Delphi Septuagint

by Lancelot C L Brenton (ed)

  [17] And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth. [18] And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water. [19] And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven. [20] Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains. [21] And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man. [22] And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died. [23] And God blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noe was left alone, and those with him in the ark. [24] And the water was raised over the earth an hundred and fifty days.

  Chapter 8

  [1] And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed. [2] And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld. [3] And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. [4] And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month. [5] And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen. [6] And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made. [7] And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth. [8] And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth. [9] And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark. [10] And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark. [11] And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noe knew that the water had ceased from off the earth. [12] And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more. [13] And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noe, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noe opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth. [14] And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day of the month.

  [15] And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying, [16] Come out from the ark, thou and thy wife and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee. [17] And all the wild beasts as many as are with thee, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with thee: and increase ye and multiply upon the earth. [18] And Noe came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons’ wives with him. [19] And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.

  [20] And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt-offering upon the altar. [21] And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more smite all living flesh as I have done. [22] All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.

  Chapter 9

  [1] And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it. [2] And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea, I have placed them under you power. [3] And every reptile which is living shall be to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the green herbs. [4] But flesh with blood of life ye shall not eat. [5] For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of his brother man. [6] He that sheds man’s blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man. [7] But do ye increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.

  [8] And God spoke to Noe, and to his sons with him, saying, [9] And behold I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you, [10] and with every living creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all that come out of the ark. [11] And I will establish my covenant with you and all flesh shall not any more die by the water of the flood, and there shall no more be a flood of water to destroy all the earth. [12] And the Lord God said to Noe, This is the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations. [13] I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant between me and the earth. [14] And it shall be when I gather clouds upon the earth, that my bow shall be seen in the cloud. [15] And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh. [16] And my bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look to remember the everlasting covenant between me and the earth, and between every living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth. [17] And God said to Noe, This is the sign of the covenant, which I have made between me and all flesh, which is upon the earth.

  [18] Now the sons of Noe which came out of the ark, were Sem, Cham, Japheth. And Cham was father of Chanaan. [19] These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth. [20] And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard. [21] And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house. [22] And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without. [23] And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father. [24] And Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him. [25] And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren. [26] And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant. [27] May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Sem, and let Chanaan be his servant.

  [28] And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. [29] And all the days of Noe were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.

  Chapter 10

  [1] Now these are the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.

  [2] The sons of Japheth, Gamer, and Magog, and Madoi, and Jovan, and Elisa, and Thobel, and Mosoch, and Thiras. [3] And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama. [4] And the sons of Jovan, Elisa, and Tharseis, Cetians, Rhodians. [5] From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.

  [6] And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesrain, Phud, and Chanaan. [7] And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Rhegma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Rhegma, Saba, and Dadan. [8] And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth. [9] He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord. [10] And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar. [11] Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach, [12] and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach:
this is the great city. [13] And Mesrain begot the Ludiim, and the Nephthalim, and the Enemetiim, and the Labiim, [14] and the Patrosoniim, and the Chasmoniim (whence came forth Phylistiim) and the Gaphthoriim. [15] And Chanaan begot Sidon his fist-born, and the Chettite, [16] and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, [17] and the Evite, and the Arukite, and the Asennite, [18] and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Chananites were dispersed. [19] And the boundaries of the Chananites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerara and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, as far as Dasa. [20] There were the sons of Cham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

  [21] And to Sem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder. [22] Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan. [23] And sons of Aram, Uz, and Ul, and Gater, and Mosoch. [24] And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Sala. And Sala begot Heber. [25] And to Heber were born two sons, the name of the one, Phaleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Jektan. [26] And Jektan begot Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, and Jarach, [27] and Odorrha, and Aibel, and Decla, [28] Eval, and Abimael, and Saba, [29] and Uphir, and Evila, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Jektan. [30] And their dwelling was from Masse, till one comes to Saphera, a mountain of the east. [31] These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. [32] These are the tribes of the sons of Noe, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.

  Chapter 11

  [1] And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all. [2] And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Senaar, and they dwelt there. [3] And a man said to his neighbour, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen. [4] And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth. [5] And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built. [6] And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do. [7] Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbour. [8] And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower. [9] On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.

  [10] And these are the generations of Sem: and Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, the second year after the flood. [11] And Sem lived, after he had begotten Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. [12] And Arphaxad lived a hundred and thirty-five years, and begot Cainan. [13] And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Cainan, four hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and begot Sala; and Canaan lived after he had begotten Sala, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. [14] And Sala lived an hundred and thirty years, and begot Heber. [15] And Sala lived after he had begotten Heber, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. [16] And Heber lived an hundred and thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg. [17] And Heber lived after he had begotten Phaleg two hundred and seventy years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. [18] And Phaleg lived and hundred and thirty years, and begot Ragau. [19] And Phaleg lived after he had begotten Ragau, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. [20] And Ragau lived and hundred thirty and two years, and begot Seruch. [21] And Raau lived after he had begotten Seruch, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. [22] And Seruch lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot Nachor. [23] And Seruch lived after he had begotten Nachor, two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. [24] And Nachor lived a hundred and seventy-nine years, and begot Tharrha. [25] And Nachor lived after he had begotten Tharrha, an hundred and twenty-five years, and begot sons and daughters, and he died. [26] And Tharrha lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Arrhan.

  [27] And these are the generations of Tharrha. Tharrha begot Abram and Nachor, and Arrhan; and Arrhan begot Lot. [28] And Arrhan died in the presence of Tharrha his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees. [29] And Abram and Nachor took to themselves wives, the name of the wife of Abram was Sara, and the name of the wife of Nachor, Malcha, daughter of Arrhan, and he was the father of Malcha, the father of Jescha. [30] And Sara was barren, and did not bear children. [31] And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son Arrhan, the son of his son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he dwelt there. [32] And all the days of Tharrha in the land of Charrhan were two hundred and five years, and Tharrha died in Charrhan.

  Chapter 12

  [1] And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I will shew thee. [2] And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed. [3] And I will bless those that bless thee, and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed. [4] And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan. [5] And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan. [6] And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land. [7] And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him. [8] And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord. [9] And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.

  [10] And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land. [11] And it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that thou art a fair woman. [12] It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall save thee alive. [13] Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee. [14] And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt — the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful — [15] that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao. [16] And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and men-servants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels. [17] And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram’s wife. [18] And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this thou hast done to me, that thou didst not tell me that she was thy wife? [19] Wherefore didst thou say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, thy wife is before thee, take her and go quickly away. [20] And Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.

  Chapter 13

  [1] And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness. [2] An
d Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold. [3] And he went to the place whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai, [4] to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord. [5] And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents. [6] And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together. [7] And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land. [8] And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are brethren. [9] Lo! is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself from me; if thou goest to the left, I will go to the right, and if thou goest to the right, I will go to the left. [10] And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zogora. [11] And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan. [12] And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom. [13] But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God. [14] And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward; [15] for all the land which thou seest, I will give it to thee and to thy seed for ever. [16] And I will make thy seed like the dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered. [17] Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. [18] And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.