Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

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Title: Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.
Publication: [Southwark?,: J. Nycolson],; M.D.XXXV [1535]
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The XV. Chapter.

IT happened after these actes, y^t the [ A] worde of y^e LORDE came vnto Abrā in a vysion, and sayde: Feare not A∣bram, I am thy shylde and thy exceadinge greate rewarde. But Abram sayde: LORDE LORDE, what wilt thou geue me? I go child¦les, and the seruaunt of my house (this Elea¦sar of Damascos) hath a sonne. And Abram sayde morouer: Beholde, vnto me hast thou geuen no sede: and lo, the sonne of my hous∣holde shal be myne heyre. And beholde, the worde of the LORDE spake vnto him, and sai¦de: He shal not be thine heyre, but one that shal come out of thine owne body, he shal be thine heyre. And he bad him go forth, and sayde: Loke vp vnto heauen,* 1.1 and tell y^e star∣res: Canst thou nombre them? And he sayde vnto him:* 1.2 Euen so shal thy sede be.

Abram beleued the LORDE, and y^t was [ B] counted vnto him for righteousnes.* 1.3 And he sayde vnto him: I am y^e LORDE, * 1.4 y^t brought the from Vr out of Chaldea, to geue y^e this londe to possesse it. But Abram sayde: LOR∣DE LORDE, Wherby shall I knowe, that I shall possesse it? And he sayde vnto him: Take a cow of thre yeare olde, and a she goa¦te of thre yeare olde,* 1.5 and a ramme of thre yea¦re olde, and a turtyll doue, and a yonge pi∣geon. And he toke all these, and deuyded them in the myddes, and layde the one parte ouer agaynst the other, but the foules deuy∣ded he not. And the foules fell vpō the flesh, but Abram droue them awaye.

Now whan the Sonne beganne to go [ C]

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downe, there fell an heuy slepe vpō Abram. And lo, feare and greate darcknes fell vpon him. And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertye,* 1.6 that thy sede shalbe a straūger, in a londe that is not theirs. And they shall make bonde men of them, and intreate them euell foure hundreth yeares. But the people whō they shal serue, wyl I iudge. Afterwar¦de shall they go forth with greate substaun∣ce:* 1.7 and thou shalt departe vnto thy fathers in peace,* 1.8 and shalt be buried in a good age. [ D] And after the fourth generacion they shall come hither agayne,* 1.9 for the wickednes of y^e Amorites is not yet full.

So whan the Sonne was downe, and it was waxed darcke: Beholde, there smoked a fornace, and a fyre brande wente betwene y^e partes. The same daye made the LORDE a couenaūt with Abram,* 1.10 and sayde: Vnto thy sede wil I geue this lōde, from the water of Egipte, vnto the greate water Euphrates: the Kenytes, the Kenizites, the Kydmoni∣tes, the Hethites, the Pherezites, the Giaun∣tes, the Amorites, the Cananites, the Gerge¦sites, and the Iebusites.

Notes

* 1.1

Deu. 10. d Esa. 49 d Iere. 33. d

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* 1.2

Ro. 4. d

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* 1.3

Psal. 105. d Rom. 4. a Gala. 3. a Iaco. 2. c

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* 1.4

Gen. 11. d

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* 1.5

Iere. 34. d

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* 1.6

Act. 7. a Exod. 12. f Iudit. 5. b Gala. 3. c

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* 1.7

Exo. 12. c

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* 1.8

Gene. 25▪ a

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* 1.9

Deut. 20. c

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* 1.10

Gen. 24. a 3. Re. 4. b

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