And every shrub of the field was not yet on the earth, and every plant of the field had not yet sprung up, for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

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.

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said to the woman, Is it so that God has said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

And the eyes of both of them were opened. And they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made girdles for themselves.

And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man has 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 forever,

And Adam knew Eve his wife. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from Jehovah.

And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?

And now you are cursed more than the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

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.

And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.

And after he fathered Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years. And he fathered sons and daughters.

And Noah was five hundred years old. And Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

And Noah fathered three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. And, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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

And Jehovah said to Noah, You and all your house come into the ark, for I have seen you righteous before Me in this generation.

And Noah did according to all that Jehovah commanded him.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

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.

two by two they went in to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened up.

In this same day, Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark.

And they went in to Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, in which is the breath of life.

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.

And it happened, at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

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 it happened in the six hundred and first year, at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked. And, behold, the face of the earth was dried!

And God spoke to Noah, saying,

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

And Noah built an altar to Jehovah. And he took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

And God blessed Noah and his sons. And He said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

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

And I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

And God said to Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

And the sons of Noah that went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham is the father of Canaan.

These are the three sons of Noah, and the whole earth was overspread from them.

And Noah began to be a husbandman. And he planted a vineyard.

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

And Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.

And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years. And he died.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. And from these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

And Jehovah said, Behold! The people is one and they all have one language. And this they begin to do. And now nothing which they have imagined to do will be restrained from them.

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran fathered Lot.

But Sarai was barren. She had no child.

And it happened, when he had come near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look upon.

Why did you say, She is my sister? And so I was about to take her to me as wife. Now therefore behold your wife. Take her and go.

And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are men, brothers.

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 Abram said, Behold, You have given no seed to me. And behold, one born in my house is my 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 said, Lord God, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?

And He said to Abram, You must surely know that your seed shall be a stranger in a land not theirs, and shall serve them. And they shall afflict them four hundred years.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, did not bear. And she had a female slave, an Egyptian, and her name was Hagar.

And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has kept me from bearing. I pray you, go in to my slave woman. It may be that I may be built by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

And he said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, do not pass away, I pray, from Your servant.

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, far gone in days, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh.

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.

I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which has come to Me. And if not, I will know.

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to Jehovah, who am but dust and ashes.

And he said, Lo now, I have taken upon me to speak to Jehovah. Perhaps there shall be twenty found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

and said, Behold now, my lords, please turn into your servant's house and stay all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early and go your way. And they said, No, but we will stay in the street.

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.

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man. I pray you, let me bring them out to you, and you do to them as you see fit. But do nothing to these men, for this is why they came under the shadow of my roof.

And they said, Stand back! And they said, This one came in to stay, and must he judge always? Now we will deal worse with you than with them. And they pressed hard upon the man, Lot, and came near to breaking the door.

And Lot said to them, Oh no, Lord,

please now, Your servant has found grace in Your sight, and You have magnified Your mercy, which You have shown to me in saving my life. And I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me and I die.

Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.

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.

Now therefore, restore his wife to the man. For he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live. And if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours.

Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. Do to me according to the kindness that I have sworn to you, and to the land in which you have lived.

And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing, neither did you tell me, neither have I even heard of it, except today.

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 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.

No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and the cave that is in it I give to you. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.

And let it be that the young woman to whom I shall say, Let down your pitcher, please, so that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also. Let her be the one that You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by it I shall know that You have shown kindness to my master.

And the man was watching her, keeping silent, in order to know whether Jehovah had prospered his journey or not.

And I came this day to the well, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now You prosper my way in which I go,

And now if you will deal kindly and truthfully with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me so that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.

And he moved from there, and dug another well, and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Broad Places. And he said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah was with you. And we said, Let there be now an oath between us, between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;

that you will do us no harm since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing but good to you, and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of Jehovah.

And he said to him, Behold, here am I. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I do not know the day of my death.

And now please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.

And now, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.

Go now to the flock, and bring me from there two good kids of the goats. And I will make them delicious things for your father, such as he loves.

And he did not know him because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands. And he blessed him.

And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now and kiss me, my son.

And he said, It is because his name is called Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold! I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given him for servants. And with grain and wine I have supported him. And what shall I do now to you, my son?

And now, my son, obey my voice and arise. Flee for yourself to my brother Laban, to Haran,

And Jacob awakened from his sleep. And he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I did not know.

And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.