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The Great Bible 1539
| 3:1 | And the chylde Samuel mynistred vnto the Lorde before Eli: & the worde of the Lorde was precious in those dayes, nether was there any open visyon. |
| 3:2 | And it chaunsed at that tyme, that Eli laye in his place, and hys eyes beganne to waxe dymme that he coulde not se. |
| 3:3 | And yer the lampe of God went out, Samuel layde hym downe to slepe in the temple of the Lord, where the arcke of God was. |
| 3:4 | And the Lorde called Samuel, & he sayde, here am I, |
| 3:5 | and he ran vnto Eli, & sayd: here am I, for thou calledst me. And he sayd: I called the not: go agayne, & slepe. And he went, and layde him downe to slepe. |
| 3:6 | And the Lorde called once agayne: Samuel, & Samuel arose & went to Ely, & sayd, I am here, for thou dyddest call me. And he answered: I called the not, my sonne. Go agayne, and take thy rest: |
| 3:7 | Samuell knewe not yet the Lord, nether was the worde of the Lord yet opened vnto hym. |
| 3:8 | And the Lorde went to, & called Samuel the thyrd tyme. And he arose, & went to Eli, & sayde: I am here, for thou hast called me. And Eli perceaued that the Lorde had called the chylde. |
| 3:9 | Therfore, Eli sayde vnto Samuel: go, & lye downe: & yf he call the agayne, then saye, speake on Lorde, for thy seruaunt heareth. So Samuel went, & layed hym downe in hys place. |
| 3:10 | And the Lord came, & stode, & called as before, Samuel Samuel. Samuel answered: speake on: for thy seruaunt heareth. |
| 3:11 | And the Lord sayde to Samuel: beholde, I will do a thinge in Israel, that both the eares of as many as heareth it, shall tyngle. |
| 3:12 | In that daye I wyll rayse vp agaynst Eli, all thynges whych I haue spoken concernynge his house: from the begynnyng to the endyng. |
| 3:13 | I haue tolde him, that I wyll iudge hys house for euer. For the wickednes which he knoweth. For when the people cursed hys sonnes for the same wickednes, he hath not corrected them. |
| 3:14 | And therfore, I haue sworne vnto the house of Eli, that the wyckednesse of Elies house, shall not be purged wt sacrifyce nor offering for euer. |
| 3:15 | Samuel laye tyll the mornynge, and opened the dores of the house of the Lorde. And Samuel feared to shewe Eli the visyon. |
| 3:16 | Then Eli called Samuel, & sayde: Samuel my sonne. And he answered: here I am. |
| 3:17 | He sayde: what is that the Lorde hath sayde vnto the? I praye the, se thou hyde it not from me. God do so, & so to the, yf thou hyde any thyng from me, of all that he sayde vnto the. |
| 3:18 | And Samuel tolde hym euery whytte, and hydd nothynge from hym. And he sayd: it is the Lorde, let him do what semeth hym best, |
| 3:19 | And Samuel grewe, & the Lorde was wyth him, & left none of hys wordes vnperformed. |
| 3:20 | And all Israel from Dan to Bersabe wyst that faythfull Samuel was made the Lordes prophete. |
| 3:21 | And the Lord appered agayne in Silo: for the Lorde opened hym selfe to Samuel in Silo, thorow the worde of the Lorde. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."