Saturday, April 1, 2023

Waters, Waters, Waters

 



 

And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

       My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice,

an go

fetch

me

them.

    

An he went,

 

an fetched,

 

an brought

them

to

his mother:

 

an his

mother

made savoury meat,

such as

his

father loved.

    

An Rebekah

took

goodly raiment

of

her

eldest son Esau,

 

which were with

her

in

the house,

 

an put them upon

Jacob

her

younger son:

**

 

Unto Adam

also

 

an

to

his wife

did the

Lord God

make coats

of skins,

 

an clothed

them.

**

 

An the

 uncircumcised

man child

whose flesh

of

his

foreskin

is not

circumcised,

 

that soul

 shall be

cut off

from

his people;

**

an it was so.

***

 

an the fruit tree

yielding fruit

after

his kind,

whose seed

isin itself,

upon the earth:

 

**

 

Is

not the whole land before thee?

separate thyself,

I pray thee,

from me:

 

if thou

wilt take the left hand,

then I

will go

to

the right;

or if thou

depart to the right hand,

 

then I

will go

to the left.

***

If thou

doest well,

shalt thou not

be

accepted?

 

sin

lieth at the door.

 

And unto thee

shall be his desire,

an thou

shalt rule over him.

***

 

an if thou doest

not well,

 

 

Thorns also

an thistles shall

it

bring forth

to

thee;

an thou

shalt eat the herb

of

the field;

 

In the sweat

of

thy face

shalt thou eat bread,

 

till thou

return unto the ground;

 

for out

of

it

wast thou taken:

 

**

an were not as ham.

***

 

 

for

dust thou art,

an unto dust shalt thou return.

***

 

And the

Spirit of God

moved upon

the face

of

the waters.

**

 

And God said,

Let there

 

be a

firmament

in the

midst

of the

waters,

an let it divide

the waters

from

the waters.

 

An God

made

She firmament,

 

an divided her

waters

which were under

 

she firmament

from

her

 waters

which were above

his firmament:

 

and it was so.

 

***

 

he

hath broken

my

covenant.

 

***

 

An Isaac

brought

her

into

his mother,

Sarah's tent

**

 

Therefore

shall a man

leave his father

and

his mother,

**

and took Rebekah,

an she

became his wife;

**

an shall cleave

unto

his wife:

 

an they shall

be

one flesh.

    

An they

were both naked,

 

the man

an his wife,

an were not

as ham.

 

***

 

An God

said,

 

Let us

make man

in

our image,

after

our

likeness:

**

 

And the

Lord God

said,

 

Behold,

the man

is

 

become

as one

of

us,

to

know

good

an evil:

 

an now,

 

lest he

put forth

his hand,

 

 

an take

also

of

the tree

of

life,

 

an eat,

 

an live

 for ever:

***

 

An the cherubims

shall stretch forth

their wings on high,

 

covering

the mercy seat

with their wings,

and their

faces

shall look

 one to another;

 

toward the mercy seat

shall

the faces

of

the

 cherubims

be.

 

****

 

An she

put

her skins

of

the kids

of

the

goats upon

his hands,

 

an upon

the smooth

of

his neck:

 

***  

 

An Esau

ran

to

meet him,

 

an embraced him,

 

an fell on his neck,

an kissed him:

an they wept.

**

 

Now

 

therefore,

 

behold,

 

the Lord

bringeth up upon

them

the waters

of

the river,

 

strong

an many,

even

the

king

of

Assyria,

 

An all his glory:

 

an he

shall come up

over all his channels,

 

an go over

all

his banks:

 

An he

shall

pass through

Judah;

 

he shall

overflow

an go over,

 

he shall

reach even

to

the neck;

 

an the

stretching

out

of

his wings

shall fill

the breadth

of

thy land,

 

O Immanuel.

*****

 

An she

gave

the

savoury meat

an the bread,

*****

 

An he said,

I

will hide

my

face

from them,

 

I

will see what

their

end shall be:

for they are

a

very

froward generation,

 

children

in

whom

is

no faith.

**

 

which she had

prepared,

 

into the hand

of

her son

Jacob.

*

 

 

 

 

And it came to pass,

that when Isaac was old,

and his eyes were dim,

so that

he could not see,

And he said,

Behold now,

 

I am old,

 

I know not

the day

of

my death:

 

*****

 

and his

eyes were dim,

 

so

that he

could not see,

***

 

the

Lord

appeared

to

Abram,

 

and said unto

him,

 

I am

the

Almighty God;

walk before

me,

****

 

An the sound

of

the cherubims'

wings

was heard even

to

the outer court,

 

as

the voice

of the

Almighty God

when he speaketh.

***

and be

thou perfect.

***

 

An he

said,

 

Behold now,

 

I am old,

 

I know not

the day

of

my death:

***

 

An Abraham

said unto

his

eldest servant

of

his house,

 

that ruled

over all that

he had,

 

Put,

I

pray thee

thy hand

 

under my thigh:

**

 

An I

will put enmity

between

thee

an the

woman,

 

an between

thy seed

an her seed;

 

it

shall bruise

thy head,

 

an thou shalt

bruise his heel.

     

***

 

And I

will make

thee swear

by

the Lord,

***

 

And Cain said

unto

the Lord,

 

My punishment

is greater

than I

can bear.

**

 

But now

they that are younger

than I

have me in derision,

 

whose fathers

I

would have disdained

to

have set with

the

dogs

 

of

my flock.

 

Yea,

hath God said,

 

whereto might

the strength

of

their hands profit

me

,

 

in whom

old age was perished?

***

 

Behold,

thou hast driven

me

out this day

from the face

of

the earth;

 

an from

thy face

shall

I

be hid;

 

 

**

 

she

God

of

heaven,

 

an the

God

of

the earth,

***

 

Unto the woman

he

*

He

(Canaanite)

an the darkness he called Night.

*  

 

said,

I

will greatly multiply

thy sorrow

an thy conception;

 

in sorrow

thou

shalt bring forth children;

 

an thy

desire shall

be to

thy husband,

 

and he

shall rule over

thee.

 

***

For I

will cast out

the nations before

thee,

an enlarge

thy borders:

 

neither shall

any man desire

thy land,

 

when thou shalt

go up

to

appear before

the

Lord

thy God

thrice

in the year.

***

 

that thou

shalt not

take

a

wife unto

my son

of the

daughters

of the

Canaanites,

among

whom I dwell:

 

a

wife

unto my son

Isaac.

***

 

Therefore

the

Lord God

sent him forth

from

the

garden of Eden,

 

to

till the ground

from

whence

he was taken.

     

So he

drove out

the man;

and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

***

***

An the servant

said

unto him,

Peradventure

the

woman

will not be willing

to

follow me

unto this land:

 

****  

must I

needs bring

thy son

 

again

unto the land

 

from whence

 

thou camest?

 

****

 

And he said,

Cursed

be

Canaan;

a servant of servants

shall

he

be

unto his brethren.

**

 

There

was a man

in

the land

of

Uz,

whose name was

Job;

an that man

was perfect

an upright,

and one that feared

God,

an eschewed evil.

 

An there

came a messenger

unto Job,

 

an said,

 

The oxen were plowing,

 

an the asses feeding

 beside

them:

 

***

 

  *

An the

Sabeans

fell upon them,

 

an took them away;

 

yea,

they have slain

the servants

with the edge

of the

sword;

 

an I

only am escaped alone

to

tell thee.

 

While he was yet

 

speaking,

there came also another,

an said,

 

The fire

of

God

is

fallen

from heaven,

 an hath burned up

the sheep,

 

an the servants,

an consumed them;

 

an I only am

escaped alone

to

tell thee.

 

While he

was yet speaking,

there came

also another,

 

an said,

 

**

And Noah

begat

three sons,

Shem,

 

Ham,

begat Canaan

**

 

The Chaldeans

made out

three bands,

***

An God

made the

firmament,

*

An God

made two

great lights;

the greater light

to

rule the day,

 

an the lesser light

to rule the night:

 

he

made the stars also.

***

 

Fearfulness

an trembling

are come

upon me,

 

an horror hath overwhelmed

me.

***

 

His substance also

was seven thousand sheep,

an three thousand camels,

**

 

an fell upon

he camels,

 

an have carried them away,

 

yea,

 

an slain the servants

with the edge

of

the sword;

an I only am

escaped alone

to

tell thee.

****

 

An it

shall come

to

pass

in

that day,

 

that the Lord

shall set

his hand

again

the second time

to

recover the remnant

of

his people,

**

 

The Lord

will enter

into

judgment

with the ancients

of

his people,

an the princes

thereof:

 

for ye

have eaten up

the vineyard;

 

the spoil

of

the poor

isin

your houses.

***

which shall be left,

from Assyria,

an from Egypt,

an from Pathros,

an from Cush,

an from Elam,

an from Shinar,

an from Hamath,

an from the islands

of

the sea.

     

An he

shall set up an ensign

for the

nations,

 

an shall assemble

the outcasts

of

Israel,

 

an gather together

the dispersed

of

Judah from

the

four corners

of

the earth.

 

**

Approximately four hundred years after

The Chaldeans

made out

three bands,

carried them away

to the plains of Shinar the southern

region of mesopotamia

*****

 

An he

said,

 

Who told

thee

that thou wast naked?

***

 

Now the Lord

had said unto

Abram,

Get thee out

of

thy country,

an from thy kindred,

 

an from

thy father's house,

unto a land

that I

will shew thee:

 

An I

will make

of

thee

a

great nation,

 

an I

will bless

thee,

 

an make thy name great;

 

an thou

shalt be a blessing:

 

An I

will bless them

that bless thee,

 

and curse him

that curseth thee:

 

an in thee

shall all families

of

the earth be blessed.

 

So Abram

departed,

(Mesopotamia)

as the Lord had spoken unto him;

an Lot

went with him:

 

an Abram was seventy

an five years old

when he departed

out of Haran.

 

And Abram

took Sarai his wife,

an Lot

his brother's son,

 

an all their substance

that they had gathered,

an the souls

that they had gotten

in Haran;

and they went forth

to go into the land

of

Canaan;

 

an into the land

of

Canaan

they came.

 

**

 

Abram,

Nahor,

 

an Haran.

 

Now

these are the generations

of

Terah:

 

Terah begat Abram,

 

Nahor,

 

an Haran;

 

an Haran begat

Lot.

 

An Haran died

before

his father

Terah

 

in the land of his nativity,

in Ur

of the

Chaldees.

 

**

Therefore

shall a

man

leave

his father

an

his mother,

an shall cleave

unto

his wife:

 

an they shall

be

 

one flesh.

***

 

That the sons

of

God

saw the daughters

of

men that they were

fair;

 

and they

took them wives

of

all which they chose.

**

 

And Abram

an Nahor

took them wives:

 

the name of Abram's wife

was Sarai;

 

and the name

of

Nahor's wife,

Milcah,

 

the daughter

of

Haran,

 

the father

of

Milcah,

 

an the father

of

Iscah

 

But Sarai

was barren;

she

had no child.

 

And Terah

took Abram

his son,

 

an Lot

the son

of

Haran his

son's son,

an Sarai

his

daughter in law,

 

his son

Abram's wife;

 

an they

went forth

with them

from

Ur

of the

Chaldees,

 

to go into

the

land of Canaan;

 

an they came

unto

Haran,

 

and dwelt there.

 

ISamuelO