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The Geneva Bible, sometimes known by the sobriquet Breeches Bible, is an early modern English Protestant Bible translation. It is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible int
Geneva Bible 1560 edition
Franklin's first design for the Great Seal of America, inspired by the frontispiece of the Geneva Bible
Geneva Bible title page 1589
Title page of a New Testament from the Geneva Bible, dated 1599 but probably printed circa 1616–1625
Great Bible
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The Great Bible of 1539 was the first royally authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. It
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…Souldiers Pocket Bible. Because the language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous, most readers strongly preferred this version to the Great Bible. In the words of Cleland Boyd McAfee, "it drove the Great Bible off the field by sheer power of excellence". The Geneva Bible followed the Great Bible…
Title page of the 1539 edition.