Genesis 14:1-24 Lot Taken Captive & Abram Rescues Him

 

Lot Taken Captive & Abram Rescues Him

Genesis 14:1-24                    The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

It [happened] in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, the kings: Arioch of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer of Elam & Tidal, king of nations, made war with the kings: Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim & the king of Bela, which is Zoar. All these joined together in the [valley] of Siddim, which is [by] the Salt Sea & served Chedorlaomer 12 years, [but] in the 13th year they rebelled.

In the 14th year, Chedorlaomer & the kings with him came & [attacked:] the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, the Horites in Mount Seir, [all the way] to Elparan by the wilderness. And they returned & came to Kadesh & [attacked] all the country of: the Amalekites & also the Amorites [who both] dwelt in: Hazezon Tamar.

There went out the [kings] of: Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim & Bela (Zoar is the same.) And they joined [together] in battle with them in the [Valley] of Siddim. With Chedorlaomer, the king of Elam, were: Tidal, king of nations; Amraphel, king of Shinar; Arioch, king of Ellasar-4 kings [against] 5. The [Valley] of Siddim was full of slimepits. The kings of Sodom & Gomorrah fled & fell there. And [those who remained] fled to the mountain. [Then] they took all the goods & [food] of Sodom & Gomorrah & took Lot, Abram's brother, who dwelt in Sodom, & his goods & departed.

There came [someone who] escaped, came & told Abram, the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre. The Amorite, [the] brother of Eshcol & brother of Aner & these were [allies] with Abram. When [Abram] heard his brother,[ Lot,] was taken captive, Abram armed 318 trained servants, born in his house & pursued them [all the way] to Dan. [Abram] divided himself & his servants [at] night. [They] attacked them & pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left [side] of Damascus. [Abram] brought back Lot again, the women & people & all his goods.

And the king of Sodom went out to meet [Abram] after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer & the kings with him, at the [valley] of Shaveh, which is the king's [valley.]

[Then,] Melchizedek [Salem’s] king & priest of God, Most High, & brought [them] bread & wine. [Melchizedek] blessed them & said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heaven & earth. Blessed be the Most high God [Who] has delivered your enemies into your hand. [Then,] Abram gave him [1/10] tithes of all [he recovered].

The King of Sodom said for Abram, Give me the [people] & take the goods for yourself. [But,] Abram told the king of Sodom, I have [lifted] up my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, the Possessor of heaven & earth & I won't take anything of yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich. [Abram said, Except] for the food the young men [ate] & the portion of the men, [who] went with me: Aner, Eshcol & Mamre, let them take their portion [of the goods].

Genesis 13:1-18 Lot & Abram Have an Abundance of Livestock & Go Separate Ways

 

Lot & Abram Have an Abundance of Livestock & Go Separate Ways

Genesis 13:1-18                    The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

Abram [left] Egypt with his wife [Sarai], Lot & all that he had & was very rich in cattle, silver & gold & went south [as far as] Bethel to the place he built his first altar to God, where his tent had been in the beginning between Bethel & Hai. [There,] Abram first called on the Name of the Lord.

Lot, [who] also went with Abram, had flocks, herds & tents. [Lot & Abram had too many possessions] to dwell together & there was strife between the [herdsmen] of Abram's cattle & the [herdsmen] of Lot's cattle, and the Canaanite & the Perizzite [also] dwelt in the land.

[So,] Abram said to Lot, I pray [that] you, that [there's] nos strife between you & me & between my [herdsmen] & your [herdsmen, for we [are relatives.] Isn't the whole land [in front of] you? I pray [that] you, separate yourself from me. If you will take the left hand [side,] I will go to the right. Or if you depart to the right hand [side, then I will go to the left.

And Lot lifted up his eyes & [saw] all the plain of Jordan & that it was well watered everywhere, even like the garden [of Eden] of the Lord. before the Lord, destroyed Sodom & Gomorrah. Like the land of Egypt, as you come [into] Zoar.  Then, Lot chose [for himself] to go to the plain of Jordan & journeyed east & they separated themselves one from the other.

Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan & Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain & pitched his tent toward Sodom, but the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked before the Lord.

After Lot had separated himself from him, the Lord God said to Abram, Lift up your eyes now & look from the place you are in [all directions:] *For all the land [that] you see, I will give it to you & to your [descendants] forever. And I will make your [descendants like] the dust of the earth in number: so that if a man [could count the grains of] dust, [so] shall your [descendants] be [counted.]  [Genesis 22:17 That in blessing, I will bless you & in multiplying, I will multiply your [descendants like] the stars of heaven & the sand which is upon the seashore. And your [descendants] shall possess the gate of his enemies.]

[God told Abram,] Arise & walk the length & [width of] the land; for I will give it to you. Then, Abram removed his tent & came & dwelt in the [plains] of Mamre, which is Hebron & built an altar to the Lord there.

Genesis 12:1-20 The Lord Directs Abram to Move

 

The Lord Directs Abram to Move & the Lord’s Promise to Abram

Genesis 12:1-20                    The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

Now the Lord had said to Abram, Get [yourself] out of your country & from your [relatives] & from your father's house; to a land that I will show you. *And I will make of you a [large] nation & I will bless you & make your name great & you shall be a blessing. [Genesis 22:18 And in your [descendants] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.]

*And I will bless [those who] bless you & curse him [who] curses you & in you, all families of the earth shall be blessed. [Genesis 26:4-5 And I will make your seed to multiply [like] the stars of heaven & will give to your seed all these countries & in your seed all the nations of the earth shall [be] blessed; because that Abraham obeyed My voice & kept My [orders,] My commandments, My [rules] & My laws.]

So, Abram departed [like] the Lord had spoken to him & Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he [left] out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai, his wife & Lot, his brother's son & all their [possessions] & [people] they had gathered in Haran. They went [forward] to go into the land of Canaan. And they came into Canaan.

And Abram passed through the land, to the [location] of Sichem [a.k.a. Shechem] & [on to]  the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [were] in the land then. *And the Lord appeared to Abram & said, Unto your seed, I will give this land. And Abram [built] an altar there, to the Lord, Who appeared to him.

[Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham & his Seed were the promises made. [God didn't] say, to seeds, [like] of many; but as of One, And to your Seed, which is Christ.]

[Abram moved] from [there] & to a mountain on the east of BethEl & pitched his tent. [with] BethEl on the west & Jai on the east. [Abram built] an altar there & called upon the name of the Lord.

Abram journeyed, going south. There was a famine in the land & [Abram] went down into Egypt, to [stay] there, [because of the severe] famine in the land.

[It happened, when Abram was close] to Egypt, Abram told Sarai, his wife, [Look, I know that you are [an attractive] woman to look [at, but]  when the Egyptians see you, they shall say, This is his wife & they will kill me, but [will] save you alive.

I pray [that] you tell them that you are my sister, [so] that it may go well with me for your sake & [I can] live because of you. And it [happened] that, When Abram [came] to Egypt, the Egyptians [saw Sarai] was [pretty.]

Also, [Pharaoh's] princes saw her & [praised] her [to] Pharaoh & [Sarai] was taken into Pharaoh's house. [Pharaoh treated] Abram well for her sake. And [Abram] had sheep, oxen, [male & female donkeys,] [male & female] servants & camels.

And the Lord plagued Pharaoh & his [household] with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram & said, What is this that you [have] done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?

Therefore, now [see] your wife & take her & go [on] your way. And Pharaoh commanded his men [about Abram] & they sent him & his wife & all that he had away.

Genesis 11:1-32 Tower of Babel & Language Confused

 

Tower of Babel & Language Confused

Genesis 11:1-32                     The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

The whole earth [had] one language & one speech. They journeyed from the east & found a plain in the land of Shinar & [lived] there. They said to one another, Let's go & make [bricks] & burn them thoroughly. And they had brick [instead of] stone & they had slime for [mortar.] And they said, Let's go & build us a city & a tower, whose top may reach to heaven. And let's make a name [for] us, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

The Lord came down to see the city & tower which the children of men [built.The Lord said, [Look,] the people [are] one & with all one language & [if] they begin to do this now nothing they imagine to do will be [impossible] for them. Let Us go down there & [confuse] their language so that they might not understand one another’s speech. So, the Lord scattered them abroad from there, over the face of all the earth & they [stopped] building the city. Therefore, it is called Babel, because the Lord [confused] the language of all the earth & from there scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

[This is the genealogy] of Shem: Shem was 100 years old & [fathered] Arphaxad 2 years after the flood. After he [fathered] Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years & [fathered] sons & daughters.  Arphaxad lived 35 years & [fathered] Salah  & lived 403 years & [fathered] sons & daughters. Salah lived 30 years & [fathered] Eber & lived 403 years & [fathered] sons & daughters. Eber lived 34 years & [fathered] Peleg & lived 430 years & [fathered] sons & daughters. Peleg lived 30 years & [fathered] Reu & lived 209 years & [fathered] sons & daughters.

Reu lived 32 years & [fathered] Serug  & lived 207 years & [fathered] sons & daughters. Serug lived 30 years & [fathered] Nahor & lived 200 years & [fathered] sons & daughters. Nahor lived 29 years & [fathered] Terah & lived 119 years & [fathered] sons & daughters. Terah lived 70 years & [fathered] Abram, Nahor, & Haran.

Now [this is the genealogy] of Terah: Terah [fathered] Abram, Nahor & Haran. Haran [fathered] Lot. Haran died before his father, Terah, in his [native] land, Ur of the [Chadeans]. [Then,] Abram & Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai & the name of Nahor’s wife [was] Milcah, the daughter of Haran [who was also] the father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren & she had no child.

And Terah took his son, Abram &  Lot, [his grandson, who was] the son of Haran [who was deceased] & his daughter-in-law, Sarai, [who was] his son Abram’s wife & they went [out] from Ur of the [Chaldeans] to go to the land of Canaan & they came to Haran [a city] & dwelt there. [So,] Terah lived 205 years & died in Haran.

Genesis 10:1-32 Genealogy of Sons of Noah

 

Genealogy of Sons of Noah

Genesis 10:1-32                     The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

[This is the genealogy] of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham & Japheth & the sons born to them after the flood. The sons of Japeth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meschech & Tiras. The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath [a.k.a. Diphath] & Togarmah. The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim & Dodanim [a.k.a. Rodanim]. By these the [islands & coastlands] of the Gentiles divided their lands, everyone according to his [language], their families & their nations.

The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Phut [a.k.a. Put] & Canaan. The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah & Sabtechah & the sons of Raamah were: Sheba & Dedan. Cush [fathered] Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one [on] the earth & a mighty hunter before the Lord; It is said, Even [like] Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, Accad & Calneh [were born] in the land of Shinar. Asshur [left] that land & [went to Assyria] & built Nineveh, Rehoboth, Calah & Resen between Nineveh, Calah, the same, which is a [large] city.

Mizraim [fathered] Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim ([from] whom came the [Philistines]) & Caphtorim.  Canaan [fathered] Sidon, his firstborn & Heth and: the Jebusite, the Amorite & Girgasite; the Hivite, the Arkite & Sinite; the Arvadite & the Zemarite & Hamathite. Afterward, the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad. The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon [toward] Gerar, [then] to Gaza & [then toward] Sodom & Gomorrah, Admah & Zeboiim, even [as far as] Lasha. These were the sons of Ham, [according to] their families, languages, their countries & their nations. Shem was the [older] brother of Japheth & also the father of all the children of Eber.

The children of Shem were: Elem, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud & Aram. The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether & Mash [a.k.a. Meshech]. Arphaxad [fathered] Salah & Salah [fathered] Eber. To Eber were born 2 sons: Peleg & in his [life] the earth was divided & his brother’s name was Joktan. Joktan [fathered] Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal [a.k.a. Ebal], Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah & Jobab.

All these were the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go [toward] Sephar, a [mountain] of the east. These are the sons of Shem, [according to] their families, their [languages,] in their lands & their nations. These were the families of the sons of Noah, [according] to their generations, in their nations & by these the nations [were] divided in the earth after the flood.

[Genesis 11:8 So, the Lord scattered these abroad from [there,] upon the face of all the earth & they [stopped] building the city.]

Genesis 9:1-29 The Rainbow: God's Covenant

 

The Rainbow: God's Covenant

Genesis 9:1-29                     The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

God blessed Noah & his sons & said to them, Be fruitful & multiply & [fill] the earth. Every beast of the earth & every [bird] of the air & all that move on the earth & all fish of the sea are given into your hand & they will fear you & shall be food for you, even as the green herbs. [They] are delivered into your hand.

Every moving thing that lives shall be meat for you: even [like] the green herb, I have given you all things. You shall not eat flesh with [its] blood, that is [its] life.

Surely, [if] your blood is [shed,] I will require the [blood] of any [beast] or man [who takes the life of a man.] I will require it at the hand of [that] man's brother. In the image of God, He made man, so whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man. [I will require the life blood of any man or beast that sheds it.]

And you, be fruitful & multiply & bring forth abundantly in the earth. God [said] to Noah & to his sons, Behold, I establish My covenant with you & your [descendants] after you & with every living creature that is with you of [birds,] cattle [animals] & every beast of the earth that [goes] out from the ark. I will establish my covenant [promise] with you, neither shall all flesh be destroyed by the waters of a flood, [nor] a flood to destroy the earth.

God said, this is a covenant which I make between me & you & every living creature with you for perpetual generations: I set my [rainbow] in the cloud & it shall be for a [sign] of the covenant between Me & you & every living creature of all flesh & the [flood] waters shall no [longer,] become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the [rainbow] shall be in the cloud & when I look upon it, [so] that I may remember My everlasting covenant between God & every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

And God said to Noah, This is the [sign] of the covenant, which I have established between Me & all flesh that is upon the earth. The sons of Noah [who went out] of the ark were Shem, Ham & Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. These 3 sons of Noah [populated] the whole earth.

Noah began to be a farmer & planted a vineyard. [Noah] drank the wine & became [drunk.] [Then,] Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father [uncovered] in his tent & told his [brothers:] Shem & Japheth [who discreetly] walked backward with a garment on their shoulders & covered the nakedness of their father [without seeing] his nakedness.

[When] Noah awoke from his wine & knew what his younger son had snow ro him. [Noah] said, Cursed be Canaan: shall be a servant of [the] servants of his [brothers.] And [Noah] said, Blessed be the Lord the God of Shem & Canaan shall be [Shem's] servant. God shall enlarge Japheth & he shall dwell in the tents of Shem & Canaan shall be his servant. Noah lived 350 years after the flood & was 950 years old & he died.

Genesis 8:1-22 Flood Subsides

 

Flood Subsides & Every Living Thing on the Ark Disembarks

Genesis 8:1-22                     The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

God remembered Noah & every living thing & all cattle [animals] that were with him in the ark. God made the wind pass over the earth & the water [subsided]. The fountains of the deep & the windows of heaven were stopped & the rain from heaven was restrained. The waters continually [left] the earth & after the 150 days the waters [decreased].

On the 17th day of the 7th month, the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. The waters [continued to decrease] until the 1st day of the 10th month, the tops of the mountains were seen. At the end of 40 days, Noah  opened the window he [had] made [in] the ark. And he sent a raven out [of a window] & it went to & fro until the waters dried up from the earth. [Noah] also sent out a dove to see if the waters [decreased] from the ground, but the dove found no [resting place] for the soles of [its feet & returned to the ark, [because the waters still covered] the face of the whole earth. [Then, Noah] pulled her into the ark with him. [Noah waited 7 more days] & sent the dove out & it came back in the evening with a plucked olive leaf in her mouth, so Noah knew the waters had [receded] from the earth. So, Noah stayed another 7 days & sent the dove & it didn’t return any more.

[On] the 1st day of the 1st month in the 601st year, the waters were dried from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark & saw the [surface] of the ground was dry. On the 27th day of the 2nd month, the earth was dried. God [told] Noah, Go [out] of the ark, you & your [family] & bring every living thing of all flesh that was with him [in the ark]: [birds], cattle [animals] & [things that creep] on the earth, so that they may breed & are fruitful & multiply & abundantly [on] the earth.

After Noah, his family & [all the living creatures] went forth out of the ark, [Noah] built an altar to the Lord & took of every clean [animal & bird] & offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelled the sweet [aroma of the offering] & the Lord said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again [kill] every living thing, as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime & harvest, cold & heat, summer & winter & day & night shall not cease.

Genesis 7:1-24 God Tells Noah How to Build the Ark & What Goes in It & Rains

 

God Tells Noah How to Build the Ark & What Goes in It & Rains

Genesis 7:1-24              The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

The Lord said to Noah, Come with all your [family] into the ark, for I [God] have seen you are righteous before Me in this generation. You shall take by sevens every clean beast, male & female and of beasts that aren’t clean, by twos, the male & female. Of the [birds] of the air by sevens, male & female to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. For [in] seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth 40 days & nights & I will destroy all living [things] I have made from off the face of the earth. Noah did all according to what the Lord commanded him.

All flesh that moved on the earth died & both [birds,] cattle, beast, every creeping thing on the earth & every man & all on the land [that had] nostrils to breathe died & every living substance on the ground was destroyed from the earth. Only Noah & [those] with him on the ark remained alive. The waters prevailed on the earth for 150 days.

Noah was 600 years old when the flood waters were upon the earth & Noah & his sons, his wife, sons & his sons' wives went into ark, because of the flood waters. All of the clean & unclean beasts, [birds] & every thing that creeps on the earth, went to Noah into the ark two by two, the male & the female, as God had commanded Noah.

After the 7 days, the waters of the flood were on the earth. In the 600th year of Noah’s life, in the 2nd month & the 17th day of the month. [On] the same day, Noah entered the ark & [all his family] that day & after their kind of every: beast, cattle, creeping thing upon the earth, & bird of their kind & every sort went into Noah in the ark, two by two of all flesh, male & female, wherein is the breath of life, as the God commanded him & the Lord shut him in.

[Also, on] that same day, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up & the windows of heaven were opened. The rain was on the earth 40 days & nights. When the flood was upon the earth for 40 days, the waters increased & [lifted] up the ark above the earth. The waters prevailed & increased greatly upon the earth & the ark went upon the face of the waters. The waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth & covered all the high hills under the whole heaven. The mountains were covered when the waters prevailed at 15 cubits upward.

Genesis 6:1-22 God Sees the Wickedness in the Earth

 

God Sees the Wickedness in the Earth

Genesis 6:1-22              The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

It came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth & daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were [beautiful] & took for wives of all whom they chose. [Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil & Satan, [who] deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth & his angels were cast out with him.]

The Lord said, My Spirit shall not always [abide] with man for he is also flesh & he shall live to be 120 years. There were giants on the earth in those days & [afterward] when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men [intimately] & they [bore] children to them [who became] mighty men [who] became [widely known] men of old. The [Lord] God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth & every thought & imagination of his heart was evil continually. The Lord [regretted] that He had made man on the earth & it grieved in His heart. The Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man & beast, creeping things & birds of the air, for I [regret] that I have made them.

[2 Thessalonians 2:7-10 For the mystery of [wickedness is] already [at] work, Only he [who] now [is able to hold back] will let [it continue;] until he [is] taken out of the way. And then, shall that Wicked [one] be revealed, whom the Lord shall [overthrow] with the Spirit of His mouth & shall destroy with the brightness of His coming. Even him, whose coming is [similar to] the [works] of Satan, will all power & signs & [false miracles] & with [deceiving] all [through] unrighteousness in [those who] perish; because they [didn’t receive] the love of Truth, [so] that they might be saved.]

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. This is the [genealogy] of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations & Noah walked with God. Noah [fathered] 3 sons: Shem, Ham & Japheth. Also, the earth was corrupt before God & the earth was filled with violence. God looked upon the earth & it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted his way on the earth.

God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them & behold I will destroy them with the earth. Make an ark [for yourself] of gopher wood & make rooms in the ark & cover the inside & outside with pitch [to make it watertight.] This is the  [pattern] in which you shall make it: The ark was to be 300 x 50 cubits with a height of 30 cubits. You shall make a window in the ark & in a cubit you shall finish it above. The door of the ark, you shall set in the side [of it] & you shall make it, with the lower, 2nd & 3rd stories.

Behold, I am [bringing] flood waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, from under heaven, that has the breath of life & every thing that is in the earth shall die.  But with you, I will establish My covenant and you shall come into the ark, you, your wife, your sons & their wives with you.

You shall bring into the ark 2 of every sort of living thing of all flesh to keep them alive with you, [both] male & female. Of [birds] after their kind; of cattle [a.k.a. animals,] after their kind & of every creeping thing of the earth after [its] kind. Two of every sort will come to you to keep them alive. Take [for yourselves] of all the food that is eaten & gather it, for it shall be food for you & for [the animals.] Noah did according to all that God commanded him.

Genesis 5:1-32 Genealogy of Adam-Noah

 

Genealogy of Adam-Noah

Genesis 5:1-32              The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

This is a book of genealogy of Adam in the day that God created man in [His] likeness. God made [them:] male and female & blessed them & called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. Adam lived 130 years & [fathered] a son in his own likeness, after his image & named him Seth.

After [the birth of] Seth, Adam lived 800 [more] years & [fathered] sons & daughters & died at 930 years old. Seth [fathered] Enos [a.k.a. Enosh] at 105 years old & [fathered] sons & daughters over the next 807 years & died at 912. Enos [fathered] Cainan at 90 years old & [fathered] sons & daughters over the next 815 years & died at 905.

Cainan [fathered] Mahalaleel at 70 years old & [fathered] sons & daughters over the next 840 years & died at 910. Mahalaleel [fathered] Jared at 65 years old & [fathered] sons & daughters over the next 830 years & died at 895. Jared [fathered] Enoch at 162 years old & [fathered] sons & daughters over the next 800 years & died at 962.

Enoch [fathered] Methuselah at 65 years old & walked with God Enoch lived 365 years and Enoch walked with God after he [fathered] Methuselah & [fathered] sons & daughters over the next 300 years. All the [years] of Enoch were 365 years. And Enoch walked with God & he was not, for God took him. Methuselah [fathered] Lamech at 187 years old & had sons & daughters over the next 782 years & died at 969.

Lamech [fathered] Noah at 182 years old, saying, This one will comfort us concerning our work & the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed. And Lamech lived after he [fathered] Noah & had sons & daughters over the next 595 years & died at 777. Noah was 500 years old & [fathered] Shem, Ham & Japeth.

Genesis 4:1-26 Cain & Abel

 

Cain & Abel

Genesis 4:1-26              The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

[After] Adam knew Eve, his wife [intimately] & she conceived & bare Cain & said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. [Then,] again she bare his brother, Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

[After some] time, Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord & Abel brought the [firstborn] of his flock & of [its] fat. The Lord [respected] Abel & his offering & not Cain and his offering. Cain was very [angry] & he [was discouraged]. The Lord said to Cain, Why are you [so angry] & why has your countenance fallen? [Won’t you] be accepted if you do well? [If you don’t do] well, sin lies at the door & you are [its] desire, but you should rule over [it].

And Cain talked with his brother Abel & [later] when they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother & killed him. The Lord [asked] Cain, Where is Abel your brother? Cain said, I [don’t] know. Am I my brother’s keeper? [Then the Lord God] said, What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Now you are cursed from the earth, which opened her mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you till the ground, it shall [no longer] yield [its] strength to you. You shall be a fugitive & a vagabond on the earth. Cain said to the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. [Surely] You have driven me out from the face of the earth this day & I shall be [hidden] from Your face. I shall be a fugitive & a vagabond on the earth & [anyone who finds me shall kill] me. The Lord said to him, Whoever kills Cain [will have] vengeance on him 7-fold. The Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

Cain went out from the presence of the Lord & [lived] in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. And Cain [knew his wife intimately] & she conceived & [bore] Enoch. He built a city & named it for his son, Enoch. Enoch [was the father of] Irad. Irad [was the father of] Mehujael. Mehujael [was the father of] Methusael. Methusael [was the father] of Lamech. Lamech [had] 2 wives: Adah who bore Jabal, who  was the father of [those who] dwell in tents & [those who] have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal, [who was the father of those who played] the harp & organ [a.k.a. flute.] Zillah [was his other wife] & she also [bore] Tubal-Cain, an instructor of [craftsmen] in brass & iron & his sister was Naamah.

And Lamech [told] his wives, Adah & Zillah, Hear [me, my wives & pay attention to what I say:] for I have [killed] a man [for wounding me,] a young man for [injuring me]. If Cain shall be avenged 7-fold, then Lamech 77-fold.

And Adam [knew his wife intimately] again & his wife [bore] a son & [named] him Seth. For she said,  God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel whom Cain killed. [Later,] Seth also [had] a son who was named Enos [a.k.a Enosh.] Then men began to call on the Lord.