Genesis 22 Cross References - MSTC

¹ After these deeds, God did prove Abraham and said unto him, "Abraham." And he answered, "Here am I." ² And he said, "Take thy only son Isaac whom thou lovest, and get thee unto the land of Moria, and sacrifice him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will show thee." ³ Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his men with him, and Isaac his son: and clove wood for the sacrifice, and rose up and got him to the place which God had appointed him. ⁴ The third day Abraham lift up his eyes and saw the place afar off, ⁵ and said unto his young men, "Bide here with the ass. I and the lad will go yonder and worship and come again unto you." ⁶ And Abraham took the wood of the sacrifice and laid it upon Isaac his son, and took fire in his hand and a knife. And they went both of them together. ⁷ Then spake Isaac unto Abraham his father and said, "My father?" And he answered, "Here am I, my son." And he said, "See, here is fire and wood, but where is the sheep for sacrifice?" ⁸ And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide him a sheep for sacrifice." So went they both together. ⁹ And when they came unto the place which God showed him, Abraham made an altar there and dressed the wood, and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, above upon the wood. ¹⁰ And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to have killed his son. ¹¹ Then the angel of the LORD called unto him from heaven saying, "Abraham, Abraham?" And he answered, "Here am I." ¹² And he said, "Lay not thy hands upon the child, neither do anything at all unto him, for now I know that thou fearest God, in that thou hast not kept thine only son from me." ¹³ And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked about: and behold, there was a ram caught by the horns in a thicket. And he went and took the ram and offered him up for a sacrifice in the stead of his son. ¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of the place, "The LORD will see." Wherefore it is a common saying this day, "In the mount will the LORD be seen." ¹⁵ And the angel of the LORD cried unto Abraham from heaven the second time, ¹⁶ saying, "By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing and hast not spared thy only son, ¹⁷ that I will bless thee and multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea side. And thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies. ¹⁸ And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice." ¹⁹ So turned Abraham again unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. ²⁰ And it chanced, after these things, that one told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor: ²¹ Uz his eldest son and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of the Syrians, ²² and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel." ²³ And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. ²⁴ And his concubine called Reuma she bare also Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maacha.

⁷ Then spake Isaac unto Abraham his father and said, "My father?" And he answered, "Here am I, my son." And he said, "See, here is fire and wood, but where is the sheep for sacrifice?"

¹¹ Then the angel of the LORD called unto him from heaven saying, "Abraham, Abraham?" And he answered, "Here am I."

⁴ And when the LORD saw that he came for to see, he called unto him out of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses." And he answered, "Here am I."

²⁵ And Moses cried unto the LORD, and he showed him a tree: and he cast it into the water, and they waxed sweet. There he made them an ordinance and a law, and there he tempted them, ²⁶ and said, "If ye will hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in his sight and will give an ear unto his commandments, and keep all his ordinances: then will I put none of these diseases upon thee which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the LORD thy surgeon."

⁴ Then said the LORD unto Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven down to you, and let the people go out, and gather day by day, that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law or no.

² And think on all the ways which the LORD thy God led thee this forty years in the wilderness, for to humble thee and to prove thee, to wete what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.

¹⁶ which fed thee in the wilderness with Manna whereof thy fathers knew not, for to humble thee and to prove thee, that he might do thee good at thy latter end.

³ hearken not unto the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreams. For the LORD thy God tempteth you, to wete whether ye love the LORD your God with all your hearts and with all your souls.

²² and that to prove Israel through them whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein as their fathers did or not."

¹ And the LORD was wroth again against Israel, and stirred up David against them, saying, "Go and number both Israel and Judah."

³¹ But when the ambassadors of the lords of Babylon were sent to him to enquire of the wonder that chanced in the land, God left him: to tempt him, that all that was in his heart might be known.

³ Like as silver is tried in the fire and gold in the furnace, even so doth the LORD prove the hearts.

⁸ After this I heard the voice of the LORD, taking advisement on this manner, "Whom shall I send, and who will be our messenger?" Then I said, "Here am I, send me."

¹³ There hath none other temptation taken you, such as followeth the nature of man. God is faithful, which shall not suffer you to be tempted above your strength: but shall in the midst of the temptation make a way to escape out.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham offered up Isaac, when he was tempted, and he offered him being his only begotten son, which had received the promises:

¹² Happy is the man that endureth in temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. ¹³ Let no man say when he is tempted that he is tempted of God: for God tempteth not unto evil, neither tempteth he any man. ¹⁴ But every man is tempted, drawn away, and enticed of his own concupiscence.

²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified through works when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

⁷ that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

¹⁹ Then said God, "Nay. Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac. And I will make my covenant with him, that it shall be an everlasting covenant unto his seed after him.

¹² Then the LORD said unto Abraham, "Let it not be grievous unto thee, because of the lad and of thy bondmaid: But in all that Sara hath said unto thee, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

¹² And he said, "Lay not thy hands upon the child, neither do anything at all unto him, for now I know that thou fearest God, in that thou hast not kept thine only son from me."

¹⁶ saying, "By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing and hast not spared thy only son,

³¹ then that thing that cometh out of the doors of my house against me, when I come home in peace from the children of Ammon, shall be the LORD's, and I will offer it up a burnt offering."

³⁹ And after the two months she turned again unto her father, which did with her according to his vow which he had vowed, and so she knew no man.

²⁷ And then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the walls. And there came so great wrath upon Israel, that they departed from him and returned to their own land.

¹ And Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, which was showed David his father when he prepared a place in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

⁷ Hath the LORD a pleasure in many thousand rams, or innumerable streams of oil? Or shall I give my firstborn for mine offenses, and the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?"

¹⁶ For God so loveth the world, that he hath given his only son, for the intent that none that believe in him should perish: But should have everlasting life.

⁸ But God setteth out his love that he hath to us; Seeing that while we were yet sinners; Christ died for us.

³² Which spared not his own son, but gave him for us all: How shall he not with him give us all things also?

⁹ Herein appeared the love of God to us ward, because that God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we should live through him. ¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his son to make a satisfaction for our sins.

²³ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the servants born in his house, and all that was bought with money; as many as were men children among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the foreskin of their flesh, even the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

¹⁴ And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a bottle with water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulders with the lad also, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered up and down in the wilderness of Beersheba.

⁶⁰ I make haste, and prolong not the time, to keep thy commandments.

¹⁰ Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.

³ And thou, which art the doer and hast the matter in hand: shall provide for peace, even the peace that men hope for in thee. ⁴ Hope still in the LORD, for in the LORD God is everlasting strength.

³⁷ He that loveth his father or mother more than me, is not meet for me: and he that loveth his son or daughter more than me, is not meet for me.

²⁸ And Peter began to say unto him, "Lo, we have forsaken all, and have followed thee." ²⁹ Jesus answered and said, "Verily I say unto you, there is no man that hath forsaketh house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, other children, or lands, for my sake and the gospel's, ³⁰ which shall not receive a hundred fold now in this life, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers and children, and lands with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life. ³¹ Many that are first, shall be last. And the last, first."

²⁶ "If a man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, moreover and his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

¹⁶ for to declare his son by me, that I should preach him among the heathen: Immediately I commended not of the matter with flesh and blood,

⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out into a place which he should afterward receive to inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he should go.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham offered up Isaac, when he was tempted, and he offered him being his only begotten son, which had received the promises: ¹⁸ Of whom it was said, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called." ¹⁹ For he considered that God was able to raise up again from death. Wherefore received he him, for an example of the resurrection.

³ I know not the LORD, neither will let Israel go." And they said, "The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he smite us either with pestilence or with sword."

²² Moses brought Israel from the reed sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur. And they went three days long in the wilderness, and could find no water.

¹¹ that they may be ready against the third day. For the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

¹⁵ And he said unto the people, "Be ready against the third day, and see that ye come not at your wives."

¹⁷ but as much of the offered flesh as remaineth unto the third day shall be burned with fire.

³³ And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey to search out a resting place for them.

¹² And he shall purify himself with the ashes the third day and then he shall be clean the seventh day. And if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day, he shall not be clean.

¹⁹ And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean the third day and the seventh day. And the seventh day he shall purify himself and wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.

¹⁹ And lodge without the host seven days, all that have killed any person and all that have touched any dead body, and purify both yourselves and your prisoners; the third day and the seventh.

¹¹ "Go through the midst of the host, and command the people, saying, 'Prepare you victuals: for after three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go and enjoy the land which the LORD your God giveth you, to possess it.'"

¹³ Then David went over to the other side and stood on the top of a hill afar off — a great space being between them -

⁵ "Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people: 'Thus sayeth the LORD God of David thy father. I have heard thy prayer and seen thy tears. Behold, I will heal thee, and this day three days thou shalt go up into the house of the LORD.

¹ And on the third day put Esther on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's palace within, over against the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal seat in the king's palace over against the gate of the house.

² He hath wounded us, and he shall bind us up again; after two days shall he quicken us, in the third day he shall raise us up, so that we shall live in his sight.

²³ and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again." And they sorrowed greatly.

³² And he said unto them, "Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and heal the people today and tomorrow, and the third day I make an end.

⁴ and that he was buried, and that he arose again the third day according to the scriptures,

¹⁹ For he considered that God was able to raise up again from death. Wherefore received he him, for an example of the resurrection.

¹ Wherefore let us also — seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses — lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,

⁶ And we went astray as sheep, and turned every man his way: and the LORD put on him the wickedness of us all.

¹⁷ to fulfill that which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "He took on him our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."

²⁶ Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?" ²⁷ And he began at Moses, and at all the prophets, and interpreted unto them, in all scriptures which were written of him.

¹⁷ And he bare his cross, and went forth into a place called the place of dead men's skulls: which is named in Hebrew, Golgotha:

²⁴ which his own self bare our sins in his body on the tree, that we should be delivered from sin and should live in righteousness. By whose stripes ye were healed.

² And she proceeded forth and bare his brother Abel: And Abel became a shepherd, and Cain became a plowman. ³ And it fortuned, in process of time, that Cain brought of the fruit of the earth an offering unto the LORD. ⁴ And Abel, he brought also of the firstlings of his sheep and of the fat of them. And the LORD looked unto Abel and to his offering:

²⁰ And Noah made an altar unto the LORD, and took of all manner of clean beasts and all manner of clean fowls, and offered sacrifice upon the altar.

³ Speak ye unto all the fellowship of Israel, saying that they take, the tenth day of this month, to every household: a sheep.

³⁹ And he went away a little apart, and fell flat on his face, and prayed, saying, "O my father, if it possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

⁴² He went away once more, and prayed, saying, "O my father, if this cup cannot pass away from me, but that I drink of it, thy will be fulfilled."

¹¹ Then said Jesus unto Peter, "Put up thy sword into the sheath: shall I not drink of the cup which my father hath given me?"

¹⁵ For ye have not received the spirit of bondage to fear anymore, but ye have received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry, "Abba father."

¹⁴ Is the thing too hard for the LORD to do? In the time appointed will I return unto thee, as soon as the fruit can have life. And Sara shall have a son."

⁹ And Amaziah said again to the man of God, "What shall we do then, for the hundred talents which I have given unto the host of Israel?" And the man of God said, "The LORD is able to give thee much more than that."

²⁶ Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

²⁹ The next day, John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, "Behold, the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

³⁶ and he beheld Jesus as he walked by, and said, "Behold the lamb of God."

¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb undefiled, and without spot, ²⁰ which was ordained before the world was made: but was declared in the last times for your sakes.

⁶ And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the seat and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a lamb as though he had been killed, which had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the spirits of God, sent into all the world.

¹² saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the lamb that was killed to receive power, and riches and wisdom, and strength, and honour and glory, and blessing."

¹⁴ And I said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest." And he said unto me, "These are they which came out of great tribulation and made their garments large, and made them white in the blood of the lamb:

⁸ and all that dwell upon the earth worshipped him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the lamb, which was killed from the beginning of the world.

⁷ Then the LORD appeared unto Abram and said, "Unto thy seed will I give this land." And he built an altar there unto the LORD which appeared to him.

² And he said, "Take thy only son Isaac whom thou lovest, and get thee unto the land of Moria, and sacrifice him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will show thee." ³ Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his men with him, and Isaac his son: and clove wood for the sacrifice, and rose up and got him to the place which God had appointed him. ⁴ The third day Abraham lift up his eyes and saw the place afar off,

²⁷ God is the LORD, and hath showed us light; O garnish the solemn feast with green branches, even unto the horns of the altar.

⁴ He was so despisable, that we esteemed him not. Truly, he took upon him our diseases, and bare our sorrows. And yet we counted him plagued, and beaten, and humbled of God. ⁵ He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. The correction that brought us peace was on him, and with his stripes we were healed. ⁶ And we went astray as sheep, and turned every man his way: and the LORD put on him the wickedness of us all. ⁷ He suffered wrong and was evil entreated, and yet opened not his mouth: he was as a sheep led to be slain: and as a lamb before his shearer, he was dumb and opened not his mouth. ⁸ By the reason of the affliction, he was not esteemed: and yet his generation who can number? When he is taken from the earth of living men: for my people's transgression he was plagued. ⁹ He put his sepulchre with the wicked, and with the rich in his death: because he did none iniquity, neither was guile found in his mouth. ¹⁰ And yet the LORD determined to bruise him with infirmities. His soul giving herself for trangression, he shall see seed of long continuance; and the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

¹ When they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethpage, unto mount Olivet, then sent Jesus two of his disciples, ² saying to them, "Go into the town that lieth over against you, and anon ye shall find an ass bound, and her colt with her: loose them and bring them unto me. ³ And if any man say ought unto you, say ye that your master hath need of them; and straight way he will let them go." ⁴ All this was done, to fulfill that which was spoken by the prophet, saying, ⁵ "Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass used to the yoke." ⁶ The disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, ⁷ and brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and set him thereon. ⁸ And many of the people spread their garments in the way. Others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. ⁹ Moreover, the people that went before, and they also that came after, cried, saying, "Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest." ¹⁰ And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, "Who is this?" ¹¹ And the people said, "This is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth, a city of Galilee." ¹² And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that bought and sold in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves. ¹³ And said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.'" ¹⁴ And the blind and the halt came to him in the temple, and he healed them. ¹⁵ When the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did; and the children crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David"; they disdained, ¹⁶ and said unto him, "Hearest thou what these say?" Jesus said unto them, "Yea, have ye never read, 'Of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast ordained praise?'" ¹⁷ And he left them, and went out of the city unto Bethany, and had his abiding there. ¹⁸ In the morning as he returned into the city again, he hungered, ¹⁹ and spied a fig tree in the way, and came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said to it, "Never fruit grow on thee hence forwards." And anon the fig tree withered away. ²⁰ And when his disciples saw that, they marveled saying, "How soon is the fig tree withered away!" ²¹ Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, if ye shall have faith, and shall not doubt, ye shall not only do that which I have done to the fig tree: but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, take thyself away, and cast thyself into the sea, it shall be done. ²² And whatsoever thing ye shall ask in your prayers if ye believe, ye shall receive it." ²³ And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this power?" ²⁴ Jesus answered, and said unto them, "I also will ask of you a certain question, which, if ye assoil me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ The baptism of John: whence was it? From heaven, or of men?" Then they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we shall say from heaven; he will say unto us, 'Why did ye not then believe him?' ²⁶ But and if we shall say of men; then fear we the people. For all men held John as a prophet." ²⁷ And they answered Jesus, and said, "We cannot tell." And he likewise said unto them, "Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. ²⁸ "What say ye to this? A certain man had two sons, and came to the elder and said, 'Son, go and work today in my vineyard.' ²⁹ He answered and said, 'I will not.' But afterward, repented and went. ³⁰ Then came he to the second, and said likewise, and he answered and said, 'I will sir.' Yet went he not. ³¹ Whether of these twain did the will of the father?" And they said unto him, "The first." Jesus said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots shall come into the kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came unto you, in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not. But the publicans and the harlots believed him. And yet ye, though ye saw it, were not yet moved with repentance; that ye might afterward have believed him. ³³ "Hearken another similitude. There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange country: ³⁴ And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it, ³⁵ and the husbandmen caught his servants, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they served them likewise. ³⁷ But last of all, he sent unto them his own son, saying, 'They will fear my son.' ³⁸ But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir: come on, let us kill him, and let us take his inheritance, to ourselves.' ³⁹ And they caught him, and thrust him out of the vineyard, and slew him. ⁴⁰ When the Lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do with those husbandmen?" ⁴¹ They said unto him, He will cruelly destroy those evil persons; and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall deliver him the fruit at times convenient. ⁴² Jesus said unto them, "Did ye never read in the scriptures? 'The same stone which the builders refused, the same is set in the principal part of the corner: this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.' ⁴³ Therefore say I unto you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to the Gentiles, which shall bring forth the fruits of it. ⁴⁴ And whosoever shall fall on this stone, he shall be alto broken. But on whosoever it shall fall upon, it will grind him to powder." ⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and Pharisees heard these similitudes, they perceived that he spake of them. ⁴⁶ And they went about to lay hands on him, but they feared the people, because they took him as a prophet.

¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, ² "Ye know that after two days shall be Easter, and the son of man shall be delivered to be crucified." ³ Then assembled together the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people into the palace of the high priest, called Caiaphas: ⁴ and held a counsel, how they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him. ⁵ But they said, "Not on the holy day, lest any uproar arise among the people." ⁶ When Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ there came unto him a woman, which had an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at the board. ⁸ When his disciples saw that, they had indignation saying, "What needed this waste? ⁹ This ointment might have been well sold, and given to the poor." ¹⁰ When Jesus understood that, he said unto them, "Why trouble ye the woman? She hath wrought a good work upon me. ¹¹ For ye shall have poor folk always with you: but me shall ye not have always. ¹² And in that she casted this ointment on my body, she did it to bury me, withal. ¹³ Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout all the world, there shall also this that she hath done, be told for a memorial of her." ¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, ¹⁵ and said, "What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?" And they appointed unto him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶ And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. ¹⁷ The first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus saying unto him, "Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the paschal lamb?" ¹⁸ And he said, "Go into the city, unto such a man, and say to him, The master saith, my time is almost at hand: I will keep mine Easter at thy house with my disciples." ¹⁹ And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them, and made ready the Easter lamb. ²⁰ When the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. ²¹ And as they did eat, he said, "Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me." ²² And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, "Is it I, master?" ²³ He answered and said, "He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. ²⁴ The son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe be to that man, by whom the son of man shall be betrayed. It had been good for that man, if he had never been born." ²⁵ Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, "Is it I, master?" He said unto him, "Thou hast said." ²⁶ As they did eat, Jesus took bread and gave thanks, brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take. Eat. This is my body." ²⁷ And he took the cup, and thanked, and gave it them, saying, "Drink of it every one.

² and brought him bound and delivered him unto Pontius Pilate, the deputy.

¹ And anon in the dawning held the high priests a council with the elders and the scribes; And also the whole congregation, and bound Jesus and led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

¹⁷ Therefore doth my father love me: because I put my life from me, that I might take it again. ¹⁸ No man taketh it from me: but I put it away of myself. I have power to put it from me, and power I have to take it again. This commandment have I received of my father."

³² The tenor of the scripture which he read was this, "He was led as a sheep to be slain: And like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.

¹³ But Christ hath delivered us from the curse of the law, and was made accursed for us — for it is written, "Cursed is everyone that hangeth on tree" —

² and walk in love even as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice of a sweet savour to God.

⁷ Nevertheless, he made himself of no reputation, and took on him the shape of a servant, and became like unto men, and was found in his apparel as a man. ⁸ He humbled himself and became obedient unto the death, even the death of the cross.

²⁸ even so Christ was once offered to take away the sins of many, and unto them that look for him, shall he appear again, without sin, unto their salvation.

⁶ And we went astray as sheep, and turned every man his way: and the LORD put on him the wickedness of us all. ⁷ He suffered wrong and was evil entreated, and yet opened not his mouth: he was as a sheep led to be slain: and as a lamb before his shearer, he was dumb and opened not his mouth. ⁸ By the reason of the affliction, he was not esteemed: and yet his generation who can number? When he is taken from the earth of living men: for my people's transgression he was plagued. ⁹ He put his sepulchre with the wicked, and with the rich in his death: because he did none iniquity, neither was guile found in his mouth. ¹⁰ And yet the LORD determined to bruise him with infirmities. His soul giving herself for trangression, he shall see seed of long continuance; and the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. ¹¹ Because of the labour of his soul, he shall see and be satisfied. With his knowledge, he, being just, shall justify my servants: and that a great number. And he shall bear their iniquities. ¹² Therefore I will give him his part in many, and the spoil of the rich he shall divide: because he gave his soul to death, and was numbered with the trespassers, and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for transgressors.

²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified through works when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest how that faith wrought within his deeds, and through the deeds was the faith made perfect. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, "Abraham believed God, and it was reputed unto him for righteousness," and he was called the friend of God.

⁷ And the Angel of the LORD found her beside a fountain of water in the wilderness: even by a well in the way to Shur.

⁹ And the Angel of the LORD said unto her, "Return to thy mistress again, and submit thyself under her hands." ¹⁰ And the angel of the LORD said unto her, "I will so increase thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude."

¹⁷ And God heard the voice of the child. And the angel of God called Hagar out of heaven and said unto her, "What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God hath heard the voice of the child where he lieth.

¹ After these deeds, God did prove Abraham and said unto him, "Abraham." And he answered, "Here am I."

¹⁰ And the LORD came and stood and called as before, "Samuel, Samuel." And Samuel said, "Speak on, for thy servant heareth thee."

⁴ And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"

¹⁴ When we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the prick.'

¹¹ And Abraham answered, "I thought that peradventure the fear of God was not in this place, and that they should slay me for my wife's sake:

² And he said, "Take thy only son Isaac whom thou lovest, and get thee unto the land of Moria, and sacrifice him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will show thee."

⁵ because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice and kept mine ordinances, commandments, statutes and laws."

¹⁸ And Joseph said unto the third day, "This do and live, for I fear God.

²⁰ And Moses said unto the people, "Fear not, for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be among you that ye sin not."

²⁴ Only fear you the LORD and serve him truly with all your hearts: for he hath done great things for you. ²⁵ But and if ye shall do wickedly: then shall both ye and your king thereto perish."

²² Then said Samuel, "Hath the LORD as great pleasure in burnt sacrifices and offerings, as he hath that thou shouldest obey his voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to give heed is better than the fat of rams.

¹⁵ For the old captains that were before me, had been chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, and forty sicles of silver: yea and their servants had oppressed the people. But so did not I, and that because of the fear of God.

¹⁹ He delivereth thee out of six troubles, so that in the seventh there can no harm touch thee.

²⁸ And unto man he said, 'Behold, to fear the LORD is wisdom: and to forsake evil, is understanding.'"

⁶ For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

¹¹ Serve the LORD in fear, and rejoice unto him in reverence.

¹² What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

¹⁴ The secret of the LORD is among them that fear him, and he showeth them his covenant.

¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do thereafter. The praise of it endureth forever.

¹¹ But the LORD's delight is in them that fear him, and put their trust in his mercy.

⁷ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

¹² But though an evil person offend a hundredth times, and have a long life: yet am I sure, that it shall go well with them that fear God, because they have him before their eyes. ¹³ Again, as for the ungodly, it shall not be well with him, neither shall he prolong his days: but even as a shadow, so shall he be that feareth not God.

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of all things: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that toucheth all men;

⁵ for they have set up an altar unto Baal, to burn their children for a burnt offering unto Baal, which I neither commanded, nor charged them, neither thought once thereupon.

⁴⁰ And I will set up an everlasting covenant with them; Namely: that I will never cease to do them good, and that I will put my fear in their hearts, so that they shall not run away from me.

⁶ "What acceptable thing shall I offer unto the LORD? Shall I bow my knee to the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, and with calves of a year old? ⁷ Hath the LORD a pleasure in many thousand rams, or innumerable streams of oil? Or shall I give my firstborn for mine offenses, and the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" ⁸ I will show thee, O man, what is good, and what the LORD requireth of thee: Namely, to do right, to have pleasure in loving-kindness, to be lowly, and to walk with thy God.

² But unto you that fear my name, shall the Son of righteousness arise, and health shall be under his wings: ye shall go forth, and multiply as the fat calves.

¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven.

³⁷ He that loveth his father or mother more than me, is not meet for me: and he that loveth his son or daughter more than me, is not meet for me. ³⁸ And he that taketh not his cross and followeth me, is not meet for me.

²⁴ Jesus then said to his disciples. "If any man will follow me, let him forsake himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

²⁹ And whosoever forsaketh houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake; the same shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

³¹ Then had the congregations rest, throughout all Jewry and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified, and walked in the fear of the Lord; And multiplied by the comfort of the holy ghost.

¹² For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

²⁸ Wherefore if we receive a kingdom which is not moved, we have grace, whereby we may serve God and please him with reverence and godly fear.

¹⁸ Yea, and a man might say, "Thou hast faith, and I have deeds: Show me thy faith by thy deeds: and I will show thee my faith by my deeds."

²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified through works when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest how that faith wrought within his deeds, and through the deeds was the faith made perfect.

⁵ And a voice came out of the seat, saying, "Praise our Lord God all ye that are his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great."

⁸ And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide him a sheep for sacrifice." So went they both together.

⁶ Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not, but mine ears hast thou opened. Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not required. ⁷ Then said I, "Lo, I come. In the beginning of the book it is written of me, ⁸ that I should fulfill thy will, O my God. I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart."

¹⁹ Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst, "I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the people. ²⁰ I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him.

²¹ and thine ears hearken to his word that cryeth after thee and sayeth, "This is the way. Walk ye in it. Turn not aside; neither to the righthand nor to the left."

⁷ Purge therefore the old leaven, that ye may be new dough, as ye are sweet bread. For Christ our Easter lamb is offered up for us. ⁸ Therefore let us keep holiday, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of maliciousness and wickedness — but with the sweet bread of pureness and truth.

⁹ Also we received an answer of death in ourselves, and that was done because we should not put our trust in ourselves, but in God, which raiseth the dead to life again - ¹⁰ and which delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver — on whom we trust, that yet hereafter he will deliver us,

¹³ And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, "Thou art the God that lookest on me," for she said, "I have of a surety seen here the back parts of him that seeth me." ¹⁴ Wherefore she called the well, "the well of the living that seeth me" which well is between Kadesh and Bered.

¹³ And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked about: and behold, there was a ram caught by the horns in a thicket. And he went and took the ram and offered him up for a sacrifice in the stead of his son.

¹⁹ And he called the name of the place Bethel, for indeed the name of the city was called Luz before time.

³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, "for I have seen God face to face, and yet is my life reserved."

¹⁵ And Moses made an altar and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi,

³⁶ "For the LORD will do justice unto his people, and have compassion on his servants. For it shall be seen that their power shall fail, and at the last they shall be prisoned and forsaken.

²⁴ Then Gideon made an altar there unto the LORD and called it Jehovah Shalom; The LORD is the Peace. Which unto this day is yet in Ophrah that pertaineth unto the father of the Abiezrites.

¹² And then Samuel took a stone and pitched it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name thereof the stone of help, saying, "Thus far hath the LORD helped us."

⁴ Our fathers hoped in thee; they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them. ⁵ They called upon thee, and were helped: they put their trust in thee, and were not confounded.

³⁵ Thus shall it have eighteen thousand measures round about. And from that time forth, the name of the city shall be, 'The LORD is there.'"

¹⁷ Our God whom we serve, is able to keep us from the hot burning oven, O king, and can right well deliver us out of thy hands: ¹⁸ And if he will not, yet shalt thou know, O king, that we will not serve thy Gods, nor do reverence to the Image which thou hast set up." ¹⁹ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of indignation, so that the countenance of his face changed upon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Therefore he charged and commanded, that the oven should be made seven times hotter, than it was wont to be: ²⁰ and spake unto the strongest worthies that were in his house, for to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them in to the hot burning oven. ²¹ So these men were bound in their coats, hosen, shoes with their other garments, and cast into the hot burning oven. ²² For the king's commandment was so straight, and the oven was exceeding hot. As for the men that put in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, the flame of the fire destroyed them. ²³ And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell down in the hot burning oven, being fast bound. ²⁴ Then Nebuchadnezzar the king marveled, and stood up in all haste: he spake unto his counsel and said, "Did not ye cast these three men bound into the fire?" They answered, and said unto the king, "Yea O king." ²⁵ He answered and said, "Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt. And the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."

¹⁰ And now, O thou daughter Zion, be sorry: let it grieve thee as a wife labouring with child. For now must thou get thee out of the city, and dwell upon the plain field: Yea, unto Babylon shalt thou go, there shalt thou be delivered, and there the LORD shall loose thee from the hand of thine enemies.

¹⁴ And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten son of the father, which word was full of grace, and verity.

⁸ Brethren, I would not have you ignorant of our trouble, which happened unto us in Asia. For we were grieved out of measure passing strength, so greatly that we despaired even of life.

¹⁶ And without nay, great is that mystery of godliness. God was showed in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached unto the gentiles, was believed on in earth and received up in glory.

² And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing.

⁹ even the covenant that he made with Abraham, and the oath that he sware unto Isaac,

²³ I swear by myself: out of my mouth cometh the word of righteousness, and that may no man turn: but all knees shall bow unto me, and all tongues shall swear by me,

¹³ For why? I have sworn by myself, sayeth the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a wilderness; an open shame; a laughingstock and cursing; and her cities shall be a continual desert.

¹⁴ The LORD of Hosts hath sworn by himself that he will overwhelm thee with men, like grasshoppers in number, which with courage shall cry 'Alarum, Alarum' against thee.

⁸ "'The LORD God hath sworn even by himself,' sayeth the LORD God of hosts, 'I hate the pride of Jacob, and I abhor his palaces: and I will give over the city, with all that is therein:

⁷³ And to perform the oath, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to give us.

¹³ For the promise that he should be heir of the world was not given to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law: but through the righteousness which cometh of faith. ¹⁴ For if they which are of the law be heirs, then is faith but vain, and the promise of none effect.

¹³ For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he sware by himself, ¹⁴ saying, "Surely I will bless thee, and multiply thee indeed."

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 shall thy seed also be numbered.

⁵ And he brought him out at the doors and said, "Look up unto heaven and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them." And said unto him, "Even so shall thy seed be."

⁶ and I will multiply thee exceedingly, and will make nations of thee: yea, and kings shall spring out of thee.

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her, "Thou art our sister, grow into thousand thousands, and thy seed possess the gates of their enemies."

⁴ and will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries. And through thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,

²⁸ God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of corn and wine. ²⁹ People be thy servants, and nations bow unto thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and thy mother's children stoop unto thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee."

³ And God almighty bless thee, increase thee, and multiply thee that thou mayest be a number of people,

¹⁴ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: And thou shalt spread abroad: west, east, north and south. And through thee and thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. ¹⁵ And see, I am with thee, and will be thy keeper in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land: Neither will I leave thee; until I have made good all that I have promised thee." ¹⁶ When Jacob was awaked out of his sleep, he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware." ¹⁷ And he was afraid, and said, "How fearful is this place? It is none other, but even the house of God and the gate of heaven!" ¹⁸ And Jacob stood up early in the morning and took the stone that he had laid under his head, and pitched it up on end, and poured oil on the top of it. ¹⁹ And he called the name of the place Bethel, for indeed the name of the city was called Luz before time. ²⁰ And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this journey which I go and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to put on, ²¹ so that I come again unto my father's house in safety: then shall the LORD be my God, ²² and this stone which I have set up on end, shall be God's house. And of all that thou shalt give me, will I give the tenth unto thee."

¹² Thou saidest that thou wouldest surely do me good, and wouldest make my seed as the sand of the sea which can not be numbered for multitude."

²⁵ Thy father's God shall help thee, and the almighty shall bless thee with blessings from heaven above, and with blessings of the water that lieth under, and with blessings of the breasts and of the womb. ²⁶ The blessings of thy father were strong: even as the blessings of my elders, after the desire of the highest in the world. And these blessings shall fall on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

¹⁷ I see him but not now, I behold him but not nigh. There shall come a star of Jacob and rise a scepter of Israel, which shall smite the coasts of Moab and undermine all the children of Seth. ¹⁸ And Edom shall be his possession, and the possession of Seir shall be their enemies, and Israel shall do manfully. ¹⁹ And out of Jacob shall come he that shall destroy the remnant of the cities."

¹⁰ For the LORD your God hath multiplied you: so that ye are this day as the stars of heaven in number.'

¹⁹ Then let his father and his mother take him and bring him out unto the elders of that city and unto the gate of that same place,

² And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the town and blessed in the fields; ⁴ blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattle, the fruit of thine oxen, and thy flocks of sheep; ⁵ blessed shall thine almery be and thy store. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be, both when thou goest out, and blessed when thou comest in. ⁷ The LORD shall smite thine enemies that rise against thee before thy face. They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. ⁸ The LORD shall command the blessing to be with thee in thy store houses and in all that thou settest thine hand to, and will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ⁹ "The LORD shall make thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God and walk in his ways. ¹⁰ And all nations of the earth shall see that thou art called after the name of the LORD, and they shall be afeared of thee. ¹¹ And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, in the fruit of thy cattle and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. ¹² "The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, even the heaven, to give rain unto thy land in due season and to bless all the labours of thine hand. And thou shalt lend unto many nations, but shalt not need to borrow thyself. ¹³ And the LORD shall set thee before and not behind, and thou shalt be above only and not beneath: if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God which I command thee this day to keep and to do them.

¹ After the death of Moses, the servant of the LORD, the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, ² "Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore, up and go over Jordan, both thou and all this people, unto the land the which I give unto the children of Israel. ³ All the places that the soles of your feet shall tread upon, have I given you, as I said unto Moses: ⁴ from the wilderness and this Lebanon unto the great river Euphrates; and all the land of the Hittites, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coasts. ⁵ There shall not a man be able to withstand thee all the days of thy life. For as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee and will neither leave thee, nor forsake thee. ⁶ Be strong and bold: for unto this people shalt thou divide the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. ⁷ Above all things, be strong and harden thyself, to observe and to do according to all the laws which Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn there from neither to the righthand, nor to the left: that thou mayest have understanding in all thou takest in hand. ⁸ Let not the book of this law depart out of thy mouth: but record therein day and night that thou mayest be circumspect to do according to all that is written therein. For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have understanding. ⁹ Behold, I have said unto thee, be strong and bold: neither fear, nor dread. For the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." ¹⁰ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

¹ After that, David beat the Philistines and subdued them, and took the bridle of bondage out of their hands. ² And he beat the Moabites and measured them with a line, making them lie along the earth; so that he brought two parts of them to death, and let one part live. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and paid tribute. ³ David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to make the end of his coasts at the river Euphrates. ⁴ And David took a thousand and seven hundred horsemen of his, and twenty thousand footmen, and destroyed all his chariots — reserving one hundred of them. ⁵ Then came the Syrians of Damascus to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah. And David slew of them two and twenty thousand men and put soldiers in Syria, Damascus. ⁶ And the Syrians became servants to David paying tribute. And thus the LORD saved David in all that he went to. ⁷ And David took the shields of gold that were upon the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸ And thereto out of Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, he brought exceeding great abundance of brass. ⁹ When Toi, king of Hamath, had heard how David had discomforted all the host of Hadadezer, ¹⁰ he sent Joram his son unto king David to salute him with peace and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and beaten him — for Toi kept war with Hadadezer — which son brought vessels of silver, gold and of brass with him. ¹¹ And them also King David did dedicate unto the LORD with the silver and gold that he consecrated of all nations which he subdued: ¹² of the Syrians, the Moabites, the children of Ammon, the Philistines, the Amalekites, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. ¹³ And David made him a name after he returned from the slaughter of the Syrians in the valley of salt where he slew eighteen thousand men. ¹⁴ And he put keepers in Edom, even throughout all Edom put he soldiers; and all Edom became his servants. And the LORD kept David whatsoever he took in hand. ¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel and executed right and justice unto all his people. ¹⁶ And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder. ¹⁷ And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests, and Seraiah was the scribe. ¹⁸ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

¹ It happened, after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. ² Then said David, "I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me." And thereupon David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants over the death of his father. Now when David's servants were come into the land of the children of Ammon, ³ the lords of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, "Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, because he hath sent to comfort thee? Nay, he hath rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city and to spy it out, even to overthrow it." ⁴ Wherefore Hanun took David's servants and shaved off the one half of every man's beard and cut off their garments even in the middle, even hard by the buttocks of them and sent them away. ⁵ When it was told David he sent against them — for they were men exceedingly ashamed — and said, "Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return." ⁶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank unto David, they sent and hired the sons of Bethrehob of the Syrians of Zobah: twenty thousand footmen; and of king Maacah: a thousand men; and of Ishtob: twelve thousand men. ⁷ And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of strong men. ⁸ And the children of Ammon came out and waged battle before the gate, and the Syrians of Zobah, of Rehob, Ishtob and Maacah were by themselves in the fields. ⁹ When Joab saw that the front of the battle was before and after, he chose of all the best of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians. ¹⁰ And the rest of the people he delivered in the hand of Abishai his brother, which put them in array against the children of Ammon. ¹¹ And he said, "If the Syrians overcome me, then succor me. But if the children of Ammon be too good for thee, I will come and succor thee. ¹² Quite thee like a man, and let us fight lustily for our people and for the cities of our God. And the LORD do what seemeth best in his eyes." ¹³ And forthwith Joab proceeded, and the people that was with him, into battle against the Syrians: which fled before him. ¹⁴ And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. And so Joab returned from the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered them together. ¹⁶ And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river. And the host of them came; and Sobah, the captain of the host of Hadadezer before them. ¹⁷ And when it was showed David, he gathered all Israel and passed over Jordan and came to Helam: where the Syrians put themselves in array against David and fought with him. ¹⁸ Howbeit, the Syrians fled before Israel. And David destroyed seven hundred chariots of them and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of his host, that he there died. ¹⁹ And when all the kings that were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with them and served them. And so the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

²⁶ he made ships in Eziongeber which is beside Eloth, on the brink of the reed sea, in the land of Edom.

⁸ Desire of me, and I shall give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance; and the uttermost parts of the world for thy possession. ⁹ Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

⁸ His dominion shall be from the one sea to the other, and from the flood unto the world's end. ⁹ They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.

²² and hast given them this land, like as thou hadst promised unto their fathers: Namely, that thou wouldest give them a land, that floweth with milk and honey.

²² For like as the stars of heaven may not be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and of the Levites my ministers."

⁴⁴ In the days of these kings, shall the God of heaven set up an everlasting kingdom, which shall not perish, and his kingdom shall not be given over to another people. Yea, the same shall break and destroy all these kingdoms, but it shall endure forever. ⁴⁵ And whereas thou sawest that without any hands there was cut out of the mount a stone, which brake the iron, the copper, the earth, the silver and gold in pieces: by that hath the great God showed the king, what will come after this. This is a true dream, and the interpretation of it is sure."

⁹ For their wound is past remedy. And why? It is come into Judah, and hath touched the port of my people at Jerusalem already.

⁶⁸ "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed his people. ⁶⁹ And hath raised up a horn of salvation unto us, in the house of his servant David. ⁷⁰ Even as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophets which were since the world began. ⁷¹ That we should be saved from our enemies: And from the hands of all that hate us: ⁷² To fulfill the mercy promised to our fathers; And to remember his holy covenant; ⁷³ And to perform the oath, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to give us. ⁷⁴ That we, delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear: ⁷⁵ all the days of our life, in such holiness and righteousness that are accept before him.

⁵⁷ But thanks be unto God, which hath given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ Blessed be God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which hath blessed us with all manner of spiritual blessings in heavenly things by Christ,

¹⁵ And the seventh angel blew, and there were made great voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world are our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for evermore."

³ And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee. And in thee shall be blessed all the generations of the earth."

¹⁸ seeing that Abraham shall be a great and a mighty people, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

³ Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his men with him, and Isaac his son: and clove wood for the sacrifice, and rose up and got him to the place which God had appointed him.

¹⁰ And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to have killed his son.

⁴ and will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries. And through thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, ⁵ because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice and kept mine ordinances, commandments, statutes and laws."

³⁰ Wherefore the LORD God of Israel sayeth, 'I said that thine house and the house of thy father should have walked before me forever. But now the LORD sayeth that be far from me: for them that honoureth me I will honour, and they that despise me, shall not be regarded.

¹⁷ His name shall endure forever; his name shall remain under the sun among the posterities, which shall be blessed in him. And all the heathen shall praise him.

²³ but this I commanded them, saying, 'Hearken and obey my voice, and I shall be your God, and ye shall be my people: so that ye walk in all the ways, which I have commanded you, that ye may prosper.'

²⁵ Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant, which God hath made unto our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'Even in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.'

³ that make mention of his son, the which was begotten unto him of the seed of David, as pertaining to the flesh:

⁸ For the scripture saw aforehand, that God would justify the heathen through faith, and therefore showed beforehand glad tidings unto Abraham: "In thee shall all nations be blessed." ⁹ So then, they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

¹⁶ To Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, "in the seeds," as in many: But, "in thy seed," as in one, which is Christ.

¹⁸ For if the inheritance come of the law, it cometh not of promise: but God gave it unto Abraham by promise.

²⁸ Now is there no Jew, neither gentile, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither man nor woman: but ye are all one thing in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs by promise.

¹ Faith is a sure confidence of things which are hoped for, and a certainty of things which are not seen. ² By it the elders were well reported of. ³ Through faith we understand that the world was ordained, by the word of God: and that things which are seen, were made of things which are not seen. ⁴ By faith, Abel offered unto God a more plenteous sacrifice than Cain: by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by which also he being dead, yet speaketh. ⁵ By faith was Enoch translated that he should not see death; neither was he found, for God had taken him away. Before he was taken away, he was reported of that he had pleased God. ⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him: For he that cometh to God, must believe that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him. ⁷ By faith Noah honoured God, after that he was warned of things which were not seen, and prepared the ark to the saving of his household, through the which ark he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which cometh by faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out into a place which he should afterward receive to inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he should go. ⁹ By faith he removed into the land that was promised him, as into a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so did Isaac, and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. ¹⁰ For he looked for a city having a foundation, whose builder and maker is God. ¹¹ Through faith Sarah also received strength to be with child, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful which had promised. ¹² And therefore sprang thereof one — and of one which was as good as dead — so many in multitude, as the stars of the sky, and as the sand of the sea shore which is innumerable. ¹³ And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ¹⁴ They that say such things, declare that they seek a country. ¹⁵ Also, if they had been mindful of that country, from whence they came out, they had leisure to have returned again. ¹⁶ But now they desire a better, that is to say a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them, even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. ¹⁷ By faith Abraham offered up Isaac, when he was tempted, and he offered him being his only begotten son, which had received the promises: ¹⁸ Of whom it was said, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called." ¹⁹ For he considered that God was able to raise up again from death. Wherefore received he him, for an example of the resurrection. ²⁰ In faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, as concerning things to come. ²¹ By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and bowed himself toward the top of his scepter. ²² By faith Joseph, when he died, remembered the departing of the children of Israel, and gave commandment of his bones. ²³ By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his father and mother, because they saw he was a proper child: neither feared they the king's commandment. ²⁴ By faith Moses, when he was of a great age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, ²⁵ and chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, ²⁶ and esteemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches, than the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect unto the reward. ²⁷ By faith he forsook Egypt, and feared not the fierceness of the king. For he endured, even as he had seen him which is invisible. ²⁸ Through faith he ordained the Easter lamb, and the effusion of blood, lest he that destroyed the first born should touch them. ²⁹ By faith they passed through the reed sea as by dry land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to do, they were drowned. ³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about, seven days. ³¹ By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with unbelievers, when she had received the spies to lodging peaceably. ³² And what shall I more say? The time would be too short for me to tell of Gideon, of Barach, and of Samson, and of Jephthah. Also of David and Samuel, and of the prophets, ³³ which through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained the promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, of weak were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. ³⁵ And the women received their dead raised to life again. Others were racked, and would not be delivered, that they might receive a better resurrection. ³⁶ Others tasted of mockings, and scourgings, moreover of bonds and prisonment: ³⁷ were stoned, were hewn asunder, were tempted, were slain with swords, walked up and down in sheep skins, in goat skins, in need, tribulation, and vexation, ³⁸ which the world was not worthy of: They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. ³⁹ And these all, through faith, obtained good report, and received not the promise; ⁴⁰ God providing a better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

³¹ Wherefore the place is called Beersheba, because they sware both of them.

²⁸ Hazarshual, Beersheba, and Bazjothjah;

¹ Then all the children of Israel went out: and there gathered a congregation together as it had been but one man, even from Dan to Beersheba and out of the land of Gilead, unto the land to Mizpeh.

²⁶ And when Terah was seventy years old, he begat Abram, Nahor and Haran.

²⁹ And Abram and Nahor took them wives. Abram's wife was called Sarai. And Nahor's wife, Milcah the daughter of Haran; which was father of Milcah and of Iscah.

¹⁰ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed, and had of all manner goods of his master with him, and stood up and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, yer he had left speaking, that Rebekah came out — the daughter of Bethuel, son to Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother — and her pitcher upon her shoulder.

²⁴ And she said unto him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah which she bare unto Nahor,"

⁵³ The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their fathers, be judge betwixt us." And Jacob sware by him that his father Isaac feared.

²⁵ A good report out of a far country, is like cold water to a thirsty soul.

⁷ And he began his parable, and said, "Balak the king of Moab hath fetched me from Mesopotamia out of the mountains of the east saying, 'Come and curse me Jacob, come and defy me Israel.'

¹ In the land of Uz, there was a man called Job: an innocent and virtuous man, such a one as feared God, and eschewed evil.

² But Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite of the kindred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Job, that he called himself just before God.

¹ {To the chanter, upon the rose of witness, Michtam of David, for to teach: when he fought against Mesopotamia, and Syria of Zoba: and when Joab turned back, and slew twelve thousand Edomites in the valley of Salt} O God, thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad; thou that hast been so sore displeased at us, comfort us again. ² Thou that hast moved the land, and divided it; heal the sores thereof, for it shaketh. ³ Thou hast showed thy people heavy things; thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine. ⁴ Yet hast thou given a token, for such as fear thee, that they may triumph because of the truth. Selah. ⁵ That thy beloved might be delivered, help them with thy righthand, and hear me. ⁶ God hath spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice, and divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. ⁷ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head, Judah is my lawgiver; ⁸ Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I stretch out my shoe; Philistia shall be glad of me. ⁹ Who will lead me into the strong city? Who will bring me into Edom? ¹⁰ Shall not thou do it, O God, thou that hast cast us out? Wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts? ¹¹ O be thou our help in trouble, for vain is the help of man. ¹² Through God will we do great acts, for it is he that shall tread down our enemies.

⁴⁷ And I asked her, saying, 'whose daughter art thou?' And she answered, 'the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him.' And I put the earring upon her face and the bracelets upon her hands.

⁵¹ Behold Rebekah before thy face: take her and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, even as the LORD hath said."

⁶⁷ Then Isaac brought her in to his mother Sara's tent, and took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her: and so was Isaac comforted over his mother.

²⁰ And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia and sister to Laban the Syrian.

² but arise and get thee to Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father: and there take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.

⁵ Thus Isaac sent forth Jacob, to go to Mesopotamia unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, and brother to Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

¹⁰ Neither was it so with her only: but also when Rebecca was with child by one, I mean by our father Isaac,

³ Then Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid the Egyptian — after Abram had dwelled ten years in the land of Canaan — and gave her to her husband Abram, to be his wife.

⁶ And unto the sons of his concubines he gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son — while he yet lived — eastward, unto the east country.

²⁵ The LORD will break down the house of the proud; but he shall make fast the borders of the widow.