An Abraham stood up

 

as  (az)    

(when unstressed) adv.)

To the same extent or degree; equally: The child sang as sweetly as a nightingale. 2. For instance: large carnivores, as the bear or lion. 3. When taken into consideration in a specified relation or form: this definition as distinguished from the second one.conj. 1. To the same degree or quantity that. Often used as a correlative after so or as: You are as sweet as sugar. The situation is not so bad as you suggest.  To ddeivde

2. In the same manner or way that: Think as I think. 3. At the same time that; Though: Great as the author was, he proved a bad model.

In accordance with which or with the way in which: 1. That; which; who. Used after same or such:

In the role, capacity, or function of: acting as a mediator. 2.

In a manner similar to; the same as: On this issue they thought as one.

******

to-ken

(tokn)n. 1. Something serving as an indication, a proof, or an expression of something else; a sign: "Tears are queer tokens of happiness" (Eugene O'Neill See Synonyms at).sign. 2. Something that signifies or evidences authority, validity, or identity: The scepter is a token of regal status. 3. A distinguishing feature or characteristic. 4. One that represents a group, as an employee whose presence is used to deflect from the employer criticism or accusations of discrimination. 5. A keepsake or souvenir. 6. A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for currency: subway tokens.v. tr. to-kened, to-ken-ing, to-kens. To betoken or symbolize; portend.adj. 1. Done as an indication or a pledge: a token payment. 2.   Perfunctory; minimal: a token gesture of reconciliation; token resistance. Merely symbolic: a token woman on the board of directors. --idiom. by the same token. In like manner; similarly. in token of. As an indication of: a ring given in token of love.[Middle English, from Old English tacen. See deik-.]

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slime

 (slim)n. 1. A thick, sticky, slippery substance. 2. A mucous substance secreted by certain animals, such as fish or slugs. 3. Vile or disgusting matter.v. tr. slimed, slim-ing, slimes. 1. To smear with slime. 2. To remove slime from (fish to be canned, for example).[Middle English, from Old English slim. See lei-.]

 

*****

re-nown

(ri-noun)n. 1. The quality of being widely honored and acclaimed; fame. 2. Obsolete. Report; rumor.[Middle English renoun, from Anglo-Norman, from renomer, to make famous : re-, repeatedly (from Latin. See RE-) + nomer, to name, from Latin nominare, from nomen, nomin-, name. See no-men-.]

*****

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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***********

 

And God said,

 

Let us

make man

in

our image,

 

after our

likeness:

***

 

Of

fowls

after

their kind,

 

an

of

cattle

after their kind,

 

of

every

creeping thing

of

the

earth

after his kind,

 

two

of

every

sort

shall come unto

thee,

 

to

keep them alive.

***

 

That the sons

of

God

 

saw

 

the daughters

of

men

 

that they were

fair;

 

an they

took

them

wives

 

of

 

all which

they chose.

++

 

An they

went in unto

Noah

into the ark,

two

an two

of

all flesh,

wherein

is

the breath

of

life.

***

 

an let

 them

have dominion

over the fish

of

the sea,

 

an

over the fowl

of

the air,

 

 and over the cattle,

 

and over all the earth,

 

an over

every creeping thing

that creepeth

upon

the

earth.

***

 

Arise,

 

O Lord;

 

save me,

 

O my God:

 

for

thou hast

smitten

all

 mine enemies

upon

the

cheek bone;

 

thou hast

broken

the

teeth

of

the ungodly.

 

Be

thou exalted,

O God,

 

above

she

heavens;

 

let

thy glory

be

above

all

the

earth.

++

 

Who

can open

the

doors

of

his face?

 

his teeth

are

terrible

round about. 

 

His

scales

are

his pride,

 

shut up

together

as with

a

close seal. 

 

One

is so

near

to

another,

 

that

no air

can come

between

them. 

 

They

are

joined

one

to

another,

 

they

stick together,

 

that they

cannot

be

sundered. 

***

 

Stand in awe,

and sin not:

commune

with

your own heart

upon your

bed,

 

an be still.

 

Selah.

++

++

 

So God

created man

in his

own image,

in the image

of

God

created he him;

male

an female

created he them.

 

An let

them

be

for

lights

in the

firmament

of

she heaven

to

give light

upon the earth:

 

an it was

so.

++

 

 

Let them

be

before

the

Lord

continually,

 

 that he

may cut off

the

memory

of

them

from

the

 earth.

 

***

 

an God

divided

the light

 

from

 

the darkness.

 

++

 

An God

said,

 

This

is

the token

of

the

covenant

which

I

make

between

me

 

an you

an

 every living creature

that is

with

you,

 

for

perpetual generations:

***

 

An God

said,

 

Behold,

 

I

have given

you

every

herb

bearing seed,

which

is

upon the face

of

all

the earth,

 

an

every tree,

 

in

the which

is

the fruit

of

a

tree

yielding seed;

 

to you

it

shall

be

for meat.

***

 

the seed

of

 evildoers

shall never

be

renowned.

++

 

An the

whole earth

was

of

one language,

 

an

of

one speech.

***

 

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.

***

 

 

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.

 

An God

set them

in

the

firmament

of

the heaven

to

give light

upon the earth,

 

 

 

An

to

rule over the day

an

over the night,

 

an

to

divide

the light

 

from

 

the darkness:

 

an God saw that it was good.

++

While he

was

yet speaking,

 

there came

also

 

another,

***

 

an

the

lesser light

to

rule

the night:

 

he

made

the stars

also.

 

An God

set

them

in

the

firmament

of

the

heaven

to

give light

upon

the

 earth,

 

++

 

 

an

said,

 

The Chaldeans

made

out

three bands,

 

an fell

upon

the camels,

 

an

have carried

them away,

 

yea,

+

 

Yea,

hath

God

said,

 

Ye

shall not eat

of

every tree

of

the garden?

+

 

an slain

the

servants

with the

edge

of

the sword;

an

I

only am

escaped

alone to

tell thee.

 

***

 

wherefore

it is

said,

 

Even as Nimrod

the

mighty hunter

before the Lord.

***

 

An the

Spirit

of

God

moved

upon

the face

of

the waters

**

An

the

Lord God

said,

 

It is

not good

that the man

should

be alone;

 

I

will make

him

an help meet

for him.

++

 

An the beginning

of

his

kingdom was Babel,

an Erech,

 

an Accad,

 

an Calneh,

 

in

the

land of Shinar.

 

An it

came to pass,

 

as they

journeyed

from

the east,

 

that they

found a plain

in

the

land

of

Shinar;

 

an

 they dwelt

there.

 

An they

said

one

to

another,

 

Go to,

 

let us

make brick,

***

 

And thou

shalt receive

 them

of

their hands,

 

and burn

them

upon the altar

for

a

burnt offering,

for

a

sweet savour

before

the

Lord:

 

it is an

offering made

by

fire unto

the

Lord.

++

and burn

them

throughly.

***

 

An God

set them

in

the

firmament

of

she heaven

to

give light

upon the earth,

 

An

to

rule over

the day

an over

the night,

 

an

 to

divide

the light

from

the darkness:

 

an God

saw

 that it

was

good.

 

An

the evening

an the morning

were

the

fourth day.

 

++

 

An they

had brick

for

stone,

 

an slime

had they

for

mortar.

 

 An they

said,

 

Go to,

 

let us

build

us

a city

an a tower,

 

whose top

may

reach unto heaven;

 

an

let us

make

us

a name,

 

lest

we

be

scattered abroad

upon the face

of

the

whole earth.

***

 

An there

shall

be

upon every

high mountain,

 

and upon every

high hill,

 

rivers

an streams

of

waters

in the

day

of

the

great slaughter,

 

when

the

towers fall.

 

***

 

An out

of

the ground

the

Lord God

formed every beast

of

the field,

 

an every

fowl

of

the air;

 

an

brought them

unto

Adam

 

to see

 

what

he

would call them:

 

an

 whatsoever

Adam

called

every living creature,

 

that was

the name thereof.

++

 

An

the

Lord

came down

 

to see

 

the city

and the tower,

 

which the

children

of

men

builded.

 

An the

Lord

said,

 

Behold,

 

the people

is one,

 

 an they

have

all one

language;

*

his:

an they shall

be

one flesh.

++

an this they

 

begin to do:

 

an now

nothing will

be

restrained from

them,

**

 

And let them

be for

lights

in the firmament

of

she heaven

to

give light

upon

the earth:

an it was

so.

**

which

they have

imagined to do.

**

 

Let us

make man

in our

image,

after our likeness:

**

 

an the

gathering together

of the

waters

called

he Seas:

***

 

an let them

have dominion

over the

fish

of

the sea,

an over

the fowl

of the air,

 

an over the cattle,

 

an

over all the earth,

 

an

over every

creeping thing

that

creepeth upon

the

earth.

**

 

Go to,

let us go down,

 

an there

confound

their language,

that they

may not

understand one

another's speech.

 

So

the

Lord

scattered

them abroad

from

thence

upon the face

of

all the earth:

 

an they

left

off

to

build the city.

 

Therefore

is

the name

of

it

called Babel;

 

because

the

Lord

did there

confound

the language

of

all the earth:

***

 

an

let them

be

for signs,

 

an for

seasons,

 

an for days,

 

an years:

 

An

let them

be

for lights

 

in

the firmament

of

she heaven

to

give light

upon the earth:

 

an it was

so.

++

 

These are

the generations

of

Shem:

 

Shem

was an

hundred years old,

 

an begat Arphaxad

two years

after

the

flood:

 ***

 

 

That

the

sons of God

saw

the daughters

of

men

that they

were fair;

+

 

and also after that,

when the

sons

of

God

came

in

unto the

daughters

of

men,

 

an

 they bare

children to them,

 

the same

became mighty men

which were

of

old,

men of renown.

***

 

 

Therefore

shall

a

man leave

his father

an his mother,

 

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 ed.

+++

 

an they

took them wives

of

all

which they chose.

***

 

An

the

Lord

 said,

 

My

spirit shall not

always strive with man,

 

for

that he

also is flesh:

 

yet

his

days shall

be an

hundred

an

twenty years.

***

 

when the sons

of

God

came

in

unto the daughters

of

men,

 

an they

bare

children

to

them,

 

the same became

mighty men

which were

of

old,

men of renown.

+++

 

An Shem

lived after

he

begat Arphaxad

five

hundred years,

 

 an

begat sons

an daughters.

 

An Arphaxad

 

lived five

an thirty years,

 

an begat Salah:

 

 

 

An Arphaxad

lived after

he

begat Salah

four hundred

an three years,

 

an

 begat sons

an daughters.

 

An Salah

lived thirty years,

 

an

 begat Eber:

 

An Salah

lived after

he

begat Eber

four hundred

an three years,

 

an begat sons

an daughters.

 

An Eber

 lived four

an thirty years,

 

an begat Peleg:

 

An Eber

lived after

he

begat

Peleg

four hundred

an thirty years,

 

an begat sons

an daughters.

 

An Peleg

lived

thirty years,

 

and begat Reu:

And Peleg

lived

after

he

begat Reu

two hundred

an nine years,

 

an begat sons

 an daughters.

 

An Reu

lived

two

an thirty years,

 

an begat Serug:

 

An Reu

lived after

he

begat

Serug

two hundred

an seven years,

 

an begat sons

an daughters.

 

An Serug

lived

thirty years,

 

an begat Nahor:

 

An Serug

 lived

after he begat

Nahor

two hundred years,

 

an begat sons

an daughters.

 

An Nahor

lived

nine

an twenty years,

 

an begat

Terah:

 

An Nahor

lived

after he begat

Terah

an

hundred

an nineteen years,

 

an begat sons

an daughters.

 

An Terah

lived

seventy years,

an begat

Abram,

 

Nahor,

 

an Haran.

 

Now

these

are the

generations

of

Terah:

 

An Terah

 

lived seventy years,

 

and begat 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

**

And God

said,

 

Let

the

earth bring forth grass,

 

the herb

yielding seed,

 

an the fruit tree yielding

fruit

after his kind,

 

whose seed

is in itself,

 

upon the earth:

 

an it was

so.

 

**

in

the land

of

his nativity,

 

in Ur

of

the Chaldees.

 

And Abram

and Nahor

took them wives:

 

the name

of

Abram's wife

was Sarai;

 

an the name

of

Nahor's wife,

 

Milcah,

 

the daughter

of Haran,

 

the father

of

Milcah,

 

and the father

of

Iscah.

***

 

And God

saw the

light,

 

that it

was good:

 

an God

divided

the light

 

from

 

the

darkness.

 

 An God

called

the

light Day,

 

an the darkness

he

called Night.

 

And

the evening

an the

morning

were

the first day.

++

 

Abram;

 

the same

is

 Abraham.

***

 

An Shem

 

an Japheth

took

a

garment,

 

an laid

it

 upon both

their shoulders,

 

***

 

An Lamech

took

unto him

two wives:

 

the name

of

ther one

was

Adah,

 

an the name

of

the other

Zillah.

 

An Adah

bare

Jabal:

 

he

was the

father

of

such as dwell

in tents,

 

an

of

such as have cattle.

 

And his

brother's name was

Jubal:

 

he

was the father

of

all such

as handle

the harp

and organ.

 

An Zillah,

she also

bare

Tubalcain,

an instructor

of

every artificer

in brass

an iron:

 

an the

sister

of

Tubalcain

was

Naamah.

 

An Lamech

said unto

his wives,

Adah

an Zillah,

 

Hear my voice;

 

ye wives

of

Lamech,

***

 

Then said

I,

 

Woe is me!

 

for I am

undone;

 

because

I am a man

of

unclean lips,

an I

dwell in the midst

of

a people

of

unclean lips:

 

for

mine eyes

have seen

the King,

the

Lord of hosts.

***

 

Consider and hear me,

O Lord my God:

lighten mine eyes,

 

lest I sleep

the sleep

of

death;

    

++

 

hearken

unto

my speech:

 

for I

have slain

a

man

to

my wounding,

an a young

man

to

my hurt.

 

If Cain

shall be avenged

sevenfold,

 

truly

Lamech seventy

an sevenfold.

***

an went backward,

 

an covered

the nakedness

of

their father;

 

an their

faces

were

backward,

***

 

An the men

turned

their faces

from

thence,

 

an went toward

Sodom:

***

An the men

rose up

from

thence,

 

an looked toward

Sodom:

 

an Abraham

went with them

to

bring them

on

the way.

***

 

but Abraham

stood yet

before

the

Lord.

++

 

and they

saw not

 their father's

nakedness.

**

 

An Sarah

was an

hundred

an seven

an twenty years old:

 

these were the years

of

the life

of

Sarah.

 

An Sarah

died

in

Kir ja thar ba;

 

the same

is

Hebron in the land

of

Canaan:

 

and Abraham

came

to

mourn

for

Sarah,

 

an

to

weep

for her.

 

 An Abraham

stood up

from

before

his

dead,

 

an spake

unto the sons

of

Heth,

 

saying,

 

I am

a

stranger

an a sojourner

with you:

 

give me

a

possession

of

a

buryingplace

with you,

 

that I

may bury

 

my dead

out

of

my sight.

 

An the

children

of

Heth

answered

Abraham,

 

saying unto

him,

 

Hear us,

 

my lord:

 

thou

art a

mighty prince

among

us:

 

in

the choice

of

our

***

 

And God

said,

 

Let us

make man

in our image,

 

after our likeness: . . .

 

So God

created

man

in

his

own image,

 

in

the image

of

God

created he him;

male

an female

created he them.

 

++

sepulchres bury

thy

dead;

 

none

of

us shall

withhold

from

thee

 

his

sepulchre,

 

but that thou

mayest bury

thy dead.

An Abraham

stood up,

***

 

And the Lord

said,

 

Behold,

 

the people

is one,

++

an bowed

himself

to

the people

of

the land,

 

even to the children

of

Heth.

 

**

 

An God

said,

 

Let

there be light:

 

an there

was

light.

 

An God

saw

the light,

 

that it

was

good:

 

an God

divided

the light

 

from

 

the darkness.

 

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