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Preface

This English Reference Bible, edited and published by the American Bible Society, contains important helps which are called to the attention of the reader so that their significance and manner of use may be more fully understood. The text itself is made more readable and intelligible by some modernization of spelling, greater consistency in the forms of proper names (especiaily of Old Testament persons referred to in the New Testament), appropriate indentation for poetic portions, paragraphing and _ section headings to set off relevant divisions of the text, a handy reference system, and certain marginal readings which are helpful in understanding the text.

A special appendix to this volume contains two very useful sections. In one, a number of alternative readings and renderings are listed in Biblical order, and for each of these there is an asterisk (*) in the corresponding portion of the text. In the other, most of the archaic and obsolete words of the King James Version are given in alphabetical order, with an indication of those passages in which the changed meanings of the words in question are likely to constitute obstacles to proper understanding.

A further important feature of this volume is a set of color maps, with aerial perspective, viewed from certain strategic angles. Moreover, the coloring is especially designed to call attention to contrasts between the cultivated fertile regions and the arid, desert areas. Some copies of this Reference Bible are also supplied with a 45,000-line concordance, which has been developed to supplement the reference system and to provide a ready guide to those passages which the average reader is likely to want to find.

While carefully avoiding any interpretive notes or comments, these helps do, however, provide the thoughtful reader and student with some of the basic helps which are needed for adequate comprehension and appreciation of the message of the Holy Bible.

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THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

PAGE PAGE Genesis 1 Ecclesiastes 597 Exodus 48 Song of Solomon 603 Leviticus 89 Isaiah 609 Numbers 118 Jeremiah 656 Deuteronomy 159 Lamentations 708 Joshua 196 Ezekiel 714 Judges 220 Daniel 761 Ruth 243 Hosea TiS 1 Samuel 247 Joel 782 2 Samuel 277 Amos 784 1 Kings 303 Obadiah 790 2 Kings 333 Jonah 791 1 Chronicles 362 Micah 793 2 Chronicles 389 Nahum 797 Ezra 423 Habakkuk 799 Nehemiah 432 Zephaniah 801 Esther 446 Haggai 803 Job 454 Zechariah 805 Psalms 486 Malachi 813 Proverbs 570

THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

Matthew 819 1 Timothy 1024 Mark 853 2 Timothy 1028 Luke 874 Titus 1031 John 910 Philemon 1033 Acts 935 Hebrews 1034 Romans 968 James 1044 i Corinthians 981 1 Peter 1048 2 Corinthians 994 2 Peter 1052 Galatians 1002 1 John 1055 Ephesians 1007 2 John 1059 Philippians 1012 3 John 1060 Colossians 1016 Jude 1061 1 Thessalonians 1019 Revelation 1063

HELPS FOR THE READER

Alternative Readings and Renderings 1081 Words Which Have Changed in Meaning 1087 A Short Concordance 1095 Aerial Perspective Maps in Color after p. 1435

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF

BIBLICAL BOOKS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Name

Acts

Amos

1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Colossians

1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Daniel Deuteronomy Ecclesiastes Ephesians Esther Exodus Ezekiel

Ezra Galatians Genesis Habakkuk Haggai Hebrews Hosea Isaiah James Jeremiah Job

Joel

John

1 John

2 John

3 John Jonah Joshua

Jude

Abbreviation

Acts Amos

1-Chr- 2 Chr.

Col.

1 Cor. 2 Cor.

Dan.

Deut.

Eccl.

Eph.

Esth.

Ex.

Ezek.

Ezra Gal.

Gen.

Hab.

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Name Abbreviation Judges Judg. 1 Kings 1 Kgs. 2 Kings 2 Kgs.

Lamentations Lam.

Leviticus Lev.

Luke Lk.

Malachi Mal Mark Mk.

Matthew Mt.

Micah Mic.

Nahum Nah.

Nehemiah Neh.

Numbers Num.

Obadiah Obad 1 Peter 1 Pet 2 Peter 2 Pet Philemon Phim Philippians Phil.

Proverbs Prov.

Psalms Ps.

Revelation Rev Romans Rom Ruth Ruth 1 Samuel 1 Sam 2 Samuel 2 Sam Song of Solomon Song 1 Thessalonians 1 Thes 2 Thessalonians 2 Thes 1 Timothy 1 Tim. 2 Timothy 2 Tim.

Titus Tits Zechariah Zech.

Zephaniah Zeph.

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THE OLD TESTAMENT

KING JAMES VERSION 1611

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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED

The Creation

1 In the beginning God created the

heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. ® And God called the firmament Heaven.” And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry /and appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it wasso. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule PARE Si-o:

the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morn- — ing were the fifth day.

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image,” after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them.? 28 And God blessed them,’ and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish* the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat. 3° And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, J have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were

finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.“ 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:’ because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Man in the Garden of Eden

4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lorp God made the earth and the heavens, 5 and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LorD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. © But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the Lorp God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.¢ 8 And the Lorp God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the Lorp God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life’ also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Hay’ilah, where there is gold; 12 and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Hid’dekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of

12:23 Heb. Isha. 2 Heb. Ish.

2 Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphra’tes.

15 And the LorD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the Lorp God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

18 And the LorpD God said, Jt is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the LorD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him. 21 And the LorpD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. 22 And the rib, which the Lorp God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman,! because she was taken out of Man.? 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Man’s Disobedience

3 Now the serpent/ was more subtile

than any beast of the field which the Lorp God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. © And when the woman saw that the

tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

8 And they heard the voice of the LoRD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LoRD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LorD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 19 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lorp God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me,“ and I did eat.

14 And the LorD God said unto the serpent,

Because thou hast done this,

thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field ;

upon thy belly shalt thou go,

and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman,

and between thy seed and her seed ;

it shall bruise thy head,

and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said,

I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ;

in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ;

and thy desire shall be to thy husband,

and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it:

13:20 That is, Living.

cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ;” and thou shalt eat the herb of the field: 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou axt, and unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve;! because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LorD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 And the LorD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life,“ and eat, and live for ever: 23 therefore the Lorp God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Cain and Abel

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain,? and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lorp. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lorn had respect unto Abel and to his offering:” 5 but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. © And the LorD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door: and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his

24:1 That is, Gotten, or Acquired.

brother, and slew him.“ 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother ? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? 1° And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength ; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto the Lorp, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the LorD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LorD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LorD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehu’ja-el: and Mehu’ja-el begat Methu’sa-el: and Methu’sa-el begat Lamech. 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 2° And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tu’bal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in. brass and iron: and the sister of Tu’bal-cain was Na’amah. 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:

for I have slain a man to my wounding,

and a young man to my hurt.

24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth:!

14:25 That is, Appointed, or Put.

For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LorD.

The Descendants of Adam (1 Chre 12124)

5 This is the book of the generations of

Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 2 male and female created he them;” and blessed them,’ and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: 4 and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

6 And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enos: 7 and Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 8 and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Ca-i’nan: 1° and Enos lived after he begat Ca-i’nan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 11 and all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

12 And Ca-i’nan lived seventy years, and begat Mahal’aleel: 13 and Ca-i’nan lived after he begat Mahal’aleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 14 and all the days of Ca-i’nan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

1S And Mahal’aleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 16 and Mahal’aleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 17 and all the days of Mahal’- aleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: 19 and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 2° and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

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walked with God after he begat Methu’- selah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23 and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 and Enoch¢ walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

25 And Methu’selah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: 26 and Methu’selah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 27 and all the days of Methu’selah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

28 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29 and he called his name Noah,! saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LorD hath cursed. 39 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The Wickedness of Mankind

6 And it came to pass, when men began

to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LorD said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants’ in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

5 And Gop saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. © And it repented the Lorp that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lorp said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have

15:29 That is, Rest or Comfort.

made them. 8% But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lorp.¢

Noah Makes the Ark

9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man? and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein 7s the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that 7s in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 2° Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind; two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah? according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

The Flood

And the LorD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the LorD commanded him.