departinge that she must dye she called his name Ben Oâ—i But his father called him Ben Iamin And thus dyed Rahel aÌ„d was buryed in the waye to Ephrath which now is called Bethlehem And Iacob sett vp a piller apon hir graue which is called Rahels graue piller vnto this daye And Israell went theÌ„ce and pitched vp his tent beyonde the toure of Eder And it chaunced as Israel dwelt in that lande that Ruben went laye with Bilha his fathers concubyne it came to Israels eare The sonnes of Iacob were .xij. in nombre The sonnes of Lea. Ruben Iacobs eldest sonne SimeoÌ„ Leui Iuda Isachaâ— Zabulon The sonnes of Rahel Ioseph Ben Iamin The sonnes of Bilha Rahels mayde Dan Nepthali The sonnes of Zilpha Leas mayde Gad Aser Thes are the soÌ„nes of Iacob which were borne him in Mesopotamia Then Iacob went vnto Isaac his father to Mamre a priÌ„cipall cyte otherwise called Hebron where AbrahaÌ„ Isaac sogeorned as straungers And the dayes of Isaac were an hundred .lxxx. yeres than fell he seke dyed aÌ„d was put vnto his people beynge olde and full of dayes And his sonnes Esau aÌ„d Iacob buried him The .xxxvi. Chapter THese are the generations of Esau which is called EdoÌ„ Esau toke his wyues of the doughters of Canaan Ada the doughter of Elon an Hethite Ahâ—libama the doughter of Ana which Ana was the sonne of Zibeon an heuyte And Basmath Ismaels doughter sister of Nebaioth And Ada bare vnto Esau Eliphas and Basmath bare Reguel And Ahalibama bare Ieus Iaelam and Korah These are the sonnes of Esau which were borne him in the lande of Canaan And Esau toke his wyues his sonnes and doughters and all the soules of his house his goodes and all his catell and all his substance which he had gott in the land of Canaan aÌ„d went in to a countre awaye from his brother Iacob for their ryches was so moch that they coude not dwell together and that the land where in they were straungers coude not receaue theÌ„ because of their catell Thue dwelt Esau in mouÌ„te Seir which Esau is called EdoÌ„ These are the generations of Esau sather of the Edomytes in mounte Seir these are the names of Esaus sonnes Eliphas the sonne of Ada the wife of Esau aÌ„d Reguel the sonne of Basmath the wife of Esau also And the sonnes of Eliphas were Theman Omar Zepho Gactham and kenas And thâ—â—na was concubyne to Eliphas Esaus sonne and bare vnto Eliphas Amalech And these be the sonnes of Ada Esaus wyfe And these are the sonnes of Reguel Nahath Serah Samma and Misa these were the sonnes of Basmath Esaus wyfe And these were the sonnes of Ahalibama Esaus wyfe the doughter of Ana sonne of ZebcoÌ„ which she bare vnto Esau Ieus Iealam and Rorah These were dukes of the sonnes of Esau The childern of Eliphas the first soÌ„ne of Esau were these duke Theman duke Omar duke Zepho duke Renas duke Rorah duke Gaetham duke Amalcch these are the dukes that came of Eliphas in the lande of Edom aÌ„d these were the sonnes of Ada â–ª These were the childern of â—eguel Esaus sonne duke â—â—ahath duke Serah duke Samma duke Misa These are the dukes that came of Reguel in the lande of Edom aÌ„d these were the sonnes of Basmath Esaus wyfe These were the childern of Ahalibama Esaus wife duke Ieus duke Iaelam duke Rorah these dukes ame of Ahalibama the doughter of Ana Esaus wife These are the childern of Esau and these are the dukes of them which Esau is called Edom These are the childern of Seir the Horite the in habitoure of the lande Lothan Sobal Zibeon Ana Dison Eser and Disan These are the dukes of the horites the childern of Seir in the lande of Edom. And the childern of Lothan were Hori and Hemam And Lothans sister was called Thimna The childern of Sobal were these Alvan Manahath Ebal Sepho Onam These were the childern of ZibeoÌ„ Aâ—a ana this was yâ— Ana yâ— souÌ„de the mules in the wildernes as be fed his father Zibeons asses The childern of Ana were these Dison and Ahalibama the doughter of Ana. These are the childern of Dison Hemdan Esban Iethran Câ—eraÌ„ The childern of Eâ—eâ— were these Bilhan Seavan Akaâ— The childern of Disan were Vz and Aran. These are the dukes that came of Hori duke Lothan duke Sobal duke ZibeoÌ„ duke Ana duke Dison duke Ezer duke Disan These be the dukes that came of Hory in their dukedâ—s in the land of Seir. These are the kynges that reigned in the lande of Edom before there reigned any kynge amonge the childern of Israel Bela the sonne of Bcor reigned in â—domca and the name of his cyte was Sinhaba And when Bela dyed Iobab the sonne of Serah out of Bezara reigned in his steade When Iobab was dead Husam of the lande of Themany reigned in his steade And after the deth of Husam Hadad the sonne of Bedad which stewe the Madianytes in the feld of the Moabytes reigned in his steade and the name of his cyte was Avâ—â—h WheÌ„ Hadad was dead Samla of Masteka reigned in his steade WheÌ„ Samla was dead Saul of the ryver Rchoboth reigned in his steade When Saul was dead Baal hanan the sonne of Achbor reigned in his steade And after the deth of Baal Hanan the sonne of Achbor Hadad reigned in his steade and the name of his cyte was Pagu And his wises name Mchetabeel the doughter of matred the doughter of Mesaab These are the names of the dukes that came of Esau in their kynreddds places and names Duke Thimma duke Alua duke Ietheth duke Ahalibama duke Ela duke Pinon duke Renas duke Theman duke Mibzar duke Magdiel duke Iram These be the dukes of Edomea in their habitations in the lande of their possessions This Esau is the father of the Edomytes ¶ The .xxxvij. Chapter ANd Jacob dwelt in the lande wherein his father was a straunger that is to saye in the lande of Canaan And these are the generations of Jacob when Ioseph was xâ—ij yere olde he kepte shepe with his brethren and the lad was with the sonnes of Bilha of Zilpha his fathers wyues And he brought vnto their father an euyll saynge that was of them And Israel loued Joseph more than all his childern because he begat hym in his olde age and he made him a coote of many coloures When his brothren sawe that their father loued him more than all his brethern they hated him and coude not speke one kynde worde vnto him Moreouer Joseph dreamed a dreawe and tolde it his brethren wherfore they hated him yet the more And he sayde vnto them heare I praye yow this dreame which I haue dreamed Beholde we were makynge sheâ—â—s in the folde and loo my shefe arose and stode vp right and youres stode rounde aboute and made obeysaunce to my shefe Than sayde his brethren vnto him what shalt thou be oure kynge or shalt thou
Pharao thus sayth the Lorde Israel is mine eldest sonne and therfore sayth vnto the let my sonne goo that he may serue me Yf thou wilt not let hiÌ„ goo beholde I will slee thine eldest sonne And it chaunced by the waye in the ynne that the Lorde mett him and wolde haue kylled him Than Zepora toke a stone aÌ„d circumcised hyr sonne and fell at hys fette and sayde a bloudy husband art thou vnto me And he lett him goo She sayde a bloudy husbonde because of the circumcision Than sayde the Lorde vnto Aaron go mete Moses in the wildernesse And he went and mett him in the mounte of God and kissed hi And Moses told Aaron all the wordes of the Lorde which he had sent by him aÌ„d all the tokens which he had charged him with all So went Moses and Aaron and gatherd all the elders of the childern of Israel And AaroÌ„ told all the wordes which the Lorde had spokeÌ„ vnto Moses and dyd the myracles in the syght of the people and the people beleued And wheÌ„ they herde that the Lord had visited the children of Israel and had loked vpon their tribulacion they bowed them selues and worshipped ¶ The .v. Chapter THen Moses aÌ„d AaroÌ„ weÌ„t and told Pharao thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel Let my people goo that they may kepe holye daye vnto me in the wildernesse And Pharao answered what felowe is the Lord that I shulde heare his voyce for to let Israel goo I knowe not the Lorde nether will let Israel goo And they sayde the God of the Ebrues hath mett with vs let vs goo we praye the iij. dayes iourney in to the deserte that we maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde oure God lest he smyte vs ether with pestilence or with swerde Then sayde the kinge of Egipte vnto them wherfore do ye Moses and Aaron let the people froÌ„ their worke gett you vnto youre laboure And Pharao sayde further more beholde there is moch people in the londe and ye make them playe and let their worke stonde And Pharao commaunded the same daye vnto the taskem asters ouer the people and vnto the officers saynge se that ye geue the people no moare strawe to make brycke with all as ye dyd in tyme passed let them goo and gather them strawe them selues and the nombre of bricke which they were wont to make in tyme passed laye vnto their charges also and minysh nothinge therof For they be ydill aÌ„d therfore crye saynge let vs goo and do sacrifice vnto oure God They must haue more worke layed vpon them that they maye laboure theryn and than will they not turne them selues to false wordes Than went the taskemasters of the people and the officers out and tolde the people saynge thus sayeth Pharao I will geue you no moare strawe but goo youre selues aÌ„d gather you strawe where ye can fynde it yet shall none of youre laboure be minyshed Than the people scatered abrode thorowe out all the lande of Egipte for to gather them stubyll to be in stead of strawe And the taskemasters hastied theÌ„ forward sayng fulfill youre worke daye by daye eueÌ„ as when strawe was geuen you And the officers of the childern of Israel which Pharaos task-masters had settouer them were beaten And it was sayde vnto them wherfore haue ye not fulfilled youre tasâ—e in makinge brycke both yesterdaye and to daye as well as in tymes past Than went the officers of the childern of Israel aÌ„d complayned vnto Pharao saynge wherfore dealest thou thus with thy servauntes there is no strawe geuen vnto thy servauntes and yet they saye vnto vs make brycke And loo thy servauntes ar beaten and thy people is foule intreated And he answered ydill ar ye ydill and therfore ye saye let vs goo aÌ„d do sacrifice vnto the Lorde Goo therfore and worke for there shall no strawe be geuen you and yet see that ye delyuer the hole tale of brycke when the officers of the childern of Israel sawe them silfe in shrode case in that he sayde ye shall minysh nothinge of youre dalye makiÌ„ge of brycke than they mett Moses and AaroÌ„ stondinge in there waye as they came out froÌ„ Pharao and sayde vnto them The Lorde loke vnto you and iudge for ye haue made the sauoure of vs stincke in the sighte of Pharao and of his servauntes and haue put a swerde in to their handes to slee vs. Moses returned vnto the Lorde and sayde Lorde wherfore dealest thou cruelly with this people and wherfore hast thou sent me For sence I came to Pharao to speke in thy name he hath fared foull with this folke aÌ„d yet thou hast not delyuered thy people at all Then the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Now shalt thou see what I will doo vnto Pharao for with a myghtie hande shall he let them goo and with a mightye hande shall he dryue them out of hys lande ¶ The .vj. Chapter ANd God spake vnto Moses sayng vnto him I am the Lorde and I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob an allmightie God but in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them Moreouer I made an appoyntment with them to geue them the londe of CanaaÌ„ the londe of their pilgremage wherin they were straungers And I haue also herde the gronyng of the childern of Israel because the Egiptians kepe them in bondage aÌ„d haue remembred my promysse wherefore saye vnto the childern of Israel I A ê“myse or a testameÌ„t am the Lorde and will brynge you out from vnder the burdens of the Egiptians and wyll rydd you out of their bondage and wyll delyuer you wyth a stretched out arme and wythe great iudgementes And I wil take you for my people and wil be to you a God And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde youre God which bringe you out from vnder the burthens of the Egiptians And I wyll brynge you vnto the londe ouer the which I dyd lyfte vpp my hande to geue it vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and will geue it vnto you for a possessyon eueÌ„ Temptacy oâ—â—â—ieth faith I the Lorde And Moses tolde the children of Israel euen so But they harkened not vnto Moses for anguyshe of sprete and for cruell bondage And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Goo and bydd Pharao kynge of Egipte that he let the childern of Israel gâ—o out of his londe And Moses spake before the Lorde saynge beholde the childern of Israell herken not vnto me how than shall Pharao heare me seynge that I haue vncircumcised lippes And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron and gaue them a charge vnto the childern of Israel aÌ„d vnto Pharao kyng of Egipte to brynge the childern of Israel out of the londe of Egipte These be the heedes of their fathers housses The children of Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel are these Hanoh Pallu Hezron Charmi these be the housholders of Ruben The childern of Symeon ar these Gemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananytesh
dwelt in the south parties harde tell that Israel came by the waye that the spies had founde out he came and foughte with Israel and toke some of them presoners Then Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde and sayed Yf thou wilt geue this people in to oure haÌ„des we will destroye their cities And the Lorde herde the voyce of Israel aÌ„d delyuered them the Cananites And they destroyed both them and their cities and called the place Horma Then they departed from mount hortowarde the redd se to compasse the londe of EdoÌ„ And the soules of the people faynted by the waye And the people spake agenst God and agenst Moses wherfore hast thou brought us out of Egipte for to dye in the wildernesse for here is nether bred nor water and oure soules lotheth this lyghte bred Then the Lorde sent fyrie serpentes amoÌ„ge the people which stonge them so that moch people dyed in Israel And the people came to Moses and sayed we haue synned for we haue spoken agenst the Lorde and agenst the make intercession to the Lorde that he take a wayethe serpentes from us And Moses made intercession for the people And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses make the a serpent aÌ„d haÌ„ge it vpp for a sygne and lett as many as are bytten loke apon it and they shall lyue And Moses made a serpent of brasse aÌ„d sert it vp for a sygne And when the serpentes had bytten any man he went and behelde the serpent of brasse and recouered And the childern of Israel remoued and pitched in Oboth And they departed from Oboth and laye at Egebarim in the wildernesse which is before Moab on the cast syde And they remoued thence and pitched apâ—â— the ryuer of zarad And they departed thence and pitched on the other syde of ArnoÌ„ which ryuer is in the wildernesse and cometh out of the costes of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab betwene Moab and the Amorites Wherfore it is spoken in the boke of the warre of the Lorde goo with a violence both on the ryuer of Arnon and on the ryuers heed whiche shoâ—eth doune to dwell at Ar and leneth vppon the costes of Moab And from thence they came to Bear whiche is the well whereof the Lorde spake vnto Moses gather the people together that I maye geue them water Then Israel sange this songe Aryse vpp well synge thereto The well whiche the rulers dygged and the captaynes of the people with the helpe of the lawegeuer and with their staues And from this wildernesse they went to Maâ—ana and from Maâ—ana to Nahaliâ—l and from Nahaliâ—l to Bamoth and from Bamoth to the valay that is in the felde of Moab in the toppe of Pisga which boweth towarde the wildernesse And Israel sent messengers vnto SihoÌ„ kynge of the Amorites sayenge let vs goo thorow thy londe we will not turne in to thy feldes nor in to thy vyneyardes nether drynke of the water of the welles but we will goo alonge by the comon waye vntill we be past thy contre And SihoÌ„ wolde geue Israel no licence to passe thorow his contre but gathered all his people together went out ageÌ„st Israel in to the wildernesse And he came to Iaheza and foughte with Israel And Israel smote him with the edge of the swerde and conquered his londe from Arnon vnto Iabock euen vnto the childern of Ammon for the borders of the childern of Ammon are stronge And Israel toke all these cities dwelt in all yâ— cities of yâ— Amorites in Esbon and in all the townes that longe there to For Esbon was the citie of Sihon the kinge of the Amorites which Sihon had fought before with the kinge of the Moabites aÌ„d had taken all his londe out of his hande euen vnto Arnon Wherfore it is a prouerbe goo to HesboÌ„ and let the citie of Sihon be bylt aÌ„d made redye for there is a fyre gone out of Hesbon a flame froÌ„ the citie of SihoÌ„ aÌ„d hath coÌ„sumed Ar of the Moabites and the men of the hylles of Arnon Wo be to the Moab o people of Chemos ye are forloren His sonnes are put to flighte his doughters brought captyne vnto Sihon kinge of the Amorites There lighte is out from Hesbon vnto â—â—bon and we made a wildernesse euen vnto Nopha whiche reacheth vnto Mediba And thus Israell dwelt in the londe of the Amorites And Moses sent to serche oute Iaezer they toke the townes belongynge thereto aÌ„d conquered the Amorites that were there And then they turned and went vppe towarde Bason And Og the kynge of Bason came out agenst them both he and all his people to warre at Edrei And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses feare him not for I haue delyuered him in to thy handes with all his people and his lande And thou shalt do with him as thou dydest with Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon And they smote him and his sonnes and all hys people vntyll there was nothinge left him And they conquered his lande And yâ— children of Israel remoued and pitched in the feldes of Moab on the other syde of Iordane by Iericho ¶ The .xxij. Chapter ANd Balac the sonne of Ziphor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites and the Moabites were sore a frayed of the people because they were many and abhorred the childern of Israel And Moab sayed vnto the elders of Madian now this companye hath lickte vpp all that are rounde aboute vs as an oxe lycketh vp the grasse of the felde And Balac the sonne of Ziphor was kinge of the Moabites at that tyme. And he sent messangers vnto Balam the sonne of Beor the interpreter whiche dwelt vppon the ryuer of the lande of the childern of his folke to call him sayenge beholde there is a people come out of Egipte which couereth the face of the erthe and lye euen harde by me Come nowe a felashippe and curse me this people For they are to myghtie for me so peraâ—enture I myghte be able to smyte them and to dryue them oute of the londe For I wote that whome thou blessest shal be blessed and whome thou cursest shal be cursed And the elders of Moab went with the elders of Madian and the rewarde of the sothe sayenge in their handes And they came vnto Balam and tolde him the wordes of Balac And he sayed vnto them tary here all nyghte and I will bringe you worde euen as the Lorde shall saye vnto me And the lordes of Moab abode with Balam And god came vnto Balam and sayed what men are these which are with the â–ª And Balam sayed vnto god Balac the sonne of Ziphor kynge of Moab hath sent vnto me sayenge beholde there is a people come out of Egipte and couereth the face of the erthe come now therfore and curse me them that so peraduenture I maye be able to ouercome them in batell and to dryue theÌ„ out And god sayed vnto Balam thou shalt not goo with
ox en .lxi. thousande asses .xxxij. thousande wemen that had lyen by no man And the halfe which was the parte of theÌ„ that weÌ„t out to warre was .iij. hundred thousande and .xxxvij. thousande and fyue hundred shepe And the Lordes parte of the shepe was .vi. hundred and .lxxv. And the oxen were .xxxvi. thousande of which the Lordes parte was .lxxij.. And the asses were .xxx. thousande and fyue hundred of whiche the Lordes parte was .lxi.. And the wemen were .xvi. thousande of which the Lordes parte was .xxxij. soules And Moses gaue that summe which was the Lordes heueofferynge vnto Eleazer the preast as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And the other halfe of the childern of Israel whiche Moses seperated from the men of warre that is to were the halfe that pertayned vnto the congregacion was .iij. hundred thousande and .xxxvij. thousande and fyue hundred shepe and .xxxvi. thousande oxen and .xxx. thousande asses and fyue huÌ„dred and .xvi. thousande wemen And Moses toke of this halfe that pertayned vnto the childern of Israel one of euery fyftie both of the wemen of the catell and gaue them vnto the leuites which wayted vppon the habitacion of the Lorde as the Lorde commaunded Moses And the officers of thousandes of the hoste the captaynes ouer the thousandes and the captaynes ouer the hundreds came forth sayed vnto Moses Thy servauntes haue taken the summe of the men of warre which were vnder oure hande there lacked not one man of them We haue therfore broughte a present vnto the Lorde what euery man founde of Jewels of golde cheyns bracelettes ringes earynges spangels to make an attonement for oure soules before the Lorde And Moses Eleazer toke the golde off them Jewels of all maner facions And all the golde of the heueoffrynge of the Lord of the captaynes ouer thousandes hundreds was .xvi. thousand .vij. hundred .l. sycles which yâ— meÌ„ of warre had spoyled euery man for him selfe And Moses Eleazer yâ— preast toke the golde of the captaynes ouer the thousandes ouer the hundreds brought it in to the tabernacle of witnesse to be a memoriall vnto yâ— childern of Israel before yâ— Lorde ¶ The â–ª xxxij Chapter THe childern of RubeÌ„ the childern of Gad had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell And wheÌ„ they sawe the loÌ„de of Iaeser the loÌ„de of Gilead yâ— it was an apte place for catell they came spake vnto Moses Eleazer yâ— preast vnto yâ— lordes of yâ— coÌ„gregacioÌ„ sayenge The loÌ„de of Ataroth Dibo Beon whiche contre yâ— Lorde smote before the congregacion of Israel is a londe for catell and we thy servauntes haue catell wherfore sayed they yf we haue founde grace in thy syghte let this londe be geuen vnto thy servauntes to possesse and bringe vs not ouer Iordane And Moses sayed vnto the childreÌ„ of Gad and of Ruben shall youre brethern goo to warre and yetarye here Wherfore discorage ye the hertes of the children of Israel for to goo ouer in to the londe which the Lorde hath geueÌ„ them This dyd youre fathers wheÌ„ I sent them from Cades bernea to sethe londe And they went vp euen vnto the ryuer of Escol sawe the londe discoraged the heâ—tes of the childern of Israel that they shulde not goo into the londe whiche the Lorde had geuen them And the Lorde was wroth the same tyme and sware sayenge None of the men that came out of Egipte froÌ„ twentye yere olde and aboue shall se the londe whiche I swore vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob because they haue not continually folowed me saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune the Benesite Iosua the sonne of Nun for they haue folowed me continually And the Lorde was angrie with Israel and made them wandre in the wildernesse .xl. yere vntill all the generacion that had done euell in the syghte of the Lorde were consumed And beholde ye are rysen vp in youre fathers stede the encrease of synfull men to augmente the ferse wrath of the Lorde to Israel warde For yf ye turne awaye from after him he wyll yet agayne leue the people in the wildernesse so shall ye destroy all this folke And they went nere him aÌ„d sayed we will bylde shepefoldes here for oure shepe and for oure catell and cities for oure childern But we oure selues will go ready armed before the childern of Israel vntill we haue broughte them vnto their place And oure childreÌ„ shall dwell in the stronge cities because of the inhabiters of the londe And we will not returne vnto oure housses vntill the childern off Israel haue enhereted euery man his enheritaunce For we will not enheret with them on yonder syde Iordane forwarde because oure enheritaunce is fallen to vs on this syde Iordane eastwarde And Moses sayed vnto them Yf ye will do this thing that ye will go all harnessed before the Lorde to warre and will go all of you in harnesse ouer Iordane before yâ— Lorde vntill he haue cast out his enemyes before him vntill the londe be subdyed before yâ— Lorde then ye shall returne be without sinne agenst the Lorde agenst Israel thie loÌ„de shal be youre possession before the Lorde But yf ye will not do so beholde ye synne agenst the Lorde aÌ„d be sure youre synne will fynde you out Bilde youre cities for youre childern foldes for youre shepe se ye do yâ— ye haue spoken And the childern of Gad of Ruben spake vnto Moses sayenge thy servauntes will do as my lorde commaundeth Oure childreÌ„ oure wines substaÌ„ce all oure catell shall remayne here in the cities of Gilead But we thi servauntes will goo all harnessed for the warre vnto batayle before the Lorde as my lorde hath sayed And Moses coÌ„mauÌ„ded Eleazer yâ— preast Iosua yâ— sonne of Nun the auncieÌ„t hedes of the tribes of the childern of Israel sayed vnto them Yf the childern of Gad and Ruben will goo with you ouer Iordane all prepared to syghte before the Lorde then when the lande is subdued vnto you geue them the londe of Gilead to possesse but yf they will not goo ouer with you in harnesse then they shall haue their possessions amonge you in yâ— londe of Canaan And the childern of Gad Ruben answered sayenge that which yâ— Lorde hath sayed vnto thi seruauÌ„tes we will doo We wil goo harnessed before the Lorde in to the londe of Canaan the possession of oure enheritaunce shal be on this syde the Iordane And Moses gaue vnto yâ— childern of Gad and of Ruben vnto halfe the try be of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph the kyngdome of Sihon kynge of the Amorites and the kyngdome of Ogkynge of Basan the lande that longed vnto the cities thereof in the costes of the contre rounde aboute And the childern of Gad bylt DiboÌ„ ataroth Aroer Atroth So phan Iaeser Iegabcha Bethnimra Betharan stronge cities and they bylt foldes for their shepe And the
out aÌ„d destroyed theÌ„ before them and dwelt there in their stede as Israel dyd in the londe of his possessioÌ„ which the Lorde gaue them Now ryse vpp sayed I aÌ„d get you ouer the ryuer Zared aÌ„d we went ouer the ryuer Zared The space in which we came from Cades bernea vntill we were come ouer the ryuer Zared was .xxxviij. yeres vntill all the generacion of the men of warre were wasted out of the host as the Lorde sware vnto theÌ„ For in dede the hande of the Lorde was ageÌ„st theÌ„ to destroye them out of the host till they were consumed And as soone as all the men of warre were consumed and deed from amonge the people then the Lorde spake vnto me sayenge Thou shalt goo thorow Ar the coste of Moab this daye and shalt come nye vnto the childern of Ammon se that thou vexe them not nor yet prouoke them For I will not geue the of the londe of the childern of Ammon to possesse because I haue geuen it vnto the childern of loth to possesse That also was taken for a londe of geauntes and geauntes dwelt therim in olde tyme and the Ammonites called them Zamzumyms A people that was great many and taule as the Enakyms But the Lorde destroyed them before the Ammonites and they cast them out and they dwelt there iÌ„ their steade as he dyd for the childern of Esau which dwell in Seir eueÌ„ as he destroyed the horyms before them aÌ„d they cast them out and dwell in their steade vnto this daye And the Avims which dwelt in Hazarim eueÌ„ vnto Aza the Caphthoryms which came out of Caphthor destroyed them and dwelt in the ir rowmes Ryse vp take youre yourney and goo ouer the ryuer Arnon Beholde I haue geuen in to thy haÌ„d SihoÌ„ the Amorite kynge of HesboÌ„ aÌ„d his londe Goo to and conquere and prouoke hiÌ„to batayle This daye I will begynne to send the feare and dreade of the vppon all nacions that are vnder al portes of heauen so that wheÌ„ they heare speake of the they shall tremble and quake for feare of the. Then I sent messengers out of the wildernesse of kedemoth vnto Syhon kynge of Hesbon with wordes of peace saynge Let me goo thorow thy londe I will goo allweyes alonge by the hye waye and will nether turne vnto the righte hande nor to the left Sell me meate for money for to eate and geue me drinke for money for to drynke I will goo thorowe by fote only as the childern of Esau dyd vnto me whiche dwell in Seir and the Moabites whiche dwell in Ar vntyll I be come ouer Iordayne in to the londe which the Lorde oure God geueth vs. But Sihon the kinge of Hesbon wolde not let vs passe by him for the Lord thy God had hardened his sprite and made his herte tough because he wold delyuer him in to thy hondes as it is come to passe this daye And the Lorde sayed vnto me beholde I haue begonne to set Sihon and his londe before the goo to and conquere that thou mayst possesse his londe Then both Sihon and all his people came out agenst vs vnto batayle at Iahab And the Lorde set him before vs and we smote hym and his sonnes and all hys people And we toke all his cities the same season and destroyed all the cities with men wemen and childern aÌ„d let nothinge remayne saue the catell only we caught vnto oure selues and the spoyle of the cities which we toke from Aroer vppon the brynke off the riuer off Arnon and the citie in the ryuer vnto Gilead there was not one citye to stronge for vs. The Lorde oure God delyuered all vnto vs only vnto the londe of the childern of Ammon ye came not nor vnto all the coste of the riuer labockner vnto the cities in the mountaynes nor vnto what soeuer the Lorde oure God forba de vs. ¶ The .iij. Chapter THen we turned and went vpp the waye to Basan And Og the kinge of Basan came out agenst vs. both he and all his people to batayle at Edrey And the Lorde sayed vnto me feare him not for I haue delyuered him and all his people aÌ„d his lande in to thy hande aÌ„d thou shalt deale with hiÌ„ as thou dealest with Sihon kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon And so the Lorde oure God delyuered in to oure handes Og also the kinge off Basan and al his folke And we smote him vntyll noughte was left him And we toke all his cities the same ceason for there was not a citie whiche we toke not from them euen .iij. score cities all the region of Argob the kyngdome of Og in Basan All these cities were made stronge with hye walles gates and barres besyde vnwalled townes a greate maynye And we vtterly destroyed them as we played with Sihon kynge off Hesbon bringing to nought al the cities with men wemen and childern But all the catell and the spoyle of the cities we caughte for oure selues And thus we toke the same ceason the loÌ„de out of the hande of two kynges of the Amorites on the other syde Iordayne from the ryuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon which Hermon the Sidons call Sirion but the Amorites call it Senyr all the cities in the playne aÌ„d all Gilead and all Basan vnto Salcha and Edrei cities of the kingdome of Og in Basan For only Og kynge of Basan remayned of the remnauÌ„t of the geauntes beholde his yernen bed is yet at Rabath amonge the childern off AmmoÌ„ .ix. cubettes longe aÌ„d iiij cubetes brode of the cubettes of a man And when we had conquered this londe the same tyme I gaue from Aroer which is apon the riuer of Arnon and halfe mount Gile ad and the cities thereof vnto the Rubenites and Gadites And the rest of Gilead and all Basan the kingdome of Og I gaue vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse all the regioÌ„ of Argob with all Basan was called the londe of geauntes Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the region of Argob vnto the costes of Gesuri aÌ„d Maâ—chati and called the townes of Basan after his owne name the townes of Iair vnto thys daye And I gaue half Gilead vnto Machir And vnto Ruben aÌ„d Gad I gaue from Gilead vnto the ryuer of Arnon aÌ„d half the valey aÌ„d the coste eueÌ„ vnto the ryuer Iabock which is the border of the childern of Ammon and the feldes aÌ„d Iordayne with the coste from Cenereth even vnto the see in the felde which is the salt see vnder the sprynges off Pisga eastwarde And I commaunded you the same tyme ye Ruben aÌ„d Gad sayeng the Lorde your God hath geuen you this londe to enioye it se that ye go harnessed before youre brethern the childern of Israel all that are meÌ„ of warre amonge you You re wyues only youre childern aÌ„d youre catell for I wote that ye haue moch catell shall abyde in youre cities which I haue geuen you vntyll the Lorde haue geueÌ„ rest vnto
these are the names of the soÌ„nes of Ismaell with their names in their kiÌ„reddes The eldest soÌ„ne of Ismael Neuâ—â—oth theÌ„ Redar Adbeel MibsaÌ„ Misma Duma Masa Hadar Thema Ietur Naphis Redma These are the soÌ„nes of Ismael and these are their names in their townes and castels .xij. princes of natioÌ„s And these are the yeres of the lyfe of Ismael an huÌ„dred and. xxxvij yere than he fâ—ll seke dyed was layde vnto his people And he dweld from Euila vnto Sur yâ— is before Egypte as men go toward the Assirâ—aÌ„s And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren And these are the generatioÌ„s of Isaac AbrahaÌ„s sonne AbrahaÌ„ begat Isaac And Isaac was .xl. yere olde wheÌ„ he toke Rebecca to wyfe the doughter of Bethuel the Sirian of Mesopotamia sister to Iaban the Sirien And Isaac made intercessioÌ„ vnto the LORde for his wife because she was bareÌ„ and the LORde was iÌ„treated of hiÌ„ Rebecca his wife coÌ„ceaued and the childern stroue together withiÌ„ her theÌ„ she sayde yf it shulde goo so to passe what helpeth it that I am with childe And she went axed the LORde And the LORde sayde vnto her there are .ij. maner of people in the wombe and ij nations shall springe out of thy bowels and the one nation shal be myghtier than the other and the eldest shal be servaunte vnto the yonger And wheÌ„ hir tyme was come to be delyuered beholde there were .ij. twyns in hir woÌ„be And he that came out first was redde rough ouer all as it were an hyde and they called his name Esau And after ward his brother came out his hande holdynge Esau by the hele Wherfore his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was .lx. yereolde wheÌ„ she bare theÌ„ and the boyâ— es grewe and Esau beame a conynge hunter a tyll man But Jacob was a simple man dwelled in the tentes Isaac loved Esau because he dyd eate of his venysoÌ„ but Rebecca loued Jacob Jacob sod potage Esau came from the feld was faiÌ„ne sayd to Jacob let me syppe of that redde potage for I am faynne And therfore was his name called Edom. And Jacob sayde sell â—e this daye thy byrthrighte And Esau answered Loo I am at the poynte to dye what profit shall this byrthrighte do me And Jacob sayde swere to me then this daye And he swore to him sold his byrthrighte vnto Jacob. Than Jacob gaue Esau brede potage of redde ryse And he ate dronke rose vp and went his waye And so Esau regarded not his byrthrighte The .xxvi. Chapter ANd there fell a derth in the lande passinge the first derth that fell in the dayes of Abraham Wherfore Isaac went vnto Abimelech kinge of yâ— PhilistiaÌ„s vnto Gerar. TheÌ„ the LORde apeared vnto him â— sayde goo not doune in to Egipte but byde in yâ— land which I saye vnto the Sogeorne in this laÌ„de I wyll be with yâ— wyll blesse yâ— for vnto the vnto thy sede I will geue all these coÌ„treis And I will performe the oothe which I swore vnto AbrahaÌ„ thy father will multiplye thy seed as yâ— starres of heaveÌ„ will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis And thorow thy seed shall all the natioÌ„s of the erth be blessed because that AbrahaÌ„ harkened vnto mâ— voyce kepte mine ordinauÌ„ces coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes statutes lawes And Isaac dwelled in Gerar. And yâ— meÌ„ of the place asked hiÌ„ of his wife he sayde that she was his sister for he feared to calle her his wife lest the meÌ„ of the place shulde haue kylled hym for hir sake because she was bewtyfâ—llto the eye And it happened after he had bene there longe tyme yâ— Abimelech kinge of yâ— PhilistiaÌ„s loked out at a wyndow sawe Isaac sportinge with Rebecca his wife And Abimelech sende for Isaac sayde se she is of a suertie thi wife and why saydest thou that she was thi sister And Isaac saide vnto hiÌ„ I thoughte that I mighte perad venture haue dyed for hir sake TheÌ„ sayde Abimelech whi hast thou done this vnto vs one of the people myght lightely haue lyne by thy wife so shuldest thou haue broughte synne vpon vs ThaÌ„ Abimelech charged all his people saynge he that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely â—ye for it And Isaac sowed in yâ— laÌ„de founde in yâ— same yere an huÌ„dred bushels for the LORde blessed hiÌ„ the man waxed mightye weÌ„t forth grewe till he was exceadinge great that he had possessioÌ„ of shepe of oxeÌ„ a myghtie housholde so yâ— the Philestians had envy at him In so moch yâ— they stopped fylled vp with erth all the welles which his fathers servauntes dygged in his father Abrahams tyme. Than sayde Abin elcch vnto Isaac gett the sroÌ„ me for thou art myhhtier then we a greate deale Than Isaac departed thense pitched his tente in the valey Gerar dwelt there â–ª And Isaac digged agayne the welles of water which they dygged in the dayes of AbrahaÌ„ his father which the PhilestiaÌ„s had stoppe after â— deth of AbrahaÌ„ gaue theÌ„ the same names which hys father gaue theÌ„ As Isaacs seruauÌ„tes dygged in the valey they founde a well of springynge water And the herdmeÌ„ of Gerar dyd stryue with Isaacs herdmeÌ„ saynge the water is oures Than called he the well Eseck because they stroue with hym Than dygged they another well they stroue for that also Therfore called he it Sitena And than he departed theÌ„se dygged another well for the which they stroue not therfore called he it Rehoboth saiÌ„ge yâ— LORde hath now made vs rowme we are encreased vpoÌ„ the erth Afterward departed he theÌ„ce came to Berseba And the LORde apered vnto hiÌ„ the same nyghte sayde I am the God of AbrahaÌ„ thy father feare not for I am with the will blesse the multiplye thy sede for my seruauÌ„te Abrahams sake And than he buylded an aulter there and called vpoÌ„ the name of the LORde there pitched his tente And there Isaacs servauntes dygged a well Than came Abimelech to him froÌ„ Gerar Ahusath his frende and Phicol his chefe captayne And Isaac sayde vnto theÌ„ wherfore come ye to me seige ye hate me haue put me awaye froÌ„ you Than sayde they we sawe that the LORde was with the and therfore we sayde that there shulde be an oothe betwixte vs aÌ„d the that we wolde make a bonde with the yâ— thou shuldeste do vs no hurte as we haue not touched the and haue done vnto the nothinge but good and seÌ„d the awaye in prace for thou art now the blessed of the LORde And he made theÌ„ a feast and they ate aÌ„d droÌ„ke And they lose vp by tymes in the mornynge and sware one to another And Isaac sent theÌ„ awaye And they departed from him in peace And the same daye came Isaacs servauÌ„tes tolde hiÌ„ of a well which
of ground where he â—ttched his tent of the childern of Hemor Sichems father for an hundred lambes And he made there an aulter and there called vpon the myghtie God of Israell The .xxxiiij. Chapter DIna the doughter of Lea which she bare vnto Jacob went out to see the doughters of the lande And EicheÌ„ the sonne of Hemo the Heuite lorde of the countre sawe her toke her laye with her and forced her his harte laye vnto Dina yâ— doughter of Jacob. And he loued that damsell spake kidly vnto her spake vnto his father Hemoâ— saynge gett me this maydeÌ„ vnto my wyfe And Iacob herde that he had defyled Dina his doughter but his sonnes were with the catell in the felde and therfore he helde his peace vntill they were come Then Hemor the father of Sichem went out vnto Iacob to comeÌ„ with him And the sonnes of Iacob came out of the felde as soone as they herde it for it greued them and they were not a litle wrooth because he had wrought folie in Israell in that he had lyen with Iacobs doughter which thinge oughte not to be done And Hemor comened with theÌ„ sainge the soule of my sonne SicheÌ„ loÌ„geth for youre doughter geue her him to wyfe and make mariages with vs geue youre doughters vnto vs aÌ„d take oure doughters vnto you and dwell with vs the lande shall be at youre pleasure dwell and do youre busynes and haue youre possessions there in And Sichem sayde vnto hyr father and hir brethern let me fynde grace in youre eyes and what soeuer ye apoynte me that will I geue Axe frely of me both the dowry gyftes and I will geue acordynge as ye saye vnto me and geue me the damsell to wyfe Then the sonnes of Iacob answered to Sichem aÌ„d Hemor his father deceytefully because he had defyled Dina their syster And they sayde vnto them we can not do this thinge that we shulde geue oure syster to one that is vncircumcysed for that were a shame vnto vs. Only in this will we consent vnto you Yf ye will be as we be that all the men childern amonge you be circumcysed thaÌ„ will we geue oure doughter to you and take youres to vs and will dwell with you and be one people But and yf ye will not harken vnto vs to be circumcysed than will we take oure doughter and goo oure wayes And their wordes pleased Hemor and Sichem his sonne And the yonge man deferde not for to do the thinge because he had a lust to Iacobs doughter he was also most sett by of all that were in his fathers house ThaÌ„ Hemor and Sichem went vnto the gate of their cyte and comened with the men of their cyte saynge These men ar peasable with vs will dwell in the laÌ„de and do their occupatioÌ„ therin And in the land is rowme ynough for theÌ„ let vs take their doughters to wyues and geue them oures only herm will they consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs and to be one people yf all the men childern that are amonge vs be circumcysed as they are Their goodes their substance and all their catell are oures only let vs consente vnto them that they maye dwell with vs. And vnto Hemor and Sichem his sonneharkened all that went out at the gate of his cyte And all the men childern were circumcysed what soever went out at the gates of his cyte And the third daye when it was paynefull to them ij of the sonnes of Iacob Simeon Leui Dinas brethren toke ether of them his swerde went in to the cyte boldly and slewe all that was male and slewe also Hâ—mâ—â— and Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde aÌ„d toke Dina their sister out of Sichems house and went their waye Than came the sonnes of Iacob vpon the deede and spoyled the cyte because they had defyled their sister and toke their shepe oxen asses and what so euer was in the cyte and also in the feldes And all their goodes all their childern and their wyues toke they captyue and made haâ—ock of all that was in the houses And Iacob sayde to Simeon and Leui ye haue troubled me aÌ„d made me styncke vnto the inhabitatours of the lande both to the Canâ—anytes and also vnto the Pherezites And I am fewe in nombre Wherfore they shall gather them selves together agaynst me â—ley me and so shall I and my house be dystroyed And they answered shuld they deall with oure sister aâ— wyth an whoore ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter ANd God sayd vnto Iacob aryse aÌ„d get the vp to Bethell dwell there And make there an aulter vnto God that apeared vnto the when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother Than sayd Iacob vnto hiâ— housholde to all that were with him put away the strauÌ„ge goddes that are amonge you make youre selves cleane chaunge youre garmeÌ„tes let vs aryse goo vp to Bethell that I maye make an aulter there vnto God which herde me in the daye of my tribulatioÌ„ was wyth me in the waye which I went And they gaue vnto Iacob all the straunge goddes which were vnder their handes aÌ„d all their carynges which were in their eares and Iacob hyd them vnder an ooke at Sichem And they departed â–ª And the feare of God fell vpon the cyties that were rounde aboute them that they durst not folowe after the sonnes of Iacob â—o came Iacob to Lus in the lande of Canaan otherwise called Bethell with all the people that was with him And he buylded there an â—ulter and called the place Elbethell because that God appered vnto him there when he fled from his brother Then dyed Deborâ— Rebeccas norse and was buryed benâ—â—he Bethell vnder an ooke And the name of it was called the ooke of lamentation And God appeared vnto Iacob agayne after he came out of Mesopotamia blessed him and sayde vnto him thy name is Iacob Notwithstondynge thou shalt be nomore called Iacob but Israel shal be thy name And so was his name called Israell And God sayde vnto him I am God allmightie growe and multiplye for people and a multitude of people shall sprynge of the yee aÌ„d kynges shall come out of they loynes And the lande which I gaue AbrahaÌ„ Isaac will I geue vnto the vnto thi seed after the will I geue it also And god departed froÌ„ him in the place where he talked with him And Iacob set vp a marke in the place where he talked with him euen a pilloure of stone powred drynkeoffringe theron and powred also oyle theron and called the name of the place where God spake with him Bethell And they departed from Bethel when he was but a feld brede from Ephrath Rahel began to trauell And in travelynge she was in perell And as she was in paynes of hir laboure the mydwyfe sayde vnto her feare not for thou shalt haue this sonne also Then as hir soule was a
heade And in yâ— vppermost basket of all maner bakemeates for Pharao And the byrdes ate them out of the basket apon my heade Ioseph answered and sayde this is the interpretation therof The .iij. baskettes are .iij. dayes for this daye .iij. dayes shall Pharao take thy heade from the and shall hange the on a tree and the byrdes shall eate thy flesh from of the. And it came to passe the thyrde daye which was Pharaos byrth daye that he made a feast vnto all his servauntes And he lyfted vpp the head of the chefe buttelar and of the chefe baker amonge his servauntes And restored the chefe buttelar vnto his buttelarshipe agayne and he reched the cuppe in to Pharaos hande aÌ„o hanged the chefe baker eueÌ„ as Ioseph had interpretated vnto theÌ„ Notwithstonding the chefe buttelar remembred not Ioseph but forgat hym The .xli. Capter ANd it fortuned at .ij. yeres end that Phâ—rao dreamed and thought that he stode by a ryuers syde and that there came out of the ryver .vij. goodly kyne and fatt fleshed and fedd in a medowe And him though that .vij. other kyne came vp after them out of the ryver evelfauored and leane fleshed and stode by the other vpon the brynke of the ryuer And the evill favored and lenefleshed kyne ate vp the .vij. welfauored and fatt kyne and â—e awoke their with And he slepte agayne and dreamed the second tyme that .vij. eares of corne grewe apon one stalke rancke and goodly And that .vij. thynne eares blasted with the wynde spronge vp after them and that the .vij. thynne eares deuowrerd the .vij. rancke and full eares And than Pharao awaked and se here is his dreame When the mornynge came his sprete was troubled And he sent and called for all the soythsayers of Egypte and all the wyse men there of and told them his dreame but there was none of them that coude interpretate it vnto Pharao Than spake the chefe buttelar vnto Pharao saynge I do remembre my fawte this daye Pharao was angrie with his servauntes and put in warde in the chefe marshals house both me and the chefe baker And we dreamed both of vs in one nyght and ech mannes dreame of a sondrye interpretation And there was with vs a yonge man an Hebrue borne servaunte vnto the chefe marshall And we told him and he declared oure dreames to vs acordynge to ether of oure dreames And as he declared them vnto vs euen so it came to passe I was restored to myne office agayne and he was hanged Than Pharao sent and called Joseph And they made him haste out of preson And he shaued himself and chaunged his rayment went in to Pharao And Pharao sayde vnto Joseph I haue dreamed a dreame and no man caÌ„ interpretate it but I haue herde saye of the yâ— as soone as thou hearest a dreame thou dost interpretate it And Joseph answered Pharao saynge God shall geue Pharao an answere of peace without me Pharao sayde vnto Joseph in my dreame me thought I stode by a ryvers syde and there came out of the ryver vij fatt fleshed aÌ„d well fauored kyne and fedd in the medowe And then .vij. other kyne came vp after them poore and very euell fauored aÌ„d leane fleshed so that I neuer sawe their lyke in all the lande of Egipte in euell fauordnesse And the .vij. leane and euell fauored kyne ate vpp the first .vij. fatt kyne And when they had eaten them vp a man cowde not perceaue that they had eateÌ„ them for they were still as evyll fauored as they were at the begynnynge And I awoke And I sawe agayne in my dreame .vij. eares sprynge out of one stalk full and good and .vij. other eares wytherd thinne and blasted with wynde sprynge vp after them And the thynne eares deuowred the .vij. good eares And I haue tolde it vnto the sothsayers but no man can tell me what it meaneth Then Joseph sayde vnto Pharao both Pharaos dreames are one And god doth shewe Pharao what he is aboute to do The vij good kyne are vij yeres the .vij. good eares are .vij. yere also and is but one dreame Lykewyse the .vij. thynne and euell fauored kyne that came out after them are .vij. yeares and the .vij. emptie and blasted eares shal be vij yeares of hunger This is that which I sayde vnto Pharao that God doth shewe Pharao what he is aboute to doo Beholde there shall come .vij. yere of great plenteousnes through out all the lande of Egypte And there shall aryse after them vij yeres of hunger So that all the plenteousnes shal be forgeten in the lande of Egipte And the hunger shall consume the lande so that the plenteousnes shall not be once asene in the land by reason of that hunger that shall come after for it shal be exceading great And as concernynge that the dreame was dubled vnto Pharao the second tyme it beâ—okeneth that the thynge is certanly prepared of God aÌ„d that God will shortly brynge it to passe Now therfore let Pharao provyde for a man of vnderstondynge and wysdome and sett him over the lande of Egipte And let Pharao make officers ouer the lande and take vp the fyfte parte of the land of Egipte in the vij plenteous yeres and let them gather all the foode of these good yeres that come aÌ„d lay vp corne vnder the power of Pharo that there may be foode in the cities and there let them kepte it that there may be foode in stoore in the lande agaynst the .vij. yeres of hunger which shall come in the lande of Egipte and that the lande perishe not thorow hunger And the saynge pleased Pharao aÌ„d all his seruauntes Than sayde Pharao vnto his seruavauntes where shall we fynde sch a maÌ„ as this is that hath the sprete of God in him wherfore Pharao sayde vnto Joseph for as moch as God hath shewed the all this there is no man of vnderstondyng nor of wysdome lyke vnto the Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house and acordinge to thy worde shall all my people obey only in the kynges seate will I be aboue the. And he sayde vnto Joseph beholde I haue sett the ouer all the lande of Egipte And he toke off his rynge from his fyngre and put it vpon Josephs fingre and arayed him in raymeÌ„t of bisse and put a golden cheyne aboute his necke and set him vpon the best charett that he had saue one And they cryed before him Abrech aÌ„d that Pharao had made him ruelar ouer all the lande of Egipte And Pharao sayde vnto Joseph I am Pharao without thi will shall no man lifte vp other his hande or fote in all the lande of Egipte And he called Josephs name Zaphnath Paenea And he gaue him to wyfe Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On. Than went Joseph abrode in the laÌ„de of Egipte And he was .xxx. yere olde wheÌ„ he stode before Pharao kynge of Egipte And than Joseph departed from Pharao and went
wife these are the kynreddes of Symeon These are the names of the children of Leui in their generations Gerson Kahath and Merari And Leui lyued an hundred and .xxxvij. yere The sonnes of Gerson Libni ād Semei in their kinreddes The childern of Kahath Amram Iesear Hebron and Vsiel And Kahath lyued an hundred and .xxxiij. yere The children of Merari are these Mahely and Musi these are the kynreddes of Leui in their generations And Amram toke Iochebed his nece to wyfe which bare him Aaron and Moses And Amram lyued an hundred and .xxxvij. yere The childern of Iezear Korah Nepheg and Sichri The childern of Vsiel Misael Elzaphan and Sithri And Aaron toke Elizaba doughter of Aminadab ād sister of Nahason to wife which bare him Nadab Abehu Eleazar and Ithamar The childern of Korah Assir Elkana ād Abiassaph these are the kynreddes of the Korahites And Eleazar Aarons sonne toke him one of the doughters of Putuel to wife which bare him Pinchas these be the principall fathers of the Leuites in their kynreddes These are that Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord sayde carie the childern of Israel out of the lond of Egipte with their armyes The se are that Moses and Aaron whiche spake to Pharao kynge of Egipte that they myghte brīge the childern of Israel out of Egipte And in the daye whē the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the londe of Egipte he spake vnto him saynge ▪ I am the Lorde se that thou speake vnto Pharao the kinge of Egipte all that I saye vnto the. And Moses answered before the Lorde I am of vncircumcised lippes howe shall Pharao than geue me audience ¶ The .vij. Chaptre ANd the Lorde saide vnto Moses beholde I haue made the Pharaos God and Aaron thy brother shal be thy prophete Thou shalt speake all that I commaunde the and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharao that he sende the childern of Israel out of his londe But I will harden Pharaos hert that I may multiplie my myracles and my wondres in the land of Egipte And yet Pharao shall not herken vnto you that I maye sett myne honde vpon Egipte and brynge out myne armyes euē my people the childern of Israel out of the lāde of Egipte with great iudgementes And the Egiptians shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I haue stretched forth my hande vpō Egipte and haue brought out the childern of Israel from amonge thē Moses and Aaron dyd as the Lorde commaunded them And Moses was lxxx yere olde and Aaron .lxxxiij. when they spake vnto Pharao And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron saynge when Pharao speaketh vn to you and sayth shewe a wondre than shalt thou saye vnto Aaron take the rodd and cast it before Pharao and it shall turne to a serpent Than went Moses and Aarō in vnto Pharao and dyd euen as the Lorde had commaunded And Aaron cast forth his rodd before Pharao and before his servauntes and it turned to a serpente Than Pharao called for the wyse men and enchaunters of Egipte dyd yn En◠so d◠o◠re charmars novv deceau◠all princes vvith theire sophistri◠▪ ād turne thē clene from repētaūce tovvarde the lavve of god ād frō the fayth that is in Christ lyke maner with there sorcery And they cast doune euery mā his rodd ād they turned to serpētes but Aarons rodd ate vp their roddes ād yet for all that Pharaos herte was hardened so that he herkened not vnto thē euen as the Lorde had sayde Than sayde the Lorde vnto Moses Pharaos herte is hardened and he refuseth to let the people goo Get the vnto Pharao in the mornynge for he will come vnto the water and frō de thou apon the ryuers brynke agenst he come and the rodd whiche turned to a serpente take in thine hande And saye vnto him the Lorde God of the Hebrues hath sente me vnto the saynge let my people goo that they maye serue me in the wildernes but hither to thou woldest not heare wherfore thus sayth the Lorde hereby thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord. Behold I will smyte with the staffe that is in myne hand apon the waters that are in the ryuer and they shall turne to bloude And the fishe that is in the riuer shall dye and the riuer shall stinke so that it shall greue the Egiptiās to drinke of the water of the ryuer And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saye vnto Aaron take thy staffe and stretch out thyne hande ouer the waters of Egipte ouer their streames ryuers pondes and all pooles off water that they maye be bloude and that there may be bloude in all the lande of Egipte both in vessells of wodd and also of stone And Moses and Aaron dyd euen as the Lorde commaunded And he lifte vp the staffe and smote the waters that were in the riuer in the syghte of Pharao and in the syghte of his servauntes and all the water that was in the ryuer turned in to bloude And the fish that was in the riuer dyed and the ryuer stanke so that the Egiptians coude not drinke of the water of the ryuer And there was bloude thorowe out all the lande of Egipte And the Enchaunters of Egipte dyd lyke wyse with their enchauntmentes so that Pharaos herte was hardened and dydnot regarde them as the Lorde had sayde And Pharao turned himselfe and went in to his housse and set not his herte there vnto And the Egiptians dygged round aboute the ryuer for water to drynke for they coude not drynke of the water of the ryuer And it contynued a weke after that the Lorde had smote the ryuer ¶ The .viij. Chapter THe Lorde spake vnto Moses Goo vnto Pharao and tell him thus sayeth the Lorde let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let them goo beholde I will smyte all thy londe with frogges And the ryuer shall scrale with frogges ād they shall come vp and goo in to thine housse and in to thy chaumbre where thou slepest ād vppō thy bedd and in to the housses of thy servauntes and vppon thy people and in to thyne ovens and vppon thy vitels which thou hast in store And the frogges shall come vpon the and on thy people and apon all thy servauntes And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saye vnto Aaron stretche forth thine hande with thy rodd ouer the stremes riuers ād pondes And bringe vp frogges apon the londe of Egipte And Aaron stretched his hande ouer the water of Egipte and the frogges came vp ād couered the londe of Egipte And the sorcerers dyd likewise with theire sorcery and the frogges came vp apon the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses and Aarō and sayde praye ye vnto the Lorde that he may take awaye the frogges from me and from my people and I will let the people goo that they maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde And Moses sayde vnto Pharao Appoynte thou the tyme vnto me when I shall praye for the
childern of Ruben bylt Besebon Elalea Ririathaim Nebo Baal Meon and turned their names and Sibama also gaue names vnto the cities which they bylt And the childern of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Gilead and token and put out the Amorites y◠were therein And Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse he dwelt therein And Iair the sonne of Manasse wēt toke y◠small townes thereof called thē the townes of Iair And Nobah went toke kenath with the townes longinge thereto called it Nobah after his awne name ¶ The .xxxiij. Chapter THese are the iurneyes of the childern of Israel which went out of the lande of Egipte with their armies vnder Moses ād Aaron And Moses wrote their goenge out by their iurneyes at y◠cōmaundment of the Lorde euen these are y◠iurneyes of their goenge out The childern of Israel departed from Rahēses the .xv. daye of the first moneth on y◠morowe after Passeouer went out with an hye hande in the syghte of all Egipte while the Egiptians buried all their firstborne which the Lorde had smoten amonge thē And vppō their goddes also the Lorde dyd execucion And y◠childern of Israel remoued from Rahemses and pitched in Sucoth And they departed frō Sucoth pitched their tentes in Ethā which is in the edge of y◠wyldernesse And they remoued frō Ethā ād turned vnto the entrynge of Hiroth which is before ba all Zephon pitched before Migdol And they departed frō before Hiroth went thorow the myddes of the see in to the wildernesse wēr .iij. dayes iurney in y◠wildernesse of Ethā pirched in Marah And they remoued frō Marah wēt vnto Elim where were .xij. fountaynes ād .lxx. datetrees and they pitched there And they remoued from Elim laye fast by the red see And they remoued frō the red see laye in y◠wildernesse of Sin And they toke their iurney out of y◠wildernesse of Sin sett vpp their tentes in Daphka And they departed from Daphka and laye in Alus And they remoued from Alus laye at Raphedim where was no water for the people to drynke And they departed from Raphedim and pitched in the wildernesse of Sinai And they remoued from the deserte of Sinai lodged at the graues of lust And they departed from the sepulchres of lust ād laye at Haseroth And they departed from Hazeroth pitched in Rithma And departed frō Rithma and pitched at Rimon Parez And they departed from Rimon Parez pitched in Libna And they remoued from Libna pitched at Rissa And they iurneyed frō Rissa ād pitched in Rehelatha And they went frō Rehclatha pitched in moūt Sapher And they remoued from mount Sapher and laye in Harada And they remoued from Harada and pitched in Makeheleth And they remoued from Makeheloth laye at Tahath ād they departed frō Tahath pitched at Tharath And they remoued frō Tharath and pitched in Mithca And they went from Mithca and lodged in Hasmona And they departed from Hasmona and laye at Moseroth And they departed from Moseroth and pitched amonge the childern of Iaecon And they remoued from the childern of Iaecon ād laye at Hor gidgad And they went from Hor gidgad and pitched in Iathbatha And they remoued from Iathbatha and laye at Abrona And they departed from Abrona and laye at Ezeon gaber And they remoued from Ezeon gaber and pitched in the wildernesse of Zin which is Cades And they remoued from Cades pitched in mount Hor in y◠edge of the londe of Moab And Aaron the preast went vpp in to mount Hor at the commaūdment of y◠Lorde dyed there euen in the fortieth yere after the childern of Israel were come out of y◠londe of Egipte in the first daye of the fyfte moneth And Aaron was an hundred ād xxxiij yere olde when he dyed in mount Hor And kinge Erad the canaamte which dwelt in y◠south of the lond of canaā herd y◠the childern of Israel were come And they departed frō mount Hor pitched in Zalmona And they departed from Zalmona pitched in Phimon they departed from Phimon pitched in Oboth And they departed frō Oboth pitched in Igim Abarim in the borders of Moab And they departed from Igim and pitched in Dibon Gad. And they remoued from Dibon Gad and laye in Almon Diblathama And they remoued from Almon Diblathama ād pitched in y◠mountaynes of Abarim before Nibo And they departed from the mountaynes of Abarim pitched in the feldes of Moab fast by Iordane nye to Iericho And they pitched apon Iordayne from Beth Haiesmoth vnto y◠playne of Sitim in y◠feldes of Moab And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the feldes of Moab by Iordayne nye vnto Iericho sayēge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them when ye are come ouer Iordane in to the londe of Canaan sethat ye dryue out all the inhabiters of the londe before you destroy their Ymaginacions all their Ymages of Metall ād plucke downe all their alters bylt on hilles And possesse the londe dwell therein for I haue geuen you the londe to enioye it And ye shall deuyde the enheritaunce of the londe by lott amonge youre kynreddes ād geue to the moo the moare enheritaunce to the fewer the lesse enheritaunce And youre enheritaunce shal be in y◠tryhes of youre fathers in y◠place where euery mans lott falleth But and yf ye will not dryne out the inhabiters of y◠londe before you then these which ye let remayne of thē shal be thornes in youre eyes and dartes in youre sydes shall vexe you in the lōde wherein ye dwell More ouer it will come to passe y◠I shall doo vnto you as I thought to doo vnto them ¶ The .xxxiiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge cōmaūde the childern of Israel and saye vnto them when ye come in to the londe of Canaan this is the londe that shall fall vnto youre enheritaunce the londe of Canaan with all hir costes And youre south quarter shal be from the wildernesse of Zin alonge by the coste of Edom so that youre south quarter shal be from the syde of the salte see eastwarde shall fet a compasse frō the south vpp to Acrabim reach to Zinna And it shall goo out on y◠south side of Cades Bernea goo out also at Hazar Adar and goo alōge to Azmon And shall fet a cōpasse from Azmon vnto the ryuer of Egipte and shall goo out at the see And youre west quarter shall be the greate see which coste shal be youre west coste And this shal be youre north quarter ye shall compasse from the great see vnto moūt Hor. And from mount Hor ye shall compasse goo vnto Hemath and the ende of y◠coste shal be at Zedada the coste shall reach out to Ziphron and goo out at Hazor Enan And this shal be youre north
and how moch I loue him In like maner yf my brother do me euel for my good then yf I loue him when there is no cause in him I se that my loue was of god aÌ„d eueÌ„ so yf I then hate him I feale and peaceave that my loue was but wordly And finallye he sturreth theÌ„ to the fayth aÌ„d loue of god aÌ„d dryveth them froÌ„ all confidence of their awne selves In the nynth also he moueth theÌ„ vnto faith and to put their trust in god and draweth theÌ„ from confidence of them selues by rehearsinge all the wekednesse which they had wrought from the first daye he knew them vnto that same daye And in the end he repeteth how he coniured god in horeb aÌ„d ouer came him with prayer where thou mayest lerne the right maner to praye In the tenth he rekeneth vpp the pith of all lawes and the kepinge of the lawe in the harte which is to feare god loue him aÌ„d serue him with all their harte soule and mighte aÌ„d kepe his commaundmentes of loue And he sheweth a reason why they shuld that doo euen because god is lord of heuen and erth aÌ„d hath also done all for them of his awne goodnesse without their deservinge And then out of the loue vnto god he bringeth the love vnto a mans neyghboure sayenge god is lorde aboue all lordes and loveth all his seruauntes indiffe rently as well the poore and feble and the straunger as the rich and mightye aÌ„d therfore wil that we loue the poore and the straunger And he addeth a cause for ye were straungers and god deliuered you and hath brought you vnto a londe where ye be at home Loue the straunger therfore for his sake In the .xi. he exhorteth them to loue and feare god and reherseth the terrible dedes off god vppon his enemies and on them that rebelled agenst him And he testifyeth vnto theÌ„ both what will folow yf they loue and feare god and whate also yf they despise him aÌ„d breake his commaundment In the .xij. he coÌ„maundeth to put out of the waye all that might be an occasion to hurte the fayth and forbiddeth to do ought after their awne mindes or to altre the worde of god In the .xiij. he forbiddeth to herken vnto ought saue vnto gods worde no though he which couÌ„seleth cotrarye shuld come with miracles as Paule doth vnto the Galathians In the. xiiij the beestes are forbiddeÌ„ partely for the vnclennesse of theÌ„ aÌ„d partely to cause hate betwene the hetheÌ„ aÌ„d theÌ„ that they haue no coÌ„uersatioÌ„ to gether in that one abhorreth whatt the other eateth Vnto this .xv. chaptre all pertayne vnto faith and loue cheflye And in this .xv. he beginneth to entreate moare speciallye of thinges pertayninge vnto the comenwelth aÌ„d equite aÌ„d exhorteth vnto the loue of a mans neyghboure And in the .xvi. amonge other he forgetteth not the same And in the xvij he entâ—eateth of right and equite chefly in so moche that when he loketh vnto faithe and vnto the punyshment of ydolatres he yet endeth in a lawe of loue and equite forbiddinge to comdemne any man vnder lesse them twoo witnesses at the lest and commaundeth to bringe the trespacers vnto the open gate of the citye where all men goo in and out that all men might heare the cause and se that he had but right But the pope hath founde a better waye even to apposse him with out any accusare aÌ„d that secretlye that no man knowe whether he haue right or no other hate his articles or answere for feare lest the people shuld serch whether it â—â—â—re so or no. In the. xviij he forbiddeth all false and deâ—elish crastes that hurte true fayth Moreouer because the people coude not heare the voyce of the lawe spokeÌ„ to theÌ„ in fire he promiseth theÌ„ another prophete to briÌ„ge theÌ„ better tydinges which was spokeÌ„ of christ oure sauiour The .xix. aÌ„d so forth vnto the ende of the xxvij is almost al together of love vnto oure neygboures aÌ„d of lawes of equite aÌ„d honestye with now aÌ„d then a respecte vnto fayth The .xxviij. is a terreble chaptre aÌ„d to be treÌ„bled at A christeÌ„ mans harte might wel bleed for sorow at the readinge of it for feare of the wrath that is like to come vpoÌ„ us accordinge vnto all the curses which thou there readest For acordinge vnto these curses hath god delt with all nacions after they were falleÌ„ in to the abhominacions of blindnesse The .xxix. is like terreble with a godly lessoÌ„ in the ende that we shuld leue serchiÌ„ge of goddes secrettes aÌ„d geue diligeÌ„ce to walke accordinge to that he hath opened vnto us For the kepiÌ„ge of the coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes of god teacheth wisdome as thou mayeste se in the same chapter where Moses sayeth kepe the coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes that ye maye vnderstod whate ye ought to do But to serch goddes secretes bliÌ„deth a maÌ„ as it is wel proved by the swarmes of oure sophisters whose wise bokes are now wheÌ„ we loke iÌ„ the scripture fouÌ„de but ful of folishnesse The first Chapter of Deuteronomye THese be the wordes which Moses spake vnto all Israel on the other syde Iordayne in the wildernesse and in the feldes by the red see betwene PharaÌ„ aÌ„d Tophel Laban Hazeroth and Disahab .xij. dayes iurney from Horeb vnto Cades bernea by the waye that leadeth vnto mount Seir. And it fortuned the first daye of the .xi. moneth in the fortieth yere that Moses spake vnto the childern of Israel acordinge vnto all that the Lorde had geuen him in commaundment vnto them after that he had smote Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt in Hesbon and Og kinge of Basan which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei On the other syde Iordayne in the londe of Moab Moses begane to declare this lawe saynge the Lorde oure God spake vnto us in Horeb sayenge Ye haue dwelt longe ynough in this mount departe therfore and take youre iurney and goo vnto the hilles of the Amorites and vnto all places nye there vnto both feldes hilles and dales and vnto the south and vnto the sees syde in the londe of Canaan and vnto libanon euen vnto the greate ryuer Euphrates Beholde I haue set the londe before you goo in therfore and possesse the londe which the Lord sware vnto youre fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue vnto them and their seed after them And I sayde vnto yov the same season I am not able to bere you myselfe alone For the Lorde youre God hath multiplyed you so that ye are this daye as the starres of heauen in numbre the Lorde god of youre fathers make you a thousande tymes so many moo as ye are and blesse you as he hath promysed you how sayde I can I myselfe alone beare the combraunce charge and stryste that is amonge you brynge therfore men of wisdome and of vnderstondinge and expert knowne amonge youre trybes that I maye make them ruelars ouer you And ye answered me and sayed
a pitiefull God he will not forsake the nether destroye the nor forgett the appoyntmēt made with thy fathers which he sware vnto them For axe I praye the of the dayes that are past which were before the sence the daye that God created man vppon the erth and from the one syde of heauen vnto the other whether any thinge hath bene lyke vnto this greate thinge or whether any soche thinge hath bene herde as it is that a nacion hath herde the voyce of God speakinge out of fyre as thou hast herde and yet lyued ether whether God assayed to goo and take him a people from amonge nacions thorow temptacions and sygnes and wonders and thorow warre and with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and wyth myghtye terreble sightes acordynge vnto all that the Lorde youre God dyd vnto you in Egipte before youre eyes Vnto the it was shewed that thou myghtest knowe how that the Lorde he is God and that there is none but he Out of heauen he made the heare his voyce to nurter the ▪ and vppon erth he shewed the his greate fyre and thou hardest his wordes out of the fyre And because he loued thy fathers therfore he chose their seed after them and broughte the out with his presence and with his myghtye power of Egipte to thrust out nations greater ād myghtyer then thou before the to bringe the in and to geue the their londe to enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Vnderstonde therfore this daye and turne it to thine herte that the Lorde he is God in heauen aboue and vppon the erth beneth there is no moo kepe therfore his ordynaunces and his commaundmentes which I commaun de the this daye that it maye goo well with the and with thi childern after the and that thou mayst prolonge thy dayes vppon the erth which the Lorde thi God geueth the for euer Then Moses seuered .iij. cities on the other syde Iordane towarde the sonne rysynge that he shulde fle thiter which had kylled his neygh boure vnwares and hated him not in tyme past and therfore shulde fle vnto one of the same cities and lyue Bezer in the wildernesse euen in the playne contre amonge the Rubenites and Ramoth in Gilead amonge the Gaddites and Solan in Basan amonge the Manassites This is the lawe which Moses set before the children of Israel and these are the witnesse ordinaunces and statutes which Moses tolde the childern of Israel after they came out of Egipte on the other syde Iordayne in the valey besyde Beth Peor in the londe of Sihō kinge of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon whom Moses and the childern of Israel smote after they were come out of Egipte ād conquered his lande and the lande of Og kinge of Basan .ij. kynges of the Amorites on the other syde Iordayne towarde the sonne rysynge from Aroar vppon the bancke of the ryuer Arnon vnto mount Sion which is called Hermon ād all the feldes on the other sydel or dayne eastwarde euen vnto the see in the felde vnder the springes of Pisga The. ◠Chapter ANd Moses called vnto all Israell and sayed vnto them Heare Israel the ordynaunces and lawes which I speke in thyne eares this daye and lerne them and take hede that ye doo them The Loode oure God made an appoyntment with us in Horeb. The Lorde made not this bonde with oure fathers but with us we are they which are al heare a lyue this daye The Lord talked with you face to face in the moūt out of the fyre And I stode betwene the Lorde and you the same tyme to shewe you the sayenge of the Lorde For ye were afrayed of the fyre and therfore went not vpp in to the mount and he sayed I am the Lorde thy God which brought the out of the lōde of Egipte the housse of bōdage Thou shalt haue therfore none other goddes in my presence Thou shalt make the no grauen Image off any maner lykenesse that is in heauen aboue Image or in the erth beneth or in the water beneth the erth Thou shalt nether bowe thy self vnto them nor serue them for I the Lorde thy God am a gelouse God visettinge the wikednesse of the fathers vppon the childern euen in the thyrde and the fourth generacion amonge them that hate me and shew mercye apon thousandes amonge them that loue me and kepe my commaundmentes Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne Kepe the Sabbath daye that thou sanctifi◠it as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded the. Syxe dayes thou shalt laboure and doo all that thou hast to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy God thou shalt doo no maner worke nether thou nor thy sonne nor thy doughter nor thy seruaunte nor thy mayde nor thine oxe nor thyne asse nor any of thi catell nor the straunger that is within thy cytye that thy seruaunte and thy mayde maye rest as well as thou * And remembre that thou God sheweth a cause why we oughte to kepe his commaundmentes the pope doth not wast a seruaunte in the londe of Egypte and how that the Lorde God brought the out thence with a myghtye hande and a stretched out arme For which cause the Lorde thy God commaundeth the to kepe the Sabbath daye Honoure thi father and thi mother as the Lord thi God hath cōmaūded the that thou mayst prolonge thi dayes and that it maye go well with the on the londe which the Lorde thi God geueth the. Thou shalt not slee Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agenst thy neghboure Thou shalt not luste after thi neghbours wife thou shat not couet thi neyghbours housse felde seruaunte mayde oxe asse nor ought that is thi neghbours These wordes the Lorde spake vnto al youre multitude in the mount out of the fyre cloude and darcknesse with a loude voyce and added nomoare there to and wrote them in .ij. tables of stone and delyuered them vnto me But as soone as ye herde the voyce out off the darcknesse and sawe the hill burne with fyre ye came vnto me all the heedes of youre tribes and youre elders and ye sayed beholde the Lorde oure God hath shewed us his glorye and his greatnesse and we haue herde his voyce out of the fyre and we haue sene this daye that God maye talke with a man and he yet lyue And now wherfore shulde we dye that this greate fyre shulde consume us Yf we shulde heare the voyce of the Lorde oure God any moare we shulde dye For what is any flesh that he shulde heare the voyce of the lyuynge God speakynge out of the fyre as we haue done and shulde yet lyue Goo thou ād heare all that the Lorde oure God sayeth and tell thou vnto us all that the Lorde oure God sayeth vnto the and
only the Lorde had a lust vnto thy fathers to loue them and therfore chose you theire seed after them off all nacyons as it is come to passe this daye Circumcyse therfore the foreskynne of youre hartes and be no longer sciffnecked For the Lorde youre God he is God of goddes and lorde of lordes a greate God a myghtye and a terreble which regardeth no mans person nor taketh giftes but doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and wedowe and loueth the straunger to geue him fode and rayment Loue therfore the straunger for ye were straungers youre selues in the londe of Egipte Thou shalt feare the Lorde thi God and serue him and cleaue vnto him aÌ„d swere by his name for he is thi prayse aÌ„d he is thi God that hath done these greate and terreble thinges for the which thine eyes haue sene Thi fathers went doune in to Egipte with .lxx. soules aÌ„d now the Lorde thi God hath made the as the starres of heauen in multitude The .xi. Chapter LOue the Lorde thi God and kepe his obseruaunces his ordinaunces his lawes and his commaundmentes alwaye And call to mynde this daye that which youre childern haue nether knowen nor sene euen the nurture of the Lorde youre God his greatnesse his myghtye hande and his stretched out arme his miracles and his actes which he dyd amonge the EgiptiaÌ„s euen vnto Pharao the kinge off Egipte and vnto all his loÌ„de aÌ„d what he dyd vnto the host of the EgiptiaÌ„s vnto their horses aÌ„d charettes how he brought the water of the red see vppon theÌ„ as they chased you and how the Lorde hath brought them to nought vnto this daye aÌ„d what he dyd vnto you in the wildernesse vntill ye came vnto this place aÌ„d what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab the sonne of Ruben how the erth opened hir mouth aÌ„d swalowed theÌ„ with their housholdes and their tentes aÌ„d all their substaÌ„ce that was in their possessioÌ„ in the myddes of Israel For youre eyes haue sene all the greate deades of the Lorde which he dyd Kepe therfore al the coÌ„maundmentes which I coÌ„maunde the this daye that ye maye be stronge aÌ„d goo and conquere the londe whother ye go to possesse it aÌ„d that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the londe which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to geue vnto them aÌ„d to their seed a londe that floweth with mylke and honye For the londe whother thou goest to possesse it is not as the londe of Egipte whence thou camest out where thou sowedest thi seed and wateredest it with thi laboure as a garden of herbes but the londe whither ye goo ouer to possesse it is a londe of hilles and valeyes and drynketh water of the rayne of heaueÌ„ and a londe which the Lorde thi God careth for The eyes of the Lord thi God are always apoÌ„ it from the begynnynge of the yere vnto the later ende of the yere Yf thou shalt herken therfore vnto my commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye that ye loue the Lorde youre God and serue him with all youre hertes and with all youre soules then he will geue rayne vnto youre londe in due season both the fyrst rayne and the later and thou shalt gather in thy corne thy wyne and thyne oyle And he will sende grasse in thy feldes for thy catell and thou shalt care and fyll thy selfe But bewarre that youre hertes disceaue you not that ye turne asyde and serue straunge goddes and worshepe them and theÌ„ the wrath of the Lorde waxe hote vpon you aÌ„d shott vp the heauen that there be no rayne and that youre londe yeld not hir frute and that ye peresh quickly from of the good loÌ„de which the Lorde geueth you Putt vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules and bynde them for a sygne vnto youre handes and lett them be as papers of remembraunce betwene youre eyes and teach them youre childern so that thou * talke of them when thou syttest in Talke of â—oâ—â—nhod saye oure prelates thyne housse and when thou walkest by the waye and when thou lyest doune and when thou rysest vpp yee and write them vppon the dorepostes of thine housse and vppon thi gates that youre dayes may be multiplyed aÌ„d the dayes of youre childern apon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to geue them as longe as the dayes of heaueÌ„ last vpon the erth For yf ye shall kepe all these comaundmentes which I coÌ„maunde you so that ye doo theÌ„ and loue the Lorde youre God and walke in all his wayes and oleaue vnto him Then will the Lorde cast out all these nacions both greatter and myghtyer then youre selues All the places where on the soles of youre fete shall treade shal be youres euen from the wildernesse and from Libanon and from the ryuer Euphrates euen vnto the vttemost see shall youre costes be There shall no man be able to stonde before you the Lorde youre God shal cast the feare and dreade of you vppoÌ„ all londes whether ye shall come as he hath sayed vnto you Beholde I sect before you this daye a blessynge and a curse a blessynge yf that ye herkeÌ„ vnto the commaundmentes of the Lorde youre God which I coÌ„mauÌ„de you this daye And a curse yf ye will not herkeÌ„ vnto the coÌ„maundmentes of the Lord youre God but turne out of the waye which I commauÌ„de you this daye to goo after straunge goddes which ye haue not knowen When the Lorde thi God hath brought the in to the londe whother thou goest to possesse it then put the blessinge vppon mount Grisim and the curse vppon mount Ebal which are on the other syde Iordane on the backe side of the waye towarde the goynge doune of the sonne in the loÌ„de of the Cananites which dwell in the feldes ouer agenst Gilgal besyde moregroue For ye shall goo ouer to goo and possesse the londe which the Lorde youre God geueth you and shall conquere it aÌ„d dwell there in Take hede therfore that ye doo al the coÌ„maundmentes and lawes which I sett before you this daye The .xij. Chapter THese are the ordinaunces and lawes which ye shall obserue to doo in the londe which the Lorde God of thy fathers geueth the to possesse it as longe as ye lyue vppon the erth Se that ye destroye all places where the nacyons which ye conquere serue their goddes vppon hye mountaynes and on hye hilles and vnder euery grene tree Ouerthrowe their alters and breake their pylers and burne their groues with fyre and hewdowne the ymages off theyr goddes and brynge the names of them to noughte out of that place Se ye doo not so vnto the Lorde youre God but ye shall enquere the place which the Lorde youre God shall haue chosen out of all youre trybes to put his name there and there to dwell And thyther thou shalt come and thyther ye shall brynge youre burntsacryfices and youre offerynges youre tithes and heueofferynges
that are wrytten in thys boke for to feare this glorious and fearfull name of the Lorde thy God the Lorde will smyte both the and thy seed with wonderfull plages and with greate plages and of longe continuaunce and with euell sekenesses and of longe duraunce Moreouer he wyll brynge vppon the all the diseases off Egipte whiche thou wast afrayed off and they shall cleaue vnto the. Thereto all maner sekenesse◠and all maner plages whiche are not wrytten in the boke of this lawe wyll the Lorde brynge vppon the vntyll thou be come to noughte And ye shal be lefte fewe in numbre where to fore ye were as the starres off heauen in multitude because thou woldest not herkē vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God And as the Lorde reioysed ouer you to do you good and to multiplye you euen so he will reioyse ouer you to destroye you and to brynge you to nought And ye shabe wasted from of the lande whother thou goest to enioye it And the Lorde shall scater the amonge all nacyons from the one ende of the worlde vnto the other and there thou shalt serue straunge goddes which nether thou nor thy fathers haue knowne euen wod and stone And amonge these nacyons thou shalt be no small season and yet shalt haue no reste for the sole of thy foote For the Lorde shall geue the there a trēblynge herte ād dasynge eyes and sorowe of mynde And thy lyfe shall hange before the and thou shalt feare both daye and nyghte ād shalt haue no trust in thy lyfe In the mornynge thou shalt saye wolde God it were nyghte And at nyghte thou shalt saye wolde God it were mornynge For feare off thyne herte whiche thou shalt feare and for the syghte of thyne eyes whiche thou shalt se And the Lorde shall brynge the in to Egipte agayne with shippes by the waye which I bade the that thou shuldest se it nomoare And there ye shal be solde vnto youre enemyes for bondmen and bondwemen and yet no man shall bye you ¶ The .xxix. Chapter THese are the wordes of the appoyntmēt which the Lorde commaunded Moses to make with the childern of Israel in the londe of Moab besyde the appoyntment whiche he made with them in Horeb. And Moses called vnto all Israel and sayed vnto them Ye haue sene all that the Lorde dyd before youre eyes in the lande of Egipte vnto Pharao and vnto all his seruauntes and vnto all his londe and the greate temptacyons whiche thyne eyes haue sene and those greate myracles and wonders and yet the Lorde hath not geuen you an herte to perceaue nor eyes to se nor eares to heare vnto this daye And I haue led you .xl. yere in the wildernesse and youre clothes are not waxed olde vppon you nor are thy showes waxed olde vppon thy fete Ye haue eaten no bred nor droncke wyne or strounge dryncke that ye myghte knowe howe that he is the Lorde youre God And at the last ye came vnto this place ād Sihon the kynge of Hesbon and Og kynge of Basan came out agenst you vnto batayle and we smote them and toke their londe and gaue it an heritaunce vnto the Rubenites and Gadites and to the halfe tribe of Manasse Kepe therfore the worde of this appoyntment and doo them that ye maye vnderstonde all that ye ought to doo Ye stonde here this daye euery one of you before the Lorde youre God both the heedes of youre trybes youre elders youre officers ād all the mē of Israel youre childern youre wyues and the straungere that are in thyne host from the hewer of thy wod vnto the drawer of thy water that thou shulddest come vnder the appoyntment of the Lorde thy God and vnder his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with the this daye For to make the a people vnto him selfe and that he maye be vnto the a God as he hath sayed vnto the and as he hath sworne vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Also I make not this bonde and this othe with you only but both with him that stōdeth here with us this daye before the Lorde oure God and also with him that is not here with us this daye For ye knowe how we haue dwelt in the londe of Egipte and how we came thorow the myddes of the nacions which we passed by And ye haue sene their abhominaciōs and their ydolles wod stone siluer and golde which they had Lest there be amonge you man or woman kynred or trybe that turneth awaye in his hert this daye from the Lord oure God to goo ād serue the goddes of these nacions and lest there be amonge you some roote that bereth gall and wormwod so that when he heareth the wordes of this curse he blesse him selfe in his hert sayenge I feare it not I will therfore walke after the lust of myne awne hert that the drounken destroye the thurstie And so the Lorde will not be mercyfull vnto him but then the wrath of the Lorde ād his gelousye smoke agenst that man ād al the curses that are written in this boke light vppō him and the Lorde doo out his name frō vnder heauen and separate him vnto euell out of all the trybes of Israel acordynge vnto all the curses of the appoyntement that is written in the boke of this lawe So that the generacion to come of youre childern that shal ryse vpp after you ād the straunger that shall come from a ferre londe saye when they se the plages of that londe and the diseases where with the Lorde hath smytten it how all the londe is burnt vpp with bremstone and salt that it is nether sowne nor beareth nor any grasse groweth therein after the ouertrowenge of Sodome Gomor Adama ād Zeboim which the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrath and angre And than all nacions also saye wherfore hath the Lorde done of this facion vnto this londe O how fearse is this greatt wrath And men shall saye because they lefte the testamēt of the Lorde God of their fathers which he made with them whē he brought them out of the lande of Egipte And they went ād serued straunge goddes and worshipped them goddes which they knewe not and which had geuen them nought And therfore the wrath off the Lorde waxed whote vppon that londe to brynge vppon it all the curses that are written in this boke And the Lorde cast them out of their londe in angre wrath and greate furyou snesse and cast thē in to a straunge londe as it is come to passe this daye The secrettes perteyne vnto the Lorde oure God and the thinges that are opened perteyne vnto us and oure childern for euer that we doo all the wordes of this lawe The .xxx. Chapter WHen all these wordes are come vpō the whether it be the blessinge or the cursse which I haue set before the yet yf thou turne vnto thyne hert amonge all the nacions whother the Lorde thi God hath thruste the and come agayne
vnto the Lorde thi God aÌ„d herken vnto his voyce acordinge to all that I coÌ„maunde the this daye both thou and thi childern with all thine hert and all thi soule Then the Lorde thi God wil turne thi captiuite aÌ„d haue coÌ„ppassion vpoÌ„ the aÌ„d goo aÌ„d fett the agayne from all the nacions amoÌ„ge which the Lorde thi God shall haue scatered the. Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen euen from thence will the Lorde thi God gather the and from thence fett the and brynge the in to the lande which thi fathers possessed and thou shalt enioye it And he will shewe the kyndnesse and multiplye the aboue thi fathers And the Lorde thi God will circumcyse thine hert and the hert of thi seed for to loue the Lorde thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule that thou mayst lyue And the Lorde thi God will put al these curses vpoÌ„ thine enemyes and on theÌ„ that hate the and persecute the. But thou shalt turne and herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and doo all his commaundmentes which I commaunde the this daye And the Lorde thi God will make the plenteous in all the workes of thine hande and in the frute of thi bodye in the frute of thi catell and frute of thi lande and in riches For the Lorde will turne agayne and reioyse ouer the to doo the good as he reioysed ouer thi fathers Yf thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his commaundmentes and ordynaunces which are written in the boke of this lawe yf thou turne vnto the Lord thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule For the commaundment which I commaunde the this daye is not separated from the nether ferre of It is not in heauen that thou neadest to saye who shall goo vpp for us in to heauen and fett it us that we maye heare it aÌ„d doo it Nether is it beyonde the see that thou shuldest saye who shall goo ouer see for us and fett â—t us that we maye heare it and doo it But the worde is very nye vnto the euen in thi mouth and in thine hert that thou doo it Beholde I haue sett before you this daye lyfe and good deeth and cuell in that I commaunde the this daye to loue the Lorde thi God and to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes his ordynaunces and his lawes that thou mayst lyue and multipye and that the Lorde thy God man blesse the in the londe whother thou goest to possesse it But and yf thyne hert turne awaye so that thou wilt not heare but shalt goo astraye and worshepe straunge goddes and serue them I pronounce vnto you this daye that ye shal surely peresh and that ye shall not prolonge youre dayes vppon the londe whother thou passest ouer Iordayne to goo and possesse it I call to recorde this daye vnto you heauen and erth that I haue sett before you lyfe and deeth blessynge and cursynge but chose lyfe that thou and thi seed maye lyue in that thou louest the Lorde thi God herkenest vnto his voyce and cleauest vnto him For he is thi life and the lengthe of thi dayes that thou mayst dwell vppon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue them The .xxxi. Chapter ANd Moses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel and sayed vnto them I am an hundred aÌ„d .xx. yere olde this daye aÌ„d can nomoare goo out and in Also the Lorde hath sayed vnto me thou shalt not go ouer this Iordayne The Lord youre God he will go ouer before the aÌ„d he will destroye these nacions before the aÌ„d thou shalt coÌ„quere theÌ„ And Iosua he shall goo ouer before the as the Lorde hath sayed And the Lorde shall doo vnto them as he dyd to Sihon aÌ„d Og kynges of the Amorites aÌ„d vnto their landes which kinges he destroyed And when the Lorde hath delyuered them to the se that ye doo vnto them acordynge vnto all the coÌ„maundmentes which I haue coÌ„maunded you Plucke vpp youre hartes and be stronge dreade not nor be aferde of them for the Lorde thi God him selfe will goo with the and wil nether let the goo nor forsake the And Moses called vnto Iosua and sayed vnto him in the sighte of all Israel Be stroÌ„ge and bolde for thou must goo with this people vnto the londe which the Lorde hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt geue it them to enheret And the Lorde he shall goo before the aÌ„d he shall be with the and wil not let the goo nor forsake the feare not therfore nor be discomforted And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the preastes the sonnes of Leui which bare the arke of the testament of the Lorde and vnto all the elders of Israel and commaunded them sayenge At the ende of .vij. yere in the tyme of the fre yere in the fest of the tabernacles when all Israel is come to appere before the Lorde thi God in the place which he hath chosen se that thou reade this lawe before all Israel in their eares Gather the people together both men wemen and childern and the straungers that are in thi cities that they maye heare lerne and feare the Lorde youre God and be diligent to kepe all the wordes of this lawe and that theyr childern which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the Lorde youre God as longe as ye lyue in the londe whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses Beholde thy dayes are come that thou must dye Call Iosua and come and stonde in the tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge And Moses and Iosua went and stode in the tabernacle off witnesse And the Lorde apeared in the tabernacle euen in the pyler off the cloude And the piler of the cloude stode ouer the dore of the tabernacle And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses beholde thou must slepe with thi fathers and this people will goo a whorynge after straunge goddes off the londe whother they goo and will forsake me and breake the appoyntement which I haue made with them And then my wrath will waxe whote agenst them and I will forsake them and will hyde my face from them and they shal be consumed And when moch aduersyte and tribulacion is come vppon them then they will saye because oure God is not amonge us these tribulacions are come vppon us But I wil hyde my face that same tyme for all the euels sake which they shall haue wrought in that they are turned vnto straunge goddes Now therfore write ye this songe and teach it the childern of Israel and put it in their mouthes that this songe maye be my witnesse vnto the childern of Israel For when I haue brought them in to the londe whiche I sware vnto their fathers that runneth with mylke aÌ„d honye then they will eate and fyll them selues and waxe
thorow out all the lande of Egipte And in the .vij. pleÌ„teous yeres they made sheves and gathered vp all the fode of the .vij. plenteous yeres which were in the lande of Egipte and put it in to the cities And he put the food of the feldes that grewe rounde aboute euery cyte euen in the same And Joseph layde vp corne in stoore lyke vnto the sande of the see in multitude out of mesure vntyll he left nombrynge For it was with out nombre And vnto Joseph were borne .ij. sonnes before the yeres of hunger came which Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On bare vnto him And he called the name of the first sonne Manasse for God sayde he hath made me forgett all my laboure all my fathers husholde The seconde called he Ephraim for God sayde he hath caused me to growe in the lande of my trouble And when the .vij. yeres of plenteousnes that was in the lande of Egypte were ended than came the .vij. yeres of derth acordynge as Joseph had sayde And the derth was in all landes but in the laÌ„de of Egipte was there yet foode When now all the lande of Egipte began to hunger than cried the people to Pharao for bread And Pharao sayde vnto all Egipte goo vnto Joseph and what he sayth to you that doo And when the derth was thorow out all the lande Joseph opened all that was in the cities and solde vnto the EgiptiaÌ„s And hunger waxed sore in the land of Egipte And all countrees came to Egipte to Joseph for to bye corne because that the hunger was so sore in all landes ¶ The .xlij. Chapter WHen Iacob sawe that there was corne to be solde in Egipte he sayde vnto his soÌ„nes why are ye negligent beholde I haue hearde that there is corne to be solde in Egipte Gete you thither and bye vs corne froÌ„ theÌ„ce that we maye lyue and not dye So went Josephs ten brethern doune to bye corne in Egipte for Ben Jamin Josephs brother wold not Iacob sende with his other brethren for he sayde some mysfortune myght happen him And the sonnes of Israell came to bye corne amonge other that came for there was derth also in the lande of Canaan And Joseph was gouerner in the londe and solde corne to all the people of the londe And his brethren came and fell flatt on the grounde before him When Joseph sawe â—â—s brethern he knewe them But made straunge vnto them and spake rughly vnto them saynge Whence come ye and they sayde out of the lande of Canaan to bye vitayle Joseph knewe his brethern but they knewe not him And Joseph remembred his dreames which he dreamed of them and sayde vnto them ye are spies and to se where the lande is weake is youre comynge And they sayde vnto him nay my lorde but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come We are all one mans sonnes and meane truely and thy seruauntes are no spies And he sayde vnto them nay verely but euen to se where the land is weake is youre comynge And they sayde we thi seruauntes are .xij. brethern the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan The yongest is yet with oure father and one no man woteth where he is Joseph sayde vnto them that is it that I sayde vnto you that ye are surelye spies Here by ye shall be proued For by the lyfe of Pharao ye shall not goo hence vntyll youre yongest brother be come hither Sende therfore one off you and lett him sett youre brother and ye shal be in preason in the meane season And thereby shall youre wordes be proued whether there be any trueth in you or els by the lyfe of Pharao ye are but spies And he put them in warde thre dayes And Joseph sayde vnto theÌ„ the thryd daye This doo and lyue for I feare Gode Yf ye meane no hurte let one of youre brethern be bounde in the preason and goo ye and brynge the necessarie foode vnto youre housholdes and brynge youre yongest brother vnto me that youre wordes maye be beleved aÌ„d that ye dye not And they did so Than they sayde one to a nother we haue verely synned agaynst oure brother in that we sawe the anguysh of his soull when he besought us wold not heare him therfore is this troubyll come apon us Ruben answered theÌ„ saynge sayde I not vnto you that ye shulde not synne agaynst the lad but ye wolde not heare And now verely see his bloude is requyred They were not aware that Joseph vnderstode thein for he spake vnto them by an interpreter And he turned from them and wepte and than turned to them agayne aÌ„d comened with them and toke out Simeon from amonge theÌ„ and bownde him before their eyes aÌ„d commaunded to fyll their sackes wyth corne and to put euery mans money in his sacke and to geue them vitayle to spende by the waye And so it was done to them And they laded their asses with the corne and departed thence And as one of them opened his sacke for to geue his asse prauender in the Iâ—ne he spied his money in his sacks mouth And he sayde vnto his brethren my money is restored me agayne is eueÌ„ in my sackes mouth Than their hartes fayled them and were astoynyed and sayde one to a nother how cometh it that God dealeth thus with us And they came vnto Iacob their father vnto the lande of Canaan and tolde him all that had happened them saynge The lorde of the laÌ„de spake rughly to us and toke us for spyes to serche the countte And we sayde vnto him we meane truely and are no spies We be .xij. bretren soÌ„nes of oure father one is awaye and the yongest is now with oure father in the lande of Canaan And the lorde of the countre sayde vnto us here by shall I knowe yf ye meane truely leaue one of youre brethern here with me and take foode necessary for youre housholdes and get you awaye and brynge youre yongest brother vnto me And thereby shall I knowe that ye are no spyes but meane truely So will I delyuer you youre brother agayne and ye shall occupie in the lande And as they emptied their sackes beholde euerymans bundell of money was in his sacke And when both they and their father sawe the bundells of money they were afrayde And Jacob their father sayde vnto them â–ª We haue ye robbed of my childern Joseph is away and Simeon is awaye and ye will take Ben Jamin awaye All these thinges fall vpon me Ruben answered his father saynge Slec my two sonnes yf I bringe him not to the agayne Delyuer him therfore to my honde and I will brynge him to the agayne And he sayde my sonne shall not go downe with you For his brother is dead and he is left alone Moreouer some mys fortune myght happen vpon him by the waye which ye goo And so shuld ye brynge my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue ¶ The .xliij. 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