The First Boke of Moses called Genesis — John Shaqi
The First Boke of Moses called Genesis
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The First Boke of Moses called Genesis
Bible. Genesis
The sonnes of Iapheth were: Gomyr/ Magog/ Madai/ Iauan/ Tuball/ Mesech
and Thyras. And the sonnes of Gomyr were: Ascenas Riphat and Togarma.
And the sonnes of Iauan were: Elisa/ Tharsis/ Cithim and Dodanim. Of
these came the Iles of the gentylls in there contres/ every man in his
speach/ kynred and nation.
The sonnes of Ham were: Chus Misraim Phut and Canaan. The sonnes of
Chus: were Seba/ Heuila/ Sabta/ Rayma and Sabtema. And the sonnes of
Rayma were: Sheba/ & Dedan. Chus also begot Nemrod/ which begã to be
myghtye in the erth. He was a myghtie hunter in the syghte of the
LORde: Where of came the proverbe: he is as Nemrod that myghtie hunter
in the syghte of the LORde. And the begynnynge of hys kyngdome was
Babell/ Erech/ Achad and Chalne in the lande of Synear: Out of that
lande came Assur and buylded Ninyue/ and the cyte rehoboth/ and Calah
And Ressen betwene Ninyue ãd Chalah. That is a grete cyte. And Mizraim
begat ludim/ Enamim/ Leabim/ Naphtuhim/ Pathrusim & Casluhim: from
whence came the Philystyns/ and the Capthiherynes.
Canaan also begat zidon his eldest sonne & Heth/ Iebusi/ Emori/
Girgosi/ Hiui/ Arki/ Sini/ Aruadi/ Zemari and hamati. And afterward
sprange the kynreds of the Canaanytes And the costes of the Canaanytes
were frõ Sydon tyll thou come to Gerara & to Asa/ & tyll thou come to
Sodoma/ Gomorra/ Adama Zeboim: evẽ vnto Lasa. These were the chyldre
of Ham in there kynreddes/ tonges/ landes and nations.
And Sem the father of all y^e childrẽ of Eber and the eldest brother
of Iapheth/ begat children also. And his sonnes were: Elam Assur/
Arphachsad/ Lud ãd Aram. And y^e childree of Aram were: Vz/ Hul/
Gether & Mas And Arphachsad begat Sala/ and Sala begat Eber. And Eber
begat .ij. sonnes. The name of the one was Peleg/ for in his tyme the
erth was devyded. And the name of his brother was Iaketan:
Iaketan begat Almodad/ Saleph/ Hyzarmoueth/ Iarah/ Hadoram/ Vsal/
Dikela/ Obal/ Abimael/ Seba/ Ophir/ Heuila & Iobab. All these are the
sonnes of Iaketan. And the dwellynge of them was from Mesa vntill thou
come vnto Sephara a mountayne of the easte lande. These are the sonnes
o Sem in their kynreddes/ languages/ contrees and nations. These are
the kynreddes of the sonnes of Noe/ in their generations and nations.
And of these came the people that were in the world after the floude.
¶ The .xi. chapter.
And all the world was of one tonge and one language. And as they came
from the east/ they founde a playne in the lande of Synear/ and there
they dwelled. And they sayd one to a nother: come on/ let us make
brycke ãd burne it wyth fyre. So brycke was there stone and slyme was
there morter And they sayd: Come on/ let vs buylde vs a cyte and a
toure/ that the toppe may reach vnto heauen. And let vs make us a
name/ for perauenture we shall be scatered abrode over all the erth.
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