kind of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind: two of every fort fhall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou fhalt gather it to thee; and it fhall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. A CHAP. VII. ND the Lord faid unto Noah, Come thou, and all thy houfe into the ark; for thee have Lfeen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou fhalt take to thee by fevens, the male and his female and of beafts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls alfo of the air by fevens, the male and the female to keep feed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet feven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and every living fubstance that I have made, will I deftroy from off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. dred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his fons, and his wife, and his fons wives with him into the ark, because of the wa ters of the flood. 8 Of clean beafts, and of beafts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth. 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after feven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 In the fix hundredth year of Noah's life, in the fecond month, the seventeenth day of the month, the fame day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days, and forty nights. 13 In the felf-fame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the fons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his fons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beaft after his kind, and all the 6 And Noah was fix hun-cattle after their kind, and 5 every 18 And the waters pre-thing, and all the cattle that vailed, and were increased was with him in the ark: greatly upon the earth and and God made a wind to the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beaft, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man. 22 All in whofe noftrils was the breath of life, of all pass over the earth, and the waters affwaged. 2 The fountains alfo of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was reftrained, 3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. : 4 And the ark rested in the feventh month, on the feventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased con continually until the tenth month in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains feen. 6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. 7 And he fent forth a raven: which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Alfo he fent forth a dove from him, to fee if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground. 9 But the dove found no reft for the fole of her foot, and fhe returned unto him into the ark for the waters were on the face of the whole earth then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. 10 And he stayed yet other feven days and again he fent forth the dove out of the ark. II And the dove came in to him in the evening; and lo, in her mouth was an olive-leaf pluckt off: fo Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet other feven days, and fent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 13 And it came to pass in the fix hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15 And God fpake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark; thou, and thy wife, and thy fons, and thy fons wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh; both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his fons, and his wife, and his fons wives with him. 19 Every beaft, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatfoever creepeth upon the earth after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. 20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord, and L took took of every clean beaft, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord fmelled a sweet favour; and the Lord faid in his heart, I will not again curfe the ground any more for man's fake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again finite any more every thing living, as I have done. thereof, fhall ye not eat. 5 And furely your blood of your lives will I require: at the hand of every beaft will I require it; and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whofo fheddeth man's blood, by man fhall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth 22 While the earth re-abundantly in the earth, and maineth, feed time and har-multiply therein. veft, and cold and heat, and fummer and winter, and day and night fhall not ceafe. CHAP. IX. ND 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his fons with him, faying, 9 And I, behold, I eftamy covenant with you, blifh And God bleed Noal, and with your feed after your Α his fons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenifh the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you fhall be upon every beaft of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the fea; into your hand are they delivered 3 Every moving thing that liveth fhall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But fleth with the life thereof, which is the blood 10 And with every living creature that is with you: of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beaft of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beaft of the earth. II And I will establish my covenant with you: neither fhall all flefh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood: neither fhall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God faid, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 ¶ I do fet my bow in the cloud and it fhall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it fhall come to pafs, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow fhall be feen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters fhall no more become a flood to deftroy all flesh. brethren; and the lad was with the fons of Bilhah, and with the fons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Jofeph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Ifrael loved Jofeph more than all his children, because he was the fon of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colours. 4 And when his brethren faw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not fpeak peaceably unto him. 5 And Jofeph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he faid unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For behold, we were binding fheaves in the field, and lo, my fheaf arose, and also stood upright, and behold, your fheaves stood round about, and made obeifance to my fheaf. 8 And his brethren faid unto him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or fhalt thou indeed have dominion over us? and they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words. 9. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it L 2 his |