Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 12:1 | And these are the Kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote and possessed their land, on the other side Iorden toward the rising of the sunne, from the riuer Arnon, vnto mount Hermon, and all the plaine Eastward. |
| 12:2 | Sihon King of the Amorites, that dwelt in Heshbon, hauing dominion from Aroer, which is beside the riuer of Arnon, and from the middle of the riuer, and from halfe Gilead vnto the riuer Iabbok, in the border of the children of Ammon. |
| 12:3 | And from the plaine vnto the sea of Cinneroth Eastward, and vnto the Sea of the plaine, euen the salt sea Eastward, the way to Beth-ieshimoth, and from the South vnder the springs of Pisgah. |
| 12:4 | They conquered also the coast of Og King of Bashan of the remnant of the gyants, which dwelt at Ashtaroth, and at Edrei, |
| 12:5 | And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, vnto the border of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites, and halfe Gilead, euen the border of Sihon King of Heshbon. |
| 12:6 | Moses the seruant of the Lord, and the children of Israel smote them: Moses also the seruant of the Lord gaue their land for a possession vnto the Reubenites, and vnto the Gadites, and to halfe the tribe of Manasseh. |
| 12:7 | These also are the Kings of the countrey, which Ioshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Iorden, Westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon, euen vnto the mount Halak that goeth vp to Seir, and Ioshua gaue it vnto the tribes of Israel for a possession, according to their portions: |
| 12:8 | In the mountaines, and in the valleys, and in the plaines, and in the hill sides, and in the wildernes, and in the South, where were the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites. |
| 12:9 | The King of Iericho was one: the King of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one: |
| 12:10 | The King of Ierusalem, one: the King of Hebron, one: |
| 12:11 | The King of Iarmuth, one: the King of Lachish, one: |
| 12:12 | The King of Eglon, one: the King of Gezer, one: |
| 12:13 | The King of Debir, one: the King of Geder, one: |
| 12:14 | The King of Hormah, one: the King of Arad, one: |
| 12:15 | The King of Libnah, one: the King of Adullam, one: |
| 12:16 | The King of Makkedah, one: the King of Beth-el, one: |
| 12:17 | The King of Tappuah, one: the King of Hepher, one: |
| 12:18 | The King of Aphek, one: the King of Lasharon, one: |
| 12:19 | The King of Madon, one: the King of Hazor, one: |
| 12:20 | The king of Shimron-meron, one: the King of Achshaph, one: |
| 12:21 | The King of Taanach, one: the King of Megiddo, one: |
| 12:22 | The King of Kedesh, one: the King of Iokneam of Carmel, one: |
| 12:23 | The King of Dor, in the countrey of Dor, one: the King of the nations of Gilgal, one: |
| 12:24 | The King of Tirzah, one. all the Kings were thirtie and one. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.