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And he wente in to the Arcke, with his sonnes, his wyfe, and his sonnes wyues, for the waters of the floude.

Vpon the selfe same daye wete Noe into the Arcke, with Sem, Ham and Iaphet his sonnes, and with his wyfe, and the thre wyues of his sonnes,

But when ye doue coude fynde no restynge place for hir fete, she came agayne vnto him in to the Arcke, for the waters were yet vpon the face of all the earth. And he put out his hande, and toke her to him in to the Arke.

So Noe wente out, with his sonnes, and with his wife, and with his sonnes wyues.

All the beastes also and all the wormes, and all the foules, and all that crepte vpon the earth, wente out of the Arke, euery one vnto his like.

And ye LORDE smelled the swete sauor, & sayde in his hert: I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mas sake, for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell, euen from the very youth of him. Therfore from hece forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth, as I haue done.

And God blessed Noe and his sonnes, and sayde vnto them: increace & multiplye, and fyll the earth.

He that sheddeth mas bloude, his bloude shal be shed by man agayne, for God made man after his owne licknesse.

Farthermore, God sayde vnto Noe and to his sonnes wt him:

And dranke of the wyne, and was dronken, and laye vncouered in his tente.

Now when Ha the father of Canaan sawe his fathers preuities, he tolde his two brethren without.

So whan Noe awaked from his wyne, and perceaued what his yonger sonne had done vnto him,

he sayde: Cursed be Canaan, and a seruaunt of seruauntes be he vnto his brethren.

He sayde morouer: Praysed be the LORDE God of Sem, and Canaan be his seruaunt.

God increase Iaphet, and let him dwell in the tentes of Sem, and Canaan be his seruaunt.

so yt his whole age was ix. hudreth and fyftie yeare, and so he dyed.

Of these are deuided the Iles of ye Heithen in their countrees, euery one after his speach, kynred and people.

And the origenall of his kyngdome was Babel, Erech, Acad & Chalne in ye londe of Synear.

Canaa also begat Zidon his eldest sonne, & Heth,

And these are his children: Ela, Assur, Arphachad, Lud & Aram.