And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.

And Jehovah God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?

therefore Jehovah God sent him out from the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he had been taken.

And Cain talked with his brother Abel. And it happened when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

And Jehovah said to him, Therefore whoever kills Cain shall be avenged seven times. And Jehovah set a mark upon Cain so that anyone who found him should not kill him.

And Adam knew his wife again. And she bore a son, and called his name Seth. For she said, God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain killed him.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.

And Enoch walked with God, and then he was not, for God took him.

Noah did so, according to all that God commanded him, so he did.

And Noah did according to all that Jehovah commanded him.

And Noah went in. And his sons and his wife and his sons' wives went in with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

And they that entered, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And Jehovah shut him in.

And every living thing which was on the face of the earth was destroyed, from man to cattle, and to the creeping things, and the fowls of the heavens. And they were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

He also sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had gone down from off the face of the earth.

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot. And she returned to him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and pulled her in to him into the ark.

And the dove came in to him in the evening. And, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters had gone down from off the earth.

And he waited yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove. And she did not return again to him any more.

And Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.

And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

And Noah awoke from his wine, and came to know what his younger son had done to him.

And to Shem were born, even him, the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.

And Abram departed, even as Jehovah had spoken to him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your seed. And he built an altar there to Jehovah who appeared to him.

And Pharaoh commanded men concerning him. And they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, (and Lot was with him) into the south.

And after Lot was separated from him, Jehovah said to Abram, Lift up your eyes now and look from the place where you are northward and southward, and eastward and westward.

And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and struck the giants in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's valley.

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of Heaven and earth.

And blessed be the most high God, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

And behold, the Word of Jehovah came to him saying, This one shall not be your heir. But he that shall come forth out of your own bowels shall be your heir.

And He brought him outside and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him, So shall your seed be.

And he believed in Jehovah. And He counted it to him for righteousness.

And He said to him, I am Jehovah that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.

And He said to him, Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

And it happened as the sun was setting, and a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, behold, a horror of great darkness fell upon him!

And he will be a wild man. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. And he shall live in the presence of all his brothers.

And she called the name of Jehovah who had spoken to her, You are a God of vision! For she said, Even here have I looked after Him that sees me?

And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect.

And Abram fell on his face. And God talked with him, saying,

And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

And God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed. And you shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall father twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

And Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his silver; every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins in the same day, even as God said to him.

And all the men of his house, that were born in the house, and bought with silver of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

And Jehovah appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat at the tent door in the heat of the day.

And he lifted 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 toward the ground.

And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

And He said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and lo, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door which was behind Him.

And Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the persons of the earth shall be blessed in him?

For I know him, that he will command his sons and his house after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do justice and judgment, that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which He has spoken of him.

And he spoke to Him yet again, and said, Perhaps there shall be forty found there. And He said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

But he urgently pressed on them, and they turned in to him and entered into his house. And he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men which came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.

And Lot went out to the door to them, and shut the door after him.

And he lingered, the angel laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters (Jehovah being merciful to him), and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.

And it happened when they brought him outside, He said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stay in all the plain. Escape to the mountain lest you be consumed.

And He said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him. For he feared to live in Zoar, and he and his two daughters lived in a cave.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may preserve seed of our father.

And it happened on the next day, the first-born said to the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also, and you go in and lie down with him so that we may preserve seed of our father.

And they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him. And he did not notice when she lay down nor when she arose.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are about to die, for the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the sincerity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me. Therefore I did not allow you to touch her.

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? In what have I offended you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done.

And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them to Abraham. And he restored him Sarah his wife.

For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him (whom Sarah bore to him) Isaac.

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

And she said, Who could have said to Abraham, will Sarah suckle children? For I have borne a son to him in his old age.

And she went and sat down across from him, a good way off, about a bowshot. For she said, Let me not see the death of the boy. And she sat across from him, and lifted up her voice, and cried.

Rise up, lift up the boy and hold him up with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.

And he lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me.

And He said, Take now your son, your only one, Isaac, whom you love. And go into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will name to you.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up and went to the place of which God had told him.

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 he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens and said, Abraham! Abraham! And he said, Here am I.

And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad, nor do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me.

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked. And, behold, a ram behind him was entangled in a thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

And the sons of Heth answered Abraham saying to him,

And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I necessarily bring your son again to the land from which you came?

And Abraham said to him, Take care that you do not bring my son there again.

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning the matter.

And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hurried and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave a drink to him.

And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.

And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.

And she said to him, We have both straw and fodder enough, and room to lodge in.

And the man came into the house. And he unloaded his camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.

And food was set before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.

And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great. And He has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and male slaves and slave women, and camels and asses.

And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old. And he has given to him all that he has.

And I asked her and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him. And I put the earring upon her nose and the bracelets upon her hands.