The waters assuage.

B. C. 2349.

I ch. 8. 3. & ch. 8. 4. compared with ver. 11. of this chapter,

a ch. 19. 29. Ex. 2 24.

1 Sam. 1. 19.

Ex. 14. 21.

ech. 7. 11.

4 Job 38, 37.

24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

CHAPTER VIII.

The waters assuage. 4 The ark resteth on Ararat. 7 The raven and the dove. 15 Noah, being commanded, 18 goeth forth out of the ark. 20 He build eth an altar, and affereth sacrifice, 21 which God accepteth, and promiseth to curse the earth no more.

Noah leaveth the ark.

seven and twentieth day of the month, B. C. 2348. was the earth dried.

15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,

every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged. 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

d

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

6¶ And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened 'the window of the ark which he had made:

7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.

9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took Heb. caused her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and
of every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth; that they may breed
abundantly in the earth, and be fruit- ich. 1. 22.
ful, and multiply upon the earth.

18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:

19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their + kinds, + Heb. famiwent forth out of the ark.

lies.

20 ¶ And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean Lev. ch. 11. beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the LORD smelled 'ta sweet Heb. a sasavour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again "curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the "imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

1 Chr. 1. 17, kc.

↑ Heb. Ar pachshad.

† Heb. Shelah. ch. 11. 12. 2247.

That is, Di

tirica. m1 Chr. 1. 19.

a ver. 1.

• ch. 9.19.

about 2247.

Heb, lip.

19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto † Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Heb. words. Or, east

22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and +Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was 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 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 unto Sephar, a mount 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 by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

CHAPTER XI.

One language in the world. 3 The building of Babel. 6 The confusion of tongues. 10 The genera tions of Shem. 2 The generations of Terah the father of Abram. 31 Terah goeth from Ur to Haran.

ND the whole earth was of one

AND the whole earth was of ch

2 And it came to pass, as they sard, as ch journeyed from the east, that they 112 Sam found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

with 1

Chr. 13. 6.

4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

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+ Heb. a man said to his neighbour. † Heb. burn them to a burning.

a Deut. 1. 28.

b ch. 18. 21.

c ch. 9. 19. Acts 17. 26.

6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all done d ver. 1. language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

7 Go to, 'let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called "Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

• Ps. 2. 1.

fch. 1. 26.

P8. 2. 4.
Acts 2. 4, 5, 6.

ch. 42. 23.

Deut. 28. 49.
Jer. 5. 15.
1 Cor.14.2,11.

Luke 1. 51. ich. 10. 25, 32.

That is, Con

fusion.

k1 Cor. 14. 23.

The generations of Terah.

B. C. 2155.

2126.

q Luke 3. 34, Thara.

2056.

r Josh. 24. 2. 1 Chr. 1. 26.

1996.

⚫ ch. 17. 15. & 20. 12.

t ch. 22. 20.

u ch. 16. 1, 2. & 18. 11, 12.

w ch. 12. 1.

I Neh. 9. 7. Acts 7. 4.

y ch. 10. 19.

about 1923.

1921.

a ch. 15. 7. Neh. 9. 7.. Isai. 41. 2. Acts 7. 3. Heb. 11. 8.

b ch. 17. 6. &
18. 18.
Deut. 26. 5.
1 Kings 3. 8.
e ch. 24. 35.

d ch. 28. 4.
Gal. 3. 14.
e ch. 27. 29.
Ex. 28. 22.
Num. 24. 9.

f ch. 18, 18. & 22. 18. & 26.

Acts 3, 25. Gal. 3. 8.

27 ¶ Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land 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 But "Sarai was barren; she had no child.

God calleth Abram, and blesseth him. 3 A promise of Messiah. 4 Abram departeth with Lot from Haran. 6 He journeyeth through the land of Canaan, 7 which is promised him in a vision. 10 He is driven by a famine into Egypt. 11 Fear maketh him feign

Now

his wife to be his sister. 14 Pharaoh, having taken her from him, is compelled by plagues to restore her, OW the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: fand in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD 472.17. 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

Abram goeth into Egypt.

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 Čanaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

6 ¶ And Abram 'passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. 'And the Canaanite was then in the land.

B. C. 1921.

8 ch. 14. 14.

h ch. 11. 31.

i Heb. 11. 9. Deut. 11. 30.

Judg. 7. 1. 1 ch. 10. 18, 19. & 13. 7.

m ch. 17. 1. n ch. 13. 15. & 17. 8.

7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, "Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, ch. 13. 4. who appeared unto him.

8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and Pcalled upon the name of the LORD.

Ps. 105, 9, 11.

P ch. 13. 4.

9 And Abram journeyed, † going on Heb. in go still toward the south.

ing and journeying.

q ch. 13. 3. r ch. 26. 1.

10 T And there was 'a famine in the land and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the fam- Ps. 105, 13. ine was grievous 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 :

t ch. 43. 1.

u ver. 14. ch. 26.7.

12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they willwch. 20. 11. & save thee alive.

:

W

13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

26.7.

ch. 20.5, 13.

See ch. 26.7.

Abram and Lot separate.

B. C. about 1920.

¿ Prov. 21 1.

shout

1918.

a ch. 12. 9. bch. 24. 35. PA 112. 3. Prov, 10, 22.

ch. 12, 8, 9.

ch. 12. 7, 8

• PB. 116. 17

(ch. 96.7.

6 ch. 25. 20.

ch. 12. 6.

11 Cor. 6. 7.

20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

↑ Heb. men brethren. See ch.11.27,

31. Ex. 2. 13.

Ps. 133. 1.
Acta 7, 26.

CHAPTER XIII.

Abram and Lot return out of Egypt. 7 Because of the disagreement between their herdmen, they part

asunder 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14 reneweth the promise to Abram. 18 He removeth to Hebron, and there buildeth an altar.

The battle of the kings.

B. C.

u ver. 11.

14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot "was separated from about 1917. him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art "north-w ch. 28. 14. ward, 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

he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, 'into the south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

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2

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 Hai;

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

ch. 12. 7. &

15. 18. & 17. 8. & 24.7.& 26.4. Num. 34. 12. Deut. 34. 4. Acts 7. 5.

y 2 Chr. 20. 7. Ps. 37. 22, 29. & 112. 2.

z ch. 15.5. & 22. 17. & 26. 4. & 28.14. & 32.12. Ex. 32. 18. Num. 23. 10. Deut. 1. 10. 1 Kings 4. 20. 1 Chr. 27. 23. Is. 48. 19. Jer. 33. 22. Rom. 4. 16. Heb. 11. 12.

18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain Heb. plains. of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

CHAPTER XIV.

The battle of four kings against five. 12 Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Abram rescueth him. 18 Melchizedek blesseth Abram. 20 Abram giveth him tithes. 22 The rest of the spoil, his partners having had their portions, he restoreth to the king of Sodom.

ND it to pass in the days

a ch. 14. 13. b ch. 35. 27. & 37. 14.

together for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen 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, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be t brethren.

9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all m the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, ch. 19. 24, 25. before the LORD "destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto P Zoar.

6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the Or, The wilderness.

plain of Paran, ch. 21. 21. Num. 12. 16. & 13. 3. i Deut. 2. 20.

7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that Deut. 2. 10, dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

11. 1 Deut. 2. 12, 22.

8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, m 2 Chr. 20. 2. and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, the same is Zoar; and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations,