The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

and the name of his brother was Tubal, he was the fadir of syngeris in harpe and orgun.

And Sella gendride Tubalcayn, that was an hamerbetere, and smyyt on alle werkis of bras and of yrun; forsothe the sistir of Tubalcayn was Neoma.

And Lameth seide to his wyues Ada and Sella, Ye wyues of Lameth, here my vois, and herkne my word; for Y haue slayn a man bi my wounde, and a yong wexynge man bi my `violent betyng;

veniaunce schal be youun seuenfold of Cayn, forsothe of Lameth seuentisithis seuensithis.

Also yit Adam knewe his wijf, and sche childide a sone, and clepide his name Seth, and seide, God hath put to me another seed for Abel, whom Cayn killide.

But also a sone was borun to Seth, which sone he clepide Enos; this Enos bigan to clepe inwardli the name of the Lord.

This is the book of generacioun of Adam, in the dai wher ynne God made man of nouyt. God made man to the ymage and licnesse of God;

God formede hem male and female, and blesside hem, and clepide the name of hem Adam, in the day in which thei weren formed.

Forsothe Adam lyuede an hundrid yeer and thretti, and gendride a sone to his ymage and liknesse, and clepide his name Seth.

And the daies of Adam after that he gendride Seth weren maad eiyte hundrid yeer, and he gendride sones and douytris.

And al the tyme in which Adam lyuede was maad nyne hundrid yeer and thretti, and he was deed.

Also Seth lyuede an hundrid and fyue yeer, and gendride Enos.

And Seth lyuede aftir that he gendride Enos eiyte hundrid and seuen yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

And alle the daies of Seth weren maad nyne hundrid and twelue yeer, and he was deed.

Forsothe Enos lyuede nynti yeer, and gendride Caynan;

aftir whos birthe Enos lyuede eiyte hundrid and fiftene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

And alle the daies of Enos weren maad nyne hundrid and fyue yeer, and he was deed.

Also Caynan lyuyde seuenti yeer, and gendride Malalehel.

And Caynan lyuede after that he gendride Malalehel eiyte hundrid and fourti yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

And alle the dayes of Caynan weren maad nyn hundrid and ten yeer, and he was deed.

Forsothe Malalehel lyuede sixti yeer and fyue, and gendride Jared.

And Malalehel lyuede aftir that he gendride Jared eiyte hundrid and thretti yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

And alle the daies of Malalehel weren maad eiyte hundrid nynti and fyue yeer, and he was deed.

And Jared lyuede an hundrid and two and sixti yeer, and gendride Enoth.

And Jared lyuede aftir that he gendride Enoth eiyte hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

And alle the dayes of Jared weren maad nyn hundrid and twei and sexti yeer, and he was deed.

Forsothe Enoth lyuede fyue and sixti yeer, and gendride Matusalem.

And Enoth yede with God; and Enoth lyuede after that he gendride Matusalem thre hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

And alle the daies of Enoth weren maad thre hundride and fyue and sexti yeer.

And Enoth yeed with God, and apperide not afterward, for God took hym awei.

Also Matusalem lyuede an hundrid and `fourscoor yeer and seuene, and gendride Lameth.

And Matusalem lyuede after that he gendride Lameth seuene hundrid and `fourscoor yeer and twei, and gendride sones and douytris.

And alle the daies of Matusale weren maad nyn hundrid and nyn and sixti yeer, and he was deed.

Forsothe Lameth lyuede an hundrid and `fourscoor yeer and two, and gendride a sone;

and clepide his name Noe, and seide, This man schal comforte vs of the werkis and traueilis of oure hondis, in the loond which the Lord curside.

And Lameth lyuede after that he gendride Noe fyue hundrid `nynti and fyue yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

And alle the daies of Lameth weren maad seuene hundrid `thre scoor and seuentene yeer, and he was deed.

Forsothe Noe whanne he was of fyue hundrid yeer gendride Sem, Cham, and Jafeth. And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,

the sones of God seiyen the douytris of men that thei weren faire, and token wyues to hem of alle whiche thei hadden chose.

And God seide, My spirit schal not dwelle in man with outen ende, for he is fleisch; and the daies of hym schulen be an hundrid and twenti yeer.

Sotheli giauntis weren on erthe in tho daies, forsothe aftir that the sones of God entriden to the douytris of men, and tho douytris gendriden; these weren myyti of the world and famouse men.

Sotheli God seiy that myche malice of men was in erthe, and that al the thouyt of herte was ententif to yuel in al tyme,

and repentide him that he hadde maad man in erthe; and God was war bifore ayens tyme to comyng, and was touchid with sorewe of herte with ynne;

and seide, Y schal do awei man, whom Y made of nouyt, fro the face of the erthe, fro man til to lyuynge thingis, fro crepynge beeste til to the briddis of heuene; for it repentith me that Y made hem.

Forsothe Noe foond grace bifore the Lord.

These ben the generaciouns of Noe. Noe was a iust man and perfit in hise generaciouns; Noe yede with God,

and gendride thre sones, Sem, Cam, and Jafeth.

Forsothe the erthe was corrupt bifore God, and was fillid with wickidnes.

And whanne God seiy, that the erthe was corrupt, for ech fleisch ether man hadde corrupt his weie on erthe,

he seide to Noe, The ende of al fleisch is comen bifore me; the erthe is fillid with wickidnesse of the face of hem, and Y schal distrye hem with the erthe.

Make thou to thee a schip of trees hewun and planed; thou schalt make dwellynge placis in the schip, and thou schalt anoynte it with pitche with ynne and with outforth.

And so thou schalt make it. The lengthe of the schip schal be of thre hundrid cubitis, the brede schal be of fifti cubitis, and the hiynesse therof schal be of thretti cubitis.

Thou schalt make a wyndow in the schip, and thou schalt ende the hiynesse therof in a cubite; sotheli thou schalt sette the dore of the schip in the side binethe; thou shalt make soleris and placis of thre chaumbris in the schip.

Lo! Y schal brynge `watris of diluuye ether greet flood on erthe, and Y schal sle ech fleisch in which is the spirit of lijf vndir heuene, and alle thingis that ben in erthe, schulen be wastid.

And Y schal sette my couenaunt of pees with thee; and thou schalt entre in to the schip, and thy sones, and thi wijf, and the wiues of thi sones schulen entre with thee.

And of alle lyuynge beestis of al fleisch thou schalt brynge in to the schip tweyne and tweyne, of male kynde and female, that thei lyue with thee;

of briddis bi her kynde, and of werk beestis in her kynde, and of ech crepynge beeste of erthe, by her kynde; tweyne and tweyne of alle schulen entre with thee, that thei moun lyue.

Therfore thou schalt take with thee of alle metis that moun be etun, and thou schalt bere to gidre at thee, and tho schulen be as well to thee as to the beestis in to mete.

Therfor Noe dide alle thingis whiche God comaundide to hym.

Also the Lord seide to Noe, Entre thou and al thin hous in to the schip, for Y seiy thee iust bifore me in this generacioun.

Of alle clene lyuynge beestis thou schalt take bi seuene and bi seuene, male and female; forsothe of vnclene lyuynge beestis thou schalt take bi tweyne and bi tweyne, male and female;

but also of volatils of heuene thou schalt take, bi seuene and bi seuene, male and female, that her seed be saued on the face of al erthe.

For yit and aftir seuene daies Y schal reyne on erthe fourti daies and fourti nyytis, and Y schal do awey al substaunce which Y made, fro the face of erthe.

Therfor Noe dide alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide to hym.

And he was of sixe hundrid yeer, whanne the watris of the greet flood flowiden on erthe.

And Noe entride in to the schip, and hise sones, and hise wijf, and the wyues of his sones, entriden with him for the watris of the greet flood.

And of lyuynge beestis clene and vnclene, and of briddis of heuene, and of ech beeste which is moued on erthe,

bi tweyne and bi tweyne, male and female entriden to Noe in to the schip, as the Lord comaundide to Noe.

And whanne seuene daies hadden passid, the watris of the greet flood flowiden on erthe.

In the sixe hundrid yeer of the lijf of Noe, in the secunde moneth, in the seuententhe dai of the moneth, alle the wellis of the greet see weren brokun, and the wyndowis of heuene weren opened,

and reyn was maad on erthe fourti daies and fourti nyytis.

In the ende of that dai Noe entride, and Sem, Cham, and Japheth, hise sones, his wijf, and the wyues of hise sones, entriden with hem into the schip.

Thei entriden, and ech beeste bi his kynde, and alle werk beestis in her kynde, and ech beeste which is moued on erthe in his kynde, and ech volatil bi his kynde; alle briddis and alle volatils entriden to Noe in to the schip,

bi tweyne and bi tweyne of ech fleisch in whiche the spirit of lijf was.

And tho that entriden, entriden male and female of ech fleisch, as God comaundide to hym. And the Lord encloside hym fro with out-forth.

And the greet flood was maad fourti daies and fourti niytis on erthe, and the watris weren multiplied, and reiseden the schip on hiy fro erthe.

The watris flowiden greetli, and filliden alle thingis in the face of erthe. Forsothe the schip was borun on the watris.

And the watris hadden maistrie greetli on erthe, and alle hiye hillis vndur alle heuene weren hilid;

the watyr was hiyere bi fiftene cubitis ouer the hilis whiche it hilide.

And ech fleisch was wastid that was moued on erthe, of briddis, of lyuynge beestis, of vnresonable beestis, and of alle `reptilis that crepen on erthe.

Alle men, and alle thingis in whiche the brething of lijf was in erthe, weren deed.

And God dide awei al substaunce that was on erthe, fro man til to beeste, as wel a crepynge beeste as the briddis of heuene; and tho weren doon awei fro erthe. Forsothe Noe dwellide aloone, and thei that weren with hym in the schip.

And the watris of the greet flood ouereyeden the erthe an hundrid and fifti daies.

Forsothe the Lord hadde mynde of Noe, and of alle lyuynge beestis, and of alle werk beestis, that weren with hym in the schip; and brouyte a wynd on the erthe.

And watris weren decreessid, and the wellis of the see weren closid, and the wyndowis of heuene weren closid, and reynes of heuene weren ceessid.

And watrys turneden ayen fro erthe, and yeden ayen, and bigunnen to be decreessid aftir an hundrid and fifti daies.

And the schip restide in the seuenthe monthe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monthe, on the hillis of Armenye.

And sotheli the watrys yeden and decresiden til to the tenthe monethe, for in the tenthe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the coppis of hillis apperiden.

And whanne fourti daies weren passid, Noe openyde the wyndow of the schip which he hadde maad, and sente out a crowe,

which yede out, and turnede not ayen til the watris weren dried on erthe.

Also Noe sente out a culuer aftir hym, to se if the watris hadden ceessid thanne on the face of erthe;

and whanne the culuer foond not where hir foot schulde reste, sche turnede ayen to hym in to the schip, for the watris weren on al erthe; and Noe helde forth his hoond, and brouyte the culuer takun in to the schip.

Sotheli whanne othere seuene daies weren abedun aftirward, eft he leet out a culuer fro the schip;

and sche cam to hym at euentid, and bare in hir mouth a braunche of olyue tre with greene leeuys. Therfor Noe vndirstood that the watris hadden ceessid on erthe;

and neuerthelesse he abood seuene othere daies, and sente out a culuer, which turnede `no more ayen to hym.

Therfor in the sixe hundrid and o yeer of the lijf of Noe, in the firste monethe, in the firste day of the monethe, watris weren decreessid on erthe; and Noe openede the roof of the schip, and bihelde and seiy that the face of the erthe was dried.

In the secunde monethe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monethe, the erthe was maad drie.

Sotheli the Lord spak to Noe;

and seide, Go out of the schip, thou, and thi wijf, thi sones, and the wyues of thi sones with thee;

and lede out with thee alle lyuynge beestis that ben at thee of ech fleisch, as wel in volatilis as in vnresonable beestis, and alle `reptils that crepen on erthe; and entre ye on the erthe, encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied on erthe.