³ And, when he, entered, the temple, the Chief–priests and the Elders of the people, came unto him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority, these things, art thou doing? and, who, to thee, gave, this authority? ²⁴ And, making answer, Jesus said unto them––I also, will ask, you, one thing,––which if ye tell me, I also, will tell, you, by what authority, these things, I am doing:–– ²⁵ The immersion by John, whence was it? Of heaven, or of men? But, they, began to deliberate among themselves, saying––If we say, Of heaven; He will say unto us, Wherefore then did ye not believe him? ²⁶ But, if we say, Of men, we fear the multitude, for, all, as a prophet, are holding John. ²⁷ And, making answer to Jesus, they said––We know not. He also, said unto them––Neither do, I, tell, you, by what authority, these things, I am doing.
²⁸ But how, to you, doth it seem? A man, had two sons: coming unto the first, he said, Son! go thy way, today, be working in the vineyard. ²⁹ And, he, answering, said, I, sir! and went not; ³⁰ And, coming unto the second, he spake, in like manner,––and, he, answering, said, I will not: afterwards, smitten with regret, he went. ³¹ Which of the two, did the will of the father? They say, The latter. Jesus saith unto them––Verily, I say unto you, the tax–collectors and the harlots, are going before you, into the kingdom of God; ³² For John came unto you, in a way of righteousness, and ye believed him not,––but, the tax–collectors and the harlots, believed him; and, ye, seeing it, were not even smitten with regret, afterwards, so as to believe him.
³³ Another parable, hear ye:––A man there was, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and, a wall around it, placed, and digged in it a wine–vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen,––and left home. ³⁴ And, when the season of fruits drew near, He sent forth his servants unto the husbandmen to receive his fruits. ³⁵ And the husbandmen, taking his servants, one, indeed, they beat, and, another, slew,––and, another, stoned. ³⁶ Again, sent he forth other servants, more than the first, and they did unto them, likewise. ³⁷ Afterwards, however, he sent forth unto them his son, saying,––They will pay deference unto my son! ³⁸ But, the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves,––This, is, the heir: Come on! Let us slay him, and have his inheritance. ³⁹ And, taking him, they cast him forth outside the vineyard,––and slew him. ⁴⁰ When therefore the master of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen? ⁴¹ They say unto him––Miserable men! Miserably, will he destroy them; and will let out, the vineyard, to other husbandmen, who will render unto him the fruits in their seasons. ⁴² Jesus saith unto them––Have ye, never, read in the Scriptures, A stone which the builders rejected, the same, hath become, head of the corner: From the Lord, hath this come to pass, and is marvelous in our eyes. ⁴³ Wherefore I say unto you, The kingdom of God, will be taken away from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof: ⁴⁴ [And, he that falleth on this stone, will be sorely bruised; but, on whomsoever it may fall, it will utterly destroy him.] ⁴⁵ And the Chief–priests and the Pharisees, hearing his parables, took note, that, concerning them, he was speaking. ⁴⁶ And, seeking to secure him, they feared the multitudes; since, for a prophet, were they holding him.

¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus ended all these words, he said unto his disciples: ² Ye know that, after two days, the passover, taketh place,––and, the Son of Man, is to be delivered up, to be crucified. ³ Then, were gathered together, the High–priests and the Elders of the people, into the court of the High–priest who was called Caiaphas; ⁴ and they took counsel together, in order that, Jesus, by guile, they might secure, and slay. ⁵ They were saying, however: Not during the feast, lest, an uproar, arise among the people.
⁶ But, Jesus, happening to be in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ there came unto him a woman, holding an alabaster–jar of costly perfume, and she poured it down upon his head, as he was reclining. ⁸ And the disciples, seeing it, were greatly displeased, saying––To what end, this loss? ⁹ For this could have been sold for much, and given to the destitute. ¹⁰ But Jesus, taking note, said unto them––Why vex ye the woman? for, a seemly work, hath she wrought for me; ¹¹ For, always, the destitute, have ye with you,––but, me, not always, have ye; ¹² For, she, pouring this perfume upon my body, so as to prepare me for burial, did it. ¹³ Verily, I say unto you––Wheresoever this glad–message shall be proclaimed in all the world, also what she did, will be told, as a memorial of her.
¹⁴ Then, went one of the twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, unto the High–priests, ¹⁵ and said––What are ye willing to give unto me? and, I, unto you, will deliver him up. And they appointed him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶ And, from that time, was he seeking a favourable opportunity that he might, deliver him up.
¹⁷ And, on the first of the days of unleavened bread, the disciples came unto Jesus, saying––Where wilt thou, that we make ready for thee to eat the passover? ¹⁸ And, he, said––Go your way into the city, unto such–a–one, and say to him, The teacher, saith, My season, is, near, with thee, will I keep the passover, with my disciples. ¹⁹ And the disciples did, as Jesus directed them, and made ready the passover. ²⁰ And, when, evening, came, he was reclining with the twelve [disciples]; ²¹ and, as they were eating, he said––Verily, I say unto you, One from among you, will deliver me up. ²² And, being exceedingly grieved, they began to be saying to him, each one––Can it be, I, Lord? ²³ And, he, answering, said––He who hath dipped with me his hand in the bowl, the same, will deliver me up. ²⁴ The Son of Man, indeed, goeth his way, according as it is written concerning him,––But alas! for that man, through whom the Son of Man, is being delivered up: Well, had it been for him, if, that man, had not been born! ²⁵ And Judas, who was delivering him up, answering, said––Can it be, I, Rabbi? He saith unto him––Thou, hast said.
²⁶ And, as they were eating, Jesus, taking a loaf and blessing, brake,––and, giving to his disciples, said––Take, eat! This, is, my body. ²⁷ And, taking a cup, and giving thanks, he gave unto them, saying––Drink of it, all of you;

² and, binding him, they led him away, and delivered him up unto Pilate the governor.

¹ And, straightway, early, when they had made, a council, the High–priest, with the Elders, and Scribes, and all the High–council, binding Jesus, led him away, and delivered him up unto Pilate.

¹⁷ Therefore, doth the Father, love, me, because, I, lay down my life, that, again, I may receive it:–– ¹⁸ No one, forced it from me, but, I, lay it down, of myself,––Authority, have I, to lay it down, and, authority, have I, again, to receive it: This commandment, received I, from my Father.

³² Now, the passage of Scripture which he was reading, was, this:––As a sheep, unto slaughter, was he led, and, as a lamb, before him that sheareth it, is dumb, so, he openeth not his mouth.

¹³ Christ, hath redeemed, us, out of the curse of the law, having become, in our behalf, a curse; ––because it is written––Cursed, is every one that hangeth upon a tree; ––

² And walk in love––even as, the Christ also, loved you, and delivered himself up in your behalf, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for a fragrance of sweet smell.

⁷ But, himself, emptied, taking, a servant’s form, coming to be, in men’s likeness; ⁸ And, in fashion, being found, as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient as far as death, yea, death upon a cross.

²⁸ Thus, the Christ also, once for all having been offered, for the bearing of the sins, of many, a second time, apart from sin, will appear, to them who for him are ardently waiting––unto salvation.

⁶ We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man––to his way, had we burned,––And, Yahweh! caused to light upon him, The guilt of, us all! ⁷ Hard pressed––yet, he, humbled himself, Nor opened his mouth––As, a lamb, to the slaughter, is led, And, as a sheep, before her shearers, is dumb––Nor opened his mouth. ⁸ By constraint and by sentence, was he taken away, And, of his age, who considered, That he was cut off out of the land of the living, For my people’s transgression, did the stroke fall on him? ⁹ And, appointed with lawless men, was his grave, And, with the wicked, his tomb,––Though, no violence, had he done, Nor was guile in his mouth.
¹⁰ Yet, Yahweh, purposed to bruise him, He laid on him sickness:––If his soul become an offering for guilt, He shall see a seed, He shall prolong his days,––And, the purpose of Yahweh, in his hand, shall prosper: ¹¹ Of the travail of his soul, shall he see, He shall be satisfied with his knowledge, A setting right, when set right himself, shall my Servant win for the Many, Since, of their iniquities, he, taketh the burden. ¹² Therefore, will I give him a portion in the great, And, the strong, shall he apportion as spoil, Because he poured out, to death, his own soul, And, with transgressors, let himself be numbered,––Yea, he, the sin of Many, bare, And, for transgressors, interposeth.

²¹ Abraham our father, was it not, by works, he was declared righteous––when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest that, his faith, had been working together with his works, and by his works did his faith become full–grown,–– ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which saith––And Abraham believed God, And it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and, God’s friend, was he called:

⁷ And the messenger of Yahweh found her, by the fountain of water, in the desert,––by the fountain in the way to Shur.

⁹ And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, Return unto thy lady,––and humble thyself under her hands.
¹⁰ And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, I will, greatly multiply, thy seed––so that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

¹⁷ And God heard the voice of the boy, and a messenger of God called unto Hagar out of the heavens, and said to her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Do not fear, for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the boy, where he is.

¹ And it came to pass, after these things, that, God, did prove Abraham,––and he said unto him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me!

¹⁰ Then came Yahweh, and stood, and called as time after time––Samuel! Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant is listening.

⁴ And, falling unto the earth, he heard a voice saying unto him––Saul! Saul! why, me, art thou persecuting?

¹⁴ and, when we were all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice, saying unto me, in the Hebrew language––Saul! Saul! why, me, art thou persecuting? It is hard for thee, against goads, to be kicking!

¹¹ And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God, in this place,––therefore will they slay me for the sake of my wife.

² And he said––Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah,––and cause him to ascend there, as an ascending–sacrifice, on one of the mountains, which I shall name unto thee.

⁵ Because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice,––and so kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes and my laws.

¹⁸ And Joseph said unto them, on the third day, This, do, and live,––God himself, do, I, revere.

²⁰ And Moses said unto the people––Do not fear, for, to the end he may prove you, hath God come,––and to the end the reverence of him may be upon your faces, that ye sin not.

²⁴ Only, revere Yahweh, and serve him in truth, with all your heart,––for see, what great things he hath done with you. ²⁵ But, if ye, will do wrong, both ye and your king shall be swept away.

²² Then said Samuel––Doth that which is pleasing unto Yahweh consist in ascending–offerings and sacrifices, So much as in hearkening unto the voice of Yahweh? Lo! to hearken, is, better, than, sacrifice. And, to give heed, than, the fat of rams;

¹⁵ whereas, the former pashas, who were before me, suffered themselves to be a burden upon the people, and took from them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver, even, their young men, bare rule over the people,––but, I, did not so, because of the fear of God.

¹⁹ In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:

²⁸ And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.

⁶ For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.

¹¹ Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling:

¹² Who then is the man that revereth Yahweh? Let him direct him into the way he should choose.

¹⁴ Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.

¹⁰ The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, Good discretion, have all that do them, His praise, endureth for aye.

¹¹ Yahweh, hath pleasure, in them who revere him, in them who wait for his lovingkindness.

⁷ The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.

¹² Though a sinner be committing wickedness a hundred times, and continuing long in his own way, yet I surely know that it shall be well to them who revere God, who stand in awe before him; ¹³ but, well, shall it not be to the lawless man, neither shall he lengthen out his days like a shadow,––because he standeth not in awe before God.

¹³ The conclusion of the matter––the whole, let us hear,––Towards God, be reverent, and, his commandments, observe, for, this, [concerneth] all mankind.

⁵ And have built the high places of Baal, for burning up their sons in the fire, as ascending–sacrifices to Baal,––Which I commanded not, Nor spake, Neither came it up on my heart,

⁴⁰ And I will solemnise to them, an age–abiding covenant, That I will not turn away from following them, to do them good,––But, the reverence of myself, will I put in their heart, so that they shall not turn away from me.

⁶ Wherewith, shall I come before Yahweh? bow myself to God on high? Shall I come before him with ascending–sacrifice? with calves of a year old? ⁷ Will Yahweh, be pleased, with thousands of rams? with myriads of torrents of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression? the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? ⁸ He hath told thee, O son of earth, what is good,––what then is, Yahweh, seeking of thee, but, to do justice, to delight in lovingkindness, and humbly to walk with thy God?

² So shall the sun of righteousness, arise to you who revere my Name, with healing in his wings,––and ye shall come forth and leap for joy like calves let loose from the stall;

¹⁶ In like manner, let your light shine before men,––that they may see your good works,––and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother above me, is not, worthy, of me,––and, he that loveth son or daughter above me, is not, worthy, of me; ³⁸ And, he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not, worthy, of me.

²⁴ Then, Jesus said unto his disciples––If any one intendeth, after me, to come, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and be following me;

²⁹ And, whosoever left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for sake of my name, manifold, shall receive, and life, age–abiding, shall inherit.

³¹ So then, the assembly throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, building itself up, and going on its way in the fear of the Lord; and, by the advocacy of the Holy Spirit, was being multiplied.

¹² For, if the forwardness is set forth, according to what one may have, he is well approved, not according to what one hath not.

²⁸ Wherefore, seeing that, of a kingdom not to be shaken, we are receiving possession, let us have gratitude––whereby we may be rendering divine service well–pleasingly unto God, with reverence and awe;

¹⁸ But one will say,––Thou, hast faith, and, I, have works, show me thy faith apart from thy works, and, I, unto thee, will shew, by my works, my faith.

²¹ Abraham our father, was it not, by works, he was declared righteous––when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest that, his faith, had been working together with his works, and by his works did his faith become full–grown,––

⁵ And, a voice, from the throne, came forth, saying––Be giving praise unto our God, all ye his servants, ye that revere him, the small and the great.

⁸ And Abraham said, God, will provide for himself the lamb, for an ascending–sacrifice, my son! So they went on their way, both of them, together.

⁶ Sacrifice and meal–offering, thou didst not delight in, Ears, didst thou pierce for me,––Ascending–sacrifice and sin–bearer, thou didst not ask: ⁷ Then, said I––Lo! I am come, In the written scroll, is it prescribed for me; ⁸ To do thy good–pleasure, O my God, is my delight, And, thy law, is in the midst of mine inward parts:

¹⁹ Then spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness, and saidst––I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people; ²⁰ I have found David my servant, With mine own holy oil, have I anointed him;

²¹ So shall, thine own ears, hear a word from behind thee saying,––This, is the way, walk ye therein, When ye would turn to the right hand, Or when ye would turn to the left.

⁷ Purge ye out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump,––even as ye are unleavened; for, our passover, hath even been sacrificed––Christ: ⁸ So then, let us be keeping the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of baseness and wickedness,––but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

⁹ But, we ourselves, within ourselves, have had the sentence of death, that we might not rest our confidence upon ourselves, but upon God, who raiseth the dead, ¹⁰ Who, out of so great a death, rescued us, and will rescue,––unto whom we have turned our hope, [that], even yet, he will rescue:

¹³ And she called the name of Yahweh, who had spoken unto her, Thou GOD of vision! For she said, Do I, even here, retain my vision after a vision? ¹⁴ On this account, is the well called, The well of the life of vision,––lo! it is between Kadesh and Bered.

¹³ And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! a ram, behind, caught in a thicket by his horns,––and Abraham went, and took the ram, and caused him to ascend as an ascending–sacrifice, instead of his son.

¹⁹ and called the name of that place––Bethel,––nevertheless, Luz, was the name of the city, aforetime.

³⁰ So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God, face to face; and my soul was delivered.

¹⁵ And Moses built an altar,––and called the name thereof, Yahweh–nissi.

³⁶ For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And, upon his servants, will have compassion,––When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large,

²⁴ So Gideon built there an altar unto Yahweh, and called it, Yahweh–shalom. Unto this day, it remaineth, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

¹² And Samuel took a certain stone, and set it between Mizpah and Yeshanah, and called the name thereof Eben–ezer,––and said, Hitherto, hath Yahweh helped us.

⁴ In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them; ⁵ Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.

³⁵ Round about, eighteen thousand. And, the name of the city, from the day of Yahweh, shall [continue to] be the name thereof.

¹⁷ If it is, our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us,––out of the burning furnace of fire, and out of thy hand, O king, he will deliver. ¹⁸ But, if not, be it known to thee, O king,––that, thy god, will we not serve, and, the image of gold which thou hast set up, will we not adore.
¹⁹ Then, Nebuchadnezzar, was filled with wrath, and, the likeness of his countenance, was changed, against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––he spake and gave word to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was ever seen heated; ²⁰ and, to men, who were the mightiest men in his army, gave he word to bind fast Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––to cast them into the burning furnace of fire. ²¹ Then bound they, these men, in their trousers, their tunics, and their cloaks, and their (other) clothing,––and cast into the midst of the burning furnace of fire. ²² Therefore, because the word of the king had raged forth, and the furnace was exceeding hot, those very men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, were slain by the flame of the fire; ²³ and, these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, fell down into the midst of the burning furnace of fire, fast bound. ²⁴ Then, Nebuchadnezzar the king, was amazed, and rose up in haste: he spake and said to his nearest friends––Were there not three men, we cast into the midst of the fire, fast bound? They answered and said to the king, Surely, O king! ²⁵ He answered and said, Lo! I, see four men, unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and, injury, there is not in them, and, the appearance of the fourth, is like to a son of the gods!

¹⁰ Be in labour, and bear, O daughter of Zion, as a woman in child–birth,––for, meanwhile, shalt thou go forth out of the city, and dwell in the field, and shalt come as far as Babylon, there, shalt thou be delivered, there, will Yahweh, redeem thee, out of the grasp of thine enemies.

¹⁴ And, the Word, became, flesh, and pitched his tent among us, and we gazed upon his glory,––a glory, as an Only–begotten from his Father. Full of favour and truth.

⁸ For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened in Asia,––that, exceedingly, beyond power, were we weighed down, so that we despaired, even of life.

¹⁶ And, confessedly great, is the sacred secret of godliness,––Who was made manifest in flesh, was declared righteous in spirit, was made visible unto messengers, was proclaimed among nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

² That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee, and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;

⁹ Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac;

²³ By myself, have I sworn, Gone forth out of my mouth, is righteousness as a decree, And shall not turn back,––That, unto myself, Shall bow, every knee, Shall swear, every tongue:

¹³ For, by myself, have I sworn, Declareth Yahweh, That, Bozrah, shall become, an astonishment, a reproach, and a desolation, and a contempt,––And, all her cities, shall become age–abiding desolations.

¹⁴ Yahweh of hosts, hath sworn, by his own soul: Surely I have filled thee with men, as with locusts, And they have answered against thee, with a shout.

⁸ Sworn hath the Lord, Yahweh, by his own life, Declareth Yahweh, God of hosts, abhorring am I, the grandeur of Jacob, and, his palaces, I hate,––therefore will I cast off the city and the fulness thereof.

⁷³ The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, To grant us,

¹³ For, not through means of law, doth the promise belong unto Abraham or unto his seed,––that he should be heir of the world; but, through a righteousness by faith. ¹⁴ For, if they who are of law are heirs, made void is faith and of no effect is the promise.

¹³ For, when to Abraham God made promise, seeing he had no one greater by whom to swear, He sware, by himself,–– ¹⁴ saying––Truly, if blessing I will bless thee, and, multiplying, I will multiply thee;

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, thy seed also, may be numbered.

⁵ And he brought him forth abroad, and said––Look steadfastly, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.

⁶ And I will make thee fruitful, exceedingly, and grant thee to be nations,––Yea, kings, out of thee, shall come forth;

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister! become, thou, thousands of ten thousands,––And let thy seed take possession of the gate of them that hate them!

⁴ and will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and will give to thy seed, all these lands,––And all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in thy seed:

²⁸ Then, may God give thee of the dew of the heavens, And of the fatness of the earth,––And abundance of corn, and new wine: ²⁹ Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee, Become thou lord to thy brethren, And let the sons of thy mother bow down to thee,––He that curseth thee, be accursed! And, he that blesseth thee, be blessed!

³ And, GOD Almighty, bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,––so shalt thou become a multitude of peoples.

¹⁴ And thy seed shall become, as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth westward and eastward, and northward and southward,––And all the families of the ground shall be blessed in thee, and in thy seed. ¹⁵ Lo! then, I, am with thee, so will I keep thee in every place whithersoever thou mayest go, and will bring thee back unto this soil,––For I will not forsake thee until I have done that of which I have spoken to thee.
¹⁶ And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said, Surely, Yahweh was in this place, And, I, knew it not. ¹⁷ And he feared, and said, How fearful is this place! None other this, than the house of God! Nor this than the gate of the heavens! ¹⁸ So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone which he had put for his pillow, and put it for a pillar,––and poured out oil upon the top thereof; ¹⁹ and called the name of that place––Bethel,––nevertheless, Luz, was the name of the city, aforetime. ²⁰ And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,––If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way whereon, I, am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on; ²¹ and I come back in prosperity unto the house of my father, Then will Yahweh prove to be my, God,–– ²² And, this stone which I have put for a pillar, shall be the house of God,––And, of all which thou shalt give me, a tenth, will I tithe unto thee.

¹² But, thou thyself, saidst,––I will, deal well, with thee,––So will I make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not to be counted, for multitude.

²⁵ From the GOD of thy father, who doth help thee, And GOD Almighty, who doth bless thee, Blessings of the heavens, above, Blessings of the abyss, couching beneath,––Blessings of breasts and womb: ²⁶ The blessings of thy father, have prevailed Over the blessings of the perpetual mountains, The charm of the age–abiding hills,––They turn out to be, for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the head, of him who was set apart from his brethren.

¹⁷ I see One, who is not now, I observe One, who is not nigh,––There hath marched forth a Star out of Jacob. And arisen a Sceptre out of Israel, That hath dishonoured the beard of Moab, Yea the crown of the head of all the tumultuous; ¹⁸ So Edom hath become a possession, Yea a possession is Seir to his foes,––But, Israel, is doing valiantly; ¹⁹ Yea One wieldeth dominion out of Jacob,––Who hath destroyed the remnant out of the fortress.

¹⁰ Yahweh your God, hath multiplied you,––and, here ye are, today, like the stars of the heavens, for multitude.

¹⁹ then shall his father and his mother, lay hold of him,––and bring him forth unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

² and all these blessings shall come in upon thee, and reach thee,––because thou dost hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God:–– ³ Blessed, shalt thou be in the city,––and, blessed, shalt thou be in the field: ⁴ Blessed, shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle,––the young of thy kine, and the ewes of thy flock: ⁵ Blessed, shall be thy basket, and thy kneading–trough: ⁶ Blessed, shalt thou be when thou comest in,––and, blessed, shalt thou be when thou goest out: ⁷ Yahweh will deliver thine enemies who rise up against thee, to be routed before thee,––one way, shall they come out against thee, and, seven ways, shall they flee before thee: ⁸ Yahweh will command to be with thee, the blessing, in thy storehouses, and in all whereunto thou settest thy hand,––and will bless thee in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee: ⁹ Yahweh will confirm thee unto himself for a holy people, as he sware unto thee,––because thou dost keep the commandments of Yahweh thy God, and dost walk in his ways. ¹⁰ And all the peoples of the earth shall see that, the name of Yahweh, hath been called upon thee,––and shall be afraid of thee. ¹¹ And Yahweh will cause thee to abound in that which is good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy soil,––upon the soil which Yahweh sware unto thy fathers, to give unto thee: ¹² Yahweh will open unto thee his rich storehouse––the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless every work of thy hand, so shalt thou lend unto many nations, but, thou, shalt not borrow: ¹³ And Yahweh, will give thee, to be the head, and not the tail, and thou shalt be only above, and shalt not be beneath,––because thou dost hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh thy God, which I am commanding thee, today, to observe and to do;

¹ And it came to pass, after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh,––that Yahweh spake unto Joshua son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, saying: ² Moses my servant, is dead,––Now, therefore, arise, pass over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, into the land which I am giving unto them––unto the sons of Israel. ³ Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread, unto you, have I given it,––as I spake unto Moses. ⁴ From the desert and this Lebanon, even unto the great river––the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea, toward the going in of the sun, shall be your boundary. ⁵ No man shall stand before thee, all the days of thy life,––as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee, I will not fail thee, neither will I forsake thee. ⁶ Be firm and bold,––for, thou, shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers,––to give unto them. ⁷ Only be very firm and bold, taking heed to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee, do not turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left,––that thou mayest prosper, whithersoever thou goest. ⁸ This scroll of the law must not cease out of thy mouth, but thou must talk to thyself therein, day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein,––for, then, shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and, then, shalt thou have good success. ⁹ Have I not commanded thee, Be firm and bold, do not start nor be dismayed,––for, with thee, is Yahweh thy God, whithersoever thou goest?
¹⁰ So then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying:

¹ And it came to pass, after this, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them,––and David took the bridle of the metropolis, out of the hand of the Philistines. ² And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line casting, them down to the ground, and be measured with two lines to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive,––so the Moabites became David’s, as servants, bringing gifts. ³ And David smote Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah,––when he went to lay his hand on the River Euphrates. ⁴ And David captured from him, a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen,––and David destroyed all the chariots, but reserved of them, a hundred chariots. ⁵ And, when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians, twenty–two thousand men. ⁶ Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became David’s, as servants bringing gifts,––and so Yahweh gave victory unto David, whithersoever he went. ⁷ And David took the shields of gold which had come to the servants of Hadadezer,––and brought them to Jerusalem; ⁸ also, from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, did King David take bronze, exceeding much.
⁹ And, when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the forces of Hadadezer, ¹⁰ then Tou sent Hadoram his son unto King David, to ask after his welfare, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and had smitten him, for Hadadezer had had wars with Tou,––and, in his hand, were vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze. ¹¹ Them also, did King David hallow unto Yahweh,––with the silver and the gold which he had hallowed from all the nations which he had subdued: ¹² from Syria, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek,––and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah. ¹³ And David made a name, when he returned from his smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt,––eighteen thousand. ¹⁴ And he put, in Edom, garrisons, throughout all Edom, put be garrisons, and so it was that all Edom became servants unto David,––and Yahweh gave victory unto David, whithersoever he went.
¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel,––and so it was that David used to execute justice and righteousness for all his people; ¹⁶ and, Joab, son of Zeruiah, was over the army,––and, Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was remembrancer. ¹⁷ And, Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Abimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests,––and, Seraiah, was scribe; ¹⁸ and, Benaiah, son of Jehoiadah, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites,––and, the sons of David, became, chief rulers.

¹ And it came to pass, after this, that the king of the sons of Ammon died,––and that Hanun his son reigned in his stead. ² Then said David––I will shew lovingkindness unto Hanun son of Nahash, as his father shewed, unto me, lovingkindness. So David sent to comfort him, by the hand of his servants, as to his father,––and the servants of David came into the land of the sons of Ammon. ³ Then said the rulers of the sons of Ammon unto Hanun their lord––Is David honouring thy father, in thine eyes, that he hath sent unto thee comforters? Is it not, for the sake of exploring the city, and spying it out, and overthrowing it, that David hath sent his servants unto thee? ⁴ Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off half their beards, and cut off their upper garments in the middle, as far as their buttocks,––and let them go. ⁵ And, when they told David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed,––and the king said––Tarry at Jericho, until your beards be grown, then shall ye return.
⁶ And, when the sons of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious with David, the sons of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba––twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah––a thousand men, and men of Tob––twelve thousand men. ⁷ And, when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of heroes, ⁸ And the sons of Ammon came out, and set in array for battle, at the entrance of the gate,––whereas, the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and of Maacah, were by themselves, in the field. ⁹ And, when Joab saw that the front of the battle was towards him, before and behind, he chose out of all the chosen men of Israel, and set them in array against the Syrians; ¹⁰ while, the rest of the people, he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother,––and set [them] in array against the sons of Ammon. ¹¹ And he said––If the Syrians be too strong for me, then shalt thou become my deliverance,––but, if, the sons of Ammon, be too strong for thee, then will I come with deliverance to thee. ¹² Be strong, and let us put forth our strength, for the sake of our people, and for the sake of the cities of our God,––and, Yahweh, do what is good in his own eyes. ¹³ And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, to fight against the Syrians,––and they fled before him. ¹⁴ And, when, the sons of Ammon, saw that the Syrians had fled, then fled they before Abishai, and entered the city,––so Joab returned from the sons of Ammon, and entered Jerusalem.
¹⁵ And, when the Syrians saw that they were defeated before Israel, they gathered themselves together; ¹⁶ and Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the River, and they entered Helam,––Shobach the prince of the host of Hadadezer being before them. ¹⁷ And, when it was told David, he gathered together all Israel, and passed over the Jordan, and entered Helam,––and the Syrians set themselves in array to meet David, and fought with him. ¹⁸ Then fled the Syrians before Israel, and David slew of the Syrians seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen,––Shobach also, prince of their host, smote he, that he died, there. ¹⁹ And, when all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them,––and the Syrians feared to give help any more unto the sons of Ammon.

²⁶ A fleet also, did King Solomon build in Ezion–geber, which is beside Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

⁸ Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth: ⁹ Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron,––as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.

⁸ So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River[=Euphrates] unto the ends of the earth; ⁹ Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;

²² And didst give unto them this land, which thou hadst sworn to their fathers to give unto them,––a land flowing with milk and honey;

²² As, the host of the heavens, cannot be recorded, Nor, the sand of the sea, be measured, So, will I multiply, The seed of David my servant, And the Levites who attend upon, me.

⁴⁴ And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left,––it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages. ⁴⁵ Forasmuch as thou sawest that, out of the rock, a stone tare itself away, but not with hands, and brake in pieces the clay, the iron, the bronze, the silver and the gold, the mighty God, hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. Exact then is the dream, and trusty its interpretation.

⁹ For dangerous are her wounds,––for she hath come as far as Judah, she hath reached as far as the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem.

⁶⁸ Blessed, be the Lord, the God of Israel! Because he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people, ⁶⁹ And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, In the house of David his servant: ⁷⁰ According as he hath spoken by mouth of his holy ancient prophets,–– ⁷¹ Of salvation from among our foes, and out of the hand of all them that hate us: ⁷² To perform mercy with our fathers, and to be mindful of his holy covenant,–– ⁷³ The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, To grant us, ⁷⁴ without fear, from the hand of enemies rescued, to be rendering divine service unto him, ⁷⁵ in lovingkindness and righteousness before him, all our days.

⁵⁷ But, unto God, be thanks, who is giving unto us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ Blessed, be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing, in the heavenlies, in Christ,

¹⁵ And, the seventh messenger, sounded; and there came to be loud voices in heaven, saying––The kingdom of the world, hath become [the kingdom] of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign unto the ages of ages.

³ That I may bless them who bless thee, But, him who maketh light of thee, will I curse,––So shall be, blessed in thee, all the families of the ground.

¹⁸ when, Abraham, shall, surely become, a great and mighty nation,––and all the nations of the earth, shall be blessed in him?

³ So Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took his two young men with him, and Isaac his son,––and clave the pieces of wood for an ascending–sacrifice, and mounted and went his way unto the place which God had named to him.

¹⁰ And Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife,––to slay his son.

⁴ and will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and will give to thy seed, all these lands,––And all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in thy seed: ⁵ Because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice,––and so kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes and my laws.

³⁰ Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age–abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh)––Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.

¹⁷ May his Name be age–abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish,––And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!

²³ But, this thing, I commanded them––saying, Hearken ye unto my voice, So will I become unto you––a God, And, ye, shall become unto me––a people,––Ye shall therefore walk in all the way that I may command you, To the end it may be well with you;

²⁵ Ye, are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God covenanted unto your fathers, saying unto Abraham––And, in thy seed, shall be blessed, all the families of the ground.

³ Concerning his Son,––who came to be of the seed of David, according to flesh,

⁸ And, the scripture, foreseeing, that, by faith, God would declare the nations righteous, fore–announced the good news unto Abraham, saying, All the nations shall be blessed in thee. ⁹ So then, they who are of faith, are blessed with believing Abraham;

¹⁶ Now, unto Abraham, were spoken the promises––and unto his seed; ––He saith not––and unto thy seeds, as of many, but, as of one––and unto thy seed, which is Christ:

¹⁸ For, if, by law, is the inheritance, it is, no longer, by promise; but, unto Abraham, through promise, hath God favoured it.

²⁸ There cannot be Jew or Greek, there cannot be bond or free, there cannot be male and female, for, all ye, are one, in Christ Jesus: ²⁹ Now, if, ye, are of Christ, by consequence ye are, Abraham’s seed, according to promise, heirs.

¹ But faith is, of things hoped for, a confidence, of facts, a conviction, when they are not seen; ² For, thereby, well–attested were the ancients. ³ By faith, we understand the ages to have been fitted together, by declaration of God,––to the end that, not out of things appearing, should that which is seen, have come into existence.
⁴ By faith, a fuller sacrifice, did Abel, offer unto God, than Cain,––through which, he received witness that he was righteous, there being a witnessing upon his gifts, by God; and, through it, though he died, he yet is speaking. ⁵ By faith, Enoch was translated, so as not to see death, and was not found, because that, God, had translated him; for, before the translation, he had received witness that he had become well–pleasing unto God; –– ⁶ But, apart from faith, it is impossible to be well–pleasing; for he that approacheth unto God––must needs have faith, that he is, and that, to them who seek him out, a rewarder he becometh. ⁷ By faith, Noah, having received intimation concerning the things not yet seen, filled with reverence, prepared an ark to the saving of his house––through which he condemned the world, and, of the righteousness by way of faith, became heir. ⁸ By faith, being called, Abraham obeyed––to come forth into a place he was destined to receive for an inheritance; and he came forth, not well knowing whither he was coming. ⁹ By faith, he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, in tents, dwelling, along with Isaac and Jacob, the joint–heirs of the same promise; ¹⁰ For he was awaiting the city having foundations, whose architect and builder is, God. ¹¹ By faith, even Sarah herself, received power for founding a seed, even beyond the season of life’s prime,––seeing that, faithful, she reckoned, him that had promised; ¹² Wherefore, even from one, were born, and, as to these things, one who had become dead,––like the stars of the heaven, for multitude, and as the sand that is by the lip of the sea, that cannot be numbered. ¹³ In faith, all these died––not bearing away the promises, but, from afar, beholding and saluting them, and confessing that, strangers and sojourners, were they upon the land. ¹⁴ For, they who such things as these are saying, make it clear that, of a paternal home they are in quest; ¹⁵ And, if indeed of that they had been mindful, from which they had come out, they might, in that case, have had an opportunity, to return; ¹⁶ But, now, after a better one, are they reaching, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be invoked as, their God,––for he hath prepared for them, a city. ¹⁷ By faith, Abraham, when tested, offered up Isaac, and, the only–begotten, would he have offered up, who the promises had accepted,–– ¹⁸ Even him of whom it had been said––In Isaac, shall there be called to thee, a seed: ¹⁹ Accounting that, even from among the dead, God, was able, to raise [him], ––whence, even in similitude, he bare him away. ²⁰ By faith, even concerning things to come, did Isaac bless Jacob and Esau. ²¹ By faith, Jacob, when about to die, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and bowed in worship on the top of his staff. ²² By faith, Joseph, when drawing to his end––concerning the exodus of the sons of Israel, called to remembrance, and, concerning his bones, gave commandment. ²³ By faith, Moses, when born––was hid three months by his parents, because, they saw, that, goodly, was, the child, and were not affrighted, at the decree of the king. ²⁴ By faith, Moses, when grown up––refused to be called the son of a daughter of a Pharaoh, ²⁵ Rather choosing––to be jointly suffering ill–treatment with the people of God, than, for a season, to be having, sins enjoyment; ²⁶ Accounting––as greater riches than Egypt’s treasures, the reproach of the Anointed One; for he was looking away unto the recompense. ²⁷ By faith, he forsook Egypt––not put in fear of the wrath of the king; for, as seeing him who cannot be seen, he persevered. ²⁸ By faith, he hath kept the passover and the besmearing of the blood, lest, he that was destroying the first–born, should be touching them. ²⁹ By faith, they passed through the Red Sea, as over dry land,––which the Egyptians, seizing an attempt to do, were swallowed up. ³⁰ By faith, the walls of Jericho, fell, having been surrounded for seven days. ³¹ By faith, Rahab the harlot perished not with them who refused to yield, she having welcomed the spies with peace.
³² And what more can I say? For, time, will fail me while I go on telling––concerning Gideon, Barak, Sampson, Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,–– ³³ Who, through faith––prevailed in contest over kingdoms, wrought righteousness, attained unto promises, shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ Quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouths of the sword, were made powerful from weakness, became mighty in battle, overturned, camps of aliens; ³⁵ Women received, by resurrection, their dead; but, others, were put to the rack, not accepting redemption, that, unto a better resurrection, they might attain: ³⁶ Others, again, of mockings and scourgings, received trial, nay! further, of bonds and imprisonments: ³⁷ They were stoned, were pierced through, were sawn asunder, by murder, with a sword, died, went about in sheep–skins, in goat–hides,––being in want, suffering tribulation, enduring ill–treatment: ³⁸ Of whom the world, was not worthy––upon deserts, wandering, and mountains, and in caves,––and in the caverns of the earth. ³⁹ And, these all, though they obtained witness through their faith, yet bare not away, the promise: ⁴⁰ God, for us, something better providing,––that, not apart from us, should they be made, perfect.

³¹ On this account, was the name of that place called Beer–sheba[=" oath well"], ––because, there, had they two sworn.

²⁸ and Hazarshual and Beer–sheba, with the hamlets thereof,

¹ Then went forth all the sons of Israel, and the assembly came together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba with the land of Gilead,––unto Yahweh at Mizpah.

²⁶ And Terah lived seventy years,––and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

²⁹ And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abram’s wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.

¹⁰ Then took the servant ten camels, from among the camels of his lord, and went his way,––all the goods of his master, being in his hand,––so be mounted, and went his way unto Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, ere yet, he, had done speaking, that lo! Rebekah, was coming forth, who had been born to Bethuel son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham,––with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

²⁴ And she said unto him, Daughter of Bethuel, am, I,––[Bethuel] son of Milcah, whom she bare to Nahor.

⁵³ The Gods of Abraham and the Gods of Nahor judge betwixt us––the Gods of their fathers. And Jacob sware by the Dread of his father Isaac;

²⁵ As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is a good report from a far country.

⁷ So he took up his parable and said,––From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel.

¹ A man, there was––in the land of Uz, Job, his name,––and that man was blameless and upright, and one who revered God, and avoided evil.

² Then was kindled the anger of Elihu, son of Barachel the Buzite of the family of Ram,––against Job, was kindled his anger, because he justified his own soul rather than God;

¹ [To the Chief Musician. Upon "The Lily of Testimony." A precious Psalm of David, to instruct. When he waged war with Aram–neharaim, and with Aram–zobah,––and then Joab returned and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt, twelve thousand.]
O God, thou hast rejected us––hast scattered us, Thou hast been angry, Wilt thou restore us? ² Thou hast shaken the land––hast rent it, Heal thou the fractures thereof––for it hath tottered: ³ Thou hast suffered thy people to see hardship, Thou hast let them drink the wine of confusion. ⁴ Thou hadst given––to them that revere thee––a banner, to float aloft, Because of [thy] faithfulness. [Selah.] ⁵ That thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save thou with thine own right hand––and answer us.
⁶ God, hath spoken in his holiness––I will exult! I will apportion Shechem, And, the Vale of Succoth, will I measure out; ⁷ Mine, is Gilead––and mine, Manasseh, But, Ephraim, is the defence, of my head, Judah, is my commander’s staff; ⁸ Moab, is my wash–bowl, Upon Edom, will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia! raise shout of triumph. ⁹ Who will conduct me to a fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom! ¹⁰ Is it not, thou, O God?––thou hast rejected us! And wilt thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts? ¹¹ Grant us help out of distress, For, vain, is the deliverance of man: ¹² In God, we shall do valiantly, He himself, therefore, will tread down our adversaries.

⁴⁷ Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter, art, thou? And she said, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom, Milcah, bare to him,––Then put I the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands;

⁵¹ Lo! Rebekah, is before thee, Take [her] and go thy way,––And let her become wife unto the son of thy lord, as Yahweh hath spoken.

⁶⁷ And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother; thus he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her,––and Isaac consoled himself, for the loss of his mother.

²⁰ and it came to pass, that, Isaac, was forty years old, when he took Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of the Plain of Syria,––sister of Laban the Syrian, to himself to wife.

² Rise, go thy way to Padan–aram to the house of Bethuel, thy mother’s father,––and take thee from thence, a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother’s brother.

⁵ So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he took his journey to Padan–aram,––unto Laban son of Bethuel, the Syrian, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.

¹⁰ And, not only so, but, when, Rebekah also, was with child, of one––Isaac our father,––

³ So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of ten years of Abram’s dwelling in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband, to be to him as a wife.

⁶ but, to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts,––and then sent them away from Isaac his son, while he himself yet lived, eastward, unto the land of the east.

²⁵ The house of proud men, will Yahweh tear down, but he will maintain the boundary of the widow.