Friday, May 30, 2014

The waters


Sarah an Abram
And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah ( Assyrian) shall have a son.
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  And Nahor lived - after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
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Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
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Now Sarai
(descendent of Japheth)
Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, (Sari’s sister)  an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar..

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, -go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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And God said, Sarah - thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
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And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
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But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
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And I will put enmity - between thee - and the workman, - and between - thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise - thy head, - and thou shalt - bruise his heel.
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And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the Lord.
And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
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I Am
Jacob
: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

And after that came - his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
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And Cain talked with Abel his brother:
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And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, - I heard thy father speak unto Esau - thy brother, saying,
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless - thee before the Lord - before my death.
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And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
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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?
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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command - thee.
Go now to the flock, and fetch me - from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for - thy father, such as he loveth:
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, and go fetch me them.
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
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for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
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And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born - in the house, - or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
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And all the men of his house, born - in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
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And Rebekah took goodly raiment of - her eldest son Esau, which were with - her - in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
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Unto Adam also and to - his wife - did the Lord God  - make coats of skins, and clothed them.
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And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of - her son Jacob.
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And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us - after the manner of all the earth:
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And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
And Jacob said unto his father, - I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

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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 he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau?
And he said, I am.
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, - my son.
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And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more - for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is d-evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
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And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee:
cursed be every one that curseth thee,
and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
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And Cain talked with Abel - his brother: Jacob who is Israel
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As for - me,
behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
And I will establish my covenant - between me and thee and thy seed - after thee in - their generations - for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed - after thee.
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed - after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed - after thee - in their generations.
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
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For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.


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