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The Old Testament
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Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle
THE OLD TESTAMENT
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*** THE BOOK OF GENESIS
This book is so called from its treating of the GENERATION, that
is, of the creation and the beginning of the world. The Hebrews
call it BERESITH, from the Word with which it begins. It
contains not only the history of the Creation of the world; but
also an account of its progress during the space of 2369 years,
that is, until the death of JOSEPH.
Chapter 1
God createth Heaven and Earth, and all things therein, in six
days.
1:1. In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.
1:2. And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the
face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
1:3. And God said: Be light made. And light was made.
1:4. And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the
light from the darkness.
1:5. And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and
there was evening and morning one day.
1:6. And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the
waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.
A firmament. . .By this name is here understood the whole space
between the earth, and the highest stars. The lower part of
which divideth the waters that are upon the earth, from those
that are above in the clouds.
1:7. And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were
under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament,
and it was so.
1:8. And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and
morning were the second day.
1:9. God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be
gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear.
And it was so done.
1:10. And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering
together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was
good.
1:11. And he said: let the earth bring forth green herb, and
such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its
kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was
so done.
1:12. And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as
yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth
fruit, having seed each one according to its kind. And God saw
that it was good.
1:13. And the evening and the morning were the third day.
1:14. And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of
heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for
signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
1:15. To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon
the earth, and it was so done.
1:16. And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the
day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.
Two great lights. . .God created on the first day, light, which
being moved from east to west, by its rising and setting, made
morning and evening. But on the fourth day he ordered and
distributed this light, and made the sun, moon, and stars. The
moon, though much less than the stars, is here called a great
light, from its giving a far greater light to the earth than any
of them.
1:17. And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon
the earth.
1:18. And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light
and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
1:19. And the evening and morning were the fourth day.
1:20. God also said: let the waters bring forth the creeping
creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth
under the firmament of heaven.
1:21. And God created the great whales, and every living and
moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to
their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its kind. And
God saw that it was good.
1:22. And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and
fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon
the earth.
1:23. And the evening and morning were the fifth day.
1:24. And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living
creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of
the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.
1:25. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their
kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth
after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
1:26. And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness:
and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the
fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every
creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.
Let us make man to our image. . .This image of God in man, is not
in the body, but in the soul; which is a spiritual substance,
endued with understanding and free will. God speaketh here in
the plural number, to insinuate the plurality of persons in the
Deity.
1:27. And God created man to his own image: to the image of God
he created him: male and female he created them.
1:28. And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and
fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the
sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move
upon the earth.
Increase and multiply. . .This is not a precept, as some
Protestant controvertists would have it, but a blessing,
rendering them fruitful; for God had said the same words to the
fishes, and birds, (ver. 22) who were incapable of receiving a
precept.
1:29. And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing
seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed
of their own kind, to be your meat:
1:30. And to all beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the
air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is
life, that they may have to feed upon. And it was so done.
1:31. And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were
very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.
Genesis Chapter 2
God resteth on the seventh day and blesseth it. The earthly
paradise, in which God placeth man. He commandeth him not to eat
of the tree of knowledge. And formeth a woman of his rib.
2:1. So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the
furniture of them.
2:2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made:
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had
done.
He rested, etc. . .That is, he ceased to make or create any new
kinds of things. Though, as our Lord tells us, John 5.17, "He
still worketh", viz., by conserving and governing all things, and
creating souls.
2:3. And he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because
in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
2:4. These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when
they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven
and the earth:
2:5. And every plant of the field before it sprung up in the
earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord
God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to
till the earth.
2:6. But a spring rose out of the earth, watering all the surface
of the earth.
2:7. And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and
breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a
living soul.
2:8. And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the
beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.
2:9. And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of
trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life
also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good
and evil.
The tree of life. . .So called because it had that quality, that
by eating of the fruit of it, man would have been preserved in a
constant state of health, vigour, and strength, and would not
have died at all. The tree of knowledge. . .To which the
deceitful serpent falsely attributed the power of imparting a
superior kind of knowledge, beyond that which God was pleased to
give.
2:10. And a river went out of the place of pleasure to water
paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.
2:11. The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth
all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.
2:12. And the gold of that land is very good: there is found
bdellium, and the onyx stone.
2:13. And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it
that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.
2:14. And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same
passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is
Euphrates.
2:15. And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of
pleasure, to dress it, and to keep it.
2:16. And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise
thou shalt eat:
2:17. But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt
not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt
die the death.
2:18. And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone:
let us make him a help like unto himself.
2:19. And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the
beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them
to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam
called any living creature the same is its name.
2:20. And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the
fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam
there was not found a helper like himself.
2:21. Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he
was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for
it.
2:22. And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into
a woman: and brought her to Adam.
2:23. And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of
my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of
man.
2:24. Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall
cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
2:25. And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and
were not ashamed.
Genesis Chapter 3
The serpent's craft. The fall of our first parents. Their
punishment. The promise of a Redeemer.
3:1. Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of
the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman:
Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree
of paradise?
3:2. And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the
trees that are in paradise we do eat:
3:3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of
paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that
we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.
3:4. And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die
the death.
3:5. For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat
thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods,
knowing good and evil.
3:6. And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to
the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit
thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband, who did eat.
3:7. And the eyes of them both were opened: and when they
perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves,
and made themselves aprons.
And the eyes, etc. . .Not that they were blind before, (for the
woman saw that the tree was fair to the eyes, ver. 6.) nor yet
that their eyes were opened to any more perfect knowledge of
good; but only to the unhappy experience of having lost the good
of original grace and innocence, and incurred the dreadful evil
of sin. From whence followed a shame of their being naked; which
they minded not before; because being now stript of original
grace, they quickly began to be subject to the shameful
rebellions of the flesh.
3:8. And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in
paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves
from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.
3:9. And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art
thou?
3:10. And he said: I heard thy voice in paradise; and I was
afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.
3:11. And he said to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast
naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded
thee that thou shouldst not eat?
3:12. And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my
companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
3:13. And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done
this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.
3:14. And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast
done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and beasts of
the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou
eat all the days of thy life.
3:15. I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy
seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie
in wait for her heel.
She shall crush. . .Ipsa, the woman; so divers of the fathers
read this place, conformably to the Latin: others read it ipsum,
viz., the seed. The sense is the same: for it is by her seed,
Jesus Christ, that the woman crushes the serpent's head.
3:16. To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows,
and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children,
and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have
dominion over thee.
3:17. And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the
voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I
commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth
in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the
days of thy life.
3:18. Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou
shalt eat the herbs of the earth.
3:19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou
return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou
art, and into dust thou shalt return.
3:20. And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was
the mother of all the living.
3:21. And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife garments of
skins, and clothed them.
3:22. And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing
good and evil: now therefore lest perhaps he put forth his hand
and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.
Behold Adam, etc. . .This was spoken by way of reproaching him
with his pride, in affecting a knowledge that might make him like
to God.
3:23. And the Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure,
to till the earth from which he was taken.
3:24. And he cast out Adam: and placed before the paradise of
pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to
keep the way of the tree of life.
Genesis Chapter 4
The history of Cain and Abel.
4:1. And Adam knew Eve his wife; who conceived and brought forth
Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.
4:2. And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was
a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.
4:3. And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of
the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.
4:4. Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of
their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his
offerings.
Had respect. . .That is, shewed his acceptance of his sacrifice
(as coming from a heart full of devotion): and that, as we may
suppose, by some visible token, such as sending fire from heaven
upon his offerings.
4:5. But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain
was exceeding angry, and his countenance fell.
4:6. And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is
thy countenance fallen?
4:7. If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall
not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof
shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.
4:8. And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad.
And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother
Abel, and slew him.
4:9. And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And
he answered: I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
4:10. And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy
brother's blood crieth to me from the earth.
4:11. Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which
hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at
thy hand.
4:12. When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its
fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.
4:13. And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than
that I may deserve pardon.
4:14. Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the
earth, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a
vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: every one therefore that
findeth me, shall kill me.
Every one that findeth me shall kill me. . .His guilty conscience
made him fear his own brothers and nephews; of whom, by this
time, there might be a good number upon the earth; which had now
endured near 130 years; as may be gathered from Gen. 5.3,
compared with chap. 4.25, though in the compendious account given
in the scriptures, only Cain and Abel are mentioned.
4:15. And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not so be: but
whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the
Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not
kill him.
Set a mark, etc. . .The more common opinion of the interpreters
of holy writ supposes this mark to have been a trembling of the
body; or a horror and consternation in his countenance.
4:16. And Cain went out from the face of the Lord, and dwelt as a
fugitive on the earth at the east side of Eden.
4:17. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and brought
forth Henoch: and he built a city, and called the name thereof
by the name of his son Henoch.
His wife. . .She was a daughter of Adam, and Cain's own sister;
God dispensing with such marriages in the beginning of the world,
as mankind could not otherwise be propagated. He built a city,
viz. . .In process of time, when his race was multiplied, so as
to be numerous enough to people it. For in the many hundred
years he lived, his race might be multiplied even to millions.
4:18. And Henoch begot Irad, and Irad begot Maviael, and Maviael
begot Mathusael, and Mathusael begot Lamech,
4:19. Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the
name of the other Sella.
4:20. And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as
dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.
4:21. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of
them that play upon the harp and the organs.
4:22. Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and
artificer in every work of brass and iron. And the sister of
Tubalcain was Noema.
4:23. And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice,
ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man
to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising.
I have slain a man, etc. . .It is the tradition of the Hebrews,
that Lamech in hunting slew Cain, mistaking him for a wild beast;
and that having discovered what he had done, he beat so
unmercifully the youth, by whom he was led into that mistake,
that he died of the blows.
4:24. Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for
Lamech seventy times sevenfold.
4:25. Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a
son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another
seed for Abel, whom Cain slew.
4:26. But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos: this
man began to call upon the name of the Lord.
Began to call upon, etc. . .Not that Adam and Seth had not called
upon God, before the birth of Enos; but that Enos used more
solemnity in the worship and invocation of God.
Genesis Chapter 5
The genealogy, age, and death of the Patriarchs, from Adam to
Noe. The translation of Henoch.
5:1. This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that
God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.
5:2. He created them male and female; and blessed them: and
called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
5:3. And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son
to his own image and likeness, and called his name Seth.
5:4. And the days of Adam, after he begot Seth, were eight
hundred years: and he begot sons and daughters.
5:5. And all the time that Adam lived, came to nine hundred and
thirty years, and he died.
5:6. Seth also lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enos.
5:7. And Seth lived after he begot Enos, eight hundred and seven
years, and begot sons and daughters.
5:8. And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years,
and he died.
5:9. And Enos lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.
5:10. After whose birth he lived eight hundred and fifteen years,
and begot sons and daughters.
5:11. And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years,
and he died.
5:12. And Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Malaleel.
5:13. And Cainan lived after he begot Malaleel, eight hundred and
forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
5:14. And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years,
and he died.
5:15. And Malaleel lived sixty-five years and begot Jared.
5:16. And Malaleel lived after he begot Jared, eight hundred and
thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
5:17. And all the days of Malaleel were eight hundred and ninety-
five years, and he died.
5:18. And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begot
Henoch.
5:19. And Jared lived after he begot Henoch, eight hundred years,
and begot sons and daughters.
5:20. And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two
years, and he died.
5:21. And Henoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Mathusala.
5:22. And Henoch walked with God: and lived after he begot
Mathusala, three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
5:23. And all the days of Henoch were three hundred and sixty-
five years.
5:24. And he walked with God, and was seen no more: because God
took him.
5:25. And Mathusala lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and
begot Lamech.
5:26. And Mathlusala lived after he begot Lamech, seven hundred
and eighty-two years, and begot sons and daughters.
5:27. And all the days of Mathusala were nine hundred and sixty-
nine years, and he died.
5:28. And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begot
a son.
5:29. And he called his name Noe, saying: This same shall
comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth,
which the Lord hath cursed.
5:30. And Lamech lived after he begot Noe, five hundred and
ninety-five years, and begot sons and daughters.
5:31. And all the days of Lamech came to seven hundred and
seventy-seven years, and he died. And Noe, when he was five
hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
Genesis Chapter 6
Man's sin is the cause of the deluge. Noe is commanded to build
the ark.
6:1. And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth,
and daughters were born to them,
6:2. The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were
fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose.
The sons of God. . .The descendants of Seth and Enos are here
called sons of God from their religion and piety: whereas the
ungodly race of Cain, who by their carnal affections lay
grovelling upon the earth, are called the children of men. The
unhappy consequence of the former marrying with the latter, ought
to be a warning to Christians to be very circumspect in their
marriages; and not to suffer themselves to be determined in their
choice by their carnal passion, to the prejudice of virtue or
religion.
6:3. And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever,
because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty
years.
His days shall be, etc. . .The meaning is, that man's days, which
before the flood were usually 900 years, should now be reduced to
120 years. Or rather, that God would allow men this term of 120
years, for their repentance and conversion, before he would send
the deluge.
6:4. Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the
sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they brought
forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.
Giants. . .It is likely the generality of men before the flood
were of a gigantic stature in comparison with what men now are.
But these here spoken of are called giants, as being not only
tall in stature, but violent and savage in their dispositions,
and mere monsters of cruelty and lust.
6:5. And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the
earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil
at all times,
6:6. It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And
being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,
It repented him, etc. . .God, who is unchangeable, is not capable
of repentance, grief, or any other passion. But these
expressions are used to declare the enormity of the sins of men,
which was so provoking as to determine their Creator to destroy
these his creatures, whom before he had so much favoured.
6:7. He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the
face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping
thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I
have made them.
6:8. But Noe found grace before the Lord.
6:9. These are the generations of Noe: Noe was a just and
perfect man in his generations, he walked with God.
6:10. And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
6:11. And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with
iniquity.
6:12. And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all
flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth),
6:13. He said to Noe: The end of all flesh is come before me,
the earth is filled with iniquity through them, and I will
destroy them with the earth.
6:14. Make thee an ark of timber planks: thou shalt make little
rooms in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without.
6:15. And thus shalt thou make it. The length of the ark shall
be three hundred cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the
height of it thirty cubits.
Three hundred cubits, etc. . .The ark, according to the
dimensions here set down, contained four hundred and fifty
thousand square cubits; which was more than enough to contain all
the kinds of living creatures, with all necessary provisions:
even supposing the cubits here spoken of to have been only a foot
and a half each, which was the least kind of cubits.
6:16. Thou shalt make a window in the ark, and in a cubit shalt
thou finish the top of it: and the door of the ark thou shalt
set in the side: with lower, middle chambers, and third stories
shalt thou make it.
6:17. Behold, I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the
earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life under
heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.
6:18. And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt
enter into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and the
wives of thy sons with thee.
6:19. And of every living creature of all flesh, thou shalt bring
two of a sort into the ark, that they may live with thee: of the
male sex, and the female.
6:20. Of fowls according to their kind, and of beasts in their
kind, and of every thing that creepeth on the earth according to
its kind: two of every sort shall go in with thee, that they may
live.
6:21. Thou shalt take unto thee of all food that may be eaten,
and thou shalt lay it up with thee: and it shall be food for
thee and them.
6:22. And Noe did all things which God commanded him.
Genesis Chapter 7
Noe with his family go into the ark. The deluge overflows the
earth.
7:1. And the Lord said to him: Go in, thou and all thy house,
into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this
generation.
7:2. Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male and the
female.
Of all clean. . .The distinction of clean and unclean beasts
appears to have been made before the law of Moses, which was not
promulgated till the year of the world 2514.
7:3. But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and
the female. Of the fowls also of the air seven and seven, the
male and the female: that seed may be saved upon the face of the
whole earth.
7:4. For yet a while, and after seven days, I will rain upon the
earth forty days and forty nights: and I will destroy every
substance that I have made, from the face of the earth.
7:5. And Noe did all things which the Lord had commanded him.
7:6. And he was six hundred years old, when the waters of the
flood overflowed the earth.
7:7. And Noe went in and his sons, his wife and the wives of his
sons with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
7:8. And of beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of every
thing that moveth upon the earth,
7:9. Two and two went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as
the Lord had commanded Noe.
7:10. And after the seven days were passed, the waters of the
flood overflowed the earth.
7:11. In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second
month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of
the great deep were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were
opened:
7:12. And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty
nights.
7:13. In the selfsame day Noe, and Sem, and Cham, and Japheth,
his sons: his wife, and the three wives of his sons with them,
went into the ark.
7:14. They and every beast according to its kind, and all the
cattle in their kind, and every thing that moveth upon the earth,
according to its kind, and every fowl according to its kind, all
birds, and all that fly,
7:15. Went in to Noe into the ark, two and two of all flesh,
wherein was the breath of life.
7:16. And they that went in, went in male and female of all
flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in on the
outside.
7:17. And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the
waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth.
7:18. For they overflowed exceedingly: and filled all on the
face of the earth: and the ark was carried upon the waters.
7:19. And the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth:
and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
7:20. The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains
which it covered.
7:21. And all flesh was destroyed that moved upon the earth, both
of fowl and of cattle, and of beasts, and of all creeping things
that creep upon the earth: and all men.
7:22. And all things wherein there is the breath of life on the
earth, died.
7:23. And he destroyed all the substance that was upon the earth,
from man even to beast, and the creeping things and fowls of the
air: and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noe only
remained, and they that were with him in the ark.
7:24. And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty
days.
Genesis Chapter 8
The deluge ceaseth. Noe goeth out of the ark, and offereth a
sacrifice. God's covenant to him.
8:1. And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and
all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind
upon the earth, and the waters were abated:
8:2. The fountains also of the deep, and the floodgates of
heaven, were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
8:3. And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming:
and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days.
8:4. And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and
twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.
8:5. And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth
month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the
tops of the mountains appeared.
8:6. And after that forty days were passed, Noe opening the
window of the ark, which he had made, sent forth a raven:
8:7. Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were
dried up upon the earth.
Did not return. . .The raven did not return into the ark; but (as
it may be gathered from the Hebrew) went to and fro; sometimes
going to the mountains, where it found carcasses to feed on: and
other times returning, to rest upon the top of the ark.
8:8. He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters
had now ceased upon the face of the earth.
8:9. But she not finding where her foot might rest, returned to
him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth: and
he put forth his hand, and caught her, and brought her into the
ark.
8:10. And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth
the dove out of the ark.
8:11. And she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an
olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore
understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.
8:12. And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the
dove, which returned not any more unto him.
8:13. Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first
month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon
the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and
saw that the face of the earth was dried.
8:14. In the second month, the seven and twentieth day of the
month, the earth was dried.
8:15. And God spoke to Noe, saying:
8:16. Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons and the
wives of thy sons with thee.
8:17. All living things that are with thee of all flesh, as well
in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon
the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth:
increase and multiply upon it.
8:18. So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives
of his sons with him.
8:19. And all living things, and cattle, and creeping things that
creep upon the earth, according to their kinds went out of the
ark.
8:20. And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all
cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the
altar.
Holocausts,. . .or whole burnt offerings. In which the whole
victim was consumed by fire upon God's altar, and no part was
reserved for the use of priest or people.
8:21. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no
more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination
and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth:
therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have
done.
Smelled, etc. . .A figurative expression, denoting that God was
well pleased with the sacrifices which his servant offered.
8:22. All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and
heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.
Genesis Chapter 9
God blesseth Noe: forbiddeth blood, and promiseth never more to
destroy the world by water. The blessing of Sem and Japheth.
9:1. And God blessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them:
Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth.
9:2. And let the fear and dread of you be upon all the beasts of
the earth, and upon all the fowls of the air, and all that move
upon the earth: all the fishes of the sea are delivered into
your hand.
9:3. And every thing that moveth, and liveth shall be meat for
you: even as the green herbs have I delivered them all to you:
9:4. Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat.
9:5. For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of
every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man,
and of his brother, will I require the life of man.
9:6. Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed:
for man was made to the image of God.
9:7. But increase you and multiply, and go upon the earth and
fill it.
9:8. Thus also said God to Noe, and to his sons with him:
9:9. Behold I will establish my covenant with you, and with your
seed after you:
9:10. And with every living soul that is with you, as well in all
birds, as in cattle and beasts of the earth, that are come forth
out of the ark, and in all the beasts of the earth.
9:11. I will establish my covenant with you, and all flesh shall
be no more destroyed with the waters of a flood, neither shall
there be from henceforth a flood to waste the earth.
9:12. And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I
give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with
you, for perpetual generations.
9:13. I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign
of a covenant between me and between the earth.
9:14. And when I shall cover the sky with clouds, my bow shall
appear in the clouds:
9:15. And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every
living soul that beareth flesh: and there shall no more be
waters of a flood to destroy all flesh.
9:16. And the bow shall be in the clouds, and I shall see it, and
shall remember the everlasting covenant, that was made between
God and every living soul of all flesh which is upon the earth.
9:17. And God said to Noe: This shall be the sign of the
covenant, which I have established, between me and all flesh upon
the earth.
9:18. And the sons of Noe, who came out of the ark, were Sem,
Cham, and Japheth: and Cham is the father of Chanaan.
9:19. These three are the sons of