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<heading>

THE FYRST BOKE OF MOSES CALLED GENESIS (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.3)

THE FYRST CHAPITER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.4)

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In the begynnynge God created heaven and erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.6)

The erth was voyde and emptie , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.7)

a~d darcknesse was vpon the depe , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.8)

and the spirite of god moved vpon the water (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.9)

Than God sayd : let there be lyghte (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.10)

and there was lyghte . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.11)

And God sawe the lyghte that it was good : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.12)

& devyded the lyghte from the darcknesse , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.13)

and called the lyghte daye , and the darcknesse nyghte :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.14)

and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the fyrst daye
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.15)

And God sayd : let there be a fyrmament betwene the waters ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.16)

a~d let it devyde the waters a sonder . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.17)

Than God made the fyrmament (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.18)

and parted the waters which were vnder the fyrmament , from the waters
that were above the fyrmament : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.19)

And it was so . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.20)

And God called the fyrmament heaven , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.21)

And so of the evenynge and morninge was made the seconde daye
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.22)

And God sayd , let the waters that are vnder heaven gether them selves
vnto one place , that the drye londe may appere :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.23)

And it came so to passe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.24)

And god called the drye lande the erth (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.25)

and the gatheringe togyther of waters called he the see ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.26)

And God sawe that it was good (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.27)

And God sayd : let the erth bringe forth herbe and grasse that sowe
seed , and frutefull trees that bere frute every one in his kynde ,
havynge their seed in them selves vpon the erth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.28)

And it came so to passe : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.29)

a~d the erth brought forth herbe and grasse sowenge seed every one in
his kynde & trees berynge frute & havynge their seed in the~ selves ,
every one in his kynde . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.30)

And God sawe that it was good : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.31)

and the~ of the evenynge and mornynge was made the thyrde daye .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.32)

Than sayd God : let there be lyghtes in y=e= firmament of heaven to
devyde the daye fro~ the nyghte , that they may be vnto sygnes ,
seasons , days & yeares . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.33)

And let them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heave~ , to shyne vpon the
erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.34)

& so it was . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.35)

And God made two great lyghtes A greater lyghte to rule the daye , & a
lesse lyghte to rule the nyghte , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.36)

and he made sterres also . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.37)

And God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne vpon the erth ,
and to rule the daye & the nyghte , a~d to devyde the lyghte from
darcknesse . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.38)

And God sawe y=t= it was good : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.39)

and so of the evenynge a~d mornynge was made the fourth daye .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,1G.40)

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And God sayd , let the water bryng forth creatures that move & have
lyfe , & foules for to flee over the erth vnder the fyrmament of heaven
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.42)

And God created greate whalles and all maner of creatures that lyve and
moue , which the waters brought forth in their kindes , a~d all maner
of federed foules in their kyndes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.43)

And God sawe that it was good : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.44)

and God blessed them saynge . Growe and multiplye
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.45)

a~d fyll the waters of the sees , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.46)

& let the foules multiplye vpo~ the erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.47)

And so of the evenynge & morninge was made the fyfth daye .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.48)

And God sayd : let the erth bring forth lyvynge creatures in thir
kyndes : catell & wormes & beastes of the erth in their kyndes ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.49)

& so it came to passe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.50)

And god made the beastes of the erth in their kyndes , & catell in
their kyndes , a~d all maner wormes of the erth in their kyndes :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.51)

and God sawe that it was good . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.52)

And God sayd : let vs make man in oure symilitude a~ after oure
lycknesse : that he may have rule over the fysh of the see , and over
the foules of the ayre , and over catell , and over all the erth , and
over all wormes that crepe on the erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.53)

And God created man after hys lycknesse , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.54)

after the lycknesse of god created he him : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.55)

male & female created he them . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.56)

And God blessed them , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.57)

and God sayd vnto them . Growe and multiplye (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.58)

and fyll the erth (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.59)

and subdue it , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.60)

and have domynyon over the fysh of the see , and over the foules of the
ayre , and over all the beastes that move on the erth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.61)

And God sayd : se , I have geven yow all herbes that sowe seed which
are on all the erth , and all maner trees that haue frute in them and
sowe seed : to be meate for yow & for all beastes of the erth , and
vnto all foules of the ayre , and vnto all that crepeth on the erth
where in is lyfe , that they may haue all maner herbes and grasse for
to eate , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.62)

and even so it was . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.63)

And God behelde all that he had made , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.64)

a~d loo they were exceadynge good : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.65)

and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the syxth daye
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,I,20G.66)

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<heading>

THE SECONDE CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.69)

</heading>

Thus was heave~ & erth fynished wyth all their apparell :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.71)

a~d i~ y=e= seue~th daye god ended hys worke which he had made
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.72)

& rested in y=e= seventh daye fro~ all his workes which he had made .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.73)

And God blessed y=e= seventh daye , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.74)

and sanctyfyed it , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.75)

for in it he rested from all his workes which he had created and made .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.76)

These are the generations of heaven & erth when they were created , in
the tyme when the Lorde God created heaven and erth and all the
shrubbes of the felde be fore they were in the erthe . And all the
herbes of the felde before they sprange : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.77)

for the Lorde God had yet sent no rayne vpon the erth ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.78)

nether was there yet any man to tylle the erth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.79)

But there arose a myste out of the ground (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.80)

and watered all the face of the erth : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.81)

Then the Lorde God shope man , even of the moulde of the erth
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.82)

and brethed into his face the breth of lyfe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.83)

So man was made a lyvynge soule . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.84)

The Lorde God also planted a garden in Eden from the begynnynge ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.85)

and there he sette man whom he had formed . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.86)

And the Lorde God made to sprynge out of the erth , all maner trees
bewtyfull to the syghte and pleasant to eate , and the tree of lyfe in
the middes of the garden : and also the tree of knowledge of good and
euell . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.87)

And there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the garden ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.88)

and thence devided it selfe , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.89)

and grewe in to foure principall waters . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.90)

The name of the one is Phison , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.91)

he it is that compasseth all the lande of heuila , where gold groweth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.92)

And the gold of that contre ys precious , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.93)

there is found bedellion and a stone called Onix .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.94)

The name of the seconde ryver is Gihon , which compassyth all the lande
of Inde . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.95)

And the name of the thyrde river is Hidekell , which runneth on the
easte syde of the assyryans . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.96)

And the fourth river is Euphrates . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.97)

And the Lorde God toke Adam (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.98)

and put him in the garden of Eden , to dresse it and to kepe it :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.99)

and the Lorde God co~maunded Ada~ saynge : of all the trees of the
garde~ se thou eate . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.100)

But of the tre of knowlege of good and badd se that thou eate not :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.101)

for even y=e= same daye thou eatest of it , thou shalt surely dye .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.102)

And the Lorde God sayd : it is not good that man shulde be alone ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.103)

I will make hym an helper to beare him company :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.104)

And after y=t= the Lorde God had make of the erth all maner beastes of
the felde , and all maner foules of the ayre , he brought them vnto
Adam to see what he wold call them . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.105)

And as Ada~ called all maner livynge beastes : eve~ so are their names
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,1G.106)

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And Adam gave names vnto all maner catell , and vnto the foules of the
ayre , and vnto all maner beastes of the felde .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.108)

But there was no helpe founde vnto Adam to beare him companye
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.109)

Then the Lorde God cast a slomber on Adam , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.110)

and he slepte . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.111)

And then he toke out one of his rybbes , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.112)

and in stede ther of he fylled vp the place with flesh .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.113)

And the Lorde God made of the rybbe which he toke out of Adam , a woma~
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.114)

and brought her vnto Adam . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.115)

Then sayd Ada~ this is once bone of my boones , and flesh of my flesh .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.116)

This shall be called woman : because she was take of the man .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.117)

For this cause shall a man leve father and mother & cleve vnto his wyfe
, (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.118)

& they shall be one flesh . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.119)

And they were ether of them naked , both Adam and hys wyfe ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.120)

a~d were not ashamed : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,II,20G.121)

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<heading>

THE .III. CHAPTER (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.124)

</heading>

But the serpent was sotyller than all the beastes of the felde which
y=e= Lorde God had made , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.126)

and sayd vnto the woman . Ah syr , that God hath sayd , ye shall not
eate of all maner trees in the garden . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.127)

And the woman sayd vnto the serpent , of the frute of the trees in the
garden we may eate , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.128)

but of the frute of the tree y=t= is in the myddes of the garden
<paren> sayd God </paren> se that ye eate not ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.129)

and se that ye touch it not : lest ye dye . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.130)

Then sayd the serpent vnto the woman : tush ye shall not dye :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.131)

But God doth knowe , that whensoever ye shulde eate of it , youre eyes
shuld be opened and ye shulde be as , God and knowe both good and evell
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.132)

And the woman sawe that it was a good tree to eate of and lustie unto
the eyes and a pleasant tre for to make wyse .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.133)

And toke of the frute of it (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.134)

and ate , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.135)

and gaue vnto hir husband also with her , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.136)

and he ate . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.137)

And the eyes of both of them were opened , that they vnderstode how
that they were naked . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.138)

Than they sowed fygge leves togedder (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.139)

and made them apurns . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.140)

And they herd the voyce of the Lorde God as he walked in the garde~ in
the coole of the daye . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.141)

And Adam hyd hymselfe and his wyfe also from the face of the Lorde God
, amonge the trees of the garden . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.142)

And the Lorde God called Adam (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.143)

and sayd vnto him where art thou ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.144)

And he answered . Thy voyce I harde in the garden ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.145)

but I was afrayd because I was naked , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.146)

and therfore hyd myselfe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.147)

And he sayd : who told the that thou wast naked ?
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.148)

hast thou eaten of the tree , of which I bade the that thou shuldest
not eate ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.149)

And Adam answered . The woman which thou gavest to bere me company she
toke me of the tree , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.150)

a~d I ate . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.151)

And the Lorde God sayd vnto the woman : wherfore didest thou so ?
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.152)

And the woman answered , the serpent deceaved me
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.153)

and I ate . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.154)

And the Lorde God sayd vnto the serpe~t because thou haste so done
moste cursed be thou of all catell and of all beastes of the feld :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.155)

vppo~ thy bely shalt thou goo : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.156)

and erth shalt thou eate all dayes of thy lyfe .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.157)

Morover I will put hatred betwene the and the woman , and betwene thy
seed and hyr seed . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.158)

And that seed shall tread the on the heed , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.159)

a~d thou shalt tread hit on the hele . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.160)

And vnto the woman he sayd : I will suerly encrease thy sorow a~d make
the oft with child , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.161)

and with payne shalt thou be deleverd : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.162)

And thy lustes shall pertayne vnto thy husbond
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.163)

and he shall rule the . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.164)

And vnto Ada~ he sayd : for as moch as thou hast obeyed the voyce of
thy wyfe , and hast eaten of the tree of which I commaunded the saynge
: se thou eate not therof : cursed be the erth for thy sake .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.165)

In sorow shalt thou eate therof all dayes of thy life ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.166)

And it shall beare thornes a~d thystels vnto the .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.167)

And thou shalt eate the herbes of y=e= feld : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.168)

In the swete of thy face shalt thou eate brede , vntill thou returne
vnto the erth whe~ce thou wast take~ : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.169)

for erth thou art , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.170)

a~d vnto erth shalt thou returne . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,1G.171)

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And Adam called his wyfe Heua , because she was the mother of all that
lyveth (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,20G.173)

And the Lorde God made Adam and hys wyfe garmentes of skynnes ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,20G.174)

and put them on them . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,20G.175)

And the Lorde God sayd : loo , Adam is become as it were one of vs , in
knowlege of good and evell . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,20G.176)

But now lest he strech forth his hand and take also of the tree of lyfe
and eate and lyve ever . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,20G.177)

And the Lorde God cast him out of the garden of Eden , to tylle the
erth whe~ce he was taken . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,20G.178)

And he cast Ada~ out , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,20G.179)

and sette at y=e= enteringe of the garden Eden , Cherubin with a naked
swerde movinge in and out , to kepe the way to the tree of lyfe .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,III,20G.180)

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<heading>

THE .VI. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.183)

</heading>

And it came to passe wha~ men bega~ to multiplye apo~ the erth a~d had
begot them doughters , the sonnes of God sawe the doughters of men that
they were fayre , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.185)

and toke vnto them wyves , which they best liked amo~ge the~ all .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.186)

And the Lord sayd : My spirite shall not all waye stryve withe man ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.187)

for they are flesh . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.188)

Nevertheles I wyll geue them yet space , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.189)

and hundred and .xx. yeres There were tirantes in the world in thos
dayes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.190)

For after that the children of God had gone in vnto the doughters of
men and had begotten them childern , the same childern were the
mightiest of the world and men of renowne . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.191)

And whan the Lorde sawe y=t= the wekednesse of man was encreased apon
the erth , and that all the ymaginacion and toughtes of his hert was
only evell continually , he repented that he had made man apon the erth
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.192)

and sorowed in his hert . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.193)

And sayd : I wyll destroy mankynde which I haue made , fro~ of the face
of the erth : both man , beast , worme and foule of the ayre ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.194)

for it repe~teth me that I haue made them . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.195)

But yet Noe found grace in the syghte of the Lorde .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.196)

These are the generatio~s of Noe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.197)

Noe was a righteous man and vncorrupte in his tyme ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.198)

& walked wyth god . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.199)

And Noe begat .iii. sonnes : Sem , Ham and Iapheth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.200)

And the erth was corrupte in the syghte of god ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.201)

and was full of mischefe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.202)

And God loked vpon the erth , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.203)

a~d loo it was corrupte : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.204)

for all flesh had corrupte his way vppon the erth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.205)

Than sayd God to Noe : the end of all flesh is come before me ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.206)

for the erth is full of there myschefe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.207)

And loo , I wyll destroy them with the erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.208)

Make the an arcke of pyne tree , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.209)

and make chaumbers in the arcke , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.210)

and pytch it wythin and wythout wyth pytch . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.211)

And of this facion shalt thou make it . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.212)

The lenth of the arcke shall be .iii. hundred cubytes , a~d the bredth
of it .L. cubytes , and the heyth of it xxx. cubytes .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.213)

A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in the arcke . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.214)

And wythin a cubyte compasse shalt thou finysh it .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.215)

And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette in y=e= syde of it :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.216)

and thou shalt make it with .iii. loftes one aboue an other .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.217)

For behold I will bringe in a floud of water apon the erth to destroy
all flesh from vnder heaven , wherin breth of life is so that all that
is in the erth shall perish . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.218)

But I will make myne apoyntement with the , that both thou shalt come
in to y=e= arcke and thy sonnes , thy wyfe and thy sonnes wyves with
the . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.219)

And of all that lyveth what soever flesh it be , shalt thou brynge in
to the arcke , of every thynge a payre , to kepe tham a lyve wyth the .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,1G.220)

And male and female se that they be , <P_VI,20G> of byrdes in their
kynde , and of beastes in their kynde , and of all maner of wormes of
the erth in their kinde : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,20G.221)

a payre of every thinge shall come vnto the to kepe them a lyve .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,20G.222)

And take vnto the of all maner of meate y=t= may be eaten
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,20G.223)

& laye it vp in stoore by the , that it may be meate both for y=e= and
for the~ : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,20G.224)

and Noe dyd acordynge to all that God commaunded hym .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VI,20G.225)

<P_VII,1G>

<heading>

THE .VII. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.228)

</heading>

And the Lorde sayd vnto Noe : goo into the arcke both thou and all thy
houssold . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.230)

For the haue I sene rightuous before me in thys generacion .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.231)

Of all clene beastes take vnto the .vii. of every kynde the male and
hys female And of vnclene beastes a payre , the male and hys female :
lykewyse of the byrdes of the ayre .vii. of every kynde , male and
female to save seed vppon all the erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.232)

For vii. days hence wyll I send rayne vppo~ the erth .XL dayes. & .XL.
nyghtes (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.233)

and wyll dystroy all maner of thynges that I haue made , from of the
face of the erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.234)

And Noe dyd acordynge to all y=t= the lorde co~maunded hym :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.235)

and Noe was .vi. hundred yere olde , when the floud of water came vppon
the erth : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.236)

and Noe went and his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyves wyth hym
, in to the arke from the waters of the floud .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.237)

And of clene beastes and of beastes that ware vnclene and of byrdes and
of all that crepeth vppo~ the erth , came in by cooples of every kynde
vnto Noe in to the arke : a male and a female : even as God commaunded
Noe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.238)

And the seventh daye the waters of the floud came vppon the erth . In
the .vi. hundred yere of Noes lyfe , in the seco~de moneth , in the
.xvii. daye of the moneth , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.239)

y=t= same daye were all the founteynes of the grete depe broken vp ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.240)

& the wyndowes of heave~ were opened , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.241)

a~d there fell a rayne vpon the erth .XL. dayes and .XL. nyghtes .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.242)

And the selfe same daye went Noe , Sem , Ham and Iapheth , Noes sonnes
, and Noes wyfe and the .iii. wyves of his sonnes wyth them in to the
arke : both they and all maner of beastes in their ki~de , & all maner
of catell in their kynde & all maner of wormes that crepe vppon the
erth in their kynde , and all maner of byrdes in there kynde . and all
maner off foules what soever had feders . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.243)

And they came vnto Noe in to the arke by cooples , of all flesh y=t=
had breth of lyfe in it . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.244)

And they that came , came male a~d female of every flesh accordi~ge as
God co~maunded hym : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.245)

& y=e= Lorde shytt the dore vppo~ him (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.246)

And the floud came .XL. dayes & .XL. nyghtes vppon the erth ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.247)

& the water increased (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.248)

and bare vp the arcke (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.249)

a~d it was lifte up from of the erth (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.250)

And the water prevayled (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.251)

and increased exceadingly vppon the erth : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.252)

and the arke went vppo~ the toppe of the waters .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.253)

And the waters prevayled excedingly above mesure vppo~ the erth , so
that all the hye hylles which are vnder all the partes of heaven , were
covered : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,1G.254)

<P_VII,20G>

eve~ xv. cubytes hye prevayled the waters , so that the hylles were
covered . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,20G.256)

And the fleshe that moved on the earth , bothe birdes catell and
beastes perisshed , with all that crepte on the erth and all men : so
that all that had the breth of liffe in the nostrels of it thorow out
all that was on drye lond dyed . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,20G.257)

Thus was destroyed all that was vppo~ the erth , both man , beastes ,
wormes and foules of the ayre : so that they were destroyed from the
erth : save Noe was reserved only-3 and they that were wyth hym in the
arke . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,20G.258)

And the waters prevayled vppon the erth , an hundred and fyftye dayes .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VII,20G.259)

<P_VIII,1G>

<heading>

THE .VIII. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.262)

</heading>

And god reme~bred Noe & all y=e= beastes & all y=e= catell y=t= were
with hi~ in y=e= arke (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.264)

And god made a wynde to blow vppo~ y=e= erth ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.265)

& y=e= waters ceased : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.266)

a~d y=e= fountaynes of the depe a~d the wyndowes of heave~ were stopte
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.267)

and the rayne of heaven was forbidde~ , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.268)

and the waters returned from of y=e= erth (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.269)

a~d abated after the ende of an hundred and .L dayes .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.270)

And the arke rested vppo~ the mountayns of Ararat , the .xvii. daye of
the .vii. moneth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.271)

And the waters went away (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.272)

a~d decreased vntyll the .x. moneth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.273)

And the fyrst daye of the tenth moneth , the toppes of the mounteyns
appered . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.274)

And after the ende of .XL. dayes . Noe opened the wyndow of the arke
which he had made , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.275)

a~d sent forth a raven , which went out , ever goinge and cominge
agayne , vntyll the waters were dreyed vpp vppon the erth
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.276)

Then sent he forth a doue from hym , to wete whether the waters were
fallen from of the erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.277)

And when the doue coude fynde no restinge place for hyr fote , she
returned to him agayne vnto the arke , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.278)

for the waters were vppon the face of all the erth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.279)

And he put out hys honde (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.280)

and toke her (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.281)

and pulled hyr to hym in to the arke (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.282)

And he abode yet .vii. dayes mo , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.283)

and sent out the doue agayne out of the arke ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.284)

And the doue came to hym agayne aboute eventyde ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.285)

and beholde : There was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she
had plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters were abated vppon the
erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.286)

And he taried yet .vii. other dayes , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.287)

and sent forth the doue , which from thence forth came no more agayne
to him . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.288)

And it came to passe , the syxte hundred and one yere and the fyrst
daye of the fyrst moneth , that the waters were dryed vpp apon the erth
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.289)

And Noe toke off the hatches of the arke (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.290)

and loked : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.291)

And beholde , the face of the erth was drye .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.292)

So by the .xxvii. daye of the seconde moneth the erth was drye .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.293)

And God spake vnto Noe saynge come out of the arcke , both thou and thy
wyfe a~d thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.294)

And all the beastes that are with the whatsoever flesh it be , both
foule and catell and all manner wormes that crepe on the erth , brynge
out with the , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.295)

and let them moue , growe a~d multiplye vppon the erth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.296)

And Noe came out , a~d his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues
with hym . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.297)

And all the beastes , and all the wormes , and all the foules , and all
that moved vppon the erth , came also out of the arke , all of one
kynde together . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,1G.298)

<P_VIII,20G>

And Noe made an aulter vnto the Lorde , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,20G.300)

and toke of all maner of clene beastes and all maner of clene foules ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,20G.301)

and offred sacrifyce vppon the aulter . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,20G.302)

And the Lorde smellyd a swete favoure (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,20G.303)

and sayd in his hert : I wyll henceforth no more curse the erth for
mannes sake , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,20G.304)

for the imagynacion of mannes hert is evell even from the very youth of
hym . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,20G.305)

Moreouer I wyll not destroy from henceforth all that lyveth as I haue
done . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,20G.306)

Nether shall sowynge tyme and harvest , colde , and hete , somere &
wynter , daye and nyghte ceasse , as longe as the erth endureth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,VIII,20G.307)

<P_IX,1G>

<heading>

THE .IX. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.310)

</heading>

And God blessed Noe and his sonnes , and sayd vnto them : Increase and
multiplye (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.312)

and fyll the erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.313)

The feare also and drede of yow be vppon all beasts of the erth , and
vppon all foules of the ayre , a~d vppon all that crepeth on the erth ,
and vppon all fyshes of the see , which are geuen vnto youre handes
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.314)

And all that moveth vppon the erth havynge lyfe , shall be youre meate
: (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.315)

Euen as y=e= grene herbes , so geue I yow all thynge .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.316)

Only the flesh with his life which is his bloud , se that ye eate not .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.317)

For verely the bloude of yow wherein youre lyves are wyll I requyre .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.318)

Eue~ of the hande of all beastes wyll I require it ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.319)

And of the hande of man and of the hand off euery mannes brother , wyll
I requyre the lyfe of man : so y=t= he which shedeth mannes bloude ,
shall haue hys bloud shed by man agayne : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.320)

for God made man after hys awne lycknesse . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.321)

See that ye encrease , and waxe , and be occupyde vppon the erth ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.322)

& multiplye therein . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.323)

Farthermore God spake vnto Noe & to hys sonnes with hym saynge : see ,
I make my bo~d wyth you and youre seed after you , and wyth all lyvynge
thinge that is wyth you : both foule and catell , and all maner beste
of the erth that is wyth yow , of all that commeth out of the arke what
soeuer beste of the erth it be . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.324)

I make my bonde wyth yow , that henceforth all flesh shall not be
destroyed wyth y=e= waters of any floud , a~d y=t= henceforth there
shall not be a floud to destroy the erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.325)

And God sayd . This is the token of my bo~de which I make betwene me
and yow , a~d betwene all lyvynge thyng that is with yow for ever :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.326)

I wyll sette my bowe in the cloudes , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.327)

and it shall be a sygne of the appoyntment made betwene me and the erth
: So that when I brynge in cloudes vpo~ y=e= erth , the bowe shall
appere in y=e= cloudes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.328)

And than wyll I thynke vppon my testament which I haue made betwene me
and yow , and all that lyveth what soeuer flesh it be . So that
henceforth there shall be no more waters to make a floud to destroy all
flesh . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.329)

The bowe $shall $be {TEXT:shalbe} in the cloudes ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.330)

and I wyll loke vpon it , to remembre the euerlastynge testament
betwene God and all that lyveth vppon the erth , what soeuer flesh it
be . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.331)

And God sayd vnto Noe : This is the sygne of the testament which I have
made betwene me and all flesh y=t= is on the erth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.332)

The sonnes of Noe that came out of the arcke were : Sem , Ham , and
Iapheth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.333)

And Ham he is the father of Canaa~ . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.334)

These are the .iii. sonnes of Noe , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.335)

and of these was all the world overspred . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,1G.336)

<P_IX,20G>

And Noe beynge an husba~d man , went furth (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.338)

and planted a vyneyarde (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.339)

and drancke of the wyne (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.340)

and was droncke , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.341)

and laye vncouered in the myddest of his te~t .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.342)

And Ham the father of Canaan sawe his fathers prevytees ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.343)

& tolde his .ii. brethren that were wythout . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.344)

And Sem and Iapheth toke a mantell (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.345)

and put it on both there shulders (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.346)

a~d went backward , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.347)

a~d covered there fathers secrets , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.348)

but there faces were backward So that they sawe not there fathers
nakydnes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.349)

As soone as Noe was awaked fro~ his wyne and wyst what his yongest
sonne had done vnto hym , he sayd : cursed be Canaan ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.350)

a~d a seruante of all seruantes be he to his brethren .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.351)

An he sayd : Blessed be the Lorde God of Se~ , and Canaan his seruante
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.352)

God increase Iapheth that he may dwelle in the tentes of Sem .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.353)

And Canaan be their seruante . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.354)

And Noe lyved after the floude .iii. hundred and .L yere : So that all
the dayes of Noe were .IX. hundred and .L. yere ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.355)

a~d than he dyed . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,IX,20G.356)

<P_XII,1G>

<heading>

THE .XII. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.359)

</heading>

Then the Lorde sayd vnto Abra~ Gett the out of thy contre and from thy
kynred , and out of thy fathers house , into a londe which I wyll shewe
the . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.361)

And I wyll make of the a myghtie people , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.362)

and wyll blesse the , and make thy name grete , that thou mayst be al
blessinge . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.363)

And I wyll blesse the~ that blesse the , a~d curse the~ that curse the
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.364)

And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.365)

And Abram we~t as the Lorde badd hym , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.366)

and Lot went wyth him . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.367)

Abram was .LXXV. yere olde , when he went out of Haran .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.368)

And Abram toke Sarai his wyfe a~d Lot his brothers sonne , wyth all
their goodes which they had goten and soulles which they had begoten in
Haran . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.369)

And they departed to goo in to the la~de of Chanaan .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.370)

And when they were come in to the lande of Chanaan , Abram went furth
in to the la~de tyll he came vnto a place called Sychem , and vnto the
oke of More . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.371)

And the Canaanytes dwelled then in the lande .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.372)

Then the Lorde apeared vnto Abram (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.373)

a~d sayd : vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys la~de .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.374)

And he buylded an aultere there vnto the Lorde which apeared to hym .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.375)

Then departed he thence vnto a mountayne that lyeth on the east syde of
Bethel (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.376)

and pytched hys tente : Bethel beynge on the west syde , and Ay on the
east : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.377)

And he buylded there an aulter vnto the Lorde (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.378)

& called on the name of y=e= Lorde . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.379)

And than Abram departed (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.380)

and toke his iourney southwarde (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.381)

After thys there came a derth in the lande . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.382)

And Abram went doune in to Egipte to soiourne there ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.383)

for the derth was sore in the lande . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.384)

And when he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte , he sayd vnto Sarai
his wife . Beholde , I knowe that thou art a fayre woman to loke apo~ .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.385)

It wyll come to passe therfore whe~ the Egiptians see the , that they
wyll say : she is his wyfe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.386)

And so shall they slay me and save the . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.387)

Saye I praye the therfore that thou art my sister , that I maye fare
the better by reason of the and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.388)

As soon as he came in to Egipte , the Egiptia~s sawe the woman that she
was very fayre . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.389)

And Pharaos lordes sawe hir also , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.390)

and praysed hir vnto Pharao : So that she was taken in to Pharaos house
, which entreated Abram well for hir sake , so that he had shepe ,
oxsen a~d he asses , men seruantes , mayde serua~tes , she asses and
camels . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.391)

But God plaged Pharao and his house wyth grete plages , because of
Sarai Abrams wyfe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.392)

Then Pharao called Abram (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.393)

and sayd : why hast thou thus dealt with me ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.394)

Wherfore toldest thou me not that she was thy wife ?
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.395)

Why saydest thou that she was thy sister , and causedest me to take hyr
to my wyfe ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.396)

But now loo , there is the wife , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.397)

take hir (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.398)

a~d be walkynge . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,1G.399)

<P_XII,20G>

Pharao also gaue a charge vnto his men over Abram , to leade hym out ,
wyth his wyfe and all that he had . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XII,20G.401)

<P_XIII,1G>

<heading>

THE .XIII. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.404)

</heading>

Than Abram departed out of Egipte , both he and his wyfe and all that
he had , and Lot wyth hym vnto the south . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.406)

Abram was very rich in catell , syluer & gold .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.407)

And he went on his iourney fro~ the south even vnto Bethel , a~d vnto
the place where his tente was at the fyrst tyme betwene Bethel and Ay ,
and vnto the place of the aulter which he made before .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.408)

And there called Abram vpon the name of the Lorde .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.409)

Lot also which went wyth him had shepe , catell and tentes : so that
the londe was not abill to receaue them that they myght dwell to gether
, (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.410)

for the substance of their riches was so greate , that they coude not
dwell to gether (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.411)

And there fell a stryfe betwene the herdmen of Abrams catell , and the
herdmen of Lots catell . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.412)

Moreouer the Cananytes and the Pherysites dwelled at that tyme in the
lande . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.413)

Than sayd Abram vnto Lot : let there be no stryfe I praye the betwene
the and me and betwene my herdmen and thyne ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.414)

for we be brethren . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.415)

Ys not all the hole lande before the ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.416)

Departe I praye the fro~ my . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.417)

Yf thou wylt take the lefte hande , I wyll take the right :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.418)

Or yf thou take the right hande I wyll take the left .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.419)

And Lot lyft vp his eyes (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.420)

and beheld all the contre aboute Iordane , which was a plenteous contre
of water every where , before the Lorde destroyed Sodoma and Gomorra .
Even as the garden of the Lorde , & as the lande of Egipte tyll thou
come to Zoar . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.421)

Than Lot chose all the costes of Iordane (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.422)

a~d toke hys iourney from the east . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.423)

And so departed the one brother from the other .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.424)

Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan . And lot in the cytes of the
playne , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.425)

& tented tyll he came to Sodome . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.426)

But the men of sodome were wyked (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.427)

and synned exceadyngly agenst the Lorde . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.428)

And the Lorde sayed vnto Abram , after that Lot was departed from hym :
lyfte vp thyne eyes (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.429)

& loke from y=e= place where thou art , northward , southward ,
eastward and westward , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.430)

for all the lande which thou seiste wyll I gyue the & thy seed for ever
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.431)

And I wyll make thy seed , as the dust of the erth ; so that yf a ma~
can nombre the dust of the erth , than shall thy seed also be nombred .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.432)

Aryse (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.433)

and walke aboute in the lande , in the length of it a~d in the bredth
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.434)

for I wyll geue it vnto the . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.435)

Than Abra~ toke downe hys tente , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.436)

& went (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.437)

and dwelled in the okegrove of Mamre which is in Ebron
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.438)

and buylded there an altar to the Lorde . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1G.439)

<P_XIV,1G>

<heading>

THE .XIIII. CHAPTER (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.442)

</heading>

And it chaunsed within a while , that Amraphel kynge of Synear , Arioch
kunge of Ellasar , Kedorlaomer kynge of Elam and Thydeall kynge of the
nations : made warre wyth Bera kynge of Sodo~e and with Birsa kynge of
Gomorra . And wythe Sineab kynge of Adama , & with Semeaber kynge of
Zeboim , and wyth the kynge of Bela Which Bela is called Zoar .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.444)

All these came together vnto the vale of siddim which is now the salt
see (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.445)

Twelve yere were they subiecte to kinge kedorlaomer ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.446)

and in the .xiii yere rebelled . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.447)

Therefore in the .xiiii. yere came kedorlaomer and the kynges that were
wyth hym , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.448)

and smote the Raphayms in Astarath Karnaim , and the Susims in Ham ,
a~d the Emyms in Sabe Kariathaim , and the Horyms in their awne mounte
Seir vnto the playne of Pharan , which bordreth vpon the wyldernesse .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.449)

And then turned they (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.450)

and came to the well of iugmente which is Cades ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.451)

and smote all the contre of the Amalechites , and also the amorytes
that dwell in Hazezon Thamar . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.452)

Than went out the kynge of Sodome , and the kynge of Gomorra , and the
kynge of Adama and the kynge of Zeboijm , and the kynge of Bela now
called Zoar . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.453)

And sette their men in aray to fyghte wyth them in the vale of siddim ,
that is to say , wyth kedorlaomer the kynge of Elam and with Thydeall
kynge of the Nations , and wyth Amraphel kynge of Synear . And with
Arioch kynge of Ellasar : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.454)

foure kynges agenste v . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.455)

And that vale of siddim was full of slyme pyttes .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.456)

And the kynges of Sodome and Gomorra fled , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.457)

and fell there . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.458)

And the resydue fled to the mountaynes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.459)

And they toke all the goodes of Sodome and Gomorra and all their
vitalles , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.460)

a~d went their waye . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.461)

And they toke Lot also Abrams brothers sonne and his good <paren> for
he dwelled at Sodome </paren> (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.462)

and departed (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.463)

Than came one that had escaped , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.464)

and tolde Abram the hebrue which dwelt in the okegrove of Mamre the
Amoryte brother of Eschol and Aner : which were confederate wyth Abram
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.465)

When Abram herde that his brother was taken , he harnessed his
seruantes borne in his owne house . iii hundred & .xviii.
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.466)

a~d folowed tyll they came at Dan . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.467)

And sette hymselfe a~d his seruantes in aray ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.468)

& fell vpon them by nyght , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.469)

& smote them , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.470)

& chased them awaye vnto Hoba : which lyeth on the lefte hande of
Damascos , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.471)

and broughte agayne all the goodes & also his brother Lot , a~d his
goodes , the weme~ also and the people . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.472)

And as he retourned agayne from the slaughter of kedorlaomer and of the
kynges that were with hym , than came the kynge of Sodome agaynst hym
vnto the vale of Saue which now is called kynges dale .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.473)

Than Melchisedech kinge of Salem brought forth breed and wyne .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.474)

And he beynge the prest of the most hyghest God , blessed hym saynge .
Blessed be Abram vnto the most hyghest God , possessor of heaven and
erth . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1G.475)

<P_XIV,20G>

And blessed be God the most hyghest , which hath delyvered thyne
enimies in to thy handes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20G.477)

And Abra~ gaue hym tythes of all . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20G.478)

<P_XXII,1G>

<heading>

THE .XXII. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.481)

</heading>

After these dedes , God dyd proue Abraham (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.483)

& sayde vnto him : Abraham . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.484)

And he answered : here am I . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.485)

And he sayde : take thy only sonne Isaac whome thou louest ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.486)

& get the vnto the lande of Moria , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.487)

and sacrifyce him there for a sacrifyce vpon one of the mountayns which
I will shewe the (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.488)

Than Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.489)

and sadled his asse , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.490)

and toke two of his meyny wyth him , and Isaac his sonne :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.491)

a~d clove wod for the sacrifyce , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.492)

and rose vp (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.493)

and gott him to the place which God had appoynted him .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.494)

The thirde daye Abraham lyfte vp his eyes (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.495)

and sawe the place a farr of , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.496)

and sayde vnto his yong men : byde here with the asse .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.497)

I and the lad will goo yonder and worshippe and come agayne vnto you
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.498)

And Abraham toke the wodd of the sacrifyce (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.499)

and layde it vpon Isaac his sonne , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.500)

and toke fyre in his hande and a knyfe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.501)

And they went both of them together . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.502)

Than spake Isaac vnto Abraham his father (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.503)

& sayde : My father ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.504)

And he answered here am I my sonne . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.505)

And he sayde : se here is fyre and wodd , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.506)

but where is the shepe for sacrifyce ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.507)

And Abraham sayde : my sonne , God wyll prouyde him a shepe for
sacrifyce . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.508)

So went they both together . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.509)

And when they came vnto the place which God shewed him , Abraha~ made
an aulter there (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.510)

and dressed the wodd , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.511)

a~d bownde Isaac his sonne (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.512)

and layde him on the aulter , aboue apon the wodd .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.513)

And Abraham stretched forth his hande , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.514)

and toke the knyfe to haue kylled his sonne .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.515)

Than the angell of the Lorde called vnto him from heauen saynge :
Abraham , Abraham . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.516)

And he answered : here am I . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.517)

And he sayde : laye not thy handes apon the childe
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.518)

nether do any thinge at all vnto him , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.519)

for now I knowe that thou fearest God , in y=t= thou haste not kepte
thine only sonne fro~ me . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.520)

And Abraham lyfted vp his eyes (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.521)

and loked aboute : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.522)

and beholde , there was a ram caught by the hornes in a thykette .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.523)

And he went (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.524)

and toke the ram (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.525)

and offred him vp for a sacrifyce in the steade of his sonne
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.526)

And Abraham called the name of the place , the Lorde will see :
wherfore it is a come~ saynge this daye : in the mounte will the Lorde
be sene . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.527)

And the Angell of the Lorde cryed vnto Abraham from heaven the seconde
tyme saynge : by my selfe haue I sworne <paren> sayth the Lorde
</paren> because thou hast done this thinge and hast not spared thy
only sonne , that I will blesse the and multiplye thy seed as the
starres of heaven and as the sonde vpo~ the see syde
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.528)

And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.529)

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the erth be blessed , because
thou hast obeyed my voyce (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.530)

So turned Abraham agayne vnto his yonge men ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.531)

and they rose vp (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.532)

and we~t to gether to Berseba . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.533)

And Abraham dwelt at Berseba (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XXII,1G.534)

<P_XIII,1N>

<heading>

THE .XIII. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.537)

</heading>

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge : sende men out to serche the
londe of Canaan , which I geue vnto the childern of Israel : of euery
trybe of their fathers a man (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.539)

and let them all be soche as are ruelars amonge them .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.540)

And Moses at the commaundement of the Lorde sent forth out of the
wildernesse of Pharan : soche men as were all heedes amonge the
childern of Israel , whose names are these . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.541)

In the trybe of Ruben , Sammua y=e= sonne of Zacur :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.542)

In the trybe of Symeon , Saphat the sonne of Hori .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.543)

In the trybe of Iuda Caleph the sonne of Iephune .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.544)

In the trybe of Isachar , Igeal the sonne of Ioseph .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.545)

In the trybe of Ephraim , Hosea the sonne of Nun .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.546)

In the trybe of Ben Iamin , Palti the sonne of Raphu .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.547)

In the trybe of Zabulon , Gadiel the sonne of Sodi .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.548)

In the trybe of Ioseph : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.549)

In the trybe of Manasse , Gaddi the sonne of Susi .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.550)

In the trybe of Dan , Amiel the sonne of Gemali .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.551)

In the trybe of Asser , Sethur the sonne of Micheel .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.552)

In the trybe of Nephtali , Nahebi the sonne of Vaphsi .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.553)

In the trybe of Gad , Guel the sonne of Machi .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.554)

These are the names of the men whiche Moses sent to spie out the londe
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.555)

And Moses called the name of Hosea the sonne of Nun , Iosua .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.556)

And Moses sent them forth to spie out the lande of Canaan ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.557)

and sayed vnto them : get you southwarde (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.558)

and goo vpp in to the hye contre , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,1N.559)

and se the londe what maner thynge it is a~d the people that dwelleth
therein : whether they be stronge or weke , ether fewe or many , and
what the londe is that they dwell in whether it be good or bad , and
what maner of cities they dwell in : whether they dwell in tentes or
walled townes , <P_XIII,20N> a~d what maner of londe it is : whether
$it {HELSINKI:is} be fatt or leane , & whether there be trees therein
or not . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.560)

And be of a good corage , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.561)

and brynge of the frutes of the londe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.562)

And it was aboute the tyme that grapes are first rype .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.563)

And they went vp (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.564)

and serched out the lande from the wildernesse of Zin vnto Rehob as men
goo to Hemath , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.565)

and they ascended vnto the south (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.566)

and came vnto Hebron , where Ahiman was and Sesai and Thalmani the
sonnes of Enacke . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.567)

Hebron was bylt .vii. yere before Zoan in Egipte .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.568)

And they came vnto the ryuer of Escol (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.569)

and they cutte doune there a braunch with one clouster of grapes
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.570)

& bare it apo~ a staffe betwene twayne , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.571)

& also of the pomgranates & of the fygges of the place .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.572)

The ryuer was called Escol , because of the clouster of grapes whiche
the childern of Israel cutt doune there . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.573)

And they turned backe agayne from serchinge the londe , at .xl. dayes
ende . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.574)

And thei went (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.575)

and came to Moses and Aaron & vnto all the multitude of the childern of
Israel , vnto the wildernesse of Pharan : euen vnto Cades ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.576)

and broughte them worde and also vnto all the congregacion ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.577)

and shewed them the frute of the lande . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.578)

And they tolde him sayenge : we came vnto the londe wether thou
sendedst vs , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.579)

& surely it is a lo~de that floweth with milke & honye
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.580)

& here is of the frute of it (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.581)

Neuerthelesse the people be stronge y=t= dwell in the londe ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.582)

and the cities are walled and exceadinge greate ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.583)

and moreouer we sawe the childre~ of Enack there .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.584)

The amaleckes dwel in the south cuntre , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.585)

and the Hethites , Iebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mou~taynes ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.586)

and the Cananites dwell by the see a~d alonge by the coste of Iordayne
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.587)

And Caleb stylled the murmure of the people agenst Moses sayenge : let
vs goo vp and conquere it , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.588)

for we be able to ouercome it . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.589)

But the men that went vpp with him , sayde : We be not able to goo vpp
agenst the people , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.590)

for they are stronger then we : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.591)

And they broughte vpp an euell reporte of the londe which they had
serched , vnto the childern of Israel sayenge . The londe which we haue
gone thorowe to serche it out , is a londe that eateth vpp the
inhabiters thereof , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.592)

and the people that we sawe in it are men of stature .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.593)

And there we sawe also geantes , the childre~ of Enack which are of the
geau~tes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.594)

And we semed in oure syght as it were greshoppers
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.595)

and so we dyd in their sighte . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIII,20N.596)

<P_XIV,1N>

<heading>

THE .XIIII. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.599)

</heading>

And the multitude cryed out , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.601)

& the people wepte thorow out that nyght , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.602)

all the childern of Ysrael murmured agenst Moses & Aaron .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.603)

And the hole congregacion sayed vnto them : wolde god that we had dyed
in the lond of Egipte , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.604)

ether we wolde that we had dyed in thys wildernesse .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.605)

Wherfore hath the Lorde broughte vs vnto this londe to fall apon the
swerde , that both oure wyues , & also oure childre~ shulde be a praye
? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.606)

is it not better that we returne vnto Egipte agayne ?
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.607)

And they sayde one to another : let vs make a captayne and returne vnto
Egipte agayne . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.608)

And Moses & Aaron fell on their faces before all the congregacion of
the multitude of the childern of Ysrael . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.609)

And Iosua the sonne of Nun , and Caleb the sonne of Iephune which were
of them that serched the londe rent their clothes
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.610)

and spake vnto all the companye of the childern of Ysrael saynge : The
londe which we walked thorowe to serche it , is a very good lande .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.611)

Yf the Lorde haue lust to vs , he will bring vs in to this londe & geue
it vs , which is a lond y=t= floweth with mylke & hony .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.612)

But in any wise rebell not agenst the Lorde , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.613)

Moreouer feare ye not the people of the londe ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.614)

for they are but bred for vs . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.615)

Their shylde is departed from them , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.616)

& the Lorde is with vs : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.617)

feare them not therfore . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.618)

And all the whole multitude bade stone them with stones .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.619)

But the glorie of the Lorde appered in the tabernacle of witnesse ,
vnto all the childern of Israel . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.620)

And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses : Howe longe shall thys people rayle
apon me , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.621)

and how longe will it be , yer they beleue me , for all my signes
whiche I haue shewed amonge them ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.622)

I will smyte them with the pestilence & destroy the~ ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.623)

and will make of the a greatter nacion and a mightier then they .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.624)

And Moses sayed vnto the Lorde : then the Egiptians shall heare it ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.625)

for thou broughtest this people with thy mighte from amonge them .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.626)

And it $will $be {TEXT:wilbe} tolde to the inhabiters of this lande
also , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.627)

for they haue herde likewise , that thou the Lorde art amo~ge this
people , a~d y=t= thou art sene face to face , & y=t= thy cloude
stondeth ouer them & that thou goest before them by daye tyme in a
piler of cloude , & in a piler of fyre by nyght .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.628)

Yf thou shalt kill all this people as thei were but one ma~ then the
nacions which haue herde the fame of the , will speake sayenge :
because y=e= Lorde was not able to bringe in this people in to y=e=
londe he swore vnto them , therfore he slewe them in the wildernesse .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.629)

So now lat the power of my Lord be greate , acordynge as thou hast
spoken sayenge : the Lorde is longe yer he be angrye , a~d full of
mercy , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.630)

and suffereth synne and trespace , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.631)

and leaueth no man innocent , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.632)

and visiteth the vnryghtuousnesse of the fathers vppon y=e= childern ,
eue~ vpo~ y=e= thirde & fourth generacion . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.633)

be mercyfull I beseche y=e= therfore , vnto y=e= synne of this people
acordinge vnto thi greate mercy , & acordinge as thou hast forgeue~
this people from Egipte euen vnto this place .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,1N.634)

<P_XIV,20N>

And the Lorde sayed : I haue forgeue~ it , acordynge to thy request .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.636)

But as trulye as I lyue , all the erth $shall $be {TEXT:shalbe} fylled
with my glorye . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.637)

For of all those me~ whiche haue sene my glorye & my miracles which I
dyd in Egipte & in y=e= wildernesse , & yet haue tempted me now this
.x. tymes & haue not herkened vnto my voyce , there shall not one se
the lond whiche I sware vnto their fathers , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.638)

nether shall any of the~ that rayled apo~ me , se it .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.639)

But my servau~te Caleb . because there is another maner sprite with hi~
, & because he hath folowed me vnto the vttmost : him I will bringe in
to the lond which he had walked in , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.640)

& his seed shall conquere it , & also the Amalechites a~d Cananites
which dwell in the lowe contrees (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.641)

Tomorowe turne you (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.642)

and gete you in to the wildernesse : euen the waye towarde the red see
. (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.643)

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses a~d Aaron sayenge : how longe shall this
euell multitude murmure agenst me ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.644)

I haue herde y=e= murmurynges of y=e= childern of Ysrael whyche they
murmure agenste me . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.645)

Tell them , y=t= the Lorde sayeth . As truely as I lyue , I wil do vnto
you euen as ye haue spoken in myne eares . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.646)

Youre carkasses shall lye in this wildernesse ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.647)

nether shall any of these numbres which were numbred from .xx. yere &
aboue of you which haue murmured agenst me come in to the londe ouer
which I lifted myne hande to make you dwell therein , saue Caleb the
sonne of Iephune , and Iosua the sonne of Nun .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.648)

And youre childern whiche ye sayed shuld be a praye , the~ I will
bringe in , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.649)

& they shall knowe the londe which ye haue refused ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.650)

and youre carkesses shall lye in this wildernesse
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.651)

And youre childern shall wa~dre in this wildernesse .xl. yeres & suffre
for youre whoredome vntill your carkasses be wasted in the wildernesse
, after the numbre of the dayes in which ye serched out y=e= londe .xl.
dayes , & euery daye a yere : so that they shall bere your
vnrightuousnes .xl. yere , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.652)

& ye shall fele my vengeaunce (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.653)

I the Lorde haue sayed y=t= I will do it vnto all this euell
congregacion y=t= are gathered together agenst me :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.654)

euen in thys wildernesse ye $shall $be {TEXT:shalbe} consumed ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.655)

and here ye shall dye . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.656)

And the men which Moses sent to serche the londe , and which <paren>
when they came agayne </paren> made all the people to murmure agenst it
in that they broughte vpp a slaunder apon y=e= londe : dyed for their
bryngenge vp that euell slaunder apon it , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.657)

and were plaged before the Lorde . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.658)

But Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb the sonne of Iephune which were of
y=e= me~ that went to serche the londe , lyued still .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.659)

And Moses tolde these sayenges vnto all the childern of Ysrael ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.660)

and the people toke great sorowe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,20N.661)

<P_XIV,40N>

And they rose vp yerlee in the mornynge (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.663)

& gatt them vpp in to the toppe of the mountayne sayenge : lo we be
here , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.664)

a~d will goo vpp vnto the place of which the Lorde sayed ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.665)

for we haue synned . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.666)

And Moses sayed : wherfore will ye goo on this maner beyonde the worde
of the Lorde ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.667)

it will not come well to passe (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.668)

goo not vpp for the Lorde is not amonge you that ye be not slayne
before youre enemyes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.669)

For the Amalechytes and the Cananites are there before you ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.670)

& ye will fall apon the swerde : because ye are turned a waye from y=e=
Lorde , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.671)

and therfore the Lorde wyll not be wyth you .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.672)

But they were blynded to goo vpp in to y=e= hylltoppe :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.673)

Neuer the lather , the arke of the testament of the Lorde and Moses
departed not out of the hoste . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.674)

Then the Amalekytes a~d the Cananites which dwelt in that hill , came
doune (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.675)

and smote them (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.676)

and hewed the~ : euen vnto Horma . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XIV,40N.677)

<P_XVI,1N>

<heading>

THE .XVI. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.680)

</heading>

And Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Cahath the sonne of Leui :
Dathan & Abiram the sonne of Eliab , and On the sonne of Peleth , the
sonne of Ruben : stode vpp before Moses , with other of the childern of
Israel .ii. hundred and fyftie , heedes of the congregacion , and
councelers , and men of fame , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.682)

and they gathered the~ selues together agenst Moses and Aaron
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.683)

& sayed vnto them : ye haue done ynough . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.684)

For all the multitude are holy euery one of them ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.685)

and the Lorde is amonge them . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.686)

Why therfore heue ye youre selues vpp aboue the congregacion of the
Lorde . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.687)

When Moses herde it , he fell apon his face (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.688)

and spake vnto Corah and vnto all his companye sayenge : tomorow the
Lorde will shewe who is his and who is holy , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.689)

and will take them vnto him , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.690)

and whom so euer he hath chosen , he will cause to come to him .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.691)

This doo : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.692)

take fyrepannes , thou Corah and all thi companye ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.693)

and do fyre therein (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.694)

a~d put ce~s thereto before the Lorde tomorowe :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.695)

And then whom soeuer the Lorde doeth chose , the same is holy .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.696)

Ye make ynough to doo ye childern of Leui . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.697)

And Moses sayed vnto Corah : heare ye childern of leui ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.698)

Semeth it but a small thynge vnto you , that y=e= God of Israel hath
separated you fro~ the multitude of Israel to brynge you to him , to
doo the seruyce of the dwellynge place of the Lorde , and to stonde
before the people to minystre vnto them ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.699)

he hath taken the to him and all thi brethern the sonnes of leui with
the , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.700)

and ye seke the office of y=e= preast also . For which cause both thou
and all thi companye are gathered together agenst the Lorde :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.701)

for what is Aaron , that ye shulde murmure agenst him .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.702)

And Moses sent to call Dathan a~d Abiram the sonnes of Eliab ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.703)

and they answered : we will not come . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.704)

Semeth it a small thynge vnto the that thou hast broughte us out of a
londe that floweth with mylke and honye , to kyll us in y=e=
wildernesse . But that thou shuldest reygne ouer us also ?
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.705)

More ouer thou hast broughte us vnto no londe that floweth with mylke
and honye , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.706)

nether hast geuen us possessions of feldes or of vynes .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.707)

Ether wilt thou pull out the eyes of these men ?
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.708)

we wyll not come . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.709)

And Moses waxed very angrye (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.710)

and sayed vnto the Lorde : Turne not vnto their offerynges .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.711)

I haue not taken so moch as an asse from them ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.712)

nether haue vexed any of them . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.713)

Then Moses sayed vnto Corah : Be thou a~d all thy companye before the
Lorde : both thou , they and Aaron to morowe .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.714)

And take euery man his censer (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.715)

and put cens in them , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.716)

& come before the Lorde euery man with hys censer : two hundred and
fyftie censers , and Aaron with his censer . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.717)

And they toke euery man his censer (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.718)

and put fyre in them (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.719)

& layed cens thereon , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.720)

and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse , and Moses & Aaron
also . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.721)

And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agenst them vnto the dore of
the tabernacle of witnesse . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.722)

And the glorye of the Lorde appered vnto all the congregacion .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,1N.723)

<P_XVI,20N>

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge : separate youre
selues from this congregacion , that I maye consume them atonce .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.725)

And they fell apon their faces (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.726)

and sayed : O most myghtie God of the spirites of all fleshe , one ma~
hath synned , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.727)

and wylt thou be wroth with all the multitude ?
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.728)

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge : speake vnto the congregacion
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.729)

and saye : Gett you awaye from aboute the dwellynge of Corah , Dathan &
Abiram . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.730)

And Moses rose vpp (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.731)

and went vnto Dathan & Abira~ , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.732)

& the elders of Israel folowed him . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.733)

And he spake vnto the congregacyon sayenge : departe from the tentes of
these weked men (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.734)

and twyche nothinge of theres : lest ye peryshe in all there synnes .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.735)

And they gate them from the dwellynge of Corah , Dathan and Abiram , on
euery side . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.736)

And Dathan and Abiram came out & stode in y=e= dore of there te~tes
with their wyues , their sonnes and their childern .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.737)

And Moses sayed : Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to
doo all these workes , and that I haue not done them of myne awne mynde
: (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.738)

Yf these men dye the comon deth of all men or yf they be visyted after
the visitacion of all men , then the Lorde hath not sent me .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.739)

But and yf the Lorde make a new thinge , and the erth open hir mouthe
and swalowe them and all that pertayne vnto them , so that they goo
doune quycke in to hell : then ye shall vndersto~d , that these me~
haue rayled apon the Lorde . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.740)

And as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes , the
grounde cloue asunder that was vnder them , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.741)

and y=e= erth opened hir mouthe (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.742)

and swalowed them and their housses and all the me~ that were with
Corah and all their goodes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.743)

And they and all that pertayned vnto them , went doune alyue vnto hell
, (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.744)

and the erthe closed apon them , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.745)

and they peryshed from amonge the congregacyon .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.746)

And all Israel that were aboute them , fledde at the crye of them .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.747)

For they sayed : The erthe myghte happelye swalowe vs also .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.748)

And there came oute a fyre from the Lorde (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.749)

and consumed the two hundred and fyftye men that offred cens .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.750)

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge : Speake vnto Eleazer the sonne
of Aaron the preaste (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.751)

and let him take vppe the censers oute of the burnynge and scater the
fyre here and there , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.752)

for the censers of these synners are halowed in theyr deethes :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.753)

and let them be beten in to thyne plates and fastened apon the altare .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.754)

For they offred the~ before the Lorde , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.755)

and therfore they are holye (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.756)

and they $shall $be {TEXT:shalbe} a sygne vnto the childern of Israel .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.757)

And Eleazar the preast toke the brasen censers which they that were
burnt had offered , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.758)

and bet them (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,20N.759)

and fastened them vppon the altare , <P_XVI,40N> to be a remembraunce
vnto the childern of Israel , that no straunger whiche is not of the
seed of Aaron , come nere to offer cens before the Lorde , that he be
not made like vnto Corah and his companye : as the Lorde sayed vnto him
by the hande of Moses . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.760)

And on the morowe all the multitude of the childern of Israell murmured
agenste Moses and Aaron sayenge : ye haue kylled the people of the
Lorde . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.761)

And when the multitude was gathered agenste Moses and Aaron , they
loked towarde the tabernacle of witnesse . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.762)

And beholde , the cloude had couered it (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.763)

and the glorye of the Lorde appeared . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.764)

And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of witnesse .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.765)

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge : Gett you from this
congregacyon , that I maye consume them quyckelye .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.766)

And they fell apon theyr faces . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.767)

And Moses sayde vnto Aaron : take a censer (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.768)

and put fyre therein out of the alter , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.769)

and poure on cens , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.770)

and goo quyckly vnto the co~gregacion (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.771)

and make an attonement for the~ . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.772)

For there is wrath gone oute from the Lorde ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.773)

and there is a plage begone . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.774)

And Aaron toke as Moses commaunded him , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.775)

and ran vnto the congregacion : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.776)

and beholde , the plage was begone amonge the people ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.777)

and he put on cens , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.778)

and made an attonement for the people . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.779)

And he stode betwene the deed , and them that were alyue ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.780)

and the plage ceased . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.781)

And the numbre of them that dyed in the plage , were xiiii. thousande
and seuen hundred : besyde them that dyed aboute the busynes of Corah .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.782)

And Aaron went agayne vnto Moses vnto the dore off the tabernacle of
witnesse , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.783)

and the plage ceased . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVI,40N.784)

<P_XVII,1N>

<heading>

XVII. CHAPTER . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.787)

</heading>

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge : speake vnto the childern of
Israel (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.789)

and take of them , for euery pryncypall housse a rod , of their princes
ouer the housses of their fathers : euen .xii. roddes ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.790)

and wryte euery mans name apon his rod . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.791)

And wryte Aarons name apon the staffe of Leui :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.792)

for euery heedman ouer the housses of their fathers shall haue a rod .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.793)

And put the~ in the tabernacle of witnesse where I wyll mete you .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.794)

And his rod whom I chose , shall blossome : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.795)

So I wyll make cease from me the grudgynges of the childern of Israel
which they grudge agenst you . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.796)

And Moses spake vnto the childern off Israel ,
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.797)

and all the prynces gaue him for euery prynce ouer their fathers
housses , a rod : euen .xii. roddes , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.798)

and the rod of Aaron was amonge the rodes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.799)

And Moses put y=e= roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of
witnesse . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.800)

And on the morowe , Moses went in to the tabernacle :
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.801)

and beholde , the rod of Aaron of the housse of Leui was budded
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.802)

& bare blosomes and almondes . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.803)

And Moses broughte out all the staues from before the Lorde , vnto all
the childern of Israel , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.804)

& thei loked apon them , (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.805)

and toke euery man his staffe . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.806)

And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses : Brynge Aarons rod agayne before the
witnesse to be kepte for a token vnto the childern of rebellyon , that
their murmurynges maye ceasse fro me , that they dye not .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.807)

And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him . (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.808)

And the childern of Israel spake vnto Moses sayenge : beholde , we are
destroyed and all come to nought : (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.809)

for whosoeuer cometh nye the dwellynge of the Lord , dyeth .
(TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.810)

Shall we vtterly consume awaye ? (TYNDOLD-E1-H,XVII,1N.811)

