THe rayne was vpon the earth fortye dayes and fortye nyghtes .

And the waters preuayled exceadingly vpon the earth , and all the hye hylles that are vnder whole heauen , were couered . Fyftene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuayle , so that the mountaynes were couered .

The waters preuayled vpon the earth an hundreth and fyftie dayes .

AND he sent forth a rauen , whiche went out goinge forth and returninge agayne , vntyll the waters were dried vp vpon the earth .

He sente forth the doue out of the arke , and the doue came to him in the euen tyde , and Loin her mouthe was an oliue leafe , that she had plucte : wherby Noah did knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth .

And that Lord sayde in his herte : I wyl not proceade to curse the grounde any more for mannes sake , for the ymagination of mans herte is euell euen from his youth . Neyther wyll I adde to smite any more euery thing lyuing , as I haue done .

EUery thinge that moueth it selfe , and that lyueth shall be meate for you : euen as the grene heat be haue I geuen you all thynges .

But fleshe in the life therof , and in the bloude therof shall ye not eate . Elles your bloude of your liues will I require , from the hande of euery beast will I requyre it , & from the hande of man , from the hand of mans brother will I requyre the life of man . who so shedeth mannes bloude , by man shall his bloude be shedde , for in the ymage of God , did god make man .

My couenaunte wyll I make with you , that from henseforth euery fleshe he not rooted oute with the waters of a floude , neyther shall there be a floude to destroye the earth any more .

Noah also beganne to be an husband man , and planted a vyneyarde ▪ and he drincking of the wyne was dronken , and vncouered within his cente . And Ham the father of Canaan seinge the nakednes of his father tolde his two bretherne without . And Sem and Iaphet , they two , takynge a garment , layde it vpon there shulders , and comminge backwarde , couered the naked priuities of the●re father , namely their faces beinge turned awaye , leyst they shulde se theyr fathers priuities .

NImrod began to be mightye in the earth for he was a mightye hunter before the Lorde .

A slut buylded Niniue , & the stretes of the citye .

ALl the whole earth was of one language and lyke speche .

And they sayde : Go to , let vs buylde vs a cytie , and a tower , whose toppe may reach vnto heare ; and let vs make vs a name .

And therfore is the name of it called Babel , because the Lorde did there confounde the language of al the earth .

THE Lord sayde vnto Abram : Gette the out of thy countrey , and out of thy nation , and from thy fathers house , vnto a lande that I will shewe the , and I will make of the a greate people , and will blesse the , and make thy name greate , that thou mayst be euen a blessing , I will also blesse them that blesse the , and curse than that cursethe , and in the shal al kinredes of the earth be blessed .

AND it happened when he was come nite to entre into Egipte , he sayde vnto Sara his wyfe : Behold , I know that thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon . Therfore shall it come to passe , that when the Egyptians se the , they shal saye : She is his wyfe . And they shal kyll me , but they shall saue the alyue . Saye ( I pray the ) that thou art my sister , that I may fare well for thy sake , and that my soule maye lyuethorowe thy occasion .

AND the Lorde smote Pharao this house with greate plages , because of Sara Abrams wyfe .

THen sayd Abram vnto Lot : Let ther be no strife ( I pray the ) betwene the and me , & betwene my herdmen & thyne , for we be brethren .

And I wyll make thy sede , as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can nomber the duste of the earth , then shall thy sede also be numbred .

WHen Abram heard that his brother was taken , he harnessed his freshe young men , borne in his owne house , thre hundred & eightene , & folowed on them vnto Dan. And he was set in araye vpon them by night , he and his seruauntes , and smote them , and pursued them vnto Hoba : whiche lyeth of the left hande of Damascos , and recouered all the goodes , and also brought again his brother Lot , and his goodes , the women also , and the people .

And Melchisedech , kyng of Salem , brought forth breade & wyne , for he was the preaste of the moste hyghest god , & blessed him , sayinge : Blessed be Abram vnto the hygh God , possessor of heauen and earth , and blessed be the hye GOD whiche hathe delyuered thyne enemyes into thy hande . And Abram gaue him tythes of all .

And Abram answered the kynge of Sodom : I haue lyft vp my hand vnto the Lorde the hye God , possessor of heauen and earth , that I wyll not take of all that is thyne somuche as a threde or shoulachet , least thou shuldest saye , I haue made Abram ryche .

SAra sayd vnto Abram , beholde , the Lorde hath restrayned me , that I can not beare , I praye the go in vnto my mayde , perauenture I maye be edyfyed by her .

NEyther shall thy name anye more be called Abram , but thy name shal be Abraham for a father of many nacyone haue I made the.

Euery mans chylde amonge you shall be cyrcumcised , ye shall circumcise the fleshe of youre foreskyn , and it shall be a token of the bonde betwyxte me and you . And euery man chylde of eyghte dayes olde , shall be circumcised amonge you , and suche as be in youre generacions , and borne at home . And the vncircumcised man chylde , in whose fleshe the foreskynne ys not circumcised , that soule shall peryshe from his people , because he hath broken my testamente . Abraham fell vpon his face , and laughed and sayde in his herte , shal a chylde be borne vnto hym that is an hundreth yere olde ? & shal Sara that is nyntie yere olde beare . Abraham also him selfe was nyntye yere olde and nine , when the fleshe of his foreskynne was cyrcumcised

ANd there came two Angels to Sodome at euen , and Lot sat at the gate of Sodome . And Lote seynge them rose vp to mete them and be bowed him selfe to the gronde wyth hys face . And be sayde : My Lordes , turne in I praye you into youre serusuntes house , and rary all night and washe youre feete , and ye shall ryse vp early to go on your waye .

Nay good brethren do not so wyckedly , behold I haue two doughters whiche haue knowne no man , them wyll I bringe out nowe vnto you , and do with them as it semeth good in youre eyes . Only vnto these men do nothinge , for therfore came they in vnder the shadowe of my rofe .

Se I haue receaued thy requeste , as concernyng this thinge , that I wyll not ouerthrowe this Citie , for the which thou hast spoken . Lotes wyfe looked behind her , and was turned into a piller of salte .

SE thou shalte dye for the womans sake whiche thou hast taken awaye , for she is a mans wyfe . Now therfore belyuer the man his wife agayne , for he is a Prophet , and he shall praye for the that thou mayste lyue . But if thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that thou shalte dye the death , both thou and all that thou haste .

In very dede she is my sister , for she is the doughter of my father , though she be not the doughter of my mother .

SAra sawe also the sonne of Hagar the Egiptian ( whiche she had borne vnto Abraham ) to be a mocker , wherfore she sayde vnto Abraham put awaye this bonde mayde and her sonne : for the sonne of this bon●e woman shal not be heyr● wyth my sonne Isahac .

AND the Aungell of the Lorde called vnto hym frome heauen . Abraham , Abraham , And he sayde : here am I. And he sayde : saye not thy hande vpon the chylde , nether do any thynge at all vnto hym , for nowe I knowe that thou fearest God , & haste for my sake not spared thine onely sonne .

By my selfe haue I sworne ( saythe the Lorde ) because thou haste done this thynge , and haste not spared thy onely sonne : that in blessinge , I wyll blesse the , and in multypliyng , I wyll multyplye thy seed , as the starres of heauen , and as the sande whiche is vpon the see syde . And thy seed shall possesse the gate of hys enemyes . And in thy seed shall all the nacions of the earthe be blessed , because thou haste hearde my voyce .

Abraham came to mourne Sara , and to wepe for her .

THey sayde : we wyll call the damesell , & inquyre at her mouth : And they called for the Rebecca , and sayde vnto her : wylt thou go with this man ? and she aunswered : I wyll go .

THese are the dayes of the yeres of Abrahams lyfe , which he lyued an . C. lxxv yeres .

AND in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed , because that Abraham harkened vnto my voyce , and kepte myne ordinaunces , my commaundementes , my statutes , and my lawes .

LAban had two doughters the eldest called Lea , and the youngest Rahell . Lea was tender eyed , but Rahell was bewtyfull , and well fauoured . Iacob serued .vii. yere for Rahell , and they semed vnto hym but a fewe dayes , for the loue he had to her .

It is not the maner of this place , to mary the yongest before the eldest .

THen sayde Rahell to Lea , geue me of thy sonnes mandragoras . Laban toke out al that he goates that were partye and of dyuers colours , and all the she goates that were spotted and party● coloured , and all that had whyte in them , and all the blacke amonge the shepe , and put them in the kepynge of his sonnes , and set thre dayes iourney betwyxte hym selfe and Iacob . And so Iacob kepte the rest of Labans shepe Iacob toke roddes of grene popular hasell , and the chestnute trees , and pylled whyte strakes in them , and made the whyte appere in the roddes , ( but they that were whole remayned grene , and thus was it made a variable coloure ) and put the roddes whiche he had pylled , euen before the shepe in the gutters and waterynge troghes when the shepe came to drynke , that they shulde conceaue when they came to drinke , and the shepe conceaued before the roddes , and brought forth Lambes , straked , spoted , and party ▪ &c.

I Am not worthy of thy leaste of all the mercyes and truthe whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt .

And there wrasteled a man with Iacob vnto the breaking of the daye , and when he sawe that he coulde not preuayle against him , he smote him vnder the thie , the s●nowe of Iacob thie shranke as he wrasteled with him , & he sayd , let me go for the daye breketh , which answered I wil not let that go except thou blesse me . And he sayde vnto hym , what is thy name ? He answered Iacob : he sayd , thou shalt be called Iacob no more , but Israel , for as a prince hast thou wrasteled with God , and with man , and haste preuayled .

RAhell was buryed in the waye to Ephrath , whiche is Bethlehem .

I Staelloued Ioseph more then al hys children , because he begat hym in his olde age . Beholde this dreamer commeth , come nowe therfore , and let vs slaye hym , and caste hym into some pyt , and we wyll saye a wycked beaste hathe deuoured hym , and we shall se what will come of his dreames .

I wyll go downe in to the graue vnto my sonne mourninge , and thus his father wepte for hym .

AND Iudas sayde vnto Ouan , go into thy brothers wyfe , and mary her , that thou mayest styrre vp sede vnto thy brother . And when Ouan perceaued that the sede shulde not be his , ther fore when he went in to his brothers wyfe , he spylled it on the grounde , and gaue not seede vnto his brother . And the thinge which he did , displeased the Lord , wherfore he slewe him .

It fortuned when Chamats tyme was come that she shoulde be delyuered , beholde , ther was two twynnes in her wombe . And it fortuned when she traueled the one put out hys hande , & the mydwyfe toke & bound a rede threde aboute it , sayinge this is come out fyrste . And it chanced that he plucked his hande backe againe , and beholde his brother came out . And she sayde : wherfore haste thou rent a tent vpon the ? And called his name Phares . Afterwarde came out his brother that had the redde threde aboute his hande , and his name was called Zarah .

IOseph was a goodly persone , and a well fauoured . And it fortuned after this , that his masters wyfe cast her eyes vpon Ioseph & sayde● come lye with me . But he refused , and sayde to his masters wife : Beholde , my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me , and hath committed all that he hath to my hande . There is no man greater in the house then I. Neyther hath he kepte any thinge from me , but onely the , because thou art his wife . Howe then can I do this greate wyckednes and synne against God ?

ANd they sayde one to another : we haue verely synned againste out brother , in that we sawe the anguishe of his soule when he besought vs , and we woldde not heare hym , and therfore is this trouble come vpon vs .

THe Egyptians maye not eate breade with the Hebrues , for that is abhomination to the Eyptians .

THe soules that came with Iacob into Egypte whiche came out of his loyues ( besyde Iacobs soimes wyues ) were altogether .xlvi soules , and the sonnes of Ioseph , whiche were borne hym in Egypt , were two soules : so that all the soules of the house of Iacob which came into Egypteare .lxx.

Euery shepe keper is an abhomination vnto the Egyptians .

HE appointed the people vnto the cyties from one syde of Egypte vnto the other , onely the lande of the prestes bought he not , for the priestes had an ordinaunce of Pharao that they shoulde eate that whiche was appointed vnto them , whiche Pharao had geuen them .

And Ioseph made a lawe ouer the lande of Egypte vnto this daye , that Pharao shulde haue the fyfte parte , excepte the lande of the priestes only , whiche was not Pharaoe .

Thou shalt not burye me in Egypte , but I wyll lye with my fathers , and thou shalt caty me out of Egypte , and burye me in theyre buriall .

GOd which hathe fed me all my lyfe longe , and the aungell whiche hathe deuuered me from all euell , blesse the laddee , and let my name be named in them , and the name of my fathers . Ibraham and Isabac , and that they may growe into a multitude in the middes of the earth .

RVBen myne eldest sonne , thou art my might and the begynnynge of my strenght the noblenesse of dignite , and the noblenesse of power .

Iacob dyed , & was put vnto his people . And Ioseph fell vpon his fathers face , and wepte vpon hym , and kyssed him .

IOseph commaunded his seruauntes the Phisitions to enbawme his father , and the Phisytions enbawmed Israel foriye dayes long , for so longe dothe the enbawminge last , and the Egyptians bewayled him .lxx. dayes .

Ioseph mourned his father seuen dayes .

God wyll not fayle but visyt you , and ye shall cary my bones hence , and so Ioseph dyed and they embawmed him with spices putting hym in a chest in Egypte .