Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Sermon on the Mountain XLVII


Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.
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And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. . . .
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And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
That the sons of God saw - the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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. . . The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the work-man was taken into Pharaoh's house.

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And he said unto the work-man, Yea, - hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the work-man said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of - the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the mid-st of the garden, - God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the work-man, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband- man with her;
and he did eat.
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And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
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And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The work-man whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the Lord God said unto the work-woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues -  because of Sarai Abram's wife.
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And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed - above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of - thy life:
And I will put enmity - between thee and the work-woman, and between - thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his he-el.
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And God blessed them, - saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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And God blessed them, and - God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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And Shem and Japheth - took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father;
and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
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And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her - to me - to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
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Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.


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