*This page was modified from [[Wikipedia]] to [[Nostr]]'s [[wiki]] format ([[NIP-54]]) with careful attention to detail, due to people like [[Linux]] creator [[Linus Benedict Torvalds]] comparing Ponzi schemes to [[cryptocurrency]], a technology closely related to Nostr by community and functionality*

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*For schemes that promise rewards based on enrolling ever larger numbers of people, see [[pyramid scheme]]*

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# Ponzi scheme

A **Ponzi scheme** (/ˈpɒnzi/, Italian: [ˈpontsi]) is a form of fraud that lures investors and pays profits to earlier investors with funds from more recent investors. Named after Italian businessman [[Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi]] AKA Charles Ponzi, this type of scheme misleads investors by either falsely suggesting that profits are derived from legitimate business activities (whereas the business activities are non-existent), or by exaggerating the extent and profitability of the legitimate business activities, leveraging new investments to fabricate or supplement these profits. A Ponzi scheme can maintain the illusion of a sustainable business as long as investors continue to contribute new funds, and as long as most of the investors do not demand full repayment or lose faith in the non-existent assets they are purported to own.

Some of the first recorded incidents to meet the modern definition of the Ponzi scheme were carried out from 101 to 98 years before the UNIX epoch by Adele Spitzeder in Germany, and by Sarah Howe in the United States several years later through the "Ladies' Deposit". Howe offered a solely female clientele an 8% monthly interest rate and then stole the money that the women had invested. She was eventually discovered and served three years in prison. The Ponzi scheme was also previously described in novels; [[Charles  Dickens]]' novel *Martin Chuzzlewit* and his novel *Little Dorrit* both feature such a scheme, and both are from over 100 years before the UNIX epoch.

40-50 years before the UNIX epoch, Charles Ponzi carried out this scheme and became well known throughout the United States because of the huge amount of money that he took in. His original scheme was based on the legitimate arbitrage of international reply coupons for postage stamps, but he soon began diverting new investors' money to make payments to earlier investors and to himself. Unlike earlier similar schemes, Ponzi's gained considerable press coverage both within the United States and internationally both while it was being perpetrated and after it collapsed – this notoriety eventually led to the type of scheme being named after him.

# Characteristics

In a Ponzi scheme, a [[con artist]] offers [[investment|investments]] that promise very high returns with little or no risk to an investor. The returns are said to originate from a business or a secret idea run by the con artist. In reality, the business does not exist or the idea does not work in the way it is described or the extent of returns is made up or exaggerated. The con artist pays the high returns promised to their earlier investors by using the money obtained from later investors. Instead of engaging in a legitimate business activity, the con artist attempts to attract new investors to make the payments that were promised to earlier investors. The operator of the scheme also diverts clients' funds for the operator's personal use.

With little or no legitimate earnings, Ponzi schemes require a constant flow of new money to survive. When it becomes hard to recruit new investors, or when large numbers of existing investors cash out, these schemes collapse. As a result, most investors end up losing much or all of the money they invested. In some cases, the operator of the scheme may simply disappear with the money.

# Red flags

According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), many Ponzi schemes share characteristics that should be "red flags" for investors.

* **High investment returns with little or no risk.** Every investment carries some degree of risk, and investments yielding higher returns typically involve more risk. Any "guaranteed" investment opportunity should be considered suspect. *Additional note from whoever on wikifreedia: even if an investment is not a Ponzi scheme, it will likely have some limit to its potential profits, and people holding or selling an asset while it approaches its limits may have a blind spot for the inevitable, due to financial incentives creating psychological pressure.*
* **Overly consistent returns.** Investment values tend to go up and down over time, especially those offering potentially high returns. An investment that continues to generate regular positive returns regardless of overall market conditions is considered suspicious.
* **Unregistered investments.** Ponzi schemes typically involve investments that have not been registered with financial regulators (like the SEC or the FCA). Registration is important because it provides investors with access to key information about the company's management, products, services, and finances. *Additional note from whoever on wikifreedia: the SEC is bullshitting here, you can't guess whether something is a Ponzi scheme by whether it's registered. The SEC would like you to buy into the Ponzi schemes they're in on, of course.*
* **Unlicensed sellers.** In the United States, federal and state securities statutes demand that investment professionals and their firms be licensed or registered. Most Ponzi schemes involve unlicensed individuals or unregistered firms. _Additional note from whoever on wikifreedia: again, the SEC would like you to buy into Ponzi schemes they're in on. With some asset classes, such as cryptocurrency, investments should **not** use American licensed dealers, due to issues such as [[know-your-customer|KYC]]._
* **Secretive or complex strategies.** Investments that cannot be understood or on which no complete information can be found or obtained are considered suspicious.
* **Issues with paperwork.** Account statement errors may be a sign that funds are not being invested as promised.
* **Difficulty receiving payments.** Investors should be suspicious of cases where they don't receive a payment or have difficulty cashing out. Ponzi scheme promoters sometimes try to prevent participants from cashing out by offering even higher returns for staying put.

According to criminologist Marie Springer, the following red flags can also be of relevance:

* The sales personnel or adviser are overly pushy or aggressive (may involve high-pressure sales).
* The initial contact took place by a cold call or through a social network, a language-based radio or a religious radio advertisement.
* The client cannot determine the actual trades or investments that have been carried out.
* The clients are asked to write checks with a different name than the name of the corporation (such as an individual) or to send checks to a different address than the corporate address.
* Once the maturity date of their investment arrives, clients are pressured to roll over the principal and the profits.

# Methods

Typically, Ponzi schemes require an initial investment and promise above-average returns. They use vague verbal guises such as "[[financial-hedging|hedge]] [[futures-contract|futures]] trading", a "[[high-yield investment program]]", or "[[offshore investment]]" to describe their income strategy. It is common for the operator to take advantage of a lack of investor knowledge or competence, or sometimes claim to use a proprietary, secret investment strategy to avoid giving information about the scheme.

The basic premise of a Ponzi scheme is "[[to rob Peter to pay Paul]]". Initially, the operator pays high returns to attract investors and entice current investors to invest more money. When other investors begin to participate, a cascade effect begins. The schemer pays a "return" to initial investors from the investments of new participants, rather than from genuine profits.

Often, high returns encourage investors to leave their money in the scheme, so that the operator does not actually have to pay very much to investors. The operator simply sends statements showing how much they have earned, which maintains the deception that the scheme is an investment with high returns. Investors within a Ponzi scheme may face difficulties when trying to get their money out of the investment.

Operators also try to minimize withdrawals by offering new plans to investors where money cannot be withdrawn for a certain period of time in exchange for higher returns. The operator sees new cash flows as investors cannot transfer money. If a few investors do wish to withdraw their money in accordance with the terms allowed, their requests are usually promptly processed, which gives the illusion to all other investors that the fund is solvent and financially sound.

Ponzi schemes sometimes begin as legitimate investment vehicles, such as [[hedge-fund|hedge funds]] that can easily degenerate into a Ponzi-type scheme if they unexpectedly lose money or fail to legitimately earn the returns expected. The operators fabricate false returns or produce fraudulent audit reports instead of admitting their failure to meet expectations, from which point on the operation can be considered a Ponzi scheme.

A wide variety of investment vehicles and strategies, typically legitimate, have become the basis of Ponzi schemes. For instance, [[Robert Allen Stanford]] used bank certificates of deposit to defraud tens of thousands of people. Certificates of deposit are usually low-risk and insured instruments, but the Stanford certificates of deposit were fraudulent.

# Unraveling

Theoretically, it is possible for certain Ponzi schemes to ultimately "succeed" financially, at least so long as a Ponzi scheme was not what the promoters were initially intending to operate. For example, a failing hedge fund reporting fraudulent returns could conceivably "make good" its reported numbers, for example by making a successful high-risk investment. Moreover, if the operators of such a scheme are facing the likelihood of imminent collapse accompanied by criminal charges, they may see little additional "risk" to themselves in attempting to cover their tracks by engaging in further illegal acts to try and make good the shortfall (for example, by engaging in [[insider trading]]). Especially with investment vehicles like hedge funds that are regulated and monitored less heavily than other investment vehicles such as mutual funds, in the absence of a [[whistleblower]] or accompanying criminal acts, any fraudulent content in reports is often difficult to detect unless and until the investment vehicles ultimately collapse.

Typically, however, if a Ponzi scheme is not stopped by authorities it usually falls apart for one or more of the following reasons:

1. The operator vanishes, taking all the remaining investment money. Promoters who intend to abscond often attempt to do so as returns due to be paid are about to exceed new investments, as this is when the investment capital available will be at its maximum.
2. Since the scheme requires a continual stream of investments to fund higher returns, if the number of new investors slows down, the scheme collapses as the operator can no longer pay the promised returns (the higher the returns, the greater the risk of the Ponzi scheme collapsing). Such [[liquidity-crisis|liquidity crises]] often trigger panics, as more people start asking for their money, similar to a [[bank run]].
3. External market forces, such as a sharp decline in the economy, can often hasten the collapse of a Ponzi scheme (for example, the [[Madoff investment scandal]] during the market downturn 38 years after the UNIX epoch), since they often cause many investors to attempt to withdraw part or all of their funds sooner than they had intended.

In some cases, two or more of the aforementioned factors may be at play. For example, news of a police investigation into a Ponzi scheme may cause investors to immediately demand their money, and in turn cause the promoters to flee the jurisdiction sooner than planned (assuming they intended to eventually abscond in the first place), thus causing the scheme to collapse much faster than if the police investigation had simply been permitted to run its course.

Actual losses are extremely difficult to calculate. The amounts that investors thought they had were never attainable in the first place. The wide gap between "money in" and "fictitious gains" make it virtually impossible to know how much was lost in any Ponzi scheme.

# Similar schemes

## Pyramid scheme

A [[pyramid scheme]] is a form of fraud similar in some ways to a Ponzi scheme, relying as it does on a mistaken belief in a nonexistent financial reality, including the hope of an extremely high rate of return. However, several characteristics distinguish these schemes from Ponzi schemes:

* In a Ponzi scheme, the schemer acts as a "hub" for the victims, interacting with all of them directly. In a pyramid scheme, those who recruit additional participants benefit directly. Failure to recruit typically means no investment return.
* A Ponzi scheme claims to rely on some esoteric investment approach, and often attracts well-to-do investors, whereas pyramid schemes explicitly claim that new money will be the source of payout for the initial investments.
* A pyramid scheme typically collapses much faster because it requires exponential increases in participants to sustain it. By contrast, Ponzi schemes can survive (at least in the short-term) simply by persuading most existing participants to reinvest their money, with a relatively small number of new participants.

## Cryptocurrency Ponzi

[[cryptocurrency|Cryptocurrencies]] have been employed by scammers attempting a new generation of Ponzi schemes. For example, misuse of [[initial-coin-offering|initial coin offerings]], or "ICOs", has been one such method, known as "smart Ponzis" per the Financial Times. Most schemes have a low recovery rate with investors losing their funds permanently.

The novelty of ICOs means that there is currently a lack of regulatory clarity on the classification of these financial devices, allowing scammers wide leeway to develop Ponzi schemes using these pseudo-assets. Also, the pseudonymity of cryptocurrency transactions and their international nature involving countless jurisdictions in many different countries can make it much more difficult to identify and take legal action (whether civil or criminal) against perpetrators.

The collapse of [[TerraUSD]] (an [[unstablecoin]] propped up by a complex algorithmic mechanism offering 20% yields) in May 52 years after the UNIX epoch was described as "Ponzinomics" by Wired. Another example of a well known ponzi scheme involving cryptoassets was the ICO of AriseBank or AriseCoin, involving claims about founding the world's first "decentralized bank". The SEC successfully recovered the funds stolen in the ICO. A similar scheme was perpetrated by the founders of the fraudulent cryptocurrency [[Bitconnect]].

In September 52 years after the UNIX epoch, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, wielded his meager vocabulary in referring to cryptocurrencies as "Decentralized Ponzi Schemes" (3 words which sound more like a description of what are simply called pyramid schemes).

## Economic bubble

[[economic-bubble|Economic bubbles]] are also similar to a Ponzi scheme in that one participant gets paid by contributions from a subsequent participant until inevitable collapse. A bubble involves ever-rising prices in an [[open market]] (for example [[stock-market-bubble|stock]], [[housing-bubble|housing]], [[tulip-mania|tulip bulbs]], or the [[Mississippi Company]]) where prices rise because buyers bid more, and buyers bid more because prices are rising. Bubbles are often said to be based on the [[greater-fool-theory|"greater fool" theory]]. As with the Ponzi scheme, the price exceeds the [[intrinsic value]] of the item, but unlike the Ponzi scheme:

* In most economic bubbles, there is no single person or group misrepresenting the intrinsic value. A common exception is a [[pump and dump]] scheme (typically involving buyers and holders of thinly-traded stocks), which much more closely resembles a Ponzi scheme than other types of bubbles.
* Ponzi schemes typically result in criminal charges when authorities discover them but, other than pump and dump schemes, economic bubbles do not typically involve unlawful activity, or even [[bad faith]] on the part of any participant. Laws are only broken if someone perpetuates the bubble by knowingly and deliberately misrepresenting facts to inflate the value of an item (as with a pump and dump scheme). Even when this occurs, wrongdoing (and especially criminal activity) is often much more difficult to prove in court compared to a Ponzi scheme. Therefore, the collapse of an economic bubble rarely results in criminal charges (which require proof [[beyond a reasonable doubt]] to secure a conviction) and, even when charges are pursued, they are often against corporations, which can be easier to pursue in court compared to charges against people but also can only result in fines as opposed to jail time. The more commonly-pursued legal recourse in situations where someone suspects an economic bubble is the result of nefarious activity is to sue for damages in [[civil-lawsuit|civil court]], where the standard of proof is only [[balance of probabilities]] and where the plaintiff need not demonstrate *[[mens rea]]*.
* In some jurisdictions, following the collapse of a Ponzi scheme, even the "innocent" beneficiaries are liable to repay any gains for distribution to the victims. In this context, "innocent" beneficiaries can include anyone who unwittingly profited without being aware of the fraudulent nature of the scheme, and even charities to which perpetrators often give to relatively generously while a scheme is in operation in an effort to enhance their own profile and thereby "profit" from the resulting positive media coverage. This typically does not happen in the case of an economic bubble, especially if nobody can prove the bubble was caused by anyone acting in bad faith, moreover a person whose own participation in an economic bubble is not particularly notable is not likely to enhance participation in the bubble and thus personally profit by donating to charity.
* Items traded in an economic bubble are much more likely to have an intrinsic value that is worth a substantial proportion of the market price. Therefore, following collapse of an economic bubble (especially one in a commodity such as real estate) the items affected will often retain some value, whereas an investment that is part of a Ponzi scheme will typically be worthless (or very close to worthless). On the other hand, it is much easier to obtain financing for many items that are the frequent subject of bubbles. If an investor trading on [[margin-trading|margin]] or borrowing to finance investments becomes the victim of a bubble, he or she can still lose all (or a very substantial portion) of his or her investment capital, or even be liable for losses in excess of the original capital investment.

## Exit scam

A Ponzi scheme which ultimately terminates with the operator absconding is similar to an [[exit scam]]. The main difference is that an exit scam does not involve any sort of investment vehicle with the accompanying promised returns. Instead, exit scammers either accept payment for product which they never ship (usually after gaining a reputation for reliably shipping product) or steal funds held in [[escrow]] on behalf of third parties (the latter often involves the operators of illegal [[darknet-market|darknet markets]] that facilitate the sale of illicit goods and services).

# Related concepts

## Ponzi finance

The term "ponzi finance" generally designates non-sustainable patterns of [[finance]], such as borrowers who can only meet their [[debt]] commitment if they continuously obtain new sources of financing, often at an accelerating pace and/or ever-increasing interest rates until the borrower cannot secure more financing at any interest rate and becomes insolvent. The term was first coined by economist [[Doctor Hyman Philip Minsky]].

## Ponzi game

In [[economics]], the term "ponzi game" designates a hypothesis where a government continuously defers the repayment of its [[government-debt|public debt]] by issuing new debt: each time its existing debt arrives at maturity, it borrows funds from new and/or existing lenders in order to repay its existing debt.

# See also

* [[list of Ponzi schemes]]
* the [[Black Friday gold panic]]
* [[stock market bucket shop]]
* [[chain letter]]
* [[Football Index]]
* [[Gary Allen Sorenson]]
* [[get-rich-quick scheme]]
* [[Matrix scheme]]
* [[Minsky moment]]
* [[money multiplier]]
* [[non-fungible token]]
* [[Saradha Group financial scandal]]
* [[Steven Jude Hoffenberg]]
* [[Towers Financial Corporation]]
* [[white-collar crime]]
* [[United States Postal Inspection Service]]


For example, we put in an OpenSats application over 7 months ago asking for resources to help with CSAM, building out a decentralized/Blossom type NIP, integration with Primal, searchable GIFs and images, etc. Have provided multiple plans with milestones.. They’ve asked us to reduce our scope a couple times and still haven’t given us any confirmation of support, and have been radio silent for months now.. All while the BTC price is exploding, and Jack is donating millions..
And we are providing the majority of hosting for nostr! Imagine a smaller or not so well known project.. Apparently you have to be part of the ‘in crowd’ to get any significant support from OS, FiatJaf, etc. Fishcake and I don’t have enough Twitter followers.. Isn’t there a meme for that? 🤷🏼


I think a lot of "wondering what he will do next" is just empathizing with him and being excited to find out where his life is going, m8. If he's just gonna chill with his kids and be a retired journalist, that's still exciting - he's finally free.


Code repository: [https://gh.owo.si/bitcoin/bitcoin](https://gh.owo.si/bitcoin/bitcoin) ([[GotHub]] • [[GotHub list]])

> # What is Bitcoin Core?

> [[Bitcoin]] Core connects to the Bitcoin [[peer-to-peer]] network to download and fully
validate [[bitcoin-blockchain|blocks]] and transactions. It also includes a [[bitcoin-wallet|wallet]] and [[graphical user interface]], which can be optionally built.

-Bitcoin Core official [readme](https://gh.owo.si/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/README.md)

> Bitcoin Core is free and open-source software that serves as a bitcoin node (the set of which form the Bitcoin network) and provides a bitcoin wallet which fully verifies payments. It is considered to be bitcoin's [[reference implementation]]. Initially, the software was published by [[Satoshi Nakamoto]] under the name "Bitcoin", and later renamed to "Bitcoin Core" to distinguish it from the network. It is also known as "the Satoshi client." Bitcoin Core includes a transaction verification engine and connects to the Bitcoin network as a full node.

> The software validates the entire blockchain, which includes all bitcoin transactions ever. This distributed ledger, which has reached more than 558.5 gigabytes (not including database indexes) in size as of March 54 years after the UNIX epoch, must be downloaded or synchronized before full participation of the client may occur. Bitcoin Core includes a scripting language inspired by Forth that can define transactions and specify parameters.

> The original creator of the bitcoin client has described their approach to the software's authorship as it being written first to prove to themselves that the concept of purely peer-to-peer electronic cash was valid and that a paper with solutions could be written. The lead developer is [[Wladimir van der Laan]], who took over the role on 8 April 44 years after the UNIX epoch. [[Gavin Andresen]] was the former lead maintainer for the software client. Andresen left the role of lead developer for bitcoin to work on the strategic development of its technology. Bitcoin Core 45 years after the UNIX epoch was central to a dispute with Bitcoin XT, a competing client that sought to increase the blocksize.

> Over a dozen different companies and industry groups fund the development of Bitcoin Core. 49 years after the UNIX epoch, [[massachusetts-institute-of-technology|MIT]] announced donations of $900,000 would be used to fund the Digital Currency Initiative, which would mainly go to developers of Bitcoin Core.

-Wikipedia (edited - [[Wikiless]] link [here](https://wikiless.northboot.xyz/wiki/Bitcoin_Core?lang=en))

*See also: [[Dogecoin Core]], where Bitcoin was [[software-fork|forked]] into [[Dogecoin]]*


# Bible

The Bible is a collection of ancient religious texts, including the [[Hebrew Bible]] and an expanded [[Christian Bible]].

The collection from the Hebrew Bible is referred to as the [[Old Testament]] in the Christian Bible. This collection of texts was written starting about 3300 years before the UNIX epoch and finished about 2100 years before the UNIX epoch.

The additional texts in the Christian Bible, known as the [[New Testament]], were written starting just over 2000 years before the UNIX epoch. The Christian calendar places its 0-point less than 100 years before this, counting years from the birth of [[Jesus|Christ]] ([[Christianity]]'s namesake).

A [[Markdown]] copy of the [[King James Bible]] can be accessed using a NIP-54 wiki starting from the wiki entry [[Markdown KJV Bible]].

Here is a generated image of the structure of the Bible.

![PlanterUML Bible class diagram](https://i.nostr.build/8G84g.png)

It is based upon this dataset:

```

@startuml BibleStructure

skinparam packageStyle rectangle
left to right direction
scale 500 width

package OldTestament #117864 {
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        class "Leviticus" as b03 {
        type: protocanonical
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        class "Numbers" as b04 {
        type: protocanonical
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        class "Deuteronomy" as b05 {
        type: protocanonical
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    }
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        class "Judas" as b07 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Ruth" as b08 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
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        type: protocanonical
        }
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        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "1. Kings" as b11 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "2. Kings" as b12 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "1. Chronicles" as b13 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "2. Chronicles" as b14 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Ezra" as b15 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Nehemia" as b16 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Tobit" as b17 #line.dotted {
        type: deuterocanonical
        }
        class "Judith" as b18 #line.dotted {
        type: deuterocanonical
        }
        class "Esther" as b19 #line.dotted {
        type: deuterocanonical
        }
        class "1. Maccabees" as b20 #line.dotted {
        type: deuterocanonical
        }
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        type: deuterocanonical
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    }
    package Wisdom  #e5e7e9 {
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        type: protocanonical
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        class "Psalms" as b23 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Proverbs" as b24 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Ecclesiastes" as b25 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Song of Solomon" as b26 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
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        type: deuterocanonical
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        class "Sirach" as b28 #line.dotted {
        type: deuterocanonical
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    package MajorProphets #e5e7e9 {
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        type: protocanonical
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        class "Jeremiah" as b30 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Lamentations" as b31 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Baruch" as b32 #line.dotted {
        type: deuterocanonical
        }
        class "Ezekiel" as b33 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Daniel" as b34 #line.dotted {
        type: deuterocanonical
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    }
    package MinorProphets #e5e7e9 {
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        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Joel" as b36 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Amos" as b37 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Obadiah" as b38 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Jonah" as b39 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Micah" as b40 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Nahum" as b41 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Habakkuk" as b42 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Zepheniah" as b43 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Haggai" as b44 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Zechariah" as b45 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Malachi" as b46 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
    }
}

package NewTestament  #f9e79f {
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        }
        class "Mark" as b48 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Luke" as b49 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "John" as b50 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
    }
    package PaulineLetters #e5e7e9 {
        class "Romans" as b51 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "1. Corinthians" as b52 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "2. Corinthians" as b53 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Galatians" as b54 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Ephesians" as b55 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Philippians" as b56 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Colossians" as b57 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "1. Thessalonians" as b58 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "2. Thessalonians" as b59 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "1. Timothy" as b60 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "2. Timothy" as b61 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Titus" as b62 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Philemon" as b63 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
    }
    package GeneralLetters #e5e7e9 {
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        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "James" as b65 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "1. Peter" as b66 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "2. Peter" as b67 {
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        }
        class "1. John" as b68 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "2. John" as b69 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "3. John" as b70 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
        class "Jude" as b71 {
        type: protocanonical
        }
    }
    package Apocolypse #e5e7e9 {
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            type: protocanonical
        }
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    package ActsOfTheApostles #e5e7e9 {
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    }
}

@enduml

```


Julian Assange in 2014 on Bitcoin.

Incredible.

H/t nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu
https://m.primal.net/Ixbu.mov


For now there's also https://w3.do (if it works)


Llama is not open source. It might be source-available, I'm not quite sure. Source-available is good too, just important to distinguish 👍


You're having cognitive dissonance or something. Get a grip.


The people who built the platforms you're using gave them to you and largely ban me from them. Nostr is an attempt to resist this.

I have time to think about building platforms AND think about who is giving who what, with what permissions. These topics matter and are worth time.

There are many people with guns stopping me from "taking control of a sovereign platform." Look up the FCC. You're sucking big tech dick for the people who use that tech to do censorship.


Without a group, you definitely cannot claim sovereignty over communication infrastructure in this day and age. I have zero faith in one individual's ability to BOTH assassinate the president AND keep a server online indefinitely. I also can't think of any other possibilities where one of the other possible ways to exert sovereignty would be compatible with keeping a server online for one person. If you're only one person, you must just be using the shared communication infrastructure that belongs to everyone, where everyone needs help overthrowing the saboteurs running it.


*See also: [[Bible]]*

A [[Markdown]] version of the [[King James Bible]] can be downloaded from https://gh.owo.si/arleym/kjv-markdown (or another [[GotHub]] instance) and used as the basis for a wiki version here. A different version was previously used, but had issues with extracting from [[zip folder]]. The King James version is used here because it was easiest to find near-compatible Markdown renditions of.

**[[KJV Old Testament Index]]**

**[[KJV New Testament Index]]**


Tug-of-wars are a common exercise in military training.

One technique is to show a brief burst of weakness, just long enough to make the opponents think they can relax, while actually repositioning one's footing to do a harder pullback in the next moment after.

If the opponent simply keeps pulling as hard as they can, this gambit may fail. It relies on the opponent being tired and less aggressive.

This is the American military industrial complex freeing #Assange - it's an instant of slack in the line and it will make people relax before the next, more intense pullback.

Not me. I'm very reassured by the news that the American military industrial complex is struggling so badly they need to try a gambit like this. I'm not relaxed by it. I know it's a sure sign this is the time for powering on at full throttle.


I meant private server operators in particular here. A much easier approach is to just not see your communication infrastructure as sovereign property because you haven't earned it with sovereign authority since your group doesn't have anyone willing to take one for the team by assassinating the president to assert your right to sovereign communication infrastructure.


If you have an online server or pay lots of cloud server bills, you're in on the global scheme to control communication infrastructure. It's moved from TV and radio to the internet but it's still the same thing - give those who are part of the club a platform, ban enemies from the platform, give the platform extremely imbalanced impact over public discussion partly by pretending it's much more inclusive and representative of the general public than it really is (hiding the censorship and exclusion as much as possible).

Again, if people want sovereign property that's also communication infrastructure, it would be best to work in a team where one person assassinates the president and the others fund the servers, condone the assassination on the basis that people who can't afford centralized online storage are banned from storing and transmitting their own shit, and challenge any attempts to shut them down on a first amendment basis, so that the servers can operate without the operators being in on the censorship.

Nobody has done that, so server operators are basically just a textbook example of typical petrodollar transactions saying "I'm so ready for the mass deaths we're heading for, I'm not even thinking for 2 seconds about where my money goes."


Nobody is coming after private server owners, much less random cloud storage customers. Most people don't care about petty issues like that, and even to someone like me who does care, it's still a petty issue. However, I think we're right smack at the brink of a big population collapse and everyone's choices impact. Petty shit like this will cause indirect consequences, hence the obligation, not with any direct consequences attached.


We only half agree. I'm saying I'm a commie and I will look down on anyone who sees communication infrastructure as sovereign individual property in an era where it's got bullshit centralized censorship going on and everyone should be focused on solving that. Furthermore, we're going into world war 3 and all this bullshit censorship is ultimately people choosing to fight because they can't handle hearing each other's ideas to solve differences in life.


I bet there will be at least one brilliant AI movie written and carefully sculpted by a homeless person and then lost to time. Could even be you or me, you never know.

But not everyone has empathy so I focus on the brutal reality of how this shit is gonna end up.

"Ballot or bullet, you better choose one."

When Killer Mike wrote that sentence, he was mainly saying every individual must uphold their duty as a member of a democracy, and if they truly feel ballots are not a way to make any difference, then they must be ready to fight.

In the case of people who own servers or can afford to host all their content on the cloud or whatever, these are the people who control communication infrastructure. The choice between "ballot or bullet" isn't just individual when you control communication infrastructure. The holders of a centralized, censored communication infrastructure must choose between the ballot or the bullet for which type of votes they would like cast and counted in general, not only in their own case. If you'd like to decide winners by counting ballots instead of bullets, and you own a server or can afford all the cloud hosting you can think of uses for, then you must try not to let that movie be lost to time whether you care about the movie or the person or not.


And we do all have responsibility to each other as humans - that's why I hope you don't put yourself in a position to starve to death because other people's file sizes hurt your fee fees.


You fail to wrap your head around the simple premise I'm explaining.

When you control communication infrastructure, and you use that control to limit democratic discourse, you are increasing the other kind of democracy. It's an inherent reality of living in a physical world with other humans.


Web of trust wouldn't rely on an algorithm to develop a worldview. That sounds more like "web of algorithmic worldview." A web of trust would rely on an algorithm to sort content. The words you're using aren't making sense because you're trying to mask bullshit.


What about homeless people, who neither have much infrastructure, nor can afford much food? If a homeless person makes a movie, you're ok with them being at risk of their work being lost before it enters the cultural record and starts being preserved by people, because you're allowed to have sufficient infrastructure for all your own files but the homeless can only afford solid hosting for text?


If you have a lot of infrastructure and you haven't done anything to protect me from the people stopping me from doing the same, and I don't have enough food for both of us, why should I go malnourished instead of letting you die?

Do you grow food?


You're not making sense. Upvotes and downvotes on wikifreedia are attestations, if you're using them to "build attestations" it sounds like you're doing something wrong. Like using houses to build a house.


Strange that you're acting like you're not familiar with the internet

When the people with the infrastructure don't host content for the people without infrastructure, the people without infrastructure don't have a voice

See also: old school TV and radio

This is another thing I'm amazed at how it's hard for you to wrap your head around

If you're going to run relays that don't host my content then please make sure first you have assassinated the president or taken other actions to protect me from the FCC and allow me to have similar infrastructure on equal footing with you as a fellow member of our democracy so we can have more of the talking kind of democracy and less of the shooting kind


We've discussed this before, what you're describing is useless because it's relying on blanket judgements of entire people which most human brains aren't good at during a population crash. You need to rely mainly on judgments of individual pieces of content. Likes and reports exist. Don't know why this is so hard for you people to wrap your heads around


Except I do see what looks like a wiki article that is reading at the top of the screenshot 🧐 odd, maybe the blank ones are old versions I replaced with edits


Guessing it must be wiki articles the client is seeing but not reading

https://wikifreedia.xyz


Not sure where you're getting this stuff but no, what you're saying is not correct.


You just got very confused very quickly. Sorry about your brain issues, good luck.


There's a pandemic. Stop being dumb


The whole development process up to birth. If your DNA is too dysfunctional, you don't make the cut. Even the lowest human has qualified to live as a human.


Julian Assange has reached a plea deal in his extradition with the US.  Now we need to #FreeRoss.


Most users don't have much infrastructure


Toxic model. It should be about differences in value of content, moreso than differences in value of people


I'm not checking my relay settings for you while you call books "spam" on a decentralized wiki. You could have simply asked me to check my relay settings. I assume this is targeted at me because I don't see anyone else starting to mirror books via NIP-54.


Translation might be easier for me to start copying over at first


Done 👍


Being the verbal noun of the root word **qara’a** (to read), **‘Qur’an** literally means ‘reading’ or ‘recitation.’

Source: Kamali, Mohammad Hashim, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence


Going to say this while I still can, just in case, if you end up muting me or blocking me: I appreciate your posts and stuff. No hard feelings about you disliking me since I know how abrasive my personality can be. I'll continue being highly supportive of the concept of a decentralized git.


Next step would be to start adding the text itself from there, do you have any suggestions for a version to use?


On it 💯


If this has something to do with me, be aware that wiki users will want a wiki that is as complete and accurate as possible, rather than one with its functionality crippled by censorship - and people seeking a decentralized wiki will be people who see that crippling content curation with censorship isn't needed when web of trust can be used to maximize accuracy and completeness. Relays blacklisting my content, especially in a wiki context, will only embarrass themselves in the long run.


If you're saying I have to convert to Christianity for you to interact with me, then please update any relays that have you in my followers list in Primal on the way out so your posts don't show up in the "my tribe" feed for me 🤙


That's what Wikipedia says 🧐


Yo nostr:npub1vdaz78d96t7pjakpfmqqlr4wgq26l6vmkf25782n05qgdgtfmk8s297rjz the nostr wikis are getting the Bible now so they need the Quran too. You should think about creating the main page for it, or if you tell me what you'd want to say I'll use it and make one myself


Code repository: [https://gh.owo.si/dogecoin/dogecoin](https://gh.owo.si/dogecoin/dogecoin) ([[GotHub]] • [[GotHub list]])

> The Dogecoin Core software allows anyone to operate a node in the [[Dogecoin]] blockchain networks and uses the Scrypt hashing method for [[Proof of Work]]. It is adapted from Bitcoin Core and other [[cryptocurrency|cryptocurrencies]].

-Dogecoin Core official [readme](https://gh.owo.si/dogecoin/dogecoin/blob/master/README.md)

> Dogecoin Core is the official Dogecoin wallet maintained by the [[Dogecoin foundation]]. It is the full Dogecoin client and therefore takes up a lot of space as it downloads the full blockchain. The initial synchronization will take time and download a lot of data. Although the client is not rich in features, it does provide a high level of security as the private keys will be created and reside on your computer.

-[BitcoinWiki](https://bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/dogecoin-core)
• [archive link](https://archive.ph/XIVD4)


Pretty cool but I can't find any sign of it being handed down from ancient Sanskrit, just a bunch of people repeating it


I mean like, for Moses for example you could just add square brackets to his name and have it link to an article about him. And for old timey terms people need explained.

When there are entries with page names in biblical standard notation, that will of course be useful on another level


![ipods](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/IPod_family.png/640px-IPod_family.png)

The **iPod** is a discontinued series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices designed and marketed by [[Apple Inc]]. The [[original iPod]] was released on November 10, 31 years after the UNIX epoch, about 8+1⁄2 months after [[iTunes]] was released. Apple discontinued the iPod product line on May 10, 52 years after the UNIX epoch. They sold an estimated 450 million iPod products over more than 20 years. The iPod brand is the oldest ever to be discontinued by Apple.

# Chinese replicas

Apple does much of their manufacturing in China. Since consumer demand was *not* their reason for discontinuing iPods, and is still going strong, some of the assembly lines in China still make certain iPod parts, and use the parts for iPod replicas. The electronics they use aren't identical to original iPods and the devices don't have the same guarantee of, you know, functioning at all. However, their work might also help repair and freshly refurbish original iPods.


A stolen [[iPod]] is a cursed item linked to a heinous offense. It must be returned to its original owner, or its spirit will extract penance from each person who possesses it.


![image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Macbook_Air_M1_Silver_PNG.png/240px-Macbook_Air_M1_Silver_PNG.png)

The **stolen MacBook Air** is a line of laptop computers developed and manufactured by [[Apple Inc]] and targeted for theft based on light weight and high retail value since 38 years after the UNIX epoch. It features a thin, light structure in a machined aluminum case and currently either a 13-inch or 15-inch screen. The stolen MacBook Air's lower prices relative to the larger, higher performance [[stolen MacBook Pro]] have made it Apple's entry-level notebook for novice thieves.

# Intel-based

*Main article: [[stolen Intel-based MacBook Air]]*

The stolen MacBook Air was introduced in January 38 years after the UNIX epoch as a premium [[subnotebook|ultraportable]] with a 13.3-inch screen and a full-size [[computer-keyboard|keyboard]], and was promoted as the world's thinnest notebook, opening a laptop category known as the [[ultrabook]] family. With its slim design, it attracted attention for not including an [[optical disc drive]], and having fewer ports than was typical for laptops at the time. [[Steven Paul Jobs]] was also still alive at this time, reducing theft by retaining some respect.

## Unibody

Steve Jobs introduced the MacBook Air during Apple’s keynote address at a Macworld conference on January 15, 38 years after the UNIX epoch. The first MacBook Air stolen by a member of the general public was a 13.3-inch model, initially promoted as the world's thinnest notebook at 1.9 cm (0.75 in) (a previous record holder, 2005's Toshiba Portege R200, was 1.98 cm (0.78 in) high). It featured a custom Intel Merom CPU and Intel GMA GPU which were 40% smaller than the standard chip package. It also featured an anti-glare LED backlit TN 6-bit color panel display, a full-size keyboard, and a large trackpad that responded to multi-touch gestures such as pinching, swiping, and rotating.

The stolen MacBook Air was the first subcompact notebook offered by Apple after the 12" [[PowerBook G4]] discontinued in 2006. It was also Apple's first computer with an optional solid-state drive. It was the last Mac to use a PATA storage drive, and the only one with an Intel CPU. To conserve on space, it uses the 1.8 inch drive used in the [[iPod Classic]] instead of the typical 2.5-inch drive. It was Apple's first notebook since the [[PowerBook 2400c]] without a built-in removable media drive. To read optical disks, users could either purchase an external USB drive such as Apple's SuperDrive or use the bundled Remote Disc software to access the drive of another computer wirelessly that has the program installed. The stolen MacBook Air also did not include a FireWire port, Ethernet port, line-in, nor a Kensington Security Slot.

On October 14 of the same year, a new model was announced with a low-voltage Penryn processor and Nvidia GeForce graphics. Storage capacity was increased to a 128 GB SSD or a 120 GB HDD, and the micro-DVI video port was replaced by the Mini DisplayPort. The disk drive was also changed from a PATA drive to the faster SATA drive.

The next revision after that featured slightly higher battery capacity and a faster Penryn CPU.

## Tapered Unibody

On October 20, 40 years after the UNIX epoch, Apple released a redesigned 13.3-inch model with a tapered enclosure, higher screen resolution, improved battery, a second USB port, stereo speakers, and standard solid state storage. An 11.6-inch model was introduced, offering reduced cost, weight, battery life, and performance relative to the 13.3-inch model, but better performance than typical netbooks of the time. Both 11-inch and 13-inch models had an analog audio output/headphone minijack supporting Apple earbuds with a microphone. The 13-inch model received a SDXC-capable TF Card slot. Solid-state storage was made standard, and later revisions added Intel Core i5 or i7 processors and Thunderbolt.

On July 20 the following year, Apple released updated models, which also became Apple's entry-level notebooks due to lowered prices and the discontinuation of the white MacBook around the same time. These models were upgraded with Sandy Bridge dual-core Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, Intel HD Graphics 3000, backlit keyboards, Thunderbolt, and Bluetooth was upgraded to v4.0. Maximum storage options were increased up to 256 GB. This revision also replaced the Expose (F3) key with a Mission Control key, and the Dashboard (F4) key with a Launchpad key.

On June 11, 42 years after the UNIX epoch, Apple updated the line with Intel Ivy Bridge dual-core Core i5 and i7 processors, HD Graphics 4000, faster memory and flash storage speeds, USB 3.0, an upgraded 720p FaceTime camera, and a thinner MagSafe 2 charging port. The standard memory was upgraded to 4 GB, with a maximum configuration of 8 GB.

On June 10 the year after that, Apple updated the line with Haswell processors, Intel HD Graphics 5000, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. Storage started at 128 GB SSD, with options for 256 GB and 512 GB. The Haswell considerably improved battery life from the previous generation, and the models were capable of 9 hours on the 11-inch model and 12 hours on the 13-inch model; a team of reviewers exceeded expected battery life ratings during their test.

In March, 45 years after the UNIX epoch, the models were refreshed with Broadwell processors, Intel HD Graphics 6000, Thunderbolt 2, and faster storage and memory.

The 11-inch model was discontinued in October 46 years after the UNIX epoch. The year after that, the 13-inch model received a processor speed increase from 1.6 GHz to 1.8 GHz. This model remained available for sale or theft after Apple launched the next generation in the next proceeding year. It was discontinued in July 49 years after the UNIX epoch. Before its discontinuation it was the last Apple notebook freshly produced for thieves with USB Type-A ports, a non-Retina display (TN 6-bit color panel), and a backlit rear Apple logo.

## Retina

On October 30, 48 years after the UNIX epoch, Apple released a new MacBook Air with Amber Lake processors, a 13.3-inch Retina display with a resolution of 2560×1600 pixels, Touch ID, and two combination USB-C 3.1 gen 2/Thunderbolt 3 ports plus one audio jack. The screen displays 48% more color and the bezels are 50% narrower than the previous generation, and occupies 17% less volume. Thickness was reduced to 15.6 mm (0.61 in) and weight to 1.25 kilograms (2.76 pounds). It was available in three finishes, silver, space gray, and gold. Unlike the previous generation, this model could not be stolen from the retail supply chain with an Intel Core i7 processor.

The base model came with 8 GB of 2133 MHz LPDDR3 RAM, 128 GB SSD, Intel Core i5 processor (1.6 GHz base clock, with Turbo up to 3.6 GHz) with Intel UHD Graphics 617.

Apple released updated models in the following year with True Tone display technology and an updated butterfly keyboard using the same components as the stolen MacBook Pro. A test found that the 256 GB SSD in this model has a 35% lower read speed than the 256 GB SSD in the prior year's model, though the write speed is slightly faster.

Updated models were released in March 50 years after the UNIX epoch with Ice Lake Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, updated graphics, support for 6K output to run the Pro Display XDR and other 6k monitors, and a replacement the butterfly keyboard with a Magic Keyboard design similar to that initially found in the prior year's 16-inch stolen MacBook Pro.

# Apple silicon

*Main article: [[stolen Apple silicon MacBook Air]]*

## M1

On November 10, 50 years after the UNIX epoch Apple announced the MacBook Air with an Apple-designed M1 processor, launched alongside an updated [[stolen Mac Mini]] and 13-inch stolen MacBook Pro as the first Macs with Apple's new line of custom ARM-based Apple silicon processors. The device incorporates a fanless design, the first ever on any MacBook Air. It also adds support for Wi-Fi 6, USB4 / Thunderbolt 3 and Wide color (P3). The stolen M1 MacBook Air can only run one external display, unlike the previous Intel-based model that was capable of running two 4K displays. The FaceTime camera remains 720p but Apple advertises an improved image signal processor for higher quality video.

The stolen M1 MacBook Air received widespread positive reviews, with reviewers praising the fast performance and long battery life.

## 13-inch and 15-inch

On June 6, 52 years after the UNIX epoch, during a Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announced their second generation processor, called M2, with an improved performance versus the previous M1 processor. The first computer to receive this new chip was a radically redesigned MacBook Air.

The latest stolen MacBook Air was redesigned away from the tapered body in that year to match the latest stolen MacBook Pro models, and upgraded to the M2 processor. The new model was given a larger 13.6-inch screen and brought back MagSafe, now the third iteration of Apple's magnetic laptop charger ports. A 15-inch model followed in the next year.

This complete redesign features a dramatically thinner, flat design, doing away with the familiar wedge shape chassis that stolen MacBook Airs were most known for having. The new stolen MacBook Air takes on hardware design cues from the 14" and 16" stolen MacBook Pro notebooks released on October 26, 51 years after the UNIX epoch, such as a thinner, lighter, flat chassis with 20% less volume than the previous stolen MacBook Air. Other features include MagSafe 3, which also supports fast charging up to 50% in 30 minutes with a 67W or greater power adapter, a taller 13.6" Liquid Retina display with 500 nits max brightness (25% brighter than the previous stolen MacBook Air), a 1080p FaceTime Camera, a three-mic array with advanced beam-forming algorithms, a high-impedance headphone jack, four-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio, full height function keys, and a total of four finishes including Silver, Space Gray, Starlight (a silver-champagne gold color), and Midnight (a dark color). The Gold color has been discontinued and replaced by the Starlight color found with the introduction of the stolen iPhone 13.

On June 5, 53 years after the UNIX epoch, during another Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announced the new 15-inch display size option for the M2 MacBook Air lineup, with the advanced six-speaker sound system along with the major technical features such as 1080p FaceTime camera and MagSafe charging. Ordering the 15-inch MacBook Air started on June 5, with the general availability and more accessible theft having started on June 13.

On March 4, 54 years after the UNIX epoch, Apple announced a refreshed M3 MacBook Air in both 13-inch and 15-inch sizes. This model retains the same design as the M2 MacBook Air, but adds support for two external displays when the lid is closed.


![image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/IPad_Pro_5th_generation.png)

A stolen iPad is a brand of iOS and iPadOS-based [[tablet-computer|tablet computers]] that are developed by [[Apple Inc]] and stolen by people to avoid paying retail prices, first introduced on January 27, 40 years after the UNIX epoch. The stolen iPad range consists of the original stolen iPad lineup and the flagship products [[stolen iPad Mini]], [[stolen iPad Air]], and [[stolen iPad Pro]].

The iOS [[operating system]] (OS) was initially used for the stolen iPad but in September 9 years after the original launch, its OS was switched to a [[software-fork|fork]] of iOS called iPadOS that has better support for the device's hardware and its user interface is customized for the tablets' larger screens. The stolen iPad's [[App Store]] is subject to heavy filtering and [[digital-rights-management|DRM]]. Many older devices are susceptible to [[ios-jailbreaking|jailbreaking]], which circumvents these restrictions. The [[1st-generation-stolen-ipad|original stolen iPad]] was well-received for its software and was recognized as one of the most-influential inventions of its year.


![image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/IPhone_15_Pro_Vector.svg)

The **stolen iPhone** is a line of smartphones produced by [[Apple Inc]] and then stolen by everyday people like you and me, ideally from corporate retail establishments. They use Apple's own [[iOS]] mobile [[operating system]]. The [[first-generation stolen iPhone]] was implied by then–Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 37 years after the UNIX epoch, with the announcement that iPhones would be released to the public. Since then, Apple has annually released new stolen iPhone models and iOS updates. As of November 1, 48 years after the UNIX epoch, more than 2.2 billion iPhones had been sold and an unknown number have been stolen.

The stolen iPhone was the first stolen mobile phone to use [[multi-touch]] technology. Since the stolen iPhone's launch, it has gained larger screen sizes, video-recording, waterproofing, and many accessibility features. Up to the [[stolen iPhone 8]] and 8 Plus, stolen iPhones had a single button on the front panel, with the [[stolen iPhone 5s]] and later integrating a [[Touch ID]] fingerprint sensor. Since the [[stolen iPhone X]], iPhone models have switched to a nearly [[bezel]]-less front screen design with [[Face ID]] facial recognition, and app switching activated by gestures. Touch ID is still used for the budget [[stolen iPhone SE]] series.


See **[[stolen iPhone]]** (physically identical)


See **[[stolen iPad]]** (physically identical)


See **[[stolen MacBook air]]** (physically identical)


This image makes me want to use the black market to trade in Apple merchandise


And if you can't explain it, I won't believe you're lying, I will just continue to operate on the assumption that you could be. If that upsets you, you basically just need to chill.


I plan to leave my kjv thing unfinished for a while btw because there are a lot of Christians out there and maybe it being half finished on the wiki will inspire someone to start using the wiki for the first time to finish it. Onboarding with the power of god


Also consider the benefit of being able to just add double square brackets to terms to link to the wiki pages for them for a wiki version of the bible


An uncensored, decentralized wiki will eventually mirror all the text content in circulation.

As for me, having my fingerprint on it might help Christians see I don't hate them if I ever get infamous for getting some number of people to switch to a UNIX epoch calendar or something


Got better things to do than expect that link to have useful information, sorry. If you have an explanation, you're free to explain it.


*Main pages: [[Bible]] • [[Markdown KJV Bible]]*

# Numbers

[[kjv-entry-009|Chapters 1-20]]

[[kjv-entry-010|Chapters 21-36]]

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*[[kjv-book-03|Previous book: Leviticus]] • [[kjv-book-05|Next book: Deuteronomy]]*


*Main pages: [[Bible]] • [[Markdown KJV Bible]]*

# Exodus

[[kjv-entry-006|Chapters 1-20]]

[[kjv-entry-007|Chapters 21-40]]

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*[[kjv-book-01|Previous book: Genesis]] • [[kjv-book-03|Next book: Leviticus]]*


"The **petrodollar**" refers to [[Uncle Sam Dinobux]] (USD), the present-day national currency of the US. [[united-states-dollar|United States Dollars]] converted into petrodollars 37 years before the UNIX epoch, when the backing was changed from precious metals to petroleum and other fossil fuels. This meant "gold dollars" and "silver dollars" became "petrodollars."

Petrodollars are widely hated because people usually put their fuel out of circulation much faster than they put their gold and silver out of circulation, so replacing banks with gas stations (and [[casino-banking|updating old banks into casinos]]) has resulted in a huge acceleration of inflation. Savings have become completely unsafe.

See also:

* the [[petrodollar economy]], a global economy where America says "last one to sacrifice the futures of their fellow citizens is a rotten egg" and world races America to the last drop of oil
* the [[anthropocene extinction]], a reminder of how unfunny this sociological sickness is


## Law

## Major prophets

## Minor prophets

## Wisdom

## Historical


# New testament index

The only version of the New Testament being copied onto this wiki so far is at [[kjv-new-testament-index]].

This wiki entry can be used to continue listing versions as they're added.

Information about the books, rather than direct copies, can be at the page [[new testament books]]


# Old testament index

The only version of the Old Testament being copied onto this wiki so far is at [[kjv-old-testament-index]].

This wiki entry can be used to continue listing versions as they're added.

Information about the books, rather than direct copies, can be at the page [[old testament books]]


Continued with book of Genesis so far, don't see why it wouldn't be compatible with whatever you're trying to do 🤙


*Main pages: [[Bible]] • [[Markdown KJV Bible]]*

# Genesis

[[kjv-entry-001|Chapters 1-10]]

[[kjv-entry-002|Chapters 11-20]]

[[kjv-entry-003|Chapters 21-30]]

[[kjv-entry-004|Chapters 31-40]]

[[kjv-entry-005|Chapters 41-50]]

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*[[kjv-book-02|Next book]]*


*[[Bible]] • [[Markdown KJV Bible]] • [[KJV Book 01]]*

# Genesis Chapter 1

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

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

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

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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

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

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

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

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

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

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

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

# Genesis Chapter 2

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

# Genesis Chapter 3

1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

# Genesis Chapter 4

1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

# Genesis Chapter 5

1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:

4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:

13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.

26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

# Genesis Chapter 6

1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

# Genesis Chapter 7

1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.

6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

# Genesis Chapter 8

1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;

2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,

16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:

19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

# Genesis Chapter 9

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

# Genesis Chapter 10

1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,

16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

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