Douay Genesis 40

Book Of Genesis Chapter 40
Joseph interpreteth the dreams of two of Pharao's servants in prison: the event declareth the interpretations to be true, but Joseph is forgotten.

[1] After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord. [2] And Pharao being angry with them (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker) [3] He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner, [4] But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody. [5] And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:

[6] And when Joseph was come in to them in the morning, and saw them sad, [7] He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual? [8] They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed. [9] The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine, [10] On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:

[11] And the cup of Pharao was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into the cup which I held, and I gave the cup to Pharao. [12] Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches are yet three days: [13] After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou wast wont to do. [14] Only remember me, when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison: [15] For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.

[16] The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head: [17] And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it. [18] Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets are yet three days: [19] After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh. [20] The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker.

[21] And he restored the one to his place to present him the cup: [22] The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn. [23] But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter.

Douay Genesis 39

Book Of Genesis  Chapter 39
Joseph hath charge of his master's house: rejecteth his mistress's solicitations: is falsely accused by her, and cast into prison, where he hath the charge of all the prisoners.

[1] And Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Putiphar an eunuch of Pharao, chief captain of the army, an Egyptian, bought him of the Ismaelites, by whom he was brought. [2] And the Lord was with him, and he was a prosperous man in all things: and he dwelt in his master' s house, [3] Who knew very well that the Lord was with him, and made all that he did to prosper in his hand. [4] And Joseph found favour in the sight of his master, and ministered to him: and being set over all by him, he governed the house committed to him, and all things that were delivered to him: [5] And the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph' s sake, and multiplied all his substance, both at home, and in the fields.

[6] Neither knew he any other thing, but the bread which he ate. And Joseph was of a beautiful countenance, and comely to behold. [7] And after many days his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and said: Lie with me. [8] But he, in no wise consenting to that wicked act, said to her: Behold, my master hath delivered all things to me, and knoweth not what he hath in his own house: [9] Neither is there any thing which is not in my power, or that he hath not delivered to me, but thee, who art his wife: how then can I do this wicked thing, and sin against my God? [10] With such words as these day by day, both the woman was importunate with the young man, and he refused the adultery.

[11] Now it happened on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house, and was doing some business without any, man with him: [12] And she catching the skirt of his garment, said: Lie with me. But he leaving the garment in her hand, fled, and went out. [13] And when the woman saw the garment in her hands, and herself disregarded, [14] She called to her the men of her house, and said to them: See, he hath brought in a Hebrew, to abuse us: he came in to me, to lie with me: and when I cried out, [15] And he heard my voice, he left the garment that I held, and got him out.

[16] For a proof therefore of her fidelity, she kept the garment, and shewed it to her husband when he returned home: [17] And said: The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought, came to me to abuse me. [18] And when he heard me cry, he left the garment which I held, and fled out. [19] His master hearing these things, and giving too much credit to his wife' s words, was very angry. [20] And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king' s prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.

[21] But the Lord was with Joseph and having mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison: [22] Who delivered into his hand all the prisoners that were kept in custody: and whatsoever was done was under him. [23] Neither did he himself know any thing, having committed all things to him: for the Lord was with him, and made all that he did to prosper.

Douay Genesis 38

Book Of Genesis  Chapter 38
The sons of Juda: the death of Her and Onan: the birth of Phares and Zara.

[1] At that time Juda went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Odollamite, named Hiras. [2] And he saw there the daughter of a man of Chanaan, called Sue: and taking her to wife, he went in unto her. [3] And she conceived, and bore a son, and called his name Her. [4] And conceiving again, she bore a son, and called him Onan. [5] She bore also a third: whom she called Sela. After whose birth, she ceased to bear any more.

[6] And Juda took a wife for Her his firstborn, whose name was Thamar. [7] And Her, the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord: and was slain by him. [8] Juda, therefore said to Onan his son: Go in to thy brother' s wife and marry her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother. [9] He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother' s wife, spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother' s name. [10] And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing.

[11] Wherefore Juda said to Thamar his daughter in law: Remain a widow in thy father' s house, till Sela my son grow up: for he was afraid lest he also might die, as his brethren did. She went her way and dwelt in her father' s house. [12] And after many days were past, the daughter of Sue the wife of Juda died: and when he had taken comfort after his mourning, he went up to Thamnas, to the shearers of his sheep, he and Hiras the Odollamite the shepherd of his flock. [13] And it was told Thamar that her father in law was come up to Thamnas to shear his sheep. [14] And she put off the garments of her widowhood, and took a veil: and changing her dress, sat in the cross way, that leadeth to Thamnas: because Sela was grown up, and she had not been married to him. [15] When Juda saw her, he thought she was a harlot: for she had covered her face, lest she should be known.

[16] And going to her, he said: Suffer me to lie with thee: for he knew her not to be his daughter in law. And she answered: What wilt thou give me to enjoy my company? [17] He said: I will send thee a kid out of the flock. And when she said again: I will suffer what thou wilt, if thou give a pledge, till thou send what thou promisest, [18] Juda said: What wilt thou have for a pledge? She answered: Thy ring and bracelet, and the staff which thou holdest in thy hand. The woman therefore at one copulation conceived. [19] And she arose and went her way: and putting off the apparel which she had taken, put on the garments of her widowhood. [20] And Juda sent a kid by his shepherd, the Odollamite, that he might receive the pledge again, which he had given to the woman: but he, not finding her,

[21] Asked the men of that place: Where is the woman that sat in the cross way? And when they all made answer: There was no harlot in this place, [22] He returned to Juda, and said to him: I have not found her; moreover the men of that place said to me, that there never sat a harlot there. [23] Juda said: Let her take it to herself; surely she cannot charge us with a, lie: I sent the kid which I promised: and thou didst not find her. [24] And behold after three months they told Juda, saying: Thamar, thy daughter in law hath played the harlot, and she appeareth to have a big belly. And Juda said: Bring her out that she may be burnt. [25] But when she was led to execution, she sent to her father in law, saying: By the man, to whom these things belong, I am with child. See whose ring, and bracelet, and staff this is.

[26] But he acknowledging the gifts, said: She is juster than I: because I did not give her to Sela, my son. However, he knew her no more. [27] And when she was ready to be brought to bed, there appeared twins in her womb: and in the very delivery of the infants, one put forth a hand, whereon the midwife tied a scarlet thread, saying: [28] This shall come forth the first. [29] But he drawing back his hand, the other came forth: and the woman said: Why is the partition divided for thee? and therefore called his name Phares. [30] Afterwards his brother came out, on whose hand was the scarlet thread: and she called him Zara.

Douay Genesis 35

Book Of Genesis
Chapter 35
Jacob purgeth his family from idols: goeth by God's commandment to Bethel, and there buildeth an altar. God appearing again to Jacob blesseth him, and changeth his name into Israel. Rachel dieth in childbirth. Isaac also dieth.

[1] In the meantime God said to Jacob: Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau thy brother. [2] And Jacob having called together all his household, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments. [3] Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God: who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey. [4] So they gave him all the strange gods they had, and the earrings which were in their ears: and he buried them under the turpentine tree, that is behind the city of Sichem. [5] And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away.

[6] And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him. [7] And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother. [8] At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping. [9] And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him, [10] Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.

[11] And said to him: I am God Almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins. [12] And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee. [13] And he departed from him. [14] But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon: [15] And calling the name of that place Bethel.

[16] And going forth from thence, he came in the springtime to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail, [17] By reason of her hard labour she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also. [18] And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, The son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son of the right hand. [19] So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem. [20] And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre: this is the pillar of Rachel' s monument, to this day.

[21] Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower. [22] And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. [23] The sons of Lia: Ruben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zabulon. [24] The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. [25] The sons of Bala, Rachel' s handmaid: Dan and Nephtali.

[26] The sons of Zelpha, Lia' s handmaid: Gad and Aser: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria. [27] And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned. [28] And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years. [29] And being spent with age he died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Douay Genesis 34

Book Of Genesis Chapter 34
Dina is ravished, for which the Sichemites are destroyed.

[1] And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country. [2] And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin. [3] And his soul was fast knit unto her, and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words. [4] And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife. [5] But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held his peace till they came back.

[6] And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob, [7] Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob' s daughter, [8] And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife: [9] And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters and take you our daughters, [10] And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.

[11] Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favour in your sight: and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give. [12] Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife. [13] The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister: [14] We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable. [15] But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:

[16] Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours: and we will dwell with you, and will be one people: [17] But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart: [18] Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son: [19] And the young man made no delay, but forthwith fulfilled what was required, for he loved the damsel exceedingly, and he was the greatest man in all his father' s house. [20] And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people:

[21] These men are peaceable and willing to dwell with us: let them trade in the land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it: we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours. [22] One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation. [23] And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours: only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people. [24] And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males. [25] And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city, and slew all the men:

[26] And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina, out of Sichem' s house. [27] And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape. [28] And they took their sheep and their herds and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in the fields. [29] And their children and wives they took captive, [30] And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land: we are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house, shall be destroyed.

[31] They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?

Genesis 33

Book Of Genesis Chapter 33
Jacob and Esau meet: Jacob goeth to Salem, where he raiseth an altar.

[1] And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia, and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids: [2] And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last. [3] And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times until his brother came near. [4] Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept. [5] And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me thy servant.

[6] Then the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves. [7] Lia also with her children came near, and bowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph and Rachel bowed down. [8] And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord. [9] But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself. [10] And Jacob said: Do not so I beseech thee, but if I have found favour in thy eyes, receive a little present at my hands: for I have seen thy face, as if I should have seen the countenance of God: be gracious to me,

[11] And take the blessing, which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother' s earnest pressing him, [12] And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey. [13] And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die. [14] May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir. [15] Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favour, my lord, in thy sight.

[16] So Esau returned, that day, the way that he came, to Seir. [17] And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents. [18] And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town: [19] And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem for a hundred lambs. [20] And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.

Douay Genesis 30

Book Of Genesis Chapter 30

Rachel, being barren, delivereth her handmaid to Jacob; she beareth two sons. Lia ceasing to bear, giveth also her handmaid, and she beareth two more. Then Lia beareth other two sons and one daughter. Rachel beareth Joseph. Jacob, desirous to return home, is hired to stay for a certain part of the flock's increase, whereby he becometh exceeding rich.

[1] And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die. [2] And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb? [3] But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her. [4] And she gave him Bala in marriage: who, [5] When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.

[6] And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son, and therefore she called his name Dan. [7] And again Bala conceived and bore another, [8] For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephtali. [9] Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband. [10] And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,

[11] She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad. [12] Zelpha also bore another. [13] And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser. [14] And Ruben, going out in the time of the wheat harvest into the field, found mandrakes: which he brought to his mother Lia. And Rachel said: Give me part of thy son' s mandrakes. [15] She answered: Dost thou think it a small matter, that thou hast taken my husband from me, unless thou take also my son' s mandrakes? Rachel said: He shall sleep with thee this night, for thy son' s mandrakes.

[16] And when Jacob returned at even from the field, Lia went out to meet him, and said: Thou shalt come in unto me, because I have hired thee for my son' s mandrakes. And he slept with her that night. [17] And God heard her prayers: and she conceived and bore the fifth son, [18] And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar. [19] And Lia conceived again, and bore the sixth son, [20] And said: God hath endowed me with a good dowry: this turn also my husband will be with me, because I have borne him six sons: and therefore she called his name Zabulon.

[21] After whom she bore a daughter, named Dina. [22] The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb. [23] And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach. [24] And she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son. [25] And when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his father in law: Send me away that I may return into my country, and to my land.

[26] Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee. [27] Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake. [28] Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee. [29] But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands. [30] Thou hadst but little before I came to thee, and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath blessed thee at my coming. It is reasonable therefore that I should now provide also for my own house.

[31] And Laban said: What shall I give thee? But he said: I require nothing: but if thou wilt do what I demand, I will feed, and keep thy sheep again. [32] Go round through all thy flocks, and separate all the sheep of divers colours, and speckled: and all that is brown and spotted, and of divers colours, as well among the sheep, as among the goats, shall be my wages. [33] And my justice shall answer for me tomorrow before thee when the time of the bargain shall come: and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall accuse me of theft. [34] And Laban said: I like well what thou demandest. [35] And he separated the same day the she goats, and the sheep, and the he goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted: and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.

[36] And he set the space of three days' journey betwixt himself and his son in law, who fed the rest of his flock. [37] And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole remained green: and by this means the colour was divers. [38] And he put them in the troughs, where the water was poured out: that when the flocks should come to drink, they might have the rods before their eyes, and in the sight of them might conceive. [39] And it came to pass that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled. [40] And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams: and all the white and the black were Laban' s: and the rest were Jacob' s, when the flocks were separated one from the other.

[41] So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them: [42] But when the latter coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were lateward, became Laban' s: and they of the first time, Jacob' s. [43] And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many flocks, maid servants and men servants, camels and asses.

Douay Genesis 27

Book Of Genesis  Chapter 27

Jacob, by him mother's counsel, obtaineth his father's blessing instead of Esau. And by her is advised to fly to his uncle Laban.

[1] Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son? And he answered: Here I am. [2] And his father said to him: Thou seest that I am old, and know not the day of my death. [3] Take thy arms, thy quiver, and bow, and go abroad: and when thou hast taken some thing by hunting, [4] Make me savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it, that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee before I die. [5] And when Rebecca had heard this, and he was gone into the field to fulfill his father' s commandment,

[6] She said to her son Jacob: I heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, and saying to him: [7] Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats that I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the Lord, before I die. [8] Now, therefore, my son, follow my counsel: [9] And go thy way to the flock, bring me two kids of the best, that I may make of them meat for thy father, such as he gladly eateth: [10] Which when thou hast brought in, and he hath eaten, he may bless thee before he die.

[11] And he answered her: Thou knowest that Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am smooth. [12] If my father shall feel me, and perceive it, I fear lest he will think I would have mocked him, and I shall bring upon me a curse instead of a blessing. [13] And his mother said to him: Upon me be this curse, my son: only hear thou my voice, and go, fetch me the things which I have said. [14] He went, and brought, and gave them to his mother. She dressed meats, such as she knew his father liked. [15] And she put on him very good garments of Esau, which she had at home with her:

[16] And the little skins of the kids she put about his hands, and covered the bare of his neck. [17] And she gave him the savoury meat, and delivered him bread that she had baked. [18] Which when he had carried in, he said: My father? But he answered: I hear. Who art thou, my son? [19] And Jacob said: I am Esau thy firstborn: I have done as thou didst command me: arise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. [20] And Isaac said to his son: How couldst thou find it so quickly, my son? He answered: It was the will of God, that what I sought came quickly in my way.

[21] And Isaac said: Come hither, that I may feel thee, my son, and may prove whether thou be my son Esau, or not. [22] He came near to his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob; but the hands are the hands of Esau. [23] And he knew him not, because his hairy hands made him like to the elder. Then blessing him, [24] He said: Art thou my son Esau? He answered: I am. [25] Then he said: Bring me the meats of thy hunting, my son, that my soul may bless thee. And when they were brought, and he had eaten, he offered him wine also, which after he had drunk,

[26] He said to him: Come near me, and give me a kiss, my son. [27] He came near, and kissed him. And immediately as he smelled the fragrant smell of his garments, blessing him, he said: Behold the smell of my son is as the smell of a plentiful field, which the Lord hath blessed. [28] God give thee the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine. [29] And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother' s children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings. [30] Isaac had scarce ended his words, when Jacob being now gone out abroad, Esau came,

[31] And brought in to his father meats made of what he had taken in hunting, saying: Arise, my father, and eat of thy son' s venison; that thy soul may bless me. [32] And Isaac said to him: Why! who art thou? He answered: I am thy firstborn son Esau. [33] Isaac was struck with fear, and astonished exceedingly: and wondering beyond what can be believed, said Who is he then that even now brought me venison that he had taken, and I ate of all before thou camest? and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed. [34] Esau having heard his father' s words, roared out with a great cry: and being in a great consternation, said: Bless me also, my father. [35] And he said: Thy brother came deceitfully and got thy blessing.

[36] But he said again: Rightly is his name called Jacob; for he hath supplanted me lo this second time: my first birthright he took away before, and now this second time he hath stolen away my blessing. And again he said to his father: Hast thou not reserved me also a blessing? [37] Isaac answered: I have appointed him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants: I have established him with corn and wine, and after this, what shall I do more for thee, my son? [38] And Esau said to him: Hast thou only one blessing, father? I beseech thee bless me also. And when he wept with a loud cry, [39] Isaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above, [40] Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt live by the sword and shalt serve thy brother: and the time shall come, when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck.

[41] Esau therefore always hated Jacob for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him: and he said in his heart: The days will come of the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob. [42] These things were told to Rebecca: and she sent and called Jacob her son, and said to him: Behold Esau thy brother threateneth to kill thee. [43] Now therefore, my son, hear my voice: arise and flee to Laban my brother to Haran: [44] And thou shalt dwell with him a few days, till the wrath of thy brother be assuaged, [45] And his indignation cease, and he forget the things thou hast done to him: afterwards I will send, and bring thee from thence hither. Why shall I be deprived of both my sons in one day?

[46] And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the stock of this land, I choose not to live.

Douay Genesis 25

Book Of Genesis  Chapter 25
Abraham's children by Cetura; his death and that of Ismael. Isaac hath Esau and Jacob twins. Esau selleth his first birthright to Jacob.

[1] And Abraham married another wife, named Cetura: [2] Who bore him Zamran, and Jecsan, and Madan, and Madian, and Jesboc, and Sue. [3] Jecsan also begot Saba and Dadan. The children of Dadan were Assurim, and Latusim, and Loomin. [4] But of Madian was born Epha, and Opher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa: all these were the children of Cetura. [5] And Abraham gave all his possessions to Isaac.

[6] And to the children of the concubines he gave gifts, and separated them from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, to the east country. [7] And the days of Abraham' s life were a hundred and seventy-five years. [8] And decaying he died in a good old age, and having lived a long time, and being full of days: and was gathered to his people. [9] And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the double cave, which was situated in the field of Ephron the son of Seor the Hethite, over against Mambre; [10] Which he had bought of the children of Heth: there was he buried, and Sara his wife.

[11] And after his death, God blessed Isaac his son, who dwelt by the well named Of the living and seeing. [12] These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara' s servant, bore unto him: [13] And these are the names of his children according to their calling and generations. The firstborn of Ismael was Nabajoth, then Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabsam. [14] And Masma, and Duma, and Massa, [15] Hadar, and Thema, and Jethur, and Naphis, and Cedma.

[16] These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes. [17] And the years of Ismael' s life were a hundred and thirty-seven, and decaying he died, and was gathered unto his people. [18] And he dwelt from Hevila as far as Sur, which looketh towards Egypt, to them that go towards the Assyrians. He died in the presence of all his brethren. [19] These also are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac: [20] Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban.

[21] And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive. [22] But the children struggled in her womb: and she said: If it were to be so with me, what need was there to conceive? And she went to consult the Lord. [23] And he answering said: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger. [24] And when her time was come to be delivered, behold twins were found in her womb. [25] He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Immediately the other coming forth, held his brother' s foot in his hand, and therefore he was called Jacob.

[26] Isaac was threescore years old when the children were born unto him. [27] And when they were grown up, Esau became a skillful hunter, and a husbandman, but Jacob a plain man dwelt in tents. [28] Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his hunting: and Rebecca loved Jacob. [29] And Jacob boiled pottage: to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field, [30] Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom.

[31] And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright. [32] He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me? [33] Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright. [34] And so taking bread and the pottage of lentils, he ate, and drank, and went his way; making little account of having sold his first birthright.

Douay Genesis 24

Book Of Genesis  Chapter 24
Abraham's servant, sent by him into Mesopotamia, bringeth from thence Rebecca, who is married to Isaac.

[1] Now Abraham was old; and advanced in age: and the Lord had blessed him in all things. [2] And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh, [3] That I may make thee swear by the Lord the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chanaanites, among whom I dwell: [4] But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac. [5] The servant answered: If the woman will not come with me into this land, must I bring thy son back again to the place, from whence thou camest out?

[6] And Abraham said: Beware thou never bring my son back again thither. [7] The Lord God of heaven, who took me out of my father' s house, and out of my native country, who spoke to me, and swore to me, saying: To thy seed will I give this land: he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son. [8] But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath; only bring not my son back thither again. [9] The servant therefore put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and swore to him upon this word. [10] And he took ten camels of his master' s herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.

[11] And when he had made the camels lie down without the town near a well of water in the evening, at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water, he said: [12] O Lord the God of my master Abraham, meet me today, I beseech thee, and shew kindness to my master Abraham. [13] Behold I stand nigh the spring of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water. [14] Now, therefore, the maid to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher that I may drink: and she shall answer, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant Isaac: and by this I shall understand, that thou hast shewn kindness to my master. [15] He had not yet ended these words within himself, and behold Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bathuel, son of Melcha, wife to Nachor the brother of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder:

[16] An exceeding comely maid, and a most beautiful virgin, and not known to man: and she went down to the spring, and filled her pitcher and was coming back. [17] And the servant ran to meet her, and said: Give me a little water to drink of thy pitcher. [18] And she answered: Drink, my lord. And quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him drink. [19] And when he had drunk, she said: I will draw water for thy camels also, till they all drink. [20] And pouring out the pitcher into the troughs, she ran back to the well to draw water: and having drawn she gave to all the camels.

[21] But he musing beheld her with silence, desirous to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not. [22] And after that the camels had drunk, the man took out golden earrings, weighing two sicles: and as many bracelets of ten sicles weight. [23] And he said to her: Whose daughter art thou? tell me: is there any place in thy father' s house to lodge? [24] And she answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, whom she bore to Nachor. [25] And she said moreover to him: We have good store of both straw and hay, and a large place to lodge in.

[26] The man bowed himself down, and adored the Lord, [27] Saying: Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not taken away his mercy and truth from my master, and hath brought me the straight way into the house of my master' s brother. [28] Then the maid ran, and told in her mother' s house, all that she had heard. [29] And Rebecca had a brother named Laban, who went out in haste to the man, to the well. [30] And when he had seen the earrings and bracelets in his sister' s hands, and had heard all that she related, saying: Thus and thus the man spoke to me: he came to the man who stood by the camels, and near to the spring of water,

[31] And said to him: Come in, thou blessed of the Lord: why standest thou without? I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels. [32] And he brought him in into his lodging: and he unharnessed the camels and gave straw and hay, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were come with him. [33] And bread was set before him. But he said: I will not eat, till I tell my message. He answered him: Speak. [34] And he said: I am the servant of Abraham: [35] And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, and he is become great: and he hath given him sheep and oxen, silver and gold, men servants and women servants, camels and asses.

[36] And Sara my master' s wife hath borne my master a son in her old age, and he hath given him all that he had. [37] And my master made me swear, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the Chanaanites, in whose land I dwell: [38] But thou shalt go to my father' s house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son: [39] But I answered my master: What if the woman will not come with me? [40] The Lord, said he, in whose sight I walk, will send his angel with thee, and will direct thy way: and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my own kindred, and of my father' s house.

[41] But thou shalt be clear from my curse, when thou shalt come to my kindred, if they will not give thee one. [42] And I came today to the well of water, and said: O Lord God of my master Abraham, if thou hast prospered my way, wherein I now walk, [43] Behold I stand by the well of water, and the virgin, that shall come out to draw water, who shall hear me say: Give me a little water to drink of thy pitcher: [44] And shall say to me: Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman, whom the Lord hath prepared for my master' s son. [45] And whilst I pondered these things secretly with myself, Rebecca appeared coming with a pitcher, which she carried on her shoulder: and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her: Give me a little to drink.

[46] And she speedily let down the pitcher from her shoulder, and said to me: Both drink thou, and to thy camels I will give drink. I drank, and she watered the camels. [47] And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? And she answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him. So I put earrings on her to adorn her face, and I put bracelets on her hands. [48] And falling down I adored the Lord, blessing the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath brought me the straight way to take the daughter of my master' s brother for his son. [49] Wherefore if you do according to mercy and truth with my master, tell me: but if it please you otherwise, tell me that also, that I may go to the right hand, or to the left. [50] And Laban and Bathuel answered: The word hath proceeded from the Lord, we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure.

[51] Behold Rebecca is before thee, take her and go thy way, and let her be the wife of thy master' s son, as the Lord hath spoken. [52] Which when Abraham' s servant heard, falling down to the ground he adored the Lord. [53] And bringing forth vessels of silver and gold, and garments, he gave them to Rebecca for a present. He offered gifts also to her brothers, and to her mother. [54] And a banquet was made, and they ate and drank together, and lodged there. And in the morning, the servant arose, and said: Let me depart, that I may go to my master. [55] And her brother and mother answered: Let the maid stay at least ten days with us, and afterwards she shall depart.

[56] Stay me not, said he, because the Lord hath prospered my way: send me away, that I may go to my master. [57] And they said: Let us call the maid, and ask her will. [58] And they called her, and when she was come, they asked: Wilt thou go with this man? She said: I will go. [59] So they sent her away, and her nurse, and Abraham' s servant, and his company, [60] Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands, and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.

[61] So Rebecca and her maids, being set upon camels, followed the man: who with speed returned to his master. [62] At the same time Isaac was walking along the way to the well which is called Of the living and the seeing: for he dwelt in the south country. [63] And he was gone forth to meditate in the field, the day being now well spent: and when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming afar off. [64] Rebecca also, when she saw Isaac, lighted off the camel, [65] And said to the servant: Who is that man who cometh towards us along the field? And he said to her: That man is my master. But she quickly took her cloak, and covered herself.

[66] And the servant told Isaac all that he had done. [67] Who brought her into the tent of Sara his mother, and took her to wife: and he loved her so much, that it moderated the sorrow which was occasioned by his mother' s death.

Douay Genesis 23

Book Of Genesis Chapter 23
Sara's death and burial in the field bought of Ephron.

[1] And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years. [2] And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her. [3] And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying: [4] I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead. [5] The children of Heth answered, saying:

[6] My Lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre. [7] Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit the children of Heth: [8] And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor. [9] That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field: for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a possession of a burying place. [10] Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron made answer to Abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city, saying:

[11] Let it not be so, my lord, but do thou rather hearken to what I say: The field I deliver to thee, and the cave that is therein, in the presence of the children of my people, bury thy dead. [12] Abraham bowed down before the people of the land, [13] And he spoke to Ephron, in the presence of the people: I beseech thee to hear me: I will give money for the field: take it, and so I will bury my dead in it. [14] And Ephron answered: [15] My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.

[16] And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver of common current money. [17] And the field that before was Ephron' s, wherein was the double cave, looking towards Mambre, both it and the cave, and all the trees thereof in all its limits round about, [18] Was made sure to Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the children of Heth, and of all that went in at the gate of his city. [19] And so Abraham buried Sara his wife, in a double cave of the field, that looked towards Mambre, this is Hebron in the land of Chanaan. [20] And the field was made sure to Abraham, and the cave that was in it, for a possession to bury in, by the children of Heth.

Douay Genesis 22

Book Of Genesis Chapter 22
The faith and obedience of Abraham is proved in his readiness to sacrifice his son Isaac. He is stayed from the act by an angel. Former promises are renewed to him. His brother Nachor's issue.

[1] After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. [2] He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision: and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee. [3] So Abraham rising up in the night, saddled his ass: and took with him two young men, and Isaac his son: and when he had cut wood for the holocaust he went his way to the place which God had commanded him. [4] And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off. [5] And he said to his young men: Stay you here with the ass: I and the boy will go with speed as far as yonder, and after we have worshipped, will return to you.

[6] And he took the wood for the holocaust, and laid it upon Isaac his son: and he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword. And as they two went on together, [7] Isaac said to his father: My father. And he answered: What wilt thou, son? Behold, saith he, fire and wood: where is the victim for the holocaust? [8] And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together. [9] And they came to the place which God had shewn him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it: and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood. [10] And he put forth his hand and took the sword, to sacrifice his son.

[11] And behold an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. [12] And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake. [13] Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram amongst the briers sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son. [14] And he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon even to this day it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see. [15] And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying:

[16] By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake: [17] I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore: thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. [18] And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice. [19] Abraham returned to his young men, and they went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there. [20] After these things, it was told Abraham that Melcha also had borne children to Nachor his brother.

[21] Hus the firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians, [22] And Cased, and Azau, and Pheldas, and Jedlaph, [23] And Bathuel, of whom was born Rebecca: These eight did Melcha bear to Nachor Abraham' s brother. [24] And his concubine, named Roma, bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha.

Douay Mark 4

Gospel According to Saint Mark Chapter 4
The parable of the sower. Christ stills the tempest at sea.

[1] And again he began to teach by the sea side; and a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a ship, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea side. [2] And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his doctrine: [3] Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow. [4] And whilst he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate it up. [5] And other some fell upon stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it shot up immediately, because it had no depth of earth.

[6] And when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. [7] And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. [8] And some fell upon good ground; and brought forth fruit that grew up, and increased and yielded, one thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred. [9] And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. [10] And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable.

[11] And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all things are done in parables: [12] That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand: lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. [13] And he saith to them: Are you ignorant of this parable? and how shall you know all parables? [14] He that soweth, soweth the word. [15] And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown, and as soon as they have heard, immediately Satan cometh and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

[16] And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy. [17] And they have no root in themselves, but are only for a time: and then when tribulation and persecution ariseth for the word they are presently scandalized. [18] And others there are who are sown among thorns: these are they that hear the word, [19] And the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts after other things entering in choke the word, and it is made fruitless. [20] And these are they who are sown upon the good ground, who hear the word, and receive it, and yield fruit, the one thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred.

[21] And he said to them: Doth a candle come in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? [22] For there is nothing hid, which shall not be made manifest: neither was it made secret, but that it may come abroad. [23] If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. [24] And he said to them: Take heed what you hear. In what measure you shall mete, it shall be measured to you again, and more shall be given to you. [25] For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken away from him.

[26] And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth, [27] And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not. [28] For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear. [29] And when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. [30] And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it?

[31] It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth: [32] And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may dwell under the shadow thereof. [33] And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according as they were able to hear. [34] And without parable he did not speak unto them; but apart, he explained all things to his disciples. [35] And he saith to them that day, when evening was come: Let us pass over to the other side.

[36] And sending away the multitude, they take him even as he was in the ship: and there were other ships with him. [37] And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was filled. [38] And he was in the hinder part of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow; and they awake him, and say to him: Master, doth it not concern thee that we perish? [39] And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased: and there was made a great calm. [40] And he said to them: Why are you fearful? have you not faith yet? And they feared exceedingly: and they said one to another: Who is this (thinkest thou) that both wind and sea obey him?

Douay Genesis 21

Book Of Genesis Chapter 21
Isaac is born. Agar and Ismael are cast forth.

[1] And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had spoken. [2] And she conceived and bore a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold her. [3] And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sara bore him, Isaac. [4] And he circumcised him the eighth day, as God had commanded him, [5] When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father was Isaac born.

[6] And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me. [7] And again she said: Who would believe that Abraham should hear that Sara gave suck to a son, whom she bore to him in his old age. [8] And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning. [9] And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac her son, she said to Abraham: [10] Cast out this bondwoman, and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.

[11] Abraham took this grievously for his son. [12] And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. [13] But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed. [14] So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee. [15] And when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there.

[16] And she went her way, and sat over against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for she said: I will not see the boy die: and sitting over against, she lifted up her voice and wept. [17] And God heard the voice of the boy: and an angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not: for God hath heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein he is. [18] Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand: for I will make him a great nation. [19] And God opened her eyes: and she saw a well of water, and went and filled the bottle, and gave the boy to drink. [20] And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an archer.

[21] And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt. [22] At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost. [23] Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger. [24] And Abraham said: I will swear. [25] And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.

[26] And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not of it till today. [27] And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league. [28] And Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock. [29] And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart? [30] But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

[31] Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because there both of them did swear. [32] And they made a league for the well of oath. [33] And Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army arose and returned to the land of the Palestines. But Abraham planted a grove in Bersabee, and there called upon the name of the Lord God eternal. [34] And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.

Douay Genesis 20

Book Of Genesis Chapter 20
Abraham sojourned in Gerara: Sara is taken into king Abimelech's house, but by God's commandment is restored untouched.

[1] Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara. [2] And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took her. [3] And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou hast taken: for she hath a husband. [4] Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation, that is ignorant and just? [5] Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.

[6] And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her. [7] Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine. [8] And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants: and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid. [9] And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do. [10] And again he expostulated with him, and said, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this?

[11] Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife: [12] Howbeit, otherwise also she is truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her to wife. [13] And after God brought me out of my father' s house, I said to her: Thou shalt do me this kindness: In every place, to which we shall come, thou shalt say that I am thy brother. [14] And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara, his wife. [15] And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.

[16] And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken. [17] And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children: [18] For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech on account of Sara, Abraham' s wife.

Douay Mark 3

Gospel According to Saint Mark
Chapter 3

Christ heals the withered hand. He chooses the twelve. He confutes the blasphemy of the Pharisees.

[1] And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. [2] And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days; that they might accuse him. [3] And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst. [4] And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace. [5] And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him.

[6] And the Pharisees going out, immediately made a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. [7] But Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee and Judea, [8] And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which he did, came to him. [9] And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. [10] For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils.

[11] And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him: and they cried, saying: [12] Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known. [13] And going up into a mountain, he called unto him whom he would himself: and they came to him. [14] And he made that twelve should be with him, and that he might send them to preach. [15] And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils.

[16] And to Simon he gave the name Peter: [17] And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he named them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: [18] And Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew and Matthew, and Thomas and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananean: [19] And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. [20] And they come to a house, and the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

[21] And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad. [22] And the scribes who were come down from Jerusalem, said: He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils. [23] And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan? [24] And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. [25] And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

[26] And if Satan be risen up against himself, he is divided, and cannot stand, but hath an end. [27] No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house. [28] Amen I say to you, that all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme: [29] But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin. [30] Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.

[31] And his mother and his brethren came; and standing without, sent unto him, calling him. [32] And the multitude sat about him; and they say to him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. [33] And answering them, he said: Who is my mother and my brethren? [34] And looking round about on them who sat about him, he saith: Behold my mother and my brethren. [35] For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

Douay Mark 2

Gospel According to Saint Mark Chapter 2
Christ heals the sick of the palsy. He calls Matthew and excuses his disciples.

[1] And again he entered into Capharnaum after some days. [2] And it was heard that he was in the house, and many came together, so that there was no room; no, not even at the door; and he spoke to them the word. [3] And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four. [4] And when they could not offer him unto him for the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was; and opening it, they let down the bed wherein the man sick of the palsy lay. [5] And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

[6] And there were some of the scribes sitting there, and thinking in their hearts: [7] Why doth this man speak thus? he blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only? [8] Which Jesus presently knowing in his spirit, that they so thought within themselves, saith to them: Why think you these things in your hearts? [9] Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk? [10] But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)

[11] I say to thee: Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. [12] And immediately he arose; and taking up his bed, went his way in the sight of all; so that all wondered and glorified God, saying: We never saw the like. [13] And he went forth again to the sea side; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them. [14] And when he was passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith to him: Follow me. And rising up, he followed him. [15] And it came to pass, that as he sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat down together with Jesus and his disciples. For they were many, who also followed him.

[16] And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners? [17] Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners. [18] And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast; and they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast; but thy disciples do not fast? [19] And Jesus saith to them: Can the children of the marriage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. [20] But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them; and then they shall fast in those days.

[21] No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and there is made a greater rent. [22] And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles. [23] And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go forward, and to pluck the ears of corn. [24] And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? [25] And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he had need, and was hungry himself, and they that were with him?

[26] How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him? [27] And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. [28] Therefore the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.

Douay Mark 1

Gospel According to Saint Mark Chapter 1
The preaching of John the Baptist. Christ is baptized by him. He calls his disciples and works many miracles.

[1] The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. [2] As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee. [3] A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. [4] John was in the desert baptizing, and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins. [5] And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

[6] And John was clothed with camel' s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey. [7] And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. [8] I have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. [9] And it came to pass, in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. [10] And forthwith coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit as a dove descending, and remaining on him.

[11] And there came a voice from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. [12] And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the desert. [13] And he was in the desert forty days and forty nights, and was tempted by Satan; and he was with beasts, and the angels ministered to him. [14] And after that John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, [15] And saying: The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.

[16] And passing by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting nets into the sea (for they were fishermen). [17] And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. [18] And immediately leaving their nets, they followed him. [19] And going on from thence a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were mending their nets in the ship: [20] And forthwith he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with his hired men, they followed him.

[21] And they entered into Capharnaum, and forthwith upon the sabbath days going into the synagogue, he taught them. [22] And they were astonished at his doctrine. For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes. [23] And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, [24] Saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know who thou art, the Holy One of God. [25] And Jesus threatened him, saying: Speak no more, and go out of the man.

[26] And the unclean spirit tearing him, and crying out with a loud voice, went out of him. [27] And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying: What thing is this? what is this new doctrine? for with power he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him. [28] And the fame of him was spread forthwith into all the country of Galilee. [29] And immediately going out of the synagogue they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. [30] And Simon' s wife' s mother lay in a fit of a fever: and forthwith they tell him of her.

[31] And coming to her, he lifted her up, taking her by the hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. [32] And when it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all that were ill and that were possessed with devils. [33] And all the city was gathered together at the door. [34] And he healed many that were troubled with divers diseases; and he cast out many devils, and he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him. [35] And rising very early, going out, he went into a desert place: and there he prayed.

[36] And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him. [37] And when they had found him, they said to him: All seek for thee. [38] And he saith to them: Let us go into the neighbouring towns and cities, that I may preach there also; for to this purpose am I come. [39] And he was preaching in their synagogues, and in all Galilee, and casting out devils. [40] And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down said to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

[41] And Jesus having compassion on him, stretched forth his hand; and touching him, saith to him: I will. Be thou made clean. [42] And when he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean. [43] And he strictly charged him, and forthwith sent him away. [44] And he saith to him: See thou tell no one; but go, shew thyself to the high priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. [45] But he being gone out, began to publish and to blaze abroad the word: so that he could not openly go into the city, but was without in desert places: and they flocked to him from all sides

Douay Genesis 19

Book Of Genesis  Chapter 19
Lot, entertaining Angels in his house, is delivered from Sodom, which is destroyed: his wife for looking back is turned into a statue of salt.

[1] And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them: and worshipped prostrate to the ground, [2] And said: I beseech you, my lords, turn in to the house of your servant, and lodge there: wash your feet, and in the morning you shall go on your way. And they said: No, but we will abide in the street. [3] He pressed them very much to turn in unto him: and when they were come into his house, he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread and they ate: [4] But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house both young and old, all the people together. [5] And they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them out hither that we may know them:

[6] Lot went out to them, and shut the door after him, and said: [7] Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil. [8] I have two daughters who as yet have not known man: I will bring them out to you, and abuse you them as it shall please you, so that you do no evil to these men, because they are come in under the shadow of my roof. [9] But they said: Get thee back thither. And again: Thou camest in, said they, as a, stranger, was it to be a judge? therefore we will afflict thee more than them. And they pressed very violently upon Lot: and they were even at the point of breaking open the doors. [10] And behold the men put out their hand, and drew in Lot unto them, and shut the door:

[11] And them that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the door. [12] And they said to Lot: Hast thou here any of thine? son in law, or sons, or daughters, all that are thine bring them out of this city: [13] For we will destroy this place, because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them. [14] So Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law that were to have his daughters, and said: Arise: get you out of this place, because the Lord will destroy this city. And he seemed to them to speak as it were in jest. [15] And when it was morning, the angels pressed him, saying: Arise, take thy wife, and the two daughters which thou hast: lest thou also perish in the wickedness of the city.

[16] And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, because the Lord spared him. [17] And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thyself in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed. [18] And Lot said to them: I beseech thee my Lord, [19] Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die: [20] There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee, it is a little one, and I shall be saved in it: is it not a little one, and my soul shall live?

[21] And he said to him: Behold also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken. [22] Make haste and be saved there, because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor. [23] The sun was risen upon the earth, and Lot entered into Segor. [24] And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. [25] And he destroyed these cities, and all the country about, all the inhabitants of the cities, and all things that spring from the earth.

[26] And his wife looking behind her, was turned into a statue of salt. [27] And Abraham got up early in the morning and in the place where he had stood before with the Lord, [28] He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and the whole land of that country: and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace. [29] Now when God destroyed the cities of that country, remembering Abraham, he delivered Lot out of the destruction of the cities wherein he had dwelt. [30] And Lot went up out of Segor, and abode in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, (for he was afraid to stay in Segor,) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.

[31] And the elder said to the younger Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth. [32] Come, let us make him drunk with wine, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. [33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the elder went in and lay with her father: but he perceived not neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up. [34] And the next day the elder said to the younger: Behold I lay last night with my father, let us make him drink wine also to night, and thou shalt lie with him, that we may save seed of our father. [35] They made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay with him: and neither then did he perceive when she lay down, nor when she rose up.

[36] So the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father. [37] And the elder bore a son, and she called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites unto this day. [38] The younger also bore a son, and she called his name Ammon, that is, the son of my people: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.

Douay Genesis 18

Book Of Genesis  Chapter 18
Angels are entertained by Abraham. They foretell the birth of Isaac. Abraham's prayer for the men of Sodom.

[1] And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day. [2] And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near him: and as soon as he saw them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground. [3] And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant: [4] But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree. [5] And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.

[6] Abraham made haste into the tent to Sara, and said to her: Make haste, temper together three measures of flour, and make cakes upon the hearth. [7] And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man: who made haste and boiled it. [8] He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree. [9] And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo, she is in the tent. [10] And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying and Sara thy wife shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.

[11] Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women. [12] And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure? [13] And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I who am an old woman bear a child indeed? [14] Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son. [15] Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was afraid. But the Lord said, Nay: but thou didst laugh:

[16] And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with them, bringing them on the way. [17] And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do: [18] Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed? [19] For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham' s sake the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him. [20] And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.

[21] I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me: or whether it be not so, that I may know. [22] And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord. [23] And drawing nigh he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked? [24] If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein? [25] Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked, this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.

[26] And the Lord said to him: If I find in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake. [27] And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes. [28] What if there be five less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city? And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty. [29] And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty. [30] Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

[31] Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. [32] I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten should be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. [33] And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.