The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete

Part 1

The Holy Bible

Translated from the Latin Vulgate

Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions in Divers Languages

THE OLD TESTAMENT First Published by the English College at Douay A.D. 1609 & 1610

and

THE NEW TESTAMENT First Published by the English College at Rheims A.D. 1582

With Annotations

The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner A.D. 1749-1752

Contents

The Old Testament The Book of Genesis The Book of Exodus The Book of Leviticus The Book of Numbers The Book of Deuteronomy The Book of Josue The Book of Judges The Book of Ruth The First Book of Samuel, otherwise called the First Book of Kings The Second Book of Samuel, otherwise called the Second Book of Kings The Third Book of Kings The Fourth Book of Kings The First Book of Paralipomenon The Second Book of Paralipomenon The First Book of Esdras The Book of Nehemias, which is called the Second of Esdras The Book of Tobias The Book of Judith The Book of Esther The Book of Job The Book of Psalms The Book of Proverbs Ecclesiastes Solomon’s Canticle of Canticles The Book of Wisdom Ecclesiasticus The Prophecy of Isaias The Prophecy of Jeremias The Lamentations of Jeremias The Prophecy of Baruch The Prophecy of Ezechiel The Prophecy of Daniel The Prophecy of Osee The Prophecy of Joel The Prophecy of Amos The Prophecy of Abdias The Prophecy of Jonas The Prophecy of Micheas The Prophecy of Nahum The Prophecy of Habacuc The Prophecy of Sophonias The Prophecy of Aggeus The Prophecy of Zacharias The Prophecy of Malachias The First Book of Machabees The Second Book of Machabees

The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to St. Matthew The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to St. Mark The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to St. Luke The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to St. John The Acts of the Apostles The Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians The Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians The Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians The Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians The Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians The Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians The First Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy The Second Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy The Epistle of St. Paul to Titus The Epistle of St. Paul to Philemon The Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews The Catholic Epistle of St. James the Apostle The First Epistle of St. Peter the Apostle The Second Epistle of St. Peter the Apostle The First Epistle of St. John the Apostle The Second Epistle of St. John the Apostle The Third Epistle of St. John the Apostle The Catholic Epistle of St. Jude the Apostle The Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle

Appendices

Additional Books The Prayer of Manasses King of Ivda, when he was held captive in Babylon The Third Booke of Esdras The Fovrth Booke of Esdras The Prophecie of Abdias The Catholike Epistle of Ivde the Apostle

Supplemental Material The Preface to the Reader Hard Vvordes Explicated

THE OLD TESTAMENT

THE BOOK OF GENESIS

This book is so called from its treating of the GENERATION, that is, of the creation and the beginning of the world. The Hebrews call it BERESITH, from the Word with which it begins. It contains not only the history of the Creation of the world; but also an account of its progress during the space of 2369 years, that is, until the death of JOSEPH.

Genesis Chapter 1

God createth Heaven and Earth, and all things therein, in six days.

1:1. In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

1:2. And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

1:3. And God said: Be light made. And light was made.

1:4. And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.

1:5. And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day.

1:6. And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.

A firmament.... By this name is here understood the whole space between the earth, and the highest stars. The lower part of which divideth the waters that are upon the earth, from those that are above in the clouds.

1:7. And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so.

1:8. And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.

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1:9. God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.

1:10. And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

1:11. And he said: let the earth bring forth green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.

1:12. And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit, having seed each one according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

1:13. And the evening and the morning were the third day.

1:14. And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

1:15. To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth, and it was so done.

1:16. And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.

Two great lights.... God created on the first day, light, which being moved from east to west, by its rising and setting, made morning and evening. But on the fourth day he ordered and distributed this light, and made the sun, moon, and stars. The moon, though much less than the stars, is here called a great light, from its giving a far greater light to the earth than any of them.

1:17. And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.

1:18. And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

1:19. And the evening and morning were the fourth day.

1:20. God also said: let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven.

1:21. And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

1:22. And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth.

1:23. And the evening and morning were the fifth day.

1:24. And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.

1:25. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

1:26. And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.

Let us make man to our image.... This image of God in man, is not in the body, but in the soul; which is a spiritual substance, endued with understanding and free will. God speaketh here in the plural number, to insinuate the plurality of persons in the Deity.

1:27. And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.

1:28. And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.

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