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Genesis:1:4 @ And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.
geneva@Genesis:1:14 @ And God said, Let there be (note:)By the lights be means the sun, the moon, and the stars.(:note) lights in the firmament of the heaven to Which is the artificial day, from the sun rising, to the going down. divide the day from the night; and let them be for Of things belonging to natural and political orders and seasons. signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
geneva@Genesis:1:24 @ Moreouer God said, Let the earth bring foorth the liuing thing according to his kinde, cattell, and that which creepeth, and the beast of the earth, according to his kinde; it was so.
geneva@Genesis:1:26 @ And God said, (note:)God commanded the water and the earth to bring forth other creatures: but of man he says, «Let us make...» signifying that God takes counsel with his wisdom and virtue purposing to make an excellent work above all the rest of his creation.(:note) Let us make man in our This image and likeness of God in man is expounded in (Eph_4:24) where it is written that man was created after God in righteousness and true holiness meaning by these two words, all perfection, as wisdom, truth, innocency, power, etc. image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
geneva@Genesis:2:4 @ These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lorde God made the earth and the heauens,
geneva@Genesis:2:14 @ The name also of the third riuer is Hiddekel: this goeth toward the Eastside of Asshur: and the fourth riuer is Perath)
geneva@Genesis:2:24 @ Therefore shall a man leave (note:)So marriage requires a greater duty of us toward our wives, than otherwise we are bound to show to our parents.(:note) his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
geneva@Genesis:3:4 @ And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely (note:)This is Satan's chiefest subtilty, to cause us not to fear God's warnings.(:note) die:
geneva@Genesis:3:14 @ And the LORD God said unto the serpent, (note:)He asked the reason from Adam and his wife, because he would bring them to repentance, but he does not ask the serpent, because he would show him no mercy.(:note) Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and As a vile and contemptible beast, (Isa_65:25). dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
geneva@Genesis:3:16 @ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy (note:)The Lord comforts Adam by the promise of the blessed seed, and also punishes the body for the sin which the soul should have been punished for; that the spirit having conceived hope of forgiveness might live by faith. (1Co_14:34).(:note) 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.
geneva@Genesis:3:24 @ Thus he cast out man, and at the East side of the garden of Eden he set the Cherubims, and the blade of a sworde shaken, to keepe the way of the tree of life.
geneva@Genesis:4:1 @ And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she (note:)Man's nature, the estate of marriage, and God's blessing were not utterly abolished through sin, but the quality or condition of it was changed.(:note) conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man That is, according to the Lord's promise, as some read (Gen_3:15), «To the Lord» rejoicing for the son she had born, whom she would offer to the Lord as the first fruits of her birth. from the LORD.
geneva@Genesis:4:2 @ And againe she brought foorth his brother Habel, & Habel was a keeper of sheepe, and Kain was a tiller of the ground.
geneva@Genesis:4:3 @ And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an (note:)This declares that the father instructed his children in the knowledge of God, and also how God gave them sacrifices to signify their salvation, though they were destitute of the ordinance of the tree of life.(:note) offering unto the LORD.
geneva@Genesis:4:4 @ And Habel also him selfe brought of the first fruites of his sheepe, and of the fat of them, and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his offering,
geneva@Genesis:4:5 @ But vnto Kain and to his offering he had no regarde: wherefore Kain was exceeding wroth, and his countenance fell downe.
geneva@Genesis:4:6 @ Then ye Lord said vnto Kain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance cast downe?
geneva@Genesis:4:7 @ If thou doest well, shalt thou not be (note:)Both you and your sacrifice shall be acceptable to me.(:note) accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the Sin will still torment your conscience. door. And unto thee [shall be] his The dignity of the first born is given to Cain over Abel. desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
geneva@Genesis:4:8 @ Then Kain spake to Habel his brother; when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel his brother, and slewe him.
geneva@Genesis:4:9 @ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: (note:)This is the nature of the reprobate when they are rebuke for their hypocrisy, even to neglect God and outrage him.(:note) [Am] I my brother's keeper?
geneva@Genesis:4:10 @ And he said, What hast thou done? the (note:)God avenges the wrongs against his saints, though no one complains: for the iniquity itself cries for vengeance.(:note) voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
geneva@Genesis:4:11 @ And now [art] thou cursed (note:)The earth will be a witness against you, which mercifully received the blood you most cruelly shed.(:note) from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
geneva@Genesis:4:12 @ When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a (note:)You will never have rest for your heart will be in continual fear and worry.(:note) fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
geneva@Genesis:4:13 @ And Cain said unto the LORD, (note:)He burdens God as a cruel judge because he punished him so severely.(:note) My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.
geneva@Genesis:4:14 @ Behold, thou hast cast me out this day fro the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe a vagabond, and a runnagate in the earth, and whosoeuer findeth me, shall slay me.
geneva@Genesis:4:15 @ And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, (note:)Not for the love he had for Cain, but to suppress murder.(:note) vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a Which was some visible sign of God's judgment, that others should fear by it. mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
geneva@Genesis:4:16 @ Then Kain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside of Eden.
geneva@Genesis:4:17 @ And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a (note:)Thinking by this to be safe, and to have less reason to fear God's judgments against him.(:note) city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
geneva@Genesis:4:18 @ And to Henoch was borne Irad, and Irad begate Mehuiael, and Mehuiael begate Methushael, and Methushael begate Lamech.
geneva@Genesis:4:19 @ And Lamech took unto him (note:)The lawful institution of marriage, which is, that two should be one flesh, was first corrupted in the house of Cain by Lamech.(:note) two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
geneva@Genesis:4:20 @ And Adah bare Iabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as haue cattell.
geneva@Genesis:4:21 @ And his brothers name was Iubal, who was the father of all that play on the harpe and organes.
geneva@Genesis:4:22 @ And Zillah also bare Tubal-kain, who wrought cunningly euery craft of brasse and of yron: and the sister of Tubal-kain was Naamah.
geneva@Genesis:4:23 @ And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: (note:)His wives seeing that all men hated him for his cruelty, were afraid, therefore he brags that there is none strong enough to resist, even though he was already wounded.(:note) for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
geneva@Genesis:4:24 @ If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech (note:)He mocked at God's tolerance in Cain jesting as though God would allow no one to punish him and yet give him permission to murder others.(:note) seventy and sevenfold.
geneva@Genesis:4:25 @ And Adam knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God, saide she, hath appointed me another seede for Habel, because Kain slewe him.
geneva@Genesis:4:26 @ And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to (note:)In these days God began to move the hearts of the godly to restore religion, which had been suppressed by the wicked for a long time.(:note) call upon the name of the LORD.
geneva@Genesis:5:4 @ And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters.
geneva@Genesis:5:14 @ So all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and tenne yeeres: and he died.
geneva@Genesis:5:24 @ And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for (note:)To show that there was a better life prepared and to be a testimony of the immortality of souls and bodies. To inquire where he went is mere curiosity.(:note) God took him.
geneva@Genesis:6:4 @ There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of (note:)Who usurped authority over others, and degenerated from that simplicity, in which their father's lived.(:note) renown.
geneva@Genesis:6:14 @ Make thee an Arke of pine trees: thou shalt make cabines in the Arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
geneva@Genesis:7:4 @ For seuen dayes hence I will cause it raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and all the substance that I haue made, will I destroy from off the earth.
geneva@Genesis:7:14 @ They and euery beast after his kinde, and all cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery foule after his kinde, euen euery bird of euery fether.
geneva@Genesis:7:24 @ And the waters preuailed vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes.
geneva@Genesis:8:4 @ And the ark rested in the (note:)Part of September and part of October.(:note) seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
geneva@Genesis:8:14 @ And in the second moneth, in the seuen & twentieth day of the moneth was the earth drie.
geneva@Genesis:9:4 @
geneva@Genesis:9:14 @ And when I shall couer the earth with a cloud, and the bowe shall be seene in the cloude,
geneva@Genesis:9:24 @ Then Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his yonger sonne had done vnto him,
geneva@Genesis:10:4 @ Also the sonnes of Iauan, Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
geneva@Genesis:10:14 @ Pathrusim also, & Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistims) and Caphtorims.
geneva@Genesis:10:24 @ Also Arpachshad begate Shelah, and Shelah begate Eber.
geneva@Genesis:11:4 @ And they said, Go to, let us (note:)They were moved with pride and ambition, preferring their own glory to God's honour.(:note) 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.
geneva@Genesis:11:14 @ And Shelah liued thirtie yeeres, and begat Eber.
geneva@Genesis:11:24 @ And Nahor liued nine and twentie yeeres, and begate Terah.
geneva@Genesis:11:27 @ Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat (note:)He makes mention first of Abram, not because he was the first born, but for the history which properly belongs to him. Also Abram at the confusion of tongues was 43 years old, for in the destruction of Sodom he was 99 and it was destroyed 52 years after the confusion of tongues.(:note) Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
geneva@Genesis:12:4 @ So Abram departed, euen as ye Lorde spake vnto him, and Lot went with him. (And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeere olde, when he departed out of Haran)
geneva@Genesis:12:14 @ Nowe when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman: for she was very faire.
geneva@Genesis:13:4 @ Vnto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the Name of the Lord.
geneva@Genesis:13:14 @ And the LORD said unto (note:)The Lord comforted him, lest he should have taken thought for the departure of his nephew.(:note) Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
geneva@Genesis:13:15 @ For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for (note:)Meaning a long time, and till the coming of Christ as in (Exo_12:14, Exo_21:6; Deu_15:17) and spiritually this refers to the true children of Abram born according to the promise, and not according to the flesh, which are heirs of the true land of Canaan.(:note) ever.
geneva@Genesis:14:1 @ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of (note:)That is, of Babylon: by kings here, meaning, them that were governors of cities.(:note) Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Of a people gathered from various countries. nations;
geneva@Genesis:14:2 @ These men made warre with Bera King of Sodom, and with Birsha King of Gomorah, Shinab King of Admah, and Shemeber King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar.
geneva@Genesis:14:3 @ All these were (note:)Ambition is the chief cause of wars among princes.(:note) joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the Called also the dead sea, or the lake Asphaltite, near Sodom and Gomorrah. salt sea.
geneva@Genesis:14:4 @ Twelue yeere were they subiect to Chedor-laomer, but in the thirteenth yeere they rebelled.
geneva@Genesis:14:5 @ And in the fourteenth yeere came Chedor-laomer, and the Kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaueh Kiriathaim,
geneva@Genesis:14:6 @ And the Horites in their mount Seir, vnto the plaine of Paran, which is by the wildernesse.
geneva@Genesis:14:7 @ And they returned and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the countrey of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelled in Hazezon-tamar.
geneva@Genesis:14:8 @ Then went out the King of Sodom, and the King of Gomorah, and the King of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar: and they ioyned battell with them in the vale of Siddim:
geneva@Genesis:14:9 @ To wit, with Chedor-laomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar: foure Kings against fiue.
geneva@Genesis:14:10 @ And the (note:)And afterward was overwhelmed with water, and so was called the salt sea.(:note) vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
geneva@Genesis:14:11 @ Then they tooke all the substance of Sodom and Gomorah, and al their vitailes and went their way.
geneva@Genesis:14:12 @ And they (note:)The godly are plagued many times with the wicked: therefore their company is dangerous.(:note) took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
geneva@Genesis:14:13 @ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these [were] (note:)God removed them to join Abram, and preserves him from their idolatry and superstitions.(:note) confederate with Abram.
geneva@Genesis:14:14 @ When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he brought forth of them that were borne and brought vp in his house, three hundreth and eighteene, and pursued them vnto Daniel.
geneva@Genesis:14:15 @ Then he, and his seruants deuided them selues against them by night, & smote them and pursued them vnto Hobah, which is on the left side of Damascus,
geneva@Genesis:14:16 @ And he recouered all the substance, and also brought againe his brother Lot, & his goods, and the women also and the people.
geneva@Genesis:14:17 @ After that he returned from the slaughter of Chedor-laomer, and of the Kings that were with him, came the King of Sodom foorth to meete him in the valley of Shaueh, which is the Kings dale.
geneva@Genesis:14:18 @ And Melchizedek king of Salem (note:)For Abram and his soldiers refreshment, not to offer sacrifice.(:note) brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.
geneva@Genesis:14:19 @ And he (note:)Melchizedek fed Abram, declared himself to represent a king, and he blessed him as the high priest.(:note) blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
geneva@Genesis:14:20 @ And blessed be the most high God, which hath deliuered thine enemies into thine hand. And Abram gaue him tythe of all.
geneva@Genesis:14:21 @ Then the King of Sodom saide to Abram, Giue me the persons, and take the goodes to thy selfe.
geneva@Genesis:14:22 @ And Abram said to the King of Sodom, I haue lift vp mine hand vnto the Lorde the most hie God possessor of heauen and earth,
geneva@Genesis:14:23 @ That I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a threde or shoolatchet, lest thou shouldest say, I haue made Abram riche,
geneva@Genesis:14:24 @
geneva@Genesis:15:4 @ Then beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.
geneva@Genesis:15:14 @ Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
geneva@Genesis:16:4 @ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was (note:)This punishment declares what they gain if they attempt any thing against the word of God.(:note) despised in her eyes.
geneva@Genesis:16:14 @ Wherefore the well was called, Beerlahai-roi. lo, it is betweene Kadesh and Bered.
geneva@Genesis:17:4 @ As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a (note:)Not only physical descendants, but of a far greater multitude by faith, (Rom_4:17).(:note) father of many nations.
geneva@Genesis:17:14 @ And the uncircumcised (note:)Though women were not circumcised, they still partook of God's promise: for under mankind all was consecrated. Here it is declared, that whoever condemns the sign, also despises the promise.(:note) man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
geneva@Genesis:17:24 @ Abraham also himselfe was ninetie yeere olde and nine, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised.
geneva@Genesis:18:4 @ Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and (note:)For men used to go bare footed in those parts because of the heat.(:note) wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
geneva@Genesis:18:14 @ (Shall any thing be hard to the Lord? at the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, euen according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.)
geneva@Genesis:18:24 @ If there be fiftie righteous within the citie, wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for the fiftie righteous that are therein?
geneva@Genesis:19:4 @ But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, (note:)Nothing is more dangerous than to live where sin reigns: for it corrupts all.(:note) all the people from every quarter:
geneva@Genesis:19:14 @ Then Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe, which maried his daughters, and said, Arise, get you out of this place: for the Lord will destroy the citie: but he seemed to his sonnes in lawe as though he had mocked.
geneva@Genesis:19:22 @ Haste thee, escape thither; for I (note:)Because God's commandment was to destroy the city and to save Lot.(:note) cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Which before was called Belah, in (Gen_14:2). Zoar.
geneva@Genesis:19:24 @ Then the Lord rained vpon Sodom and vpon Gomorah brimstone, & fire from the Lord out of heauen,
geneva@Genesis:19:34 @ And on the morowe the elder saide to the yonger, Behold, yester night lay I with my father: let vs make him drinke wine this night also, and goe thou and lie with him, that we may preserue seede of our father.
geneva@Genesis:20:4 @ But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also (note:)The infidels confessed that God would not punish but for just occasion: therefore, when he punishes, the occasion is just.(:note) a righteous nation?
geneva@Genesis:20:14 @ Then tooke Abimelech sheepe & beeues, & men seruants, & women seruants, & gaue them vnto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
geneva@Genesis:21:4 @ Then Abraha circumcised Izhak his sonne, when he was eight dayes olde, as God had commanded him.
geneva@Genesis:21:9 @ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, (note:)He derided God's promise made to Isaac which the apostle calls persecution (Gal_4:29).(:note) mocking.
geneva@Genesis:21:14 @ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and (note:)True faith renounces all natural affections to obey God's commandment.(:note) sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
geneva@Genesis:21:24 @ And Abraham said, I will (note:)So that it is a lawful thing to take an oath in matters of importance, to justify the truth, and to assure others of our sincerity.(:note) swear.
geneva@Genesis:21:34 @ And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistims land a long season.
geneva@Genesis:22:4 @ Then the third day Abraham lift vp his eyes, and sawe the place afarre off,
geneva@Genesis:22:14 @ And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall (note:)The name is changed to show that God both sees and provides secretly for his and also evidently is seen, and felt in the right time.(:note) be seen.
geneva@Genesis:22:24 @ And his (note:)Concubine is often used to refer to those women who were inferior to the wives.(:note) concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
geneva@Genesis:23:4 @ I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.
geneva@Genesis:23:14 @ Ephron then answered Abraham, saying vnto him,
geneva@Genesis:23:15 @ My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred (note:)The common shekel is about 20 pence, so then 400 shekels is equal to 33 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence at 5 shilling sterling to the ounce.(:note) shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
geneva@Genesis:24:1 @ Nowe Abraham was olde, and striken in yeeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
geneva@Genesis:24:2 @ And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, (note:)Which ceremony declared, the servants obedience towards his master, and the master's power over the servant.(:note) Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
geneva@Genesis:24:3 @ And I will make thee (note:)This shows that an oath may be required in a lawful cause.(:note) swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
geneva@Genesis:24:4 @ But thou shalt go unto my (note:)He did not want his son to marry out of the godly family: for the problems that come from marrying the ungodly are set forth in various places throughout the scriptures.(:note) country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
geneva@Genesis:24:5 @ And the seruant saide to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? Shall I bring thy sonne againe vnto the lande from whence thou camest?
geneva@Genesis:24:6 @ And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son (note:)Lest he should love the inheritance promised.(:note) thither again.
geneva@Genesis:24:7 @ The Lord God of heauen, who tooke me from my fathers house, and from the land where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, Vnto thy seede wil I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne fro thence.
geneva@Genesis:24:8 @ Neuertheles if the woman wil not followe thee, then shalt thou bee discharged of this mine othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.
geneva@Genesis:24:9 @ Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.
geneva@Genesis:24:10 @ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master [were] in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the (note:)That is, to Charran.(:note) city of Nahor.
geneva@Genesis:24:11 @ And he made his camels to lye downe without the citie by a well of water, at euentide about the time that the women come out to draw water.
geneva@Genesis:24:12 @ And he said, O (note:)He grounds his prayer on God's promise made to his master.(:note) LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
geneva@Genesis:24:13 @ Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe water.
geneva@Genesis:24:14 @
geneva@Genesis:24:15 @ And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, (note:)God gives success to all things that are done for the glory of his name and according to his word.(:note) Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
geneva@Genesis:24:16 @ And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she (note:)Here is declared that God hears the prayers of his own, and grants their requests.(:note) went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
geneva@Genesis:24:17 @ Then the seruant ranne to meete her, and said, Let me drinke, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher.
geneva@Genesis:24:18 @ And she said, Drinke sir: and she hasted, and let downe her pitcher vpon her hand and gaue him drinke.
geneva@Genesis:24:19 @ And when she had giuen him drinke, she said, I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue drunken inough.
geneva@Genesis:24:20 @ And she powred out her pitcher into the trough speedily; and ranne againe vnto the well to drawe water, and she drewe for all his camels.
geneva@Genesis:24:21 @ So the man wondred at her, and helde his peace, to knowe whether the Lord had made his iourney prosperous or not.
geneva@Genesis:24:22 @ And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden (note:)God permitted many things both in apparel and other things which are now forbidden especially when they do not suit our humble estate.(:note) earring of The golden shekel is meant here, not silver. half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold;
geneva@Genesis:24:23 @ And he said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee, Is there roume in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in?
geneva@Genesis:24:24 @ Then she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the sonne of Milcah whom she bare vnto Nahor.
geneva@Genesis:24:25 @ Moreouer she said vnto him, We haue litter also & prouender ynough, & roume to lodge in.
geneva@Genesis:24:26 @ And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the Lord,
geneva@Genesis:24:27 @ And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy (note:)He does not boast in his good fortune (as the wicked do) but acknowledges that God has dealt mercifully with this matter in keeping his promise.(:note) and his truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
geneva@Genesis:24:28 @ And the maide ranne and tolde them of her mothers house according to these wordes.
geneva@Genesis:24:29 @ Now Rebekah had a brother called Laban, and Laban ranne vnto the man to the well.
geneva@Genesis:24:30 @ And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, (note:)For he waited on God's hand, who heard his prayer.(:note) he stood by the camels at the well.
geneva@Genesis:24:31 @ And he saide, Come in thou blessed of the Lord: wherefore standest thou without, seeing I haue prepared the house, & roume for ye camels?
geneva@Genesis:24:32 @ And the man came into the house: and (note:)That is, Laban.(:note) he ungirded his The gentle entertainment of strangers practised by the godly fathers. camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that [were] with him.
geneva@Genesis:24:33 @ And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but he said, I (note:)The faithfulness that servants owe to their masters, causes them to prefer their masters business before their own needs.(:note) will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
geneva@Genesis:24:34 @ Then he said, I am Abrahams seruant,
geneva@Genesis:24:35 @ And the LORD hath (note:)To bless signifies here to enrich, or increase with substance as the text in the same verse declares.(:note) blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
geneva@Genesis:24:36 @ And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.
geneva@Genesis:24:37 @ And my master made me swear, saying, (note:)The Canaanites were cursed, and therefore the godly could not join with them in marriage.(:note) Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
geneva@Genesis:24:38 @ But thou shalt go unto my (note:)Meaning among his relatives, as in (Gen_24:40).(:note) father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
geneva@Genesis:24:39 @ Then I saide vnto my master, What if the woman will not followe me?
geneva@Genesis:24:40 @ Who answered me, The Lord, before who I walke, will send his Angel with thee, and prosper thy iourney, and thou shalt take a wife for my sonne of my kinred and my fathers house.
geneva@Genesis:24:41 @ Then shalt thou be clear from [this] (note:)Which by my authority I caused you to make.(:note) my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee [one], thou shalt be clear from my oath.
geneva@Genesis:24:42 @ So I came this day to the well, and said, O Lorde, the God of my master Abraham, if thou nowe prosper my iourney which I goe,
geneva@Genesis:24:43 @ Behold, I stand by the wel of water: when a virgine commeth forth to drawe water, and I say to her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher to drinke,
geneva@Genesis:24:44 @ And she say to me, Drinke thou, and I will also drawe for thy camels, let her be ye wife, which the Lord hath prepared for my masters sonne.
geneva@Genesis:24:45 @ And before I had done speaking in mine (note:)Signifying that this prayer was not spoken by the mouth, but only in his heart.(:note) heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew [water]: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
geneva@Genesis:24:46 @ And she made haste, and tooke downe her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also. So I dranke, and she gaue the camels drinke also.
geneva@Genesis:24:47 @ Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she answered, The daughter of Bethuel Nahors sonne, whom Milcah bare vnto him. Then I put the abillement vpon her face, and the bracelets vpon her hands:
geneva@Genesis:24:48 @
geneva@Genesis:24:49 @ And now if ye will deal (note:)If you will freely and faithfully give your daughter to my master's son.(:note) kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the That is, that I may look elsewhere. right hand, or to the left.
geneva@Genesis:24:50 @ Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, (note:)As soon as they perceived that it was God's ordinance they yielded.(:note) The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
geneva@Genesis:24:51 @ Beholde, Rebehak is before thee, take her and goe, that she may be thy masters sonnes wife, euen as the Lord hath said.
geneva@Genesis:24:52 @ And when Abrahams seruant heard their wordes, he bowed himselfe toward the earth vnto the Lord.
geneva@Genesis:24:53 @ Then the seruant tooke foorth iewels of siluer, and iewels of golde, and raiment, and gaue to Rebekah: also vnto her brother and to her mother he gaue gifts.
geneva@Genesis:24:54 @ Afterward they did eate & drinke, both he, and the men that were with him, and taried all night; when they rose vp in the morning, he said, Let me depart vnto my master.
geneva@Genesis:24:55 @ Then her brother and her mother answered, Let the maide abide with vs, at the least ten dayes: then shall she goe.
geneva@Genesis:24:56 @ But he said vnto them, Hinder you me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my iourney: send me away, that I may goe to my master.
geneva@Genesis:24:57 @ And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at (note:)This shows that parents do not have the authority to marry their children without the consent of both parties.(:note) her mouth.
geneva@Genesis:24:58 @ And they called Rebekah, and saide vnto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she answered, I will go.
geneva@Genesis:24:59 @ So they let Rebekah their sister goe, & her nourse, with Abrahams seruant and his men.
geneva@Genesis:24:60 @ And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the (note:)That is, let them be victorious over their enemies: a blessing that is fully accomplished through Jesus Christ.(:note) gate of those which hate them.
geneva@Genesis:24:61 @ Then Rebekah arose, & her maydes, and rode vpon the camels, and followed the man; the seruant tooke Rebekah, and departed.
geneva@Genesis:24:62 @ Nowe Izhak came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi, (for he dwelt in the South countrey)
geneva@Genesis:24:63 @ And Isaac went out to (note:)This was the habit of the godly fathers to meditate on God's promises, and to pray for the accomplishment of it. The custom was that the bride was brought to her husband, her head covered, a token of humbleness and purity.(:note) meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels [were] coming.
geneva@Genesis:24:64 @ Also Rebekah lift vp her eyes, & when she saw Izhak, she lighted downe from the camel.
geneva@Genesis:24:65 @ (For shee had sayde to the seruant, Who is yonder man, that commeth in the fielde to meete vs? and the seruant had said, It is my master) So she tooke a vaile, and couered her.
geneva@Genesis:24:66 @ And the seruant tolde Izhak all things, that he had done.
geneva@Genesis:24:67 @ Afterward Izhak brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he tooke Rebekah, and she was his wife, and he loued her: So Izhak was comforted after his mothers death.
geneva@Genesis:25:4 @ Also the sonnes of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, & Eldaah all these were the sonnes of Keturah.
geneva@Genesis:25:6 @ But unto the (note:)For by virtue of God's word he not only had Isaac, but begat many more.(:note) sons of the See (Gen_22:24). concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham To avoid the disputing that otherwise might have come because of the heritage. gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
geneva@Genesis:25:14 @ And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
geneva@Genesis:25:24 @ Therefore when her time of deliuerance was fulfilled, behold, twinnes were in her wombe.
geneva@Genesis:25:34 @ Then Iaakob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles: and he did eate and drinke, and rose vp, and went his way: So Esau contemned his birthright.
geneva@Genesis:26:4 @ Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,
geneva@Genesis:26:14 @ For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines (note:)The malicious always envy the graces of God in others.(:note) envied him.
geneva@Genesis:26:24 @ And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I [am] the God (note:)God assures Isaac against all fear by rehearsing the promise made to Abraham.(:note) of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I [am] with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
geneva@Genesis:26:34 @ Nowe when Esau was fourtie yeere olde, he tooke to wife Iudith, the daughter of Beeri an Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon an Hittite also.
geneva@Genesis:27:4 @ And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my (note:)The carnal affection he had for his son made him forget what God spoke to his wife. (Gen_25:23).(:note) soul may bless thee before I die.
geneva@Genesis:27:14 @ So he went and set them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasant meat, such as his father loued.
geneva@Genesis:27:24 @ Againe he sayd, Art thou that my sonne Esau? Who answered, Yea.
geneva@Genesis:27:34 @ When Esau heard the wordes of his father, he cryed out with a great crye and bitter, out of measure, and sayde vnto his father, Blesse me, euen me also, my father.
geneva@Genesis:27:40 @ And (note:)Because your enemies will be all around you.(:note) by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt Which was fulfilled in his posterity the Idumeans: who were tributaries for a time to Israel, and later came to freedom. serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
geneva@Genesis:27:41 @ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; (note:)Hypocrites only abstain from doing evil for fear of men.(:note) then will I slay my brother Jacob.
geneva@Genesis:27:42 @ And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, (note:)He hopes to recover his birthright by killing you.(:note) as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.
geneva@Genesis:27:43 @ Now therefore my sonne, heare my voyce, arise, & flee thou to Haran to my brother Laban,
geneva@Genesis:27:44 @ And tarie with him a while vntill thy brothers fiercenesse be swaged,
geneva@Genesis:27:45 @ Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget [that] which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be (note:)For the wicked son will kill the godly: and the plague of God will later come on the wicked son.(:note) deprived also of you both in one day?
geneva@Genesis:27:46 @ And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the (note:)Who were Esau's wives.(:note) daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, By this she persuaded Isaac to agree to Jacob's leaving. what good shall my life do me?
geneva@Genesis:28:4 @ And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a (note:)The godly fathers were continually reminded that they were but strangers in this world: so that they would lift up their eyes to the heavens where they have a certain dwelling.(:note) stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
geneva@Genesis:28:14 @ And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth, & thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, & to the North, & to the South, and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
geneva@Genesis:29:4 @ And Jacob said unto them, My (note:)It seems that in those days the custom was to call even strangers, brethren.(:note) brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.
geneva@Genesis:29:14 @ And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my (note:)That is, of my blood and kindred.(:note) bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
geneva@Genesis:29:24 @ And Laban gaue his mayde Zilpah to his daughter Leah, to be her seruant.
geneva@Genesis:29:34 @ And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and said, Now at this time wil my husband keepe mee company, because I haue borne him three sonnes: therefore was his name called Leui.
geneva@Genesis:30:4 @ Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her.
geneva@Genesis:30:11 @ And Leah said, (note:)That is, God increases me with a multitude of children for so Jacob explains this name Gad (Gen_49:19).(:note) A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
geneva@Genesis:30:14 @ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found (note:)Which is a kind of herb whose root has a likeness to the figure of a man.(:note) mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
geneva@Genesis:30:24 @ And shee called his name Ioseph, saying, The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne.
geneva@Genesis:30:34 @ Then Laban sayde, Goe to, woulde God it might be according to thy saying.
geneva@Genesis:30:40 @ And Iaakob parted these lambes, and turned the faces of the flocke towardes these lambes partie coloured and all maner of blacke, among the sheepe of Laban: so hee put his owne flockes by themselues, and put them not with Labans flocke.
geneva@Genesis:30:41 @ And it came to pass, whensoever the (note:)As they which took the ram about September and brought forth about March: so the feebler in March and lamb in September.(:note) stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
geneva@Genesis:30:42 @ But when the sheepe were feeble, hee put them not in: and so the feebler were Labans, and the stronger Iaakobs.
geneva@Genesis:30:43 @ So the man encreased exceedingly, and had many flockes, and maide seruantes, and men seruants, and camels and asses.
geneva@Genesis:31:4 @ Therefore Iaakob sent and called Rahel and Leah to the fielde vnto his flocke.
geneva@Genesis:31:14 @ Then answered Rahel and Leah, and sayde vnto him, Haue wee any more porcion and inheritance in our fathers house?
geneva@Genesis:31:24 @ And God came to Laban the Aramite in a dreame by night, and sayde vnto him, Take heede that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good.
geneva@Genesis:31:34 @ (Nowe Rahel had taken the idoles, & put them in the camels litter and sate downe vpon them) and Laban searched al the tent, but found them not.
geneva@Genesis:31:40 @ I was in the day consumed with heate, and with frost in the night, and my sleepe departed from mine eyes.
geneva@Genesis:31:41 @ Thus haue I bene twentie yeere in thine house, and serued thee fourteene yeeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yeeres for thy sheepe, and thou hast changed my wages tenne times.
geneva@Genesis:31:42 @ Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the (note:)That is, the God whom Isaac feared and reverenced.(:note) fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight.
geneva@Genesis:31:43 @ Then Laban answered, and saide vnto Iaakob, These daughters are my daughters, & these sonnes are my sonnes, and these sheepe are my sheepe, and all that thou seest, is mine, and what can I doe this day vnto these my daughters, or to their sonnes which they haue borne?
geneva@Genesis:31:44 @ Now therefore (note:)His conscience reproved him for his misbehaviour toward Jacob, and therefore moved him to seek peace.(:note) come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
geneva@Genesis:31:45 @ Then tooke Iaakob a stone, and set it vp as a pillar:
geneva@Genesis:31:46 @ And Iaakob sayde vnto his brethren, Gather stones: who brought stones, and made an heape, and they did eate there vpon the heape.
geneva@Genesis:31:47 @ And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it (note:)The one named the place in the Syrian tongue, and the other in the Hebrew tongue.(:note) Galeed.
geneva@Genesis:31:48 @ For Laban sayd, This heape is witnesse betweene me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed.
geneva@Genesis:31:49 @ And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD (note:)To punish the trespasser.(:note) watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
geneva@Genesis:31:54 @ Then Iaakob did offer a sacrifice vpon the mount, and called his brethren to eate bread; they did eate bread, and taried all night in the mount.
geneva@Genesis:32:4 @ And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my (note:)He reverenced his brother in worldly things, because he mainly looked to be preferred to the spiritual promise.(:note) lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
geneva@Genesis:32:14 @ Two hundreth shee goates & twenty hee goates, two hundreth ewes & twentie rammes:
geneva@Genesis:32:24 @ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a (note:)That is, God in the form of a man.(:note) man with him until the breaking of the day.
geneva@Genesis:33:4 @ Then Esau ranne to meete him, and embraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, & they wept.
geneva@Genesis:33:14 @ Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until (note:)He promised that which (as it would seem) he did not plan to do.(:note) I come unto my lord unto Seir.
geneva@Genesis:34:1 @ And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, (note:)This example teaches us that too much liberty is not to be given to youth.(:note) went out to see the daughters of the land.
geneva@Genesis:34:2 @ Whome when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite lorde of that countrey sawe, hee tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
geneva@Genesis:34:3 @ So his heart claue vnto Dinah the daughter of Iaakob: and he loued the maide, & spake kindely vnto the maide.
geneva@Genesis:34:4 @ And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, (note:)This proves that the consent of parents is required in marriage, seeing that even the infidels observed it as a necessary thing.(:note) Get me this damsel to wife.
geneva@Genesis:34:5 @ (Nowe Iaakob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sonnes were with his cattell in the fielde: therefore Iaakob helde his peace, vntill they were come.)
geneva@Genesis:34:6 @ Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out vnto Iaakob to commune with him.
geneva@Genesis:34:7 @ And whe the sonnes of Iaakob were come out of the fielde and heard it, it grieued the men, & they were very angry, because he had wrought villenie in Israel, in that he had lyen with Iaakobs daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
geneva@Genesis:34:8 @ And Hamor communed with them, saying, the soule of my sonne Shechem longeth for your daughter: giue her him to wife, I pray you.
geneva@Genesis:34:9 @ So make affinitie with vs: giue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you,
geneva@Genesis:34:10 @ And ye shall dwell with vs, and the lande shalbe before you: dwell, and doe your businesse in it, and haue your possessions therein.
geneva@Genesis:34:11 @ Shechem also said vnto her father & vnto her brethren, Let me finde fauour in your eyes, and I will giue whatsoeuer ye shall appoint me.
geneva@Genesis:34:12 @ Aske of me abundantly both dowrie and giftes, and I will giue as ye appoint me, so that ye giue me the maide to wife.
geneva@Genesis:34:13 @ Then the sonnes of Iaakob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, talking deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
geneva@Genesis:34:14 @ And they said unto them, (note:)They used the holy ordinance of God a means to accomplish their wicked purpose.(:note) We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a As it is abomination for those who are baptized to be joined to infidels. reproach unto us:
geneva@Genesis:34:15 @ But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be (note:)Their fault is even greater since they made religion a disguise for their deceit.(:note) circumcised;
geneva@Genesis:34:16 @ Then will we giue our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to vs, and will dwell with you, and be one people.
geneva@Genesis:34:17 @ But if ye will not hearken vnto vs to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and depart.![[pBiblx2]](/img/menu.png)