27 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of And let Canaan be his servant. And let him dwell in the tents of Covenant of the Rainbow. The Curse of Canaan. Noah's Posterity mber my covenant, which is be ween me and you and every living reature of all flesh; and the waters all no more become a flood to deroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall in the cloud; and I will look upon that I may remember the eversting covenant between God and very living creature of all flesh that upon the earth. 17 And God said anto Noah, This is the token of the venant which have established etween me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 18 And the sons of Noah, that Tent forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham the father of Canaan. 19 These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard: 21 and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and cheir faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his 2 youngest son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And let Canaan be 3 his servant. 28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. 10 Now these are the genera tions of the sons of Noah, namely, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 Of these were the 5 isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan, 7 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city). 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth the Philistines), and Caphtorim. 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth, 16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 17 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. Noah's Posterity. The Tower of Babel. Confusion of Tongues 1 21 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born. 22 The sons of Shem Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was 2 Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 and 3 Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. 5 And the whole earth was 11 of one language and of one 6speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed 'east, that they found 1 Or, the brother of Japheth the elder 2 That is, Division. 3 In 1 Chr. 1. 22, Ebal. 4 Or, hill-country 5 Heb. lip. 10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood: 11 and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah: 13 and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 17 and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, 8 That is, bitumen. 9 Heb. balal, to confound. Descendants of Shem. Terah's Family. Abram sojourns in Egypt ad begat Reu: 19 and Peleg lived fter he begat Reu two hundred and ne years, and begat sons and daugh And Reu lived two and thirty ars, and begat Serug: 21 and Reu ed after he begat Serug two huned and seven years, and begat sons ad daughters. 2 And Serug lived thirty years, nd begat Nahor: 23 and Serug lived ter he begat Nahor two hundred ars, and begat sons and daughters, H 44 And Nahor lived nine and wenty years, and begat Terah: and Nahor lived after he beat Terah a hundred and nineen years, and begat sons and aghters. And Terah lived seventy years, ad begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Now these are the generations Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran Legat Lot. 28 And Haran died efore his father Terah in the and of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 And Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 4 So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. 6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the 'loak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah. 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 12 and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee. 14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 16 And he dealt well with Abram for her Abram deceives Pharaoh. Returns to Canaan. Separates from Lot sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, | den of Jehovah, like the land o and he-asses, and men-servants, and Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar maid-servants, and she-asses, and 11 So Lot chose him all the Plain o camels. 17 And Jehovah plagued the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east Pharaoh and his house with great and they separated themselves the plagues because of Sarai, Abram's one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt and said, What is this that thou hast in the cities of the Plain, and moved done unto me? why didst thou not his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now tell me that she was thy wife? 19 why the men of Sodom were wicked and saidst thou, She is my sister, so that sinners against Jehovah exceed I took her to be my wife? now there- ingly. fore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had. 13 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah. 5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that 14 And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward: 15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. 18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the 2oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah. 14 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, 2 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar). 3 All these they might dwell together for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, joined together in the valeof Siddim and between my herdsmen and thy (the same is the Salt Sea). 4 Twelve herdsmen; for we are brethren. 9 Is years they served Chedorlaomer, and not the whole land before thee? sep- in the thirteenth year they rebelled. arate thyself, I pray thee, from me: 5 And in the fourteenth year came if thou wilt take the left hand, then Chedorlaomer, and the kings that I will go to the right; or if thou take were with him, and smote the the right hand, then I will go to the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in and beheld all the Plain of the Jor-5 Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6 and the Ho dan, that it was well watered every rites in their mount Seir, unto Elwhere, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the gar3 Or, nations 4 Or, joined themselves together against 1 Or, Circle 5 Or, the plain of Kiriathaim 2 Or, terebinths The Four Kings capture Lot. Abram delivers Lot. Melchizedek blesses Abram paran, which is by the wilderness. | bread and wine: and he was priest And they returned, and came to of 5 God Most High. 19 And he En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), blessed him, and said, Blessed be and smote all the country of the Abram of 5 God Most High, 6 posAmalekites, and also the Amorites, sessor of heaven and earth: 20 and that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. 8 And blessed be 5 God Most High, who there went out the king of Sodom, hath delivered thine enemies into and the king of Gomorrah, and the thy hand. And he gave him a tenth king of Admah, and the king of Ze- of all. 21 And the king of Sodom boiim, and the king of Bela (the said unto Abram, Give me the persame is Zoar); and they set the bat- sons, and take the goods to thyself. tle in array against them in the vale 22 And Abram said to the king of of Siddim; 9 against Chedorlaomer Sodom, I have lifted up my hand king of Elam, and Tidal king of unto Jehovah, 5 God Most High, Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shi-possessor of heaven and earth, nar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five. 10 Now the vale of Siddim was full of 2 slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Herew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. 15 And Le divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and mote them, and pursued them nto Hobah, which is on the left and of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and lso brought back his brother Lot, nd his goods, and the women also, nd the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went it to meet him, after his return om the slaughter of Chedorlaomer nd the kings that were with him, the vale of Shaveh (the same is he King's Vale). 18 And Melchizdek king of Salem brought forth 1 Heb. field. 3 Or, terebinths 4 Or, north 2 That is, bitumen pits. 23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: 24 7 save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. After these things the word 9 15 5 Heb. El Elyon. 6 Or, maker 7 Or, let there be nothing for me; only that &c. |