Bible verses about "genesis" | Wycliffe

¹ Abraham yede forth fro thennus in to the lond of the south, and dwellide bitwixe Cades and Sur, and was a pilgrym in Geraris; ² and he seide of Sare, his wijf, Sche is my sistir. Therfor Abymalec, kyng of Gerare, sente, and took hir. ³ Sotheli God cam to Abymalec bi a sweuene in the nyyt, and seide to hym, Lo! thou schalt die, for the wooman which thou hast take, for sche hath an hosebond. ⁴ Forsothe Abymalech touchide not hir; and he seide, Lord, whether thou schalt sle folc vnkunnynge and iust? ⁵ Whether he seide not to me, Sche is my sistir, and sche seide, He is my brother? In the symplenesse of myn herte, and in the clennesse of myn hondis Y dide this. ⁶ And the Lord seide to hym, And Y woot that thou didist bi symple herte, and therfor Y kepte thee, lest thou didist synne ayens me, and I suffride not that thou touchidist hir; ⁷ now therfor yelde thou the wijf to hir hosebonde, for he is a profete; and he schal preye for thee, and thou schalt lyue; sotheli if thou nylte yelde, wite thou that thou schalt die bi deeth, thou and alle thingis that ben thine. ⁸ And anoon Abynalech roos bi nyyt, and clepide alle his seruauntis, and spak alle these wordis in the eeris of hem; and alle men dredden greetli. ⁹ Sotheli Abymalec clepide also Abraham, and seide to hym, What hast thou do to vs? what synneden we ayens thee, for thou hast brouyt in on me and on my rewme a greuouse synne? thou hast do to vs whiche thingis thou ouytist not do. ¹⁰ And eft Abimalech axide, and seide, What thing seiyist thou, that thou woldist do this? ¹¹ Abraham answerde, Y thouyte with me, and seide, in hap the drede of God is not in this place; and thei schulen sle me for my wijf; ¹² in other maner forsothe and sche is my sister verili, the douyter of my fadir, and not the douyter of my moder; and Y weddide hir in to wijf; ¹³ sotheli aftir that God ladde me out of the hous of my fadir, Y seide to hir, Thou schalt do this mercy with me in ech place to which we schulen entre; thou schalt seie, that Y am thi brother. ¹⁴ Therfore Abymelech took scheep, and oxun, and seruauntis, and handmaydenes, and yaf to Abraham; and he yeldide to him Sare, `his wijf, and seide, The lond is bifor you; ¹⁵ dwelle thou, where euere it plesith thee. Forsothe Abymelech seide to Sare, Lo! ¹⁶ Y yaf a thousand platis of siluer to thi brother; this schal be to thee in to hiling of iyen to al men that ben with thee; and whider euere thou goist, haue thou mynde that thou art takun. ¹⁷ Sotheli for Abraham preiede, God curide Abymelech, and his wijf, and handmaydens, and thei childiden; ¹⁸ for God hadde closid ech wombe of the hows of Abymelech, for Sare, the wijf of Abraham.

²⁰ Ye thouyten yuel of me, and God turnede it in to good, that he schulde enhaunse me, as ye seen in present tyme, and that he schulde make saaf many puplis;

¹ These ben the generaciouns of the sones of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Jafeth. And sones weren borun to hem aftir the greet flood. ² The sones of Jafeth weren Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Jauan, and Tubal, and Mosoth, and Thiras. ³ Forsothe the sones of Gomer weren Asseneth, and Rifath, and Thogorma. ⁴ Forsothe the sones of Jauan weren Helisa, and Tharsis, Cethym, and Dodanym; ⁵ of these sones the ylis of hethen men weren departid in her cuntrees, ech bi his langage and meynees, in hise naciouns. ⁶ Sotheli the sones of Cham weren Thus, and Mesraym, and Futh, and Chanaan. ⁷ Forsothe the sones of Thus weren Saba, and Euila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sones of Regma weren Saba, and Dadan. ⁸ Forsothe Thus gendride Nemroth; he bigan to be myyti in erthe, ⁹ and he was a strong huntere of men bifore the Lord; of hym a prouerbe yede out, as Nemroth, a strong huntere bifore the Lord. ¹⁰ Sotheli the bigynnyng of his rewme was Babiloyne, and Arach, and Archad, and Thalamye, in the lond of Sennaar. ¹¹ Assur yede out of that lond, and bildide Nynyue, `and stretis of the citee, <sup>12</sup> and Chale, and Resen bitwixe Nynyue and Chale; this is a greet citee. <sup>13</sup> And sotheli Mesraym gendride Ludym, and Anamym, and Laabym, Neptuym, and Ferrusym, and Cesluym; <sup>14</sup> of which the Filisteis and Capturym camen forth. <sup>15</sup> Forsothe Chanaan gendride Sidon, his firste gendride sone, Ethei, and Jebusei, <sup>16</sup> and Amorrei, Gergesei, <sup>17</sup> Euei, and Arathei, <sup>18</sup> Ceney, and Aradie, Samarites, and Amathei; and puplis of Chananeis weren sowun abrood bi these men. <sup>19</sup> And the termes of Chanaan weren maad to men comynge fro Sidon to Gerara, til to Gasa, til thou entre in to Sodom and Gomore, and Adama, and Seboyne, til to Lesa. <sup>20</sup> These weren the sones of Cham, in her kynredis, and langagis, and generaciouns, and londis, and folkis. <sup>21</sup> Also of Sem weren borun the fadris of alle the sones of Heber, and Japhet was the more brother. <sup>22</sup> The sones of Sem weren Elam, and Assur, and Arfaxath, and Lud, and Aram. <sup>23</sup> The sones of Aram weren Vs, and Hul, and Gether, and Mes. <sup>24</sup> And sotheli Arfaxath gendride Sale, of whom Heber was borun. <sup>25</sup> And twei sones weren borun to Heber, the name to o sone was Faleg, for the lond was departid in hise daies; and the name of his brothir was Jectan. <sup>26</sup> And thilke Jectan gendride Elmodad, and Salech, <sup>27</sup> and Asamoth, Jare, and Adhuram, and Vsal, <sup>28</sup> and Deda, and Ebal, and Abymahel, Saba, and Ofir, and Euila, and Jobab; <sup>29</sup> alle these weren the sones of Jectan. <sup>30</sup> And the habitacioun of hem was maad fro Messa, as `me goith til to Sefar, an hil of the eest. ³¹ These ben the sones of Sem, bi kynredis, and langagis, and cuntrees, in her folkis. ³² These ben the meynees of Noe, bi her puplis and naciouns; folkis in erthe weren departid of these aftir the greet flood.

¹ Abraham yede forth fro thennus in to the lond of the south, and dwellide bitwixe Cades and Sur, and was a pilgrym in Geraris;

¹ Se ye what maner charite the fadir yaf to vs, that we be named the sones of God, and ben hise sones. For this thing the world knewe not vs, for it knew not hym. ² Moost dere britheren, now we ben the sones of God, and yit it apperide not, what we schulen be. We witen, that whanne he schal appere, we schulen be lijk hym, for we schulen se hym as he is.

¹ That thing that was fro the bigynnyng, which we herden, which we sayn with oure iyen, which we bihelden, and oure hondis touchiden, of the word of lijf; and the lijf is schewid. ² And we sayn, and we witnessen, and tellen to you the euerlastynge lijf, that was anentis the fadir, and apperide to vs. ³ Therfor `we tellen to you that thing, that we seyn, and herden, that also ye haue felowschipe with vs, and oure felowschip be with the fadir, and with his sone Jhesu Crist. ⁴ And we writen this thing to you, that ye haue ioye, and that youre ioye be ful. ⁵ And this is the tellyng, that we herden of hym, and tellen to you, that God is liyt, and ther ben no derknessis in him. ⁶ If we seien, that we han felawschip with hym, and we wandren in derknessis, we lien, and don not treuthe. ⁷ But if we walken in liyt, as also he is in liyt, we han felawschip togidere; and the blood of Jhesu Crist, his sone, clensith vs fro al synne. ⁸ If we seien, that we han no synne, we disseyuen vs silf, and treuthe is not in vs. ⁹ If we knowlechen oure synnes, he is feithful and iust, that he foryyue to vs oure synnes, and clense vs from al wickidnesse. ¹⁰ And if we seien, we han not synned, we maken hym a liere, and his word is not in vs.

¹ And so whanne these thingis weren don, it was teld to Joseph, that his fadir was sijk. And he took hise twei sones, Manasses and Effraym, and he disposide to go. ² And it was seid to the elde man, Lo! thi sone Joseph cometh to thee; which was coumfortid, and sat in the bed. ³ And whanne Joseph entride to hym, he seide, Almyyti God apperide to me in Luza, which is in the lond of Canaan, and blesside me, ⁴ and seide, Y schal encreesse and multiplie thee, and Y schal make thee in to cumpanyes of puplis, and Y schal yyue to thee this lond, and to thi seed aftir thee, in to euerlastinge possessioun. ⁵ Therfor thi twei sones, that ben borun to thee in the lond of Egipt bifore that Y cam hidir to thee, schulen be myne, Effraym and Manasses as Ruben and Symeon schulen be arettid to me; ⁶ forsothe the othere whiche thou schalt gendre aftir hem schulen be thine; and thei schulen be clepid bi the name of her britheren in her possessiouns. ⁷ Forsothe whanne Y cam fro Mesopotamye, Rachel was deed to me in the lond of Canaan, in thilke weie; and it was the bigynnyng of somer; and Y entride in to Effrata, and beriede hir bisidis the weie of Effrata, which bi anothir name is clepid Bethleem. ⁸ Forsothe Jacob seiy the sones of Joseph, and seide to him, Who ben these? ⁹ He answeride, Thei ben my sones, whiche God yaf to me in this place. Jacob seide, Brynge hem to me that Y blesse hem. ¹⁰ For `the iyen of Israel, dasewiden for greet eelde, and he myyte not se clereli; and he kisside and collide tho children ioyned to hym, and seide to his sone, <sup>11</sup> Y am not defraudid of thi siyt; ferthermore God schewide to me thi seed. <sup>12</sup> And whanne Joseph hadde take hem fro `the fadris lappe, he worschipide lowe to erthe. ¹³ And he sette Effraym on his riyt side, that is, on the lift side of Israel; forsothe he settide Manasses in his lift side, that is, on the riyt side of the fadir; and he ioynede bothe to hym. ¹⁴ Which helde forth the riyt hond, and settide on `the heed of Effraym, the lesse brothir; sotheli he settide the left hond on `the heed of Manasses, that was the more thury birthe. Jacob chaungide `the hondes, <sup>15</sup> and blesside his sone Joseph, and seide, God, in whos siyt my fadris Abraham and Isaac yeden; God, that fedith me fro my yong wexynge age til in to present day; <sup>16</sup> the aungel that delyuerede me fro alle yuelis, blesse thes children, and my name be clepid on hem, and the names of my fadris Abraham and Ysaac; and wexe thei in multitude on erthe. <sup>17</sup> Forsothe Joseph seiy that his fadir hadde set the riyt hond on the heed of Effraym, and took heuyli, and he enforside to reise the fadris hond takun fro the heed of Effraym, and to bere `ouer on `the heed of Manasses. <sup>18</sup> And he seide to the fadir, Fadir, it acordith not so; for this is the firste gendrid; sette thi riyt hond on the heed `of hym. ¹⁹ Which forsook and seide, Y woot, my sone, Y woot; and sotheli this child schal be in to puplis, and he schal be multiplied; but his yonger brother schal be more than he, and `his seed schal encreesse in to folkis. ²⁰ And he blesside hem in that tyme, and seide, Israel schal be blessid in thee, Joseph, and it schal be seid, God do to thee as to Effraym and as to Manasses. And he settide Effraym bifore Manasses; ²¹ and seide to Joseph, his sone, Lo! Y die, and God schal be with you, and schal lede you ayen to the lond of youre fadris; ²² Y yyue to thee o part ouer thi britheren which Y took fro the hand of Amorei, in my swerd and bowe.

⁷ Whether not if thou schalt do wel, thou schalt resseyue; but if thou doist yuele, thi synne schal be present anoon in the yatis? but the desir therof schal be vndur thee, and thou schalt be lord therof.

¹ Forsothe the Lord hadde mynde of Noe, and of alle lyuynge beestis, and of alle werk beestis, that weren with hym in the schip; and brouyte a wynd on the erthe. ² And watris weren decreessid, and the wellis of the see weren closid, and the wyndowis of heuene weren closid, and reynes of heuene weren ceessid. ³ And watrys turneden ayen fro erthe, and yeden ayen, and bigunnen to be decreessid aftir an hundrid and fifti daies. ⁴ And the schip restide in the seuenthe monthe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monthe, on the hillis of Armenye. ⁵ And sotheli the watrys yeden and decresiden til to the tenthe monethe, for in the tenthe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the coppis of hillis apperiden. ⁶ And whanne fourti daies weren passid, Noe openyde the wyndow of the schip which he hadde maad, and sente out a crowe, ⁷ which yede out, and turnede not ayen til the watris weren dried on erthe. Also Noe sente out a culuer aftir hym, to se if the watris hadden ceessid thanne on the face of erthe;

⁹ and whanne the culuer foond not where hir foot schulde reste, sche turnede ayen to hym in to the schip, for the watris weren on al erthe; and Noe helde forth his hoond, and brouyte the culuer takun in to the schip. ¹⁰ Sotheli whanne othere seuene daies weren abedun aftirward, eft he leet out a culuer fro the schip; ¹¹ and sche cam to hym at euentid, and bare in hir mouth a braunche of olyue tre with greene leeuys. Therfor Noe vndirstood that the watris hadden ceessid on erthe; ¹² and neuerthelesse he abood seuene othere daies, and sente out a culuer, which turnede `no more ayen to hym. <sup>13</sup> Therfor in the sixe hundrid and o yeer of the lijf of Noe, in the firste monethe, in the firste day of the monethe, watris weren decreessid on erthe; and Noe openede the roof of the schip, and bihelde and seiy that the face of the erthe was dried. <sup>14</sup> In the secunde monethe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monethe, the erthe was maad drie. <sup>15</sup> Sotheli the Lord spak to Noe; <sup>16</sup> and seide, Go out of the schip, thou, and thi wijf, thi sones, and the wyues of thi sones with thee; <sup>17</sup> and lede out with thee alle lyuynge beestis that ben at thee of ech fleisch, as wel in volatilis as in vnresonable beestis, and alle `reptils that crepen on erthe; and entre ye on the erthe, encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied on erthe. ¹⁸ Therfor Noe yede out, and hise sones, and his wijf, and the wyues of hise sones with hym; ¹⁹ but also alle lyuynge beestis, and werk beestis, and `reptils that crepen on erthe, bi her kynde, yeden out of the schip. ²⁰ Forsothe Noe bildide an auter to the Lord, and he took of alle clene beestis and briddis, and offride brent sacrifices on the auter. ²¹ And the Lord sauerede the odour of swetnesse, and seide to hym, Y schal no more curse the erthe for men, for the wit and thouyt of mannus herte ben redi in to yuel fro yong wexynge age; therfor Y schal no more smyte ech lyuynge soule as Y dide; ²² in alle the daies of erthe, seed and ripe corn, coold and heete, somer and wyntir, nyyt and dai, shulen not reste.

²⁶ Make we man to oure ymage and liknesse, and be he souereyn to the fischis of the see, and to the volatilis of heuene, and to vnresonable beestis of erthe, and to ech creature, and to ech `crepynge beest, which is moued in erthe. ²⁷ And God made of nouyt a man to his ymage and liknesse; God made of nouyt a man, to the ymage of God; God made of nouyt hem, male and female. ²⁸ And God blesside hem, and seide, Encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the erthe, and make ye it suget, and be ye lordis to fischis of the see, and to volatilis of heuene, and to alle lyuynge beestis that ben moued on erthe.

¹ In the bigynnyng God made of nouyt heuene and erthe. ² Forsothe the erthe was idel and voide, and derknessis weren on the face of depthe; and the Spiryt of the Lord was borun on the watris. ³ And God seide, Liyt be maad, and liyt was maad. ⁴ And God seiy the liyt, that it was good, and he departide the liyt fro derknessis; and he clepide the liyt, ⁵ dai, and the derknessis, nyyt. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, o daie. ⁶ And God seide, The firmament be maad in the myddis of watris, and departe watris fro watris. ⁷ And God made the firmament, and departide the watris that weren vndur the firmament fro these watris that weren on the firmament; and it was don so. ⁸ And God clepide the firmament, heuene. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the secounde dai. ⁹ Forsothe God seide, The watris, that ben vndur heuene, be gaderid in to o place, and a drie place appere; and it was doon so. ¹⁰ And God clepide the drie place, erthe; and he clepide the gadryngis togidere of watris, the sees. And God seiy that it was good; ¹¹ and seide, The erthe brynge forth greene eerbe and makynge seed, and appil tre makynge fruyt bi his kynde, whos seed be in it silf on erthe; and it was doon so. ¹² And the erthe brouyte forth greene erbe and makynge seed bi his kynde, and a tre makynge fruyt, and ech hauynge seed by his kynde. And God seiy that it was good. ¹³ And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the thridde dai. ¹⁴ Forsothe God seide, Liytis be maad in the firmament of heuene, and departe tho the dai and niyt; and be tho in to signes, and tymes, and daies, and yeeris; ¹⁵ and shyne tho in the firmament of heuene, and liytne tho the erthe; and it was doon so. ¹⁶ And God made twei grete liytis, the gretter liyt that it schulde be bifore to the dai, and the lesse liyt that it schulde be bifore to the niyt; ¹⁷ and God made sterris; and settide tho in the firmament of heuene, that tho schulden schyne on erthe, ¹⁸ and that tho schulden be bifore to the dai and nyyt, and schulden departe liyt and derknesse. And God seiy that it was good. ¹⁹ And the euentid and the morwetid was maad, the fourthe dai. ²⁰ Also God seide, The watris brynge forth a `crepynge beeste of lyuynge soule, and a brid fleynge aboue erthe vndur the firmament of heuene. <sup>21</sup> And God made of nouyt grete whallis, and ech lyuynge soule and mouable, whiche the watris han brouyt forth in to her kyndis; and God made of nouyt ech volatile bi his kynde. And God seiy that it was good; <sup>22</sup> and blesside hem, and seide, Wexe ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the watris of the see, and briddis be multiplied on erthe. <sup>23</sup> And the euentid and the morwetid was maad, the fyuethe dai. <sup>24</sup> And God seide, The erthe brynge forth a lyuynge soul in his kynde, werk beestis, and `crepynge beestis, and vnresonable beestis of erthe, bi her kyndis; and it was don so. ²⁵ And God made vnresonable beestis of erthe bi her kyndes, and werk beestis, `and ech crepynge beeste of erthe in his kynde. And God seiy that it was good; and seide, <sup>26</sup> Make we man to oure ymage and liknesse, and be he souereyn to the fischis of the see, and to the volatilis of heuene, and to vnresonable beestis of erthe, and to ech creature, and to ech `crepynge beest, which is moued in erthe. ²⁷ And God made of nouyt a man to his ymage and liknesse; God made of nouyt a man, to the ymage of God; God made of nouyt hem, male and female. ²⁸ And God blesside hem, and seide, Encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the erthe, and make ye it suget, and be ye lordis to fischis of the see, and to volatilis of heuene, and to alle lyuynge beestis that ben moued on erthe. ²⁹ And God seide, Lo! Y haue youe to you ech eerbe berynge seed on erthe, and alle trees that han in hem silf the seed of her kynde, that tho be in to mete to you; ³⁰ and to alle lyuynge beestis of erthe, and to ech brid of heuene, and to alle thingis that ben moued in erthe, and in whiche is a lyuynge soule, that tho haue to ete; and it was doon so. ³¹ And God seiy alle thingis whiche he made, and tho weren ful goode. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the sixte day.