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Bishops Bible 1568
| 1:1 | Adam, Seth, Enos |
| 1:2 | Kenan, Mahalchel, Iared |
| 1:3 | Henoh, Methusalah, Lamech |
| 1:4 | Noah, Sem, Ham, and Iapheth |
| 1:5 | The sonnes of Iapheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Iauan, and Thubal, Mesech, and Thiras |
| 1:6 | The sonnes of Gomer: Aschenaz, Riphath, and Thogarma |
| 1:7 | And the sonnes of Ianan: Elisa, and Tharsis, Citim, and Dodanun |
| 1:8 | The sonnes of Ham: Chus, and Mizraim, Phut, and Chanaan |
| 1:9 | The sonnes of Chus: Seba, and Hauila, Sabbetha, and Raama: and Sabtheca. And the sonnes of Raama: Seba, and Dedan |
| 1:10 | And Chus begat Nimrod: and he began to be mightie vpon the earth |
| 1:11 | Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, Lahabim, and Naphthuim |
| 1:12 | Phathzusim, and Casluim, of which came the Philistines and the Caphthorites |
| 1:13 | Chanaan begat Zidon his eldest sonne, and Heth |
| 1:14 | Iebusi also, and Amori, and Girgasi |
| 1:15 | Heui, Araki, and Sini |
| 1:16 | And Aruadi, Zamari, and Hemathi |
| 1:17 | The sonnes of Sem: Elam, and Assur, Arphacsad, Lud, and Aram, & Uz, Hul, and Gether, and Mesech |
| 1:18 | Arphacsad begat Selah, and Selah begat Eber |
| 1:19 | And vnto Eber were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg, because that in his dayes the land was deuided, and his brothers name was Ioktan |
| 1:20 | Ioktan begat Almodad, and Saleph, Hazermaneth, and Ierah |
| 1:21 | Hadoram also and Usal, and Dikla |
| 1:22 | Ebal, and Abimael, and Seba |
| 1:23 | And Ophir, Hauila, and Iobab |
| 1:24 | All these were the sonnes of Ioktan: Sem, Arphacsad, Selah |
| 1:25 | Eber, Peleg, Rehu |
| 1:26 | Serug, Nahor, Therah |
| 1:27 | Abram, otherwyse called Abraham |
| 1:28 | The sonnes of Abraham: Isahac, and Ismael |
| 1:29 | And these are their generations: the eldest sonne of Ismael was Nabaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, and Mibsam |
| 1:30 | Misma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Thema |
| 1:31 | Ietur, Naphis, and Kedma: These are the sonnes of Ismael |
| 1:32 | The children of Ketura Abrahams concubine, she bare Zimram, Ioksan, Medan, Midian, Iisbok, and Suah. The children of Ioksan: Seba, and Dedan |
| 1:33 | The children of Midian: Epha, and Ephar, Henoch, Abida, and Eldaa: All these are the children of Ketura |
| 1:34 | And so Abraham begat Isahac. The sonnes of Isahac: Esau and Israel |
| 1:35 | The sonnes of Esau: Eliphaz, Rehuel, Iehus, Iaelam, and Korah |
| 1:36 | The children of Eliphaz: Theman, Omar, Zephi, and Gatham, Kenas, Thunna, and Amalek |
| 1:37 | The children of Rehuel: Nahath, Zerah, Samma, and Miza |
| 1:38 | The sonnes of Seir: Lotan, Sobal, Zibeon, and Ana, Dison, Ezer, and Disan |
| 1:39 | The children of Lotan: Hori, and Homan: and Thimna was Lotans sister |
| 1:40 | The children of Sobal: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Sephi, and Onam. The sonnes of Zibeon: Aia, and Ana |
| 1:41 | And the sonnes of Ana: Dison. The sonnes of Dison: Hamran, Esban, Iethran, and Cheran |
| 1:42 | The sonnes of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaeuan, and Iakan. The sonnes of Dison: Uz, and Aram |
| 1:43 | These are the kinges that raigned in the land of Edom, before any king raigned ouer the children of Israel: Bela, the sonne of Beor, and the name of his citie was Dinhaba |
| 1:44 | And Bela dyed, and Iobab the sonne of Zerah of Bozra raigned in his steade |
| 1:45 | And when Iobab also was dead, Husam of the lande of ye Themanites raigned in his steade |
| 1:46 | And when Husam was dead, Hadad the sonne of Bedad, which smote Midian in the fielde of Moab, raigned in his steade: and the name of his citie was Auith |
| 1:47 | So Hadad dyed, and Samla of Masreka raigned in his steade |
| 1:48 | And Samla dyed, and Saul of Rehoboth by the ryuer syde, raigned in his steade |
| 1:49 | And when Saul was dead, Baalhanan the sonne of Achbor raigned in his steade |
| 1:50 | And Baalhanan dyed, & Hadad raigned in his steade: and the name of his citie was Phai, and his wyues name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mesahab |
| 1:51 | Hadad dyed also. And there were dukes in Edom: Duke Thimna, Duke Aliah, Duke Ietheth |
| 1:52 | Duke Aholibama, Duke Ela, Duke Pinon |
| 1:53 | Duke Kenaz, Duke Theman, Duke Mibzar |
| 1:54 | Duke Magdiel, Duke Iram. These are the Dukes of Edom |
Bishops Bible 1568
The Bishops' Bible was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible completed in 1611. The thorough Calvinism of the Geneva Bible offended the Church of England, to which almost all of its bishops subscribed. They associated Calvinism with Presbyterianism, which sought to replace government of the church by bishops with government by lay elders. However, they were aware that the Great Bible of 1539 , which was the only version then legally authorized for use in Anglican worship, was severely deficient, in that much of the Old Testament and Apocrypha was translated from the Latin Vulgate, rather than from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. In an attempt to replace the objectionable Geneva translation, they circulated one of their own, which became known as the Bishops' Bible.