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Genesis 4

    ²And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.

    ³And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.

    ⁴Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings.

    ⁵But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceedingly angry, and his countenance fell.

    ⁶And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?

    ⁷If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.

    ⁸And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him.

    ⁹And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

    ¹⁰And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth.

    ¹¹Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand,

    ¹²When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.

    ¹³And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.

    ¹⁴Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy face, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: everyone, therefore, that findeth me, shall kill me.

    ¹⁵And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not be so: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him.

    ¹⁶And Cain went out from the face of the Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth, at the east side of Eden.

    ¹⁷And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and brought forth Henoch: and he built a city, and called the name thereof by the name of his son Henoch.

    ¹⁸And Henoch begot Irad, and Irad begot Maviael, and Maviael begot Mathusael, and Mathusael begot Lamech:

    ¹⁹Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.

    ²⁰And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.

    ²¹And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.

    ²²Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Noema.

    ²³And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sell: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising.

    ²⁴Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.

    ²⁵Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed, for Abel whom Cain slew.

    ²⁶But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos; this man began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Genesis 5

    ²He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

    ³And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son to his own image and likeness, and called his name Seth.

    ⁴And the days of Adam, after he begot Seth, were eight hundred years: and he begot sons and daughters.

    ⁵And all the time that Adam lived came to nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

    ⁶Seth also lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enos.

    ⁷And Seth lived after he begot Enos, eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

    ⁸And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

    ⁹And Enos lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.

    ¹⁰After whose birth he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

    ¹¹And the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

    ¹²And Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Malaleel.

    ¹³And Cainan lived after he begot Malaleel, eight hundred forty years, and begot sons and daughters.

    ¹⁴And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

    ¹⁵And Malaleel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.

    ¹⁶And Malaleel lived after he begot Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

    ¹⁷And all the days of Malaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

    ¹⁸And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Henoch.

    ¹⁹And Jared lived after he begot Henoch, eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

    ²⁰And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

    ²¹And Henoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Mathusala.

    ²²And Henoch walked with God: and lived after he begot Mathusala, three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

    ²³And all the days of Henoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

    ²⁴And he walked with God, and was seen no more: because God took him.

    ²⁵And Mathusala lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech.

    ²⁶And Mathusala lived after he begot Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begot sons and daughters.

    ²⁷And all the days of Mathusala were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

    ²⁸And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begot a son.

    ²⁹And he called his name Noe, saying: This same shall comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth which the Lord hath cursed.

    ³⁰And Lamech lived after he begot Noe, five hundred and ninety-five years, and he begot sons and daughters.

    ³¹And all the days of Lamech came to seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died. And Noe, when he was five hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6

    ²The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose.

    ³And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

    ⁴Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.

    ⁵And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,

    ⁶It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,

    ⁷He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.

    ⁸But Noe found grace before the Lord.

    ⁹These are the generations of Noe: Noe was a just and perfect man in his generations, he walked with God.

    ¹⁰And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

    ¹¹And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity.

    ¹²And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth,)

    ¹³He said to Noe: The end of all flesh is come before me, the earth is filled with iniquity through them, and I will destroy them with the earth.

    ¹⁴Make thee an ark of timber planks: thou shalt make little rooms in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without.

    ¹⁵And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

    ¹⁶Thou shalt make a window in the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish the top of it: and the door of the ark thou shalt set in the side: with lower, middle chambers, and third stories shalt thou make it.

    ¹⁷Behold I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.

    ¹⁸And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons with thee.

    ¹⁹And of every living creature of all flesh, thou shalt bring two of each sort into the ark, that they may live with thee: of the male sex, and the female.

    ²⁰Of fowls according to their kind, and of beasts in their kind, and of every thing that creepeth on earth according to its kind; two of every sort shall go in with thee, that they may live.

    ²¹Thou shalt take unto thee of all food that may be eaten, and thou shalt lay it up with thee: and it shall be food for thee and them.

    ²²And Noe did all things which God commanded him.

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Matthew 2

    ²Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to adore him.

    ³And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

    ⁴And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.

    ⁵But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

    ⁶And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel.

    ⁷Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;

    ⁸And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come to adore him.

    ⁹Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the star which they had seen in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was.

    ¹⁰And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

    ¹¹And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    ¹²And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.

    ¹³And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.

    ¹⁴Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:

    ¹⁵That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.

    ¹⁶Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

    ¹⁷Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying:

    ¹⁸A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

    ¹⁹But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,

    ²⁰Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.

    ²¹Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

    ²²But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee.

    ²³And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene.