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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,
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
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.
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
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.
Then
Cain said to his brother
Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field,
Cain rose up against his brother
Abel and killed him.
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.
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a
fugitive and a
wanderer on the earth.”
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and
begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name
Seth:
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him
Seth.
When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
And Cainan lived seventy years, and
begat Mahalaleel:
When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and
begat Jared:
When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he
begat Enoch:
When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of
Enoch.
And
Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and
begat a son:
When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
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.
The
Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—
when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of
renown.
And
Noah was six hundred years old
when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Now
Noah was 600 years old
when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
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.
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,
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.
And
whenever the
rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the
everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
And he
drank of the wine, and was
drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
But
when he
drank some of its wine, he became
drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
And
Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
These are the generations of
Shem:
Shem was an hundred years old, and
begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
This is the account of
Shem. Two years after the flood,
when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and
begat Salah:
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
And Salah lived thirty years, and
begat Eber:
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and
begat Peleg:
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and
begat Reu:
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and
begat Serug:
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of
Nahor.
And
Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and
begat Terah:
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of
Abram,
Nahor, and
Haran.
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.
So
Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and
Abram was seventy and five years old
when he departed out of
Haran.
So
Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him.
Abram was seventy-five years old
when he left
Haran.
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 it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
And it came to pass, that,
when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians
beheld the woman that she was very fair.
So
when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and
commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they
commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
And
when Abram heard that his brother was taken
captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto
Dan.
And
when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he
mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as
Dan.
And
when the fowls came down upon the carcases,
Abram drove them away.
And the birds of prey descended on the
carcasses, but
Abram drove them away.
And
when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon
Abram; and, lo, an
horror of great darkness fell upon him.
As the sun was setting,
Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness
overwhelmed him.
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking
firepot and a flaming
torch appeared and passed between the
halves of the
carcasses.
And he went in unto
Hagar, and she conceived: and
when she saw that she had conceived, her
mistress was
despised in her eyes.
And Sarai said unto
Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my
maid into thy
bosom; and
when she saw that she had conceived, I was
despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Then Sarai said to
Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was
pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
But
Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy
maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And
when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
“Here,” said
Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated
Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
“
Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my
mistress Sarai,” she replied.
And
when Abram was
ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to
Abram, and said unto him, I am the
Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
And he that is eight days old shall be
circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
Generation after generation, every male must be
circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did
Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a
surety bear a child, which am old?
And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did
Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child
when I am old?’
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward
Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
When the men got up to leave, they looked out over
Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
And there came two angels to
Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of
Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Now the two angels arrived at
Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the
gateway of the city.
When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
And
when the morning arose, then the angels
hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
At
daybreak the angels
hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
And while he
lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being
merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
But
when Lot
hesitated, the men
grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s
compassion for them.
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop
anywhere on the plain!
Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
So
when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the
catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the
firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not
when she lay down, nor
when she arose.
So that night they got their father
drunk with wine, and the
firstborn went in and
slept with her father; he was not aware
when she lay down or
when she got up.
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
So again that night they got their father
drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and
slept with him; he was not aware
when she lay down or
when she got up.
Therefore
Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were
sore afraid.
Early the next morning
Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and
when he described to them all that had happened, the men were
terrified.
And it came to pass,
when God caused me to
wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt
shew unto me; at every place
whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
So
when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to
Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your
loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
And Abraham
circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham
circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
And the water was spent in the
bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
And Abraham reproved
Abimelech because of a well of water, which
Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar,
atop the wood.
And the servant said unto him,
Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from
whence thou camest?
The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
And he made his camels to
kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
As evening approached, he made the camels
kneel down near the well outside the town at the time
when the women went out to draw water.
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
And it came to pass,
when he saw the
earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and
when he heard the words of
Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard
Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
And
Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master
when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
My master’s wife
Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do
prosper my way which I go;
So
when I came to the spring
today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a
maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your
jar,’
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and
tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
Then he and the men with him
ate and
drank and spent the night there.
When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
And
Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and
when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the
camel.
And
when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her
camelAnd
when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her
womb.
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her
womb.
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on
Esau’s
heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was
threescore years old
when she bare them.
After this, his brother came out
grasping Esau’s
heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old
when the twins were born.
And the boys grew: and
Esau was a
cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
When the boys grew up,
Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for
Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
But
when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of
Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
And it came to pass,
when he had been there a long time, that
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was
sporting with
Rebekah his wife.
When Isaac had been there a long time,
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac
caressing his wife
Rebekah.
And
Esau was forty years old
when he took to wife
Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives
Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
And it came to pass, that
when Isaac was old, and his eyes were
dim, so that he could not see, he called
Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son
Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,”
Esau replied.
And he came near, and
kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his
raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
So he came near and
kissed him.
When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “
Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
And
when Esau heard the words of his father, he
cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father,
Bless me, even me also, O my father.
When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “
Bless me too, O my father!”
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But
when you
rebel, you will
tear his yoke from your neck.”
And these words of
Esau her elder son were told to
Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother
Esau, as touching thee,
doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
When the words of her older son
Esau were relayed to
Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother
Esau is
consoling himself by
plotting to kill you.
When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-
aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan;
Now
Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-
aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a
Canaanite woman,”
And Jacob
awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
When Jacob
woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
When all the flocks had been gathered there, the
shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren,
whence be ye? And they said, Of
Haran are we.
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the
shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from
Haran,” they answered.
