Awake, awake
And God
said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit
tree yielding fruit - after -his kind,
So God created man in his own
image, in the image
of God created he him;
male and female created he - them.
And they
heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool
of the day: and Adam and his wife hid them-selves from
the presence of the
Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
And Cain
went out - from the
presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, - on the east of Eden.
And it
came to pass in the days
of Amraphel king of Shinar,
Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, - and Tidal king of nations;
That these made war
with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah,
and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
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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,
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All these were joined together
in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
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Unto the work-man 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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Then the Lord
rained upon Sodom - and up-on Gomorrah – brim-stone - and fire from the Lord - out of heaven;
And he
overthrew those cities,
and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
But his wife looked back - from
behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
And
Abraham took Ishmael his son,
and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male
among the men of
Abraham's house;
If ye will be as we - be, that every male of you - be circumcised;
Then will we
give our daughters un-to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one
people.
But if ye will not
hearken unto us, to be
circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
Can
that which is unsavoury be eaten without
salt? or is there any taste in the white
of an egg?
The things that my
soul refused
to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Oh
that I might
have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Even that it
would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Then should I yet
have comfort; yea, I would
harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
What is my strength, that I
should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Is my strength
- the strength of stones? or is my
flesh of brass? Is not my help - in me?
and is wisdom driven quite from me?
Ye
can-not serve God
- and mammon.
For
it
is not a vain thing for you; - because
it is your life: and
through this thing ye shall prolong your days in
the land, whither ye go over Jordan to
possess it.
There-fore I say unto you, Take no thought for
your life,
And
Joseph answered and said, This is the
interpretation – there-of: The three
baskets are three days:
Yet
within three days shall Pharaoh - lift
up thy head - from
off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree;
and the birds
- shall
eat thy
flesh - from - off thee.
And
it came to pass the third
day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made
a feast unto all his servants: and he
lifted
up the head of the chief butler and of the chief
baker among
his servants.
And
he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup
into Pharaoh's hand:
But
he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted - to
them.
Learn
to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Come
now,
and let us reason together, saith the
Lord: though your sins
be
as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they
be
red like crimson, they
shall be as wool.
If
ye be willing and
obedient, - ye shall eat - the good
of the land:
what ye shall eat,
God
layeth
up his
iniquity - for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
For
what pleasure hath he in his house - after him, when the number
of his months is cut off in the midst?
Shall any teach God knowledge?
seeing he judgeth
those that are high.
or
what ye shall drink;
Thy dead men
shall live, together with my dead body
shall - they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Come,
my people, enter thou into thy chambers,
and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation
be overpast.
For,
behold, the
Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall - no more cover her
slain.
nor yet for your body,
The
blessing of him
that was
ready to perish came upon me:
and I caused
the widow's heart to sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I
was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not
- I searched out.
Awake, awake, put on strength,
O
arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art
thou
not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Art thou
not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths
of the sea a way for the ransomed
to pass over?
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they
shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
I,
even I, am he
that
comforteth you: who art thou, that thou should-est be afraid of a man
that
shall die,
and of the son of man
which
shall be made as grass;
And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations
of the earth; and hast feared continually every day
because of the fury of the oppressor,
as
if he were
ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
The captive
exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die
in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand,
that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations
of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Awake, awake, stand up, O
Jerusalem,
which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup
of
trembling, and wrung them out.
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth;
neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
what ye shall - put on.
ISamuelyeaon-AmAllah
