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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.
Now the earth was
formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was
hovering over the surface of the waters.
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.
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
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.
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
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:
And God said, “Let there be lights in the
expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
And let them be
for lights in the
firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And let them serve as lights in the
expanse of the sky to
shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
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.
And God said, “Let the waters
teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open
expanse of the sky.”
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.
So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters
teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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.
And God said, “Let the earth bring
forth living creatures according to their kinds:
livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
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.
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
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.
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
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.
Now no
shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field
sprouted;
for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to
cultivate the ground.
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.
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in
Eden; and there he put the man whom he had
formed.
And the LORD God planted a garden in
Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had
formed.
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.
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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.
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
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.
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
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.
The man gave names to all the
livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But
for Adam no suitable helper was found.
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.
And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
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.
“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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.
When the woman saw that the tree was good
for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable
for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and
ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he
ate it.
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.
And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they
sewed together fig leaves and made coverings
for themselves.
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.
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in
childbirth; in pain you will bring
forth children. Your desire will be
for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
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;
And to Adam He said: “Because you have
listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat,
cursed is the ground because of you; through
toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring
forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the
herb of the field;
Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
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.
By the
sweat of your
brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken.
For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
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:
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live
forever...”
Therefore the LORD God sent him
forth from the garden of
Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of
Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
And Adam knew
Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare
Cain, and said, I have
gotten a man from the LORD.
And Adam had relations with his wife
Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to
Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought
forth a man,” she said.
But unto
Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And
Cain was very
wroth, and his countenance fell.
but He had no regard
for Cain and his offering. So
Cain became very
angry, and his countenance fell.
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.
Then
Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and
Zillah, hear my voice; wives of
Lamech,
listen to my speech.
For I have slain a man
for wounding me, a young man
for striking me.
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.
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him
Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of
Abel, since
Cain killed him.”
And Cainan lived after he
begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and
forty years, and
begat sons and daughters:
And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Enoch walked with God: and he was not;
for God took him.
Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
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.
So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not
contend with man
forever,
for he is
mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
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.
So the LORD said, “I will
blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and
crawling creature and bird of the air—
for I am
grieved that I have made them.”
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
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.
Then God said to
Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
Make thee an ark of
gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Make
for yourself an ark of
gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
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.
You are to make a roof
for the ark, finish its walls a
cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
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.
You are also to take
for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food
for yourselves and
for the animals.”
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.
Then the LORD said to
Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
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.
For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth
for forty days and
forty nights, and I will
wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
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.
In the six
hundredth year of
Noah’s life, on the
seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep
burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
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.
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
And it came to pass at the end of
forty days, that
Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
After
forty days
Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
And he sent
forth a
raven, which went
forth to and
fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
and sent out a
raven. It kept flying back and
forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
Also he sent
forth a
dove from him, to see if the waters were
abated from off the face of the ground;
Then
Noah sent out a
dove to see if the waters had
receded from the surface of the ground.
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.
But the
dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent
forth the
dove out of the ark;
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the
dove from the ark.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent
forth the
dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
And
Noah waited seven more days and sent out the
dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
“Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.
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.
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds,
livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
And
Noah went
forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
So
Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
Every beast, every
creeping thing, and every fowl, and
whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went
forth out of the ark.
Every living creature, every
creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.
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.
When the LORD smelled the pleasing
aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I
curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat
for you; even as the green
herb have I given you all things.
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed:
for in the image of God made he man.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed;
for in His own image God has made mankind.
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
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:
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be
for a
token of a covenant between me and the earth.
I have set My
rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Whenever I
form clouds over the earth and the
rainbow appears in the clouds,
Out of that land went
forth Asshur, and builded
Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and
Calah,
From that land he went
forth into Assyria, where he built
Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir,
Calah,
Unto
Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of
Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
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.
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick
for stone, and
slime had they
for morter.
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and
bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Therefore is the name of it called
Babel; because the LORD did there
confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD
scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
That is why it is called
Babel,
for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
And
Abram and
Nahor took them wives: the name of
Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of
Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of
Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
And
Abram and
Nahor took wives
for themselves.
Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and
Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of
Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
And Terah took
Abram his son, and Lot the son of
Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son
Abram’s wife; and they went
forth with them from
Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
Canaan; and they came unto
Haran, and dwelt there.
And Terah took his son
Abram, his grandson Lot son of
Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of
Abram, and they set out from
Ur of the Chaldeans
for the land of
Canaan. But when they arrived in
Haran, they settled there.
And
Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had
gotten in
Haran; and they went
forth to go into the land of
Canaan; and into the land of
Canaan they came.
And
Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in
Haran, and set out
for the land of
Canaan. When they came to the land of
Canaan,
And there was a famine in the land: and
Abram went down into Egypt to
sojourn there;
for the famine was
grievous in the land.
Now there was a famine in the land. So
Abram went down to Egypt to live there
for a while because the famine was severe.
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well
for your sake, and on account of you my life will be
spared.”
And he
entreated Abram well
for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he
asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she
asses, and camels.
He treated
Abram well on her account, and
Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female
donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
And he went on his journeys from the south even to
Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between
Bethel and Hai;
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward
Bethel, until he came to the place between
Bethel and
Ai where his tent had
formerly been pitched,
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together,
for they had so many possessions that they were unable to
coexist.
And
Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no
strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen;
for we be brethren.
So
Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no
contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan
for himself and set out toward the east. And
Abram and Lot parted company.
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring
forever.
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
And there went out the king of
Sodom, and the king of
Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of
Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the
vale of Siddim;
Then the king of
Sodom, the king of
Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of
Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and
arrayed themselves
for battle in the Valley of Siddim
And there came one that had escaped, and told
Abram the Hebrew;
for he dwelt in the plain of
Mamre the Amorite, brother of
Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were
confederate with
Abram.
Then an escapee came and reported this to
Abram the Hebrew. Now
Abram was living near the Oaks of
Mamre the Amorite, a brother of
Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to
Abram.
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and
smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
During the night,
Abram divided his
forces and routed
Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
And
Melchizedek king of
Salem brought
forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Then
Melchizedek king of
Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
And the king of
Sodom said unto
Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to
thyself.
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner,
Eshcol, and
Mamre; let them take their portion.
I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share
for the men who went with me—Aner,
Eshcol, and
Mamre. They may take their portion.”
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come
forth out of thine own
bowels shall be thine heir.
Then the word of the LORD came to
Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
And he said unto
Abram, Know of a
surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall
afflict them four hundred years;
Then the LORD said to
Abram, “Know
for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be
enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
But in the fourth generation they shall come
hither again:
for the iniquity of the
Amorites is not yet full.
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here,
for the iniquity of the
Amorites is not yet complete.”
And Sarai
Abram’s wife took
Hagar her
maid the Egyptian, after
Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of
Canaan, and gave her to her husband
Abram to be his wife.
So after he had lived in
Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian
maidservant Hagar and gave her to
Abram to be his wife.