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the

Beginning

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God said, Let there be light:

and there was light.

And God saw the light,

that it was good:

and God divided the light from the darkness.

And God called the light Day,

and the darkness he called Night.

And the evening and the morning were the first day.

and God divided the light

from

* Used to indicate a specified place or time as a starting point: walked home from the station; from six o'clock on. See Usage Note at escape. See Usage Note at whence. Used to indicate a specified point as the first of two limits: from grades four to six. 2. Used to indicate a source, a cause, an agent, or an instrument: a note from the teacher; taking a book from the shelf. 3. Used to indicate separation, removal, or exclusion: keep someone from making a mistake; liberation from bondage. 4. Used to indicate differentiation: know right from wrong. 5. Because of: faint from hunger. --idiom. from away. Maine. Not native to Maine

from - - the darkness.

fer-ment

*(furment)n. 1. Something, such as a yeast, a bacterium, a mold, or an enzyme, that causes fermentation. 2. Fermentation. 3.   A state of agitation or of turbulent change or development. An agent that precipitates or is capable of precipitating such a state. See Synonyms at catalyst.

The Waters

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;

and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

And God made the firmament,

and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: . . .

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners,

and the Ethiopians captives,

young and old, naked and barefoot,

even with their buttocks uncovered,

to the shame of Egypt.

. . . and it was so.

lights

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to

divide the day

from the night;

them

the day

from

 the night

And the earth was without form, and void;

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

And to rule over the day and over the night,

and to divide the light from the darkness:

and God saw that it was good.

All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: . . .

whole

 *(hol)adj. 1. Containing all components; complete: a whole wardrobe for the tropics. 2. Not divided or disjoined; in one unit: a whole loaf. 3. Constituting the full amount, extent, or duration: The baby cried the whole trip home. 4.   Not wounded, injured, or impaired; sound or unhurt: escaped the fire with a whole skin. Having been restored; healed: a whole person again. 5. Having the same parents: a whole sister. 6. Mathematics. Not fractional; integral.

. . . it is most holy.

The Ground

 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be al- -one;

I will make him an help meet for him.

And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, . . .

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

. . . And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field,

and every fowl of the air;

and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field;

but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam,

and he slept:

and he took one of his ribs,

and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

And Adam called his wife's name Eve; . . . mother of all living.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters - - from the waters.

And God made the firmament,

and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament:

and it was so.

and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them:

So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God created he him;

male and female created he them.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;

and man became a living soul.

and God divided the light from the darkness.

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, . . .

she shall be called Woman,

because she was taken out of Man.

Adam also

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron:

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son;

and he called his name Enos:

then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

God created he him;

male and female created he them.

Them

And Adam said, This is now

bone of my bones,

and flesh of my flesh: . . .

Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath li-fe,

Let there be a fir-ma-ment in the midst of the waters,

And God said, Let there be light:

. . . male and fe-ma-le created he - - - them.

And God said, Let there be light:

and there was light.

And God called the light Day,

and it was so.

Now

the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.

and there was light

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord,

a-mong          

also a-mongst (-mungst)prep. 1. In the midst of; surrounded by: a pine tree among cedars. 2. In the group, number, or class of: She is among the wealthy. 3. In the company of; in association with: traveling among a group of tourists. 4. By many or the entire number of; with many: a custom popular among the Greeks. 5. By the joint action of: Among us, we will finish the job. 6. With portions to each of: Distribute this among you. 7. Each with the other: Don't fight among yourselves.

I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

For it increaseth.

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, where-to might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. . . .

And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

.

. . .Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. . . .

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

. . .They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men:  . . .

And the earth was without form, and void;

. . .they were viler than the earth.

Him

I form the light, and create darkness:

I make peace, and create evil:

I the Lord do all these things.

Adam also

and Satan came al-so - - - among - - - them.

He

There--fore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,

to till the ground

from whence he was taken.

Him

And Enoch walked with God: . . . 

but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

And Enoch walked with God:  

and he was not;

for God took him.

from whence he was taken.

    And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? . . .

then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods,

knowing good and evil.

Him

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria.

And the fourth river is Euphrates.

. . . Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, . . .

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.

For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face;

peradventure he will accept of me.

So went the present over before him: . . .

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 himself lodged that night in the company.

move

*(moov)v. moved, mov-ing, moves.v. intr. 1. To change in position from one point to another: moved away from the window. 2. To progress in sequence; go forward: a novel that moves slowly. 3. To follow a specified course: Earth moves around the sun.

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

. . . From going to and fro in the earth, . . .

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

There-fore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day:

because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and,

 behold,

Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah,

and unto Rachel,

and unto the two handmaids.

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost,

and Leah and her children after,

and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

And he passed over before them,

and bowed himself to the ground seven times,

until he came near to his brother.

  And Esau ran to meet him,

and embraced him,

and fell on his neck,

and kissed him:

and

they wept.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

And when the sun was going down,

. . . , behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

. . . and from walking up and down in it.

but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground,

and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

    And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,

that there is none like him in the earth,

a perfect and an upright man,

one that feareth God, . . .

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;

and to depart from evil is understanding.

. . . and escheweth evil?

    Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, . . .

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? - - - tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought;

and he cry unto the Lord against thee,

and it be sin unto thee.

For thus saith the Lord,

Ye have sold yourselves for nought;

and ye shall be redeemed without money.

. . . Doth Job fear God for nought?

Hast not thou made an hedge about him,

and about his house,

and about all that he hath on every side?

thou hast blessed the work of his hands,

and his substance is increased in the land.

But put forth thine hand now,

and touch all that he hath, . . .

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, -- that Job --sent and sanctified -- them,

and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all:

for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.

. . . and he will curse thee to thy face.     
      

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

And your father hath deceived me,

and changed my wages ten times;

but God suffered him not to hurt me.

And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold,

all that he hath is in thy - - - power;

only upon himself put not forth thine hand.

So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

*   Excerpted from American Heritage Talking Dictionary. Copyright © 1997 The Learning Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.




Samuel

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An excerpt from

Touch the Throne

A Novel by

Samuel

the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;  walk before me, and be thou perfect.

The law of the LORD is perfect,

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me,

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone:

and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:

And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. And God remembered Noah,

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts:

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid;

but my face shall not be seen.

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there,

and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed,

and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

The LORD,

The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

And Abram fell on his face:  and God talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

And he said,  If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

            Four Hundred years

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram,

Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

An excerpt from Touch the Throne

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An excerpt from

Touch the Throne

by

Samuel

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought ag ain  the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur.

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:

And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people:

and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me.

Yet thou hast said,

I know thee by name,

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth;

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight,

shew me now thy way,

that I may know thee,

that I may find grace in thy sight:

and consider that this nation is thy people.

for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight?

 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name:

and he called his name Israel.

And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it,

and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.                                                                                                   

                                

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;  walk before me, and be thou perfect.

The law of the LORD is perfect,

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.