The i. boke of Moſes.
after you, and with euery lyuynge creature that is with you, both foule, catell, and all beaſtes vpon the earth with you, of all that is gone out of the Arke, what ſo euer beaſt of the earth it be: And thus I make my couenaunt with you, thet hence forth all fleſh ſhal not be deſtroyed with the waters of eny floude, and from hence forth there ſhall come no floude to deſtroye the earth.[crossref 1]
And God ſayde: This is the token of my couenaunt which I haue made betwene me and you, and all lyuynge creatures amonge you for euermore: My bowe will I ſet in the cloudes, and it ſhal be the token of my couenaunt betwene me and ye earth: ſo that whā I brynge cloudes vpon the earth, the bowe ſhal appeare in the cloudes. And then wyll I thynke vpon my couenaunt betwixte me and you and all lyuynge creatures in all maner of fleſh: ſo that from hence forth there ſhall nomore come eny floude of water to deſtroye all fleſh. Therfore ſhall my bowe be
in the cloudes, that I maye loke vpon it, and remembre the euerlaſtynge couenaunt, betwixte God and all liuynge creatures in all fleſh that is vpon earth. God ſayde alſo vnto Noe: This is the tokē of the couenaunt, which I haue made betwene me and all fleſh vpon earth.
C
The ſonnes of Noe which wente out of the Arke, are theſe: Sem, Ham and Japhet. As for Ham, he is the father of Canaā. Theſe are Noes thre ſonnes, of whom all londes were ouerſpred.
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D
Noe beganne to take hede vnto ye tyllinge of the grounde, ⁊ planted a vyniarde.[crossref 2] And dranke of the wyne, and was dronken, and laye vncouered in his tente. Now when Hā the father of Canaan ſawe his fathers preuities, he tolde his two brethren without. Thē toke Sem and Japhet a mantell and put it vpō both their ſhulders, and wente backwarde, and couered their fathers ſecretes: ⁊ their faces were turned aſyde, yt they ſhulde not ſe their fathers preuyties.
So whan Noe awaked from his wyne, and perceaued what his yonger ſonne had done vnto him, he ſayde: Curſed be Canaan, and a ſeruaunt of ſeruauntes be he vnto his brethren. He ſayde morouer: Prayſed be the LORDE God of Sem, and Canaan be his ſeruaunt. God increaſe Japhet, and let him dwell in the tentes of Sem, and Canaan be his ſeruaunt.
And Noe lyued after the floude thre hundreth ⁊ fiftie yeare, ſo yt his whole age was ix. hūdreth and fyftie yeare, and so he dyed.
The X. Chapter.
A
THis is the generacion of the childrē of Noe, Sem, Ham, and Japhet, ⁊ they begat children after the floude.[crossref 3] The children of Japhet are theſe: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Jauan, Tubal, Meſech and Thyras. The childrē of Gomer are theſe: Aſcenas, Riphat and Togarma. The children of Jauan are theſe: Eliſa, Tharſis, Cithim and Dodanim: Of theſe are deuided the Iles of ye Heithen in their countrees, euery one after his ſpeach, kynred and people.
The childrē of Ham are theſe: Chus, Miſraim, Phut and Canaan. The children of Chus are theſe: Seba, Heuila Sabtha, Reyma and Sabthecha.
B
The children of Reyma are theſe: Sheba and Dedā. Chus also begat Nemrod, which beganne to be mightie in the earth, and was a mightie hunter in the ſight of the LORDE. Therof commeth the prouerbe: This is a mightie hunter before the LORDE like as Nemrod. And the origenall of his kyngdome was Babel, Erech, Acad ⁊ Chalne in ye londe of Synear.[crossref 4] Out of that lōde came Aſſur, and buylded Niniue, and ye ſtretes of ye cite, and Calah, and Reſſen betwene Ninyne ⁊ Calah: This is a greate cite.[crossref 5]
C
Mizraim begat Ludim, Enamim, Leabim, Naphtuhim, Pathruſim ⁊ Caſluhim, from whence came the Philiſtynes and Capthorims. Canaā alſo begat Zidon his eldeſt ſonne, ⁊ Heth, Jebuſi, Emori, Girgoſi, Hiui, Arki, Sini, Aruadi, Zemari ⁊ Hamati: frō whence ye kynreds of ye Cananites are diſperſed abrode. And ye Coaſtes of ye Cananites were frō Sidō forth thorow Gerar vnto Gaſa, tyll thou cōmeſt vnto Sodoma, Gomorra, Adama, Zeboim, ⁊ vnto Laſa. Theſe are the children of Ham in their kynreds, tunges, londes ⁊ people. And Sem which is ye father of all the children of Eber, ⁊ the elder brother of Japhet, begat childrē alſo. And theſe are his children: Elā, Aſſur, Arphachad, Lud ⁊ Aram. The childrē of Aram are theſe: Vz, Hul, Gether ⁊ Mas.
