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New Testament, 1526. William Tyndale, The newe Testament as it was written and caused to be written by them which herde yt. To whom also oure saveour Christ Jesus commaunded that they shulde preache it unto al creatures. 1526
Chapter 1 1 In the begynnynge God created heaven and erth. 2 The erth was voyde and emptie ad darcknesse was vpon the depe and the spirite of god moved vpon the water 3 Than God sayd: let there be lyghte and there was lyghte. 4 And God sawe the lyghte that it was good: and devyded the lyghte from the darcknesse 5 and called the lyghte daye and the darcknesse nyghte: and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the fyrst daye 6 And God sayd: let there be a fyrmament betwene the waters ad let it devyde the waters a sonder. 7 Than God made the fyrmament and parted the waters which were vnder the fyrmament from the waters that were above the fyrmament: And it was so. 8 And God called the fyrmament heaven And so of the evenynge and morninge was made the seconde daye 9 And God sayd let the waters that are vnder heaven gather them selves vnto one place that the drye londe may appere: And it came so to passe. 10 And god called the drye lande the erth and the gatheringe togyther of waters called he the see. And God sawe that it was good 11 And God sayd: let the erth bringe forth herbe and grasse that sowe seed and frutefull trees that bere frute every one in his kynde havynge their seed in them selves vpon the erth. And it came so to passe: 12 ad the erth brought forth herbe and grasse sowenge seed every one in his kynde and trees berynge frute and havynge their seed in the selves every one in his kynde. And God sawe that it was good: 13 and the of the evenynge and mornynge was made the thyrde daye. 14 Than sayd God: let there be lyghtes in ye firmament of heaven to devyde the daye fro the nyghte that they may be vnto sygnes seasons days and yeares. 15 And let them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heave to shyne vpon the erth. and so it was. 16 And God made two great lyghtes A greater lyghte to rule the daye and a lesse lyghte to rule the nyghte and he made sterres also. 17 And God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne vpon the erth 18 and to rule the daye and the nyghte ad to devyde the lyghte from darcknesse. And god sawe yt it was good: 19 and so of the evenynge ad mornynge was made the fourth daye. 20 And God sayd let the water bryng forth creatures that move and have lyfe and foules for to flee over the erth vnder the fyrmament of heaven. 21 And God created greate whalles and all maner of creatures that lyve and moue which the waters brought forth in their kindes ad all maner of federed foules in their kyndes. And God sawe that it was good: 22 and God blessed them saynge. Growe and multiplye ad fyll the waters of the sees and let the foules multiplye vpo the erth. 23 And so of the evenynge and morninge was made the fyfth daye. 24 And God sayd: leth the erth bring forth lyvynge creatures in thir kyndes: catell and wormes and beastes of the erth in their kyndes and so it came to passe. 25 And god made the beastes of the erth in their kyndes and catell in their kyndes ad all maner wormes of the erth in their kyndes: and God sawe that it was good.
26 And God sayd: let vs make man in oure symilitude ad after oure lycknesse: that he may have rule over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over catell and over all the erth and over all wormes that crepe on the erth. 27 And God created man after hys lycknesse after the lycknesse of god created he him: male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them and God sayd vnto them. Growe and multiplye and fyll the erth and subdue it and have domynyon over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over all the beastes that move on the erth. 29 And God sayd: se I have geven yow all herbes that sowe seed which are on all the erth and all maner trees that haue frute in them and sowe seed: to be meate for yow 30 and for all beastes of the erth and vnto all foules of the ayre and vnto all that crepeth on the erth where in is lyfe that they may haue all maner herbes and grasse for to eate and even so it was. 31 And God behelde al that he had made ad loo they were exceadynge good: and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the syxth daye Chapter 2 1 Thus was heave and erth fynished wyth all their apparell: 2 ad i ye seueth daye god ended hys worke which he had made and rested in ye seventh daye fro all his workes which he had made. 3 And God blessed ye seventh daye and sanctyfyed it for in it he rested from all his workes which he had created and made. 4 These are the generations of heaven and erth when they were created in the tyme when the LORde God created heaven and erth 5 and all the shrubbes of the felde be fore they were in the erthe. And all the herbes of the felde before they sprange: for the LORde God had yet sent no rayne vpon the erth nether was there yet any man to tylle the erth. 6 But there arose a myste out of the ground and watered all the face of the erth: 7 Then the LORde God shope man even of the moulde of the erth and brethed into his face the breth of lyfe. So man was made a lyvynge soule. 8 The LORde God also planted a garden in Eden from the begynnynge and there he sette man whom he had formed. 9 And the LORde God made to sprynge out of the erth all maner trees bewtyfull to the syghte and pleasant to eate and the tree of lyfe in the middes of the garden: and also the tree of knowlege of good and euell. 10 And there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the garden and thence devided it selfe and grewe in to foure principall waters. 11 The name of the one is Phison he it is that compasseth all the lande of heuila where gold groweth. 12 And the gold of that contre ys precious there is found bedellion and a stone called Onix. 13 The name of the seconde ryver is Gihon which compassyth all the lande of Inde. 14 And the name of the thyrde river is Hidekell which runneth on the easte syde of the assyryans And the fourth river is Euphrates. 15 And the LORde God toke Adam and put him in the garden of Eden to dresse it and to kepe it: 16 and the LORde God comaunded Ada saynge: of all the trees of the garde se thou eate. 17 But of the tre of knowlege of good and badd se that thou eate not: for even ye same daye thou eatest of it thou shalt surely dye.
18 And the LORde God sayd: it is not good that man shulde be alone I will make hym an helper to beare him company: 19 And after yt the LORde God had make of the erth all maner beastes of the felde and all maner foules of the ayre he brought them vnto Adam to see what he wold call them. And as Ada called all maner livynge beastes: eve so are their names. 20 And Adam gave names vnto all maner catell and vnto the foules of the ayre and vnto all maner beastes of the felde. But there was no helpe founde vnto Adam to beare him companye 21 Then the LORde God cast a slomber on Adam and he slepte. And then he toke out one of his rybbes and in stede ther of he fylled vp the place with flesh. 22 And the LORde God made of the rybbe which he toke out of Adam a woma and brought her vnto Adam. 23 Then sayd Ada this is once bone of my boones and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called woman: because she was take of the man. 24 For this cause shall a man leve father and mother and cleve vnto his wyfe and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were ether of them naked both Adam and hys wyfe ad were not ashamed: Chapter 3 1 But the serpent was sotyller than all the beastes of the felde which ye LORde God had made and sayd vnto the woman. Ah syr that God hath sayd ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden. 2 And the woman sayd vnto the serpent of the frute of the trees in the garden we may eate 3 but of the frute of the tree yt is in the myddes of the garden (sayd God) se that ye eate not and se that ye touch it not: lest ye dye. 4 Then sayd the serpent vnto the woman: tush ye shall not dye: 5 But God doth knowe that whensoever ye shulde eate of it youre eyes shuld be opened and ye shulde be as God and knowe both good and evell. 6 And the woman sawe that it was a good tree to eate of and lustie vnto the eyes and a pleasant tre for to make wyse. And toke of the frute of it and ate and gaue vnto hir husband also with her and he ate. 7 And the eyes of both them were opened that they vnderstode how that they were naked. Than they sowed fygge leves togedder and made them apurns. 8 And they herd the voyce of the LORde God as he walked in the garde in the coole of the daye. And Adam hyd hymselfe and his wyfe also from the face of the LORde God amonge the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORde God called Adam and sayd vnto him where art thou? 10 And he answered. Thy voyce I harde in the garden but I was afrayd because I was naked and therfore hyd myselfe. 11 And he sayd: who told the that thou wast naked? hast thou eaten of the tree of which I bade the that thou shuldest not eate? 12 And Adam answered. The woman which thou gavest to bere me company she toke me of the tree ad I ate. 13 And the LORde God sayd vnto the woman: wherfore didest thou so? And the woman answered the serpent deceaved me and I ate. 14 And the LORde God sayd vnto the serpet because thou haste so done moste cursed be thou of all catell and of all beastes of the feld: vppo thy bely shalt thou goo: and erth shalt thou eate all dayes of thy lyfe.
15 Morover I will put hatred betwene the and the woman and betwene thy seed and hyr seed. And that seed shall tread the on the heed ad thou shalt tread hit on the hele. 16 And vnto the woman he sayd: I will suerly encrease thy sorow ad make the oft with child and with payne shalt thou be deleverd: And thy lustes shall pertayne vnto thy husbond and he shall rule the. 17 And vnto Ada he sayd: for as moch as thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wyfe and hast eaten of the tree of which I commaunded the saynge: se thou eate not therof: cursed be the erth for thy sake. In sorow shalt thou eate therof all dayes of thy lyfe 18 And it shall beare thornes ad thystels vnto the. And thou shalt eate the herbes of ye feld: 19 In the swete of thy face shalt thou eate brede vntill thou returne vnto the erth whece thou wast take: for erth thou art ad vnto erth shalt thou returne. 20 And Ada called his wyfe Heua because she was the mother of all that lyveth 21 And the LORde God made Adam and hys wyfe garmentes of skynnes and put them on them. 22 And the LORde God sayd: loo Adam is become as it were one of vs in knowlege of good and evell. But now lest he strech forth his hand and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate and lyve ever. 23 And the LORde God cast him out of the garden of Eden to tylle the erth whece he was taken. 24 And he cast Ada out and sette at ye enteringe of the garden Eden Cherubin with a naked swerde movinge in and out to kepe the way to the tree of lyfe. Chapter 4 1 And Adam lay wyth Heua ys wyfe which conceaved and bare Cain and sayd: I haue goten a ma of the LORde. 2 And she proceded forth and bare hys brother Abell: And Abell became a sheperde And Cain became a ploweman. 3 And it fortuned in processe of tyme that Cain brought of the frute of the erth: an offerynge vnto the LORde. 4 And Abell he brought also of the fyrstlynges of hys shepe and of the fatt of them. And the LORde loked vnto Abell and to his offeynge: 5 but vnto Cain and vnto his offrynge looked he not. And Cain was wroth exceadingly and loured. 6 And the LORde sayd vnto Cain: why art thou angry and why loureste thou? Wotest thou not yf thou dost well thou shalt receave it? 7 But and yf thou dost evell by and by thy synne lyeth open in the dore. Not withstondyng let it be subdued vnto the ad see thou rule it. 8 And Cain talked wyth Abell his brother.And as soone as they were in the feldes Cain fell vppon Abell his brother and slewe hym 9 And ye LORde sayd vnto Cain: where is Abell thy brother? And he sayd: I can not tell am I my brothers keper? 10 And he sayd: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers bloud cryeth vnto me out of the erth. 11 And now cursed be thou as pertaynyng to the erth which opened hyr mouth to receaue thy brothers bloud of thyne hande. 12 For when thou tyllest the grounde she shall heceforth not geve hyr power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt thou be vpon the erth. 13 And Cain sayd vnto the LORde: my synne is greater then that it may be forgeven.
14 Beholde thou castest me out thys day from of the face of the erth and fro thy syghte must I hyde my selfe ad I must be wandrynge and a vagabunde vpon the erth: Morover whosoever fyndeth me wyll kyll me, 15 And the LORde sayd vnto hi Not so but whosoever sleyth Cain shalbe punyshed .vij. folde. And ye LORde put a marke vpo Cain that no ma yt founde hym shulde kyll hym. 16 And Cain went out fro the face of the LORde and dwelt in the lande Nod on the east syde of Eden. 17 And Cain laye wyth hys wyfe which conceaved and bare Henoch. And he was buyldinge a cyte and called the name of it after the name of hys sonne Henoch. 18 And Henoch begat Irad. And Irad begat Mahuiael. And Mahuiael begat Mathusael. And Mathusael begat Lamech. 19 And Lamech toke hym two wyves: the one was called Ada and the other Zilla. 20 And Ada bare Iabal of whome came they that dwell in tentes ad possesse catell. 21 And hys brothers name was Iubal: of hym came all that excercyse them selves on the harpe and on the organs 22 And Zilla she also bare Tubalcain a worker in metall and a father of all that grave in brasse and yeron. And Tubalcains syster was called Naema. 23 Then sayd Lamech vnto hys wyves Ada ad Zilla: heare my voyce ye wyves of Lamech and herken vnto my wordes for I haue slayne a man and wounded my selfe and haue slayn a yongman and gotte my selfe strypes: 24 For Cain shall be avenged sevenfolde: but Lamech seventie tymes sevenfolde. 25 Adam also laye with hys wyfe yet agayne and she bare a sonne ad called hys name Seth For god (sayd she) hath geven me a nother sonne For Abell whom Cain slewe. 26 And Seth begat a sonne and called hys name Enos. And in that tyme began men to call on the name of the LORde. Chapter 5 1 Thys is the boke of the generacion of man In the daye when God created man and made hym after the symilytude of god 2 Male and female made he the and called their names man in the daye when they were created. 3 And when Adam was an hundred and thyrty yere old he begat a sonne after hys lycknesse and symilytude: and called hys name Seth. 4 And the dayes of Adam after he begat Seth were eyght hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 5 and all the dayes of Adam which he lyved were .ix. hundred and .xxx. yere and then he dyed. 6 And Seth lyved an hundred and .v. yeres and begat Enos. 7 And after he had begot Enos he lyved .viij. hundred and .vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 8 And all the dayes of Seth were .ix. hundred and .xij. yere and dyed. 9 And Enos lyved .lxxxx. yere and begat kenan. 10 And Enos after he begat kenan lyved viij. hundred and .xv. yere and begat sonnes and doughters: 11 and all the dayes of Enos were .ix hundred and .v. yere and than he dyed. 12 And kenan lyued .lxx. yere and begat Mahalaliel. 13 And kenan after he had begot Mahalaliel lyved .viij. hundred and .xl. yere and begat sonnes and doughters: 14 and al the dayes of kenan were .ix. hundred and .x. yere and than he dyed. 15 And Mahalaliel lyued .lxv. yere and begat Iared.
16 And Mahalaliel after he had begot Iared lyved .viij. hundred and .xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters: 17 and all the dayes of Mahalalyell were .viij. hundred nynetye and .v. yeare and than he dyed 18 And Iared lyved an hundred and .lxij. yere and begat Henoch: 19 and Iared lyved after he begat Henoch .viij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 20 And all the dayes of Iared were .ix. hundred and .lxij. yere and than he dyed. 21 And Henoch lyved .lxv. yere ad begat Mathusala. 22 And Henoch walked wyth god after he had begot Mathusala .iij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 23 And all the dayes of Henoch were .iij. hundred and .lxv. yere. 24 and than Henoch lyved a godly lyfe and was nomore sene for God toke hym away. 25 And Mathusala lyved an hundred and lxxxvij. yere and begat Lamech: 26 and Mathusala after he had begot Lamech lyved .vij. hundred and .lxxxij. yere ad begat sonnes and doughters. 27 And all the dayes of Methusala were .ix. hundred .lxix yere and than he dyed. 28 And Lamech lyved an hundred .lxxxij. yere and begat a sonne 29 and called hym Noe sayng. This same shall comforte vs: as concernynge oure worke and sorowe of oure handes which we haue aboute the erthe that the LORde hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lyved after he had begot Noe v. hundred nynetie and .v. yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 31 And all the dayes of Lamech were .vij. hundred .lxxvij. yere and than he dyed. 32 And when Noe was .v. hundred yere olde he begat Sem Ham and Iaphet. Chapter 6 1 And it came to passe wha men bega to multiplye apo the erth ad had begot them doughters 2 the sonnes of God sawe the doughters of men that they were fayre and toke vnto them wyves which they best liked amoge the all. 3 And the LORd sayd: My spirite shall not allwaye stryve withe man for they are flesh. Nevertheles I wyll geue them yet space and hundred and .xx. yeres 4 There were tirantes in the world in thos dayes. For after that the children of God had gone in vnto the doughters of men and had begotten them childern the same childern were the mightiest of the world and men of renowne 5 And whan the LORde sawe yt the wekednesse of man was encreased apon the erth and that all the ymaginacion and toughtes of his hert was only evell continually 6 he repented that he had made man apon the erth and sorowed in his hert. 7 And sayd: I wyll destroy mankynde which I haue made fro of the face of the erth: both man beast worme and foule of the ayre for it repeteth me that I haue made them. 8 But yet Noe found grace in the syghte of the LORde. 9 These are the generatios of Noe. Noe was a righteous man and vncorrupte in his tyme and walked wyth god. 10 And Noe begat .iij. sonnes: Sem Ham and Iapheth. 11 And the erth was corrupte in the syghte of god and was full of mischefe. 12 And God loked vpon the erth ad loo it was corrupte: for all flesh had corrupte his way vppon the erth. 13 Than sayd God to Noe: the end of all flesh is come before me for the erth is full of there myschefe. And loo I wyll destroy them with the erth.
14 Make the an arcke of pyne tree and make chaumbers in the arcke and pytch it wythin and wythout wyth pytch. 15 And of this facion shalt thou make it.The lenth of the arcke shall be .iij. hundred cubytes ad the bredth of it .l. cubytes and the heyth of it .xxx. cubytes. 16 A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in the arcke. And wythin a cubyte compasse shalt thou finysh it.And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette in ye syde of it: and thou shalt make it with .iij loftes one aboue an other. 17 For behold I wil bringe in a floud of water apon the erth to destroy all flesh from vnder heaven wherin breth of life is so that all that is in the erth shall perish. 18 But I will make myne apoyntement with the that both thou shalt come in to ye arcke and thy sonnes thy wyfe and thy sonnes wyves with the. 19 And of all that lyveth what soever flesh it be shalt thou brynge in to the arcke of every thynge a payre to kepe them a lyve wyth the. And male and female 20 se that they be of byrdes in their kynde and of beastes in their kynde and of all maner of wormes of the erth in their kinde: a payre of every thinge shall come vnto the to kepe them a lyve. 21 And take vnto the of all maner of meate yt may be eaten and laye it vp in stoore by the that it may be meate both for ye and for the: 22 and Noe dyd acordynge to all that God commaunded hym. Chapter 7 1 And the LORde sayd vnto Noe: goo in to the arcke both thou and all thy houssold. For the haue I sene rightuous before me in thys generacion. 2 Of all clene beastes take vnto the .vij. of every kynde the male and hys female And of vnclene beastes a payre the male and hys female: 3 lykewyse of the byrdes of the ayre vij. of every kynde male and female to save seed vppon all the erth. 4 For .vij. dayes hence wyll I send rayne vppo the erth .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes and wyll dystroy all maner of thynges that I haue made from of the face of the erth.. 5 And Noe dyd acordynge to all yt the lorde comaunded hym: 6 and Noe was .vi. hundred yere olde when the floud of water came vppon the erth: 7 and Noe went and his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyves wyth hym in to the arke from the waters of the floud. 8 And of clene beastes and of beastes that ware vnclene and of byrdes and of all that crepeth vppo the erth 9 came in by cooples of every kynde vnto Noe in to the arke: a male and a female: even as God commaunded Noe. 10 And the seventh daye the waters of the floud came vppon the erth. 11 In the .vi. hundred yere of Noes lyfe in the secode moneth in the .xvij daye of the moneth yt same daye were all the founteynes of the grete depe broken vp and the wyndowes of heave were opened 12 ad there fell a rayne vpon the erth .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes. 13 And the selfe same daye went Noe Sem Ham and Iapheth Noes sonnes and Noes wyfe and the .iij. wyues of his sonnes wyth them in to the arke: 14 both they and all maner of beastes in their kide and all maner of catell in their kynde and all maner of wormes that crepe vppon the erth in their kynde and all maner of byrdes in there kynde. and all maner off foules what soever had feders. 15 And they came vnto Noe in to the arke by cooples of all flesh yt had breth of lyfe in it. 16 And they that came came male ad female of every flesh acordige as God comaunded hym: and ye LORde shytt the dore vppo him
17 And the floud came .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes vppon the erth and the water increased and bare vp the arcke ad it was lifte vp from of the erth 18 And the water prevayled and increased exceadingly vppon the erth: and the arke went vppo he toppe of the waters. 19 And the waters prevayled excedingly above mesure vppo the erth so that all the hye hylles which are vnder all the partes of heaven were covered: 20 eve .xv. cubytes hye prevayled the waters so that the hylles were covered. 21 And all fleshe that moved on the erth bothe birdes catell and beastes perisshed with al that crepte on the erth and all men: 22 so that all that had the breth of liffe in the nostrels of it thorow out all that was on drye lond dyed. 23 Thus was destroyed all that was vppo the erth both man beastes wormes and foules of the ayre so that they were destroyed from the erth: save Noe was reserved only and they that were wyth hym in the arke. 24 And the waters prevayled vppon the erth an hundred and fyftye dayes. Chapter 8 1 And god remebred Noe and all ye beastes and all ye catell yt were with hi in ye arke And god made a wynde to blow vppo ye erth and ye waters ceased: 2 ad ye fountaynes of the depe ad the wyndowes of heave were stopte and the rayne of heaven was forbidde 3 and the waters returned from of ye erth ad abated after the ende of an hundred and .l. dayes. 4 And the arke rested vppo the mountayns of Ararat the .xvij. daye of the .vij. moneth. 5 And the waters went away ad decreased vntyll the x. moneth. And the fyrst daye of the tenth moneth the toppes of the mounteyns appered. 6 And after the ende of .xl. dayes. Noe opened the wyndow of the arke which he had made 7 ad sent forth a raven which went out ever goinge and cominge agayne vntyll the waters were dreyed vpp vppon the erth 8 Then sent he forth a doue from hym to wete whether the waters were fallen from of the erth. 9 And when the doue coude fynde no restinge place for hyr fote she returned to him agayne vnto the arke for the waters were vppon the face of all the erth. And he put out hys honde and toke her and pulled hyr to hym in to the arke 10 And he abode yet .vij. dayes mo and sent out the doue agayne out of the arke 11 And the doue came to hym agayne aboute eventyde and beholde: There was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she had plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters wer abated vppon the erth. 12 And he taried yet .vij. other dayes and sent forth the doue which from thence forth came no more agayne to him. 13 And it came to passe the syxte hundred and one yere and the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth that the waters were dryed vpp apon the erth. And Noe toke off the hatches of the arke and loked: And beholde the face of the erth was drye. 14 so by the .xxvij. daye of the seconde moneth the erth was drye. 15 And God spake vnto Noe saynge: 16 come out of the arcke both thou and thy wyfe ad thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the.
17 And all the beastes that are with the whatsoever flesh it be both foule and catell and all maner wormes that crepe on the erth brynge out with the and let them moue growe ad multiplye vppon the erth. 18 And Noe came out ad his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues with hym. 19 And all the beastes and all the wormes and all the foules and all that moved vppon the erth came also out of the arke all of one kynde together. 20 And Noe made an aulter vnto the LORDE and toke of all maner of clene beastes and all maner of clene foules and offred sacrifyce vppon the aulter. 21 And the LORDE smellyd a swete savoure and sayd in his hert: I wyll henceforth no more curse the erth for mannes sake for the imagynacion of mannes hert is evell even from the very youth of hym. Morover I wyll not destroy from henceforth all that lyveth as I haue done. 22 Nether shall sowynge tyme and harvest colde and hete somere and wynter daye and nyghte ceasse as longe as the erth endureth. Chapter 9 1 And God blessed Noe and his sonnes and sayd vnto them: Increase and multiplye and fyll the erth. 2 The feare also and drede of yow be vppon all beastes of the erth and vppon all foules of the ayre ad vppon all that crepeth on the erth and vppon all fyshes of the see which are geven vnto youre handes 3 And all that moveth vppon the erth havynge lyfe shall be youre meate: Euen as ye grene herbes so geue I yow all thynge. 4 Only the flesh with his life which is his bloud se that ye eate not. 5 For verely the bloude of yow wherein youre lyves are wyll I requyre: Eue of the hande of all beastes wyll I requyre it And of the hande of man and of the hand off euery mannes brother wyll I requyre the lyfe of man: 6 so yt he which shedeth mannes bloude shall haue hys bloud shed by man agayne: for God made man after his awne lycknesse. 7 See that ye encrease and waxe and be occupyde vppon the erth and multiplye therein. 8 Farthermore God spake vnto Noe and to hys sonnes wyth hym saynge: 9 see I make my bod wyth you and youre seed after you 10 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. 11 I make my bonde wyth yow that hence forth all flesh shall not be destroyed wyth yt waters of any floud ad yt hence forth there shall not be a floud to destroy the erth. 12 And God sayd. This is the token of my bode which I make betwene me and yow ad betwene all lyvynge thyng that is with yow for ever: 13 I wyll sette my bowe in the cloudes and it shall be a sygne of the appoyntment made betwene me and the erth: 14 So that when I brynge in cloudes vpo ye erth the bowe shall appere in ye cloudes. 15 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. So that henceforth there shall be no more waters to make a floud to destroy all flesh. 16 The bowe shalbe in the cloudes and I wyll loke vpon it to remembre the euerlastynge testament betwene God and all that lyveth vppon the erth what soeuer flesh it be. 17 And God sayd vnto Noe: This is the sygne of the testament which I have made betwene me and all flesh yt is on the erth.
18 The sonnes of Noe that came out of the arke were: Sem Ham and Iapheth. And Ham he is the father of Canaa. 19 These are the .iij. sonnes of Noe and of these was all the world overspred. 20 And Noe beynge an husbad man went furth and planted a vyneyarde 21 and drancke of the wyne and was droncke and laye vncouered in the myddest of his tet. 22 And Ham the father of Canaan sawe his fathers prevytees and tolde his ij. brethren that were wythout. 23 And Sem and Iapheth toke a mantell and put it on both there shulders ad went backward ad covered there fathers secrets but there faces were backward So that they sawe not there fathers nakydnes. 24 As soone as Noe was awaked fro his wyne and wyst what his yongest sonne had done vnto hym 25 he sayd: cursed be Canaan ad a seruante, of all seruantes be he to his brethren. 26 And he sayd: Blessed be the LORde God of Se and Canaan be his seruante. 27 God increase Iapheth that he may dwelle in the tentes of Sem. And Canaan be their seruante. 28 And Noe lyved after the floude .iij. hundred and .l. yere: So that all the dayes of Noe were ix. hundred and .l. yere ad than he dyed. Chapter 10 1 These are the generations of the sonnes of Noe: of Sem Ham and Iapheth which begat them children after the floude. 2 The sonnes of Iapheth were: Gomyr Magog Madai Iauan Tuball Mesech and Thyras. 3 And the sonnes of Gomyr were: Ascenas Riphat and Togarina. 4 And the sonnes of Iauan were: Elisa Tharsis Cithun and Dodanim. 5 Of these came the Iles of the gentylls in there contres every man in his speach kynred and nation. 6 The sonnes of Ham were: Chus Misraim Phut and Canaan. 7 The sonnes of Chus: were Seba Hevila Sabta Rayma and Sabtema. And the sonnes of Rayma were: Sheba and Dedan. 8 Chus also begot Nemrod which bega to be myghtye in the erth. 9 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. 10 And the begynnynge of hys kyngdome was Babell Erech Achad and Chalne in the lande of Synear: 11 Out of that lande came Assur and buylded Ninyue and the cyte rehoboth and Calah 12 And Ressen betwene Ninyue ad Chalah. That is a grete cyte. 13 And Mizraim begat Iudun Enamim Leabim Naphtuhim 14 Pathrusim and Castuhim: from whence came the Philystyns and the Capthiherynes. 15 Canaan also begat zidon his eldest sonne and Heth 16 Iebusi Emori Girgosi 17 Hiui Arki Sini 18 Aruadi Zemari and hamari. And afterward sprange the kynreds of the Canaanytes 19 And the costes of the Canaanytes were fro Sydon tyll thou come to Gerara and to Asa and tyll thou come to Sodoma Gomorra Adama Zeboim: eve vnto Lasa. 20 These were the chyldre of Ham in there kynreddes tonges landes and nations. 21 And Sem the father of all ye childre of Eber and the eldest brother of Iapheth begat children also. 22 And his sonnes were: Elam Assur Arphachsad Lud ad Aram.
23 And ye childree of Aram were: Vz Hul Gether and Mas 24 And Arphachsad begat Sala and Sala begat Eber. 25 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 Iaketanr 26 Iaketan begat Almodad Saleph Hyzarmoneth Iarah 27 Hadoram Vsal Dikela 28 Obal Abimach Seba 29 Ophir Heuila and Iobab. All these are the sonnes of Iaketan. 30 And the dwellynge of them was from Mesa vntill thou come vnto Sephara a mountayne of the easte lande. 31 These are the sonnes o Sem in their kynreddes languages contrees and nations. 32 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. Chapter 11 1 And all the world was of one tonge and one language. 2 And as they came from the east they founde a playne in the lande of Synear and there they dwelled. 3 And they sayd one to a nother: come on let us make brycke ad burne it wyth fyre. So brycke was there stone and slyme was there morter 4 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. 5 And the LORde came downe to see the cyte and the toure which the childern of Ada had buylded. 6 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. 7 Come on let vs descende and myngell theire tonge even there that one vnderstonde not what a nother sayeth. 8 Thus ye LORde skatered them from thence vppon all the erth. And they left of to buylde the cyte. 9 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. 10 These are the generations of Sem: Se was an hundred yere olde and begat Arcphachsad ij. yere after the floude. 11 And Se lyved after he had begot Arphachsad .v. hundred yere an begat sonnes and doughters. 12 And Arphacsad lyued .xxxv. yere and begat Sala 13 and lyved after he had begot Sala iiij. hudred yere and .iij and begat sonnes and doughters. 14 And Sala was .xxx. yere old and begat Eber 15 ad lyued after he had begot Eber .iiij. hudred and thre yere ad begat sonnes and doughters 16 When Eber was .xxxiiij. yere olde he begat Peleg 17 and lyued after he had begot Peleg foure hundred and .xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 18 And Peleg when he was .xxx. yere olde begat Regu 19 and lyued after he had begot Regu. ij. hundred and .ix. yere and begat sonnes and doughters.
20 And Regu when he had lyued .xxxij. yere begat Serug 21 and lyued after he had begot Serug .ij. hundred and .vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 22 And when Serug was .xxx. yere olde he begat Nahor 23 and lyued after he had begot Nahor .ij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 24 And Nahor when he was .xxix. yere olde begat Terah 25 and lyved after he had begot Terah an hundred and .xix. yere and begat sonnes and doughters. 26 And when Terah was .lxx. yere olde he begat Abram Nahor and Haran. 27 And these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram Nahor and Haran. And Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran dyed before Terah his father in the londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea. 29 And Abram and Nahor toke them wyves. Abras wyfe was called Sarai. And Nahors wyfe Mylca the doughter of Haran which was father of Milca ad of Iisca. 30 But Sarai was baren and had no childe. 31 Than toke Terah Abram his sonne and Lot his sonne Harans sonne and Sarai his doughter in lawe his sone Abrams wyfe. And they went wyth hym from Vr in Chaldea to go in to the lade of Chanaan. And they came to Haran and dwelled there. 32 And when Terah was ij. hundred yere old and .v. he dyed in Haran. Chapter 12 1 Then the LORde sayd vnto Abra Gett the out of thy contre and from thy kynred and out of thy fathers house into a londe which I wyll shewe the. 2 And I wyll make of the a myghtie people and wyll blesse the and make thy name grete that thou mayst be a blessinge. 3 And I wyll blesse the that blesse the ad curse the that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erth. 4 And Abram wet as the LORde badd hym and Lot went wyth him. Abram was .lxxv. yere olde when he went out of Haran. 5 And Abram toke Sarai his wyfe ad Lot his brothers sonne wyth all their goodes which they had goten and soulles which they had begoten in Haran. And they departed to goo in to the lade of Chanaan. And when they were come in to the lande of Chanaan 6 Abram went furth in to the lade tyll he came vnto a place called Sychem and vnto the oke of More. And the Canaanytes dwelled then in the lande. 7 Then the LORde apeared vnto Abram ad sayd: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys lade. And he buylded an aultere there vnto the LORDE which apeared to hym. 8 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 east: And he buylded there an aulter vnto the LORde and called on the name of ye LORde. 9 And than Abram departed and toke his iourney southwarde 10 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. 11 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 to loke apo. 12 It wyll come to passe therfore whe the Egiptians see the that they wyll say: she is his wyfe. And so shall they sley me and save the. 13 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.
14 As soone as he came in to Egipte the Egiptias sawe the woman that she was very fayre. 15 And Pharaos lordes sawe hir also and praysed hir vnto Pharao: So that she was taken in to Pharaos house 16 which entreated Abram well for hir sake so that he had shepe oxsen ad he asses men seruantes mayde seruates she asses and camels. 17 But God plaged Pharao and his house wyth grete plages because of Sarai Abrams wyfe. 18 Then Pharao called Abram and sayd: why hast thou thus dealt with me? Wherfore toldest thou me not that she was thy wyfe? 19 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 ad be walkynge. 20 Pharao also gaue a charge vnto his men over Abram to leade hym out wyth his wyfe and all that he had. Chapter 13 1 Than Abram departed out of Egipte both he and his wyfe and all that he had and Lot wyth hym vnto the south. 2 Abram was very rych in catell syluer and gold. 3 And he went on his iourney fro the south even vnto BETHEL ad vnto the place where his tente was at the fyrst tyme betwene BETHEL and Ay 4 and vnto the place of the aulter which he made before. And there called Abram vpon the name of the LORde. 5 Lot also which went wyth hym had shepe catell and tentes: 6 so that the londe was not abill to receaue them that they myght dwell together for the substance of their riches was so greate that they coude not dwell together 7 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. 8 Than sayd Abram vnto Lot: let there be no stryfe I praye the betwene the and me and betwene my herdmen and thyne for we be brethren. 9 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. 10 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 and as the lande of Egipte tyll thou come to Zoar. 11 Than Lot chose all the costes of Iordane ad toke hys iourney from the east. And so departed the one brother from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan. And lot in the cytes of the playne and tented tyll he came to Sodome. 13 But the men of sodome were wyked and synned exceadyngly agenst the LORde. 14 And the LORde sayed vnto Abram after that Lot was departed from hym: lyfte vp thyne eyes and loke from ye place where thou art northward southward eastward and westward 15 for all the lande which thou seiste wyll I gyue vnto the and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I wyll make thy seed as the dust of the erth: so that yf a ma can nombre the dust of the erth than shall thy seed also be nombred. 17 Aryse and walke aboute in the lande in the length of it ad in the bredth for I wyll geue it vnto the. 18 Than Abra toke downe hys tente and went and dwelled in the okegrove of Mamre which is in Ebron and buylded there an altar to the LORde.
Chapter 14 1 And it chaunsed within a while that Amraphel kynge of Synear Arioch kynge of Ellasar Kedorlaomer kynge of Elam and Thydeall kynge of the nations: 2 made warre wyth Bera kynge of Sodoh and with Birsa kynge of Gomorra. And wythe Sineab kynge of Adama and with Semeaber kynge of Zeboim and wyth the kynge of Bela Which Bela is called Zoar. 3 All these came together vnto the vale of siddim which is now the salt see 4 Twelve yere were they subiecte to kinge kedorlaomer and in the .xiij. yere rebelled. 5 Therfore in the .xiiij. yere came kedorlaomer and the kynges that were wyth hym and smote the Raphayms in Astarath Karnaim and the Susims in Hain ad the Emyms in Sabe Kariathaim 6 and the Hozyms in their awne mounte Seir vnto the playne of Pharan which bordreth vpon the wyldernesse. 7 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 in Hazezon Thamar. 8 Than went out the kynge of Sodome and the kynge of Gomorra and the kinge of Adama and the kynge of Zeboijm and the kynge of Bela now called Zoar. And sette their men in aray to fyghte wyth them in the vale of siddim that is to say 9 wyth kedorlaomer the kynge of Elam and with Thydeall kynge of the Nations and wyth Amraphel kynge of Synear. And with Arioch kynge of Ellasar: foure kynges agenste v. 10 And that vale of siddim was full of slyme pyttes.And the kynges of Sodome and Gomorra fled and fell there. And the resydue fled to the mountaynes. 11 And they toke all the goodes of Sodome and Gomorra and all their vitalles ad went their waye. 12 And they toke Lot also Abrams brothers sonne and his good (for he dwelled at Sodome) and departed: 13 Than came one that had escaped and tolde Abram the hebrue which dwelled in the okegrove of Mamre the Amoryte brother of Eschol and Aner: which were confederate wyth Abram. 14 When Abram herde that his brother was taken he harnessed his seruantes borne in his owne house .iij. hundred and .xviij. ad folowed tyll they came at Dan. 15 And sette hymselfe ad his seruantes in aray and fell vpon them by nyght and smote them and chased them awaye vnto Hoba: which lyeth on the lefte hande of Damascos 16 and broughte agayne all the goodes and also his brother Lot ad his goodes the weme also and the people. 17 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 which now is called kynges dale. 18 Than Melchisedech kinge of Salem brought forth breed and wyne. And he beynge the prest of the most hyghest God 19 blessed hym saynge. Blessed be Abram vnto the most hyghest God possessor of heauen and erth. 20 And blessed be God the most hyghest which hath delyvered thyne enimies in to thy handes. And Abra gaue hym tythes of all. 21 Than sayd the kynge of Sodome vnto Abram: gyue me the soulles and take the goodes to thy selfe. 22 And Abram answered the kynge of Sodome: I lyfte vpp my hande vnto the LORde God most hygh possessor of heaven ad erth
23 that I will not take of all yt is thyne so moch as a thred or a shoulacher lest thou shuldest saye I haue made Abra ryche. 24 Saue only that which the yonge men haue eaten ad the partes of the men which went wyth me. Aner Escholl and Mamre. Let them take their partes. Chapter 15 1 After these deades ye worde of God came vnto Abram in a vision saynge feare not Abram I am thy shilde and thy rewarde shalbe exceadynge greate. 2 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. 3 And Abram sayd: se to me hast thou geven no seed: lo a lad borne in my housse shalbe myne heyre. 4 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 shalbe thyne heyre. 5 And he brought him out at the doores ad sayde. Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to nobre them. And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be. 6 And Abram beleved the LORde and it was counted to him for rightwesnes. 7 And he sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vrin Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it. 8 And he sayde: LORde God whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it? 9 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. 10 And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst a nother. But the foules devyded he not. 11 And the byrdes fell on the carcases but Abra droue the awaye. 12 And when the sonne was doune there fell a slomber apon Abram. And loo feare and greate darknesse came apon hym. 13 And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto the. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij. hundred yeares. 14 But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge. And after warde shall they come out wyth greate substace. 15 Neuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age: 16 ad in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full. 17 When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces. 18 And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates: 19 the kenytes the kenizites the Cadmonites 20 the Hethites the Pherezites the Raphaims 21 the Amorytes the Canaanites the Gergesites and the Iebusites. Chapter 16 1 Sarai Abrams wyfe bare him no childerne. But she had an hand mayde an Egiptian whose name was Hagar. 2 Wherfore the sayde vnto Abram. Beholde the LORde hath closed me that I can not bere. I praye the goo in vnto my mayde peradueture I shall be multiplyed by meanes of her And Abram herde the voyce of Sarai. Than Sarai
3 Abrams wife toke Hagar hyr mayde the Egitian (after Abram had dwelled .x. yere in the lande of Canaan) and gaue her to hyr husbonde Abram to be his wyfe. 4 And he wente in vnto Hagar and she conceaved. And when she sawe that she had conceyved hyr mastresse was despised in hyr syghte. 5 Than sayd Sarai vnto Abram: Thou dost me vnrighte for I haue geuen my mayde in to thy bosome: and now because she seyth that she hath coceaved I am despysed in hyr syghte: the LORde iudge betwene the and me. 6 Than sayde Abra to Sarai: 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. 7 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. 8 And he sayde: Hagar Sarais mayde whence comest thou and whether wylt thou goo ? And she answered: I flee from my mastresse Sarai. 9 And the angell of the LORde sayde vnto her: returne to thy mastresse agayne and submytte thy selfe vnder her handes. 10 And the angell of ye LORde sayde vnto her: I will so encrease thy seed that it shall not be numbred for multitude. 11 And the LORdes angell sayd further vnto her: se thou art wyth childe and shalt bere a sonne and shalt call his name Ismael: because the LORDE hath herde thy tribulation. 12 He will be a wylde man and his hande will be agenst every man and euery mans hande agenst him. And yet shall he dwell faste by all his brothren. 13 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. 14 Wherfore she called the well the well of the lyuynge that seith me which well is betwene Cades and Bared. 15 And Hagar bare Abram a sonne and Abram called his sons name which Hagar bare Ismaell. 16 And Abram was .lxxxvi. yere olde when Hagar bare him Ismael. Chapter 17 1 When Abram was nynetye yere olde and ix. the LORde apeared to hym sayenge: I am the almyghtie God: walke before me ad be vncorrupte. 2 And I wyll make my bonde betwene the and me and wyll multiplye the excedyngly. 3 And Abra fell on his face. And God talked moreover with hym saynge: 4 I am beholde my testamet is with the that thou shalt be a father of many natios. 5 Therfore shalt thou no more be called Abram but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made the 6 and I will multiplye the excedyngly and wyll make nations of the: yee and kynges shall sprynge out of the. 7 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. 8 And I will geue vnto the ad to thy seed after the the lande where in thou arte a straunger: Euen all the lande of Canaan for an everlastynge possession and wil be their God. 9 And God sayde vnto Abraha: Se thou kepe my testamente both thou and thy seed after the in their tymes: 10 This is my testamente which ye shall kepe betwene me and you and thy seed after the that ye circucyse all youre men childern ye shall circumcyse 11 the foreskynne of youre flesh ad it shal be a token of the bond betwixte me and you.
12 And euery manchilde when it is viij. dayes olde shal be circucysed amonge you in youre generations and all servauntes also borne at home or boughte with money though they be straungers and not of thy seed. 13 The seruaunte borne in thy housse ad he also that is bought with money must needes be circumcysed that my testament may be in youre flesh for an everlastinge bonde. 14 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 broke my testamet 15 And God sayde vnto Abraham. Sarai thy wyfe shall nomore be called Sarai: but Sara shall hir name be. 16 For I will blesse her and geue the a sonne of her and will blesse her: so that people ye and kynges of people shall springe of her. 17 And Abraham fell vpon his face ad laughte and sayd in his harte: shall a childe be borne vnto hym that is an hundred yere olde ad shall Sara that is nynetie yere olde bere? 18 And Abraha sayde vnto God. O that Ismaell myghte lyve in thy syghte. 19 The sayde God: na Sara thy wife shall bere the a sonne ad 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. 20 And as concernynge Ismaell also I haue herde thy request: loo I will blesse him and encrease him and multiplye him excedyingly. Twelve prynces shall be begete and I will make a great nation of him. 21 But my bonde will I make with Isaac which Sara shall bere vnto the: even this tyme twelue moneth. 22 And God left of talkynge with him and departed vp from Abraham. 23 And Abraham toke Ismaell his sonne and all the servauntes borne in his housse and all that was bought with money as many as were menchildren amonge the me of Abrahas housse and circumcysed the foreskynne of their flesh even the selfe same daye as God had sayde vnto him. 24 Abraham was nynetie yere olde and .ix. when he cutt of the foreskynne of his flesh. 25 And Ismaell his sonne was .xiij. yere olde when the foreskynne of hys flesh was circumcysed. 26 The selfe same daye was Abraha circucised and Ismael his sonne. 27 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. Chapter 18 1 And the LORde apeared vnto him in the okegrove of Mamre as he sat in his tent doze in the heate of the daye. 2 And he lyfte vp his eyes and looked: ad lo thre men stode not farr from hym. And whe he sawe them he ran agenst them from the tent dore and fell to the grounde 3 and sayde: LORde yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght goo not by thi seruaunte. 4 Let a litle water be fett and wash youre fete and rest youre selves vnder the tree: 5 And I will fett a morsell of breed to comforte youre hartes wythall. And tha goo youre wayes for even therfore ar ye come to youre servaunte. And they answered: Do even so as thou hast sayde. 6 And Abraha went a pace in to his tent vnto Sara ad sayde: make redy att once thre peckes of fyne meale kneade it and make cakes. 7 And Abraham ran vnto his beastes and fett a calfe that was tendre and good and gaue it vnto a yonge man which made it redy attonce. 8 And he toke butter and mylcke and the calfe which he had prepared and sett it before them and stode hymselfe by them vnder the tree: and they ate.
9 And they sayde vnto him: Where is Sara thy wife? And he sayde: in the tent. 10 And he sayde: I will come agayne vnto the as soone as the frute can lyue. And loo: Sara thy wife shall haue a sonne. That herde Sara out of the tent doore which was behind his backe. 11 Abraham and Sara were both olde and well stryken in age and it ceased to be with Sara after the maner as it is wyth wyves. 12 And Sara laughed in hir selfe saynge: Now I am waxed olde shall I geue my selfe to lust and my lorde olde also? 13 Than sayd the LORde vnto Abraha: wherfore doth Sara laughe saynge: shal I of a suertie bere a childe now when I am olde? 14 is the thinge to harde for the LORde to do? In the tyme appoynted will I returne vnto the as soone as the frute can haue lyfe And Sara shall haue a sonne. 15 Than Sara denyed it saynge: I laughed not for she was afrayde. But he sayde: yes thou laughtest. 16 Than the men stode vp from thence ad loked towarde Sodome. And Abraham went with them to brynge them on the waye. 17 And the LORde sayde: Can I hyde from Abraham that thinge which I am aboute to do 18 seynge that Abraham shall be a great ad a myghtie people and all the nations of the erth shalbe blessed in him? 19 For I knowe him that he will commaunde his childern and his housholde after him yt they kepe the waye of the LORde to do after righte and conscyence that the LORde may brynge vppon Abraham that he hath promysed him. 20 And the LORde sayde? The crie of Sodome and Gomorra is great and there synne is excedynge grevous. 21 I will go downe and see whether they haue done all to gedder acordynge to that crye which is come vnto me or not that I may knowe. 22 And the me departed thece and went to Sodomeward. But Abraham stode yet before ye LORde 23 and drewe nere and saydeWylt thou destroy the rightwes with the wyked? 24 Yf there be .l. rightwes within the cyte wilt thou destroy it and not spare the place for the sake of .l. rightwes that are therin? 25 That be farre from the that thou shuldest do after thys maner to sley the rightwes with the weked ad that the rightwes shulde be as the weked: that befarre from the. Shulde not the iudge of all ye worlde do acordynge to righte? 26 And the LORde sayde: Yf I fynde in Sodome .l. rightwes within the cyte I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto ye LORde ad yet am but dust ad asshes. 28 What though there lacke .v. of .l. rightwes wylt thou destroy all the cyte for lacke of .v? And he sayde: Yf I fynde there .xl. and .v. I will not destroy them. 29 And he spake vnto him yet agayne and sayde: what yf there be .xl. foude there: And he sayde: I wyll not do it for forties sake. 30 And he sayde: O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake. What yf there be foude .xxx. there? And he sayde: I will not do it yf I finde .xxx. there. 31 And be sayde: Oh se I haue begonne to speake vnto my LORde what yf there be .xx. founde there? And he sayde: I will not distroy the for tweties sake. 32 And he sayde: O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake yet but eue once more only. What yf ten be founde there?. And he sayde: I will not destroy the for .x. sake. 33 And the LORde wet his waye as soone as he had lefte comenynge with Abraha. And Abraham returned vnto his place
Chapter 19 1 And there came .ij. angells to Sodome at euen. And Lot satt at the gate of the cyte. And Lot sawe the and rose vp agaynst them and he bowed hym selfe to he grounde with his face. 2 And he sayde: Se lordes turne in I praye you in to youre servauntes house and tary all nyghte and wash youre fete and ryse vp early and go on youre wayes. And they sayde: nay but we will byde in the streates all nyghte. 3 And he copelled them excedyngly. And they turned in vnto hym and entred in to his house and he made them a feaste and dyd bake swete cakes and they ate. 4 But before they went to rest the men of the cyte of Sodome compassed the house rownde aboute both olde and yonge all the people from all quarters. 5 And they called vnto Lot and sayde vnto him: where are the men which came in to thy house to nyghte? brynge the out unto vs that we may do oure lust with them. 6 And Lot went out at doores vnto them and shote the dore after him 7 and sayde: nay for goddes sake brethren do not so wekedly. 8 Beholde I haue two doughters which haue knowne no man the will I brynge out vnto you: do with them as it semeth you good: Only vnto these men do nothynge for therfore came they vnder the shadowe of my rofe. 9 And they sayde: come hither. And they sayde: camest thou not in to sogeorne and wilt thou be now a iudge? we will suerly deale worse with the than with themAnd as they preased fore vppon Lot and beganne to breake vp the doore 10 the men put forth their handes and pulled Lot in to the house to them and shott to the doore. 11 And the men that were at the doore of the house they smote with blyndnesse both small and greate: so that they coude not fynde the doore. 12 And the men sayde moreover vnto Lot: Yf thou have yet here any sonne in lawe or sonnes or doughters or what so euer thou hast in the cyte brynge it out of this place: 13 for we must destroy this place because the crye of the is great before the LORde. Wherfore he hath sent vs to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe which shulde haue maried his doughters and sayde: stonde vpp and get yow out of this place for the LORde will destroy the cite. But he semed as though he had mocked vnto his sonnes in law. 15 And as the mornynge arose the angells caused Lot to spede him saynge. Stonde vp take thy wyfe and thy two doughters and that that is at hande lest thou perish in the synne of the cyte. 16 And as he prolonged the tyme the men caught both him his wife ad his two doughters by the handes because the LORde was mercyfull vnto him ad they brought him forth and sette him without the cyte. 17 When they had brought them out they sayde: Saue thy lyfe and loke not behynde the nether tary thou in any place of the contre but saue thy selfe in the mountayne lest thou perisshe. 18 Than sayde Lot vnto them: Oh nay my lorde: 19 beholde in as moch as thy servaunte hath fownde grace in thy syghte now make thi mercy great which thou shewest vnto me in savinge my lyfe. For I can not saue my selfe in the mountayns lest some misfortune fall vpon me and I dye. 20 Beholde here is a cyte by to flee vnto and it is a lytle one: let me saue my selfe therein: is it not a litle one that my soule may lyue? 21 And he sayde to him: se I haue receaved thy request as concernynge this thynge that I will nott overthrowe this cytie for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste the ad saue thy selfe there for I can do nothynge tyll thou be come in thyder. And therfore the name of the cyte is called Zoar. 23 And the sone was vppon the erth when Lot was entred in to Zoar. 24 Than the LORde rayned vpon Sodome and Gomorra brymstone and fyre from the LORde out of heaven 25 and overthrewe those cyteis and all the region and all that dwelled in the cytes and that that grewe vpon the erth. 26 And lots wyfe loked behynde her ad was turned in to a pillare of salte. 27 Abraham rose vp early and got him to the place where he stode before the LORde 28 and loked toward Sodome and Gomorra and toward all the londe of that contre. And as he loked: beholde the smoke of the contre arose as it had bene the smoke of a fornace. 29 But yet whe God destroyed the cities of ye regio he thought a pon Abraha: and sent Lot out from the dager of the overthrowenge when he overthrewe the cyttes where Lot dwelled. 30 And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelled in the mountayns ad his .ij. doughters with him for he feared to tary in Zoar: he dweld therfore in a caue both he and his .ij. doughters also. 31 Than sayde the elder vnto the yonger oure father is olde and there are no moo men in the erth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the world. 32 Come therfore let vs geue oure father wyne to dryncke and let vs lye with him that we may saue seed of oure father. 33 And they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same nyghte. And the elder doughter went and laye with her father. And he perceaued it not nether when she laye doune nether when she rose vp. 34 And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the yonger: beholde yesternyghte laye I with my father. Let us geue hym wyne to drinke this nyghte also and goo thou and lye with him and let us saue seed of oure father. 35 And they gaue their father wyne to drincke that nyghte also. And the yonger arose and laye with him. And he perceaved it not: nether when she laye downe nether when she rose vp. 36 Thus were both the doughters of lot with childe by their father 37 And the elder bare a sone and called hym Moab which is the father of the Moabytes vnto this daye. 38 And the yonger bare a sonne and called hym Ben Ammi which is the father of the childern of Ammon vnto this daye. Chapter 20 1 And Abraham departed thence towarde the southcontre and dwelled betwene Cades and Sur ad sogeorned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe that she was his sister. Than Abimelech kynge of Gerar sent and fett Sara awaye. 3 And God came to Abimelech by nyghte in a dreame and sayde to him: Se thou art but a deed man for the womas sake which thou hast taken awaye for she is a mans wyfe. 4 But Abimelech had not yet come nye her and therfore sayde: lorde wilt thou sley rightewes people? 5 sayde not he vnto me that she was hys sister? yee and sayde not she herself that he was hir brother? wyth a pure herte and innocent handes haue I done this. 6 And God sayde vnto him in a dreame. I wot it well that thou dydest it in the purenesse of thi herte. And therfore I kepte ye that thou shuldest not synne agenst me nether suffred I the to come nygh her.