Geneva-Tomson-JUNIUS (1776)

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The final London edition of the Geneva Bible contained the Old Testament from the Geneva Bible, Laurence Tomson's translation of the New Testament, and Junius's version of Revelation. Tomson's New Testament had replaced the original Geneva translation in the second edition of the Geneva Bible in 1576, and some 1599 editions replaced Tomson's translation of Revelation with that of Junius. This final printing retained that combination.

The Geneva Bible is sometimes known as the "Breeches Bible" because of its use of the word "breeches" in Genesis 3:7 to refer to the clothing Adam and Eve made for themselves. The 1776 edition changed "breeches" to "aprons".

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