so moch as the enheritaunce of the children of Iuda was to greate for them therfore inhereted the children of Simeon amonge their enheritaunce The thirde lot fell vpon the childreÌ„ of Zabulon after their kynreds And the border of their enheritauÌ„ce was vnto Sarid goeth vp westwarde to Mareala bordreth vpon Dabaseth and reacheth vnto the ryuer that floweth ouer agaynst Iakneam turneth from Sarid eastwarde vnto the border of Cisloth Thabor and coÌ„meth out vnto Dabrath and reacheth vp to Iapia and from theÌ„ce goeth it westwarde thorow Githa Hepher and Itha Kazim and commeth out towarde Rimon Hamthoar Hanea fetcheth a compasse aboute from the north vnto Nathon the goynge out of it is in y e valley Iephtha El Katath Nahalal Simron Iedeala Bethlehem These are twolue cities and their vyllages This is the enheritauÌ„ce of the childreÌ„ of Zabulon in their kynreds these are their cities and vyllages The fourth lot fell vpoÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Isachar after their kynreds their border was Iesraela Chessulloth Sunem Hapharaim Sion Anaharath Raabith Kision Abez Kemeth En GaÌ„nim Enhada Beth Pazez bordreth vpon Thabor Sahazima Beth Semes and y e outgoinge of it was at Iordane These are sixtene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Isachar in their kynreds cities and vyllages The fifth lot fell vpon the trybe of the children of Asser after their kynreds And their border was Helkath Hali Beten Achsaph Alamelech Amead Miseal and borderth on Carmel vnto the see and on Sihor and Libnath and turneth towarde the east vnto Beth Dagon and bordreth on Zabulon and on the valley of Iephtael and towarde the north syde of Beth Emek and Negiel commeth out vnto Cabul on the lefte syde of Ebron Rehob Hamon and Cana vnto greate Sidon And turneth towarde Rama vnto the stronge cite of Zor and turneth towarde Hossa and goeth out vnto the see after y e 〈◊〉 towarde Achsib Vma Aphek Rehob These are two and twentye cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Asser in their kinreds cities and vyllages The syxte lot fell vpon the children of Nephtali in their kynreds And their border was froÌ„ Heleph Elon thorow Zaanaim Adai Nekeb Iabne El vnto Lakum and goeth out vnto Iordane and turneth westwarde to Asnoth Thabor and coÌ„meth ouâ— from thence vnto Hukok and bordreth on Zabulon towarde the south and on Asser towarde the west and on Iuda by Iordane towarde the east and hath stronge cities Zidimzer Hamath Rakath Chinnaret Adama Rama Hazor Kedes Edrei En Hazor Iereon Migdal ElhareÌ„ Beth Anath Beth Same 's These are nyentene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of y e trybe of the children of Nephtali in their kynreds cities and vyllages The seuenth lot fell vpon the trybe of the children of Dan after their kynreds And the border of their enheritaunce was Zarea Esthaol Irsames Saalabin Aialon Iethla Elon Thimnata Ekron Eltheke GibethoÌ„ Baalath Iehud Bâ—erbarak Gat Rimon Me Iarkon Rakon with the border by Iapho and on the same goeth the border of the children of Dan out And the children of DaÌ„ wente vp and foughte agaynst Lesem and wanne it and smote it with the edge of the swerde and toke it in possession dwelt therin and called it Dan after y e name of their father This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Dan in their kynreds cities and vyllages And whaÌ„ y e loÌ„de was all parted out with the borders therof the children of Israel gaue Iosua the sonne of Nun an enheritaunce amonge them and acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE they gaue him y e cite that he requyred namely Thimnath Serah vpon mouÌ„t Ephraim there buylded he the cite and dwelt therin These are the enheritaunces which Eleasar the prest and Iosua y e sonne of Nun and the chefest of the fathers amonge y e tribes deuided out by lot vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel at Silo before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnes and so they ended the deuydinge out of the londe The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Iosua and sayde Speake to the children of Israel Geue amonge you fre cities wherof I spake vnto you by Moses that a deedsleyer which sleyeth a soule vnawarres and vnwittingly maye flye thither y t they maye be fre amoÌ„ge you from the avenger of bloude And he that flyeth to one of those cities shal stonde without before the porte of the cite and shewe his cause before the Elders of the cite then shall they take him to them in to the cite and geue him place to dwell with them And yf the auenger of bloude folowe vpon him they shall not delyuer the deedslayer in to his handes for so moch as he hath slayne his neghboure vnawarres and was not his enemye afore but he shall dwell in y e cite tyll he stonde before the congregacion in iudgment vntyll the hye prest dye which shall be at that tyme. Then shall the deedsleyer returne and go vnto his awne cite and vnto his house to the cite from whence he was fled Then appoynted they Kedes in Galile vpon mount Nepthali and Sechem vpon mount Ephraim and Kiriatharba that is Hebron vpon mouÌ„t Iuda And beyoÌ„de Iordane on the east syde of Iericho they gaue Beser in the wildernes vpon the playne out of the trybe of Ruben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the trybe of Gad and Golan in Basan out of the trybe of Manasse These were the cities appoynted for all y e children of Israel and for the straungers which dwelt amonge them that whosoeuer had slayne a soule vnawarres might flye thither that he shulde not be put to death by the auenger of bloude tyll he had stonde before the congregacion The XXI Chapters THen the chefe fathers amonge the Leuites came forth vnto Eleasar the prest and to Iosua the sonne of Nun and to y e awncient fathers amoÌ„ge the trybes of the children of Israel and spake vnto them at Silo in the londe of Canaan and sayde The LORDE commaunded by Moses that we shulde haue cities geuen vs to dwell in and the suburbes of the same for oure catell Then the children of Israel gaue of their enheritaunce these cities and the suburbes therof vnto the Leuites acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE And the lot fell vpon the kynred of the Kahathites and the children of Aaron the prest amonge the Leuites had by the lott thyrtene cities of the trybe of Iuda of the trybe of Simeon and of the trybe of Ben Iamin The other childreÌ„ of Kahath of the same kynred had by the lot ten cities of the trybe of Ephraim of the trybe of Dan and of the halfe trybe of Manasse But the children of Gerson of the same kynred had by the lot thyrtene cities of the trybe of Isachar of the trybe of Asser of
y e trybe of Nepthali and of the halfe trybe of Manasse at Basan The children of Merari of their kynred had twolue cities of the trybe of Ruben of the trybe of Gad and of the trybe of Zabulon So the children of Israel gaue these cities and their suburbes vnto the Leuites by lott as the LORDE commaunded by Moses Of the trybe of the children of Iuda and of the trybe of the children of Simeon they gaue these cities which they named by name vnto the children of Aaron of the kynred of the Kahathites amonge the children of Leui for the first lot was theyrs So they gaue them Kiriatharba which was the fathers of Enak that is Hebren vpon the mount Iuda and the suburbes therof rounde aboute But the felde of the cite and the vyllages therof gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune for his possession Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron the prest the fre cite of the deed sleyers Hebron and the suburbes therof Libna and the suburbes therof Iathir and the suburbes therof Esthuma and the suburbes therof Holon and the suburbes therof Debir and the suburbes therof Ain and the suburbes therof Iuta and the suburbes therof Beth Semes and the suburbes therof euen nyne cities of these two trybes But of the trybe of Ben Iamin they gaue foure cities Gibeon and y e suburbes therof Gaba and the suburbes therof Anathot and the suburbes therof Almon and the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the children of Aaron the prest were thirtene with their suburbes The kynreds of the other children of Kahath the Leuites had by their lott foure cities of the trybe of Ephraim and they gaue thē the fre cite of the deedsleiers Sechē and the suburbes therof vpon mount Ephraim Gaser and the suburbes therof Kibzaim and the suburbes therof Bethron and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Dan foure cities Eltheke and y e suburbes therof Gibthon and the suburbes therof Aialon and the suburbes therof Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof Of the halfe trybe of Manasses two cities Thaenach and the suburbes therof Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the other children of y e kynred of Kahath were ten with their suburbes But vnto the children of Gerson amonge the kynreds of the Leuites were geuen Of the halfe trybe of Manasse two cities the fre cite for the deedslayer Gola in Basan and the suburbes therof Beasthra and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Isachar foure cities Kision and the suburbes therof Dabrach and the suburbes therof Iarmuth and the suburbes therof Engannim and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Asser foure cities Miseal Abdon Helkath and Rehob with the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Nephtali thre cities the fre cite Kedes for the deedsleyer in Galile Hamoth Dor and Karthan with the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the kynred of the Gersonites were thirtene w t their suburbes Vnto the kynreds of Merari the other Leuites were geuen Of the trybe of Zabulon foure cities Iakneam Kartha Dimna and Nahalal w t y e suburbes therof Of the trybe of Ruben foure cities Bezer Iahza Kedemoth and Mephaat with their suburbes Of the trybe of Gad foure cities the fre cite for the deedsleyer Ramoth in Gilead Mahanaim Heszbon and Iaeser with their suburbes so that all the cities of the children of Merari amonge their kynreds of y e other Leuites were twolue Thus all the cities of the Leuites amonge y e possession of the children of Israel were eight and fortye with their suburbes And these cities were so dealte out that euery one had their suburbes rounde aboute the one as the other Thus the LORDE gaue the children of Israel all the londe which he had sworne vnto their fathers to geue they toke possession of it and dwelt therin And the LORDE gaue thē rest before all those y t were aboute them like as he sware vnto their fathers none of their enemies stode agaynst thē but all their enmies delyuered he in to their hande And their myssed nothinge of all the good that the LORDE had promysed vnto the house of Israel it came euery whyt The XXII Chapter THen Iosua called y e Rubenites and Gaddites and y e halfe trybe of Manasse and sayde vnto them Ye haue kepte all that Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded you and haue herkened vnto my voyce in all y t I haue commaūded you Ye haue not forsaken youre brethrē a longe season vnto this daye and haue wayted vpon the commaundement of the LORDE youre God For so moch now as the LORDE youre God hath broughte youre brethrē to rest as he promysed them turne you now and go youre waye to youre tentes in to the londe of youre possession which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue you beyōde Iordane But take diligent hede now that ye do acordinge to the commaundement and lawe which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath commaunded That ye loue the LORDE youre God and walke in all his wayes and kepe his commaundementes and cleue vnto him and serue him with all youre hert and with all youre soule So Iosua blessed them and let them go And they wente vnto their tentes Vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse had Moses geuen possession at Basan vnto the other halfe gaue Iosua amonge their brethren on this syde Iordane westwarde And whan he let them go to their tentes and blessed them he sayde vnto them Ye come home agayne with greate good vnto youre tētes with exceadynge moch catell syluer golde brasse yron and rayment distribute therfore the spoyle of youre enemyes amonge youre brethren So the Rubenites Gaddites and the halfe trybe of Manasse returned and wente from the children of Israel out of Silo which lyeth in the londe of Canaan to go in to the countre of Gilead to the londe of their possession that they mighte possesse it acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE by Moses And whan they came vnto the heapes by Iordane which lye in the londe of Canaan the same Rubenites Gaddites and the halfe trybe of Manasses buylded there besyde Iordane a fayre greate altare But whan the children of Israel herde saye Beholde the children of Ruben the children of Gad and the halfe trybe of Manasse haue buylded an altare ouer agaynst the londe of Canaan vpon the heapes by Iordane on this syde the children of Israel they gathered them selues together with the whole congregacion at Silo to go vp agaynst thē with an armye And in the meane season they sent to them in to the londe of Gilead Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest and with him ten chefe prynces amonge the houses of their fathers out of euery tribe in Israel one And they came to the children of Ruben to the children of Gad and to the halfe trybe of Manasse in the londe of Gilead and sayde Thus sayeth the whole congregacion
sonne of Maeseia the sonne of Malchija the sonne of Athin y e sonne of Serah the sonne of Adaia the sonne of Ethan the sonne of Sima the sonne of Simei the sonne of Iahath the sonne of Gerson the sonne of Leui. Their brethren the childrē of Merari stode on the lefte hande namely Ethan the sonne of Kusi the sonne of Abdi the sonne of Malluch the sonne of Hasabia the sonne of Amazia the sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Amzi the sonne of Bani the sonne of Samer the sonne of Maheli the sonne of Musi the sonne of Merari the sonne of Leui. As for their brethrē the Leuites they were geuen to all the offices in the habitacion of the house of the LORDE but the office of Aaron and his sonnes was to kyndle the fyre vpon the altare of burnt offerynges and vpon the altare of incense and to all the busynes in the most holy and to make attonement for the people acordinge as Moses y e seruaunt of God commaunded These are the children of Aaron Eleasar his sonne whose sonne was Phineas whose sonne was Abisua whose sonne was Buki whose sonne was Vsi whose sonne was Serahia whose sonne was Meraioth whose sonne was Amaria whose sonne was Achitob whose sonne was Sadoc whose sonne was Ahimaas And this is their habitacion and rowme in their borders namely of Aarons children of the kynred of y e Kahathites for this lot fell vnto them And they gaue thē Hebron in the londe of Iuda the suburbes of the same rounde aboute But the felde of y e cite the vyllages therof gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron these fre cities Hebron Libna with their suburbes Iather Esthemoa Hilen Debir Asan and Bethsemes with their suburbes And out of the trybe of Ben Iamin Geba Alemeth and Anathot w t their suburbes so y t all the cities in their kinred were thirtene The other childrē of Kahath of their kynred had out of y e halfe trybe of Manasses ten cities by lot The children of Gerson of their kynred had out of y e trybe of Isachar out of the trybe of Asser out of the trybe of Nephtali out of the trybe of Manasses in Basan thirtene cities The childrē of Merari of their kynred had by lot out of the trybe of Ruben out of the trybe of Gad and out of the trybe of Zabulon twolue cities And vnto y e Leuites gaue the childrē of Israel cities with their suburbes namely by lot out the trybe of the children of Iuda out of the trybe of the childrē of Simeon out of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin euen those cities which they appoynted by name But the kynreds of the children of Kahath had the cities of their borders out of the trybe of Ephraim So gaue they now vnto thē namely vnto the kynred of the children of Kahath y e fre cities Sichem vpon mount Ephraim Geser Iakmeam Bethoron Aialon and Gath Rimon with their suburbes And out of y e halfe trybe of Manasses Aner and Bileam with their suburbes But vnto the children of Gerson they gaue out of the kynred of the halfe trybe of Manasses Golā in Basan and Astharoth with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Isachar Kedes Dabrath Ramoth and Anem with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Asser Masal Abdō Hikoh and Sehob with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Nephtali Kedes in Galile Hāmon and Kiriathaim with their suburbes Vnto the other children of Merari gaue they out of the trybe of Zabulon Rimano and Thabor with their suburbes And beyōde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde besyde Iordane out of the trybe of Ruben Bezer in the wildernes Iahza Kedemoth and Mepaath with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead Mahanaim Heszbon and Iaeser with their suburbes The VIII Chapter THe children of Isachar were Thola Pua Iasub and Simrom these foure The children of Thola were Vsi Rephaia Ieriel Iahemai and Iebsam and Samuel heades in the house of their fathers of Thola mightie men in their kynred in nombre in the tyme of Dauid two and twentye thousande and sixe hundreth The children of Vsi were Iesrahia The children of Iesrahia were Michael and Obedia Ioel and Iesia all these fyue were heades And with them amonge their kynred in the house of their fathers there were ready harnessed men of warre to the battayll sixe and thirtie thousande for they had many wiues and children And the mightie men of their brethren in all the kynreds of Isachar were seuē and foure score thousande and were all nombred The children of Ben Iamin were Bela Becher and Iedieel these thre The children of Bela were Ezbon Vsi Vsiel Ieremoth Iri these fyue heades in y e house of their fathers mightie men and were nombred two twentie thousande and foure and thyrtie The childrē of Becher were Semira Ioas Elieser Elioenai Amri Ieremoth Abia Anathot Alameh all these were the children of Becher and were rekened in their kinreds after the heades in the house of their fathers valeaunt men twentie thousande and two hundreth The children of Iedieel were Bilhan The childrē of Bilhan were Ieus Ben Iamin Ehud Cnaena Sethan Tharsis and Ahisahar all these were the children of Iedieel heades of the fathers valeaunt men euen seuentene thousande which wente forth to the warre for to fighte And Supim and Hupim were the childrē of Ir. But Husim were the children of Aher The children of Nephtali were Iahziel Guni Iezer and Sallum the children of Bilha The children of Manasses are these Esriel whom his concubyne Aramiel dyd beare But first begat he Machir the father of Gilead And Machir gaue wyues vnto Hupim Supim their sisters name was Maecha His secōde sonnes name was Zelaphehad And Zelaphehad had doughters And Maecha y e wife of Machir bare a sonne whose name was Phares his brothers name was Sares and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem Vlams sonne was Bedam These are the children of Gilead y e sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasses And his sister Molecheth bare Ishud Abieser and Mahela And Semida had these children Ahean Sichem Likhi and Aniam The children of Ephraim were these Suthelah whose sonne was Bered whose sonne was Thahath whose sonne was Eleada whose sonne was Thahath whose sonne was Sabad whose sonne was Suthelah whose sonne was Eser and Elead And the men of Gath that dwelt in the londe slewe them because they were gone downe to take their catell And their father Ephraim mourned for them a longe season and his brethren came to comforte him And he wente in to his wife which conceaued and bare a sonne whom he called Bria because of the aduersite that was in his house His doughter was Seera which builded the lower and vpper Bethoron Vsen Serea Whose sonne was Rephad Reseph whose sonne was Thelah whose
and begat sonnes doughters Regu was two and thirtie yeare olde and begat Serug and lyued therafter two hundreth and seuen yeare and begat sonnes and doughters Serug was thirtie yeare olde and begat Nahor and lyued therafter two hundreth yeare and begat sonnes doughters Nahor was nyene and twentye yeare olde and begat Terah and lyued herafter an hundreth and nyentene yeare and begat sonnes and doughters Terah was seuentie yeare olde and begat Abram Nahor and Haran These are the generations of Terah Te rah begat Abram Nahor and Haran And Haran begat Lot but Harā dyed before Terah his father in y e londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea Then Abram and Nahor toke them wyues Abrams wife was called Sarai Nahors wyfe Milca the doughter of Haran which was father of Milca and Iisca But Sarai was baren and had no childe Then toke Terah Abrā his sonne Lot his sonne Harans sonne Sarai his doughter in lawe his sonne Abrams wife caried them w t him from Vr in Chaldea to go in to the lande of Canaan And they came to Haran dwelt there And Terah was two hundreth fyue yeare olde and dyed in Haran The XII Chapter ANd y e LORDE sayde vnto Abram Get the out of thy countre and from thy kynred and out of thy fathers house in to a londe which I wil shew the. And I wil make of the a mightie people and wyll blesse the and make the a greate name yee thou shalt be a very blessynge I wil blesse them that blesse the and curse them that curse the and in the shal all the generacions of the earth be blessed Then wente Abram out as the LORDE commaunded him and Lot wente with him Fyue seuentie yeare olde was Abrā whan he wente out of Haran So Abram toke Sarai his wife and Lot his brothers sonne w t all their goodes which they had gotten and soules which they begat in Harā and departed to go in to y e londe of Canaan And whē they were come in to the same londe he wente thorow tyll he came vnto the place of Sichem and vnto the Okegroue of More for y e Cananites dwelt in y e lōde at y e same time Then the LORDE appeared vnto Abrā sayde This londe wil I geue vnto y e sede And there he buylded an aulter vnto y e LORDE which appeared vnto him Thē brake he vp frō thēce vnto a mountayne y t laye on y e east syde of the cite of Bethel pitched his tent so y t he had Bethel on the west side and Ay on y e east syde there buylded he an altare also vnto the LORDE called vpon the name of the LORDE Afterwarde departed Abram farther toke his iourneye southwarde But there came a derth in the londe Then wente Abram downe in to Egipte to kepe himself there as a straunger for the derth was sore in the londe And whan he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte he sayde vnto Sarai his wife Beholde I knowe y t thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon Now whan the Egipcians se the they wil saye She is his wife and so shal they slaye me and saue the alyue Therfore I pray y e saye thou art my sister that I maye fare the better by reason of the and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake Now whan he came in to Egipte y e Egipcians sawe y e woman y t she was very faire Pharaos prynces sawe her also praysed her before him Then was she brought in to Pharaos house and Abram was well intreated for hir sake and he had shepe oxē and he Asses seruauntes maydēs she Asses and Camels But y e LORDE plaged Pharao his house w t greate plages because of Sarai Abrās wife Then Pharao called Abrā vnto him and sayde Why hast thou dealt thus w t me Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first y t she was thy wife Why saydest thou then that she was y e sister Wherfore I toke her to my wife And now lo there is y e wife take her and go thy waye He gaue his officers also a charge ouer him to conveye him out and his wife and all that he had The XIII Chapter SO Abrā departed out of Egipte w t his wife with all y t he had Lot w t him also towarde y e south Abram was very rich in catell siluer golde And he wente on forth from the south vnto Bethel vnto the place where his tent was at y e first betwene Bethel and Ay euen vnto y e place where he had made the altare before where he called vpon the name of the LORDE Lot also which wente with him had shepe greate catell tentes so y t the londe was not able to receaue them that they might dwell together for the substaunce of their riches was so greate that they coude not dwell together And there fell a strife betwene the hirdmen of Abrams catell and the hirdmen of Lots catell The Cananites also and the Pheresites dwelt at that tyme in the londe Then sayde Abram vnto Lot O let there be no strife betwene me and the and betwene my hyrdmen and thine for we are brethrē Is not all the whole londe open before the Departe fro me I praye the. Yf thou wilt go to the left hande I wil take the right Or yf thou wilt go to the right hande I wil take the left Then Lot lift vp his eyes and be helde all the countre rounde aboute Iordā that it was a plenteous countre of water For before the LORDE destroyed Sodoma and Gomorra it was rounde aboute Zoar euen as the pleasaunt garden of the LORDE and as the londe of Egipte Then Lot chose all the coastes of Iordā and toke his iourney towarde y e East And so the one brother departed from the other Abram dwelt in the lande of Canaan and Lot in the cities of the same coastes and pitched his tent towarde Sodome But y e men of Sodome were wicked and synned exceadingly agaynst the LORDE Now whan Lot was departed from Abram the LORDE saide vnto Abram Lift vp thine eyes and loke from the place where thou dwellest northwarde southwarde eastwarde and westwarde for all the londe that thou seist wyll I geue vnto the and to thy sede for euer and wyll make thy sede as the dust of the earth so that yf a man can nombre the dust of the earth he shall nombre thy sede also Arise and go thorow the londe in the length and bredth for I wyl geue it vnto the. So Abram remoued his tent and wente and dwelt in y e Okegroue of Mamre which is in Ebron and buylded there an altare vnto the LORDE The XIIII Chapter ANd it chaunsed in the tyme of Amraphel the kynge of Synear Arioch the kynge of Ellasar
in this poynte also that I will not ouerthrowe the cite wherof thou hast spoken Haist the and saue thy self there for I can do nothinge tyll thou be come thither Therfore is the cite called Zoar. And the Sonne was vp vpon the earth whan Lot came in to Zoar. Then the LORDE caused brymstone and fyre to rayne downe from the LORDE out of heauen vpon Sodoma and Gomorra and ouerthrew those cities the whole region and all that dwelt in the cities and that that grew vpon the earth And his wife loked behynde her and was turned into a pillar of salt Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and gat him vnto the place where he had stonde before the LORDE and turned his face towarde Sodoma and Gomorra and all y e londe of that countre and loked And beholde there rose vp a smoke from y e countre as it had bene y e smoke of a fornace For whan God destroyed y e cities of the region he thought vpon Abraham and conueyed Lot out of the cities which he ouerthrew wherin Lot dwelt And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountaynes with both his daughters for he was afrayed to tary at Zoar and so remayned he in a caue w t both his daughters Then sayde y e elder vnto the yonger Oure father is olde and there is not a man more vpon earth that can come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde Come therfore let vs geue oure father wyne to drynke and lye with him that we maye saue sede of oure father So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same night And the elder doughter wente in and laye with hir father and he perceaued it not nether when she laye downe ner when she rose vp On the morow the elder sayde vnto the yonger Beholde yesternight laye I with my father let vs geue him wyne to drynke this night also that thou mayest go in and lye with him that we maye saue sede of oure father So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that night also And the yonger arose like wyse and laye with him he perceaued it not nether when she laye downe ner when she rose vp Thus were both the doughters of Lot with childe by their father And the elder bare a sonne and called him Moab of whom come y e Moabytes vnto this daye And y e yonger bare a sonne also and called him the sonne Ammi of whom come the children of Ammon vnto this daye The XX. Chapter AS for Abraham he departed thence in to the south countre and dwelt betwixte Cades and Sur and was a straunger at Gerar and sayde of Sara his wife She is my sister Then Abimelech the kinge of Gerar sent for her and caused her be fett awaye But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame sayde vnto him Beholde thou art but a deed man for the womans sake which thou hast taken for she is a mans wife Neuertheles Abimelech had not yet touched her and sayde LORDE wilt thou sley a righteous people Sayde not he vnto me she is my sister Yee and sayde not she her self also he is my brother With a pure hert with innocent handes haue I done this And God sayde vnto him in a dreame I knowe that thou dyddest it w t a pure hert and therfore I kepte the that thou shuldest not synne agaynst me nether haue I suffred the to touch her Now therfore delyuer the man his wife ageyne for he is a prophet and let him pray for y e and thou shalt lyue But and yf thou delyuer her not ageyne be sure that thou shalt dye the death and all that is thine Then Abimelech rose vp by tymes in the mornynge and called all his seruauntes and tolde all these thinges in their eares and the men were sore afrayed and Abimelech called Abraham and sayde vnto him Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs And what haue I offended y e that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne Thou hast not dealt with vs as a man shulde deale And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham What sawest thou y t thou hast done this thinge Abraham sayde I thought Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place they shall sleye me for my wifes sake And of a trueth she is my sister for she is my fathers doughter but not my mothers doughter and is become my wife So whan God charged me to wādre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her Shew this kyndnes vpon me that where so euer we come thou saye of me that I am thy brother Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen seruauntes and maydens and gaue them vnto Abraham and delyuered him Sara his wife agayne and sayde Beholde my londe stondeth open before the dwell where it liketh the. And vnto Sara he sayde Beholde I haue geuen thy brother a thousande syluer pens lo he shal be vnto the a couerynge of the eyes for all that are with the and euery where and a sure excuse As for Abraham he prayed vnto God Then God healed Abimelech and his wyfe and his maydens so that they bare childrē For afore the LORDE had closed all the matrices of Abimelechs house because of Sara Abrahams wife The XXI Chapter THe LORDE also vysited Sara acordinge as he had promysed dealt with her euen as he had sayde And Sara was with childe and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age euen in the tyme appoynted like as God had spoken vnto him afore And Abraham called his sonne which was borne vnto him whō Sara bare him Isaac and circumcided him the eight daye like as God commaunded him An hundreth yeare olde was Abrahā whan his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him And Sara sayde God hath prepared a ioye for me for who so euer heareth of it wyll reioyse with me She sayde morouer Who wolde haue saide vnto Abraham that Sara shulde geue children sucke and beare him a sonne in his olde age And the childe grew and was weened And Abraham made a greate feast in y e daye whan Isaac was weened And Sara sawe the sonne of Agar the Egipcian whom she had borne vnto Abraham that he was a mocker and sayde vnto Abraham Cast out this bonde mayden and hir sonne for this bonde maydēs sonne shall not be heyre w t my sonne Isaac This worde displeased Abraham sore because of his sonne Neuertheles God sayde vnto him let it not displease the because of the childe and the hand mayde What so euer Sara hath sayde vnto the folowe it for in Isaac shall the sede be called vnto the. As for the honde maydens sonne I wyll make a people of him also because he is of thy sede Then Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and toke bred and a botell with water and put it vpon Agars shulders and gaue her the childe and sent her
the well of Rogell Then goeth it vp to the valley of the sonne of Hinnam a longe besyde the Iebusite that dwelleth from y e southwarde that is Ierusalem and commeth vp vnto the toppe of the mount which lyeth before the valley of Hinnam from the westwarde that borderth on the edge of the valley of Raphaim towarde the north Then commeth it from the toppe of the same mount vnto the water well of Nephtoah and commeth out vnto the cities of mount Ephron and boweth towarde Baala that is Kiriath Iarim and fetcheth a coÌ„passe aboute from Baala westwarde vnto mount Seir and goeth by the northsyde of the mount Iarim that is Chessalon and coÌ„meth downe to Bethsemes and goeth thorow Thimna and breaketh out on the north syde of Acron and stretcheth forth towarde Sicron and goeth ouer mount Baala and commeth out vnto Iabueel so that their vttemost border is the see The weste border is the greate see This is the border of the children of Iuda rounde aboute in their kynreds Caleb the sonne of Iephune had his porcion geueÌ„ him amoÌ„ge the children of Iuda as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Iosua namely Kiriatharba of the father of Enak that is Hebron And Caleb droue from thence the thre sonnes of Enak Sesai Ahiman and Thalmas begotten of Enak And from theÌ„ce he wente vp to the inhabiters of Debir As for Debir it was called Kiriath Sepher aforetyme And Caleb sayde Who so smyteth Kiriath Sepher and wynneth it I wyll geue him my doughter Achsa to wyfe Then Athniel the sonne of Kenas the brother of Caleb wanne it and he gaue him his doughter Achsa to wife And it fortuned whan they wente in that she was counceled of hir houszbande to axe a pece of londe of hir father And she fell downe from the asse Then sayde Caleb vnto her What ayleth the She sayde Geue me a blessynge for thou hast geueÌ„ me a south and drye londe geue me welles of water also Then gaue he her welles aboue and beneth This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of Iuda amonge their kynreds And the cities of the trybe of the children of Iuda from one to another by the coastes of the Edomites towarde the south were these Cabzeel Eder Iagur Kina Dimona Adada Kedes Hazor Iethnam Siph Telem Bealot Hazor Hadatha Kirioth Hezron that is Hasor AmaÌ„ Sema Molada Hazor Gadda Hesmon Beth palet Hazer Sual Beer Seba Bisziothia Baala Iim Azem Elthâ—lad Chesil Harma Ziâ—lag Madmanna San SaÌ„na Lebaoth Silhim Ain RimoÌ„ These are nyne and twentye cities their vyllages But in the lowe countrees was Esthaol Zaren Asna Saroah Engannim Thapna Enam Iarmoth Adullam Socho Aseka Saaraim Adithaim Gedera Giderothim These are fourtene cities their vyllages ZenaÌ„ Hadasa Migdal Gad Dilean Mispa Iakthiel Lachis Bazekath EgloÌ„ Châ—bon LachmaÌ„ Chithlis Gedâ—roth Beth Dagon Naama Makeda These are sixtene cities and their vyllages Libna Ether Asen Iephthah Asua Nezib Keila Achsib Maresa These are nyne cities and their vyllages * Ekron with hir doughters and vyllages From Ekron vnto the see all that reacheth vnto Asdod and the vyllages therof Asdod with the doughters and vyllages therof Gasa with hir doughters and vyllages vnto the water of Egipte And the greate see is his border But vpon the mount was Samir Iatir Socho Danna Kiriath Sanna that is Debir Anab Esthemo Annim Gosen Holen Gilo These are eleuen cities and their vyllagies Maon Carmel Siph Iuta Iesrael IakdeaÌ„ Sanoah Kain Gibea Thimna These are ten cities and their vyllages Halhul Bethzur Gedor Maarath Beth Anoth Elthekon These are sixe cities and their vyllages Kiriath Baal that is Kiriath Iearim Harabba two cities their vyllages And in the wyldernesse was Betharaba Middin Sechacha Nibsan and the Salt cite and Engaddi These are siâ—e cities and their vyllagies But the Iebusites dwelt at Ierusalem and the children of Iuda coude not dryue them awaye So the Iebusites remayne with the children of Iuda at Ierusalem vnto this daye The XVI Chapter ANd the lot fell vnto the children of Ephraim froÌ„ Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho vnto the water on the east syde of Iericho and the wyldernesse y t goeth vp from Iericho thorow the mountayne of Bethel and commeth out from Bethel vnto Lus and goeth thorow the coast of Arciataroth and stretcheth downe westwarde vnto y e coaste of Iaphleti to y e border of the lower Bethoron and vnto Gaser and the ende therof is by the greate see This the children of Ioseph Manasses Ephraim receaued to enheritaunce The Border of the children of Ephraim amonge their kynreds of their enheritaunce from the east was Ataroth Adar vnto the vpper Bethoron goeth out westwarde by Michmethath that lyeth towarde the north there fetcheth it a compasse towarde the east syde of the cite Thaenath Silo and goeth there thorow from the east vnto Ianoha and commeth downe from Ianoha vnto Ataroth and Naaratha and bordreth on Iericho and goeth out at Iordane From Thapuah goeth it westwarde vnto Naalkama and the out goinge of it is at the see This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Ephraim amonge their kynreds And all the borders cities with their vyllages of the childreÌ„ of Ephraim laye scatred amonge the enheritaunce of the children of Manasse And they droue not out y e Cananites which dwelt at Gaser So y e Cananites remayned amoÌ„ge Ephraim vnto this daye and became tributaries The XVII Chapter ANd the lot fell vpoÌ„ the trybe of Manasse for he is Iosephs first sonne and it fell vpon Machir the first sonne of Manasse y e father of Gilead for he was a maÌ„ of armes therfore had he Gilead and Basan It fell also vnto the other children of Manasse namely vnto y e childreÌ„ of Abieser the children of Helek the children of Asriel the children of Sechem the children of Hepher and the children of Semida These are the childreÌ„ of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph males amonge their kynreds But Zelaphead the sonne of Hepher the sonne of Gilead the sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasse had no sonnes but doughters and their names are these Mahala Noa Hagla Milca Tirza and they came before Eleasar the prest and before Iosua the sonne of Nun and before the rulers and sayde The LORDE commaunded Moses to geue vs enheritaunce amonge oure brethren And so they had enheritaunce geuen them amonge their fathers brethren acordinge to the commaundement of the LORDE There fell vpon Manasse ten meetlynes without the londe of Gilead and Basan which lyeth beyoÌ„de Iordane For y e doughters of Manasse receaued enheritaunce amonge his sonnes but the other children of Manasse had the londe of Gilead And the border of Manasse was froÌ„ Asser forth vnto Michmethath that lyeth before Sichem and reacheth vnto the righte syde of them of En Tapuah for the londe of Tapuah fell vnto Manasse and the border of Manasse is vnto the childreÌ„ of Ephraim Then commeth it downe to Nahelkana towarde the south
syde of the ryuer cities which are Ephraims amonge the cities of Manasse But from the north is the border of Manasse by the ryuer and goeth forth by the see syde south warde vnto Ephraim and to Manasse northwarde and the see is his coaste And it shal border on Aser from the north and on Isachar from the easte So amoÌ„ge Isachar and Asser Manasses had Beth Sean and the townes therof and Ieblaam and the townes therof and them of Dor and their townes and them of En Dor and their townes them of Taanach and their townes and them of Mageddo and their townes and the thirde parte of the cite Nophet And the children of Manasse coude not dryue awaye the inhabiters of these cities but the Cananites beganne to dwell in the same londe Howbeit whan the children of Israel were able they made the Cananites tributaries and droue them not out Then spake the children of Ioseph vnto Iosua and sayde Wherfore hast thou geueÌ„ me but one porcion and one meetlyne of enheritaunce and I am yet a greate people as the LORDE hath blessed me so largely Then sayde Iosua vnto them For so moch as thou art a greate people go vp therfore in to y e wodd and make thy selfe rowme there in the londe of the Pheresites and Raphaim seynge mouÌ„t Ephraim is to narowe for the. Then sayde the children of Ioseph We shal not be able to attayne vnto the mountaynes for there are yron charettes amonge all the Cananites that dwell in the londe of Emek by whom lyeth Beth Sean and the vyllages therof and Iesrael in Emek Iosua sayde vnto the house of Ioseph euen to Ephraim and Manasses Thou art a greate people for so moch as thou art so greate thou must not haue one lot but the mountayne where y e wod is shal be thine rote y t out for y e so shall it be the outgoinge of thy porcion whan thou dryuest out the Cananites which haue yroÌ„ charettes are mightie The XVIII Chapter ANd all the multitude of the children of Israel gathered them selues together vnto Silo and they set vp y e Tabernacle of witnesse and the londe was subdued vnto them But there were yet seuen trybes of the childreÌ„ of Israel vnto whom they had not deuyded their enheritaunce And Iosua sayde vnto the children of Israel Howlonge are ye so slowe to go and coÌ„quere the londe which the LORDE God of youre fathers hath geuen you Chose you thre men out of euery trybe y t I maye sende them and that they maye get them vp and go thorow the londe and descrybe it acordinge to the enheritaunces therof and come vnto me Deuyde the londe in seuen partes Iudas shal remayne vpon his borders of the south syde and the house of Ioseph shal remayne vpon his borders of the north parte but descrybe ye the londe in seuen partes and brynge them vnto me then shal I cast y e lot for you before the LORDE oure God For the Leuites haue no porcion amonge you but the presthode of the LORDE is their enheritaunce As for Gad Ruben and y e halfe trybe of Manasse they haue receaued their enheritaunce beyonde Iordane eastwarde which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue them Then the men gat vp to go their waye And whan they were aboute to go for to descrybe the londe Iosua commaunded them and sayde Go youre waye and walke thorow the londe and descrybe it and come agayne vnto me that I maye cast y e lot for you before the LORDE at Silo. So the men departed and wente thorow the londe and descrybed it in seuen partes vpon a letter acordinge to the cities and came to Iosua in to the hoost at Silo. Then Iosua cast the lot ouer them at Silo before the LORDE and there distributed the londe amonge the children of Israel vnto euery one his parte And the lot of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin fell acordinge to their kynreds and the border of their lot wente out betwene the children of Iuda the children of Ioseph And their border was on y e north quarter of Iordane and goeth vp from the north syde of Iericho and commeth vp to the mountayne westwarde and goeth out by the wyldernesse of Bethauen and goeth from theÌ„ce towarde Lus euen by the south syde of Lus that is Bethel and commeth downe vnto Ataroth Adar by the mountayne which lyeth on y e south syde of the loweâ— Bethoron Then howeth it downe and fetcheth a compasse vnto the south west quarter from the mount that lyeth ouer agaynst Bethoron towarde the south and goeth out vnto Kiriath Baal y t is Kiriath Iearim a cite of the children of Iuda This is the west border But the south border is from Kiriath-Iearim forth and goeth out towarde the west and commeth forth vnto y e water well of Nepthoah and goeth downe by the edge of the mount that lyeth before the valley of the sonne of Hinnam and goeth downe thorow the valley of Hinnam on y e south syde of the Iebusites and commeth downe to the well of Rogell and stretcheth from the northwarde and commeth out vnto Eâ— Semes and commeth forth to the heapes that lye vp towarde Adumim and coÌ„meth downe vnto the stone of Bohen the sonne of Ruben and goeth a longe besyde y e playne felde which lyeth north warde and commeth downe vnto y e playne felde and goeth besyde Beth Hagla that lyeth towarde the north and his ende is at the north border of the Salt see vnto y e edge of Iordane south warde This is the south border But Iordane shal be the ende of the east quarter This is the enheritaunce of y e children of Ben Iamin in their borders rounde aboute amonge their kynreds The cities of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin amoÌ„ge their kynreds are these Iericho Beth Hagla Emek Keziâ—z Betharaba Zemaraim Bethel Auim Haphar Aphra Caphar Amonai Aphni Gaba these are twolue cities and their vyllages Gibeon Rama Beeroth Mispa Caphira Moza Rekem Ieerpeel Thareala Zela Eleph and the Iebusites that is Ierusalem Gibeath Kiriath these are fourtene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds The XIX Chapter THen fell the seconde lot of the trybe of the children of Simeon acordinge to their kynreds and their enheritaunce was amonge the enheritaunce of y e children of Iuda And to their enheritaunce they had Beer Seba Molada Hazar Sual Baala Azem El Tholad Bethâ—l Harma Ziklag Betha Markaboth Hazar Sussa Beth Lebaoth and Saruhen these are thirtene cities their vyllages Ain Rimon Ether Asan these are foure cities and their vyllages And all y e vyllages that lye aboute the cities vnto Balath Beer Ramath towarde the south This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Simeon in their kynreds for the enheritaunce of the children of Simeon is vnder the porcion of the children of Iuda For
bullockes and ten thousande shepe And many of the prestes sanctified them selues And the whole congregacion of Iuda reioysed the prestes and Leuites and all the congregacion that came out of Israel and the straungers that were come out of the londe of Israel and they that dwelt in Iuda and greate ioye was there at Ierusalem for sence the tyme of Salomon the sonne of Dauid the kynge of Israel was there no soch ioye at IerusaleÌ„ And the prestes and Leuites stode vp and blessed the people and their voyce was herde and their prayer came in to his holy habitacion in heauen The XXXI Chapter ANd whan all this was fynished all the Israelites that were founde in y e cities of Iuda wente out and brake the pilers and hewed downe the groues and brake downe the hye places and altares out of all Iuda Ben Iamin Ephraim and Manasses tyll they had destroyed theÌ„ And all the children of Israel wente agayne euery one to his possession vnto their cities But Ezechias set the prestes and Leuites in their ordinaunces euery one after his office both the prestes and Leuites for the burntsacrifices and thank offerynges to mynister to geue thankes and prayse in the gates of the hoost of the LORDE And the kynge gaue his porcion of his substauÌ„ce for the burnt offerynges in the mornynge and euenynge and for the burnt offerynges of the Sabbath and of the newmone and of the feastes as it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE And he spake vnto y e people which dwelt at Ierusalem that they shulde geue porcioÌ„s vnto the prestes and Leuites y t they mighte the more stedfastly endure in the lawe of the LORDE And whaÌ„ y e worde came forth the childreÌ„ of Israel gaue many fyrst frutes of corne wyne oyle hony and allmaner increace of the felde and broughte in moch of all maner tithes And the children of Israel and Iuda which dwelt in the cities of Iuda broughte the tithes also of oxen and shepe and the tithes of soch thinges as were sanctifyed which they had halowed vnto the LORDE their God and made here an heape and there an heape In the thirde moneth begaÌ„ne they to laye vpon heapes and in the seuenth moneth dyd they fynishe it And whaÌ„ Ezechias with the rulers wente in and sawe the heapes they praysed the LORDE and his people of Israel And Ezechiâ—s axed the prestes and Leuites concernynge the heapes And Asaria the prest the chefe in the house of Sadoc sayde vnto him Sence the tyme that they beganne to brynge the Heue offerynges in to y e house of the LORDE we haue eaten and are satisfied and yet is there lefte ouer for the LORDE hath blessed his people therfore is this heape lefte ouer Then commaunded the kynge that they shulde prepare chestes in the house of the LORDE And they prepared them â–ª and put in the Heue offerynges and tithes and that which was halowed faithfully And the ouersighte of the same had Chanania the Leuite and Simei his brother the seconde and Iehiel Asasia Naglath Asahel Ierimoth Iosabad Eliel Iesmachia Mahath and Benaia ordeyned of the hande off Chanania and Simei his brother acordinge to the commaundement of kynge Ezechias But Asaria was prynce in the house of God And Core y e sonne of Iemna the Leuite the power of the Eastgate was ouer the frewyllinge giftes of God which were geuen for Heue offerynges vnto the LORDE and ouer the Most holy And vnder his hande were Eden Miniamin Iesua Semaia Amaria and Sachania in the cities of the prestes vpon credence that they shulde geue vnto their brethreÌ„ acordinge to their courses to the leest as to the greatest And vnto them that were counted for men childreÌ„ from thre yeare olde and aboue amonge all theÌ„ that weÌ„te in to the house of the LORDE euery one vpoÌ„ his daye to their office in their attendaunces after their courses And they that were rekened for prestes in the house of their fathers and the Leuites from twentye yeare and aboue in their attendaunces after their courses And they that were rekened amonge their children wyues sonnes and doughters amoÌ„ge the whole congregacion for that which was halowed sanctifyed they vpon credence There were men also named by name amonge Aarons children the prestes vpon the feldes of the suburbes in all y e cities that they shulde geue porcions vnto all the men children amoÌ„ge the prestes and to all them that were nombred amonge the Leuites Thus dyd Ezechias in all Iuda and dyd that which was good righte and true in the sighte of the LORDE his God And in all the busynes that he toke in haÌ„de concernynge the seruyce of the house of God acordinge to the lawe and commaundement to seke his God that dyd he with all his hert and therfore prospered he well The XXXII Chapter AFter these actes and faithfulnes came Sennacharib the kynge of Assur and wente in to Iuda and pitched before the stroÌ„ge cities and thoughte to plucke them vnto him And whan Ezechias sawe that Sennacherib came and that his face stode to fighte agaynst Ierusalem he deuysed with his rulers and mightie men to couer the waters of the welles that were without the cite and they helped him and there gathered together a greate people and couered all y e welles and water brokes in the myddes of the londe and sayde Lest the kynges of Assur fynde moch water whaÌ„ they come And he toke a corage vnto him and buylded all the walles where they were in decaye and made towres theron and buylded yet another wall without and strengthed Millo in the cite of Dauid And made moch ordinaunce and shyldes and set captaynes of warre ouer the people And gathered them vnto him vpon the brode strete by the gate of the cite and spake hertely vnto them and sayde Be stronge and bolde feare not and be not afrayed for the kynge of Assur ner all y e multitude that is with him for there is one greater with vs then with him With him is a fleshly arme but with vs is the LORDE oure God to helpe vs and to fighte for vs. And y e people trusted vnto the wordes of Ezechias kynge of Iuda Afterwarde sent Sennacherib the kynge of Assur his seruauntes vnto Ierusalem for he laye before Lachis all his hoost w t him to Ezechias y e kinge of Iuda to all Iuda that was at IerusaleÌ„ sayenge Thus sayeth Sennacherib y e kynge of Assur Wherin put ye youre trust ye that dwell in the beseged Ierusalem Ezechias disceaueth you that he maye delyuer you vnto death hoÌ„ger and thyrst and sayeth The LORDE oure God shal delyuer vs from the hande of the kynge of Assur Is it not Ezechias that hath put awaye his hye places and altares and sayde vnto Iuda and Ierusalem Before one altare shal ye worshippe and burne incense theron Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done to all y e people in the londes Haue the