to lyue ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter THan Isaac called Jacob his sonne and blessed him ād charged him and sayde vnto him se thou take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan but aryse ād gett the to Mesopotamia to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father and there take the a wife of the doughters of Laban thi mothers brother And God allmightte blesse the increase the and multiplie the that thou mayst be a nombre of people and geuethe the blessynge of Abraham both to the and to thy seed with the that thou mayst possesse the lāde wherein thou art a strangere which God gaue vnto Abraham Thus Isaac sent forth Jacob to goo to Mesopotamia vnto Laban sonne of Bethuel the Sirien and brother to Rebecca Jacobs Esaus mother When Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Mesopotamia to fett him a wife thence and that as he blessed him he gaue him a charge saynge se thou take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother was gone vnto Mesopotamia and seynge also that the doughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father Then went he vnto Ismael and toke vnto the wiues which he had Mahala the doughter of Ismael Abrahams sonne the sister of Nabaioth to be his wife Jacob departed from Berseba and went toward Haran and came vnto a place and taried there all nyghte because the sonne was downe And toke a stone of the place and put it vnder his heade and layde him downe in the same place to slepe And he dreamed and beholde there stode a ladder apon the erth and the topp of it reached vpp to heauē And se the angells of God went vp and downe apon it yee ād the LORde stode apon it and sayde I am the LORde God of Abraham thi father and the God of Isaac The londe which thou slepest apon will I geue the and thy seed And thy seed shal be as the dust of the erth And thou shalt spreade abrode west east north and south And thorow the and thy seed shall all the kynreddes of the erth be blessed And se I am with the and wylbe thy keper in all places whother thou goost wyll brynge y◠agayne in to this lande Nether will I leaue the vntill I haue made good all that I haue promysed the. When Jacob was awaked out of his slepe he sayde surely the LORde is in this place ād I was not aware And he was afrayde sayde how fearfull is this place it is none other but euen the house of God and the gate of heauē And Jacob stode vp early in the mornynge and toke the stone that he had layde vnder his heade and pitched it vp an ende and poured oyle on the topp of it And he called the name of the place Bethell for in dede the name of the citie was called Lus before tyme. And Jacob vowed a vowe saynge Yf God will be with me and wyll kepe me in this tourney which I goo and will geue me bread to eate and cloothes to put on so that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in saftie then shall the LORde be my God and this stone which I haue sett vp an ende shal be godes house And of all that thou shalt geue me will I geue the tenth vnto the. ¶ The .xxix. Chapter THen Jacob lyfte vp his fete wēt toward the east countre And as he loked aboute behold there was a well in the feld and .iij. flockes of shepe laye therby for at that well were the flockes watered there laye a great stone at the well mouth And the maner was to brynge the flockes thyther to roull the stone frō the welles mouth and to water the shepe and to put the stone agayne vppon the wells mouth vnto his place And Jacob sayde vnto thē brethern whēce be ye and they sayde of Haran ar we And he sayde vnto thē knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nahor And they sayde we knowe him And he sayde vnto thē is he in good health And they sayde he is in good health and boholde his doughter Rahel cometh with y◠shepe And he sayde lo it is yet a great whyle to nyghte nether is it tyme that the catell shulde be gathered together water the shepe and goo and fede thē And they sayde we maye not vntill all the flockes be brought together the stone be roulled frō the wells mouth and so we water oure shepe Whyle he yet talked with thē Rahel came with hir fathers shepe for she kepte them As soone As Jacob sawe Rahel the doughter of Laban his mothers brother and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother he went and rowled the stone frō the wells mouth and watered the shepe of Labā his mothers brother And Jacob kyssed Rahel and lyfte vp his voyce and wepte and tolde her also that he was hir fathers brother and Rebeccas sonne Thē Rahel ranne and tolde hir father When Laban herd tell of Jacob his sisters sonne he ranne agaynst him and enbraced hī kyssed him ād broughte him in to his house And thē Jacob told Labā all y◠matter And thē Labā sayde well thou art my bone my flesh Abyde with me the space of a moneth And afterward Laban sayd vnto Jacob though thou be my brother shuldest thou therfore serue me for nought tell me what shall thi wages be And Laban had .ij. doughters the eldest called Lea and the yongest Rahel Lea was tender eyed But Rahel was bewtifull ād well fauored And Jacob loued her well and sayde I will serue the .vij. yere for Rahel thy yongest doughter And Laban answered it is better y◠I geue her the than to another man byde therfore with me And Jacob serued .vij. yeres for Rahel and they semed vnto him but a fewe dayes for the loue he had to her And Jacob sayde vnto Laban geue me my wife that I mayely e with hir for the tyme appoynted me is come Than Laban bade all the men of that place and made a feast And when euē was come he toke Lea his doughter and broughte her to him and he went in vnto her And Laban gaue vnto his doughter Lea Zilpha his mayde to be hir seruaunte And when the mornynge was come beholde it was Lea. Than sayde he to Laban wherfore hast thou played thus with me dyd not I serue the for Rahel wherfore than hast thou be gyled me Laban answered it is not the maner of this place to marre the yongest before the eldest Passe out this weke thā shall this also be geven the for y◠seruyce which thou shal◠serue me yet .vij. yeres more And Jacob dyd euē so and passed out that weke than he gaue hī Rahel his doughter to◠wyfe also And Laban gaue to Rahel his doughter Bilha his handmayde to be hir servaūte So laye he by Rahel also and loved Rahel more than Lea and serued him yet .vij. yeres more
and halowe it froÌ„ the vnclennesses of the childern of Israel And wheÌ„ he hath made an ende of recoÌ„cylinge the holy place and the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d the alter let him bringe the lyue goote aÌ„d let AaroÌ„ put both his handes apon the heede of the lyue goote and confesse ouer him all the mysdeades of the childern of Israell and all their trespaces and all their synnes and let him put them apoÌ„ the heed of the goote aÌ„d sende him awaye by the handes of one that is acoynted in the wyldernesse And the goote shall bere apon him all their mysdeades vnto the wildernesse and he shall let the goote goo fre in the wildernesse And let Aaron goo in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and put off the lyneÌ„ clothes which he put on when he weÌ„t in in to the holy place aÌ„d leaue them there And let him wasshe his flesh with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out and offer his burntofferynge and the burntofferynge of the people and make an atonemeÌ„t for him selfe aÌ„d for the people and the fatt of the synofferynge let him burne apon the alter And let him that caryed forth the scapegoote wasshe his clothes and bathe hys flesh in water and then come in to the hoste agayne And the oxe of the synofferynge and the goote of the synofferynge whose bloude was brought in to make an atonemeÌ„t in the holy place let one carye out without the hoste and burne with fyre both their skynnes their flesh aÌ„d their donge And let him that burneth them wasshe his clothes aÌ„d bathe his flesh in water and theÌ„ come in to the hoste agayne And it shal be an ordynaunce for euer vnto you And eueÌ„ in the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth ye shall humble youre soules and shall doo no worke at all whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger that sogeorneth amonge you for that daye shall an attonemeÌ„t be made for you to clense you from all youre synnes before the Lorde and ye shal be cleane It shal be a sabbath of rest vnto you and ye shall humble youre soules and it shal be an ordynaunce for euer And the preast that is anoynted and whose hande was fylled to mynistre in his fathers steade shall make the attonemeÌ„t and shall put on the holy lyneÌ„ vestimeÌ„tes and reconcyle the holy sanctuary and the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d the alter and shall make an attonemeÌ„t also for the preastes and for all the people of the congregacion And this shal be an euerlastynge or dynaunce vnto you to make an atonement for the childern of Israel for all their synnes once a yere and it was done eueÌ„ as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The XVII Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto AaroÌ„ and vnto his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel aÌ„d saye vnto them this is the thynge which the Lorde charged saynge whatsoeuer he be of the housse of Israel that kylleth an oxe lambe or goote in the hoste or out of the hoste and bryngeth theÌ„ not vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse to offer an offerynge vnto the Lorde before the dwellynge place of the Lorde bloude shal be imputed vnto that man as though he had shed bloude and that man shall perysh from amonge his people Wherfore let the childern of Israel brynge their offerynges they offer in the wyde felde vnto the Lorde euen vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and vnto the preast and offer theÌ„ for peaseofferynges vnto the Lorde And the preast shall sprinkle the bloude apon the alter of the Lorde in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse and burne the fatt to be a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And let them nomoare offer their offerynges vnto deuyls after whom thy goo an whoorynge And this shal be an ordynauÌ„ce for euer vnto you thorow out youre generacyons And thou shalt saye vnto them what soeuer man it be of the housse of Israel or of the straungers that sogeorne amonge you that offereth a burntofferynge or any other offerynge and bryngeth it not vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse to offer vnto the Lorde that felow shall perysh from amonge his people And what soeuer man it be of the housse of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne amonge you that eateth any maner of bloude I will set my faâ—e agaynst that soule that eateth bloude and will destroy him from amonge his people for the life of the flesh is in the bloude and I haue geuen it vnto you apon the alter to make an attonement for youre soules for bloude shall make an attonemeÌ„t for the soule And therfore I sayde vnto the childern of Israel se that no soule of you cate bloude nor yet any straunger that soiourneth amonge you What soeuer man it be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that soiurne amonge you that honteth and catcheth any beest or foule that maye be eateÌ„ he shall poure out the bloude aÌ„d couer it with erthe for the life of all flesh is in the bloude therfore I sayde vnto the childern of Israel ye shall eate the bloude of no maner of flesh for the life of all flesh is in his bloude and whosoeuer therfore eateth it shall perysh And what soeuer soule it be that eateth that which dyed alone or that which was torne with wylde beestes whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger he shall wasshe his clothes aÌ„d bathe him selfe in water aÌ„d shal be vncleane vnto the eueÌ„ aÌ„d thaÌ„ is he cleane But aÌ„d yf he wasshe them not nor wasshe his flesh he shall beare his synne ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel aÌ„d saye vnto them I am the Lorde youre God Wherfore after the doynges of the land of Egipte wherein ye dwelt se that ye doo not nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan whether I will bringe you nether walke ye in their ordinaunces but doo after my iudgemeÌ„tes and kepe myne ordynaunces to walke therein for I am the Lorde youre God Kepe therfore myne ordinaunces aÌ„d my iudgemeÌ„tes whiche yf a man doo he shall lyue thereby for I am the Lorde Se that ye goo to none of youre nyghest kyn red for to vncouer their secrettes for I am the Lorde The secrettes of thy father and thy mother se thou vnheale not she is thy mother therfore shalt thou not discouer hir secrettes The secrettes of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer for they are thy fathers secrettes Thou shalt not discouer the preuyte of thy syster the doughter of thy father or of thy mother whether she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy sonnes doughter or thy doughters doughter for that is thyne awne preuyte Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy fathers wyues doughter which she bare to thy father for she is thy
suster thou shalt therfore not discouer hir secrettes Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes off thy fathers syster for she is thy fathers nexte kyn Thou shalt not dyscouer the secrettes off thy mothers syster for she is thy mothers nexte kyn Thou shalt not open the secrettes of thy fathers brother that is thou shalt not goo in to his wife for she is thyne awnte Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy doughter in lawe she is thy sonnes wyfe therfore vncouer not hir secrettes Thou shalt not vnheale the secrettes of thy brothers wife for that is thy brothers preuyte Thou shalt not discouer the preuytes of the wife aÌ„d hir doughter also nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter to vncouer their secrettes they are hir nexte kyn it were therfore wikydnesse Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister there to to vexe hir that thou woldest open hir secrettes as longe as she lyueth Thou shalt not goo vnto a woman to open hir secrettes as longe as she is put aparte for hir vnclennesse Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife to defyle thi selfe with her Thou shalt not geue of thi seed to offer it vnto Moloch that thou defile not the name of thi God for I am the Lorde Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for that is abominacion Thou shalt lye with no maner of beeste to defile thy selfe therewith nether shall any woman stonde before a beest to lye doune thereto for that is abhominacion Defile not youreselues in any of these thinges for with all these thinges are these nacions defiled whiche I cast out before you and the lande is defiled and I will visett the wykednesse thereof apon it and the lande shal spe we out hir inhabiters Kepe ye therfore myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and se that ye commytt none of these abominacions nether any of you nor ony straunger that soiourneth amonge you for all these abhominacions haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you and the lande is defiled lest that the lande spewe you out when ye haue defiled it as it spewed out the nacions that where there before you For whosoeuer shall coÌ„mytt any of these abhominacions the same soules that commytt them shall perish from amonge their people Therfore se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces that ye commytt none of these abhominable customes which were commytted before you that ye defile not youre selues therewith for I am the Lorde youre God ¶ The .xix. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel and saye vnto them Be holy for I the Lorde youre God am holye Se that ye feare euery man his father and his mother aÌ„d that ye kepe my Sabbathes for I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall not turne vnto ydolls nor make you goddes of metall I am the Lorde youre God When ye offre youre peaceofferynges vnto the Lorde ye shall offer them that ye maye be accepted And it shal be eaten the same daye ye offer it and on the morowe but what soeuer is lefte on the thirde daye shal be burnt in the fire Yf it be eaten the thirde daye it shal be vncleane aÌ„d not accepted And he that eateth it shall bere his synne because he hath defiled the halowed thinges of the Lorde aÌ„d that soule shall perish from amonge his people When ye repe doune the rype corne of you relande ye shal not repe doune the vtmost borders of youre feldes nether shalt thou gather that which is left behynd in thy haruest Thou shalt not plucke in all thy vyneyarde clene nether gather in the grapes that are ouerscaped But thou shalt leaue them for the pore aÌ„d straunger I am the Lord youre God Ye shall not steale nether lye nether deale fal sely one with another Ye shal not swere by my name falselye that thou defilest not the name of thy God I am the Lorde Thou shalt not begile thy neyghboure with cauellacioÌ„s nether robbe him violently nether shall the workmans laboure abide with the vntyll the mornynge Thou shalt not curse the deaffe nether put a stomblinge blocke before the blynd but shalt feare thy God I am the Lorde Ye shall doo no vnrightuousnes in iudgement Thou shalt not fauoure the poore nor honoure the mightye but shalt iudge thy neghboure rightuously Thou shalt not go vp aÌ„d doune a * preuy accuser Yes for God aÌ„d with his aâ—â—ne coÌ„fessioÌ„ shalt thou accuse him to stablishe the holye fathers kingdome amoÌ„ge thy people nether shalt thou helpe to shed the bloude of thy neyghboure I am the Lorde Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne hart but shalt in any wyse rebuke thy neghbour that thou bere not synne for his sake Thou shalt not avenge thy selfe nor bere hate in thy mynde against the childern of thi people but shalt loue thy neghboure eueÌ„ as thy self I am the Lorde Kepe myne ordinaunces Let none of thy catell gendre with a coÌ„trary kynde nether sowe thy felde with myngled seed nether shalt thou put on ony garment of lynen and wollen Yf a man haue to doo with a woman that is bonde and hath bene medled with al of another man which nether is boughte nor fredome geuen her there shal be a payne apon it but they shall not dye because she was not made fre And he shall brynge for his trespaceofferynge vnto the Lorde euen vnto the dore off the tabernacle of witnesse a ram for a trespace offrynge And the preast shall make an attonement for him with the ram of the trespaceofferynge before the Lord for his synne which he hath done and it shal be forgeuen him as concerninge the synne which he hath done And when ye come to the lande aÌ„d haue plaÌ„ted all maner of trees where of meÌ„ eate ye shal holde them vncircumcised as concerning the it frute eueÌ„ thre yere shal they be vncircuÌ„cysed vnto you aÌ„d shall not be eateÌ„ of Id the fourth yere all the frute of theÌ„ shal be holy aÌ„d acceptable to the Lorde And the fifth yere maye ye eate of the frute of theÌ„ aÌ„d gather in the encrease of them I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall eate nothinge with the bloude ye shall vse no witchcrafte nor obserue dismall dayes ye shall not rounde the lockes of youre heedes nether shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beerde Ye shall not rent youre flesh for any soules sake nor printe any markes apon you I am the Lorde Thou shalt not pollute thi doughter that thou woldest maintene her to be an whoore lest the laÌ„de fall to whoredome aÌ„d waxe ful of wekednesse ¶ Se that ye kepe my Sabbathes and feare my sauctuary I am the Lorde Turne not to theÌ„ that worke with sprites nether regarde theÌ„ that obserue disemall dayes that ye be not defiled by theÌ„ for I am the Lorde youre God Thou shalt ryse vp before the hoorehed aÌ„d reuerence the
face of the old maÌ„ aÌ„d dread thy god for I am the Lorde Yf a straunger so foure by the in youre lande se that ye vexe him not But let the straunger that dwelleth with you be as one of youre selues and loue him as thiselfe for ye were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall do no vnrightuousnes in iudgemeÌ„t nether in meteyerde weyght or measure But ye shal haue true balaÌ„ces true weightes A true Epha aÌ„d a true hin I am the Lorde youre god which broughte you out of the land of Egipte that ye shulde obserue all myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and that ye shulde kepe them I am the Lorde ¶ The. xx Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge tell the childern of Israel whosoeuer he be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that dwel in Israel that geueth of his seed vnto Moloch he shall dye for it the people off the lande shall stone hiÌ„ with stones And I wil sett my face apon that felowe and will destroye him from amonge his people because he hath geuen of his seed vnto Moloch for to de file my sanctuary and to polute myne holy name And though that the people of the lande If we transgr esse gods commaundemeÌ„tes we may happelye escape â— ordlye iudges but we caÌ„not avoid the firse wrath of god but it wil surely find vs out hyde their eyes from that felowe when he geueth of his seed vnto Moloch so that they kyll him not yet I will put my face apon that man and apon his houssholde and will destroy him and all that goo a whooringe with him and coÌ„ mytt hoordome with Moloch from amonge their people Yf any soule turne vnto them that worke with spirites or makers of dysemall dayes and goo a whoorynge after them I wilt put my face apon that soule and will destroye him from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore and be holye for I am the Lorde youre God And se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces and doo them For I am the Lorde which sanctifie you Whosoeuer curseth his father or mother shall dye for it his bloude on his heed because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wife shall dye for it because he hath broke wedlocke with his neghbours wife and so shall she likewise Yf a man lye with his fathers wife aÌ„d vncouer his fathers secrettes they shall both dye for it their bloude be apon their heedes Yf a man lye with his doughter in lawe thei shall dye both of them they haue wrought abhominacion their bloud vpon their heedes Yf a man lye with the mankynde after the maner as with womaÌ„ kynd they haue both coÌ„mitted an abhominacion and shall dye for it Their bloude be apon their heed Yf a man take a wife aÌ„d hir mother thereto it is wekednesse MeÌ„ shall burne with fire both him and them that there be no wekednesse amonge you Yf a man lye with a beest he shall dye and ye shall slee the beest Yf a womaÌ„ go vnto a beest aÌ„d lye doune the reto thou shalt kyll the womaÌ„ aÌ„d the beest also they shal dye aÌ„d their bloud be apoÌ„ their hedes Yf a maÌ„ take his syster his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter aÌ„d se hir secrettes and she se his secrettes also it is a weked thinge Therfore let them perish in the syghte of their people he hath sene his systers secretnesse he shall therfore bere his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in tyme of hyr naturall disease and unheale hir secrettes and vncouer hir fountayne aÌ„d she also open the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both perishe from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers systers for he that doth so vncouereth his nexte kyn aÌ„d thei shall bere their mysdoynge Yf a maÌ„ lye with his vncles wife he hath vncouered Thei small dye immediatly aÌ„d not â—aâ—y the byrth as Iuda wolâ— haue burnt Thamar beinge great â—â— ita childe his vncles secrettes they shall bere their synne and shall dye childlesse Yf a maÌ„ take his brothers wife it is an vnclene thinge he hath vncouered his brothers secrettes they shal be childlesse therfore Se that ye kepe therfore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes and that ye doo them that the londe whether I brynge you to dwell therein spewe you not oute And se that ye walke not in the maners of the nacyons whiche I cast oute before you For they commytted all these thinges and I abhorred them But I haue sayde vnto you that ye shall enioye their londe and that I will geue it vnto you to possesse it eueÌ„ a londe that floweth with milke and honye I am the Lord youre God whiche haue separated you from other nacions that ye shulde put difference betwene cleane beestes add vncleane and betwene vncleane foules and them that are cleane Make not youre soules therfore abhominable with beestes aÌ„d foules and with all maner thinge that crepeth apon the grounde which I haue separated vnto you to holde them vncleane Be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy and haue seuered you from other nacyons that ye shulde be myne Yf there be maÌ„ or womaÌ„ that worketh with a sprite or a maker of dysemall dayes thei shall dye for it MeÌ„ shall stone them with stones aÌ„d their bloude shal be apon them ¶ The .xxj. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses speake vnto the preastes the sonnes of Aaron and saye vnto them A preast shall defile him selfe at the deth of none of his people but apon his kyn that is nye vnto him as his mother father sonne doughter and brother and on his syster as loÌ„ge as she is a mayde aÌ„d dwelleth nye him and was neuer geuen to man on her he maye defile him selfe But he shall not make him selfe vncleane vpon a ruelar of his people to polute him selfe with all They shall make theÌ„ no baldnesse apon their Of the hetheÌ„ preastes therfore toke our prelates the ensample off their balde pateâ— heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes nor make any markes in their flesh Thei shal be holy vnto their God aÌ„d not polute the name of their god for the sacrifices of the Lorde aÌ„d the bred of their God thei do offer therfore they must be holy Thei shall take no wife that is an whoore or poluted or put froÌ„ hir husbonde for a preast is holy vnto his God Sanctifie him therfore for he offereth vp the bred of God he shal By bred vnderstonde all sode flesh frute or whatsoeuer it be therfore be holy vnto the for I the Lorde whiche sanctifie you am holy Yf a preastes doughter fall to playe the whore she poluteth hir father therfore she shall be burnt with fire He that is the hye preast among his brethern vppon whose heed the anoyntynge oyle was poured
they had dygged sayde vnto hiÌ„ that thei had founde water And he called it Seba wherfore the name of the cyâ—â— is called Berseba vnto this daye The .xxvij. Chapter WHen Esau was .xl. yere olde he toke to wyfe Iudith the doughter of Bery an Hethite and Basmath the â—â—ughter of Elon an Hethite also which were dishobedient vnto Isaac and Rebecca â–ª And it came to passe that Isaac wexed olde his eyes were dymme so that he coude nat see ThaÌ„ caâ—â—ed he Esau his eldest sonne sayde on to him mi sonne And he sayde vnto hym heare am I. And he sayde beholde I am olde aÌ„d knowe not the daye of mi deth Now therfore take thi weapeÌ„s thy quiver thi bowe gett the rothe feldes take me some venyson make me meate such as I loue brynge it me let me eat that my souâ—â— â–ª may blesse the before that I dye But Rebecca hard wheÌ„ Isaac spake to Esau his sonne And as soone as Esau was gone to the felde to catche venyson to briÌ„ge it she spake vnto Iacob hir sonne sainge Behold I haue herde thi father talkinge with Esau thy brother saynge bringe me venyson make me meate that I maye eate blesse the before the LORde yer I dye Now therfore my sonne heare my voyce in that which I coÌ„maunde the gett the to the flocke bringe me theÌ„ce .ij. good fiddes I will make meate of theÌ„ forthi father soch as he loueth And thou shalt briÌ„ge it to thi father he shal eate yâ— he maye blysse the before his deth Than sayde Iacob to Rebecca his mother Beholde Esau mi brother is rugh Iam smooth Mi father shal peradueÌ„ture fele me aÌ„d I shal seme vnto hiÌ„ as though I weÌ„t aboute to be gyle hiÌ„ so shall he briÌ„ge a curse vpoÌ„ me not a blessiÌ„ge his mother saide vnto him VppoÌ„ me be thi curse my sonne only heare my voyce goo and fetch me them And Iacob went aÌ„d fett them and brought them to his mother And his mother made meate of them accordinge as his father loued And she went and fett goodly rayment of hir eldest sonne Esau which she had in the house with hir and put them vpon Iacob hir yongest sonne aÌ„d she put the skynnes vpon his haÌ„des apon the smooth of his necke And she put yâ— meate brede which she had made in the hoÌ„de of hir sonne Iacob And he went in to his father saynge my father And he aÌ„swered here am I who art thou my sonne And Iacob sayde vnto his father I am Esau thy eldest sonne I haue done acordinge as thou baddest me vp and sytt and eate of my venyson that thi soule maye blesse me But Isaac sayde vnto his sonne How coÌ„meth it that thou hast fownde it so quicly my sonne He answered The LORde thy god brought it to my hande Than sayde Isaac vnto Iacob come nere and let me fele the my sonne whether thou be my sonne Esau or not Than went Iacob to Isaac his father he felt him sayde the voyce â—â— Iacobs voyce but the haÌ„des ar yâ— haÌ„des of Esau And he knewe him not because his handes were rough as his brother Esauâ— handes And so he blessed him And he axed him art thou my sonne Esau And he sayde that I am Than sayde he brynge me and let me eate of my sonnes venyson that my soule maye blesse the. And he broughte him and he ate And he broughte him wyne also and he dranke And his father Isaac sayde vnto him come nere and kysse me my sonne And he weÌ„t to him kissed him And he smelled yâ— sauoure of his raymeÌ„t blessed hiÌ„ sayde See yâ— smell of my soÌ„ne is as yâ— smell of a feld which the lorde hath blessed God geue the of yâ— dewe of heaveÌ„ of the fatnesse of the erth and pleÌ„tie of corne wyne People be thy servauntes natioÌ„s bowe vnto the. Be lorde ouer thy brethreÌ„ and thy mothers children stoupe vnto the. Cursed be he that curseth the lessed be he that blesseth the. As soone as Isaac had made an end of blessiÌ„g Iacob Iacob was scace gone out froÌ„ the preasence of Isaac his father then came Esau his brother froÌ„ his huntynge And had made also meate and brought it in vnto his father sayde vnto him Aryse my father eate of thy sonnes venyson that thy soule maye blesse me ThaÌ„ his father Isaac sayde vnto him Who art thou he answered I am thy eldest sonne Esau And Isaac was greatly astoyned out of mesure and sayde Where is he then that hath huÌ„ted venyson and broughte it me and I haue eaten of all before thou camesâ— and haue blessed him aÌ„d he shall be blessed styll WheÌ„ Esau her de the wordes of his father he cryed out greatly bitterly aboue mesure and sayde vnto his father blesse me also my father And he sayde thy brother came with subtilte aÌ„d hath takeÌ„ awaye thy blessynge Than sayde he He maye well be called Iacob for he hath vndermyned me now .ij. tymes fyrst he toke awaye my byrthrighte and se now hath he taken awaye my blessynge also And he sayde hast thou kepte neuâ—â— a blessynge for me Isaac answered and sayde vnto Esau beholde I haue made him thi LORde all his mothers children haue I made his seruauntes Moreouer wyth come aÌ„d wyne haue I stablesshed him what caÌ„ I do vnto the now my sonne And Esau sayde vnto his father hast thou but that one blessynge my father blesse me also my father so lyfted vp Esau his royce wepte ThaÌ„ Isaac his father answered sayde vnto him Beholde thy dwellynge place shall haue of the fatnesse of the erth of the dewe of heauen froÌ„ aboue And wyth thy swerde shalt thou lyue and shalt be thy brothers seruaunte But the tyme will come when thou shalt gett the mastrye and lowse his yocke from of thy necke And Esau hated Iacob because of the blessynge that his father blessed him with all sayde in his harte The dayes of my fathers soâ—owe are at haÌ„de for I will sley my brother Iacob And these wordes of Esau hir eldest sonne were told to Rebecca And she sente aÌ„d called Iacob hir yongest sonne and sayde vnto hiÌ„ beholde thy brother Esau threatneth to kyll the Now therfore my soÌ„ne heare my voyce make the redie flee to LabaÌ„ my brother at Haâ—an Andtarie with him a while vntill thy brothers fearsnes be swaged and vntill the brothers wrath turne away from the and he forgett that which thou hast done to him ThaÌ„ will I sende and fett the awaye from thence Why shulde I lose you both in one daye And Rebecca spake to Isaac I am wery of my life for feare of the doughters of Heth. Yf Jacob take a wife of the doughters of Heth soch one as these are or of the doughters of the lande what lust shulde I haue
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
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
ANd the derth waxed sore in the lande And when they had eate vp that corne which they brought out of the lande of Egipte their father sayde vnto them goo agayne and by vs a litle food Than sayde Juda vnto him the man dyd testifie vnto vs saynge loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you Therfore yf thou wilt sende oure brother with vs we wyll goo and bye the food But yf thou wylt not sende him we wyll not goo for the man sayde vnto vs loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you And Israell sayde wherfore delt ye so cruelly with me as to tell the man that ye had yet another brother And they sayde The man asked vs of oure kynred saynge is youre father yet alyue haue ye not another brother And we tolde him acordynge to these wordes How cowd we knowe that he wolde byd vs brynge oure brother downe with vs Than sayde Juda vnto Israell his father Send the lad with me and we wyll ryse and goo that we maye lyue and not dye both we thou and also oure childern I wil be suertie for him and of my handes requyre him Yf I brynge him not to the and sett him before thine eyes than let me bere the blame for euer For except we had made this tarieÌ„g by this we had bene there twyse and come agayne Than their father Israel sayde vnto theÌ„ Yf it must nedes be so now than do thus take of the best frutes of the lande in youre vesselles and brynge the man a present a curtesie bawlme and a curtesie of hony spyces and myrre dates and almondes And take as moch money more with you And the money that was brought agayne in youre sackes take it agayne with you in youre handes peraduenture it was some ouer syghte Take also youre brother with you and aryse and goo agayne to the man And God almightie geue you mercie in the sighte of the man and send you youre other brother and also BeÌ„ Jamin and I wil be as a maÌ„ robbed of his childern Thus toke they the present and twise so moch more money with them and Ben Jamim And rose vp went downe to Egipte and presented them selfe to Joseph When Joseph sawe BenJamin with them he sayde to the ruelar of his house brynge these men home and sley and make redie for they shall dyne with me at none And the man dyd as Joseph bad and brought them in to Josephs house When they were brought to Josephs house they were afrayde aÌ„d sayde be cause of the money that came in oure sackes mouthes at the first tyme are we brought to pyke a quarell with vs to laye some thinge to oure charge to brynge us in bondage and oure asses also Therfore came they to the man that was the ruelar ouer Josephs house and comened with him at the doore and sayde Sir we came hither at the first tyme to bye foode and as we came to an Inne and opened oure sackes beholde euery mannes money was in his sacke with full weghte But we haue broght it agene with us other mony haue we brought also in oure handes to bye foode but we can not tell who put oure money in oure sackes And he sayde be of good chere feare not Youre God and the God of youre fathers hath put you that treasure in youre sackes for I had youre money And he brought Simeon out to them aÌ„d led theÌ„ into Josephs house gaue theÌ„ water to washe their fete and gaue their asses prauender And they made redie their present agaynst Joseph came at none for they herde saye that they shulde dyne there When Joseph came home they brought the present in to the house to him which they had in their handes aÌ„d fell â—â—at on the grounde be for him And he welcomed theÌ„ curteously sainge is youre father that old man which ye tolde me of in good health and is he yet alyue â–ª they answered thy servaunte oure father is in good health aÌ„d is yet alyue And they bowed them selues and fell to the grounde And he lyfte vp his eyes behelde his brother Ben Jamin his mothers sonne sayde is this youre yongest brother of whome ye sayde vnto me And sayde God be mercyfull vnto yâ— my sonne And Joseph made hast for his hert dyd melt apon his brother and soughte for to wepe entred in to his chambre for to wepe there And he wasshed his face and came out refrayned himselfe bad sett bread on the table And they prepared for him by himselfe and for them by them selues and for the Egiptians which ate with him by them selues because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrues for that is an abhomynacyon vnto the Egiptians And they satt before him the eldest acordynge vnto his age and the yongest acordyng vnto his youth And the men marveled amonge them selves And they broughte rewardes vnto them from before him but Ben Jamins parte was fyue tymes so moch as any of theirs And they ate and they dronke and were dronke wyth him The .xliiij. Chapter ANd be commaunded the rueler of his house saynge fyll the mens sackes with food as moch as they can carie and put euery mans money in his bagge mouth and put my syluer cuppe in the sackes mouth of the yongest and his come money also And he dyd as Joseph had sayde And in yâ— mornynge as soone is it was lighte the meÌ„ were let goo with their asses And when they were out of the cytie and not yet ferre awaye Joseph sayde vnto the ruelar of his house vp and folowe after the men and ouertake them and saye vnto them wherfore haue ye rewarded euell for good is that not the cuppe of which my lorde drynketh aÌ„d doth he not prophesie therin ye haue euell done that ye haue done And he ouertoke them and sayde the same wordes vnto them And they answered him wherfore sayth my lorde soch wordes God forbydd that thy servaÌ„untes shulde doo so Beholde the money which we founde in oure sackes mouthes we brought agayne vnto the out of the lande of CanaaÌ„ how then shulde we steale out of my lordes house ether syluer or golde with whosoeuer of thy seruauntes it be founde let him dye and let vs also be my lordes bondmen And he sayde Now therfore acordynge vnto youre woordes he with whom it is found shal be my seruaunte but ye shal be harmelesse And attonce euery man toke downe his sacke to the grounde aÌ„d every man opened his sacke And he serched and began at the eldest left at the yongest And the cuppe was founde in Ben Jamins sacke Then they rent their clothes and laded euery man his asse and went agayne vnto the cytie And Juda and his brethreÌ„ came to Josephs house for he was yet there aÌ„d they fell before him on the grounde And Joseph sayde vnto theÌ„ what dede is this which ye haue done
The .xlvi. Chapter ISrael toke his iourney with all that he had and came vnto Berseba and offred offrynges vnto the God of his father Isaac And God sayde vnto Israel in a vision by nyghte and called vnto him Jacob Jacob. And he answered here am I. And he sayde I am that mightie God of thy father feare not to goo downe in to Egipte For I will make of the there a great people I will go downe with yâ— in to Egipte I will also bringe the vp agayne Joseph shall put his hand apon thine eyes And Jacob rose vp from Berseba And the sonnes of Israel caried Jacob their father aÌ„d their childern and their wyues in the charettes which Pharao had sent to carie him And they toke their catell aÌ„d the goodes which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came in to Egipte both Jacob and all his seed with him his sonnes and his sonnes sonnes with him his doughters and his sonnes doughters and all his seed brought he with him in to Egipte These are the names of the childern of Israel which came in to Egipte both Jacob and his sonnes RubeÌ„ Jacobs first sonne The childern of Ruben Hanoch Pallu Hezron and Charnn The childern of Simeon Jemuel Jamin Ohad Jachâ— Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananitish woman The childern of Leuâ— Gerson Rahath and Merari The childern of Iuda Er Onan Sela Pharez and Zerah but Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Canaan The childern of Pharez HezroÌ„ Hamul The childern of Isachar Tola Phuva Iob and Semâ—on The childern of Sebulon Sered Elon and Jaheleel These be the childern of Lea which she bare vnto Jacob in Mesopotamia with his doughter Dina. All these soulles of his sonnes and doughters make xxx and .vi. The childern of Gad Ziphion Haggi Suni Ezbon Eri Arodi and Arâ—li The childern of Affer Jemna Jesua Jesui Brya and Serah their sister And the childern of Biya were Heber and Malchiel These are the childern of Silpha whom LobaÌ„ gaue to Lea his doughter And these she bare vnto Jacob in nombre xvi soules The childern of Rahel Jacobs wife Joseph and ben Jamin And vnto Joseph in the loÌ„de of Egipte were borne Manasses and Ephraim which Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On bare vnto him The childern of Ben-Jamin Bela Becher Asbel Gera Naeman Ehi Ros Mupim Hupun and Ard. These are the childern of Rahel which were borne vnto Jacob xiiij soules all to gether The childern of Dan Husim The childern of Nepthali Jahezeel Guni Jezer and Sistem These are the sonnes of Bilha which Laban gaue vnto Rahel his doughter and she bare these vnto Jacob all together .vij. soulles All the soulles that came with Jacob in to Egipte which came out of his loyns besyde his sonnes wifes were all togither .lx. and .vi. soulles And the sonnes of Joseph which were borne him in egipte were .ij. solles So that all the soulles of the house of Jacob which came in to Egipte are lxx And he sent Iuda before him vnto Joseph that the waye myghte be shewed him vnto Gosan and they came in to the lande of Gosan And Joseph made redie his charett and went agaynst Jsraell his father vnto Gosan aÌ„d presented him selfe vnto him and fell on his necke and wepte vpon his necke a goode whyle And Israel sayd vnto Joseph Now Câ—am coÌ„teÌ„t to dye in somoch I haue sene the that thou art yet alyue And Joseph sayde vnto his brethreÌ„ and vnto his fathers house I will goo shewe Pharao and tell him that my brethern and my fathers housse which were in the laÌ„de of Canaan are come vnto me and how they are shepardes for they were men of catell and they haue brought their shepe and their oxen and all that they haue with them Yf Pharao call you and axe you what youre occupation is saye thi seruauntes haue bene occupyed aboute catell froÌ„ oure chilhode vnto this tyme both we and oure fathers that ye maye dwell in the lande of Gosan For an abhominacyon vnto the Egiptians are all that seade shepe ¶ The .xlvij. Chapter ANd Joseph weÌ„t and tolde Pharao and sayde my father and my brethern their shepe and their beastes and all that they haue are come out of the laÌ„de of Canaan and are in the lande of Gosan And Joseph toke a parte of his brethern euen fyue of them and presented them vnto Pharao And Pharao sayde vnto his brethern what is youre occupation And they sayde vnto Pharao seaders of shepe are thi seruauntes both we aÌ„d also oure fathers They sayde moreouer vnto Pharao for to sogeorne in the lande are we come for thy seruauntes haue no pasture for their shepe so sore is the fameshment in the lande of Canaan Now therfore let thy seruauntes dwell in the lande of Gosan And Pharao sayde vnto Joseph thy father and thy brethren are come vnto the. The londe of Egipte is open before the In the best place of the lande make both thy father and thy brothren dwell And even in the lond of Gosan let them dwell Moreouer yf thou knowe any men of actiuyte amonge them make them ruelars ouer my catell And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and sett him before Pharao And Jacob blessed Pharao And Pharao axed Jacob how old art thou And Jacob sayde vnto Pharao the dayes of my pilgremage are an hundred and .xxx. yeres â–ª Few and euell haue the dayes of my lyfe bene and haue not attayned vnto the yeres of the lyfe of my fathers in the dayes of their pilgremages And Jacob blessed Pharao and went out â–ª from him And Joseph prepared dwellinges for his father and his brethern and gaue them possessions in the londe of Egipte in the best of the londe eueÌ„ in the lande of Raemses as Pharao commaunded And Joseph made prouysion for his father his brethern and all his fathers housholde as yonge childern are fedd with bread There was no bread in all the londe for the derth was exceadige sore so that the loÌ„de of Egipte the loÌ„de of â—anaan were fameshyd by the reason of yâ— derth And Joseph brought together all yâ— money that was founde in that laÌ„de of Egipte and of Canaan for the come which they boughte he layde vp the money in Pharaos housse When money fayled in the laÌ„de of Egipte of Canaan all the Egiptians came vnto Joseph and sayde geue us sustenaunce wherfore suffrest thou vs to dye before the for oure money is spent Then sayde Joseph brynge youre catell and I will geue yow for youre catell yf ye be without money And they brought their catell vnto Joseph And he gaue them bread for horses and shepe and oxen and asses so he fed them with bread for all their catell that yere When that yere was ended they came vnto him the nexte yere and sayde vnto him we will not hyde it from my lorde how that we haue nether money nor catell for my lorde there
in the locke and let them bringe her vnto a valeye where is nether earinge nor sowenge aÌ„d strike of hir heed there in the valey Then let the preastes the sonnes of Leui come forth for the Lorde thy God hath chosen them to ministre and to blesse in the name off the Lorde and therfore at their mouthe shall all strife and plage be tryed And all the elders of the citie that is nexte to the slayne man shall wasshe their handes ouer the heyffer that is beheded in the playne and shall answere aÌ„d saye oure handes haue not shed this bloude ne ther haue oure eyes sene it Be mercifull Lord vnto thy people Israel which thou hast delyuered and put not innocent bloude vnto thy people Israel and the bloude shal be forgeuen theÌ„ Right in the lordes sighte aÌ„d not in thyne imaginacion And so shalt thou put innocent bloud froÌ„ the when thou shalt haue done that which is right in the syght of the Lorde When thou goest to warre agenst thyne enemies and the Lorde thy God hath delyuered them in to thine handes and thou hast take them captyue and seist amonge the captyues a bewtifull woman and hast a fantasye vnto her that thou woldest haue her to thy wyfe Then bringe her home to thine housse and let her shaue hir heed and pare hir nayles aÌ„d put hir rayment that she was taken in from hir and let hir remayne in thine housse and be wepe hir father and hir mother a moneth long and after that goo in vnto her aÌ„d marie her aÌ„d let her be thi wife And yf thou haue no fauoure vnto her then let her go whother she lusteth for thou mayst not sell her for monye nor make cheuesauÌ„ce of her because thou hast huÌ„bled her Yf a man haue two wyues one loued and another hated and they haue borne him children both the loued and also the hated â–ª Yf the firstborne be the sonne of the hated then wheÌ„ he dealeth his goodes amonge his childern he maye not make the sonne of the beloued firstborne before the sonne of the hated whiche is in deade the firstborne But he shall knowe the sonne off the hated for his first-borne that he geue hym dowble off all that he hath For he is the first off his strength and to him belongeth the right of the firstborneshippe Yf any man haue a sonne that is stuburne and disobedient that he will not herken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother and they haue taught him nurture but he wolde not herken vnto them Then let his father and his mother take him and brynge hym out vnto the elders of that citie and vnto the gate of that same place aÌ„d saye vnto the elders of the citie This oure sonne is stoburne and disobedient and will not herken vnto oure voyce he is a ryoter and a dronkarde Then let all the men of that citie stone him with stones vnto deeth And so thou shalt put euell awaye from the and all Israel shall heare and feare Yf a man haue commytted a trespace worthy of deeth and is put to deeth for it and hanged on tree let not his body remayne all nyghte vppon the tree but burye hym the same daye For the curse off God is on him that is hanged Defile not thy londe therfore whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the to enherett ¶ The .xxij. Chapter YF thou se thy brothers oxe or shepe goo astraye thou shalt not with drawe thy selfe from them But shalt brynge them home agayne vnto thy brother Yf thy brother be not nye vnto the or yf thou knowe him not then bringe them vnto thine awne housse and lett them be with the vntyll thy brother axe after them and then delyuer him them agayne In like maner shalt thou doo with his asse with his rayment and with all lost thinges of thy brother which he hath lost and thou hast founde and thou maist not withdrawe thy selfe Yf thou se that thy brothers asse or oxe is fallen doune by the waye thou shalt not withdrawe thy selfe from them but shalt helpe him to heue them vp agayne The woman shall not weere that whiche pertayneth vnto the man nether shall a man put on womans rayment For all that doo so are abhomynacyon vnto the Lorde thi God Yf thou chaunce vppon a byrds nest by the waye in what soeuer tree it be or on the grouÌ„ de whether they be younge or egges aÌ„d the da me sittenge vppon the younge or vppoÌ„ the egges Thou shalt not take the mother with the younge But shalt in any wyse let the clame go and take the younge that thou mayst prospere and prolonge thy dayes When thou byldest a new housse thou shalt make a batelmeÌ„t vnto the roffe that thou lade The housses be flatt in those coÌ„tres not bloude vppon thine housse yf any maÌ„ fall there of Thou shalt not sowe thy vyneyarde with dyuerse sede lest thou halowe the sede whiche thou hast sowen with the frute off thy vyneyarde Thou shalt not plowe with an oxe aÌ„d an as se togetherr Thou shalt not weere a garment made of woll and flax together Thou shalt put rybandes vpoÌ„ the .iiij. quarters of thy vesture wherewith thou couerest thy selfe Yf a man take a wyfe and when he hath lyen with her hate her aÌ„d leye shamefull thinges vnto hyr charge and brynge vp an euell name vppon her and saye I toke this wyfe and wheÌ„ I came to her I founde her not a mayde TheÌ„ let the father of the damsell and the mother brynge forth the tokens of the damsels virginite vnto the elders of the citie euen vnto the gate And let the damsels father saye vnto the elders I gaue my doughter vnto this man to wife and he hateth her and loo he layeth shamefull thinges vnto hir charge saynge I founde not thy doughter a mayde And yet these ar the tokens of my doughters virginite And let them sprede the vesture before the elders off the citie Then let the elders of that citie take that man and chastyce him and merce him in an hundred sycles of syluer and geue them vnto the father of the damsell because he hath brought vpp an euell name vppon a mayde in Israel And she shal be his wife and he may not put her awaye all his dayes But and yf the thinge be of a suertie that the damsell be not founde a virgen let them brynge her vnto the dore of hir fathers housse and let the men of that citie stone her with stones to deâ—th because she hath wrought folye in Israel to playe the whore in hir fathers housse And so thou shalt put euell awaye from the. Yf a man be sounde lyenge with a woman that hath a wedded husbonde then let theÌ„ dye etherother of theÌ„ both the man that laye with the wife and also the wife so thou shalt put awaye euell from Israel Yf a mayde be hanfasted vnto an husbonde and then a man finde
howe that I I am he and that there is no God but I. I can kyll and make alyue aÌ„d what I haue smyten that I can heale nether yâ— there that can delyuer any man oute off my honde For I will lifte vp myne hande to heaueÌ„ aÌ„d will saye I lyue euer Yf I whett the lyghtenynge of my swerde and myne hande take in hande to doo iustyce I wyll shewe vengeaunce on myne enemyes and will rewarde them that hate me I will make myne arowes dronkeÌ„ with bloude and my swerde shall eate flesh of the bloud of the slayne and of the captyue and of the bare heed of the enemye Reioyse hethen wyth hys people for he wyll auenge the bloude off his servauntes and wyll auenge hym off hys aduersaryes and wil be mercyfull vnto the londe off hys people And Moses went aÌ„d spake all the wordes of this songe in the eares of the people both he and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And when Moses had spoken all these wordes vnto the ende to all Israel then he sayed vnto them Sett youre hertes vnto all the wordes whiche I testifye vnto you this daye that ye commaunde them vnto youre childern to obserue and doo all the wordes off thys lawe For it is not a vayne worde vnto you but it is youre lyfe and thorow thys worde ye shall prolonge youre dayes in the lond whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to conquere it And the Lorde spake vnto Moses the selfe same daye sayenge get the vpp in to this mountayne Abarim vnto mount Nebo which is in the londe of Moab ouer agenst Iericho And beholde the londe of Canaan whiche I geue vnto the childern of Israel to possesse And dye in the mount whiche thou goest vppon and be gathered vnto thy people As Aaron thy brother dyed in mounte Hor aÌ„d was gathered vnto his people For ye trespased agenst me amonge the childern of Israel at the waters off striffe at Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin because ye sanctified me not amonge the childern of Israel Thou shalt se the londe before the but shall not goo thither vnto the londe which I geue the childern off Israel The .xxxiij. Chapter THis is the blessinge where with Moses gods man blessed the childern of Israel before his deeth sayenge The Lord came froÌ„ Sinai and shewed his beames from Seir vnto them and appered gloriously from mount Paran and he came with thousandes of sayntes and in his right hande a lawe of fyre for them How loued he the people All his sayntes are in his honde They yoyned theÌ„ selues vnto thy fote and receaued thi wordes Moses gaue us a lawe which is the enheritaunce of the coÌ„gregacion of Iacob And he was in Israel kinge when he gathered the heedes of the people and the tribes of Israel to gether Ruben shall lyue and shall not dye but his people shal be few in numbre This is the blessynge of Iuda And he sayed heare Lorde the voyce of Iuda and bringe him vnto his people let his handes fyght for him but he thou his helpe agenst his enemies And vnto Leui he sayed thy perfectnesse aÌ„d thi light be after thy mercyfull maÌ„ whoÌ„ thou temptest at Masa aÌ„d with whom thou striuedst at the waters of strife He that saieth vnto his father aÌ„d mother I sawe him not aÌ„d vnto his brethern I knewe not and to his sonne I wote not for they haue obserued thi wordes and kepte thy testament They shall teach Iacob thi iudgementes aÌ„d Israel thi lawes They shall put cens before thi nose and whole sacrifices apon thine altare Blesse Lorde their power and accepte the workes of their hondes smyte the backes of them that ryse ageÌ„st them and of them that hate them that they ryse not agayne Vnto Ben Iamin he sayed The Lordes derlynge shall dwell in saffetye by him and kepe him selfe in the hauen by hym contynually and shall dwell betwene his shulders And vnto Ioseph he sayed blessed of the Lorde is his londe with the goodly frutes off heauen with dewe and with sprynges that lye beneth and with frutes of the encrease of the sonne and with rype srute off the monethes and with the toppes of mountaynes that were from the begynnynge and with the dayntes of hilles that last euer and with goodly frute of the erth and off the fulnesse there of And the good will of him that dwelleth in the bush shall come vppon the heed of Ioseph and vppon the toppe of the heed of him that was separated fro amonge his brethern his bewtye is as a first-borne oxe and his hornes as the hornes of an vnycorne And with them he shall push the nacions to gether euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are the many thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes off Manasse And vnto Zabulon he sayed Reioyse Zabulon in thi goenge out and thou Isachar in thi tentes They shall call the people vnto the hill and there they shall offer offerynges of righteousnes For they shall sucke of the abundaunce of the see and of treasure hyd in the sonde And vnto Gad he sayed blessed is the rowmmaker Gad. He dwelleth as a lion and caught the arme aÌ„d also the toppe of the heed He sawe his begynnynge that a parte of the teachers were hyd there aÌ„d come with the heedes of the people and executed the righteousnes of the Lorde and his iudgementes with Israel And vnto Dan he sayed Dan is a lions whelpe he shall flowe from Basan And vnto Nepthali he sayed Nephali he shall haue abundance of pleasure and shal be fylled with the blessinge of the Lorde aÌ„d shall haue his possessions in the southwest And of Asser he sayed Asser shal be blessed with childern he shal be acceptable vnto his brethern and shall dyppe his fote in oyle Yern and brasse shall hange on thi showes and thine age shal be as thi youth There is none like vnto the God of the off Israel he that sitteth vppon heauen shal be thine helpe whose glorie is in the cloudes that is the dwellinge place of God from the begynnynge and from vnder the armes of the worlde he hath cast out thine enemies before the and sayed destroye And Israel shall dwell in saffetye alone And the eyes of Iacob shall loke appon a londe of corne and wyne moreouer his heauen shall droppe with dewe Happye art thou Israel who is like vnto the A people that art saued by the Lorde thy shilde and helper and swerde of thi glorye And thyne enemyes shall hyde them selues from the and thou shalt walke vppon their hye hilles The .xxxiiij. Chapter ANd Moses went froÌ„ the feldes of Moab vpp in to mount Nebo which is the toppe of Pisga that is ouer agenst Iericho And the Lorde shewed him all the londe off Gilead euen vnto Dan and all nephtali and the londe of Ephraim and Manasse aÌ„d all the londe of Iuda euen vnto the vtmost see aÌ„d the south and the region of the playne of Iericho the citye of datetrees euen vnto Zoar And the Lorde sayed vnto him This is the lon de which I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob sayenge I will geue it vnto thy seed I haue shewed it the before thyne eyes but thou shalt not goo ouer thither So Moses the seruaunte of the Lorde dyed there in the londe of Moab at the commaundment of the Lorde And he buryed him in a valey in the londe of Moab besyde Beeth Peor but no man wyst of his sepulchre vnto this daye And Moses was an hundred and .xx. ye re olde when he dyed aÌ„d yet his eyes were not dym nor his chekes abated And the childern of Israel wepte for Moses in the feldes off Moab .xxx. dayes And the dayes off wepynge and mornynge for Moses were ended And Iosua the sonne of Nun was full of the spirite of wisdome for Moses had put his hande vppon him And all the childeâ—n of Israel herkened vnto him and dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses But there arose not a prophett sense in Israel lyke vnto Moses whom the Lorde knewe face to face in all the miracles and wonders which the Lorde sent him to doo in the londe of Egipte vnto Pharao and all his seruauntes and vnto all his londe and in all the myghtye deades and greate tereble thinges which Moses dyd in the sight of all Israel ¶ The ende of the fifth boke of Moses Avims A kinde of geauntes and the worde signifieth crooked vnright or weked Belial weked or wekednesse he that hath cast the yoke of God of his necke aÌ„d will not obeye god Bruterar prophesiers or sothsayers Emims a kinde of geauÌ„tes so called be cause they were terreble and cruell for emin signifieth terreblenesse Enack a kinde of geauntes so called happlye because they ware cheynes aboute their neckes for enack signifieth soch a cheyne as men weer aboute their neckes Horims A kinde of geauntes aÌ„d signifieth noble because that of pride they called theÌ„ selues nobles or gentles Rocke God is called a rocke because both he aÌ„d his worde lasteth euer Whett theÌ„ on thy childern that is exercyse thy childern in theÌ„ aÌ„d putthem in vre Zamzumims a kinde of geauÌ„tes aÌ„d signifleth myscheuous or that be all waye imaginiÌ„ge
wyll not destroy from henceforth all that â—yveth as I haue done Nether shall sowynge â—yme and haruest colde and hete somere â—yn * This lawe and soch like to exequute were kinges and rulars ordey ned of God wherfore they ought not to suffre the popes Caimes thus to shede bloud their 's not shed ageyne neth er yet to sett vpp their ab hominable seÌ„tuaryes necke verses cleane agenste the ordinaunce of god but vn to their daÌ„nacyon â—er daye and nyghte ceasse as longe as the erth endureth ¶ The .ix. Chapter ANd God blessed Noâ— and his sonnes and sayd vnto them â–ª Increase and multiplye and fyll the ertâ— The feare also and drede of yow be vppon all beastes of the erth and vppon all foules of the ayre aÌ„d vppon all that crepeth on the erth and vppon all fyshes of the see which are geuen vnto youre handes And all that moveth vppon the erth havynge lyfe shall be youre meate Euen as yâ— grene herbes so geue I yow all thyn â—e Only the flesh with his life which is his â—loud se that ye eate not â— For verely the bloude of yow wherein youre ly â—es are wyll I requyre EueÌ„ of the hande of all â—eastes wyll I requyre it And of the hande of â—an and of the hand off euery mannes brother â—yll I requyre the lyfe of man so yâ— he which â—hedeth mannes bloude shall haue hys bloud â—hed by man agayne for God made man after â—is awne lycknesse See that ye encrease and â—axe and be occupyde vppon the erth multiplye therein Farthermore God spake vnto Noe to hys sonnes wyth hym saynge see I make my boÌ„d wyth you and youre seed after you and wyth all lyvynge thinge that is wyth you both foule and catell and all maner beste of the erth that is wyth yow of all that commeth out of the arke what soeuer beste of the erth it be I make my bonde wyth yow that hence forth all flesh shall not be destroyed wyth that waters of any floud aÌ„d that hence forth there shall not be a floud to destroy the erth And God sayd This is the token of my boÌ„de which I make betwene me and yow aÌ„d betwene all lyvynge thyng that is with yow for ever I wyll sette my bowe in the cloudes and â—â— shall be a sygne of the appoyntment made betwene me and the erth So that when I bryng in cloudes vpoÌ„ yâ— erth the bowe shall appere in yâ— cloudes And than wyll I thynke vppon my testament which I haue made betwene me and yow and all that lyveth what soeuer flesh it be â–ª So that henceforth there shall be nomore waâ—ters to make a floud to destroy all flesh The bowe shal be in the cloudes and I wyl loke vpon it to remembre the euerlastynge testment betwene God and all that lyveth vppoâ— the erth what soeuer flesh it be And God sayd vnto Noe This is the sygne of the testamenâ— which I have made betwene me and all flesh is on the erth The sonnes of Noe that came out of the aâ—â— ke were Gem Ham and Iapheth And Ham he is the father of CanaaÌ„ These are the .iij. sonnes of Noe and of these was all the world overspred And Noe beynge an husbaÌ„d man went furth and planted a vyneyarde and draneke of the wyne and was droncke and laye vncouered in the myddest of his â—eÌ„t And Ham the father of Canaan sawe his fathers preuytees tolde his ij brethren that were wythout And Sem and Iapheth toke a mantell and put it on both there shuldere aÌ„d went backward aÌ„d covered there fathers secrets but there faces were backward So that they sawe not there fathers nakydnes As soone as Noe was awaked froÌ„ his wyne and wyst what his yongest sonne had done vnto hym he sayd cursed be Canaan aÌ„d a seruante of all seruantes be he to his brethren And he sayd Blessed be the LORde God of SeÌ„ and Canaan be his seruante God increase Iapheth that he may dwelle in the tentes of Sem. And Canaan be their seruante And Noe lyued after the floude .iij. hundred and .l. yere So that all the dayes of Noe were ix hundred and .l. yere aÌ„d than he dyed The .x. Chapter THese are the generations of the sonnes of Noe of Gem Ham and Iapheth which begat them children after the floude The sonnes of Japheth were Gomyr Magog Madai Jauan Tuball Mesech and Thy ras And the sonnes of Gomyr were Ascenas Riphaâ— and Togarma And the sonnes of Jauan were Elisa Tharsis Cithim and Dodanim Of these came the Iles of the gentylls in there contres every man in his speach kynred and nation The sonnes of Ham were Chus Misraim Phut and Canaan The sonnes of Chus were Seba Heuila Sabta Rayma and Sabâ—ema And the sonnes of Rayma were Sheba De dan. Chus also begot Nemrod which begaÌ„ to be myghtye in the erth He was a myghtie hunter in the syghte of the LORde Where of came the proverbe he is as Nemrod that myghtie hunter in the syghte of the LORde And the begynnynge of hys kyngdome was Babell Erech Achad and Chalne in the lande of Synear Out of that lande came Assur and buylded Ninyue and the cyte reho both and Calah And Ressen betwene Ninyue aÌ„d Chalah That is a grete cyte And Mizraim begat ludim Enanum Leabim Naphtuhim Pathrusim Castuhim from whence came the Philystyns and the Capthâ—herynes Canaan also begat zidon his eldest sonne Heth Jebusi Emori Girgosi Him Arki Si ni Aruadi Zemari and hamaâ— And afterward sprange the kynreds of the Canaanytes And the costes of the Canaanytes were froÌ„ Sydon tyll thou come to â—erara to Asa tyll thou come to Sodoma Gomorra Adama Zeboim eveÌ„ vnto Lasa These were the chyldre of Ham in there kynreddes tonges landes and nations And Sem the father of all yâ— childreÌ„ of Eber and the eldest brother of Japheth begat children also And his sonnes were Elam Assur Arphachsad Lud aÌ„d Aram. And the childree of Aram were Vz Hul Gether Mas And Arphachsad begat Sala and Sala begat Eber. And Eber begat .ij. sonnes The name of the one was Peleg for in his tyme the erth was devyded And the name of his brother was Jaketan Jaketan begat Almodad Saleph Hyzarmoneth Jarah Hadoram Vsal Dikela Obal Abimael Seba Ophir Heuila Jobab All these are the sonnes of Jaketan And the dwellynge of them was from Mesâ— vntill thou come vnto Sephara a mountayne of the easte lande These are the sonnes o Sem in their kynreddes languages contrees and nations These are the kynreddes of the sonnes of Noe in their generations and nations And of these came the people that were in the world after the floude ¶ The .xi. chapter ANd all the world was of one tonge and one language And as they came from the east they founde a playne in the lande of Synear and there they dwelled And they sayd one to another come on let us
make brycke aÌ„d burne it wyth fyre So brycke was there stone and slyme was there morter And they sayd Come on let vs buylde vs a cyte and a toure that the toppe may reach vnto heauen And let vs make us a name for perauenture we shall be scatered abrode over all the erth And the LORde came downe to see the cyte and the toure which the childern of AnaÌ„ had buylded And the LORde sayd See the people is one and haue one tonge amonge them all And thys haue they begon to do and wyll not leaue of from all that they haue purposed to do Come on let vs descende and myngell theire tonge even there that one vnderstonde not what another sayeth Thus yâ— LORde skatered them from thence vppon all the erth And they left of to buylde the cyte Wherfore the name of it is called Babell because that the LORDE there confounded the tonge of all the world And because that the LORde from thence skatered them abrode vppon all the erth These are the generations of Sem SeÌ„ was an hundred yere olde and begat Arcphachsad ij yere after the floude And SeÌ„ lyved after he had begot Arphachsad .v. hundred yere an begat sonnes and doughters And Arphacsad lyued .xxxv. yere and begat Sala and lyved after he had begot Sala iiij huÌ„dred yere iij begat sonnes and doughters And Sala was .xxx. yere old and begat Eber aÌ„d lyued after he had begot Eber .iiij. huÌ„dred and thre yere aÌ„d begat sonnes and doughters When Eber was .xxxiiij. yere olde he begat Peleg and lyued after he had begot Peleg foure hundred and .xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And Peleg when he was .xxx. yere olde begat Regu and lyued after he had begot Regu .ij. hundred and .ix. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And Regu when he had lyued .xxxij. yere begat Serug and lyued after he had begot Serug .ij. hundred and .vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And when Serug was .xxx. yere olde he begat Nahor and lyued after he had begot Nahor .ij. hundred yere and begat sonnes doughters And Nahor when he was .xxix. yere olde begat Terah and lyved after he had begot Terah an hundred and â–ª xix yere and begat sonnes and doughters And when Terah was .lxx. yere olde he begat Abram Nahor and Baran And these are the generations of Terah Terah begat Abram Nahor and Baran And Baran begat Lot And Baran dyed before Terah his father in the londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea And Abram and Nahor toke them wydes AbraÌ„s wyfe was called Sarai And Nahors wyfe Mylca the doughter of Baran which was father of Milca aÌ„d of Iisca But Garat was baren and had no childe Than tofe Terah Abram his sonne and Lot his sonne Barans sonne Sarai his doughter in lawe his sone Abrams wyfe And they went wyth hym from Vr â—â— Chaldea to go in to the laÌ„de of Chanaan And they came to Baran and dwelled there And when Terah was ij hundred yere old and .v. he dyed in Baran ¶ The .xij. Chapter THen the LORde sayd vnto AbraÌ„ Gett the out of thy contre and from thy fynred and out of thy fathers house into a londe which I wyll shewe the. And I wyll make of the a myghtie people and wyll blesse the and make thy name grete that thou mayst be a blessinge And I wyll blesse theÌ„ that blesse the aÌ„d curse theÌ„ that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erih And Abram weÌ„t as the LORde badd hym and Lot went wyth hym Abram was .lxxv. yere olde when he went out of Baran And Abram toke Sarai his wyfe aÌ„d Lot his brothers sonne wyth all their goodes which they had goten and soulles which they had begoten in Baran And they departed to goo in to the laÌ„de of Chanaan And when they were come in to the lande of Chanaan Abram went furth in to the laÌ„de tyll he came vnto a place called Sychem and vnto the oke of More And the Canaanytes dwelled then in the lande Then the LORde apeared vnto Abram aÌ„d sayd vnto thy seed wyll I geue thy slaÌ„de And he buylded an aultere there vnto the LORDE which apeared to hym Then departed he thence vnto a mountayne that lyeth on the east syde of BETHEL and pytched hys tente BETHEL beynge on the west syde and Ay on the cast â— And he buylded there an aulter vnto the LORde and called on the name of that LORde And than Abram departed and toke his iourney southwarde After thys there came a derth in the lande And Abram went doune in to Egipte to soiourne there for the derth was sore in the lande And when he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte he sayd vnto Sarai his wife Beholde I knowe that thou art a fayre woman toloke apoÌ„ It wyll come to passe therfore wheÌ„ the Egiptians see the that they wyll say she is his wyfe And so shall they sley me and save the. Saye I praye the therfore that thou art my sister that I maye fare the better by reason of the and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake As soone as he came in to Egipte the EgiptiaÌ„s sawe the woman that she was very fayre And Pharaos lordes sawe hir also and praysed hir vnto Pharao So that she was taken in to Pharaos house which entreated Abram well for hir sake so that he had shepe oxsen aÌ„d he asses men seruantes mayde seruaÌ„tes she asses and camels But God plaged Pharao and his house wyth grete plages because of Sarai Abrams wyfe Then Pharao called Abram and sayd why hast thou thus dealt with me Wherfore toldest thou me not that she was thy wyfe Why saydest thou that she was thy sister and causedest me to take hyr to my wyfe But now loo there is the wife take hir aÌ„d be walkynge Pharao also gaue a charge vnto his men over Abram to leade hym out wyth his wyfe and all that he had ¶ The .xiij. Chapter THan Abram departed out of Egipte both he and his wyfe and all that he had and Lot wyth hym vnto the south Abram was very rych in catell syluer gold And he went on his iourney froÌ„ the south even vnto BETHEL aÌ„d vnto the place where his tente was at the fyrst tyme betwene BETHEL and Ay and vnto the place of the aulter which he made before And there called Abram vpon the name of the LORde Lot also which went wyth hym had shepe catell and tentes so that the londe was not abill to receaue them that they myght dwell to gether for the substance of their riches was so greate that they coude not dwell together â–ª And there fell a stryfe betwene the herdmen of Abrams catell and the herdmen of Lots catell Moreouer the Cananytes and the Pherysites dwelled at that tyme in the lande Than sayd Abram vnto Lot let there be no stryfe I praye the betwene the and me
that heare will laugh at me She sayde also who wolde haue sayde vnto Abraham that Sara shulde haue geuen childern sucke or that I shulde haue borne him a sonne in his olde age The childe grewe and was wened and Abraham made a great fâ—ast the same daye that Isaac was wened Sara sawe the sonne of Hagar the Egiptian which she had borne vnto Abraham a mockynge Then she sayde vnto Abraham put awaye this bondemayde and hyr sonne for the sonne of this bondwoman shall not be heyre with my sonne Isaac But the wordes semed verey greavous in Abrahams sycâ—hte because of his sonne Than the LORde sayde vnto Abraham let it not be greavous vnto the because of the ladd and of thy bondmayde But in all that Sara hath saide vnto the heare hir voyce for in Isaac shall thy seed be called Moreouer of the sonne of the Bondwoman will I make a nation because he is thy seed And Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng and toke brede and a bottell with water and ga ue it vnto Hagar puttynge it on hir shulders wyth the lad also and sent her awaye And she departed and waÌ„dred vpp and doune in the wyldernes of Berseba When the water was spent that was in the botell she cast the lad vnder a bush and went satt her out of syghte a great waye as it were a bowshote off For she sayde I will not se the lad dye And she satt doune out of syghte and lyfte vp hyr voyce and wepte And God herde the voyce of the childe And the angell of God called Hagar out of heaven and sayde vnto her What ayleth the Hagar Feare not for God hath herde the voyce of the childe where he lyeth Aryse and lyfte vp the lad and take hym in thy hande for I will make off him a greate people And God opened hir eyes and she sawe a well of water And she went and fylled the bottell with water and gaue the boye drynke And God was wyth the lad and he grewe and dweld in the wildernesse and became an archer And he dweld in the wyldernesse of Pharan And hys mother gott him a wyfe out of the land of Egypte And it chaunced the same season that Abimelech and Phicoll his chefe captayne spake vnto Abraham saynge God is wyth the in all that thou doist Now therfore swere vnto me even here by God that thou wylt not hurt me nor my childern nor my childerns childern But that thou shalt deale with me and the contre where thou art a straunger acordynge vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed the. Then sayde Abraham I wyll swere And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water which Abimelech servaunâ—es had taken awaye And Abimelech answered I wyst not who dyd it Also thou toldest me not nether herde I of it but this daye And Abraham toke shepe and oxen and gaue tâ—â—â— vnto Abimelech And they made both of them a bonde together And Abraham seâ— vij lambes by them selues And Abimelech sayde vnto Abraham what meane these .vij. lamdes which thou hast sett by them selues And he answered vij lambes shalt thou take of my hande that it maye be a wytnesse vnto me that I haue dygged this well Wherfore the place is called Berseba because they sware both of them Thus made they a bonde to gether at Berseba Than Abimelech and Phicoll his chefe captayne rose vp and turned agayne vnto the lande of the Philistines And Abraham planted a wodd in Berseba and called there on the name of the LORde the everlastynge God and dwelt in the PhelistinlaÌ„de a longe season ¶ The .xxij. Chapter AFter these dedes God dyd proue Abraham sayde vnto him Abraham And he answered here am I. And he sayde take thy only sonne Isaac whome thou louest get the vnto the lande of Moria and sacrifyce him there for a sacrifyce vpon one of the mountayns which I will shewe the Than Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and sadled his asse and toke two of his meyny wyth him and Isaac his sonne aÌ„d clove woo for the sacrifyce and rose vp and goâ—t him to the place which God had appoynted him The thirde daye Abraham lyfte vp his eyes and sawe the place a farr of and sayde vnto his yong men byde here with the asse I and the lad will goo yonder and worshippe and come agayne vnto you And Abraham toke the wodd of the sacrifyce and layde it vpon Isaac his sonne and toke fyre in his hande and a knyfe And they went both of them together Than spake Isaac vnto Abraham his father sayde My father And he answered here am I my sonne And he sayde Se here is fyre and wodd but where is the shepe for sacrifyce And Abraham sayde my sonne God wyll prouyde him a shepe for sacrifyce So went they both together And when they came vnto the place which God shewed him AbrahaÌ„ made an aulter there and dressed the wodd aÌ„d bownde Isaac his sonne and layde him on the aulter aboue apon the wodd And Abraham stretched forth his hande and toke the knyfe to haue kylled his sonne Than the angell of the LORde called vnto him from heauen saynge Abraham Abraham And he answered here am I. And he sayde laye not thy handes apon the childe nether do any thinge at all vnto him for now I knowe that thou fearest God in that thou hast not kepte thine only sonne froÌ„ me And Abraham lyfted vp his eyes and loked aboute and beholde there was a ram caught by the hornes in a thykette And he went and toke the ram and offred him vp for a sacrifyce in the steade of his sonne And Abraham called the name of the place the LORde will see wherfore it is a comeÌ„ saynge this daye in the mounte will the LORde be sene And the Angell of the LORde cryed vnto Abraham from heaven the seconde tyme saynge by my selfe haue I sooorâ—e sayth the LORde because thou hast done this thinge and hast not spared thy only sonne that I will blesse th and multiplye thy seed as the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpoÌ„ the see syde And thy seed shall possesse the â—ates of hys enymies And in thy seed shall all the nations of the erth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voyce Go turned Abraham agayne vnto his yonge men and they rose vp and weÌ„t to gether to Ber seba And Abraham dwelt at Berseba And it chauÌ„sed after these tâ—iÌ„ges that one tolde Abraham saynge Beholde Milcha she hath also borne childern vnto thy brother Nachor Hus his eldest sonne and Bus his brother and Remuell the father of the Smans and Cesed and Haso and Pildas and Iedlaph and Bethuel And Bethuel begat Rebecca These .viij. dyd Milcha bere to Nachor Abrahams brother And his concubyne called Rheuma she bare also Tebah Saham Thahas and Maacha ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter SAra was an hundred and .xxvij. yere olde for so longe lyued she and than dyed in a heade
cyte called Hebron in the londe of Canaan Than Abraham came to mome Sara and to wepe for her And Abraham stode vp from the coorse and talked with the sonnes of heth saynge I am a straunger aÌ„d a foryner amonge yow geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my dead oute of my sighte And the children of heth answered Abraham saynge vnto him heare vs lorde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs. In the chefest of oure sepulchres bury thy dead None of vs shall forbydd the his sepulchre that thou shuldest not bury thy deade therein AbrahaÌ„ stode vp bowed hiÌ„ selfe before yâ— people of yâ— laÌ„de yâ— childreÌ„ of heth And he comened with them saynge Yf it be youre myndes yâ— I shall bury my deade oute of my sighte heare me aÌ„d speke for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar and let him geue me the dubill caue which he hath in the end of his felde for as moch money as it is worth let him geue it me in the presence of you for a possession to bury in For Hephron dwelled amoÌ„ge the childern of heth Than Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham in the audyeÌ„ce of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his cyte saynge Not so my lorde but heare me The felde geue I the and the caue that therein is geue I the also And even in the presence of the sonnes of my people geve Iit the to bury thy deede in Than Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the laÌ„de and spake vnto EphroÌ„ in the audyence of the people of the contre saynge I praye the heare me I will geue sylver for the felde take it of me â—o so will I bury my deed there Ephron answered AbrahaÌ„ saynge vnto him My lorde harken vnto me The lande is worth iiij hundreth sycles of syluer But what is that betwixte the and meâ— bury thy deede And Abraham harkened vnto Ephron and weyde him the sylver which he had sayde in the audyence of the sonnes of Heth. Euen .iiij. huÌ„dred syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes Thus was the felde of Ephron where in the dubbill caue is before Maâ—re euen the felde the caue that is therein and all the trees of the felde which growe in all the borders rounde aboute made sure vnto Abraham for a possession in the syghte of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of the cyte And then Abraham buried Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the felde that lyeth before MaÌ„re otherwise called Ebron in the lande of Canaan And so both the felde aÌ„d the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in of the sonnes of Heth. ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter ABraham was olde and stryken in dayes and the LORde had blessed him in allthinges And he sayde vnto his eldest servaunte of his house which had the rule over all that he had Put thy hande vnder my thye that I maye make the swere by the LORde that is God of heauen and God of the erth that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the doughters of the canaanytes amonge which I dwell But shalt goo vnto my contre and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne Isaac ThaÌ„ sayde the seruaunte vnto him what aÌ„d yf the womaÌ„ wyll not agree to come with me vnto this laÌ„de shall I brynge thy sonne agayne vnto the lande which thou camest out of â–ª And AbrahaÌ„ sayde vnto him bewarre of that that thou bâ—â—ge not my sonne thither The LORde God of heaven which toke me from my fathers house and from the lande where I was borne and which spake vnto me and sware vnto me saynge vnto thy seed wyll I geue this lande he shall sende his angell before the yâ— thou mayst take a wife vnto my sonne from thence Neuerthelesse yf the womaÌ„ will not agree to come with the than shalt thou be with out daunger of this ooth But aboue all thinge brynge not my sonne thyther agayne And the seruaunte put his hand vnder the thye of Abraham and sware to him as concernynge that matter And the seruaunte toke .x. camels of the camels of his master and departed and had of all maner goodes of his master with him and stode vp and went to Mesopotamia vnto the cyrâ—e of Nahor And made his camels to lye doune without the cytie by a wels syde of water at euen aboute the tyme that women come out to drawe water and he sayde LORde God of my master AbrahaÌ„ sende me good spede this daye shewe mercy vnto my master Abraham â—o I stonde here by the well of water and the doughters of the men of this citie will come out to drawe water Now the damsell to whome I saye stoupe doune thy pytcher and let me drynke Yf she saye drynke and I will geue thy camels drynke also yâ— same is she that thou hast ordened for they servaunte Isaac yee therby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my master And it came to passe yet he had leeft spakynge that Aebecca came out the doughter of Bethuell sonne to Melcha the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother and hir pytcher apon hir shulder The damsell was very fayre to loke apon and yet a mayde and vnknowen of man And she went doune to the well and fylled hyr pytcher and came vp agayne Then the seruaunte rannâ— vnto her and saâ—de let me syppe a litle water of thi pither And she sayde drynke my lorde And she besied and laâ—e downe her pytcher apon â—â—â— arme and gaue him drinke And wheÌ„ she had geven hym drinke she sayde I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue dronke ynough And she poured out hyr pitcher in to the trough hastely and ranne agayne vnto the well to feâ—t water and drewe for all his camels And the felowe wondred at her But helde his peace to weâ—e whether the LORde had made his â—ouâ—ney prosperous or not And as the camels had lefte drynckynge he toke an earynge of halfe a sicle weght and. ij golden bracelettes for hyr â—aÌ„des of .x. sycles weyght of gold and sayde vnto her whose doughter art thou tell me ys there rowme in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in â–ª And she sayde vnto him I am the doughter of Bethuell the sonne of Mâ—â—cha which she bare vnto Nahor and sayde moreouer vnto him we haue litter and prauonder ynough and also rowme to lodge in And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the LORde and sayde blessed be the LORde God of my master Abraham which ceasseth not to deale mercyfully and truly with my master And hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house And the damsell ranne tolde them of her mothers house these thinges And Rebecca had a brother called Laban And Laban ranne out vnto the man to the well for as soone as he had sene the earynges
and the bracelettes â—pon his sisters handes aÌ„d herde the wordes of Rebecca his sister saynge thus sayde the man vnto me than he went out vnto the man And â—oo he stode yet with the camels by the well syde And Laban sayde come in thou blessed of the LORde Wherfore stondest thou without I haue dressed the house and made rowme for the camels And than the maÌ„ came in to the house And he vnbrydeld the camels God bleseth vs wheÌ„â—â—e geveth vs â—is benefiâ—â—s and curâ—â—th vs wâ—en he taâ—â—th them a â—aye and brought â—â—â—ter and prauonder for the camels and water to wâ—she his fete and their fete that were with him and there was meate sett before him to eate But he sayde I will not eate vntill I haue sayde myne eareÌ„de And he sayde saye on And he sayde I am AbrahaÌ„s servaunte the LORDE hath * blessed my master out of measure that he is become greate and hath geven him shepe oxen syluer and golde men servauntes mayde servauntes camels aÌ„d asses And Sara my masters wyfe bare him a sonne wheÌ„ she was olde and vnto him hath he geven all that he hath And my master made mesâ—ere saynge Thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amonge the doughters of the cananyres in whose laÌ„de I dwell But thou shalt goo vnto my fathers house and to my â—ynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne And I sayde vnto my master What yf the wyfe will not folowe me â–ª And he sayde vnto me The LORde before whome I walke wyll sende his angell with the and prosper thy iourney that thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne of my kynred and of my fathers house But and yf when thou comest vnto my kynred they will not geue the one thaÌ„ shall thou bere no perell of myne oothe And I came this daye vnto the well and sayed O LORde the God of my master AbrahaÌ„ yf it be so that thou makest my iourney which I go prosperous beholde I stoÌ„de by this well of water And when a virgyn cometh forth to drawe water and I saye to her geue me a litle water of thi pitcher to drynke and she saye agayne to me dryncke thou and I will also drawe water for thy camels that same is the wife whom the LORde hath prepared for my masters sonne And before I had made an ende of speakynge in myne harte beholde Rebecca came forth and hir pitcher on hir shulder and she went doune vnto the well and drewe And I sayde vnto her geue me dryncke And she made hast and toke doune hir pâ—â—cher from of hir aÌ„d sayd drinke and I will geue thy camels drynke also And I dranke and she gaue the camels drynke also And I asked her saynge whose doughter art thou And she answered the doughter of Bathuell Nahors sonne whome Milca bare vnto him And I put the earynge vpon hir face and the bracelettes apon hir hondes And I bowed myselfe and worshepped the LORde and blessed the LORde God of my master AbrahaÌ„ which had brought me the right waye to take my masters brothers doughter vnto his sonne Now therfore yf ye will deall mercyfully and truly with my master tell me And yf no tell me also that I maye turne me to the right hande or to the left Than answered Laban and Bathuel saynge The thinge is proceded even out of the lorde we can not therfore saye vnto the ether good or bad Beholde Rebecca before thy face take her and goo and let her be thy masters sonnes wifeâ— euen as the LORde hath sayde â–ª And wheÌ„ Abrahams servaunte herde their wordes he bowed him selfe vnto the LORde â—â—aâ—â— vpon the erth And the seroâ—unte toke forth 〈◊〉 of syluer and iewelles of gold and rayment and gaue them to Rebecca But vnto hir brother to hir mother he gaue spyces And then they ate and dranke both he and the men that were with him and taried all nyghte and rose vp in the mornynge And he sayde let me departe vnto my master But hir brother and hir mother sayde let the damsell abyde with vs a while aÌ„d it be but even .x. dayes and than goo thy wayes And he sayde vnto them hinder me not for the lorde hath prospered my iourney Sende me awaye yâ— I maye goo vnto my master And they sayde let vs call the damsell and witt what she sayth to the matter And they called forth Rebecca aÌ„d sayde vnto her wilt thou goo with this maÌ„ â–ª And she sayde Yee Than they broughte Rebecca their sister on the waye and her norse and AbrahaÌ„s servaunte and the men that were wyth him And they * To bless a maÌ„s neyboure is tâ— praye for haÌ„d to wiss him good and not 〈…〉 wagge .ij. gers ouâ— him blessed Rebecca sayde vnto her Thou art oure sister growe in to thousande thousandes thy seed possesse the gates of their emmes And Rebecca arose hir damsels satt theÌ„ vp apoÌ„ the camels went their waye after the man And the servaunte toke Rebecca went his waye And Isaac was a comiÌ„ge from the well of yâ— lyvynge seynge for he dwelt in the sâ—uth coÌ„tre was gone out to walke in his meditatioÌ„s before yâ— eueÌ„ tyde And he lyfte vp his eyes loked beholde yâ— camels were cominge And Rebecca lyfte vp hir eyes wheÌ„ she sawe Isaac she lyghted of the camel aÌ„d sayde vnto the servaunte what maÌ„ is this that cometh agenst vs in the feld And the servauÌ„te sayde it is my master And then she toke hir mantell aÌ„d put it aboute her And the servauÌ„te tolde Isaac all that he had done TheÌ„ Isaac broughte her in to his mother Saras tente aÌ„d toke Rebecca she became his wife he loved her so was Isaac coÌ„forted over his mother The .xxv. Chapter ABrahaÌ„ toke hiÌ„ another wyfe cald Retura which bare hiÌ„ Simram Jacksam Medan MidiaÌ„ Iesback Suah And Jâ—cksan begat Seba DedaÌ„ And the sonnes of Dedan were Assurim Letusim Leumim And the sonnes of Midian were Epha Epher Hanoch Abida Elda All these were the childern of Bethura But AbrahaÌ„ gaue all that he had vnto Isaac And vnto the sonnes of his concubines he haue giftes and sent them awaye from Isaac his sonne while he yet lyved east waro vnto the east contre These are the dayes of the life of AbrahaÌ„ which he lyved an huÌ„dred .lxxv. yere and than fell seke aÌ„d dyed in a lustie age wheÌ„ he had lyved ynough aÌ„d was put vnto his people And his sonnes Isaac aÌ„d Ismael buried hiÌ„ in the duble caue in the feld of EphroÌ„ soÌ„ne of Zoar the Hethite before Manâ—e Which felde abrahaÌ„ boughte of the sonnes of Heth There was AbrahaÌ„ buried and Sara hys wyfe And after yâ— deeth of AbrahaÌ„ God blessed Isaac his sonne which dweld by the well of the lyvige seige These are the generatioÌ„s of Ismael AbrahaÌ„s sonne which Hagar the EgiptiaÌ„ Saras hand mayde bare vnto Abraham And
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
When the LORde sawe that Lea was despised he made her frutefull but Rahel was baren And Lea conceaued and bare a sonne aÌ„d called his name RubeÌ„ for she sayde the LORde hath loked apon my tribulation And now my husbonde will loue me And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and sayde the LORde hath herde that I am despised aÌ„d hath therfore geuen me this sonne also and she called him Simeon And she conceaued yet and bare a sonne aÌ„d sayde now this once will my husbonde kepe me company because I haue borne him .iij. sonnes and therfore she called his name Levi. And she conceaued yet agayne and bare a sonne saynge Now will I prayse the LORde therfore she called his name Juda and left bearynge ¶ The .xxx. Chapter WHen Rahel sawe that she bare Jacob no children she enuied hir sister sayde vnto Jacob geue me children or ells I am but deed Than was Jacob wrooth with Rahel saynge Am I in godes steade which kepeth froÌ„ the the frute of thi woÌ„be TheÌ„ she sayde here is my mayde Bilha go in vnto her that she maye beare vpoÌ„ my lappe that I maye be encreased by her And she gaue him Bilha hir haÌ„d mayde to wife And Jacob weÌ„t in vnto her And Bilha conceaued and bare Jacob a sonne Than sayde Rahel God hath geuen senteÌ„ce on my syde and hath also herde my voyce and hath geuen me a sonne Therfore called she him Dan. And Bilha Rahels mayde coÌ„ceâ—ued agayne and bare Jacob a nother sonne And Rahel sayde God is turned and I haue made a chaunge with my sister haue goteÌ„ yâ— vpper haÌ„de And she called his name Nepthali WheÌ„ Lea sawe that she had left bearinge she toke Silpha hir mayde and gaue her â—acob to wiffe And Silpha Leas made bare Jacob a sonne Than sayde Lea good lucke and called his name God And Silpha Leas mayde bare Jacob another sonne ThaÌ„ sayd Lea happy am I for the doughters will call me blessed And called his name Asser And RubeÌ„ weÌ„t out in the wheatharuest fouÌ„de mandragoras in the feldes and brought theÌ„ vnto his mother Lea. Than sayde Rahel to Lea geue me of thy sonnes maÌ„dragoras And Lea answered is it not ynough that thou hast takeÌ„ awaye my housboÌ„de but woldest take awaye my sonnes mandragoras also Than sayde Rahel well let him slepe with the this nyghte for thy sonnes mandragoras And wheÌ„ Jacob came from the feldes at euen Lea went our to mere him sayde come into me for I haue bought the with my sonnes mandragoras And he slepte with her that nyghte And God herde Lea that she coÌ„ceaued and bare onto Jacob yâ— .v. sonne Than sayde Lea. God hath geue me my rewarde because I gaue my maydeÌ„ to my housboÌ„d and she called him Isachar And Lea coÌ„ceaued yet agayne and bare Jacob the sexâ—e sonne Than sayde she God hath endewed me with a good dowry Now will my housbond dwell with me because I haue borne him .vi. sonnes and called his name ZabuloÌ„ After that she bare a doughter and called her Dina. And God remeÌ„bred Rahel herde her and made her frutefull so that she coÌ„ceaued and bare a sonne and sayde God hath takeÌ„ awaye my rebuke And she called his name Joseph saynge The lorde geue me yet a nother sonne As soone as Rahel had home Joseph Jacob sayde to Laban SeÌ„de me awaye that I maye goo vnto myne awne place and cuÌ„tre geue me my wives and my children for whome I haue serued the and let me goo for thou knowest what scruyce I haue done the. Than sayde Laban vnto hiÌ„ If I haue fownde fauoure in thy syghte for I suppose that the LORde hath blessed me for thy sake appoynte what thy rewarde shal be and I will geue it yâ— But he sayde vnto hym thou knowest what seruyce I haue done yâ— in what takâ—nge thy catell haue bene vnder me For it was but litle that thou haddest before I came and now it is encreased in to a multitude â— and the LORDE hath blessed the for my sake But now when shall I make provysion for myne awne house also And he sayde what shall I geue the And Jacob answerd thou shalt geue me nothinge at all yf thou wilt do this one thinge for me And then will I turne agayne fede thy shepe and kepe them I will go aboute all thy shepe this daye and separate froÌ„ theÌ„ all the shepe that are spotted and of dyverse coloures and all blacke shepe amonge the lambes and the partie and spotted amonge the kyddes And then such shal be my rewarde So shall my rightwesnes answere for me when the tyme commeth that I shall receaue my rewarde of the Go that what soeuer is not speckeld and partie amonge the gootes and blacke amonge the lambes let that be theft with me Than sayde Laban â—oo I am conteÌ„te that it be acordinge as thou hast sayde And he toke out that same daye the he gootes that were partie of dyuerse coloures all the she gootes that were spotted and partie coloured all that had whyte in theÌ„ all the blacke amonge the lambes aÌ„d put theÌ„ in the kepinge of his sonnes sett thre dayes ourney â—betwixte hiÌ„selfe Jacob. And so Jacob kepte yy e rest of LabaÌ„s shepe Jacob toke roddes of grene popular hasell of chestnottrees pilled whyte strakes in theÌ„ made the white apere in the staues And he put the staues which he had pilled eueÌ„ before yy â— shepe in the gutters watrynge â—roughes wheÌ„ the shepe came to drynke that they shulde coÌ„ceaue wheÌ„ they came to drynke And the shepe coÌ„ceaued before the staues brought forth straked spotted partie TheÌ„ Iacob parted the laÌ„bes turned the faces of the shepe toward spotted thinges toward allinaner of blacke thinges thorow out the flockes of LabaÌ„ And he made him flockes of his owne by theÌ„ selfe which he put not vnto the flockes of LabaÌ„ And allwaye in the first buckinge tyme of the shepe Iacob put the staues before the shepe in the gutters â–ª yâ— they myghte conceaue before the staues But in the latter buckynge tyme he put them not there so the last hrode was LabaÌ„s and the first Iacobs And the man became excedynge ryche had many shepe maydeseruauntes menseruauntes camels asses ¶ The .xxxi. Chapter ANd Iacob herde the wordes of LabaÌ„s sonnes how they sayde Iacob hath takeÌ„ awaye all that was oure fathers and of oure fathers goodes hath he goteÌ„ all this honoure And Iacob behelde the countenauÌ„ce of Laban that it was not toward him as it was in tymes past And the LORde sayde vnto Iacob turne agayne in to the laÌ„de of thy fathers to thy kynred I wil be with ye. ThaÌ„ Iacob sent called Rahel Lea to the felde vnto his shepe sayde vnto theÌ„ Ise youre fathers countenauÌ„ce that it is not toward me as in tymes past Morouer yâ— God of my father hath bene with me
And ye knowe how that I haue serued youre father with all my myghte And youre father hath disceaued me chaunged my wages .x. tymes But God suffred him not to hurte me When he sayde the spotted shal be thy wages thaÌ„ all the shepe bare spotted Yf he sayde the straked shal be thâ— rewarde thaÌ„ bare all the shepe straked thus hath God akeÌ„ awaye youre fathers catell geueÌ„ theÌ„ me For in buckynge tyme I lifted vp myne eyes and sawe in a dreame and beholde the rammes that bucked the shepe were straked spotted and partie And the angell of God spake vnto me in a dreame saynge Iacob And I answered here am I. And he sayde lyfte vp thyne eyes aÌ„d see how all the â—aÌ„mes that leape vpon the shepe are straked spotted and partie for I haue sene all that Laban doth vnto yâ— I am yâ— god of Bethell where thou anoynteddest the stone aÌ„d where thou vowdest a vowe vnto me Now aryse and gett the out of this countre aÌ„d returne vnto the laÌ„de where thou wast borne Than answered Rahel Lea sayde vnto him we haue no parte nor enheritaunce in oure fathers house he cownteth us eueÌ„ as straungers for he hath solde vs and hath euen eaten vp the price of vs. Moreouer all the riches which God hath take from oure father that is oures and oure childerns Now therfore what so euer God hath sayde vnto the that doo ThaÌ„ Iacob rose vp sett his soÌ„nes and wiues vp vpon camels caried away all his catell all his substaÌ„ce which he had gotte in Mesopotamia for to goo to Isaac his father vnto the laÌ„de of Canaan LabaÌ„ was gone to shere his shepe Rahel had stolleÌ„ hir fathers ymages And Iacob went awaye vnknowynge to Laban the SirieÌ„ tolde him not that he fled So fled he all that he had made him self redy passed ouer the ryuers and sett his face streyght towarde the mounte Gilead ApoÌ„ the thirde day after was it tolde LabaÌ„ yâ— Iacob was fled ThaÌ„ he toke his brethreÌ„ with him and folowed after him .vij. dayes iourney and ouer toke him at the mounte Gilead And God came to LabaÌ„ the SiriaÌ„ in a dreame by nyghte and sayde vnto him take hede to thi selfe that thou speake not to Jacob oughte save good And LabaÌ„ ouer toke Iacob and Iacob had pitched his teÌ„te in that mounte And Laban with his brethern pitched their teÌ„te also apon the mounte Gilead Than sayde LabaÌ„ to Iacob why hast thou this done vnknowynge to me and hast caried awaye my doughters as though they had bene takeÌ„ captyue with swerde Wherfore wentest thou awaye secretly vnknowne to me didest not tell me yâ— I myghte haue broughte yâ— on the waye with myrth syngynge tymrells and harppes and hast not suffred me to kysse my childern my doughters Thou wast a fole to do it for I am able to do you evell But the God of youre father spake vnto me yesterdaye saynge take hede tha thou speake not to Iacob oughte saue goode And now though thou weÌ„test thi waye because thou loÌ„gest after thi fathers house yet wherfore hast thou stollen my goddes Iacob answerd sayde to LabaÌ„ because I was afrayed thought that thou woldest haue takeÌ„ awaye thy doughters fro me But with whome soeuer thou fyndest thy goddes let him dye here before oure brethreÌ„ Seke that thine is by me take it to the for Iacob wist not that Rahel had stolleÌ„ theÌ„ ThaÌ„ weÌ„t LabaÌ„ in to Iacobs teÌ„te in to Leas teÌ„te in to .ij. maydens tentes but fownde theÌ„ not ThaÌ„ weÌ„t he out of Leas teÌ„te entred in to Rahels teÌ„te And Rahel â—oke the ymages put them in the camels strawe sate doune apoÌ„ theÌ„ And LabaÌ„ serched all the teÌ„te but fownde theÌ„ not ThaÌ„ sayde she to hir father my lorde be not angrye that IcaÌ„ not ryse vp before the for the disease of wemeÌ„ is come apon me So searched be but fouÌ„de theÌ„ not Iacob was wrooth chode with LabaÌ„ Iacob also answered and sayde to him what haue I treâ—â—aced or what haue I offended that thou foloweddest after me Thou hast searched all my stuffe and what hast thou founde of all thy housholde stuffe put it here before thi brethern myne let theÌ„ iudge betwyxte vs both This xx yere yâ— I haue bene wyth the thy shepe and thy â—â—oores haue not bene baren and the rammes of thi flocke haue I not eateÌ„ What soeuer was torne of beastes I broughte it not vnto yâ— but made it good mysilf of my haÌ„de dydest thou requyre it whether it was stollen by daye or nyghte Moreouer by daye the hete consumed me and the colde by nyghte and my slepe departed fro myne eyes Thus haue I bene .xx. yere in thi house and serued the .xiiij. yeres for thy .ij. doughters and vi yere for thi shepe and thou hast changed my rewarde .x. tymes And excepte the God of my father the God of AbrahaÌ„ and the God who me Isaac feareth had bene with me surely thou haddest sent me awaye now all emptie But God behelde my tribulation and the laboure of my handes and rebuked the yester daye Laban answered aÌ„d sayde vnto Iacob the doughters are my doughters and the childern or my childern and the shepe are my shepe aÌ„d all that thou seist is myne And what can I do this daye vnto these my doughters or vnto their childern which they haue borne Now therfore come on let us make a bonde I and thou together and let it be a wytnesse betwene the me Than toke Iacob a stone and sett it vp an ende aÌ„d sayde vnto his brethern gather stoones And they toke stoones aÌ„d made an heape and they ate there vpoÌ„ the heape And LabaÌ„ called â—â—egar Sahadutha but Iacob called it Gylead Than sayde Laban this heape â—e witnesse betwene the and me this daye therfore is it called Gilead and this â—oâ—eâ—ill which the lorde seeth sayde he be wytnesse betwene me and the when we are departed one from another that thou shalt not vexe my doughters nether shalt take other wyves vnto them Here is no man with vs beholde God is wytnesse betwixte the and me And Laban sayde moreouer to Iacob beholde this heape this marke which I haue sett here betwyxte me and the this heape be wytnesse and also this marcke that I will not come ouer this heape to the aÌ„d thou shalt not come ouer this heape aÌ„d this marke to do any harme The God of Abraham the God of Nahor and the God of theyr fathers be iudge betwixte vs. And Iacob sware by him that his father Isaac feared Then Iacob dyd sacrifyce vpon the mounte and called his brethern to eate breed And they are breed and taried all nyghte in the hyll And early in the mornynge Laban rose vp and kyssed his childern and his doughters and blessed theÌ„ and departed and weÌ„t vnto his place agayne But Iacob went forth on his
reigne ouer us And they hated hiÌ„ yet the in ore because of his dreame and of his wordes And he dreamed yet another dreame told it his brethren saynge beholde I haue had one dreame more me thought the sonne and the moone and .xi. starres made obaysaunce to me And when he had told it vnto his father and his brethern his father rebuked him and sayde vnto him what meaneth this dreame which thou hast dreamed shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the grounde before the And his brethern hated him but his father noted the saynge His brethren went to kepe their fathers shepe in Sichem and Israell sayde vnto Ioseph do not thy brethern kepe in Sichem come that I may send yâ— to theÌ„ And he answered here am I And he sayde vnto him goo and see whether it be well with thy brethren and the shepe and brynge me worde agayne And sent him out of the vale of Hebron for to go to Sichem And a certayne man founde him wandrynge out of his waye in the felde aÌ„d axed him what he soughte And he answered I seke my brethren tell me I praye the where they kepe shepe And the man sayde they are departed heÌ„ce for I herde them say let vs goo vnto Dothan Thus went Ioseph after his brethren and founde them in Dothan And wheÌ„ they sawe him a farr of before he came at them they toke councell agaynst him for to sley him and sayde one to another Beholde this dreamer cometh come now and let us sley him and cast him in to some pytt and let vs saye that some wiked beast hath deuoured him and let us see what his dreames wyll come to When Ruben herde that he weÌ„t aboute to ryd him out of their handes and sayde let vs not kyll him And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto them shed not his bloude but cast him in to this pytt that is in the wildernes and laye no handes vpon him for he wolde haue rydd him out of their handes and delyuered him to his father agayne And as soone as Ioseph was come vnto his brethren they strypte him out of his gay coote that was vpon him and they toke him and cast him in to a pytt But the pytt was emptie and had no water therein And they sâ—tt them doune to eate brede And as they lyft vp their eyes and loked aboute there came a companye of Ismaelites from Gilead and their camels ladeÌ„ with spicery baulme and myâ—re and were goynge doune in to Egipte Than sayde Iuda to his brethreÌ„ what avayleth it that we sley oure brother and kepe his bloude secrett come on let us sell him to the Ismaelites and let not oure handes be defyled vpon him for he is oure brother and oure flesh And his brethren were content Than as the Madâ—anites marchaunt men passed by they drewe Ioseph out of the pytt and sold him vnto the Ismaelites for .xx. peces of syluer And they brought him into Egipte And when Ruben came agayne vnto the pytt and founde not Ioseph there he rent his cloothes and went agayne vnto his brethern saynge the lad is not yonder and whether shall I goo And they toke Iosephs coote aÌ„d kylled a goote dypped the coote in the bloud And they sent that gay coote caused it to be brought vnto their father and sayd This haue we founde se whether it be thy soÌ„nes coote or no. And he knewe it saynge it is my sonnes coote a wicked beast hath deuoured him and Ioseph is rent in peces And Iacob rent his cloothes aÌ„d put sacke clothe aboute his loynes and sorowed for his sonne a longe season Than came all his sonnes aÌ„d all his doughters to comforte him And he wold not be comforted but sayde I will go doune in to yâ— grave vnto my sonne mornynge And thus his father wepte for him And the Madianytes solde him in Egipte vnto Putipâ—ar a lorde of Pharaos and his chefe marshall ¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter ANd it fortuned at that tyme that Iudas went from his brethren gatt him to a man called Hira of Odollam and there he sawe the doughter of a man called Sua a Canaanyte And he toke her aÌ„d went in vnto her And she conceaued and bare a sonne and called his name Eâ— And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and called him Onan And she conceaued the thyrde tyme bare a sonne whom she called Sela he was at Chesyb when she bare hem And Iudas gaue Eâ— his eldest sonne a wife whose name was Thamar But this Eâ— Iudas eldest sonne was wicked in the syghte of the LORde wherfore the LORde slewe him Than sayde Iudas vnto Onan goo in to thi brothers wyfe and Marie her and styrre vp seed vnto thy brother And when Onan perceaued that the seed shulde not be his therfore when he went in to his brothers wife he spylled it on the grounde because he wold not geue seed vnto his brother And the thinge which he dyd displeased the LORde wherfore he slew him also Than sayde Iudas to Thamar his doughter in lawe remayne a wydow at thi fathers house tyll Sela my sonne be growne for he feared lest he shulde haue dyed also as his brethren did Thus went Thamar dwelt in hir fathers house And in processe of tyme the doughter of Sua Iudas wife dyed Than Iudas when he had left mornynge went vnto his shepe sherers to Thimnath with his frende Hira of Odollam And one told Thamar saynge beholde thy father in lawe goth vpto Thimnath to shere his shepe And she put hyr wydows garmeÌ„tes of from her and couered her with a clooke and disgyssed herself And sat her downe at the entrynge of Enaim which is by the hye wayes syde to Thimnath for because she sawe that Sela was growne and she was not geueÌ„ vnto him to wife When Iuda sawe her he thought it had bene an hoore because she had couered hyr face And turned to her vnto the waye and sayde come I praye the let me lye with the for he knewe not that it was his doughter in lawe And she sayde what wylt thou gyue me for to lye with me ThaÌ„ sayde he I will sende the a kydd froÌ„ the flocke She answered Than geue me a pledge till thou sende it Than sayde he what pledge shall I geue the And she sayde thy sygnett thy necke lace and thy staffe that is in thy hande And he gaue it her and lay by her and she was with child by him And she gatt her vp and went and put her mantell from her aÌ„d put on hir widowes rayment agayne And Iudas sent the kydd by his neybure of Oâ—ollam for to fetch out his pledge agayne from the wifes hande But he fownde her not Than asked he the men of the same place saynge where is the whoore that satt at Enaim in the waye And they sayde there was no whoore here And he came to Iuda agayne saynge I can not fynde
her and also the men of the place sayde that there was no whoore there And Iuda sayde let her take it to her lest we be shamed for I sente the kydd thou coudest not fynde her And it came to passe that after .iij. mone â–ª thes one tolde Iuda saynge Thamar thy doughter in lawe hath played the whoore and with playnge the whoore is become great with childe And Iuda sayde brynge her forth aÌ„d let her be brente And when they brought her forth she sent to her father in lawe saynge by the maÌ„ vnto whome these thinges pertayne am I with childe And sayd also loke whose are this seall necklace and staffe And Iuda knewe them saynge she is more rightwes thaÌ„ I because I gaue her not to Sela my soÌ„ne But he laye with her nomore When tyme was come that she shulde be delyuered beholde there was .ij. twynnes in hyr woÌ„be And as she traveled the one put out his hande and the mydwife toke and bownde a reed threde aboute it saynge this wyll come out fyrst But he plucked his hande backe agayne and his brother came out And she sayde wherfore hast thou rent a rent vppon the and called him Pharez And afterward came out his brother that had the reade threde about his haÌ„de which was called Zarah ¶ The .xxxix. Chapter IOseph was brought vnto Egipte aÌ„d Puâ—iphar a lorde of Pharaos aÌ„d his chefe marshall an Egiptian bought him of yâ— Ismaelites which brought hiÌ„ thither And the LORde was with Ioseph and he was a luckie felowe and continued in the house of his master the Egiptian And his master sawe that the ORde was with him and that the LORde made all that he dyd prosper in his hande Wherfore he founde grace in his masters syghte and serued him And his master made him ruelar of his house and put all that he had in his hande And as soone as he had made him ruelar ouer his house aÌ„d ouer all that he had the LORde blessed this Egiptians house for Iosephs sake and the blessynge of the LORde was vpon all that he had both in the house and also in the feldes And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephs hande and loked vpon nothinge that was with him saue only on the bread which he ate And Ioseph was a goodly persone a well favored And it fortuned after this that his masters wife cast hir eyes vpon Ioseph and sayde come lye with me But he denyed and sayde to her Beholde my master woteth not what he hath in the house with me but hath commytted all that he hath to my hande He him selfe is not greatter in the house than I aÌ„d hath kepte nothiÌ„ge froÌ„ me but only the because thou art his wife How than caâ— I do this great wykydnes for to synne agaynst God And after this maner spake she to Ioseph daye by daye but he harkened not vnto her to slepe nere her or to be in her company And it fortuned aboute the same season that Ioseph entred in to the house to do his busynes and there was none of the houshold by in the house And she caught him by the garment saynge come slepe with me And he left his garment in hir hande aÌ„d fled and gott him out When she sawe that he had left his garmeÌ„t in hir hande and was fled out she called vnto the men of the house and tolde them saynge Se he hath brought in an Hebrewe vnto vs to do vs shame for he came in to me for to haue slept wyth me But I cried with a lowde voyce And when he harde that I lyfte vp my voyce and cryed he left his garment with me and fled awaye and got him out And she layed vp his garment by her vntill hir lorde came home And she told him acordynge to these wordes saynge This Hebrues servaunte which thou hast brought vnto vs came in to me to do me shame But as soone as I lyft vp my voyce and cryed he left his garment with me and fled out When his master herde the woordes of his wyfe which she tolde him saynge after this maner dyd thy servaunte to me he waxed wrooth And he toke Ioseph and put him in pryson euen in the place where the kynges prisoners laye bounde And there contynued he in preson But the LORde was with Ioseph aÌ„d shewed him mercie and gott him fauoure in the â—yghte of the keper of the preson which comâ— mytted to Iosephâ— haÌ„de all the presoners that were in the preson housse And what soeuer was done there that dyd he And the keper of the presoÌ„ loked vnto nothinge that was vnder his hande because the LORde was with him because that what soeuer he dyd the LORde made it come lucâ—ely to passe The xl Capter ANd it chaunced after this that the chefe butlar of the kynge of Egipte and his chefe baker had offended there lorde the kynge of Egypte And Phâ—rao was angrie with them and put theÌ„ in warde in his chefe marshals house euen in yâ— pre son where Ioseph was bownd And the chefe marshall gaue Ioseph a charge with them he serued them And they contynuaed a season in warde And they dreamed ether of them in one nyghte both the butlar and the baker of the kynge of Egipte which were bownde in the preson house ether of them his dreame and eche maÌ„nes dreame of a sondrie interpretation When Ioseph came in vnto them in the mornynge and loked apon them beholde they were sadd And he asked them saynge wherfore loke ye so sadly to daye They answered him we haue dreamed a dreame and haue no man to declare it And Ioseph sayde vnto theÌ„ Interpretynge belongeth to God but tel me yet And the chefe butlar tolde his dreame to Ioseph and sayde vnto him In my dreame me thought there stode a vyne before meÌ„ and in the vyne were .lij. braunches and it was as though it budded her blossoÌ„s shottforth yâ— grapes there of waxed rype And I had Pharaos cuppe in my hande and toke of the grapes and wronge them in to Pharaos cuppe delyvered Pharaos cuppe into his hande And Ioseph sayde vnto him this is the interpeâ—tation of it The .iij. braunches ar thrâ— dayes for within thre dayes shall Pharao lyft vp thine heade and restore the vnto â–ª thyne office agayne and thou shalt delyuer Pharaos cuppe in to his haÌ„de after the old maner even as thou dydest when thou wast his butlar But thinke on me with the when thou art in good case and shewe mercie vnto me And make mencion of me to Pharao and helpe to brynge me out of this house for I was stollen out of the lande of the Hebrues here also haue I do ne nothiÌ„ge at all wherfore they shulde haue put me in to this dongeon When the chefe baker sawe that he had well interpretate it he sayde vnto Ioseph me thought also in my dreame yâ— I had .iij. wyker baskettes on my
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. Chapter
wist ye not that soch a man as I can prophesie Then sayde Juda what shall we saye vnto my lorde what shall we speake or what excuse can we make God hath founde out the wekednesse of thy seruauntes Beholde â—oth we and he with whom the cuppe is founde are thy seruauntes And he answered God forbyd yâ— I shulde do so the man with whom the cuppe is founde he shal be my seruaunte but goo ye in peace vn to youre father Then Juda went vnto him and sayde oh my lorde let thy servaunte speake a worde in my lordes audyence and be not wrooth with thi servaunte for thou art euen as Pharao My lorde axed his seruaunte sainge haue ye a father or a brother And we answered my lord we haue a father that is old and a yonge lad which he begat in his age aÌ„d the brother of the sayde lad is dead he is all that is left of that mother And his father loueth him Then sayde my lorde vnto his seruauntes brynge him vnto me that I maye sett myne eyes apon him And we answered my lorde that the lad coude not goo from his father for if he shulde leaue his father he were but a deed man Than sayde st thou vnto thy servauntes excepte youre yongest brother come with you loâ—e that ye se my face no moare And when we came vnto thy servaunt oure father we shewed him what my lorde had sayde And when oure father sayde vnto vs goo agayne and bye vs a litle fode we sayd that we coude not goo Neverthelesse if oure youngeste brother go with vs then will we goo for we maye not see the mannes face excepte oure yongest brother be with vs. Then sayde thy servaunt oure father vnto vs. Ye knowe that my wyfe bare me .ij. sonnes And the one went out from me and it is sayde of a suertie that he is torne in peaces of wyld beastes and I sawe him not seâ—ce Yf ye shall take this also awaye froÌ„ me and some mys fortune happen apon him then shall ye brynge my gray heed with sorow vnto the grave Now therfore wheÌ„ I come to thy servaunt my father yf the lad be not with me seinge that his lyfe haÌ„geth by the laddes lyfe then as soone as he seeth that the lad is not come he will dye So shall we thy servauÌ„tes brynge the gray hedde of thy servaunt oure father with sorow vnto the grave For I thy servaunt became suertie for the lad vnto my father sayde yf I bringe him not vnto the agayne I will bere the blame all my life loÌ„ge Now therfore let me thy servaunt byde here for yâ— lad be my lordes bondman let the lad goo home with his brethern For how can I goo vnto my father and the lad not wyth me lest I shulde see the wretchednes that shall come on my father The .xlv. Chapter ANd Joseph coude no longer refrayne before all them that stode aboute him but commaunded that they shuld goo all out from him and that there shuld be no man with him whyle he vtâ—red him selfe vnto his brethern And he wepte alowde so that the Egiptians and the house of Pharao herde it And he sayde vnto his brethern I am Joseph doth my father yet lyue But his brethern coude not answere him for they were abasshed at his presence And Joseph sayde vnto his brethern come nere to me and they came nere And he sayde I am Joseph youre brother whom ye sold in to Egipte And now be not greued therwith nether let it seme a cruel thinge in youre eyes that ye solde me hither For God dyd send me before you to saue lyfe For this is the seconde yere of derth in the lande and fyue moo are behynde in which there shall nether be earynge nor hervest Wherfore God sent me before you to make prouision that ye myghte continue in the erth and to save youre lyues by a greate delyuerance So now it was not ye that sent me hither but God and he hath made me father vnto Pharao and lorde ouer all his house and â—ueler in all the land of Egipte Hast you aÌ„d goo to my father and tell him this sayeth thy sonne Joseph God hath made me lorde ouer all Egipte Come downe vnto me and tarye not And thou shalt dwell in the londe of Gosan be by me both thou and thi childern and thi childerns childern and thy shepe and beestes and all that thou hast There will I make provision for the for there remayne yet v yeres of derth lest thou and thi houshold and all that thou hast perish Beholde youre eyes do se and the eyes also of my brother Ben Jamin that I speake to you by mouth Therfore tell my father of all my bonoure which I haue in Egipte and of all that ye haue sene aÌ„d make hast and brynge in father hither ¶ And he fell on his brother Ben Jamis necke wepte Ben Jamin wepte on his necke Moreouer he kyssed all his brethern and wepte apon them And after that his brethern talked with him And when the ridynges was come vnto Pharaos housse that Josephes brethern were come â—â— pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes And Pharao spake vnto Joseph saye vnto thy brethern this do ye lade youre beestes aÌ„d get you hence And when ye be come vnto the londe of Canaan take youre father and youre housholdes and come vnto me and I will geue you the beste of the lande of Egipte and ye shall eate the fatt of the londe And commaunded also This do ye take charettes with you out of the lande of Egipte for youre childern and for youre wyues and brynge youre father and come Also regarde not youre stuff for the goodes of all the londe of Egipte shal be youres And the childern of Israell dyd euen so And Joseph gaue them charettes at the commaundment of Pharao and gaue them â—â—tayle also to spende by the waye And he gaue vnto eche of them chaunge of rayment but vnto Ben Jamin he gaue iij. hundred peces of syluer and .v. chaunge of rayment And vnto his father he sent after the same maner x. he asses laden with good out of Egipte and .x. she asses laden with corne bred and meate to serue his father by the waye So sent he his brethern awaye and they departed And he sayde vnto them se that ye fall noâ— out by the waye And they departed from Egipte and came in to the land of Canaan vnto Jacob their father and told him saynge â–ª Joseph is yet a lyue and is gouerner ouer all the land of Egipte And Jacobs hert wauered for he beleued theÌ„ not And they tolde him all the wordes of Joseph which he had sayde vnto them But when he sawe the charettes which Joseph had sent to carie him then his sprites reviued And Israel sayde I haue ynough yf Joseph my sonne be yet alyue I will goo and se him yer that I dye
is no moare left for my lorde but euen oure bodies and oure londes Wherfore latest thou us dye before thyne eyes and the londe to goo to noughte bye us and oure landes for bread and let both vs and oure londes be bonde to Pharao Eeue vs seed â–ª that we may lyue not dye that the londe god not to wast And Joseph boughte all the lande of Egipte for Pharao For the Egiptians solde euery man his londe because the derth was sore apoÌ„ them and so the londe became Pharaos And he appoynted the people vnto the cities from one syde of Egipte vnto the other only the londe of the Prestes bought he not For there was an ordinauÌ„ce made by Pharao for yâ— * The bliÌ„de gydes gett previleges froÌ„ beariÌ„ge with their brethreÌ„ contrarye to Christes lawe of love And of these prestes of idolles did â—ure coÌ„passiÌ„ge yvetrees lerne to crepe vp by litle litle to coÌ„passe yâ— greate trees of the world with hypocrisye aÌ„d to thrust yâ— roâ—es of idola tysse superâ—tition in to heÌ„ to su 〈…〉 out yâ—â—uce f theÌ„ with heir poeâ—â—ye till all be seer bowes and no thinge grene save their awne comâ— welth pre astes that they shulde eate that which was appoynted vnto them which Pharao had geuen them wherfore they solde not their londes Then Ioseph sayde vnto the folke beholde I haue boughte you this daye aÌ„d youâ—e landes for Pharao Take there seed and goo sowe the londe And of the encrease ye shall geue the fyfte parte vnto Pharao and .iiij. partee shal be youre awne for seed to sowe the feld and for you and them of youre housholdes and for youre childern to eate And they answered Thou haste saued oure lyves Let vs fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde and let us he Pharaos servauÌ„tes And Ioseph made it a lawe ouer the laÌ„de of Egipte vnto this daye that men must geue Pharao the fyfte parte excepte the londe of the preastes only which was not bond vnto Pharao And Israel dwelt in Egipte euen in the countre of Gosan And they had their possessions therein and they grewe and multiplyed exceadingly Moreouer Iacob lyued in the lande of Egipte .xvij. yeres so that the hole age of Iacob was an hundred and .xlvij. yere When the tyme drewenye that Israel must dye he sent for his sonne Ioseph and sayde vnto him Yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte put thy hande vnder my thye and deale mercifully aÌ„d truely with me that thou burie me not in Egipte but let me lye by my fathers and câ—rie me out of Egipte and burie me in their buryall And he answered I will do as thou hast sayde And he sayde swere vnto me aÌ„d he sware vnto him And than Israel bowed him vnto the beddes head The .xlviij. Chapter AFter these deades tydiÌ„ges were brought vnto Ioseph that his father was seke And he toke with him his ij â—oÌ„nes Manasses and Ephraim Then was it sayde vnto Iacob beholde thy sonne Ioseph commeth vnto the. And Israel toke his strength vnto him and satt vp on the bedd and sayde vnto Ioseph God allmightie appeared vnto me at â—us in the lande of Canaan aÌ„d blessed me and sayde vnto me beholde I will make the growe and will multiplye the and will ma ke a great nombre of people of the and will geue this lande vnto the and vnto thy seed after yâ— vnto an euerlastinge possession Now therfore thy .ij. soÌ„nes Manasses aÌ„d Ephraim which were borne vnto the before I came to the into Egipte shal be myne euen as Ruben and SimeoÌ„ shall they be vnto me And the childern which thou getest after them shal be thyne awne but shal be caller with the names of their brethern in their enheritaunces And after I came from Mesopotamia Rabel dyed apon my â—ande in the lande of CanaaÌ„ by the waye when I had but a feldes brede to goo vnto Ephrat And I buried her there in the waye to Ephrat which is now called Bethlehem And Israel behelde Iosephes sonnes sayde what are these And Ioseph sayde vnto his father they are my sonnes which God hath geuen me here And he sayde brynge them to me and let me blesse them And the eyes of Israell were dymme for age so that he coude not see And he broughte them to him aÌ„d he kyssed theÌ„ and embraced them And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph I had not thoughte to haue sene thy face and yet loo God hath shewed it me and also thy seed And Ioseph toke them awaye from his lappe and they fell on the grounde before him Than toke Ioseph them both Ephraim in his ryghte hande towarde Israels left hande aÌ„d Manasses in his left hande towarde Israels ryghte hande and brought them vnto him And Israel stretched out his righte hande and layde it apon Ephraims head which was the yonger and his lyft haÌ„de apon Manasses heed crossinge his handes for manasses was the elder And he blessed Ioseph saynge God before whome my fathers Abraham and Isaac dyd walâ—e and the God which hath fedd me all my life longe vnto this daye And the angell which hath delyuered me froÌ„ all euyll blesse these laddes that they maye be called after my name and after my father Abraham and Isaac and that they maye growe aÌ„d multiplie apâ— the erth When Ioseph sawe that his father layd his ryghte hande apon the heade of Ephraim it displeased him And he lifte vpp his fathers haÌ„de to haue removed it from Ephraims head vnto Manasses head and sayde vnto his father Not so my father for this is the eldest Put thy right hande apon his head And his father wold not but sayde I â—nowe it well my sonne I â—nowe it well He shal be also a people aÌ„d shal be great But of a troth his yonger brother shal be greatter than he and his seed shall be full of people And he blessed them sainge At the ensample of these the Israelites shall blesse and saye God maâ—e the as Ephraim and as Manasses Thus sett he Ephraim before Manasses And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph beholde I dye And god shal be with you and bringe you agayne vnto the land of youre fathers Moreover I geue vnto the a porcyon of lande aboue thy brethern which I gatt out of the handes of the Amooâ—tes with my swerde and wyth my bowe The .xlix. Chapter ANd Iacob called for his sonnes aÌ„d sayde come together that I maye tell you what shall happeÌ„ you in the last dayes Gather you together and heare ye sonnes of Iacob and herâ—en vnto Israel youre father Ruben thou art myne eldest sonne my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in receauynge and chefe in power As vnstable as water wast thou thou shalt therfore not be the chefest for thou wenst vp vpoÌ„ thy fathers bedd and than defyledest thou my couche with goynge vppe The brethern Simeon and Leui weked instrumentes are their wepoÌ„s In to their secrettes come
not my soule and vnto their congregation be my honoure not coupled â–ª forin their wrath they slewe a man and in their selfe will they houghed an oxe Cursed be their wrath for it was stronge and their fearsnes for it was cruell I will therfore deuyde them in Iacob scater them in Israel Iuda thy brethern shall prayse the thine hande shal be in the necke of thyne enimies thy fathers childern shall stoupe vnto the. Iuda is a lions whelpe FroÌ„ spoyle my sonne thou art come an hye he layde him downe and couched himselfe as a lion and as a lionesse Who dare stere him vp The sceptre shall not departe from Iuda nor a ruelar from betwene his legges vntill Silo come vnto whome the people shall herken He shall bynde his fole vnto the vine and his asses colt vnto the vyne braunche aÌ„d shall wash his garment in wyne and his mantell in the bloud of grapes his eyes are roudier than wyne aÌ„d his teeth whitâ—er then mylke Zabulon shall dwell in the hauen of the see and in the porte of shippes shall reache vnto Sidon Isachar is a stronge asse he couched him doune betwene .ij. borders and sawe that rest was good and the lande that it was pleasant and bowed his shulder to beare and became a servaunte vnto trybute Dan shall iudge his people as one of the trybes of Israel Dan shal be a serpent in the waye and an edder in the path and byte the horse heles so that his ryder shall fall backwarde After thy sauynge loke I LORde God men of warre shall â—â—ade him And he shall turne them to flyght Off Asser cometh fatt breed and he shall geue pleasures for a kynge Nepthali is a swyft hynde aÌ„d geueth goodly wordes That florishynge childe Ioseph that florishing childe and goodly vn to the eye the doughters come forth to bere ruele The shoters haue envyed him and chyde with him aÌ„d hated him and yet his bowe bode fast his armes and his handes were stronge by the handes of the myghtye God of Iacob out of him shall come an herde maÌ„ a stone in Israel Thi fathers God shall helpe the the almightie shall blesse the with blessinges from heaven aboue and with blessinges of the water that lieth vnder with blessinges of the brestes of the wombâ— The blessinges of thy father were stronge euen as the blessinges of my elders after the desyre of the hiest in the worlde and these blessinges shall fall on the head of Ioseph and on the toppe of the head of him that was separat from his brethern Ben Iamin is a raucshynge wolfe In the mornynge he shall deuoure his praye aÌ„d at nyghte he shall deuyde his spoyle All these are the .xij. tribes of Israel this is that which their father spake vnto them wheÌ„ he blessed them euery man with a severall blessinge And he charged them and sayde vnto them I shall be put vnto my people se that ye burye me with my fathers in the caue that is in the felde of Ephron the Hethyte in the double caue that is in the felde before Mamre in the lande of Canaan Which felde Abraham boughte of Ephron the Hethite for a possessioÌ„ to burye in There they buryed AbrahaÌ„ and Sara his wyfe there they buryed Isaac Rebecca his wyfe And there I buried Lea which felde the caue that is therin was bought of the childern of Heth. When Iacob had commaunded all that he wold vnto his sonnes be plucked vp his fete apon the bedd and dyed and was put vnto his people And Ioseph fell apon his fathers face and wepte apon him and kyssed him The .l. Chapter ANd Ioseph commaunded his seruauntes that were Phisicions to embawme his father and the PhisicioÌ„s eÌ„â—awmed Israel .xl. dayes loÌ„ge for so loÌ„ge doth yâ— embawminge last the Egiptians bewepte him .lxx. dayes And when the dayes of wepynge were ended Ioseph spake vnto the house of Pharao saynge Yf I haue founde fauoure in youre eyes speake vnto Pharao and tell him how that my father made me swere and sayde loo I dye se that thou burye me in my graue which I haue made me in the lande of Canaan Now therfore let me goo and burye my father aÌ„d thaÌ„ will I come agayne And Pharao sayde goo and burye thy father acorâ—ynge as he made the swere And Ioseph went vp to burie his father and with him went all the seruauntes of Pharao that were the elders of his house aÌ„d all the elders of Egipte and all the house of Ioseph aÌ„d his brethern his fathers house only their childern their shepe and their catell lefte they behinde them in the lande of Gosan And there went with him also Charettes and horsemen so that they were an exceadynge great companye And when they came to that feld of Atad beyonde Iordane there they made great exceadinge sore lamentacioÌ„ And he morned for his father .vij. dayes When the enhabiters of the lande the Cananytes sawe the moornynge in yâ— felde of Aâ—ad they saide this is a greate moornynge which the Egiptians make Wherfore yâ— name of the place is called Abel mizraim which place lyeth beyonde Jordane And his sonnes dyd vnto him acordynge as he had commaunded them And his sonnes caried him in to the land of Canaan and buryed him in the double caue which AbrahaÌ„ had boughte with the felde to be a place to burye in of Ephron the Hethite before Mamre And Joseph returned to Egipte agayne and his brethern and all that went vp with him to burye his father assone as he had buryed him WheÌ„ Josephs brethern sawe that their father was deade they sayde Joseph myghte for tune to hate us and rewarde us agayne aâ—â— the euell which we dyd vnto him They dyd therfore a commaundment vnto Joseph saynge thy father charged before his deth saynge This wise say vnto Joseph forgeue I praye the the trespace of thy brethern their synne for they rewarded the euell Now therfore we praye theâ— forgeue the trespace of the servauntes of thy fathers God And Joseph wepte when they spaâ—e vnto him And his brethern came aÌ„d fell before him and sayde beholde we he thy servauntes And Joseph sayde vnto them feare not for am not I vnder god Ye thoughte euell vnto me but God turned it vnto good to bringe to passe as it is this daye euen to saue moch people a lyue feare not therfore for I will care for you and for youre childern and he spake kyndly vnto them Joseph dwelt in Egipte and his fathers house also aÌ„d lyved an hundred .x. yere And Joseph sawe Ephraims childern eueÌ„ vnto the thyrde generation And vnto Machir the sonne of Manasses were childern borne satt on Josephs knees And Joseph sayde vnto his brethern I die And God will suerlie vysett you and bringe you out of this lande vnto the lande which he sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Jacob. And Joseph toke an ooth of
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
mornynge as Moses bad â—â— it staÌ„ke not nether was there any wormes thâ—â— And Moses sayde that eate this daye for to â—â— ye it is the Lordes Sabbath to daye ye shâ—â—â—â— de none in the feld Sixte dayes ye shall gather it for the vij is the sabbath there shal be none there in Notwithstondinge there went out of the people in the seuenth daye for to gather but they founde none TheÌ„ the Lorde seyde vnto Moses how longe shall it be yer ye will kepe my coÌ„maundmeÌ„tes aÌ„d lawes Se because the Lorde hath geueÌ„ you a Sabbath therfor he geueth you the .vj. daye bred for .ij. dayes Byde therfore euery maÌ„ athome aÌ„d let no maÌ„ go out of his place the seuenth daye And the people rested the seuenth daye And the housse of Israel called it Man And it was lyke vnto Coriander seed and white and the taste of it was lyke vnto wafers made with honye And Moses sayde this is that which the Reliques ought to be but a remembraunce only Lorde commaundeth fyll a Gomor of it that it maye be kepte for youre childern after you that they maye se the bred wherewith he fedd you in wyldernesse when he had broughte you out of the lande of Egipte And Moses spake vnto Aaron take a cruse and put a Gomer â—ull of man therin and laye it vppe before the Lorde to be kepte for youre childern after you as the Lorde commaunded Moses And Aaron layed it vppe before the testimonye there to be kepte And the childern of Israel ate man .xl. yere vntill they came vnto a lande inhahited And so they ate Man euen vntill they came vnto the bordres of the laÌ„de of Canaan And a Gomer is the tenth parte of an Epha The .xvij. Chapter ANd all the companye of the childern of Israel went on their iourneys from the wildernesse of Sin at the commaundment of the Lorde and pitched in Raphidim where was no water for the people to drynke And the people chode with Moses and sayde geue us water to drynke And Moses sayde vnto * them why chyde ye with me and wherfore do ye tempte the Lorde There the people thyrsted * for water and murmured agenst Moses aÌ„d sayde wherfore hast thou broughte us out of Egipte to kyll us and oure childern and oure catell with thyrste And Moses cried vnto the Lorde saynge what shal I do vnto this people they be al most redye to stone me And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo before the people and take with the of the elders of Israel aÌ„d thi rod wherwith thou smotest the riuer take in thine hande and goo Beholde I will stonde there before the vppon a rocke in Horeb and thou shalt smyte the rocke aÌ„d there shall come water out there of that the people maye drynke And Moses dyd euen so before the elders of Israel And he called the name of the place Massa and Meriba because of the chidynge of the childern of Israel and because they tempted the Lorde saynge ys the Lorde amonge us or not Then came Amalech aÌ„d foughte with Israel in Raphidim And Moses sayde vnto Iosua chose out men and goo fighte with Amelech Tomorow I will stonde on the toppe of the hyll and the rodd of God in myne hande And Iosua dyd as Moses bade him and foughte with the Amalechites And Moses Aaron and Hur went vp to the toppe of the hyll And when Moses helde vp his hande Israel had the better And when he late his hande doune Amelech had the better when Moses handes were weery they toke a stone and put it vnder him and he satt doune there on And Aaron and Hur stayed vpp his handes the one on the one syde and the other on the other syde And his handes were stedie vntill the sonne was doune And Iosua discomfeted Amalech aÌ„d his people with the edge of his swerde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses write this for a remembraunce in a boke and tell it vnto Iosua for I will put out the remembraunce of Amalech from vnder heauen And Moses made an alter aÌ„d called the name of it * Iehouah Nissi for he sayde the hande is on Iehouah nissi the Lorde is he that exalteâ—â— me the seate of the Lorde that the Lorde will haue warre with Amalech thorow out all generations The .xviij. Chapter IEthro the prest of Madian Moses father in lawe herde of all that God had done vnto Moses and to Israel his people how that the Lorde had broughte Israel out of Egipte And he toke Ziphora Moses wyfe after she was sente backe and hir .ij. sonnes of which the one was called Gerson for he sayde I haue bene an alient in a straunge lande And the other was called Eliesar for the God of my father was myne helpe aÌ„d delyuered me from the swerde of Pharao And Iethro Moses father in lawe came wyth his two sonnes and his wife vnto Moses in to the wildernesse where he had pitched his tente by the mounte of God And he sent worde to Moses I thi father in law Iethro am come to the and thi wyfe also and hir two sonnes with her And Moses went out to mete his father in lawe and dyd obeyssaunce and kyssed him and they saluted etch other aÌ„d came in to the tente And Moses tolde his father in lawe all that the Lorde had done vnto Pharao and to the Egiptians for Israels sake and all the trauayle that had happened them by the waye and how the Lorde had delyuered them And Iethro reioesed ouer all the good which the Lorde had done to Israel and because he had delyuered them out of the hande of the Egiptians And Iethro sayde blessed be the Lorde which hath delyuered you out of the hande of the Egiptians aÌ„d out of the hande of Pharao which hath delyuered his people from vnder the power of the Egiptians Now I knowe that the Lorde is greater theÌ„ all goddes for because that they dealte prowdly with them And Iethro Moses father in lawe offred burntoffrynges and sacrifyces vnto God And Aaron and all the elderâ— of Israel came to eate bred with Moses father in lawe before God And it chaunched on the morow that Moses satt to iudge the people and the people stode aboute Moses from mornynge vnto euen when his father in lawe sawe all that he dyd vnto the people he sayde what is this that thou doest vnto the people why syttest thou thi self and lettest all the people stonde aboute the froÌ„ mornynge vnto euen And Moses sayde vnto his father in lawe because the people came vnto me to seke councell of God For wheÌ„ they haue a matter they come vnto me and I must iudge betwene euery man and his neyboure and must shewe them the ordinauÌ„ces of God and his lawes And his father in lawe sayde vnto him it is not well that thou dost Thou doest vnwysely and also this people that is with the because the thinge is to greuons for the and thou
be bred of remembraunce aÌ„d an offerynge to the Lorde Euery Sabbath he shall put them in rowes before the Lorde euer more geuen off the childern of Israel that it be an euerlastynge couenaunte And they shal be Aarons and his sonnes and they shall eate them in the holy place For they are most holy vnto him of the offerynges of the Lorde and shal be a dutye for euer And the sonne of an Israelitish wife whose father was an Egiptian went oute amonge the childern of Israel And this sonne off the Israelitish wife and a man of Israel strooue togither in the hoste And the Israelitish womans sonne blasphemed the name and cursed and they broughte him vnto Moses And his mothers name was Selamyth the doughter off Dybri off the trybe of Dan and they putt him in warde that Moses shulde declare vnto them what the Lorde sayde thereto And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge bringe him that cursed without the hoste and let all that herde him put their handes apoÌ„ his heed and let all the multitude stone him And speake vnto the childern of Israel sayenge Whosoeuer curseth his God shall bere his synne And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lorde shall dye for it all the multitude shall stone him to deeth And the straunger as well as the Israelite yf he curse the name shall dye for it He that kylleth any man shall dye for it but he that kylleth a beest shall paye for it beest for beest Yf a man mayme his neyghboure as he hath done so shall it be done to him agayne broke for broke eye for eye and toth for toth euen as he hath maymed a man so shall he be maymed agayne So nowe he that kylleth a beest shall paye for it but he that kylleth a man shall dye for it Ye shall haue one maner of lawe amonge you eueÌ„ for the straunger as wel as for one of youre selues for I am the Lorde youre God And Moses tolde the childern of Israel that they shulde bringe him that had cursed out of the hoste and stone him with stones And the childern of Israel dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses ¶ The. xxv Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto theÌ„ When ye be come in to the lande whiche I geue you let the londe rest a Sabbath vnto the Lorde Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thi felde and sixe yere thou shalt cut thi vynes and gather in thi frutes But the seuenth yere shall be a Sabbath of rest vnto the londe The Lordes Sabbath it shal be aÌ„d thou shalt nether sowe thi felde nor cut thy vynes The corne that groweth by it selfe thou shalt not repe nether gather the grapes that growe without thy dressynge but it shal be a Sabbath of rest vnto the londe Neuerthelesse the Sabbath of the londe shal be meate for you euen for the and thy servaunte and for thy mayde and for thy hyred servaunte and for the straunger that dwelleth with the and for thi catell and for the beestes that are in thy londe shall all the encrease thereof be meate Then numbre seuen wekes of yeres that This horne in ebrue is called iobel aÌ„d of this toke the pope an occasioÌ„ to make euâ—rt .l. yere a iubelye â–ª so that he contrafaiteth god in eueri point aÌ„d wyl not be oue â—ce behinde him is seuen tymes seuen yere and the space of the seuen wekes of yeres will be vnto the .xlix. yere And then thou shalt make an horne blowe euen in the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth which is the daye of attonement And then shall ye make the horne blowe euen thorowe out all youre lande And ye shall halowe the fiftith yere and proclayme libertie thorowe out the lande vnto all the inhabiters thereof It shal be a yere of hornes blowynge vnto you and ye shall returne euery man vnto his possession and euery man vnto his kynred agayne A yere of hornes blowynge shall that fiftieth yere be vnto you Ye shall not sowe nether repe the corne that groweth by it selfe nor gather the grapes that growe without thi laboure For it is a yere of hornes blowinge and shal be holy vnto you how be it yet ye shall eate of the encrease of the felde And in this yere of hornes blowinge ye shall returne euery man vnto his possession agayne When thou sellest oughte vnto thy neyghboure or byest off thy neyghboures hande ye shall not oppresse one another but accordynge to the numbre of yeres after the trompett yere thou shalt bye of thy neyghboure and accordynge vnto the numbre off fruteyeres he shall sell vnto the. Accordinge vnto the multitude of yeres thou shalt encrease the price thereof and accordinge to the fewnesse of yeres thou shalt mynish the price for the numbre of frute he shall sell vnto the. And see that no maÌ„ oppresse his neyghboure but feare thi God For I am the Lorde youre God Wherfore do after myne ordinaunces and kepe my lawes aÌ„d doo them that ye maye dwell in the lande in faftie And the lande shall geue her frute and ye shall eate youre fille and dwell therein in saftie Yf ye shall saye what shall we eate the â—euenth yere in as moche as we shall not sowe nor gether in oure encrease I wyll sende my blessynge apon you in the sixte yere and it shall brynge forth frute for thre yeres and ye shall sowe the eyghte yere and eate of olde frute vntill the .ix. yere and euen vntyll hir frutes come ye shall eate of olde stoare Wherfore the londe shall not be solde for euer because that the lande is myne and ye but straungers and soiourners with me and ye shall thorowe oute all the lande of youre possession let the londe go home fre agayne When thy brother is waxed poore and hath solde awaye of his possession yf any off his kyn come to redeme it he shall by out that whiche his brother solde And though he haue no man to redeme it for him yet yf hys hande can get sufficyent to bye it oute agayne then let him counte how longe it hath bene solde and delyuer the rest vnto him to whome he solde it aÌ„d so he shall returne vnto his possession agayne But and yf his hande caÌ„ not get sufficieÌ„t to restore it to him agayne then that whiche is solde shall remayne in the hande of him that hath boughte it vntyll the horneyere and in the horne yere it shall come out and he shall returne vnto his possession agayne Yf a man sell a dwellynge house in a walled cytie he maye bye it out agayne any tyme withâ— a hole yere after it is solde and that shal be the space in which he mâ—ye redeme it agayne But and yf it be not bought out agayne within the space of a full yere then the housse in the walled cytie shal be stablished for euer vnto him that boughte it and to his successoures after
yâ— timothy had not happlye forsworne wyne I thinke the same and that the apostles forsware not wedlocke though many of them lyued chast nother yet any meate or drincke though they absteyned from theÌ„ that it were good for vs to folow their ensample How be it though I vowe swere aÌ„d thynke on none exceptyon yet is the breakynge of gods coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes except all chaunces that haÌ„ge of god As if I swere to to be in a certayne place at a certayne houre to make a louedaye with out exception yet if the kinge in the meane tyme commaunde me a nother waye I must goo by gods commauÌ„dment aÌ„d yet breake not myne othe And in like case if my father and mother be seke and requyre my presence or if my wiff children or houshold be visited that my assistence be requyred or if my neyghbours house be a fyre at the same houre and a thousand soch chaunces in which all I breake myne oth and am not forsworne and so forth Read gods word diligently and with a good herte and it shall teach the all thynges The fourthe boke of Moses called Numeri ¶ The .iiij. boke of Moses called Numeri ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the tabernacle of witnesse the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth aÌ„d in the seconde yere after they were come out of yâ— lott de of Egipte sayenge take ye the summe of al the multitude of the childern of Israel in the it kynredes and housholdes of their fathers and numbre theÌ„ by name all that are males polle by polle froÌ„ .xx. yere aboue euen all that are able to goo forthe in to warre in Israell thou AaroÌ„ shall nuÌ„bretheÌ„ in their armieâ— with you shal be of euery try be a heed man in the house of his father And these are the names of yâ— meÌ„ that shall sâ—oÌ„ de with youâ—in RubeÌ„ Elizur the sonne of Sedeur In SimeoÌ„ Selumiel the sonne of Suâ—â— Sadar In yâ— try be of Iuda Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab In Isachar Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar In SebuloÌ„ uliab yâ— sonne of HeloÌ„ AmoÌ„ge yâ— childern of Ioseph In EphraiÌ„ Elisam a yâ— sonne of Amihud In Manasse Gamaliel yâ— soÌ„ne of Peda zur In Bâ— Iamin Abidan the sonne of Gedeom In Dan Ahieser the sonne of Amnn Sadai In Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochran In Gad Eliasaph the soÌ„ne of Deguel In Naphtaly Ahira the sonne of Enan These were councelers of the congregacion and lordes in the trybes of their fathers captaynes ouer thousandes in Israel And Moses and Aaron roke these men aboue named and gathered all the congregacion together the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth and rekened them after their byrth kinredes and houses of their fathers by name froÌ„ .xx. yere aboue hed by hed as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses eueÌ„ so he numbred them in the wildernesse of Sinai And the childern of Ruben Israels eldest sonne in their generacions kynredes aÌ„d houses of their fathers wheÌ„ they were numbred eueryman by name all that were males froÌ„ xx yere and aboue as many as were able to goo forth in warre were numbred in the trybe off Ruben xlvi thousande and fyne hundred Among the childern of Simeon their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers when euery mans name was tolde of all the males from .xx. yeres and aboue whatsoeuer was mete for the warre were numbred in the trybe of Simeon .lix. thousande and .iij. hundred Amonge the childern of Sad their generacion in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers when thei were tolde by name froÌ„ xx yere and aboue all that were mete for the warre were numbred in the tribe of Sad. xlâ— thousande sixe hundred and fyftie Amonge the childern of Iuda their generacion in their kinredes and housses of their fathers by the numbre of names from .xx. yere and aboue all that were able to warre were tolde in the trybe of Iuda .lxxiiij. thousande and sixe hundred Amonge the childern of Isachar their generacion in their kinredes and houses of their fathere when their names were counted from .xx. yere aÌ„d aboue whatsoeuer was apte for warre were numbred in the trybe of Isachar .liiij. thousande and .iiij. hundred Among the children of Sebulon their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers after the numbre of names from xx yere and aboue whosoeuer was mete for the warre were counted in the trybe of SebuloÌ„ ivij. thousande and .iiij. hundred Amonge the childern of Joseph fyrst amoÌ„ge the childern of Ephraim their generacion in their kynredes and housses of they re fathers when the names of all that were apte to the warre were tolde from .xx. yeres and aboue were in numbre in the trybe off Ephraim xl thousande and syxe hundred Amonge the childern of Manasse their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers when the names of all that were apte to warre were tolde from .xx. and aboue were numbred in the tribe of Manasse xxxij thousand and two hundred Amonge the childern of Ben Jamin their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers by the rale of names from twentye yere and aboue of all that were mete for warre were numbred in the trybe off Ben Jamin .xxxv. thousande and .iiij. hundred Amonge the childern of Dan their generacion in theyr kynreddes and housses off theyr faâ—hers in the summe of names off all that was apte to warre from twentye yere and aboue were numbred in the trybe of Dan .lxij. thousande and .vij. hundred Amonge the childern of Aser their generacyon in their kynredes houses of their fathers when thei were summed by name from .xx. yeres aboue all that were apte to warre were numbred in the tribe of Aser .xli. thousande and .v. hundred AmoÌ„ge the childern of Nepthali their generacion in their kynredes housses of their fathers when their names were tolde from xx yeres aÌ„d aboue what soeuer was meteâ—o warre were numbred in the trybe of Nephtali .liij. thousande and .iiij. hundred These are the numbres which Moses aÌ„d AaroÌ„ numbred with the .xij. princes of Israel of euery housse of their fathers a man And all the numbres of the children of Israel in the housses of their fathers from twentye yere and aboue whatsoeuer was mete for the warre in Israell drewe vnto the summe of syxe hundred thousande fyue hundred and .l. But the leuires in the tribe off their fathers were not numbred amonge them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge only se that thou numbre not the trybe of Leui nether take the summe of them amonge the childern of Israel But thou shalt appoynte the leuites vnto the habitacioÌ„ of witnesse and to all the apparell thereof and vnto all that longeth thereto For they shall bere the tabernacle and all the ordinaunce thereof and they shall ministre it and shall pitche their tentes rounde aboute it And when the tabernacle goeth forth the leuites shall take it
doune and when the tabernacle is pitched they shall sett it vpp for yf any straunger come nere he shall dye And the childern of Israel shall pitch their tentes euery man in his owne companye and euery maÌ„ by his awne standert thorow out all their hostes But the leuites shall pitche rounde aboute the habitacion of witnesse that there fall no wrath vpon the congregacion of the childreÌ„ of Israel and the leuites shall wayte apon the habitacion of witnesse And the childern of Israel dyd acordinge to all that the Lord commaunded Moses ¶ The .ij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge The childern of Israel shall pirch euery man by his owne standert with the armes of their fathers houses a waye from the presence of the tabernacle of witnesse On the east syde towarde the rysynge of yâ— sonne shall they of the standert of the hoste of Iuda pitch with their armes And Nahe sson the sonne of Aminabab shalâ—e captaine ouer the sonnes of Iuda And his hoste and the numbre of them .lxxiiij. thousande and. vi hundred And nexte vnto him shall the trybe of Isachar pitche and Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar captayne ouer yâ— childreÌ„ of Isachar his hoste and the numbre of them .liiij. thousande and .iiij. hundred And than the trybe of Zabulon with Eliab the sonne of Helen captayne ouer the childern of Zabulon and his hoste in the numbre of them lvij thousande and .iiij. hundred So that all they that perteyne vnto the host of Iuda are an hundred thousande .lxxxvi. thousande aÌ„d .iiij. hundred in their companies and these shall god in the forefront wen they iurney And on the southsyde the standert of the hoste of Ruben shall lye with their companes and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur aÌ„d his hoste and the numbre of them .xlvi. thousande and .v. hundred And fast by him shall yâ— trybe of Simeon pitche and the capteyne ouer yâ— sonnes of Simeon Selumiel the sonne of zu ri Sadai his hoste and the nuÌ„bre of them lix thousande and .iij. hundred And the trybe of Gad also And the captayne ouer the sonnes of Gad Eliasaph the sonne of Deguel and his hoste and the numbre of them .xlv. thousande .vi. hundred and .l. So that all yâ— numbre that pertayne vnto the hoste of Ruben are an hundred thousande .li. thousande iiij hundred fyftie with their companyes and they shall be the seconde in the iourney And the tabernacle of witnesse with the hoste of the leuites shall goo in the myddes of yâ— hostes as they lye in their teÌ„tes euen so shall they procede in the iurney euery man in his quarter aboute their standertes On the west syde the standarte and the hoste of Ephraim shall lye with their companies And the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ephraim Elisama the sonne of Amthud his hoste and the numbre of them .xl. thousande v. hundred And fast by him the trybe of Manasse and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Manasse Gamaleel yâ— sonne of Peda zur and his hoste and the numbre of them .xxxij. thousande and .ij. hundred And the trybe of Ben Iamin also and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ben Iamin Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni aÌ„d his hoste and the numbre of theÌ„ xxxv thousande and .iiij. hundred All the nuÌ„bre that perteyned vnto the hoste of Ephraim were an hundred thousand .viij. thousande and an hundred in their hostes and they shal be the thryde in the iurneye And the standert and the hoste of Dan shall lye on the north syde with their companyes the captayne ouer yâ— childreÌ„ of Dan Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Sadai and his hoste and the nuÌ„bre of them .lxij. thousande vij hundred And fast by him shall the trybe of Asser pitche and the captayne ouer the soÌ„nes of Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochran his hoste the nuÌ„bre of them xli thousande v. hundred And the trybe of Naphtali also and the captayne ouer yâ— childern of Naphta li Ahira the sonne of Enan his hoste and the nuÌ„bre of them .liij. thousande iiij huÌ„dred So yâ— the hole nuÌ„bre of all that perteyned vnto yâ— hoste of Dan was an huÌ„dred thousande lvij thousande .vi. huÌ„dred And they shal be the last in yâ— iurney with their staÌ„dertes These are yâ— suÌ„mes of yâ— childern of Ysrael in the housses of their fathers euen all the nuÌ„bres of the hostes with their coÌ„panies .vi. huÌ„dred thousande .iij. thousande .v. huÌ„dred and fyftie And yet yâ— lenites werenot nuÌ„bred amoÌ„ge the childern of Ysrael as the Lorde commaunded Moses And yâ— childern of Ysrael dyd acordynge to all that the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses so they pitched with their standertes and so they iurneyd euery man in his kynred and in the houssholde of his father ¶ The .iij. Chapter THese are the generacions of Aaron and Moses when the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai and these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron Nadab the eldest sonne and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron which were preastes anoynted and their handes fylled to mynistre but Nadab and Abihu dyed before the Lorde as they broughte straunge fyre before the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinai and had no childern And Eleazar and Ithamar mynistred in the syght of Aaron their father And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge brynge the trybe of leui and set them before Aaron the preast and let them serue him aÌ„d wayte apon him apon all the multitude before the tabernacle of witnesse to doo the seruyce of the habitacion And they shall wayre apoÌ„ all yâ— apparell of yâ— tabernacle of witnesse apon yâ— childern of Ysrael to doo yâ— seruyce of the habitacioÌ„ And thou shalt geue the leuites vnto Aaron his sonnes for they are geuen vnto him of yâ— childern of Ysrael And thou shalt appoiÌ„te AaroÌ„ his sonnes to way te on their preastes office the strauÌ„ger yâ— cometh nye shall dye for it And yâ— Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge beholde I haue takeÌ„ the leuites froÌ„ amonge yâ— childern of Ysrael for all the firstborne that openeth the matryce amonge the childern of Ysrael so that the leuites shall be myne because all the first borne are myne for yâ— same daye that Ismote all the fyrstborne in the lande of Egipte Ihalowed vnto me all the firstborne in Ysrael both man and beest and myne they shall be for I am the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai sayenge Numbre the childern of Leui in yâ— housses of their fathers and Rynredes all that are males from a moneth olde and aboue And Moses numbred them at the worde of the Lorde as he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded And these are yâ— names of yâ— childreÌ„ of Leui Gerson Cahath Merari And yâ— se arethe names of the childern of Gerson in their kynredes Libni and Semei And the soÌ„nes of Cahath in their kynredes were
Amram Iezehar Hebron and Vsiel And the sonnes of Merari in their kynredes were Maheli and Musi These are the kynredes of Leui in the housses of their fathers And of Gerson came the kynred of yâ— Libnites and the Semeites which are the kynredes of the Gersonites And the summe of them when all the males were tolde from a moneth olde and aboue were .vij. thousande and fyue hundred And the kynredes of the Gersonites pitched behynde the habitacion west warde And the captayne of the must awâ—cieÌ„t housse amonge the Gersonires was Eliasaph the sonne of Laâ—l And the office of the childern of Gerson in the tabernacle of witnesse was the habitacion and the tente with the coueringe theroff and the hangynge of the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and the hangynges of the courte and the curtayne of the dore of the courte which courte went rounde aboute the dwellynge and the alter and the cordes that perteyned vnto all the seruyce therof And of Cahath came the kynred of yâ— Amramites and the kynred of the Iezeharites of the Hebronites and of the Vsielites And these are the kynredes of yâ— Cahathites And the numbre of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue was .viij. thousande and sixe hundred which wayted on the holy place And the kynred of the childern of Cahath pitched on yâ— southsyde of yâ— dwellynge And yâ— captayne in yâ— most auncyent housse of the kynredes of the Cahathites was Elizaphan thesonne of Vsiel and their office was the arcke the table the candelsticke and the alter and the holy vessels to minystre with and the vayle with all that serued there to And Eleazar yâ— sonne of Aaron the preast was captayne ouer all the captaynes of the Leuites and had the ouer syghte of them that wayted vppon the holythynges And of Merari came the kynredes of the Mahelites and of the Musites and these are the kynredes of the Merarites And the nuÌ„bre of them when all the males froÌ„ a moneth olde aÌ„d aboue was tolde drewe vnto vi thousande .ij. hundred And the captayne of the most auncient housse amonge the kynredes of the Merarites was Zuriel the sonne of Abihail which pitched on the north syde of the dwellynge And the office of the sonnes of Merari was the bordes of yâ— dwellynge the barres pilers with the sokettes thereof and all the instrumeÌ„tes there of all that serued thereto the pilers of the courte rounde aboute and their sokettes with their pynnes cordes But on the fore front of the habitacioÌ„ aÌ„d before the tabernacle of witnesse castwarde shall Moses and Aaron his soÌ„nnes pytch and wayte on the sanctuary in the steade of yâ— childern of Ysrael And the straunger that cometh nye shall dye for it And the hole summe of the leuites which Moses Aarâ—n nuÌ„bred at the coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„t of the Lorde thorow out their kynredes euen of all the males of a moneth olde aboue was .xxij. thousande And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Numbre all the first borne that are males amoÌ„ge the childern of Ysrael froÌ„ amoneth olde aboue and take yâ— numbre of their names And thou shalt appoynte yâ— leuites to me the Lorde for all the firstborne amoÌ„ge yâ— childern of Ysrael and the catell of yâ— leuites for the firstborne of the childern of Ysrael And Moses nuÌ„bred as yâ— Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded him all the firstborne of the childern of Ysrael And all the firstborne males in yâ— summe of names from amoneth olde and aboue were numbred .xxij. thousande .ii. hundred and .lxxiij. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenâ—e take the leuites for all the fyrstborne of the childern of Israel aÌ„d the catell of the leuites for their catell the leuites shal be myne whiche am the Lorde And for the redemynge of the two hundred and .lxxiij. whiche are moo than the leuites in the firstborne of the children of Israel take .v. sycles of euery pece after the sycle of the holy place .xx. geras the sycle And gene yâ— money wherewith the odde numbre of them is redemed vnto Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes And Moses toke the redempcioÌ„ money of the ouerplus that were moo then the leuites amonge the firstborne of the childern of Israel it came to a thousande .iij. hundred .lxv. sycles of the holye sycle And he gaue that redempcion money vnto Aaron his sonnes at the worde of the Lorde euen as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The iijj Chapter ANd the Lord spake vnto Moses AaroÌ„ bade theÌ„ take the summe of the childern of Cahath froÌ„ amonge the sonnes of leui in their kynredes and housses of their fathers from xxx yere and aboâ—â— vntill fyftie all that were able to warre for to doo the worke in the tabernacle of witnesse euen in the most holy place And when yâ— hoste remoueth Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes shall come and take donne the vayle and couer the arcke of witnesse there with and shall put there on a couerynge of taxus skynnes and shall sprede a cloth that is altogether of Iacyncte aboue all and put the stanes thereof in And apon the shewe table they shall sprede a cloth of Iacyncte and put thereoÌ„ the dishes spones flat peces and pottes to poure with and the dayly bred shal be thereon and they shall spred apon them a couerynge of purple and couer the same with a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put the staues thereof in And they shall take a cloth of Iacyncte couer the candelsticke of light and hir laÌ„pes and his snoffers and fyre pannes and all hir oyle vessels which they occupye aboute it shall put apon her and on all hir instrumentes a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put it apon staues And apon the golden alter they shall sprede a cloth of Iacyncte and put on hir staues And they shall take all the â—higes which they occupye to minystre with in yâ— holy place put a cloth of Iacyncte apon them and couer them with a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put them on staues And they shall take a waye the asshes out of the alter and sprede a searlet cloth thereon I put aboute it the fyre pannes the flesh hokes the shoness the basens and all that belongeth vnto the alter and they shall sprede apon it a coueryng of taxus skynnes and put on the staues of it And when Aaron and his sonnes haue made an ende of couerynge the sanctuary aÌ„d all the thinges of the sancruarye agenst that the hoste remoue then the sonnes of Cahath shall come in for to bere and so let them not twich the santuary lest they dye And this ys the charge of the sonnes of Cahath in therabernacle of witnesse And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preast shall haue the charge to prepare oyle for the lightes and swete cens the dayly meatofferynge and the anoyntinge oyle and the ouersyghte of all the dwellynge and of all that therein is both ouer the sanctuary ouer all that pertayneth thereto And
the Lorde spake vnto Moses Aaron sayenge destroye not the trybe of the kynredes of the Cahathites from amonge the leuites But thus doo vnto them that they maye lyve and not dye wheÌ„ they goo vnto the most holy place Aaron and his sonnes shall goo in and put them euery man vnto his sernyce and vnto his burthen But let them not goo in to se when they couer the sanctuarye lest they dye And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Take the summe of the childern of Gerson in the houses of their fathers aÌ„d in their kyn redes from .xxx. yere and aboue vntyll .l. all that are able to goo forth in warre for to doo seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the Gersoni tes to serue and to beare They shall bere the curtaynes of the dwellynge and the roffe of the tabernacle of witnesse and his couerynge aÌ„d the coueryng of tarus skynnes that is an hye aboue apon it and the hangynge of the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and the hanginge of the courte and the hangynge of the gate of the courte that is rounde aboute the dwellynge and the altare and the cordes of them and all the instrumentes that serue vnto them and all that is made for them And at the mouth of Aaron and his sonnes shall all the seruyce of the children of the Gersonites be done in all their charges and in all their seruyce and ye shall appoynte them vnto al their charges that they shall wayte apoÌ„ And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the children of the Gersonires in yâ— tabernacle of witnesse and their wayte shal be in the honde of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast And thou shalt numbre the sonnes of Merari in their kynredes and in the houses of the ir fathers from .xxx. yeres and aboue vnto .l. All that is able to goo forth in warre to doo the seruyce of the tabernacle of witnesse And this is the charge that they must wayte vppon in all that they must serue in the tabernacle of witnesse The bordes of the dwellynge and the barres pylers and sokettes thereof and the pylers of the courte rounde aboute and their sokettes pynnes and cordes with all that pertayneth and serueth vnto them And by name ye shall reken the thynges that they must wayte apon to bere Thys is the seruyce of the kynreddes of the sonnes of Merari in all theyr seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse by the hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbred the sonnes of the Cahathites in their kynredes and housses of theire fathers from .xxx. yere and aboue vnto fyftie all that were able to goo forth in the hoste and to do seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse And the numbre of them in their kynredes were two thousande seuen hundred and .l. These are the numbres of the kynredes of the Cahathites of all that dyd seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse whyche Moses and Aaron dyd numbre at the commaundment of the Lorde by the haÌ„de of Moses And the sonnes of Gerson were numbred in their kynredes and in the housses of their fathers from .xxx. yere vp vnto fyftye all that were able to goo forth in the hoste for to doo servycr in the tabernacle of witnesse And the numbre of them in their kynredes and in the housses of their fathers was two thousande sixe hundred and xix This is the numbre of the kynredes of the sonnes of Gerson of all that dyd seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse which Moses and Aaron dyd numbre at the commaundement of the Lorde And the kynredes of the sonnes of Merari were numbred in their kynredes and in the houses of their fathers from .xxx. yere vp vn to fyftie all that were able to goo forth with the hoste ro do seruice in yâ— tabernacle of witnesse And the numbre of them was in theyr kynredes thre thousande and two hundred This is the numbre of the kynredes of yâ— sonnes of Merari whiche Moses and Aaron numbred at the byddynge of the Lorde by yâ— hande of Moses The whole summe which Moses Aaron and the lordes of Israell numbred amonge the leuites in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers from .xxx. yere vpp vnto â— euery man to doo his office and seruyce and to bere his burthen in the tabernacle of witnesse was .viij. thousonde fyue hundred aÌ„d lxxx which they numbred at the commaundement of the Lorde by the honde of Moses euery man vnto his seruyce and burthen as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The. fyfte Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge commaunde the childern of Israel that they put out of the hoste all the lepers and all that haue yssues and all that are defyled apon the deed whether they be males or females ye shall put them out of the hoste that they defyle not the tentes amoÌ„ge which I dwell And the childern of Israel dyd so and put them out of the hoste euen as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses so dyd the childern of Israel And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel whether it be man or woman wheÌ„ they haue synned any maner of synne which a man doeth wherewith a man trespaseth agenst the Lorde so that the soule hath done amysse then they shall knowlege their synnes which they haue done and restore a gayne the hurte that they haue done in the hole and put the fyfte Yf ye hauâ— false gottâ—â— goodes nâ— maÌ„ to restorâ— it vnto theâ— bâ—inge iâ— vn to yâ— pope aÌ„d he will dispeÌ„ce with â— parte of it moare thereto and geue it vnto him whom he hath trespased agenste But and yf he that maketh the amendes have no man to doo it to then the amendes that is made shal be the Lordes and the preastes besyde the ram of the attonement offerynge where with he maketh an attonemeÌ„t for hymselfe And all heue offerynges of all the halowed thinges which the childern of Israel brynge vnto the preaste shal be the preastes and euery man 's halowed thinges shal be his awne but what soeuer any man geueth the preast it shal be the preastes And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israell and saye vnto them Yf any mans wyfe goo a syde and trespase agaynst hym so that another man lye with her fleshely and the thynge be hydd from the eyes of hir husbonde and is not come to lighte that she is defyled for there is no witnesse agenst her in as moche as she was not taken with the maner and the sprere of gelousye cometh apon him and he is gelouse ouer his wyfe and she defyled Or happely the sprete of gelousye cometh apon him and he is gelouse ouer hys wyfe aÌ„d she yet vndefyled TheÌ„ let hyr husbonde bringe her vnto the preaste and brynge an offerynge for her the tenthe parte of an Epha
thou and thy sonnes with the shall beare the fame of that whiche is done amysse in youre preasthode And thy brethern also yâ— tribe of lâ—ui yâ— trybe of thy father take with the and let them be yoyned vnto the and ministre vnto the. And thou and thy sonnes with the shall ministre before the tabernacle of witnesse And let them wayte apon the and apon all the tabernacle only let them not come nye the holy vessels the alter that both they aÌ„d ye also dye not And let them be by the and wayte on the tabernacle of witnesse and on all the seruyce of the tabernacle and let no straunger come nye vnto you Wayte therfore apon the holye place and apon the alter that there fall no moare wrath apon the childern of Israel beholde I haue taken youre brethern the leuites from amonge childern of Israel to be youres as giftes geuen vnto the Lorde to doo the seruyce of the tabernacle of witnesse And se that both thou and thy sonnes with the take hede vnto youre preastes office in all thinges that pertayne vnto the alter and within the vayle And se that ye serue for I haue geueÌ„ youre preastes office vnto you for a gifte to do seruyce the straunger that cometh nye shall dye And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron beholde I haue geuen the the kepynge of myne heueofferynges in all the halowed thynges of the childern of Israel And vnto the I haue geuen them vnto anoyntynge aÌ„d to thy sonnes to be a dutye for euer This shall be thyne of most holy sacrifyces All their giftes thorow out all their meatofferynges synneoffrynges and trespaceoffrynges whiche they bringe vnto me They shal be most holy vnto the aÌ„d vnto thy sonnes And ye shall eate it in the most holye place all that are males shall eate of it for it shal be holye vnto the. And this shal be thyne the heueofferynge of their giftes thorow out all the waueofferynges of the childern of Israel for I haue geuen them vnto the and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the to be a dutye for euer and all that are cleane in thy house shall eate of it all the fatt of the oyle of the wyne and of the corne their first frutes which they geue vnto the Lorde that haue I geuen vnto the. The first frutes of all that is in their londes whiche they brynge vnto the Lorde shal be thyne and all that are cleane in thyne housse shall eate off it All dedicate thinges in Israel shal be thine All that breaketh the matrice of all flesh that men bringe vnto the Lorde bothe of man and beest shal be thyne Neuerthelater the firstborne of man shal be redemed and the firstborne of vncleane beestes shal be redemed And their redemptions shal be at a moneth olde valowed at .v. sycles of syluer of the holy sycle A sycle maketh twentye Geras But the firstborne of oxen shepe goo tes shall not be redemed For they are holy and thou shalt sprinkle their bloud apon the alter and shalt burne their fatt to be a sacrifyce of a swete sauoure vnte the Lorde And the flesh of them shal be thyne as the waue brest and all the right shulder is thyne All the holy heueofferynges whiche the childern of Israel heue vnto the Lorde I geue the thy sonnes thi doughters with the to be a dutye for euer And it shal be a salted couenaunte for euer before the Lorde vntâ— the and to thy seed with the. And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron thou shalt haue none enheritaunce in their lande nor parte amonge them For I am thy parte and thy enheritaunce among the childern of Israel And beholde I haue geuen the children of Leui the tenth in Israel to enherite for the seruyce whiche they serue in the rabernacle of witnesse that the childreÌ„ of Israel henceforth come neâ—nye the tabernacle of witnesse and beare synne and dye And the leuites shall do the seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse and beare their synne and it shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre childern after you But amongethe children of Israel they shall enheret none enheritaunce For Oures will haue tithes landes reÌ„tes kingdomes emperies and all therithes of the childern of Israel whiche they heve vnto the Lorde I haue geuen the Leuites to enherett Wherfore I haue sayed vnto them Amonge the chyldern off Israell ye shall enherett none enheritaunce And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the leuites and saye vnto theÌ„ when ye take of the childern of Israel therithes whiche I haue geuen you of them to youre enheritaunce ye shall take an heueoffrynge of that same forthe Lorde euen the tenth of that tythe And it shal be rekened vnto you for youre heueofferynge euen as though ye gaue corne out of the barne or a full offerynge from the wyne presse And of this maner ye shall heue an heueofferynge vnto yâ— Lorde of all youre tithes which ye receaue of the childern of Israel ye shall geue there of the Lordes heueofferinge vnto Aaron the preast Of all youre giftes ye shall take out the Lordes heue offerynge euen the fatt of all their halowed thynges And thou shalt saye vnto them when ye haue take a wayethe fatt of it from it it shal be counted vnto the leuites as yâ— encrease of corne and wyne And ye shall care it in all places both ye and youre housholdes for it is youre rewarde for youre seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse And ye shall beare no synne by yâ— reason of it when ye haue taken from it the fatt of it nether shall ye vnhalowe yâ— halowed thynges of the childern of Israel and so shall ye not dye ¶ The .xix. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge this is the ordynaunce of the lawe which yâ— Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„deth sayenge speake vnto yâ— childern of Israel and let them take the a redd cowe with out spot wherein is no blemysh which neuer bare yocke apoÌ„ her And ye shall geue her vnto Eleazer the preast and he shall brynge her with out the hoste and cause her to be slayne before him And Eleazar yâ— preast shall take of hir bloude vppon his fynger and sprynkle it streghe towarde the tabernacle of witnesse viâ— tymes And he shall cause the cowe to be burnt in his syghte both skyn flesh and bloude with the douÌ„ge also And let the preast take cipresse wodd and Isope and purple cloth and cast it apon the cowe as she burneth And let the preast wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water and then come in to the hoste and yâ— preast shal be vncleane vnto the euen And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water a bathe his flesh also in water aÌ„d be vncleane vntill euen And one that is cleane shall goo and take vpp the asshes of the cowe and put them without the hoste in a cleane place where they shall be kepte to
londe shal be deuyded by lott acordinge to the names of the tribes of their fathers thei shall enherett acordinge 〈…〉 lott thou shalt deuyde their lond hâ—th to the many and to the fewe These are the summes of yâ— leuites in the in kinredes of Gerson came the kynred of the Gersonites and of Cahath came the kinred of the Cahathites and of Merari came the kinred of the Merarites These are the kynredes of Leui the kinred of the Libnites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Mahelites the kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Rarahites Rahath begate Amram and Amrams wife was called Jochebed a doughter oflein which was borne him in Egipte And she bare vnto Amram Aaron Moses and Mir Jam their syster And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab Abihu Eleazer and Jthamar But Nadab and Abihu dyed as they offered straunge fyre before the Lorde And the numbre of them was .xxiij. thousande of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue For they were not numbred amonge the children of Israel because there was no enheritaunce geuen them amonge the childern off Israel These are the numbres of the childern of Israel which Moses and Eleazer the preast numbred in the feldes of Moab fast by Jordane nye to Jericho And amonge these there was not a man of the numbre of the children of Israel which Moses and Aaron tolde in the wildernesse of Sinai For the Lorde sayed vnto them that they shulde dye in the wildernesse that there shulde not be lefte a man of them saue Caleb the sonne of Jephune Josua the sonne of Nun. ¶ The .xxvij. Chaptre ANd the doughters of Zelaphead the sonne of Heber the sonne of Gilead the sonne of Machirthe sonne of Manasse of the kinredes of Manasse the sonne of Joseph whose names were Mahcla Noa Hagla Melcha and Thirza came stode before Moses and Eleazer the preast aÌ„d before the lordes all the multitude in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse sayenge oure father dyed in the wildernesse was not amonge the companye of them that gathered them selues together agenst the Lorde in the congregacion of Corah But dyed in his awne synne and had no sonnes Wherfore shulde the name of oure fathers be taken awaye from amonge hys kynred because he had no sonne Geue vnto vs a possessyon amonge the brethern of oure father And Moses broughte their cause before the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge The doughters of Zelaphead speke righte thou shalt geue them a possession to en herett amonge their fathers brethern shall turne the enheritaunce of their father vnto them And speake vnto the childern of Israel sayenge Yf a man dye and haue no sonne ye shall turne his enheritaunce vnto his doughter Yf he haue no doughter ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his brethern Yf he haue no brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his fathers brethern Yf he haue no fathers brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto him that is nexte to him of his kinred let him possesse it And this shal be vnto the childern of Israel an ordynaunce and a lawe as the Lorde hath commauÌ„ded Moses And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses get the vpp in to this mount Aabrun and beholde the londe which I haue geuen vnto the children of Israel And wheÌ„ thou hast sene it thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also as Aaron thy brother was gathered vnto his people For ye were disobedient vnto my mouthe in the deserte of Zin in yâ— stryfe of the congregacion that ye sanctified me not in the water before their eyes That is the water of stryfe in cades in the wildernesse of Zin And Moses O faithfull mercifull Moses ful onlike oure Balams spake vnto the Lorde sayenge let the Lorde God of the spirites of all flesh sett a man ouer the congregacion which maye goo in out before them and to lede them in and oute that the congregacion of the Lorde be not as a flocke of shepe without a sheparde And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses take Josua the sonne of Nun in whom there is spirite and put thyne handes apon him and set There was â—f likelyhod a â—ryght stonne â—â— the ephod â—â—hereâ— the hie â—reast loked â—awe the will â—f God in tyâ—â—es of neade â—s thou mayst â—e in the story of Dauid This was the â—aner of the Ebrues to maâ—e their officeâ—s of this maner did the apostle make deâ—kons preastes bishopes with oute any other ceremony as thou â—eist iÌ„ thactes aÌ„d mayst gather of paul to Timothe Bred is here borowed takeÌ„ for all maner of sode generally him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion and geue him a charge in their fyghte And put of thi prayse apon him that all the companye of the childern of Israel maye heare And he shall stonde before Eleazer yâ— preast which shall axe councell for him after yâ— maner of the * lighte before the Lorde And atthe mouth of Eleazer shall both he and all the childern of Israel with him and all the congregacion goo in and out And Moses dyd as the Lorde commauÌ„ded him and he toke Josua and sett him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion * put his handes apon him gaue him a charge as the Lorde commaunded thorow the hande of Moses ¶ The .xxviij. Chaptre ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge geue the childern of Israel a charge and saye vnto them that they take hede to offer vnto me yâ— offryng of my * bred in the sacrifyce of swete sauoure in his due season And saye vnto theÌ„ This is yâ— offerynge which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde .ij. laÌ„bes of a yeare olde with out spot daye by daye to be a burntofferynge perpetually One lambe thou shalt offer in the mornynge and the other â—t euen And thereto yâ— teÌ„th parte of an Epha offloure for a meâ—â—offerynge myngled with beten oyle the fourth parte of an hin which is a dayly offerynge ordened in the mount Sinai vnto a swete sauoure in the sacrifyce of yâ— Lorde And the drynkofferynge of the same the fourth parte of an hin vnto one lambe poure the drynkofferynge in the holy place to be good drynke vnto the Lorde And yâ— other lambe thou shalt offer at euen with the meat offerynge and the drynkofferynge after yâ— maner of the mornynge a sacrifyce of a sweâ—e sanoure vnto the Lorde And on the Sabbath daye .ij. lambes of a yere olde a pece and with out spot and two teÌ„thdeales of floure for a meatofferynge myngled with oyle and the drynkofferynge thereto This is the burrtofferynge of euery Sabbath besydes the dayly burntofferynge and his drynkofferynge And in the first daye of youre monethes ye shall offer a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde two yonge bollockes and a ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde without spott and .iij. teÌ„thdeales of floure for a meatofferynge mingled
quarter And ye shall compasse youre east quarter froÌ„ Hazar Enan to Sephain And the coste shall goo downe from Sephain to Ribla on the east syde of Ain And then descende and goo out at the syde of the see of Chinereth eastwarde And then goo downe alonge by Iordayne and leue at the salte see And this shall be youre loÌ„de with all the costes thereof rounde aboute And Moses commaunded the childern of Israel sayeÌ„ge this is the loÌ„de which ye shall enherett by lotte and which the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded to geue vnto .ix. trybes and an halfe for the trybe of the childern of Ruben haue receaued in the houssholdes of their fathers and the trybe of the childern of Gad in their fathers houssholdes halfe the trybe of Manasse haue receaued their enheritaunce that is to were .ij. trybes and an halfe haue receaued their enheritaunce on yâ— other syde of Iordayne by Iericho castwarde towarde the sonne rysynge And the Lorde spake to Moses sayenge These are the names of yâ— men which shall deuyde you the londe to enherett Eleazer yâ— preast aÌ„d Iosua the sonne of Nun. And ye shall take also a lorde of euery trybe to deuyde the londe whose names are these In the trybe of Iuda Caleb yâ— sonne of Iephune And in yâ— trybe of yâ— childern of Simeon â—emuel yâ— soÌ„ne of Amiud aÌ„d in yâ— tribe of BeÌ„ Iamin Elidad the sonne of Cisâ—on And the in trybe of the childern of Dan the lorde Bucki the sonne of Iagli And amonge the childern of Ioseph in the trybe of the childern of Manasse the lorde Hamel the sonne of Ephod And in the trybe of the childern of Ephraim the lorde Cemuel the sonne of Siphtan And in the trybe of the sonnes of Zabulon the lorde Elizaphan the sonne of Parnac And in the trybe of the childern of Isachar the lorde Palthiel the sonne of Asan And in the trybe of the sonnes of Asser the lorde Ahihud the sonne of Selomi And in the trybe of the childern of Naphtali the lorde Peda El the sonne of Ammihud These are they which the Lorde commauÌ„ded to deuyde the enheritauÌ„ce vnto the childern of Israel in the londe of Canaan ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in yâ— feldes of Moab by Iordayne Iericho sayenge commaunde the childern of Israel that they geue vnto the leuites of the enheritauÌ„ce of their possession cities to dwell in And ye shall geue also vnto the cities of yâ— leuites suburbes rounde aboute them The cities shal be for them to dwell in and yâ— suburbes for their catell possession and all maner bestes of theirs And the suburbes of the cities which ye shall geue vnto the lemtes shall reach from the wall of the citie outwarde a thousande cubites rounde aboute And ye shall measure without the citie and make the vtmost border of the eastsyde two thousande cubites And the vtmost border of the south syde two thousande cubetes And the vtmost border of the west syde two thousande cubetes and the vtmost border of the north syde two thousande cubetes also and the citie shal be in the myddes And these shall be the suburbes of their cities And amonge the cities which ye shall geue vnto the leuites there shall be sixe cities of fraundyes which ye shall geue to that intent that he which killeth maye flye thyder And to them ye shall adde .xlij. cities mo so that all the cities which ye shall geue the leuites shal be .xlviij. with their suburbes And of the cities which ye shall geue oute of the possessyons of the childern of Israel ye shall geue many out of their possessions that haue moche and fewe out of their possessioÌ„s that haue litle so that euery tribe shall geue of his cities vnto the leuites acordinge to the enheritaunce which he enhereteth And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them when ye be come ouer Jordayne into the londe of Canaan ye shall bylde cities whiche shal be preuyleged townes for you that he whiche sleeth a man vnwares maye flyethither And the cities shal be to flee from the executer of bloude that he whyche kylled dye not vntill he stonde before the congregacion in indgement And of these vi fre cities which ye shall geue .iij. ye shall The righte vse of senetuaryes geue on this syde Jordayne and. iâ—j in yâ— londe of Canaan And these sixe fre cities shal be for the childern of Israel for the straunger for him that dwelleth amonge you yâ— all thei which kill any persone vnwares maye flâ—â—rhuher Yf any man smyte another with a wepoÌ„ of yerne that he dye than he is a murtherer shall dye for it Yf he smyte him with a throwinge stone that he dye therwith then he shall dye for he is a murtherer and shal be slayne therfore Yf he smyte him with a handwepon of wodd that he dye therwith then he shall dye for he is a murtherer and shal be slayne theâ—fore The iudge of bloude shall â—â—ee the murtherer as sone as he fyndeth him Yf he â—hâ—ust him of hate or hourle at him with layenge of wayte that he dye or smyte him with his hande of enuye that he dye he that smote him shall dye for he is a murtherer The iustice of bloude shall slee him as soone as he fyndeth him But and yf he pusshed him by chaunce not of hate or cast at him with any maner of thynge and nor of layenge of wayte or cast any maner of stone at him that he dye therewith and sawe him not And he cast it apon him and he dyed but was not his enemyes nether soughte him ony harme Then the coÌ„gregacion shall iudge betwene the sleer aÌ„d the executer of bloude in soche cases And the congregacion shall delyuer the sleer out of the hande of the iudge of bloude and shall restore him agayne vnto the fraunâ—â—esed cytye whother he was fleed And he shall byde there vnto the dethe off the hye prcaste whiche was anoynted with holy â—yle But and yf he came without the borders of his preuyleged citie whether he was fled yf the bloudvenger fynde him without the borders of his fre towne he shall slee the murtherer and be giltlesse because he shulde haue bidden in his fre towne vntyll the deth of the hye preaste and after the deth of the hye preast he shall returne agayne vnto the londe of his possessyon And this shal be an ordinaunce and a lawe vnto you amonge youre childern after you in all youre habitacions Whosoeuer sleeth shal be â—laine at the mouthe of witnesses For one witnesse shall not answere agenste one persone to put him to deeth Moreouer ye shall take none amendes for the lyfe of the murtherer whiche is worthy to dye But he shall be putto deeth Also ye shall take none atonement for him yâ— is fled to a fre citie that he shulde come agayne and dwell in the londe before the deeth
of the hye preast And se that ye polute not the londe which ye are in for bloude defyleth the londe And the londe can none other wyse be clensed of yâ— bloude that is shed therein but by the bloude of it that shed it â—efyle notherfore the londe which ye in habitt in the myddes of which I also dwell for I am yâ— Lorde which dwell amonge the childern of Israel ¶ The .xxxvi. Chapter ANd the auncyeÌ„t heedes of the childern of Gilead the sonne of Machir yâ— sonne of Manasse of the kynred of yâ— childern of Joseph came forth and spake before Moses and the prynces which were auncieÌ„t heedes amoÌ„ge the childern of Israel sayed The Lorde commaunded my lorde to geue yâ— lande to enherette by lotte to the childern of Israel And then my lord commaunded in yâ— name of the Lorde to geue the enheritaunce of Zelaphead oure brother vnto his doughters Now when any of the sonnes of the trybes of Israel take them to wyâ—es then shall their enheritaunce be taken from the enheritaunce of oure fathers and shall be put vnto the enheritaunce of the trybe in which they are and shal be taken from the lott of oure enheritaunce And when the fre yere cometh vnto the childern of Israel then shall their enheritaunce be put vnto the enheritaunce of the trybe where they are in and so shall their enheritaunce betaken awaye from the enheritaunce of the trybe of oure fathers And Moses commaunded the childern of Israel at the mouth of the Lorde sayenge the trybe of yâ— childern of Joseph haue sayed well This therfore doeth the Lorde commauÌ„de the doughters of Zelaphead sayenge let them be wyâ—es to whom they theÌ„ silfe thynke best but in the kynred of the trybe of their father shall they marye that the enheritaunce of the childern of Israel roole not from trybe to trybe But that the childern of Israel maye abyde euery man in the enheritaunce of the trybe of his fathers And euery doughter that possesseth any enheritaunce amonge the trybes of the childern of Israel shal be wife vnto one of the kynred of the trybe of hir father that the childern of Israel maye enioy euery man the enheritaunce of his father that the enheritaunce goo not from one trybe to another but that the trybes of the childern of Israel maye abyde euery man in his awne enheritaunce And as the Lorde commaunded Moses euen so dyd the doughters of Zelaphead Mahela Thirza Hagla Milca and Noa â—d were maried vnto their fathers brothers sonnes of the kynted of the childern of Manasse the sonne of Joseph aÌ„d so they had their enheritaunce in the trybe of the kynred of their father These are the commaundmentes lawes which the Lorde commaunded thorow Moses vnto the childern of Israel in the feldes of Moab apon Jordayne nye vnto Jerich◠¶ The ende of the .iiij. boke of Moses A PROLOGE IN TO THE fyfte boke of Moses called Deuteronomye THis is a boke worthye to be rede in daye and nyghte and neuer to be oute of handes For it is the most excellent of all the bokes of Moses It is easye also and light and a very pure gospell that is to wete a preachinge of fayth and loue deducinge the loue to God oute of faith and the loue of a mans neyghboure out of the loue of God Herin also thou mayst lerne right meditacion or contemplacyon which is nothing els saue the callynge to mynde and a repeatyng in the hert of the gloriouse aÌ„d wonderfull deades of God and of his terreble handelinge off his enemyes and mercyfull entreating of them that come when he calleth them which thinge this boke doth and almost nothinge els In the .iiij. first chaptres he reherseth the benefites of God done vnto theÌ„ to prouoke theÌ„ to loue aÌ„d his mightie deades done aboue all naturall power aÌ„d beyonde all naturall capacite of faith that they might beleue God aÌ„d trust in him and in his strength And thyrdlye he reherseth the firce plages of God vppon hys enemyes and on them which thorowe impacientie and vnbeleâ—â—e fell from him partelye to tame and abate the appetites of the fleshe whiche alwaye fyght agenst the spirite and partely to bridle the wilde raginge lustes of theÌ„ in whom was no spirite that though they had no power to do good of loue yet at the lest waye they shulde absteyne from outwarde euell for feare of wrath and cruell vengeaunce whiche shuld fall vppon them and shortly finde them oute yf they cast vpp goddes nurter and runne at ryotte beyonde his lawes and ordinaunces Moreouer he chargeth them to put nought to nor take oughte awaye from goddes wordes but to be diligent onlye to kepe them in remeÌ„braunce and in the harte and to teache theire childern for feare of forgettinge And to beware ether of makynge imagerye or of bowinge them selues vnto images sayenge Ye sarâ—e no image when God spake vnto you but herde avoyce onlye and that voyce kepe and therunto cleaue for it is youre liffe and it shall saue you And finally yf as the frayltie of al flesh is they shall haue fallen from God and he haue brought them in to troble aduersyte aÌ„d coÌ„braunce aÌ„d all necessite yet yf they repent and turne he promyseth them that God shall remeÌ„bre his mercie aÌ„d receave theÌ„ to grace agayne In the fifte he repeteth the .x. commauÌ„dmeÌ„tes and that they myght se a cause to do them of loue he biddeth them remembre that they were bounde in Egipte and how God delyuered them with a mightie hande and a stretchedout arme to serue him and to kepe his commaundmentes as Paule sayeth that we are bought with Christes bloude aÌ„d therfore are his servauntes aÌ„d not oure awne aÌ„d ought to seke his will and honoure onlye aÌ„d to loue aÌ„d serue one another for his sake In the sixte he setteth out the fountayne off all commaundmentes that is that they beleue how that there is but one God that doeth all and therfore ought onlye to be loued with all the herto all the soule and all the myghte For loue only is the fulfillinge of the commaundementes as Paule also sayeth vnto the Romaynes and Galathians likewise He warneth theÌ„ also that they forgett not the commaundmentes but teach theÌ„ their childern aÌ„d to shew the ir childern also how God delyuered theÌ„ out of the bondage of the EgiptiaÌ„s to serue him and his commaundmeÌ„tes that the childern myght se a cause to worke of loue likewise The seueÌ„th is all together of faith he remoueth all occasioÌ„s that might withdrawe them from the fayth and pulleth them also from all confidence in them selues and sturreth theÌ„ vp to trust in god boldlye and onlye Of the eyght chaptre thou seyst how that the cause of all temptation is that a maÌ„ might so his awne herte For wheÌ„ I am brought in to that extremite that I must ether suffre or forsake god then I shall feale how moch I beleue and trust in him
that which thou hast spoken is good to be done And then I toke the heedes of youre trybes men of wysdome and that were expert and made them ruelers ouer you captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes ouer fyftye and ouer ten and officers amonge youre trybes And I charged youre Iudges the same tyme Iudges sayenge heare youre brethern and iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother and the straunges that is with him Se that ye knowe no man in Iudgement but heare the small as well as the greate and be afrayed of no man for the lawe is Gods And the cause that is to harde for you brynge vnto me and I will heare it And I commaunded you the same season all the thinges which ye shul de doo And then we departed from Horeb and walked thorow all that greate and terreble wildernesse as ye haue sene alonge by the waye that ledeth vnto the hilles of the Amorites as the Lorde oure God commaunded us and came to Cades bernea And there I sayed vnto you Ye are come vnto the hilles of the Amorites which the Lorde oure God doth geue vnto us Beholde the Lorde thi God hath sett the londe before the goo vpp and conquere it as the Lorde God of thy fathers sayeth vnto the feare not nether be discoraged And then ye came vnto me euery one and sayed Let us sende men before us to serche us out the londe and to brynge us worde agayne both what waye we shall goo vpp by and vnto what cities we shall come And the sayenge pleassed me well and I toke .xij. men of you of euery trybe one And they departed and went vp in to the hye contre and came vnto the ryuer Escoll and serched it out and toke of the frute of the londe in their hondes and brought it doune vnto us and brought us worde agayne and sayde it is a good lande which the Lorde oure God doeth geue us Notwithstondinge ye wolde not consente to goo vpp but were dishobedient vnto the mouth of the Lorde youre God aÌ„d murmured in youre tentes and sayde because the Lorde hateth us therfore he hath brought us out of the londe of Egipte to delyuer us in to the handes of the Amorites and to destroye us How shall we goo vpp Oure brethern haue discoraged oure hartes sayenge the people is greater and taller than we aÌ„d the cities are greatte and walked euen vpp to heauen and moreouer we haue sene the sonnes of the Enakimes there And I sayed vnto you dreade not nor be afrayed of theÌ„ The Lorde youre God which goeth before you he shall fyghte for you acordynge to all that he dyd vnto you in Egipte before youre eies aÌ„d in the wildernesse as thou hast sene how that the Lorde thy God bare the as a man shulde beare his sonne thorow out all the waye which ye haue gone vntill ye came vnto this place And yet for all this sayenge ye dyd not beleue the Lorde youre God which goeth the waye before you to serche you out a place to pitche youre tentes in in fyre by nyght that ye myghte se what waye to go and in a cloude by daye And the Lorde herde the voyce of youre wordes and was wroth and swore sayenge there shall not one of these men of this frowarde generacion se that good londe which I sware to geue vnto youre fathers saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune he shall se it and to him I will geue the londe which he hath walked in aÌ„d to his childern because he hath contynually folowed the Lorde Likewise the Lorde was angrye with me for youre sakes sayenge thou also shalt not go in thiter But Iosua the soÌ„ne of Nun which stondeth before the he shall go in thither Bolde him therfore for he shall deuyde it vnto Israel Moreouer youre childern which ye sayed shulde be a praye and youre sonnes which knowe nether good nor bad this daye they shall goo in thither aÌ„d vnto them I will geue it aÌ„d they shall enioye it But as for you turne backe and take youre iurneye in to the wildernesse euen the waye to the reed see Than ye answered and sayed vnto me We haue synned agenst the Lorde we will goo vp and fyghte acordinge to all that the Lorde oure God coÌ„maunded us And wheÌ„ ye had gyrde on euery man his wepons of warre and were ready to goo vp in to the hilles the Lorde sayed vnto me saye vnto theÌ„ se that ye go not vp and that ye fighte not for I am not amoÌ„ge you lest ye be plaged before youre enemies * And wheÌ„ I told you ye wold not heare but Here thou seâ—st the verey image of the papistes For thei like wise where Gods worde is there they beleue not aÌ„d where it is not there they be bold disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde and went presumptously vp in to the hilles TheÌ„ the Amorites which dwelt in those hilles came out agenst you and chased you as bees doo and hewed you in Seir eueÌ„ vnto Horma And ye came agayne and wepte before the Lorde but the Lorde wolde not heare youre voyce nor geue you audience And so ye abode in Cades aloÌ„ge season acordinge vnto the tyme that ye there dwelt The .ij. Chapter THen we turned and toke oure iurney in to the wildernesse euen the waye to the red see as the Lord coÌ„maunded me And we compassed the mountayns of Seir a loÌ„ge tyme TheÌ„ the Lorde spake vnto me saienge Ye haue coÌ„passed this mountayns loÌ„ge ynough turne you northwarde And warne the people sayenge Ye shall goo thorow the costes of youre brethern the childern of Esau which dwell in Seir and they shal be afrayed of you But take good hede vnto youreselues that ye prouoke theÌ„ not for I wil not geue you of their loÌ„de no not so moch as a foâ—e breadeth because I haue geueÌ„ mount Seir vnto Esau to possesse Ye shall bye meate of theÌ„ for money to 〈◊〉 and ye shall bye water of theÌ„ for money to drâ—kâ— For the Lorde thy God hath blessed the in all the workes of thine haÌ„de aÌ„d knew the as thou weÌ„ test thorow this greate wildernesse Moreouer the Lorde thi God hath bene with the this xl yeres so that thou hast lacked nothinge And wheÌ„ we were departed from oure brethern the childern of Esau which dwelt in Seir by the felde waye from Elath aÌ„d Ezion Gaber we turned aÌ„d went the waye to the wildernesse of Moab TheÌ„ the Lorde sayed vnto me se that thou vexe not the Moabites nether prouoke theÌ„ to batayle for I will not geue the of their loÌ„de to possesse because I haue geueÌ„ Ar vnto the childern of loth to possesse The Emimes dwelt there in in tymes past a people greate many aÌ„d tal as the Enakimes which also were takeÌ„ for geantes as the Enakimes And the Moabites called theÌ„ Emymes In like maner the Horimes dwelt in Seir before time which the childern of Esau cast
we will heare it and doo it And the Lorde herde the voyce of youre wordes when ye spake vnto me and he sayed vnto me I haue herde the voyce of the wordes of this people which they haue spokeÌ„ vnto the they haue well sayed all that they haue sayed Oh that they had soche an herte with them to feare me aÌ„d kepe all my commaundmentes alwaye that it myghte goo well with them and with their childern for euer Goo aÌ„d saye vnto them gett you in to youre tentes agayne but stonde thou here before me and I will tell the all the commaundmentes ordinaunces aÌ„d lawes which thou shalt teache theÌ„ that they may doo them in the londe whiche I geue them to possesse Take hede therfore that ye do as the Lorde walke strayght youre God hath commaunded you and turne not asyde ether to the righte hande or to the lefte but walke in all the wayes which the Lorde youre God hath coÌ„maunded you that ye maye lyve and that it maye goo well with you aÌ„d that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the lond whiche ye shall possesse ¶ The .vj. Chapter THese are the commaundmentes ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde youre God commaunded to teach you that ye might doo them in the londe whother ye goo to possesse it that thou mightest feare the Lorde thy God to kepe all his ordinaunces and his commaundmentes which I commaunde the both thou and thy sonne and thy sonnes sonne all dayes off thy lyfe that thy dayes maye be prolonged Heare therfore Israel and take hede that thou doo thereafter that it maye goo well with the and that ye maye encrease myghtely eueÌ„ as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promysed the a loÌ„de that floweth with mylk aÌ„d hony Heare Israel the Lorde thy God is Lorde only and thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thyne harte with all thy soule and with It is heresy with vs for a laye â—aÌ„ to loâ—e of gods â—orde or to reade it all thy myght And these wordes which I commaunde the this daye shal be in thine herte aÌ„d thou shalt whett them on thy childern and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thyne housse and as thou walkest by the waye aÌ„d when thou lyest doune and when thou rysest vpp and thou shalt bynde them for a sygne vppon thyne hande And they shal be papers off remembraunce betwene thyne eyes and shalt write them vppon the postes of thy housse aÌ„d vppon thy gates And when the Lorde thy God hath borught the in to the lond which he sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue the with greate and goodly cities which thou byldest not and housses fâ—â—l of all maner goodes which thou filledest not and welles dygged which thou dyggedest not aÌ„d vynes and olyue trees which thou plantedest not aÌ„d wheÌ„ thou hast eaten and art full Then beware lest thou forget the Lorde which broughte the out off the lande of Egipte the housse of bondage But feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym and swere by his name and se that ye walke not after straunge goddes of the Goddes off the nacyons whiche are aboute you For the Lorde thy God is a gelouse God among you lest the wrath of the Lorde thy God waxe hotte vppon the and destroye the from the erth Ye shall not tempte the Lorde youre God as ye dyd at Masa But se that ye kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde youre God his Right in god dâ—s sight is that he commaundeth witnesses and his ordinaunces which he hath commaunded the and se thou doo that which is right and good in the syghte of the Lorde that thou mayst prospere and that thou mayst goo aÌ„d coÌ„quere that good laÌ„de which the Lordesware vnto thy fathers and that the Lorde maye cast out all thine enemies before the as he hath sayed When thy sonne axeth the in tyme to come Teach youre childern sayenge What meaneth the witnesses ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde oure God hath commaunded you Then thou shalt saye vnto thy sonne We were bondmen vnto Pharao in Egipte but the Lorde brought vs out of Egipte with a mightie hande And the Lorde shewed signes and wondres both greate aÌ„d evell vppon Egipte Pharao and vppon all his housholde before oure eyes and broughte vs from thence to brynge vs in aÌ„d to geue vs the londe which he sware vnto oure fathers And therfore coÌ„maunded vs to do all these ordinaunces aÌ„d for to feare the Lord oure God for oure welth alwayes and that he might saue vs as it is come to passe this daye Moreouer it The outwarde deade is rightuousnesse vnto the avoidâ—nge of punishmeÌ„t threteninges aÌ„d curses aÌ„d â—o optâ—â—â—e temporall blessiges but vnto the lifâ— to come thou must haue the rightuousnesse of faith aÌ„d there by receauâ— forgeueâ—esse of â—â—nnes aÌ„d promise of 〈…〉 aÌ„â—â—â—â—â—â— to worke of â—oâ—â— shal be rightuousnes vnto vs before the Lorde oure God yf we take hede to kepe all these coÌ„maundmeÌ„tes as he hath commaunded vs ¶ The .vij. Chapter WHeÌ„ the Lorde thy God hath brought the in to the lond whither thou goest to possesse it and hath cast out manye nacions before the the Hethites the Girgosites the Amorites the Cananites the Pherâ—sites the Heuites and the Iebusites vij nacions moo in numbre aÌ„d mightier than thou aÌ„d wheÌ„ the Lorde thy God hath sett them before the that thou shuldest smyte them se that thou vtterly destroye them and make no couenaunt with them nor haue compassion on them Also thou shalt make no mariages with them nether geue thy doughter vnto his sonne nor take his doughter vnto thy sonne For they will make youre sonnes departe frome and serue straunge Goddes and then will the wrath off the Lorde waxe whote vppon you aÌ„d destroye you shortely But thus ye shall deale with them ouerthrowe their alters breake doune their pilers cut doune their groves aÌ„d burne their ymages with fyre For thou art an holy nacion vnto the Lorde thy God the Lorde thy God hath chosen the to be a seuerall people vnto himsilf of all nacions that are vppon the erth It was not Gods awâ—â— goodnesse aÌ„d â—is awne trueth causeth hâ— to worke because of the multitude of you aboue all nacions that the Lorde had lust vnto you and chose you For ye were fewest of all nacions But because the Lorde loued you and because he wolde kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto youre fathers therfore he brought you out of Egipte with a mightie hande aÌ„d delyuered you out of the housse of bondage eueÌ„ froÌ„ the hande of Pharao kinge of Egipte Vnderstonde therfore that the Lorde thy God he is God and that a true God which kepeth poyntment and mercy vnto them that loue him and kepe his commaundmentes euen thorowe out a thousande generacions and rewardeth Before his â—ace â—n his preseÌ„ce whiâ—e he loketh on them that hate him before his face
fatt and turne vnto straunge goddes and serue them and rayle on me and breake my testament And then when moch myschefe and tribulacion is come vppon them this songe shall answere before them and be a witnesse It shall not be forgetten out of the mouthes of their seed for I knowe their imaginacyon whiche they goo aboute euen now before I haue broughte them in to the londe which I sware And Moses wrote this songe the same season and taught it the childern of Israel And the Lorde gaue Iosua the sonne off Nun a charge and sayed be bolde and stronge for thou shalt brynge the childern of Israel in to the lond which I sware vnto them aÌ„d I will be with the. When Moses had made an ende of wrytynge out the wordes of this lawe in a boke vnto the ende of them he commaunded the Leuites which bare the arcke of the testameÌ„t of the Lorde sayenge take the boke off thys lawe and put it by the syde of the arcke of the testament of the Lorde youre God and let it be there for a witnesse vnto the. I For knowe thi stubernesse and thi stiffe necke beholde while I am yet a lyue with you this daye ye haue bene dishobedient vnto the Lorde aÌ„d how moch moare after my deeth Gather vnto me al the elders of youre trybes and youre officers that I maye speake these wordes in their eares and call heaueÌ„ aÌ„d erth to recorde agenst them For I am sure that after my deeth they will vtterly marre them selues and turne from the waye which I commaunded you and tribulacion will come vppon you in the later dayes when ye haue wrought welkednesse in the sight of the Lorde to prouoke him with the workes of youre handes And Moses spake in the eares of all the congregacion of Israel the wordes of this songe vnto the ende of them The .xxxij. Chapter HEare o heauen what I shall speake and heare o erth the wordes of my mouth My doctrine droppe as doeth the rayne aÌ„d my speach flowe as doeth the dewe as the mesellynge vpoÌ„ the herbes aÌ„d as the droppes vppoÌ„ the grasse For I wil call on the name of the Lorde Magnifie the might of oure God He is a rocke and perfecte are his deades for all his wayes are with discrecion God is faithfull and without wekednesse both rightuous and iuste is he The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to him ward aÌ„d â—re not his sonnes for their deformities sake Doest thou so rewarde the Lorde O foolish nacyon aÌ„d vnwyse Is not he thy father aÌ„d thyne owner hath he not made the and ordeyned the Remembre the dayes that are past consydre the yeres from tyme to tyme. Axe thy father aÌ„d â—e will shewe the thyne elders and they wyll â—ell the. WheÌ„ the most hyghest gaue the nacyons an â—nheritaunce aÌ„d diuided the sonnes of Adam â—e put the borders of the nacions fast by the multitude of the childern of Israel For the Lordes parte is his folke aÌ„d Israel â—â— the porcion of his enheritaunce He founde him in a deserte londe in a voyde ground aÌ„d a rorynge wildernesse he led hiÌ„ aboute and gaue him vnderstondynge aÌ„d kepâ—â— him as the aple of his eye As an egle that stereth vpp hyr nest and â—â—otereth ouer hyr younge he stretched oute â—is wynges and toke hym vpp and bare hym on his shulders The Lorde alone was his guyde and there was no straunge God with him He sett him vpp apon an hye londe and he ate the encrease of the feldes And he gaue hâ— honye to sucke out of the rocke aÌ„d oyle out of the harde stone With butter of the kyne and mylke of the shepe with fatt of the lambes aÌ„d fatt rammeâ— and he gootes with fatt kydneyes and with whete And of the bloude of grapes thou drâ—kest wyne And Israel waxed fatt and kyked Thou wast fatt thicke and smothe And he let God goo that made hiÌ„ and despysed the rocke that saued him They angred him with strauÌ„ge goddes aÌ„d with abhominacions prouoked him They offered vnto feldedeuels and not to God aÌ„d to goddes which they knewe not aÌ„d to newe goddes that came newly vpp whiche their fathers feared not Of the rocke that begat the thou arte vnâ— myndefull and hast forgott God that made the. And when the Lorde sawe it he was angre because of the prouokynge of his sonnes and doughters And he sayed I will hyde my face from theÌ„ and will se what their ende shall be For they are a froward generacion aÌ„d childern in whoÌ„ is no fayth They haue angred me with that whiche is no god and prouoked me with their vanities And I agayne will angre them with theÌ„ whiche are no people and will prouoke theÌ„ with â— foelish nacion For fire is kyndled in my wrath aÌ„d shal burne vnto the botome of hee ll And shall consume the erth with her encrease and set a fire the botoms of the mountaynes I will hepe myscheues vpon the aÌ„d will speÌ„de all myne arowes at them Burnt with hungre aÌ„d consumed with heet and with bitter pestilence I will also sende the â—ethe of beestes vppon them and poyson serpentes Without forth the swerde shall robbe theÌ„ off theire childern and wythin in the chamber feare both younge men and younge wemen and the suckelynges with the meÌ„ of gray â—eedes I haue determened to scater theÌ„ therowout â—e worlde aÌ„d to make awaye the remeÌ„braunce of them from amonge men Were it not that I feared the raylynge off their enemyes lest theire aduersaries woâ—de be prowde and saye oure hye hande hath done aâ— these workes and not the Lorde For it is a nacion that hath an vnhappye forcast and hath no vnderstonge in them â— wolde they ware wyse and vnderstode this aÌ„d wolde consider their later ende Howe it cometh that one shall chace â— thousande and two putt ten thousande ofâ— them to flyghte excepte theire rocke had solde them and because the Lorde had delyuered them For oure rocke is not as their rocke no though oure enemyes be iudge But their vynes are of the vynes of Sodom and of the feldes of Gomorra Their grapes are grapes of gall and theire clusters be bytter Their wyne is the poyson of dragons aÌ„d the cruell gall of aspes Are not soch thinges layed in store with me â–ª aÌ„d seeled vpp amonge my treasures Vengeaunce is myne and I will rewarde their fete shall slyde when the tyme cometh For the tyme of their destruction is at honde and the tyme that shall come vppon them maketh hast For the Lorde will doo iustice vnto hys people and haue compassion on his servauntes For it shal be sene that theire power shall fayle and at the last they shal be presoned and forsaken And it shal be sayed where are their goddes aÌ„d their rocke wherein they trusted The fatt of whose sacrifices they ate and drancke the wyne of their drynckofferynges let them ryse vpp and helpe you and be youre protection Se now
and betwene my herdmen and thyne for we be brethren Ys not all the hole lande before the Departe I praye the fro me Yf thou wylt take the lefte hande I wyll take the right Or yf thou take the right hande I wyll take the left And Lot lyft vp hys eyes and beheld all the contre aboute Iordane which was a plenteous contre of water every where before the LORde destroyed Sodoma and Gomorra Even as the garden of the LORde as the lande of Egipte tyll thou come to Zoar. Than Lot chose all the costes of Jordane aÌ„d toke hys iourney from the east And so departed the one brother from the other Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan And lot in the cytes of the playne tented tyll he came to Sodome But the men of sodome were wyked and synned exceadyngly agenst the LORde And the LORde sayed vnto Abram after that Lot was departed from hym lyfte vp thyne eyes loke from yâ— place where thou art northward southward eastward and westward for all the lande which thou seiste wyll I gyue vnto the to thy seed forever And I wyll make thy seed as the dust of the erth so that yf a maÌ„ can nombre the dust of the erth than shall thy seed also be nombred Aryse and walke aboute in the lande in the length of it aÌ„d in the bredth for I wyll geue it vnto the. Than AbraÌ„ toke downe hys tente went and dwelled in the okegrove of Mamre which is in Ebron and buylded there an altar to the LORde The .xiiij. Chapter ANd it chaunsed within a while that Amraphel kynge of Synear Arioch kynge of Ellasar Redorlaoâ—er kynge of Elam and Thydeall kynge of the naâ—â—â—ons made warre wyth Bera kynge of Sodâ—h and with Birsa kynge of Gomorra And wythe Sineab kynge of Adama with Semeaber kynge of Zeboâ—â— and wyth the kynge of Bela Which Bela is called Zoar. All these came together vnto the vale of siddim which is now the salt see Twelve yere were they subiecte to kinge kedorlaomer and in the .xiij. yere rebelled Therfore in the .xiiij. yere came kedorlaomer and the kynges that were wyth hym and smote the Raphayms in Astarath Rarnaim and the Susims in Hain aÌ„d the Emyms in Sabe Rariathaim and the Horyms in their awne moâ—nte Seir vnto the playne of Pharan which bordreth vpon the wyldernesse And then turned they and came to the well of iugmente which is Cades and smote all the contre of the Amalechites and also the amorytes that dwell â—n Hazezon Thamar Than went out the kynge of Sodome and the kynge of Gomorra and the kinge of Adama and the kynge of Zeboâ—m and the kynge of Bela noâ— called Zoar. And sette their men in aray to fyghte wyth them in the vale of siddim that is to say wyth kedorlaomer the kynge of Elam and with Thydeall kynge of the Nations and wyth Amraphel kynge of Synear And with â—noch kynge of Ellasar foure kynges agenste â—â— And that vale of siddim was full of slyme pyttes And the kynges of Sodome and Gomoâ—ra fled and fell there And the resydue fled to the mountaynes And they toke all the goodes of Sodome and Gomorra and all their vitalles aÌ„d went their waye And they toke Lot also Abrams brothers sonne and his good for he dwelled at Sodome and departed Than came one that had escaped and tolde Abram the hebrue which dwelled in the okegrove of Manâ—e the Amoryte brother of Eschol and Aner which were confederate wyth Abram When Abram herde that his brother was taken he harnessed his seruantes borne in his owne house .iij. hundred .xviij. aÌ„d folowed tyll they came at Dan. And sette hymselfe aÌ„d his seruantes in aray fell vpon them by nyght smote them chased them awaye vnto Hoba which lyeth on the lefte hande of Daâ— mascos and broughte agayne all the goodes â— also his brother Lot aÌ„d his goodes the weâ—â—e also and the people And as he retourned agayne from the slaughter of kedorlaomer and of the kynges that were with hym than came the kynge of Sodome agaynst hym vnto the vale of Saue whiâ—â— now is called kynges dale Than Melchisedech kinge of Salem brought forth breed and wyne And he beynge the prest of the most hyghest God blessed hym saynge Blessed be Abram vnto the most hyghest God possessor of heaven and erth And blessed be God the most hyghest which hath delyuered thyne enimies in to thy handes And Abâ—â— gaue hym tythes of all Than sayd the kynge of Sodome vnto Abram gyue me the soulles and take the goodes to thy selfe And Abram answered the kynge of Sodome I lyfte vpp my hande vnto the LORde God most hygh possessor of heaven aÌ„d erth that I will not take of all yâ— is thyne so moch as a thred or a shoulacher lest thou shuldest saye I haue made AbraÌ„ ryche Saue only that which the yonge men haue eaten aÌ„d the partes of the men which went wyth me Aner Escholl Mamre Let them take their partes xv Chapter AFter these deades yâ— worde of God came vnto Abram in a vision saynge feare not Abram I am thy shâ—lde and thy rewarde sholbe exceadynge greate And Abram answered LORde Iehouah what wilt thou geue me I goo childlesse and the cater of myne housse this Eleasar of Damasco hath a sonne And Abram sayd se to me hast thou geven no seed lo a lad borne in my housse shal be myne heyre And beholde the worde of the LORde spake vnto Abram sayenge He shall not be thyne heyre but one that shall come out of thyne awne bodye shal be thyne heyre And he brought him out at the doores aÌ„d say de Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to noÌ„bre them And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be And Abram beleved the LORde and it was counted to him for rightwesaes And he sayde vnto hym I am the LORde that brought the out of Vr in Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it And he sayde LORde God whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it And he sayde vnto him take an heyfer of .iij. yere olde and a she gotte of thre yeres olde and a thre yere olde ram a turtill doue and a yonge pigeon And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst another But the foules devyded he not And the byrdes fell on the careâ—ses but AbraÌ„ droue theÌ„ awaye And when the sonne was doune there fell a slomber apon Abram And loo feare and greate darknesse came open hym And he sayde vnto Abram knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shal be a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto theÌ„ And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij hundred yeares But the nation whom ther shall serue wyll I iudge And after warde shall they come out wyth greate substaÌ„ce Eueuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace
aÌ„d shalt be buried when thou art of a good age aÌ„d in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amoâ—tes ys not yet full When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darcke beholde there was a smokynge furnisse and a fyre brand that went betwenae the sayde peces And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fâ—oÌ„ the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates the kenytes the kenizites the â—admonites the Bethites the Pherezites the Raphaâ—â—s the Amoiytes the Canaanites the Gergesues and the Iebusites The .xvi. Chapter SArai Abrams wyfe bare him no childerne But she had an hand mayde an Egiptian whese name was â—agar Wherfore she sayde vnto Abram Beholde the LORde hath closed me that I can not bere I praye the god in vnto my mayde peradueÌ„ture I shall be multiplyed by meanes of her And Abram herde the voyce of Sarai Than Sarai Abrams wife toke Hagar hyr mayde the Egitian after Abram had dwelled â–ª â— yere â—n the lande of Canaanâ— and gaue her to hyr husbonde Abram to be his wyfe And he wente in vnto Hagar she conceaved And when she sawe that she had conceyved hyr mastresse was despised in hyr syghte Than sayd Sarai vnto Abram Thou dost me vnrighte for I haue geuen my mayde into thy bosome now because she seyth that she hath coÌ„ceaved I am despysed in hyr syghte the LORde iudge betwene the and me Than sayde AbraÌ„ to Sarai â–ª beholde thy mayde is in thy hande do with hyr as it pleaseth the. And because Sarai fared foule with her she fled from her And the angell of the LORde founde her besyde a fountayne of water in the wyldernes euen by a well in the way to Sur. And he sayde â–ª Hagar Sarais mayde whence comest thou and whether wylt thou goo And she answered I flee from my mastresse Sarai And the angell of the LORde sayde vnto her returne to thy mastresse agayne submytte thy selfe vnder her handes And the angell of yâ— LORde sayde vnto hâ—â— I will so encrease thy seed that it shall noâ— be numbred for multitude And the LORdes angell sayd further vnto her se thou art wyth childe and shalt bere a sonne and shalt caâ—â— his name Ismael because the LORDE hath herde thy tribulation â—e will be a wylde man and his hande will be agenst every man euery mans hande agenst him And yet shall he dwell faste by all his brothren And she called the name of the LORde that spake vnto her thou art the God that lokest on me for she sayde I haue of a suertie sene here the backe parties of him that seith me Wherfore she called the well the well of the lyuynge that seith me which well is betwene Cades Bared And Hagar bare Abram a sonne and Abram called his sons name which Hagar bare Ismaell And Abram was .lxxxvi. yere olde when Hagar bare him Ismael ¶ The .xvij. Chapter WHen Abram was nynetye yere olde ix the LORde apeared to hym sayenge I am the almyghtie God walfe be fore me aÌ„d be vncorrupte And I wyll make my bonde betwene the and me and wyll multiplye the excedyngly And AbraÌ„ fell on his face And God talked moreover with hym saynge I am beholde my testameÌ„t is with the that thou shalt be a father of many natioÌ„s Therfore shalt thou no more be called Abram but thy name shal be Abraham for a father of many nations haue I made the and I will multiplye the excedyngly and wyll make nations of the yee and lynges shall sprynge out of the. Moreover I will make my bonde betwene me and the and thy seed after the in their tymes to be an everlastynge testament So that I wyll be God vnto the and to thy seed after the. And I will geue vnto the aÌ„d to thy seed after the the lande where in thou arte a straunger Euen all the lande of Canaan foran everlastynge possession and wil be their God And God sayde vnto AbrahaÌ„ So thou kepe my testamente both thou thy seed after the in their tymes This is my testamente which ye shall kepe betwene me and you and thy seed after the that ye circuÌ„cyse all youre men childern ye shall circumcyse the foreskynne of youre flesh aÌ„d it shal be a token of the bond betwixte me and you And euery manchilde when it is viij dayes olde shal be circuÌ„cysed amonge you in youre generations and all sernauntes also borne at home or boughte with money though they be straungers and not of thy seed The seruaunte borne in thy housse aÌ„d he also that is bought with money must needes be circumcysed that my testament may be in youre flesh for an everlastinge bonde Yf there be any vncircuncysed manchilde that hath not the forskynne of his flesh cutt of his soule shall perish from his people because he hath brokeÌ„ my testameÌ„t And God sayde vnto Abraham Sarai thy wyfe shall no more be called Sarai but Sara shall hir name be for I will blesse her gâ—ue the a sonne of her and will blesse her so that people ye and kynges of people shall spriâ—ge of her And Abraham fell vpon his face aÌ„â— laughte and sayd in his harte shall a childe be borne vnto hym that is an hundred yere olde aÌ„d shall Sara that is nynetie yere olde bereâ— And AbrahaÌ„ sayde vnto God O that Ismaell myghte lyve in thy syghte TheÌ„ sayde God na Sara thy wife shall bere the a sonneaÌ„d thou shalt call his name Isaac And I will make my bonde with him that it shall be an everlastynge bonde vnto his seed after him And as concernynge Ismaell also I haue herde thy request loo I will blesse him and encrease him and multiplye him excedyngly Twelve prynces shall he begete and I will make a great nation of him But my bonde will I make with Isaac which Sara shall bere vn to the even this tyme twelue moneth And God left of talkynge with him and departed vp from Abraham And Abraham toke Ismaell his sonne all the servauntes borne in his housse and all that was bought with money as many as were menchildren amonge the meÌ„ of AbrahaÌ„s housse and circumcysed the foreskynne of their flesh even the selfe same daye as God had sayde vnto him Abraham was nynetie yere olde and .ix. when he cutt of the foreskynne of his flesh And Ismaell his sonne was .xiij. yere olde when the foreskynne of hys flesh was circumcysed The selfe same daâ—e was AbrahaÌ„ circuÌ„cised Ismael his sonâ—e And all the men in his housse whether they were borne in his housse or bought wyth money though they were straungers were circumcysed with him ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ANd the LORde apeared vnto him in the okegrove of Mamre as he sat in his tent dore in the heate of the daye And he lyfte vp his eyes and looked aÌ„d lo thre men stode not farr
eyes of these men we wyll not come And Moses waxed very angrye and sayed vnto the Lorde Turne not vnto their offerynges I haue not taken so moch as an asse Can ourepre lates so saye from them nether haue vexed any of them Then Moses sayed vnto Corah Be thou aÌ„d all thy companye before the Lorde both thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery man his censer and put cens in them come before the Lorde euery man with hys censer two hundred and fyftie censers and Aaron with his censer And they toke euery man his censer and put fyre in them layed cens thereon and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and Moses Aaron also And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agenst them vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And the glorye of the Lorde appered vnto all the congregacion And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge separate youre selues from this congregacion that I maye consume them a tonce And they fell apon their faces and sayed O most myghtie God of the spirites of all fleshe one maÌ„ hath synned and wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the congregacion and saye Gett you awaye from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vpp and went vnto Dathan AbiraÌ„ the elders of Israel folowed him And he spake vnto the congregacyon sayenge departe from the tentes of these weked men and twyche nothinge of theres lest ye peryshe in all there synnes And they gate them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And Dathan and Abiram came out stode in the dore of there teÌ„tes with their wyues their sonnes and their childern And Moses sayed Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to doo all the se workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne mynde Yf these men dye the comon deth of all men or yf they be visyted after the visitacion of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me But and yf the Lorde make a newe thinge and the erth open hir mouthe and swalowe them and all that pertayne vnto them so that they goo doune quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstoÌ„d that these meÌ„ haue rayled apon the Lorde And as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde claâ—e a sunder that was vnder them and yâ— erth opened hir mouthe and swalowed them and their housses and all the meÌ„ that were with Corah and all their goodes And they and all that pertayned vnto them went doune alyue vnto hell and the erthe closed apon them and they peryshed from amonge the congregacyon And all Israel that were aboute them fledde at the crye of them For they sayed The erthe myghte happelye swalowe vs also And there came oute a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred and fyftye men that offred cens And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto Eleazer the sonne of Aaron the preaste and let him take vppe the censers oute of the burnynge and scater the fyre here and there for the censers of these synners are halowed in theyr deethes and let them be beten in to thyne plaâ—es and fastened apon the altare For they offred theÌ„ before the Lorde and therfore they are holye and they shal be a sygne vnto the childern of Israel And Eleazar the preast toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them and fastened them vppon the altare to be a remembraunce vnto the childern of Israel that no straunger whiche is not of the seed of Aaron come nere to offer cens before the Lorde that he be not made like vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayed vnto him by the hande of Moses And on the morowe all the multitude of the childern of Israell murmured agenste Moses and Aaron sayenge ye haue kylled the people of the Lorde And when the multitude was gathered agenste Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of witnesse And beholde the cloude had couered it and the glorye of the Lorde appeared And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of witnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Gett you from this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckelye And they fell apon theyr faces And Moses sayde vnto Aaron take a censer and put fyre therein out of the alter and poure on cens and goo quyckly vnto the coÌ„gregacion and make an attonement for theÌ„ For there is wrath gone oute from the Lorde and there is a plage begone And Aaron toke as Moses commaunded him and ran vnto the congregacion and beholde the plage was begone amonge the people and he put on cens and made an attonement for the people And he stode betwene the deed and them that were alyue and the plage ceased And the numbre of them that dyed in the plage were .xiiij. thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynes of Corah And Aaron went agayne vnto Moses vnto the dore off the tabernacle of witnesse and the plage ceased ¶ The .xvij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel and take of them for euery pryncypall housse a rod of their princes ouer the housses of their fathers euen .xij. roddes and wryte euery mans name apon his rod. And wryte Aarons name apon the staffe of Leui for euery heedman ouer the housses of their fathers shall haue a rod. And put theÌ„ in the tabernacle of witnesse where I wyll mete you And his rod whom I chose shall blossome So I wyll make cease from me the grudgynges of the childern of Israel which they grudge agenst you And Moses spake vnto the childern off Israel and all the prynces gaue him for euery prynce ouer their fathers housses a rod euen xij roddes and the rod of Aaron was amonge the rodes And Moses put yâ— roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse And on the morowe Moses went in to the tabernacle and beholde the rod of Aaron of the housse of Leui was budded bare blosomes and almondes And Moses broughte out all the staues from before the Lorde vnto all the childern of Israel thei loked apon them and toke euery man his staffe And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the witnesse to be kepte for a token vnto the childern of re bellyon that their murmurynges maye ceasse frome that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him And the childern of Israel spake vnto Moses sayenge beholde we are destroyed and all come to nought for whosoeuer cometh nyethe dwellynge of the Lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume awaye ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayed vnto Aaron â–ª Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers housse with the shall bere the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And