Abram

 

strife

(strif)n. 1. Heated, often violent dissension; bitter conflict. See Synonyms at discord. 2. A struggle, fight, or quarrel. 3. Contention or competition between rivals. 4. Archaic. Earnest endeavor or striving.

 

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cap-ti-vate

(kapt-vat)v. tr. cap-ti-vat-ed, cap-ti-vat-ing, cap-ti-vates. 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic. To capture.[Late Latin captivare, captivat-, to capture, from Latin captivus, prisoner. See CAPTIVE.]--cap'ti-va'tion n. --cap'ti-va'tor n.

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Pomp

(pomp)n. 1. Dignified or magnificent display; splendor: the solemn pomp of a military funeral. 2. Vain or ostentatious display. See Synonyms at display.[Middle English, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa, pomp, procession, from Greek pompe, procession, from pempein, to send.]

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griev-ous

 (grevs)adj. 1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish: a grievous loss. 2. Serious or dire; grave: a grievous crime.[Anglo-Norman grevous, from grever, to harm, aggrieve, from Latin gravare, to burden. See GRIEVE.]--griev'ous-ly adv. --griev'ous-ness n.

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vict-ual

(vitl)n. 1. Food fit for human consumption. 2.   victuals. Food supplies; provisions.v. vict-ualed or vict-ualled vict-ual-ing or vict-ual-ling vict-uals or vict-uals.v. tr. To provide with food.v. intr. 1. To lay in food supplies. 2. To eat.

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de-ri-sion

(di-rizhn)n. 1.   Contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule. A state of being derided: The proposal was held in derision by members of the board. 2. An object of ridicule; a laughingstock.[Middle English derisioun, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin derisio, derision, from Latin derisus, past participle of deridere, to deride. See DERIDE.]

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con-found

(kn-found, kon-)v. tr. con-found-ed, con-found-ing, con-founds. 1. To cause to become confused or perplexed. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. To fail to distinguish; mix up: confound fiction and fact. 3. To make (something bad) worse: Do not confound the problem by losing your temper. 4. To cause to be ashamed; abash: an invention that confounded the skeptics. 5. To damn. 6.   To frustrate: picayune demands that all but confounded the peace talks. Archaic. To bring to ruination.[Middle English confounden, from Anglo-Norman confundre, from Latin confundere, to mix together, confuse : com-, com- + fundere, to pour. See gheu-.]--con-found'er n.

 

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*******

 

 

An God

created

great whales,

***

 

An God

said,

 

Let

the earth

bring forth grass,

 

the

herb

yielding seed,

 

an the

fruit tree

yielding fruit

 

after his

kind,

 

**

 

An Adam

called

 

his

wife's

 

name

 

Eve;

 

because

she

was the mother

of

all living.

***

 

Now

these are

the generations

of

the sons

of

Noah,

 

Shem,

 

Ham,

 

an Japheth:

 

an unto them

were sons

born after

the

flood.

The sons of Japheth;

+++

By these

were the isles

of

the

Gentiles divided

in

their lands;

 

every one

after his tongue,

 

after their families,

 

in their nations.

++

 

An Abram

an Nahor

took them wives:

***

 

and let them

be

for signs,

an for seasons,

 

an for days,

an years:

++

 

the name

of

Abram's wife

was

Sarai;

 

an 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.

**

 

An Lot

also,

which went with Abram,

 

had flocks,

 

an herds,

 

an tents.

 

An the

land

was not able

to

bear them,

 

that they

might dwell together:

 

for

their substance was great,

 

 so

that they

could not dwell together.

 

An there

was a strife

 

between

the herdmen

of

Abram's cattle

an the herdmen

of Lot's cattle:

 

an the

Canaanite

an

the

Perizzite dwelled

then

in

the land.

***

an God

divided the light

from the darkness.

++

 

 

 Then

Lot

chose him

all the

plain of Jordan;

 

an Lot

journeyed east:

 

an they

separated themselves

the one

from

the other.

But the

men

of

Sodom

were wicked

an sinners

before

the

Lord exceedingly.

 

 

An the

Lord

 said unto

Abram,

 

after

that Lot

was

separated

from

him,

 

Lift up

now

 

thine eyes,

 

an look

from

the place

where

thou art

northward,

 

an southward,

 

an eastward,

 

an westward:

 

For

all

the land which

thou

seest,

 

to thee

will

I

give

it,

 

an

to

thy

seed

for ever.

_***

 

An the

Lord God

formed

man

of

the dust

of the

ground,

 

an breathed into

his nostrils

the

breath of life;

_***

 

An it

repented

the

Lord

that he

had

made

man on

the earth,

₊₊₊

An I

will make

thy

seed

as

the dust

of

the earth:

***

 

So God

created

man

in

his

own image,

 

+++

 

so that

if

a

man

 

can number

the dust

 

of

the earth,

 

then shall

thy seed

also

be

 numbered.

 

Arise,

walk through

the land

in

the length

of

it

an in

the breadth

of

 it;

 

for

I

will give

it

unto

thee.

 

Then Abram

removed

his tent,

 

an

came

an dwelt

in

the plain

of

Mamre, which

isin

Hebron,

 

an built

there

an altar

unto

the

 Lord.

******

 

An he

answered

an

said,

 

Babylon

is fallen,

is fallen;

an all

the graven images

of

her gods

he

hath broken unto

the ground.

++

 

An it

came to pass

in the days

of

Amraphel king

of

Shinar,

 

Arioch king

 

of

Ellasar,

 

 

Chedorlaomer king

of

Elam,

 

an Tidal king

of

nations;

 

That these

made war

with

Bera king

of

Sodom,

 

an with

Birsha king

of

Gomorrah,

 

 

Shinab king

of

Admah,

 

an Shemeber

 king

of

Zeboiim,

 

an the king

of Bela,

 

which is Zoar.

 

All these

were

joined together

in the vale

of

Siddim,

which

is the

salt sea.

 

Twelve years

they served

Chedorlaomer,

 

an in

the

thirteenth year

they

rebelled.

 ***

 

An they

 

took all the goods

of

So dom

an Gomorrah,

 

an all their victuals,

 

an went their way.

 

An they took

 

Lot,

 

 

Abram's

brother's son,

 

who dwelt in Sodom,

 

an his goods,

 

an departed.

 

An there

came one

that had escaped,

 

an told

Abram

the Hebrew;

 

for

he dwelt

in the

 plain

of

Mamre the Amorite,

 

brother of Eshcol,

 

an brother

of Aner:

 

an these

were confederate

with

Abram.

 

An when

Abram

heard

 

that

his brother

was taken captive,

 

he

armed

his trained servants,

born in his own house,

 

three hundred

an eighteen,

an pursued them unto

Dan.

***

 

Let us

 

break their bands asunder,

 

an cast away

their cords

from

us.

 

He

that sitteth

in she

heavens

shall laugh:

 

the Lord

shall have

them

in

derision.

 

Then shall

he

speak unto

them

 

in

his

wrath,

 

an vex

them

in his

sore displeasure.

 

Yet

 

have

I

set

my

king upon

my

holy hill

of

Zion.

 

I

will declare

the decree:

 

the Lord

hath said unto

me,

 

Thou art

my Son;

 

this day

have

I

begotten thee.

 

Ask of

me,

 

an I

shall give

thee

the heathen

for

thine inheritance,

 

an the

uttermost parts

of

the earth

for

thy

possession.

 

Thou

shalt break

them

with

a

rod of iron;

 

thou

shalt dash

them

in pieces

like a

potter's vessel.

 

Be

wise now

therefore,

 

O ye

kings:

 

be instructed,

 

ye

judges

of

the earth.

 

Serve

the Lord

with fear,

 

an rejoice with trembling.

++

 

An he

divided himself

 

against them,

 

he

an his

servants,

 

by

night,

 

an smote them,

an pursued them unto

Hobah,

 

which is on

the

left hand

of

Damascus.

 

An he

brought back

all the goods,

***

 

an also brought

again

his brother

Lot,

 

an his goods,

 

an the

women also,

 

an

the people.

 

An the

king

of

So dom

went out to meet

him

after his return

from

the slaughter

of

Chedorlaomer,

 

an of the

kings

that were with

him,

 

at the valley

of

Shaveh,

 

which

is

the

king's dale.

 

And Melchizedek

king

of

Salem

brought forth

(servants)

bread

 

an

(wife)

wine:

 

an he

 

was the

priest

of

the

most high God.

 

An he

blessed him,

 

an said,

 

Blessed

be

Abram

 of

the

most high God,

 

possessor

of

heaven

an earth:

 

An blessed

be

the

most high God,

 

which hath

delivered thine enemies

into

thy hand.

 

An he

gave him tithes

of

all.

 

An the

king

of

So dom

said

unto

Abram,

 

Give me

the persons,

 

an take the goods

to

thyself.

 

An Abram

 

said to the king

of Sodom,

 

I

have

lift up mine hand

unto the

 Lord,

the

most high God,

 

the

possessor

of

heaven

an earth,

 

That I

will not take

from a thread

even

to a

shoelatchet,

 

an that

I

will not take

any thing

that is thine,

 

lest thou

shouldest say,

 

I

have made Abram rich:

**

An Abel was a keeper of sheep,

++

 

Therefore

is the name

of

it called Babel;

because

the Lord

did

 

there

 

confound

 

the

language

of

all

the earth:

***

 

There

shall be

no more

thence

an infant

of

days,

 

nor

an old man

that hath not filled

his days:

for

the child shall

die

an hundred years old;

 

but

the sinner being

an hundred years old

shall be accursed.

++

 

an from

thence

did the

Lord scatter

them

abroad upon

the

face

of

all the earth.

++

 

An Melchizedek

king

of

Salem brought

(Servants)

forth bread

 

 

(an wives from the vinyard)

 

an wine:

***

 

Blessed

be

the

Lord God

 of

Shem;

 

an Canaan

(The nation of Canaan)

 

 

shall

be

his servant.

++

 

an

he

was the

priest

of

the

most high

God.

 

An he

 

blessed

 

him,

 

an

said,

 

Blessed

be

Abram

of

the

most

high

God,

 

possessor

of

 heaven

an earth:

***

 

When

the

Most High

divided

to

the

nations

their inheritance,

***

 

an God

divided

 

the light

from

the darkness.

***

 

when

he

separated

the sons

of

Adam,

 

he

set the

bounds

of

the

people according

to

the number

of

the children

of

Israel.

 

For

the

Lord's portion

is

 

his people;

***

Behold,

the people

is one,

++

 

Dan

shall judge

his people,

as one of the tribes

of

Israel.

++

 

 Jacob

is

the

lot

of

his inheritance.

+++

 

An

when the

sun

was going down,

 

a

deep sleep

fell

upon Abram;

 

an,

lo,

 

*

in

the image

of

God

created

he him;

*

 

Horror

hath taken hold upon

me

because

of the

wicked

that forsake

thy

law.

 

Thy

statutes

have been

my

songs

in

the house

of

my pilgrimage.

I

have remembered

thy

name,

 

O Lord,

 

in

the night,

 

an have kept

thy law.

++

 

an horror

of

great darkness

fell

upon him.

 

An he

 

said unto

 

Abram,

 

Know

 

of

a

surety

that thy

seed

 shall

be a

stranger

in a land

that

 is

not theirs,

+++

 

 

He

has waged

cruel war

against

human nature itself,

 

violating

it's

most sacred

rights

of life

an liberty

in the

persons

of a

distant people

who never

offended him,

 

 

captivating

an carrying them

into slavery

in

another

hemisphere,

 

or to

incur miserable death

in their transportation

thither.

 

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+++

 

an shall serve

them;

 

an they

shall afflict

them

four hundred years;

 

An also

that nation,

 

whom

they

shall serve,

 

will

I

judge:

 

***

 

These

are the

generations

of

Her

heavens

 

an

of

the earth

when

they

were created,

 

in

the day

that the

 

Lord God

made

the earth

an her

heavens,

***

 

An Hagar

bare

Abram

a

son:

 

an Abram

called

his son's name,

which Hagar bare,

 

Ishmael.

 

 An Abram

was

fourscore

an six years old,

 

when Hagar

bare Ishmael

to

Abram.

 

An when

Abram

was ninety years old

an nine,

the

Lord

 

appeared

to

Abram,

 

an

said unto

him,

 

I am

the

Almighty God;

 

walk before

me,

 

an be thou perfect.

***

 

An God

spake unto

Noah,

 

and to his sons with him,

 

saying,

And I,

 

behold,

 

I

 

establish my covenant

with you,

 

an with your seed after you;

++

 

An I

 

will make

my covenant

 

between

me

and thee,

 

an will multiply

thee

exceedingly.

***

 

Yet have

I

set my king upon

my

holy hill

of Zion.

 

I

will declare the decree:

 

the Lord

 hath said

unto

me,

 

Thou

art my

 Son;

 

this day have

I

begotten

thee.

 

Ask of

me,

an I

shall give

thee

the heathen

for

thine inheritance,

 

an the

uttermost parts

of

the earth

for

thy

possession.

 

Thou shalt break

them with

a

rod of iron;

 

thou shalt dash

them in pieces

like a potter's vessel.

    

Be wise now

 therefore,

 

O

ye kings:

 

be instructed,

 

ye judges

of

the earth.

 

Serve the Lord

with fear,

 

an rejoice with trembling.

 

Kiss the Son,

lest he be angry,

 

an ye perish

from

the way,

when his wrath

is

kindled

but a little.

 

Blessed are

all they

that put their trust

in him.

++

An Abram

fell

on his face:

*****

 

An the

Spirit

of

God

 

moved upon

 

the face

of

the waters.

++

 

an God

 talked

with him,

***

 

For he

is

not a man,

 

as I am,

 

that I

should answer

him,

 

an we

should come

together

in judgment.

 

Neither

is there

any days man

betwixt

us,

 

that might lay

his hand

upon us both.

 

Let

him take

his rod away

from

me,

 

an let not

 his

fear terrify

me:

 

Then

would I speak,

an not fear him;

 

but

it is

not

so

with me.

++

 

saying,

 

As for

me,

 

behold,

 

my covenant

is

with thee,

 

an thou

shalt be

a

father

of

many nations.

 

Neither

shall

thy

name

any more

be

called

Abram,

 

but thy

name shall

be

Abraham;

(an Ham is the father of Canaan.)

 

for

a father

of many nations

have

I

made thee.

 

an afterward

shall

they

come out

with

great substance.

 

 An thou

shalt go

to

thy

fathers

in peace;

thou

shalt be buried

in

a

good old age.

***

 

An the

 

Spirit

 

of

God

moved

upon the

face

of

the waters.

*******

 

And Adam

said,

This is

now bone

of

my bones,

 

an flesh

of

my flesh:

 

she

shall be called

Woman,

 

because

she

was

taken out

of

Man.

 

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