Genesis 27 Cross References - MSTC

¹ And it came to pass that Isaac waxed old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. Then called he Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, "My son." And he said unto him, "Here am I." ² And he said, "Behold, I am old and know not the day of my death: ³ Now therefore take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and get thee to the fields, and take me some venison, ⁴ and make me meat such as I love, and bring it me and let me eat that my soul may bless thee before that I die." ⁵ But Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And as soon as Esau was gone to the field to catch venison, and to bring it, ⁶ she spake unto Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I have heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, and saying, ⁷ 'bring me venison and make me meat, that I may eat and bless thee before the LORD yer I die.' ⁸ Now therefore, my son, hear my voice in that which I command thee: ⁹ get thee to the flock, and bring me thence two good kids, and I will make meat of them for thy father, such as he loveth. ¹⁰ And thou shalt bring it to thy father and he shall eat, that he may bless thee before his death." ¹¹ Then said Jacob to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is rough and I am smooth. ¹² My father shall peradventure feel me, and I shall seem unto him as though I went about to beguile him, and so shall he bring a curse upon me and not a blessing." ¹³ And his mother said unto him, "Upon me be thy curse, my son, only hear my voice, and go and fetch me them." ¹⁴ And Jacob went and fetched them and brought them to his mother. And his mother made meat of them, according as his father loved. ¹⁵ And she went and fetched goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau which she had in the house with her, and put them upon Jacob her youngest son, ¹⁶ and she put the skins upon his hands and upon the smooth of his neck. ¹⁷ And she put the meat and bread which she had made in the hand of her son Jacob. ¹⁸ And he went in to his father saying, "My father." And he answered, "Here am I, who art thou my son?" ¹⁹ And Jacob said unto his father, "I am Esau, thy eldest son. I have done according as thou baddest me: up and sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me." ²⁰ But Isaac said unto his son, "How cometh it that thou hast found it so quickly my son?" He answered, "The LORD thy God brought it to my hand." ²¹ Then said Isaac unto Jacob, "Come near and let me feel thee my son, whether thou be my son Esau or not." ²² Then went Jacob to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said the voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. ²³ And he knew him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esau's hands and so he blessed him. ²⁴ And he asked him, "Art thou my son Esau?" And he said, "That I am." ²⁵ Then said he, "Bring me and let me eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee." And he brought him, and he ate. And he brought him wine also, and he drank. ²⁶ And his father Isaac said unto him, "Come near and kiss me my son." ²⁷ And he went to him and kissed him. And he smelled the savour of his raiment and blessed him, and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath 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." ³⁰ As soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, then came Esau his brother from his hunting: ³¹ and had made also meat, and brought it in unto his father and said unto him, "Arise my father and eat of thy son's venison, that thy soul may bless me." ³² Then his father Isaac said unto him, "Who art thou?" He answered, "I am thy eldest son Esau." ³³ And Isaac was greatly astonished out of measure, and said, "Where is he then that hath hunted venison and brought it me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him, and he shall be blessed still." ³⁴ When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out greatly and bitterly above measure, and said unto his father, "Bless me also, my father!" ³⁵ And he said, "Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing." ³⁶ Then said he, "He may well be called Jacob, for he hath undermined me now two times — first he took away my birthright; and see, now hath he taken away my blessing also." And he said, "Hast thou kept never a blessing for me?" ³⁷ Isaac answered and said unto Esau, "Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his mother's children have I made his servants. Moreover, with corn and wine have I established him. What can I do unto thee now my son?" ³⁸ And Esau said unto his father, "Hast thou but that one blessing my father? Bless me also, my father!" So lifted up Esau his voice and wept. ³⁹ Then Isaac his father answered and said unto him, "Behold, thy dwelling place shall have of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. ⁴⁰ And with thy sword shalt thou live and shalt be thy brother's servant; But the time will come, when thou shalt get the mastery, and loose his yoke from off thy neck." ⁴¹ And Esau hated Jacob, because of the blessing that his father blessed him withal, and said in his heart, "The days of my father's sorrow are at hand, for I will slay my brother Jacob." ⁴² And these words of Esau her eldest son, were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob her youngest son, and said unto him, "Behold, thy brother Esau threateneth to kill thee. ⁴³ Now therefore my son hear my voice, make thee ready, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran: ⁴⁴ And tarry with him a while, until thy brother's fierceness be assuaged, ⁴⁵ and until thy brother's wrath turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him. Then will I send and fetch thee away from thence. Why should I lose you both in one day?" ⁴⁶ And Rebekah spake to Isaac, "I am weary of my life, for fear of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such one as these are, or of the daughters of the land, what lust should I have to live?"

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: ⁵ but unto Cain and unto his offering, looked he not. And Cain was wroth exceedingly, and lowered. ⁶ And the LORD said unto Cain, "Why art thou angry, and why lowerest thou? Knowest thou not, if thou dost well thou shalt receive it? ⁷ But and if thou dost evil, by and by thy sin lieth open in the door. Notwithstanding, let it be subdued unto thee, and see thou rule it." ⁸ And Cain talked with Abel his brother. And as soon as they were in the fields, Cain fell upon Abel his brother and slew him.

⁸ And Cain talked with Abel his brother. And as soon as they were in the fields, Cain fell upon Abel his brother and slew him. ⁹ And the LORD said unto Cain, "Where is Abel thy brother?" And he said, "I can not tell, am I my brother's keeper?" ¹⁰ And he said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cryeth unto me out of the earth. ¹¹ And now cursed be thou as pertaining to the earth, which opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood of thine hand. ¹² For when thou tillest the ground she shall henceforth not give her power unto thee. A vagabond and a renegade shalt thou be upon the earth." ¹³ And Cain said unto the LORD, "My sin is greater, than that it may be forgiven. ¹⁴ Behold, thou castest me out this day from off the face of the earth, and from thy sight must I hide myself, and I must be a vagabond and a renegade upon the earth: Moreover whosoever findeth me, will kill me." ¹⁵ And the LORD said unto him, "Not so, but whosoever slayeth Cain shall be punished sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark upon Cain that no man that found him should kill him. ¹⁶ And Cain went out from the face of the LORD, and dwelt in the land Nod, on the east side of Eden.

⁵ For verily the blood of you, wherein your lives are, will I require: Even of the hand of all beasts will I require it, and of the hand of man and of the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man: ⁶ so that he which sheddeth man's blood, shall have his blood shed by man again: for God made man after his own likeness.

²⁵ he said, "Cursed be Canaan, and a servant, of all servants be he to his brethren."

²⁵ he said, "Cursed be Canaan, and a servant, of all servants be he to his brethren." ²⁶ And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan be his servant.

⁹ He was a mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD, whereof came the proverb "he is as Nimrod, that mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD."

³¹ Then took Terah: Abram his son, and Lot his son Haran's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law his son Abram's wife. And they went with him from Ur in Chaldea, to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and dwelled there.

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." ⁴ And Abram went as the LORD bade him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy five years old, when he went out of Haran. ⁵ And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, with all their goods which they had gotten, and souls which they had begotten in Haran. And they departed to go into the land of Canaan. And when they were come into the land of Canaan,

¹⁹ "Blessed be Abram unto the most highest God, possessor of heaven and earth.

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."

³ that I may make thee swear by the LORD that is God of heaven and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son, of the daughters of the Canaanites, among which I dwell.

¹² And he said, "LORD God of my master Abraham, send me good speed this day, and show mercy unto my master Abraham.

²⁹ And Rebekah had a brother called Laban. And Laban ran out unto the man, to the well:

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."

²² And the children strove together within her. Then she said, "If it should go so to pass, what helpeth it that I am with child?" And she went and asked the LORD. ²³ And the LORD said unto her, "There are two manner of people in thy womb, and two nations shall spring out of thy bowels, and the one nation shall be mightier than the other and the eldest shall be servant unto the younger."

²³ And the LORD said unto her, "There are two manner of people in thy womb, and two nations shall spring out of thy bowels, and the one nation shall be mightier than the other and the eldest shall be servant unto the younger."

²³ And the LORD said unto her, "There are two manner of people in thy womb, and two nations shall spring out of thy bowels, and the one nation shall be mightier than the other and the eldest shall be servant unto the younger." ²⁴ And when her time was come to be delivered, behold, there were two twins in her womb. ²⁵ And he that came out first was red and rough over all, as it were a hide: and they called his name Esau.

²⁵ And he that came out first was red and rough over all, as it were a hide: and they called his name Esau. ²⁶ And afterward his brother came out, and his hand holding Esau by the heel. Wherefore his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was forty years old when she bare them: ²⁷ and the boys grew, and Esau became a cunning hunter and a tillman. But Jacob was a simple man and dwelled in the tents.

²⁷ and the boys grew, and Esau became a cunning hunter and a tillman. But Jacob was a simple man and dwelled in the tents. ²⁸ Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁸ Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

³¹ And Jacob said, "Sell me this day thy birthright." ³² And Esau answered, "Lo, I am at the point to die, and what profit shall this birthright do me?" ³³ And Jacob said, "Swear to me then this day." And he swore to him and sold his birthright unto Jacob.

³³ And Jacob said, "Swear to me then this day." And he swore to him and sold his birthright unto Jacob. ³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of red rice. And he ate and drank and rose up and went his way. And so Esau regarded not his birthright.

¹² And Isaac sowed in the land, and found in the same year a hundred bushels; for the LORD blessed him.

³⁴ When Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri, an Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon, an Hittite also, ³⁵ which were disobedient unto Isaac and Rebekah.

⁴ and make me meat such as I love, and bring it me and let me eat that my soul may bless thee before that I die."

⁷ 'bring me venison and make me meat, that I may eat and bless thee before the LORD yer I die.' ⁸ Now therefore, my son, hear my voice in that which I command thee: ⁹ get thee to the flock, and bring me thence two good kids, and I will make meat of them for thy father, such as he loveth.

¹² My father shall peradventure feel me, and I shall seem unto him as though I went about to beguile him, and so shall he bring a curse upon me and not a blessing." ¹³ And his mother said unto him, "Upon me be thy curse, my son, only hear my voice, and go and fetch me them."

¹⁶ and she put the skins upon his hands and upon the smooth of his neck. ¹⁷ And she put the meat and bread which she had made in the hand of her son Jacob. ¹⁸ And he went in to his father saying, "My father." And he answered, "Here am I, who art thou my son?" ¹⁹ And Jacob said unto his father, "I am Esau, thy eldest son. I have done according as thou baddest me: up and sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me." ²⁰ But Isaac said unto his son, "How cometh it that thou hast found it so quickly my son?" He answered, "The LORD thy God brought it to my hand." ²¹ Then said Isaac unto Jacob, "Come near and let me feel thee my son, whether thou be my son Esau or not."

²¹ Then said Isaac unto Jacob, "Come near and let me feel thee my son, whether thou be my son Esau or not."

²¹ Then said Isaac unto Jacob, "Come near and let me feel thee my son, whether thou be my son Esau or not." ²² Then went Jacob to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said the voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

²² Then went Jacob to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said the voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. ²³ And he knew him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esau's hands and so he blessed him.

²³ And he knew him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esau's hands and so he blessed him. ²⁴ And he asked him, "Art thou my son Esau?" And he said, "That I am." ²⁵ Then said he, "Bring me and let me eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee." And he brought him, and he ate. And he brought him wine also, and he drank.

²⁵ Then said he, "Bring me and let me eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee." And he brought him, and he ate. And he brought him wine also, and he drank.

²⁷ And he went to him and kissed him. And he smelled the savour of his raiment and blessed him, and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed. ²⁸ God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of corn and wine.

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."

³¹ and had made also meat, and brought it in unto his father and said unto him, "Arise my father and eat of thy son's venison, that thy soul may bless me."

³⁴ When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out greatly and bitterly above measure, and said unto his father, "Bless me also, my father!" ³⁵ And he said, "Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing." ³⁶ Then said he, "He may well be called Jacob, for he hath undermined me now two times — first he took away my birthright; and see, now hath he taken away my blessing also." And he said, "Hast thou kept never a blessing for me?" ³⁷ Isaac answered and said unto Esau, "Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his mother's children have I made his servants. Moreover, with corn and wine have I established him. What can I do unto thee now my son?"

³⁹ Then Isaac his father answered and said unto him, "Behold, thy dwelling place shall have of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.

⁴³ Now therefore my son hear my voice, make thee ready, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran:

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

³ And God almighty bless thee, increase thee, and multiply thee that thou mayest be a number of people, ⁴ and give thee the blessing of Abraham: both to thee and to thy seed with thee, that thou mayest possess the land — wherein thou art a stranger — which God gave unto Abraham."

⁷ and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and was gone unto Mesopotamia: ⁸ and seeing also that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father:

¹⁰ Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran,

²³ And when even was come, he took Lea his daughter and brought her to him and he went in unto her. ²⁴ And Laban gave unto his daughter Lea, Zilpah his maid, to be her servant. ²⁵ And when the morning was come, behold, it was Lea. Then said he to Laban, "Wherefore hast thou played thus with me? Did not I serve thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?"

³⁸ This twenty years that I have been with thee, thy sheep and thy goats have not been barren, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

⁴¹ Thus have I been twenty years in thy house, and served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy sheep, and thou hast changed my reward ten times.

⁶ And the messengers came again to Jacob, saying, "We came unto thy brother Esau, and he cometh against thee; and four hundred men with him."

¹¹ Deliver me from the hands of my brother Esau, for I fear him: lest he will come and smite the mother with the children.

²⁸ And he said, "Thou shalt be called Jacob no more, but Israel. For thou hast wrestled with God and with men and hast prevailed."

¹ Dina, the daughter of Lea which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. ² And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, lord of the country, saw her, and took her, and lay with her, and forced her:

²⁹ and then fell he sick and died, and was put unto his people being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

⁶ And Esau took his wives, his sons and daughters and all the souls of his house; his goods and all his cattle and all his substance which he had got in the land of Canaan, and went into a country away from his brother Jacob. ⁷ For their riches was so much that they could not dwell together; and that the land wherein they were strangers could not receive them, because of their cattle. ⁸ Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir, which Esau is called Edom.

⁴ When his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him and could not speak one kind word unto him.

⁷ Behold, we were making sheaves in the field: and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and yours stood round about and made obeisance to my sheaf." ⁸ Then said his brethren unto him, "What, shalt thou be our king or shalt thou reign over us?" And they hated him yet the more, because of his dream and of his words.

¹⁸ And when they saw him afar off before he came at them, they took counsel against him, for to slay him, ¹⁹ and said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer cometh; ²⁰ come now and let us slay him and cast him into some pit, and let us say that some wicked beast hath devoured him, and let us see what his dreams will come to."

²¹ Then they said one to another, "We have verily sinned against our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us, and would not hear him: therefore is this trouble come upon us." ²² Reuben answered them, saying, "Said I not unto you that ye should not sin against the lad? But ye would not hear; And now verily see, his blood is required."

⁹ I will be surety for him, and of my hands require him. If I bring him not to thee and set him before thine eyes, then let me bear the blame forever.

¹⁸ take your father and your households and come unto me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.'"

²⁹ When the time drew nigh that Israel must die, he sent for his son Joseph and said unto him, "If I have found grace in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh and deal mercifully and truly with me, that thou bury me not in Egypt:

⁹ And Joseph said unto his father, "They are my sons, which God hath given me here." And he said, "Bring them to me, and let me bless them." ¹⁰ And the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

¹⁵ And he blessed Joseph saying, "God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, and the God which hath fed me all my life long unto this day; ¹⁶ And the angel which hath delivered me from all evil, bless these lads: that they may be called after my name, and after my father Abraham and Isaac, and that they may grow and multiply upon the earth." ¹⁷ When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. And he lift up his father's hand, to have removed it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head, ¹⁸ and said unto his father, "Not so my father, for this is the eldest. Put thy righthand upon his head." ¹⁹ And his father would not, but said, "I know it well my son, I know it well. He shall be also a people and shall be great. But of a truth his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be full of people." ²⁰ And he blessed them, saying, "At the example of these, the Israelites shall bless and say, 'God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.'" Thus set he Ephraim before Manasseh. ²¹ And Israel said unto Joseph, "Behold, I die. And God shall be with you and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

⁸ "Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, and thine hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies, and thy father's children shall stoop unto thee. ⁹ Judah is a lion's whelp. From spoil, my son, thou art come on high: he laid him down and couched himself as a lion, and as a lioness. Who dare stir him up? ¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a ruler from between his legs, until Shiloh come, unto whom the people shall hearken.

²⁰ Of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall give pleasures for a king.

²⁸ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is that which their father spake unto them when he blessed them, every man with a several blessing.

³ for so long doth the embalming last, and the Egyptians bewept him seventy days. ⁴ And when the days of weeping were ended, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If I have found favour in your eyes, speak unto Pharaoh and tell him, how that

¹⁰ And when they came to the field of Atad beyond Jordan, there they made great and exceeding sore lamentation. And he mourned for his father seven days. ¹¹ When the inhabiters of the land the Canaanites saw the mourning in the field of Atad, they said, "This is a great mourning which the Egyptians make." Wherefore the name of the place is called Abelmizraim, which place lieth beyond Jordan.

⁷ "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

²² And Aaron lift up his hand over the people and blessed them, and came down from offering of sin offerings, burnt offerings and peace offerings. ²³ Then Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness and came out again and blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

¹⁵ Wherefore, if thou deal thus with me; kill me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thy sight: and let me not see my wretchedness."

²⁰ and what manner of land it is, whether it be fat or lean, and whether there be trees therein or not. And be of a good courage, and bring of the fruits of the land." And it was about the time that grapes are first ripe.

¹² all the fat of the oil, of the wine and of the corn: their first fruits which they give unto the LORD that have I given unto thee.

¹¹ 'Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt and covereth the face of the earth: come now therefore and curse me them, that so peradventure I may be able to overcome them in battle, and to drive them out.'" ¹² And God said unto Balaam, "Thou shalt not go with them, neither curse the people: for they are blessed."

⁸ How shall I curse whom God curseth not? And how shall I defy whom the LORD defieth not?

⁹ He couched himself and lay down as a lion and as a lioness; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee."

¹³ and will love thee, bless thee and multiply thee: he will bless the fruit of thy womb and the fruit of thy field, thy corn, thy wine and thy oil, the fruit of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

⁷ For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of rivers of water, of fountains and of springs that spring out both in valleys and hills: ⁸ a land of wheat and of barley, of vines, fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees with oil and of honey: ⁹ a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.

¹¹ but the land whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys and drinketh water of the rain of heaven, ¹² and a land which the LORD thy God careth for. The eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year unto the latter end of the year.

¹⁸ 'Cursed be he that maketh the blind go out of his way.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

² My doctrine drop, as doth the rain; and my speech flow, as doth the dew — as the mizzling upon the herbs, and as the drops upon the grass.

¹ This is the blessing wherewith Moses, God's man, blessed the children of Israel before his death,

¹ This is the blessing wherewith Moses, God's man, blessed the children of Israel before his death, ² saying, "The LORD came from Sinai, and showed his beams from Seir unto them; and appeared gloriously from mount Paran, and he came with thousands of saints, and in his righthand a law of fire for them. ³ How loved he the people? All his saints are in his hand. They shall set themselves down at thy feet, and receive of thy words. ⁴ Moses gave us a law which is the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. ⁵ And he was in the fullness of the king, and held the rulers of the people together, with the tribes of Israel. ⁶ Reuben shall live and shall not die: but his people shall be few in number. This is the blessing of Judah." ⁷ And he said, "Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah and bring him unto his people: let his hands fight for him: but be thou his help against his enemies." ⁸ And unto Levi he said, "Thy perfectness and thy light be according unto the man of thy mercy, who thou hast tempted at Massah, when ye strove by the waters of strife. ⁹ He that sayeth unto his father and mother, 'I saw him not,' and unto his brethren, 'I knew not,' and to his son, 'I know not': for they have observed thy words and kept thy covenant. ¹⁰ They shall teach Jacob thy judgments and Israel thy laws. They shall put cense before thy nose and whole sacrifices upon thine altar. ¹¹ Bless, LORD, their power, and accept the works of their hands: smite the backs of them that rise against them and of them that hate them, that they rise not again." ¹² Unto Benjamin he said, "The LORD's darling shall dwell in safety by him and keep himself in the haven by him continually, and shall dwell between his shoulders." ¹³ And unto Joseph he said, "Blessed of the LORD is his land with the goodly fruits of heaven, with dew and with springs that lie beneath:

¹³ And unto Joseph he said, "Blessed of the LORD is his land with the goodly fruits of heaven, with dew and with springs that lie beneath: ¹⁴ and with fruits of the increase of the sun and with ripe fruit of the months, ¹⁵ and with the tops of mountains that were from the beginning and with the dainties of hills that last ever, ¹⁶ and with goodly fruit of the earth and of the fullness thereof. And the goodwill of him that dwelleth in the bush shall come upon the head of Joseph and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from among his brethren. ¹⁷ His beauty is as a firstborn ox and his horns as the horns of an unicorn. And with them he shall push the nations together, even unto the ends of the world. These are the many thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh." ¹⁸ And unto Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and thou, Issachar, in thy tents. ¹⁹ They shall call the people unto the hill, and there they shall offer offerings of righteousness. For they shall suck of the abundance of the sea and of treasure hid in the sand." ²⁰ And unto Gad he said, "Blessed is the room-maker Gad. He dwelleth as a lion that catcheth the arm with the of the head. ²¹ He saw, therefore, his beginning, and that there was a portion there to hide the lawgiver; and he came with the heads of the people, and executed the righteousness of the LORD and his judgments with Israel." ²² And unto Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's whelp, he shall flow from Bashan." ²³ And unto Naphtali he said, "Naphtali, he shall have abundance of pleasure and shall be filled with the blessing of the LORD and shall have his possessions in the southwest." ²⁴ And of Asher he said, "Asher shall be blessed with children: he shall be acceptable unto his brethren and shall dip his foot in oil. ²⁵ Iron and brass shall hang on thy shoes and thine age shall be as thy youth. ²⁶ There is none like unto the God of Israel: he that sitteth upon heaven shall be thine help, whose glory is in the clouds: ²⁷ that is the dwelling place of God from the beginning, and from under the arms of the world. He hath cast out thine enemies before thee and said, 'Destroy.' ²⁸ And Israel shall dwell in safety alone. And the eyes of Jacob shall look upon a land of corn and wine. Moreover, his heaven shall drop with dew.

²⁸ And Israel shall dwell in safety alone. And the eyes of Jacob shall look upon a land of corn and wine. Moreover, his heaven shall drop with dew. ²⁹ Happy art thou Israel: who is like unto thee? A people that art saved by the LORD; thy shield, and helper, and sword of thy glory. And thine enemies shall hide themselves from thee, and thou shalt walk upon their high hills."

⁸ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the fields of Moab thirty days. And the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

⁶ For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people of men of war that came out of Egypt were consumed, which hearkened not unto the voice of God; so that the LORD sware, that he would not show them the land which the LORD sware unto their fathers, that he would give us even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

²⁶ And Joshua cursed at that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: so that he lay the foundation with the death of his eldest son, and with the death of his youngest set up the gates."

¹³ And Joshua blessed Caleb the son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron to inherit.

⁶ And so Joshua blessed them and sent them away. And they went unto their tents.

⁴ And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau. And I gave unto Esau mount Seir to possess it. But Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

¹⁵ Then said Manoah unto the Angel of the LORD, "Grant us to tarry until we have made ready a kid and have set it before thee."

² And it chanced at that time, that Eli lay in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim that he could not see.

²⁴ And the men of Israel joined themselves together that day: and Saul adjured the people, saying, "Cursed be he that eateth any food until night, that I may be avenged of mine enemies." And so there was none of the people that tasted any sustenance. ²⁵ And all the land came to a wood where honey lay upon the ground. ²⁶ And when the people were come into the wood: Behold, the honey dropped. Howbeit, there was no man that moved his hand to his mouth, because that the people feared the curse. ²⁷ But Jonathan heard not when his father adjured the people, wherefore he put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in a honey comb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes received sight. ²⁸ Then spake one of the people, and said, "Thy father adjured the people, saying, 'Cursed be the man that eateth any sustenance this day.'" And yet the people were fainty.

³⁶ And Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and let us make havoc among them until it be day in the morning, and let us not leave one of them." And the people answered, "Do whatsoever thou thinkest best." Then said the priest, "Let us come hither unto God." ³⁷ And Saul asked of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hands?" But he answered him not at that time. ³⁸ Then said Saul, "Let the people come hither out of all quarters, and know and see, in whom this sin is chanced this day: ³⁹ for as truly as the LORD liveth, which hath saved Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall die for it." But no man answered him of all the people. ⁴⁰ Then he said unto all Israel, "Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on another." And the people said unto Saul, "What thou thinkest best, that do." ⁴¹ And Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, "Give perfect knowledge." And Saul and Jonathan were caught, and the people escaped free. ⁴² Then said Saul, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." And Jonathan was caught. ⁴³ Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what thou hast done." And Jonathan told him and said, "I tasted a little honey upon the end of my staff that was in mine hand, and see, I must die." ⁴⁴ Then said Saul, "God do so and so to me, except that thou die Jonathan." ⁴⁵ But the people said unto Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, which hath so mightily helped Israel? God forbid. As truly as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground: for he hath wrought with God this day." And so the people delivered Jonathan, that he died not.

²⁰ And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a flacket of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

³ And David sware again and said, "Thy father knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes and therefore he thinketh, 'Jonathan shall not know it, lest he be sorry.' For in very deed even as truly as the LORD liveth, and as truly as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death."

² And David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king hath commanded me to do a certain thing and said unto me, 'Let no man know whereabouts I send and what I have commanded thee to do.' And therefore I have appointed my servants to such and such places.

¹³ And he changed his countenance before them, and raved in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

¹⁹ For who shall find his enemy, and let him depart a good way? Wherefore the LORD reward thee with good, for that thou hast done unto me this day.

²⁴ and fell at his feet and said, "Let this unhappy deed be counted mine, my lord, and let thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

¹⁰ And Achish said, "Have ye not been a roving this day?" And David answered, "Yes, in the south of Judah, and in the south of the Jezreelites, and in the south of the Kenites."

⁴ Then David and the people that was with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they could weep no more. ⁵ And David's two wives were taken prisoners also: Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

²¹ Ye mountains of Gilboa, upon you be neither dew nor rain, nor fields whence heave offerings come: For there the shields of the mighty were cast from them, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.

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.

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.

²⁸ Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods." ²⁹ And the young men of Absalom served Amnon even as Absalom commanded them. And all the king's sons arose and took each man his mule and fled.

⁵ And the king said unto her, "What aileth thee?" And she answered, "I am a widow, and mine husband is dead. ⁶ And thy handmaid had two sons which fought together in the fields where was no man to go between them, and the one slew the other. ⁷ And behold, the whole kindred arose against thy handmaid and said, 'Deliver us him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the soul of his brother whom he slew: for he will destroy the heir also.' And so they shall quench my sparkle which is left that he shall stir up neither name or issue upon the earth unto my husband."

⁹ And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, "My lord king, the trespass be on me and on my father's house, and the king and his seat be guiltless."

²¹ And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river throughout all the land of the Philistines unto the borders of Egypt, and they brought presents and served Solomon all days of his life.

¹¹ And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand quarters of wheat to feed his household withal, and twenty butts of pure oil. And so much gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

¹⁵ For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury them that were slain, he smote all the males in Edom -

¹⁵ For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury them that were slain, he smote all the males in Edom - ¹⁶ for Joab remained six months, and all Israel, till he had rooted out all the males that were in Edom.

¹⁶ for Joab remained six months, and all Israel, till he had rooted out all the males that were in Edom. ¹⁷ And this Hadad fled, and certain other Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go to Egypt; Hadad being yet a little lad.

¹⁸ And the old prophet said unto him, "I am a prophet as well as thou, and an Angel spake unto me with the word of the LORD saying, 'Bring him again with thee to thine house, and let him eat bread and drink water.' Bvt he lied unto him.

² And Jeroboam said unto his wife, "Up, a fellowship, and change thine apparel that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam, and get thee to Shiloh. For there is Ahijah the prophet which told me that I should be king over this people.

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As truly as the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, save as I appoint it."

⁴ And he went a day's journey into the wilderness, and when he was come sat down under a Juniper tree, and desired for his soul, that he might die, and said, "It is now enough, O LORD, take my soul; for I am not better than my fathers."

⁴⁷ There was then no king in Edom; the king was but a deputy.

²⁰ And in his days Edom fell away from under the hand of Judah, and made them a king of their own. ²¹ And Jehoram went to Seir, and all his chariots with him. And he rose by night and laid on the Edomites, which compassed him in, and the captains of his chariot and the people fled into their tents. ²² And so the Edomites slipped away from under the hand of Judah unto this day. And then Libnah slipped away too, even that same time.

¹⁹ Now, therefore, call unto me all the Prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests that none be lacking. For I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal: and if any be missed, he shall not live." But Jehu did it for a subtlety, to destroy the servants of Baal.

⁷ And he slew of the Edomites in the salt valley, ten thousand, and took the town Sela with strength of battle, and called the name of it Joktheel ever after.

¹⁰ Because thou hast beaten the Edomites, therefore thine heart riseth. Be glorious: but tarry at home. For what needest thou to provoke to mischief — that thou shouldest be overthrown and Judah with thee?"

² For unto Judah which was mighty among his brethren, was given the principality before him. But the birthright was given Joseph.

¹¹ And king David dedicated them also unto the LORD with the silver and gold that he brought from all nations, from the Edomites, from the Moabites, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, from the Amalekites. ¹² And Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the salt valley eighteen thousand, ¹³ and put Soldiers in Edom, and all Edom became David's servants: for the LORD kept David in all that he took in hand.

¹⁰ And behold, I sent for thy servants the cutters and hewers of timber twenty thousand quarters of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand quarters of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

⁸ In his days the Edomites departed from under the hand of Judah and made them a king.

¹⁰ And so Edom departed from under the hand of Judah unto this day. That same time also did Libnah depart from under his power, because he left the LORD God of his fathers.

¹¹ And Amaziah took heart and carried out his host and went to Saltdale, where he slew of the children of Seir ten thousand.

¹¹ And Amaziah took heart and carried out his host and went to Saltdale, where he slew of the children of Seir ten thousand. ¹² And other ten thousand the children of Judah took alive, and carried them unto the top of a rock and cast them down from the top of the rock that they all to burst:

¹² And other ten thousand the children of Judah took alive, and carried them unto the top of a rock and cast them down from the top of the rock that they all to burst: ¹³ but the men of the army which Amaziah had turned back and would not let go with his people to battle, ran upon the cities of Judah from Samaria unto Bethhoron and slew three thousand of them and won much spoil. ¹⁴ And it chanced, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, and had brought the gods of the children of Seir, he set them up to be his gods, and bowed himself before them and burned cense unto them.

¹⁷ And the Edomites came yet again and slew of Judah and carried away some captives.

²⁴ And his servants had him out of the chariot and put him in another, and brought him to Jerusalem where he died and was buried in the sepulchre of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

²⁰ "Wherefore is the light given to him that is in misery? And life unto them that have heavy hearts? ²¹ Which long for death, if it come not; ²² and search for it more than for treasure. Which also would be exceedingly glad, and rejoice if they found their grave.

¹⁶ I can see no remedy. I shall live no more. O spare me then, for my days are but vain.

¹⁶ With him is strength and wisdom: he knoweth both the deceiver and him that is deceived.

⁷ Will ye make an answer for God with lies, and maintain him with deceit?

⁷ Will ye make an answer for God with lies, and maintain him with deceit? ⁸ Will ye accept the person of God, or will ye contend with him?

¹³ O that thou wouldest keep me, and hide me in the hell, until thy wrath were stilled: and to appoint me a time, wherein thou mightest remember me.

⁵ But thy wickedness teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen thee a crafty tongue.

¹² When wickedness was sweet in his mouth, he hid it under his tongue. ¹³ That he favoured, that would he not forsake; but kept it close in his throat. ¹⁴ The bread that he did eat is turned to the poison of serpents, within his body.

⁶ For when I ponder and consider this, I am afraid, and my flesh is smitten with fear.

¹ At this, my heart is astonished, and moved out of his place.

⁶ "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." ⁷ As for me, I will preach the law, whereof the LORD hath said unto me, "Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. 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."

¹⁴ I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother; I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

⁸ They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house, and thou shalt give them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

¹² The ungodly layeth wait for the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. ¹³ But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming.

¹⁶ A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than the great riches of the ungodly.

⁵ Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and a horrible dread hath overwhelmed me.

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.

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.

⁵ They have devised mischief, and communed among themselves how they may lay snares. "Tush," say they, "Who shall see them?"

⁹ Thou visitest the earth, thou waterest it, and makest it very plenteous. The river of God is full of waters; thou preparest man his corn, and thus thou providest for the earth. ¹⁰ Thou waterest her furrows, thou breakest the hard clots thereof, thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it.

¹⁰ Thou waterest her furrows, thou breakest the hard clots thereof, thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. ¹¹ Thou crownest the year with thy good, and thy footsteps drop fatness. ¹² They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness; and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. ¹³ The folds shall be full of sheep; the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing.

⁸ His dominion shall be from the one sea to the other, and from the flood unto the world's end.

²⁸ But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORD God, and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

¹⁵ Thou bringest food out of the earth: wine to make glad the heart of man, oil to make him a cheerful countenance and bread to strengthen man's heart.

³ Like the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Zion. For there the LORD promised his blessing, and life forevermore.

⁴ Keep me, O LORD, from the hand of the ungodly; preserve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to overthrow my goings. ⁵ The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords, yea and set traps in my way. Selah.

⁴ O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing, to be minded as the ungodly or wicked men; lest I eat of such things as please them.

³ When my spirit is in heaviness, thou knowest my path: in the way wherein I walk have they privily laid a snare for me.

¹² Let us swallow them up like the hell, let us devour them quick and whole, as those that go down into the pit. ¹³ So shall we find all manner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoils.

¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and are hasty to shed blood.

²⁴ Seeing then that I have called, and ye refused it: I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded it,

²⁴ Seeing then that I have called, and ye refused it: I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded it, ²⁵ but all my counsels have ye despised and set my corrections to naught.

²⁵ but all my counsels have ye despised and set my corrections to naught. ²⁶ Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you:

²⁶ Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you: ²⁷ even when the thing that ye be afraid of, falleth in suddenly like a storm, and your misery like a tempest: yea, when trouble and heaviness cometh upon you. ²⁸ Then shall they call upon me, but I will not hear: they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.

³¹ Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own counsels:

¹⁴ Which rejoice in doing evil, and delight in wicked things:

¹⁶ For they cannot sleep, except they have first done some mischief: neither take they any rest, except they have first done some harm. ¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery.

¹⁴ he is ever imagining mischief and frowardness in his heart, and causeth discord.

¹⁹ A true mouth is ever constant; but a dissembling tongue is soon changed.

²² The LORD abhoreth deceitful lips; but they that labour for truth please him.

³ Foolishness maketh a man to go out of his way, and then is his heart impatient against the LORD.

²¹ There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand.

² Measure thine appetite: ³ and if thou wilt rule thy own self, be not over greedy of his meat, for meat beguileth and deceiveth.

¹ Make not thy boast of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what may happen today.

⁸ Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches, only grant me a necessary living.

¹⁷ Whoso laugheth his father to scorn, and setteth his mother's commandment at naught; the ravens pick out his eyes in the valley, and devoured be he of the young Eagles.

⁹ Be not hastily angry in thy mind, for wrath resteth in the bosom of a fool.

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 when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and when the strong men shall bow themselves; when the millers stand still, because they be so few, and when the sight of the windows shall wax dim;

¹³ The fig tree hath brought forth her figs, and the vine blossoms give a savour.

¹¹ Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; yea, milk and honey is under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of frankincense. ¹² Thou art a well kept garden, O my sister, my spouse, thou are a well kept watering spring, and a sealed well. ¹³ The fruits that sprout in thee are like a very Paradise of pomegranates with sweet fruits: ¹⁴ as Cypress, Nardus, Saffron, Calamus, and all the trees of Lebanon: Myrrh, Aloes, and all the best spices.

¹² In the morning will we rise betimes, and go see the vineyard: if it be sprung forth, if the grapes be grown, and if the pomegranates be shot out. There will I give thee my breasts; ¹³ there shall the mandragoras give their smell beside our doors; there, O my love, have I kept unto thee all manner of fruits, both new and old.

⁷ He shall make no end to increase the kingdom and peace, and shall sit upon the seat of David and in his kingdom, to set up the same: to establish it with equity and righteousness, from thenceforth for evermore. This shall the jealousy of the LORD of hosts bring to pass.

¹⁵ For ye comfort yourselves thus: "Tush, we have made a covenant with death, and with hell we are at an agreement. Though there break out any sore plague, it shall not come upon us. For with deceit will we escape, and with nimbleness will we defend ourselves."

¹⁰ After years and days shall ye be brought in fear, O ye careless cities. For Harvest shall be out, and the grape gathering shall not come. ¹¹ O ye rich idle cities, ye that fear no peril: ye shall be abashed and removed, when ye see the bareness, the nakedness, and preparing to war. ¹² For as the infants weep when their mothers' teats are dried, so shall you weep for your fair fields and fruitful vineyards.

¹ Not long afore this, was Hezekiah sick unto death: And the Prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came unto him, and said, "Thus commandeth the LORD, 'Set thine house in order: for thou must die, and shall not escape.

³ and said, "Remember, O LORD, that I have walked before thee in truth and a steadfast heart, and have done the thing that is pleasant to thee." And Hezekiah wept sore.

⁸ The heavens above shall drop down, and the clouds shall rain righteousness. The earth shall open itself, and bring forth health, and thereby shall righteousness flourish. Even I the LORD shall bring it to pass.

¹⁴ The LORD hath said moreover: The occupiers of Egypt, the merchants of the Ethiopians and Sabees, shall come unto thee with tribute; they shall be thine, they shall follow thee, and go with chains upon their feet. They shall fall down before thee, and make supplication unto thee. For God, without whom there is none other God, shall be with thee.

⁷ Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD the avenger and holy one of Israel, because of the abhorring and despising among the Gentiles, concerning the servant of all them that bear rule: Kings and Princes shall see, and arise and worship, because of the LORD that he is faithful: and because of the holy one of Israel, which hath chosen thee.

²³ For kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and Queens shall be thy nursing mothers. They shall fall before thee with their faces flat upon the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet: that thou mayest know, how that I am the LORD. And who so putteth his trust in me, shall not be confounded.

¹⁹ I make the fruits of thanksgiving. I give peace unto them that are far off, and to them that are nigh, say I the LORD, that make him whole.

¹ What is he, this that cometh from Edom, with stained red clothes of Bozrah, which is so costly cloth, and cometh in so nimbly with all his strength? "I am he that teacheth righteousness, and am of power to help." ² Wherefore then is thy clothing red, and thy raiment like his that treadeth in the winepress? ³ "I have trodden the press myself alone, and of all people, there was not one with me. Thus have I trodden down mine enemies in my wrath, and set my feet upon them in my indignation: And their blood sprang upon my clothes, and so have I stained all my raiment. ⁴ For that day of vengeance that I have taken in hand, and the year of my deliverance, is come. ⁵ I looked about me, and there was no man to show me any help. I fell down, and no man held me up. Then I held me by mine own arm, and my ferventness sustained me: ⁶ and thus have I trodden down the people in my wrath, and bathed them in my displeasure: Insomuch that I have shed their blood upon the earth."

¹⁴ Behold, my servants shall rejoice for very quietness of heart: But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and complain for vexation of mind.

²² Are there any among the gods of the Gentiles, that send rain or give the showers of heaven? Dost not thou it, O LORD our God, in whom we trust? Yea LORD, thou dost all these things."

¹⁴ The words which Jonadab the son of Rechab commanded his sons, that they should drink no wine, are fast and surely kept: for unto this day they drink no wine but obey their father's commandment. But as for me, I have stood up early, I have spoken unto you, and given you earnest warning: and yet have ye not been obedient unto me.

¹⁰ Cursed be he that doth the work of the LORD negligently; and cured be he that keepeth back his sword from shedding of blood.

³⁷ {Mem} What is he then that sayeth, "There should something be done without the LORD's commandment:

¹² Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD God: Because that Edom hath avenged and eased himself upon the house of Judah, ¹³ therefore thus sayeth the LORD: I will reach out mine hand upon Edom, and take away man and beast out of it. From Teman unto Dedan will I make it desolate; they shall be slain with the sword. ¹⁴ Through my people of Israel will I avenge me again upon Edom: they shall handle him, according to my wrath and indignation, so that they shall know my vengeance, sayeth the LORD God. ¹⁵ Thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as the Philistines have done this - namely taken vengeance with despiteful stomachs, and of an old evil will set themselves to destroy -

⁵ Forsomuch as thou bearest an old enemy against the children of Israel, and with a cruel hand hast made them afraid, what time as they were troubled and punished for their sin:

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."

⁵ I will be as dew to Israel, and he shall flourish as a lily, and stretch out his roots as Lebanon. ⁶ His branches shall run out, and as an olive tree shall his glory be, and his savour as Lebanon. ⁷ They that shall turn and sit in his shadow, shall live with corn, and flourish as vines. His renown shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

¹⁹ And the LORD answered and said unto his people, "Behold, I sent you corn, new wine and oil, that ye shall be satisfied therewith. Neither will I deliver you any more unto the heathen.

¹¹ "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of Edom, I will not spare him, because he persecuted his brother with the sword, destroyed his mother's womb, bare hatred very long, and so kept indignation always by him. ¹² Therefore will I send a fire into Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.'

¹⁰ Shame shall come upon thee, for the malice that thou showedest to thy brother Jacob. Yea, for evermore shalt thou perish, ¹¹ and that because of the time when thou didst set thyself against him; even when the enemies carried away his host, and when the aliens came in at his ports, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, and thou thyself wast as one of them. ¹² Thou shalt no more see the day of thy brother; thou shalt no more behold the time of his captivity; thou shalt no more rejoice over the children of Judah, in the day of their destruction; thou shalt triumph no more in the time of their trouble. ¹³ Thou shalt no more come in at the gates of my people, in the time of their decay; thou shalt not see their misery in the day of their fall. Thou shalt send out no man against their host, in the day of their adversity; ¹⁴ neither shalt thou stand waiting anymore at the corners of the streets, to murder such as are fled, or to take them prisoners that remain in the day of their trouble.

¹⁷ But upon the mount Zion, there shall a remnant escape: these shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess even those, that had themselves afore in possession. ¹⁸ Moreover, the house of Jacob shall be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau the straw: which they shall kindle and consume, so that nothing shall be left of the house of Esau, for the LORD himself hath said it. ¹⁹ They of the South shall have the mount of Esau in possession. And look: what lieth upon the ground, that shall the Philistines have. The plain fields shall Ephraim and Samaria possess: and the mountains of Gilead shall Benjamin have. ²⁰ And this host shall be the children of Israel's prisoners: Now whatso lieth from Canaan unto Zarephath, and in Sepharad, that shall be under the subjection of Jerusalem: and the cities of the south shall inherit it. ²¹ Thus they that escape upon the hill of Zion, shall go up to punish the mount of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.

³ Now therefore take my life from me, for I had better die than live."

⁹ And God said unto Jonah, "Art thou so angry for thy wild vine?" And he said, "I am angry a good, even unto the death."

⁷ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the multitude of people, as the dew of the LORD, and as the drops upon the grass, that tarrieth for no man, and waiteth of nobody.

⁸ I have heard the despite of Moab, and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon: how they have shamefully intreated my people, and magnified themselves within the borders of their land. ⁹ Therefore as truly as I live, sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and Ammon as Gomorrah: even dry thorn hedges, salt pits and perpetual wilderness. The residue of my folk shall spoil them, the remnant of my people shall have them in possession.

¹² but they shall be a seed of peace. The vineyard shall give her fruit, the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew: and I shall cause the remnant of this people, to have all these in possession.

¹⁶ Now the things that ye shall do, are these: Speak every man the truth unto his neighbour, execute judgment truly, and peaceably within your ports,

¹⁷ O how prosperous and goodly a thing shall that be: The corn shall make the young men cheerful, and the new wine the maidens.

³ so that if any of them prophesy any more, his own father and mother that begat him, shall say unto him, 'Thou shalt die, for thou speakest lies under the name of the LORD.' Yea, his own father and mother that begat him, shall wound him, when he prophesieth. ⁴ And then shall those prophets be confounded, everyone of his vision when he prophesieth: neither shall they wear sackcloth anymore, to deceive men withal.

² "I have loved you," sayeth the LORD: And yet ye say, "Wherein hast thou loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" sayeth the LORD, "Yet have I loved Jacob, ³ and hated Esau: Yea I have made his hills waste, and his heritage a wilderness for dragons." ⁴ And though Edom said, "Well, we are destroyed, we will go build up again the places that be wasted": yet sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "What they builded, that brake I down: so that it was called a cursed land and people, whom the LORD hath ever been angry withal." ⁵ And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, "The LORD will be magnified upon the borders of Israel."

¹⁴ Cursed be the dissembler, which hath in his flock one that is male, and when he maketh a vow, offereth a spotted one unto the LORD. For I am a great King, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, and my name is fearful among the Heathen.

¹⁰ Have we not all one father? Hath not one God made us? Why doth every one of us then despise his own brother, and so break the covenant of our fathers?

³⁴ Think not, that I am come to send peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, 'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.'

⁴⁵ Then shall he answer them, and say, 'Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.'

⁷⁰ But he denied before them all saying, "I know not what thou sayest." ⁷¹ When he was gone out into the porch, another wench saw him, and said unto them that were there, "This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth." ⁷² And again he denied with an oath that he knew the man. ⁷³ And after a while, came unto him they that stood by, and said unto Peter, "Surely thou art even one of them, for thy speech betrayeth thee." ⁷⁴ Then began he to curse and to swear, that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

²⁵ Then answered all the people, and said, "His blood be on us, and on our children."

³⁵ Watch, therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house will come: whether at even, or at midnight; whether at the cock crowing, or in the dawning:

³⁴ And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, "Behold, this child shall be the fall, and resurrection, of many in Israel: And a sign which shall be spoken against.

²⁴ "Strive with yourselves to enter in at the strait gate: For many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ²⁵ When the good man of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, ye shall begin to stand without, and to knock at the door saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us.' And he shall answer and say unto you, 'I know you not whence ye are.' ²⁶ Then shall ye begin to say, 'We have eaten, and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.' ²⁷ And he shall say, 'I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.' ²⁸ There shall be weeping, and gnashing of teeth: when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out a doors.

²² But his father said to his servants, 'Bring forth that best garment, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

⁴⁶ "Beware of the scribes, which desire to go in long clothing: and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and chief rooms at feasts,

³⁴ Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcome with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this world: and that, that day come on you unawares.

⁵¹ And it came to pass, as he blessed them, he departed from them, and was carried up into heaven.

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."

³ Jesus answered, "Neither this man hath sinned, nor yet his father and mother: but that the works of God should be showed on him.

¹⁰ The thief cometh not but for to steal and kill, and destroy. I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.

²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life: and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. ²⁹ My father which gave them me, is greater than all men; and no man is able to take them out of my father's hand.

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered unto them and said, "Whether it be right in the sight of God to obey you more than God, judge ye.

²⁹ Peter and the other apostles answered, and said, "We ought more to obey God than men.

⁴ When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said among themselves, "This man must needs be a murderer: Whom, though he have escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live."

⁷ If the verity of God appear more excellent through my lie, unto his praise, why am I henceforth judged as a sinner? ⁸ And say not rather — as men evil-speak of us, and as some affirm that we say — "Let us do evil, that good may come thereof." Whose damnation is just.

²⁰ But the law, in the meantime, entered in that sin should increase. Neverthelater, where abundance of sin was, there was more plenteousness of grace. ²¹ That as sin had reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by the help of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ Neither was it so with her only: but also when Rebecca was with child by one, I mean by our father Isaac, ¹¹ yer the children were born, when they had neither done good neither bad — that the purpose of God, which is by election, might stand — it was said unto her, not by the reason of works, but by grace of the caller, ¹² "The elder shall serve the younger."

¹² "The elder shall serve the younger."

¹⁷ Though some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, art graft in among them, and made partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

²⁹ For verily the gifts and calling of God are such, that it cannot repent him of them.

¹² All things are lawful unto me: but all things are not profitable. I may do all things: but I will be brought under no man's power.

⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellent power of it might appear to be of God, and not of us.

⁸ in honour and dishonour, in evil report and good report, as deceivers and yet true,

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,

²⁵ Wherefore, put away lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor, forasmuch as we are members one of another. ²⁶ Be angry, but sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath, ²⁷ neither give place unto the backbiter.

¹ Children, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right.

⁹ Lie not one to another, that the old man with his works be put off,

⁶ that no man go too far and defraud his brother in bargaining, because the Lord is avenger of all such things: as we told you before time, and testified unto you.

²² Abstain from all suspicious things.

¹⁵ Unto the pure, are all things pure: but unto them that are defiled, and unbelieving, is nothing pure: but even the very minds and consciences of them are defiled. ¹⁶ They confess that they know God: but with the deeds they deny him and are abominable, and disobedient, and unto all good works discommendable.

³ For we ourselves also were in times past, unwise, disobedient, deceived, in danger to lusts, and to divers manners of voluptuousness, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, hating one another.

⁷ For that earth which drinketh in the rain which cometh often upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them that dress it, receiveth blessing of God:

²⁰ In faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, as concerning things to come.

¹⁷ Ye know how that afterward when that he would have inherited the blessing, he was put by, and he found no means to come thereby again: no, though he desired it with tears.

⁸ Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purge your hearts ye wavering minded.

¹³ Go to now, ye that say, "Today and tomorrow let us go into such a city and continue there a year and buy, and sell, and win," ¹⁴ and yet cannot tell what shall happen tomorrow. For what thing is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

¹⁴ and yet cannot tell what shall happen tomorrow. For what thing is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. ¹⁵ For that, ye ought to say, "If the Lord will, and if we live, let us do this or that."

¹² and not be as Cain, which was of the devil and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? For his own deeds were evil, and his brother's righteous. ¹³ Marvel not, my brethren, though the world hate you. ¹⁴ We know that we are translated from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. ¹⁵ Whosoever hateth his brother, is a man slayer. And ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶ And hath on his vesture and on his thigh, a name written, "King of Kings, and Lord of lords."