Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy… Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessedSo Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram {was} seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. [Read More]

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius,… There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian {band}, {A} devout {man}, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alwayHe saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. [Read More]

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed,… Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore{wept…: Heb. wept a great weeping} And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, {one} of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. [Read More]

And when he had called unto {him} his twelve disciples,… And when he had called unto {him} his twelve disciples, he gave them power {against} unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease{against: or, over} Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James {the son} of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James {the son} of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. [Read More]

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one… And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech{language: Heb. lip.} {speech: Heb. words} And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. {from…: or, eastward} And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. [Read More]