for her 3 And Abraham stoode vp frō the sight of his corse and talked with the sonnes of Heth saying 4 I am a straunger and a foriner amongest you geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my corse out of my sight 5 And the chyldren of Heth aunswered Abraham saying vnto hym 6 Heare vs my Lorde thou art a prince of God amongest vs in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead none of vs shall forbyd thee his sepulchre but thou mayest bury thy dead therin 7 Abraham stoode vp and bowed hym selfe before the people of the lande that is the chyldren of Heth. 8 And he communed with them saying If it be your mynde that I shal bury my dead out of my sight heare me and speake for me to Ephron the sonne of Sohar 9 That he may geue me the caue of Machpelah whiche he hath in the ende of his fielde but for as much money as it is worth shall he geue it me for a possession to bury in amongest you 10 For Ephron dwelleth amongest the chyldren of Heth and Ephron the Hethite aunswered Abraham in the audience of the chyldren of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his citie saying 11 Not so my Lord heare me the fielde geue I thee and the caue that therin is geue I thee also in the presence of the sonnes of my people geue I it thee burye thy dead 12 And Abraham bowed him selfe before the people of the lande 13 And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey saying yf thou wylt geue it then I pray thee heare me I wyll geue syluer for the fielde take it of me and I will bury my dead therin 14 Ephron aunswered Abraham saying vnto hym 15 My Lord hearken vnto me the lande is worth foure hundred sicles of siluer what is that betwixt thee and me bury therfore thy dead 16 And Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron and wayed him the siluer which he had sayde in the aundience of the sonnes of Heth euen foure hundred syluer sicles of currant money amongest marchauntes 17 And the fielde of Ephron in Machpelah which was before Mamre euē the fielde and the caue that was therein and all the trees that were in the fielde and that were in al the borders rounde about was made sure 18 Vnto Abraham for a possession in the sight of the chyldren of Heth before all that went in at the gates of the citie 19 After this dyd Abraham bury Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the fielde that lyeth before Mamre the same is Hebron in the land of Chanaan 20 And so both the fielde the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in by the sonnes of Heth. ¶ The .xxiiij. Capter 2 Abraham sendeth his man to seeke a wyfe for Isaac the whiche God prouideth for hym The maner of the Hebrewes othe 7 The fayth of Abraham to the promyse of God 12 A faythfull prayer of Abrahams seruaunt to God 15 Rebecca a fayre virgin is offred vnto the seruaunt not wyttyng it 18 Rebecca moderate and colde in wordes 27 The seruaunt doeth thankes vnto God 28 The marueylous diligence of Rebecca and Laban to the straungers warde 33 The seruaunt declareth the causes of his iourney and what thinges happened hym therein 35 What Gods blessing is 47 Rebecca the neece of Nachor by his sonne 50 They commit all thinges vnto God 53 The seruaunt offereth gyftes vnto Rebecca and her parentes 58 The consent of the mayden is asked 59 Rebecca is conducted vnto Isahac 60 The parentes do blesse Rebecca 67 Isahac taketh Rebecca to wife 1 AND Abraham was old stricken in dayes and the Lorde had blessed Abraham in all thinges 2 And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaūt of his house whiche had the rule ouer all that he had put thy hande vnder my thigh 3 And I wyll make thee sweare by the Lorde God of heauen and God of the earth that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Chanaanites amongest which I dwel 4 But thou shalt go vnto my countrey and to my kinred and take a wife vnto my sonne Isahac 5 But the seruaunt sayd vnto hym peraduenture the woman wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lande shall I bryng thy sonne againe vnto the land whiche thou cammest out of 6 To whom Abraham aunswered beware that thou bring not my sonne thyther agayne 7 The Lorde God of heauen whiche toke me from my fathers house from the land of my kinred and which spake vnto me and that sware vnto me saying vnto thy seede wyll I geue this lande he shall sende his angell before thee and thou shalt take a wyfe vnto my sonne from thence 8 Neuerthelesse if the woman wyl not folowe thee then shalt thou be cleare from this my othe onlye bring not my sonne thyther agayne 9 And the seruaunt put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his maister and sware to hym as concernyng y e matter 10 And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister departed had of al maner of goods of his maister with him and so he arose went to Mesopotamia vnto y e citie of Nachor 11 And made his Camelles to lye downe without the citie by a welles side of water at euen about the time that women come out to drawe water 12 And he saide Lord God of my maister Abraham I pray thee sende me good speede this day and shewe mercy vnto my maister Abraham 13 Lo I stande here by the well of water and the daughters of the mē of this citie come out to drawe water 14 Nowe let the damsel to whom I say stoupe downe thy pitcher I pray thee that I may drinke If she say also drinke and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also let the same be she that thou hast ordeyned for thy seruaunt Isahac and thereby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my maister 15 And it came to passe yer he had lefte speakyng beholde Rebecca came out the daughter of Bethuel sonne to Milcha the wyfe of Nachor Abrahams brother and her pytcher vpon her shoulder 16 The damsel was very fayre to looke vpon and yet a mayde and vnknowen of man and she went downe to the wel and filled her pitcher and came vp 17 And the seruaunt runnyng to meete her sayde let me I pray thee drinke a litle water of thy pitcher 18 And she sayd drinke my Lorde And she hasted and let downe her pytcher vpon her arme and gaue him drinke 19 And when she had geuen him drinke she sayde I wyll drawe water for thy Camelles also vntyl they haue dronke ynough 20 And she poured out her pytcher into the trough hastyly and ranne agayne vnto the well to
the hyest 39 And some of the Pharisees of the companie sayde vnto hym Maister rebuke thy disciples 40 He saide vnto them I tell you that if these holde their peace then shall the stones crye 41 And when he was come neare he behelde the citie and wept on it 42 Saying If thou haddest knowen those thynges whiche belong vnto thy peace euen in this thy day But nowe are they hyd from thyne eyes 43 For the dayes shall come vpon thee that thyne enemies also shall caste a banke about thee and compasse thee rounde and kepe thee in on euery syde 44 And make thee euen with y e grounde and thy chyldren which are in thee and they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpoÌ„ another because thou knowest not the tyme of thy visitation 45 And he went into the temple and began to cast out them that solde therin them that bought 46 Saying vnto them it is written My house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of thieues 47 And he taught dayly in the temple ☜ But the hye priestes and the scribes the chiefe of the people went about to destroy hym 48 And coulde not fynde what to do For all the people stacke by hym when they hearde hym ¶ The .xx. Chapter 4 Christe stoppeth the pharisees mouthes with another question 9 he sheweth their destructioÌ„ by a parable of the vineyarde 17 Christe the stone reproued 19 the priestes seke to kyll hym 22 Tribute to be payde 25 Geue to Caesar and to God whiche to them belongeth 27 He disputeth with Saducees of the resurrection 41 Christe the sonne of Dauid 45 he describeth the scribes 1 AND it came to passe that on one of those dayes as he taught y e people in the temple preached the Gospell the hie priestes and the scribes came vpoÌ„ hym with the elders 2 And spake vnto him saying Tell vs by what aucthoritie doest thou these thynges Eyther who is he that gaue thee this aucthoritie 3 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them I also wyll aske you one thyng aunswere me 4 The baptisme of Iohn was it from heauen or of men 5 And they reasoned within theÌ„ selues saying Yf we say from heauen he wyll say why then beleued ye hym not 6 But and yf we say of men all the people wyll stone vs For they be perswaded that Iohn is a prophete 7 And they aunswered that they coulde not tell whence it was 8 And Iesus saide vnto them Neither tell I you by what aucthoritie I do these thynges ☜ 9 Then began he to put foorth to the people this parable ☞ A certayne man planted a vineyarde and let it foorth to husbande men and went hym selfe into a straunge countrey for a great season 10 And when the time was come he sent a seruaunt to the husbande men that they shoulde geue hym of the fruite of the vineyarde And they beat hym and sent hym away emptie 11 And agayne he sent yet another seruaunt and hym they did beate and entreated hym shamefully and sent hym away emptie 12 Agayne he sent the thirde also and hym they wounded and cast hym out 13 Then said the Lord of the vineyarde What shal I do I wyl send my deare sonne it may be they wyll reuerence hym when they see hym 14 But when the husbande men sawe him they reasoned within them selues saying This is the heyre come let vs kyll hym that the inheritaunce may be ours 15 And they cast him out of the vineyard and kylled hym What shall the Lorde of the vineyarde therfore do vnto them 16 He shall come and destroye these husbande men shall let out his vineyarde to other When they hearde this they sayde God forbyd 17 And he behelde them sayde What is this then that is written The stone that the buylders refused the same is become the head of the corner 18 Whosoeuer doth stumble vppon that stone shal be broken but on whoÌ„soeuer it falleth it wyll grinde hym to powder 19 And the hye priestes the scribes the â—â—me houre went about to laye handes oâ— hym * and they feared the people For they perceaued that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them 20 And they watched hym sent foorth spyes which shoulde fayne them selues ryghteous men to take hym in his wordes and to delyuer hym vnto the power and aucthoritie of the deputie 21 And they asked him saying Maister we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght neither considerest thou the outwarde appearaunce of any man but â—achest the way of God truely 22 Is is lawfull for vs to geue tribute vnto Caesar or no 23 He perceaued their craftynesse saide vnto them why tempt ye me 24 Shewe me a penie whose image and superscription hath it They aunswered and sayde Caesars 25 And he sayde vnto them Geue then vnto Caesar the thynges which belong vnto Caesar and to God the thynges that perteyne vnto God 26 And they coulde not reproue his saying before the people and they marueyled at his aunswere helde their peace 27 Then came to hym certayne of the saducees which denie that there is any resurrection and they asked hym 28 Saying Maister Moyses wrote vnto vs yf any mans brother dye hauyng a wyfe and he dye without chyldren that then his brother shoulde take his wyfe rayse vp seede vnto his brother 29 There were therfore seuen brethren and the first toke a wyfe dyed without chyldren 30 And the seconde toke her and he dyed chyldlesse 31 And the thirde toke her in lykewise the residue of the seuen and left no chyldren behynde them and dyed 32 Last of all the woman dyed also 33 Nowe in the resurrection whose wife of them shall she be For 〈◊〉 her to wyfe 34 Iesus aunswered and saide vnto theÌ„ The chyldren of this worlde marrye wyues and are marryed 35 But they which shal be counted worthy to enioy that worlde and the resurrection from the dead do not marrye wyues neither are marryed 36 Nor yet can dye any more For they are equall vnto the angels and are the sonnes of God inasmuche as they are chyldren of the resurrection 37 And that the dead shall ryse agayne Moyses also sheweth besides the bushe when he calleth the Lorde the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac the God of Iacob 38 For he is not a God of dead but of lyuyng For all lyue vnto hym 39 Then certayne of the pharisees aunswered and sayde Maister thou hast well sayde 40 And after that durst they not aske him any question at all 41 And he sayde vnto them Howe saye they that Christe is Dauids sonne 42 And Dauid hym selfe sayeth in the booke of the psalmes The Lord saide to my Lord syt thou on my right hand 43 Tyll I make thine enemies thy foote-stoole 44 Dauid therfore calleth hym Lorde
hym selfe with Gods worde “ Hebr. Set with trees () By this warre God calleth the Sodomites to repentauÌ„ce correcteth Lots couetous desire auaunceth his seruaunt Abraham “ Or Babylon “ Or Persia (a) His army was of souldiers whiche were runagates out of diuers nations (b) Ambition and pride the causes of the first warre (c) This kyng is not named for the smalnes of his towne (d) Though chodorlaomer tirannicallye subdued theÌ„ yet they could not iustly rebell “ Hebre. Rephaims (e) They myght haue sought meanes of reconciliation by y e ouerthrowe of their neighbours (f) The Sodomites myght knowe that for their punishment god gaue victorie to y e smaller number in a straunge countrey (g) The terrible destruction of rebels (h) The godlye are partakers of the harmes whiche come to the wicked among whom they dwell (i) Abraham myght make a temporall leage with them that sought it vppon hym (k) Abraham toke not this warre in hand as a priuate man but by speciall vocation (l) One godly man is the cause of many benefites of others 2. Sam. 18 c. Hebre. vii a. (m) This kyng refressheth Abrahams armie with victels and as a priest blessed Abraham Hebr vii b. (n) Wherin Melchisedech was a figure of Christe the epistle to the Hebrewes sheweth (o) The king is more thankful to man theÌ„ to God (p) An olde maner of swearyng which he vsed because he had to do with an heathen and to avoyde simulation of couetousnesse (q) Our liberalitie shoulde not be hurtfull to others “ Hebre. wordes Mum. xii b. (a) The victorie which he obtained caused hym much enuye Psal xvi b. (b) This outwarde victorie was not the rewarde he should loke for “ Or stewarde (c) The ende of Gods promises was y e promised seed therfore Abraham layeth vp his complaint in gods bosome Rom. iiii b. (d) God confirmeth Abraham not by worde only but by external signe also Rom. iiii a. (e) Ryghteousnes by imputation (f) God â—y not forsake his therfore they ought to go forwarde in their vocation Gen. xi d. (g) Though he beleued Gods promises yet he shewed to god his great care (h) This deuydyng of beastes was an olde maner in makyng of leagues amoÌ„g many people (i) The maner whereby Abrahams seede should possesse the lande and the meanyng of y e sacrifice before spoken of Actes vii b. (k) Recken not these yeres from Iacobs goyng downe to Egypt but froÌ„ Gods promise to the promulgatyng of the lawe (l) It is the wickednes of y e people that dryueth nations out of countreis (m) The state of the Churche in Egypt was lyke a lyght fyrebrande in the myddest of smoke Gen. xii b. Deut. iiii a. (n) God addeth his word to the former sacramentes King 4. c. 2 Chro 9. d. (o) Not Nilus bâ—t Rhinocorura which deuideth Egypt from Palestina “ Hebre. Perath “ Hebre. Chittites “ Hebr. Rephaims Sarai not well beatyng Gods long deferring of his promise inuenteth of her owne head newe meanes to obtayne it (a) Neither shoulde she haue sought any contrarâ—e to Gods worde “ A bond-woman “ Or Receaue a childe (b) He obeyeth the preposterous counsell of his wyfe (c) Thus was Sarais extraordinarie doynges punished by God (d) The force â—f womens anger (e) Abraham deareth with the anger of his wyfe (f) She was but a seruauÌ„t before God though she thought other wayes of her selfe (g) The supâ—riours austeritie ought not to make the inferiour to rebell (h) The ministers that God sendeth speaketh in Gods person “ That is the Lorde shall beare (i) This is gods benefite to be hable to withstand his enemies Gen. xxv c. (k) The people that came of Ismael should be one whole body (l) She accuseth her owne vnthankfulnes which dyd not acknowledge his goodnes shewed to her before tyme and nowe in the wil derâ—es Gen. 24. d. (m) She gathereth that it was God whiche had seene her by his maner of departure as Exod. xxx ii (n) For he had some hope of this childe yet he was not the promised seede (o) Whiche was the eleuenth yere after his commyng from Charran The holy ghost passeth ouer the historie of thirtene yeres and declareth that which is most necessarie (a) God freelye choseth his that they should be holy and without hipocrisie before hym Gen. v. d. (b) He acknowlegeth Gods free promise and his owne obedience therto (c) Not of theÌ„ only that were of his chyldren but also of the beleuyng gentiles Rom. iiii d. (d) It was a harde thyng for an olde man to be perswaded herin therfore God repeateth his saying “ Hebre. I wyll make to ryse Gen. xiii b. (e) This couenaunt was spirituall as when Abraham and his seede myght conceaue sure hope of eternall lyfe (f) The promises made to Abraham were not of benefites only of this lyfe Actes vii a. (g) Circumcision is called the couenauÌ„t because it hath included in it the promise of Gods grace (h) God sheweth herby al to be corrupt that is begotten of man and that saluation should come of the seede of Abraham Rom. iiii c. (i) Maisters ought to trauayle to bring al their householde to true religion (k) A sacramental maner of speakyng (l) The contemners of Gods sacramentes shall not be partakers of Gods promises and benefites (m) God wyll refourme Abraham in y t he thought amisse of Ismael (n) This came not of myrth only but that he marueyled at the straungenesse therof (o) As yf he coulde haue ben content with y e sonne he had if it had so pleased god Gen. xviii b (p) The spirituall couenaunt is restrayned to one familie (q) wealth and dignitie is promised to Ismael Gen. xxi a. (r) As wherby Abraham vnderstoode certaynly that this visioÌ„ was from God (Å¿) Neither was AbrahaÌ„ feared from obeying Gods precept by any lettes neither repyned his houshoulde at so straunge â— mattter (t) In obeying gods commaundementes the father should begyn and other folowe in order Heb. xiii b. (a) An example of true hospitalitie (b) Though they were angels yet in outwarde shewe they were but men (c) This maner of reuerence men in the Easte parties vsed (d) He toke it for a benefite that such straungers woulde come to his house (e) Tokens oâ— true hospitalitie (f) He referreth so small a matter to the prouidence of God (g) AbrahaÌ„s familie well instructed and in good order “ A measure among the Iewes called Seâ—n (i) he thought not that loste which he gaue to straungers (k) God gaue them for the tyme the bodyes of meÌ„ Gen. xvii c. Rom. ix b. (l) Isahac shoulde haue lyfe and be borne as other chyldren (m) Though she iudged of Gods promises naturally yet her continencie is to be praysed i Peter iii. b. “ Hebre. Hydden (n) Sara couered not her sinne with a lye of extreme malice (o) A token of loue to opeÌ„ his secretes to his friende Amos. iii. Ioel. xiii i Cor. ii Gen.
draw water and drew for all his Camelles 21 And the man wondred at her but held his peace to witte whether the Lorde had made his iourney prosperous or not 22 And as the Camelles had left drinking the man tooke a golden earring of halfe a sickle wayght and two bracelettes for her handes of ten sickles wayght of golde 23 And sayde whose daughter art thou tell me I pray thee is there rowme in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in 24 She aunswered hym I am the daughter of Bethuel the sonne of Milcha whiche she bare vnto Nachor 25 And said moreouer vnto him we haue litter and prouender ynough and also rowme to lodge in 26 And the man bowed hym selfe and worshipped the Lorde 27 And sayde blessed be the Lorde God of my maister Abraham whiche hath not left destitute my maister of his mercye and trueth for when I was on my iourney the Lorde brought me to my maisters brothers house 28 And the damsell ranne and told them of her mothers house these thinges 29 And Rebecca had a brother called Laban and he ranne out vnto the man euen to the well 30 For assoone as he had seene the earerynges and the bracelettes in his sisters hande and hearde the wordes of Rebecca his sister saying thus sayde the man vnto me he went out vnto the man and lo he stoode with the Camelles by the well syde 31 And he sayde come thou blessed of the Lord wherfore standest thou without I haue dressed the house rowme for thy Camelles 32 And then the mā came into the house and he vnharnessed the Camelles and brought lytter and prouender for the Camelles and water to wash his feete the mens feete that were with him 33 And there was set meate before hym to eate but he sayd I wyll not eate vntyll I haue sayde myne arande And he sayd say on 34 And he sayde I am Abrahams seruaunt 35 And God blessed my maister merueylously that he is become great and hath geuen him sheepe and oxen siluer and golde men seruauntes and mayde-seruauntes camelles and asses 36 And Sara my maisters wyfe bare hym a sonne when she was olde and vnto him hath he geuē all that he hath 37 And my maister made me sweare saying thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amongest the daughters of the Chanaanites in whose lande I dwell 38 But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house and to my kinred and take a wife vnto my sonne 39 And I sayde vnto my maister peraduenture the woman wyll not folowe me 40 And he answered me the Lord before whom I walke wyll sende his angell with thee and prosper thy iourney and thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne of my kinred and of my fathers house 41 Then shalt thou be free from this othe made to me when thou commest to my kinred and yf they geue not thee one thou shalt be free from this othe made to me 42 And so I came this day vnto the wel and sayde O Lorde the God of my maister Abraham if it be so nowe that thou makest my iourney whiche I go prosperous 43 Beholde I stande by the well of water and when a virgin commeth foorth to drawe water and I say to her Geue me I pray thee a little water of thy pitcher to drinke 44 And she say to me Drinke thou and I wyll also drawe for thy Camelles let the same be the woman whom the Lorde hath prepared for my maisters sonne 45 And before I had made an ende of speakyng in myne heart beholde Rebecca came foorth and her pitcher on her shoulder and she went downe vnto the well and drewe water and I sayde vnto her Geue me drinke I pray thee 46 And she made haste and toke downe her pitcher from her shoulder and said Drinke and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also So I dranke and she gaue the Camelles drinke also 47 And I asked her saying whose daughter art thou She answered the daughter of Bethuel Nachors sonne whom Milcha bare vnto hym and I put the earring vpon her face and the bracelettes vpon her handes 48 And I bowed my selfe and worshipped the Lorde and blessed the Lorde God of my maister Abraham whiche had brought me the ryght way to take my maisters brothers daughter vnto his sonne 49 Nowe also if he wyll consent to deale mercyfully and truely with my maister tel me and if not tel me also that I may turne me to the ryght hande or to the left 50 Then aunswered Laban and Bethuel saying This saying is proceeded euen of the Lorde we can not therefore say vnto thee eyther good or bad 51 Beholde Rebecca is before thee take her and go that she may be thy maisters sonnes wife euen as god hath sayde 52 And when Abrahams seruaunt heard theyr wordes he worshipped the Lord bowyng hym selfe towarde the earth 53 And the seruaunt toke foorth iewelles of syluer and iewelles of golde and rayment and gaue them to Rebecca and to her brother and to her mother he gaue costly gyftes 54 And they did eate and drinke both he and the men that were with hym and taried all night and when they rose vp in the mornyng he said let me depart vnto my maister 55 Her brother and her mother aunswered let the damsell abyde with vs and it be but euen ten dayes and then shall she go 56 He sayde vnto them hynder me not beholde the Lorde hath prospered my iourney sende me away therefore that I may go to my maister 57 And they sayde we wyll call the damsell and enquire at her mouth 58 And they called foorth Rebecca and sayde vnto her wylt thou go with this man And she aunswered I wyll go 59 So they let Rebecca theyr sister go and her nurse Abrahams seruaunt and his men 60 And they blessed Rebecca and sayde vnto her thou art our sister growe into thousande thousandes and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies 61 And Rebecca arose and her damselles and gat them vp vpon the Camelles and folowed the man and the seruaunt toke Rebecca and went his waye 62 And Isahac was commyng from the waye of the well of the lyuyng and seeyng me for he dwelt in the South countrey 63 And Isahac was gone out to pray in the fielde at the euentide and he lift vp his eyes and saw the Camelles commyng 64 And Rebecca lyft vp her eyes when she sawe Isahac she lyghted of the Camell 65 For she said vnto the seruaunt what man is this that commeth walkyng against vs in the fielde And the seruaunt sayd it is my maister therfore she toke her vayle and couered her 66 And the seruaunt tolde Isahac all thinges that he had done 67 And Isahac brought her into his mother Saraes tent and toke Rebecca and she became his wife and he loued her and so Isahac