Freedom of religion, as a fundamental belief, is the root of the cause as to why the Pilgrims left England. The book that led the way has a lot of history as well. Let's take a closer look.

"The Breeches Bible" is another nickname of the Geneva Bible (1560). (See Placemakers' Bible above). It translated Genesis 3:3 as "They sowed fig-tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches." ...

Geneva Bible, 1589. Main Library – Special Collections – Rare BS170 1589. A copy of this edition in the British Library is also available online through LOUIS (search “Geneva Bible electronic resource ...

The Geneva Bible was first printed in 1560 and was the translation of choice for the early puritans including the pilgrim fathers. It was known as the 'Breeches' Bible by it's detractors as Adam ...

The 1615 “Breeches Bible” that was returned to Pittsburgh in April — ending a theft case dating to the 1990s — was an edition of the Geneva Bible that was first published in 1560 ...

Although we call the KJV the “authorized version,” there is no proof of it having been authorized, as had been the Great Bible (1539), Geneva Bible (1560) and the Bishop’s Bible (1568).

The copy of the Geneva Bible is valued at between £5,000 and £10,000 by Bloomfield Auctions. It was printed in 1615 and was taken to what is now the United States in 1633 by Elizabeth Pole.

They put together this version of the Bible, translated into English, the first full edition of which appeared in 1560. It was printed in England in the latter half of the 1570s .

The copy of the Geneva Bible is valued at between £5,000 and £10,000 by Bloomfield Auctions. It was printed in 1615 and was taken to what is now the United States in 1633 by Elizabeth Pole.