In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth--

And God said, "Let us make humankind in our image and according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth."

So God created humankind in his image, in the likeness of God he created him, male and female he created them.

Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness [was] over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God [was] hovering over the surface of the waters.

And I will put hostility between you and between the woman, and between your offspring and between her offspring; he will strike you [on the] head, and you will strike him [on the] heel."

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other {wild animal} which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God indeed say, 'You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

And God said, "Let the earth produce green plants [that will] bear seed--fruit trees bearing fruit {in which there is seed}--according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so.

when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

And Yahweh said to Abram, "Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you.

And God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light.

And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven, and over every animal that moves upon the earth."

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.

Then Yahweh God said, "[it is] not good [that] the man is alone. I will make for him a helper {as his counterpart}."

And God saw everything that he had made and, behold, [it was] very good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a sixth day.

To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase {your pain in childbearing}; in pain you shall bear children. And to your husband [shall be] your desire. And he shall rule over you."

And I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse. And all families of the earth will be blessed in you."

And God said, "Look--I am giving to you every plant [that] bears seed which [is] on the face of the whole earth, and every kind of tree {that bears fruit}. They shall be yours as food."

And God called the vaulted dome "heaven." And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind [was] great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] always only evil.

And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.

And it happened [that] after these things, God tested Abraham. And he said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I [am]."

Now the whole earth [had] one language and the same words.

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain. And she said, "I have given birth to a man with [the help of] Yahweh."

And it happened [that], when humankind began to multiply on the face of the ground, daughters were born to them.

but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day {that you eat} from it {you shall surely die}."

These [are] the generations of Noah. Noah [was] a righteous man, without defect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

These are the generations of heaven and earth when they were created, in the day [that] Yahweh God made earth and heaven--

And heaven and earth and all their array were finished.

And God blessed the seventh day, and he sanctified it, because on it he rested from all his work {of creating that [there was] to do}.

And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

When Abram [was] ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram. And he said to him, "I [am] El-Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless

When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate.

And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "From every tree of the garden {you may freely eat},

After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying: "Do not be afraid, Abram; I [am] your shield, [and] your reward [shall be] very great."

And God said, "Let there be lights in the vaulted dome of heaven {to separate day from night}, and let them be as signs and for appointed times, and for days and years,

And to Adam he said, "Because you listened to the voice of your wife and you ate from the tree {from which I forbade you to eat}, the ground [shall be] cursed on your account. In pain you shall eat [from] it all the days of your life.

And Yahweh God said, "Look--the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil. {What if} he stretches out his hand and takes also from the tree of life and eats, and lives forever?"

"[As for] the one shedding the blood of humankind, by humankind his blood shall be shed, for God made humankind in his own image.

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to {separate light from darkness}. And God saw that [it was] good.

And he believed in Yahweh, and he reckoned it to him [as] righteousness.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff between his feet, until Shiloh comes. And to him shall be the obedience of nations.

Then they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden {at the windy time of day}. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.

And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

And Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. And he was sitting in the doorway of the tent at the heat of the day.

By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

But the serpent said to the woman, "You shall not surely die.

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

And Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought out bread and wine. (He was the priest of God Most High).

Then Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you [will be] cursed more than any domesticated animal and more than any wild animal. On your belly you shall go and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

And God said, "Let the waters swarm [with] swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth across the face of the vaulted dome of heaven.

And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening. And Lot was sitting in the gateway of Sodom. Then Lot saw [them] and stood up to meet them. And he bowed down [with his] face to the ground.

And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing.

The Nephilim [were] upon the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God went into the daughters of humankind, and they bore children to them.

And God saw the light, that [it was] good, and God caused [there to be] a separation between the light and between the darkness.

For God knows that on the day you [both] eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you [both] shall be like gods, knowing good and evil."

As for you, you planned evil against me, [but] God planned it for good, in order to do this--to keep many people alive--as [it is] today.

And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

And God said, "Let there be a vaulted dome in the midst of the waters, and {let it cause a separation between the waters}."

And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. While he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up {the flesh where it had been}.

And Yahweh said, "My Spirit shall not abide with humankind forever in that he [is] also flesh. And his days [shall be] one hundred and twenty years."

This is the record of the generations of Adam. When God created Adam, he made him in the likeness of God.

And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kind: cattle and moving things, and wild animals according to their kind." And it was so.

And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

And God said, "Let the waters under heaven be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear." And it was so.

For I have chosen him, that he will command his children and his household after him that they will keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham that which he said to him."

Then Jacob went out from Beersheba and went to Haran.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, [the] first day.

On that day Yahweh {made} a covenant with Abram saying, "To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates river,

And out of the ground Yahweh God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and he brought [each] to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called that living creature [was] its name.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked. And they sewed together fig leaves and they made for themselves coverings.

When Seth had lived one hundred and five years, he fathered Enosh.

And the man said, "{She is now} bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh; {she} shall be called 'Woman,' for {she was taken} from man."

But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh.

In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month--on that day all the springs of the great deep were split open, and the windows of heaven were opened.

And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said {to himself}, "{Never again will I curse} the ground for the sake of humankind, because the inclination of the heart of humankind [is] evil from his youth. {Nor will I ever again destroy} all life as I have done.

And Yahweh God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skin, and he clothed them.

and with every living creature that [is] with you--the birds, the animals, and every animal of the earth with you, from all [that] came out of the ark to all the animals of the earth.

And God made two lights, the greater light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night, and the stars.

Then the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind, that they [were] beautiful. And they took for themselves wives from all that they chose.

So he drove the man out, and placed cherubim east of the garden of Eden, and {a flaming, turning sword} to guard the way to the tree of life.

And he said, "Take your son, your only child, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains where I will tell you."

And Enoch walked with God, and he was no more, for God took him.

And there was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

And it happened [that] as Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she [was] very beautiful.

If you do well {will I not accept you}? But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. And its desire [is] for you, but you must rule over it."

Then Yahweh said, "Because the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah [is] great and because their sin [is] very {serious},

and they shall be as lights in the vaulted dome of heaven to give light on the earth." And it [was] so.

And Yahweh God caused to grow every tree [that] was pleasing to the sight and good for food. And the tree of life [was] in the midst of the garden, {along with} the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Every moving thing that lives shall be for you as food. As [I gave] the green plants to you, I have [now] given you everything.

Then Cain said to his brother Abel, ["Let us go out into the field."] And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

And Jacob remained alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the dawn.

And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"

And God said to Noah and to his sons with him,

When Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, he fathered Shelah.

And after the sun had gone down and it [was] dusk, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passed between those half pieces.

Of clean animals, and of animals which [are] not clean, and of the birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground,

And the officials of Pharaoh saw her, and they praised her [beauty] to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh.

But the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark, for the waters [were still] on the face of the earth. And he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.

(Now, Bethuel fathered Rebekah). These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, the brother of Abraham.

Why did you say 'She [is] my sister,' so that I took her to myself as a wife? Now then, here [is] your wife. Take her and go."

And he divided [his trained men] against them at night, he and his servants. And he defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, which [is] north of Damascus.

Then Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues on account of the matter of Sarai the wife of Abram.

And he dealt well with Abram on account of her, and he had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

And it happened [that] at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God [is] with you, in all that you do.

but a stream [would] rise from the earth and water the whole face of the ground--

Then she said to him, "We have both straw and fodder in abundance, as well as a place to spend the night."

Behold, this city [is] near [enough] to flee there, and it [is a] little [one]. Please, let me flee there. Is it not a little [one]? Then my life shall be saved."

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

So now, swear to me here by God [that] you will not deal with me falsely, or with my descendants, or my posterity. According to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall [pledge] to do with me and with the land where you have dwelled as an alien."

And thorns and thistles shall sprout for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.

And after Seth had fathered Enosh he lived eight hundred and seven years, and fathered sons and daughters.

I will go down and I will see. Have they done altogether according to its cry of distress [which] has come to me? If not, I will know."

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

Then Pharaoh called for Abram and said, "What [is] this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she [was] your wife?

Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that [is] the great city.

(The gold of that land [is] good; bdellium and onyx stones [are] there.)

And he brought back all the possessions. And he also brought back Lot, his {relative}, and his possessions, and the women and the people as well.

After his return from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who [were] with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that [is], the Valley of the King).

{two of each} went to Noah, into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

And Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years after he fathered Shelah, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.

And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he fathered Peleg.

May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and new wine.

When Yahweh saw that Leah [was] unloved he opened her womb, but Rachel [was] barren.

And he said to him, "Behold, {I will grant this favor as well}; that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

And he waited another seven days, and {again he sent out} the dove from the ark.

Arise, go through the length of the land and through its breadth, for I will give it to you."

And this [is] how you must make it: the length of the ark, three hundred cubits; its width fifty cubits; its height, thirty cubits.

Then he also went in to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet another seven years.

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and then sent him and his wife and all that [was] with him away.

When Shelah had lived thirty years, he fathered Eber.

And Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment [is] greater than [I can] bear.

Then I will remember my covenant that [is] between me and you, and between every living creature, with all flesh. And the waters of a flood will never again {cause the destruction} of all flesh.

The name of the first [is] the Pishon. It went around all the land of Havilah, where [there is] gold.

And the men turned from there and went toward Sodom. And Abraham [was] still standing before Yahweh.

And the dove came to him {in the evening}, and behold, a freshly-picked olive tree leaf [was] in her mouth. And Noah knew that the waters had subsided from upon the earth.

[But] with whomever you find your gods, he shall not live. In the presence of your kinsmen [now] identify what [is] with me [that is] yours and take it." Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

The woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark [were] Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham [was] the father of Canaan.)

And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he fathered Peleg, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.

Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.

And Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

And after Enosh fathered Kenan he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and fathered sons and daughters.

When Enosh lived ninety years, he fathered Kenan.

So now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand.

And I will establish my covenant with you, and you must go into the ark--you, and your sons, and your wife, and the wives of your sons with you.

the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."

And God said to Noah, "This [is] the sign of the covenant which I am establishing between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.

And the name of the second [is] Gihon. It went around all the land of Cush.

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you; Be lord of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. Cursed be those cursing you, and blessed be those blessing you."

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

And the man knelt down and worshiped Yahweh.

And [as for] Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless him and I will make him fruitful, and I will multiply him {exceedingly}. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

And Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me? You hate me and sent me away from you."

And the name of the third [is] Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] the Euphrates.

And it happened [that] after seven days the waters of the flood came over the earth.

When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he fathered Terah.

The bow shall be in the clouds, and I will see it, so as to remember [the] everlasting covenant between God and between every living creature, with all flesh that [is] upon the earth."

And Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he fathered Eber, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.

But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this appointed time next year."

And he said, "Please, let not my Lord be angry, and I will speak only once more. What if ten are found there?" And he answered, "I will not destroy [it] for the sake of the ten."

And when I make clouds appear over the earth the bow shall be seen in the clouds.

And to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.

Then Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice; O wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, Even a young man for injuring me.

And {once again he spoke} to him and said, "What if forty are found there?" And he answered, "I will not do [it] on account of the forty."

And Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he fathered Terah, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.

Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,

And Abram traveled through the land up to the place of Shechem, to the Oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites [were] in the land at that time.

And he drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he exposed himself in the midst of his tent.

the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

[the land of] the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

These three [were] the sons of Noah, and from these {the whole earth was populated}.

These [are] the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, and according to their nations.

I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth which, if anyone were able to count the dust of the earth, your descendants would be [so] counted.

Then Laban went into Jacob's tent and Leah's tent and the tent of the two female servants and did not find [his gods]. And he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's tent.

And he said, "Please, now, I was bold to speak to my Lord. What if twenty be found there?" And he answered, "I will not destroy [it] for the sake of the twenty."

You must make a roof for the ark, and {finish it to a cubit above}. And [as for] the door of the ark, you must put [it] in its side. You must make it [with] a lower, second, and a third [deck].

And he waited {seven more days}, and he sent out the dove. But it did not return again to him.

When Peleg had lived thirty years, he fathered Reu.

And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he fathered Reu, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.

And I, behold, I [am] about to bring the flood waters over the earth to destroy all flesh in which [is] the breath of life from under the heaven; everything that [is] on the earth shall perish.

And it happened [that] as he drew near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, "Look now, I know that you are a woman beautiful of appearance,

And it happened that, in the six hundred and first year, in the first [month], on the first [day] of the month, the waters dried up from upon the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked. And behold, the face of the ground was dried up.

These [are] the generations of the sons of Noah--Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Children were born to them after the flood.

When Terah had lived seventy years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Bring out with you all the living things which [are] with you, from all the living creatures--birds, and animals, and everything that creeps on the earth, and let them swarm on the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."

And Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he fathered Serug.

Escape there quickly, for I cannot do [this] thing until you get there." Therefore, there name of the city was called Zoar.

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

And God spoke to Noah, saying:

and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

And they said, "We see clearly that Yahweh has been with you, so we thought let there be an oath between us--between us and you--and let us {make} a covenant with you

And Haran died in the presence of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

And he said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "Do not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flocks and keep [them].

And the territory of the Canaanites [was] from Sidon {in the direction of} Gerar as far as Gaza, and {in the direction of} Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Then Jacob said, "Swear to me {first}." And he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

When you till the ground {it shall no longer yield its strength to you}. You shall be a wanderer and a fugitive on the earth."

On this same day, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and the wife of Noah and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark,

When Serug had lived thirty years, he fathered Nahor.

And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he fathered Serug, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.

And the rain came upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

Look, you have driven me out today from the face of the ground, and from your face I must hide. I will be a wanderer and a fugitive on the earth, and it will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."

These [are] the descendants of Ham, according to their families and their languages, in their lands, and in their nations.

Then Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain who forged all [kinds of] tools of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain [was] Naamah.

Now Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban. And Laban ran out to the man toward the spring.

And Lamech took to himself two wives. The name of the first [was] Adah, and the name of the second [was] Zillah.

And as people migrated from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Then Abraham answered and said, "Look, please, I was bold to speak to my Lord, but I [am] dust and ashes.

And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot {his nephew}, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and all the persons that they had acquired in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan. And they went to the land of Canaan.

Then Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that {humankind} was building.

Therefore its name was called Babel, for there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth, and there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

And Noah did according to all that God commanded him; thus he did.

And to Eber two sons were born. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother [was] Joktan.

and it shall happen [that], if the Egyptians see you, then they will say, 'This [is] his wife,' then they will kill me but let you live.

And he moved on from there to the hill country, east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent at Bethel on the west, and at Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Yahweh. And he called on the name of Yahweh.

And Abraham said, "I swear."

And the name of his brother [was] Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and wind instruments.

And Arphaxad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.

And to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the older brother of Japheth, [children] were also born.

And he said, "Blessed [be] Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his loyal love and his faithfulness from my master. I [was] on the way [and] Yahweh led me [to] the house of my master's brother."

And when he saw the ring and the bracelets on the arms of his sister and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, [who] said, "Thus the man spoke to me," he went to the man. And behold, [he was] standing with the camels at the spring.

From these the coastland peoples spread out through their lands, each according to his own language by their own families, in their nations.

Male and female he created them. And he blessed them. And he called their name "Humankind" when they were created.

From the birds according to their kind, and from the animals according to their kind, from every creeping thing [on] the ground according to its kind--two from every kind shall come to you to keep [them] alive.

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

And they came to Noah to the ark, {two of each}, from every living thing in which [was] the breath of life.

If perhaps there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city, will you also sweep [them] away and not forgive the place on account of the fifty righteous in her midst?

And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

And he said, "You shall take the seven ewe-lambs from my hand {as proof on my behalf} that I dug this well."

And they said {to each other}, "Come, let us make bricks and {burn them thoroughly}." And they had brick for stone and they had tar for mortar.

"Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of the wife of Abram [was] Sarai, and the name of the wife of Nahor [was] Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Then Jacob gave Esau bread, and thick lentil stew, and he ate and drank. Then he got up and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.

When Kenan had lived seventy years, he fathered Mahalalel.

And Esau said, "Look, I am going to die; now what [is] this birthright to me?"

Then he said, "{Isn't that why he is named Jacob}? He has deceived me these two times. He took my birthright and, look, now he has taken my blessing!" Then he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"

[After] the sun {had risen} upon the earth and Lot had entered Zoar,

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

And after Kenan had fathered Mahalalel, he lived eight hundred and forty years, and fathered sons and daughters.

And the flood came forty days and forty nights upon the earth. And the waters increased, and lifted the ark, and it rose up from the earth.

So Abram pitched his tent, and he came and settled at the oaks of Mamre, which [were] at Hebron. And there he built an altar to Yahweh.

Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, [and] everything [that] moves upon the earth, according to its families, went out from the ark.

And she conceived again and gave birth to a son. Then she said, "Now this time my husband will be joined to me, for I have borne him three sons." Therefore, she called his name Levi.

And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

When he finished speaking with him, God went up from Abraham.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these [were] the sons of Joktan.

they and all the living creatures according to their kind, and all the domesticated animals according to their kind, and all the creatures that creep upon the earth according to their kind, all the birds according to their kind, every winged creature.

Yahweh, the God of heaven who took me from the house of my father and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'to your offspring I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it was said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh."

And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

And Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters.

And Isaac loved Esau because {he could eat of his game}, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

And Serug lived two hundred years after he fathered Nahor, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.

And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

When Jared had lived one hundred and sixty-two years, he fathered Enoch.

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and [those who have] livestock.

And Samlah died, and Shaul from Rehoboth [on] the Euphrates reigned in his place.

Perhaps the fifty righteous are lacking five--will you destroy the whole city on account of the five?" And he answered, "I will not destroy [it] if I find forty-five there."

And after Mahalalel had fathered Jared, he lived eight hundred and thirty years, and fathered sons and daughters.

When Mahalalel had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Jared.

And [as for] you, take for yourself from every kind of food that is eaten. And you must gather [it] to yourself. And it shall be for you and for them for food."

And Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arphaxad, and he fathered [other] sons and daughters.

And every living thing that moved on the earth perished--the birds, and the domesticated animals, and the wild animals, and everything that swarmed on the earth, and all humankind.

And they {made} a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech, and Phicol his army commander stood and returned to the land of the Philistines.

Abraham [was] ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

And the sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Then Noah awoke from his drunkenness, and he knew what his youngest son had done to him.

And those that came, male and female, of every living thing, came as God had commanded him. And Yahweh shut the door behind him.

And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

And he blessed him and said, "Blessed [be] Abram by God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth.

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

And he said, "Come, O blessed [one] of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? Now I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."

And the waters prevailed {overwhelmingly} upon the earth, and they covered all the high mountains which were under the entire heaven.

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and he told his two brothers outside.

And the waters {continued to recede} to the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.

May God make space for Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be a slave for him."

{And Abram kept moving on}, toward the Negev.

Everything in whose nostrils [was] {the breath of life}, among all that [was] on dry land, died.

So Noah went out, with his sons and his wife, and the wives of his sons with him.

Then Isaac {trembled violently}. Then he said, "Who then [was] he that hunted wild game and brought [it] to me, and I ate [it] all before you came, and I blessed him? Moreover, he will be blessed!"

And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth. And the ark went upon the surface of the waters.

And Isaac his father said to him, "Who [are] you?" And he said, "I [am] your son, your firstborn, Esau."

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech [will be avenged] seventy and seven [times].

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his finger and put it on the finger of Joseph. And he clothed him with garments of fine linen, and he put a chain of gold around his neck.

But his wife looked {back}, and she became a pillar of salt.

And Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones." And they took stones and made a pile of stones, and they ate there by the pile of stones.

And their dwelling [place] {extended from} Mesha {in the direction of} Sephar [to] the hill country of the east.

And he blotted out every living thing upon the surface of the ground, from humankind, to animals, to creeping things, and to the birds of heaven; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah and those who [were] with him in the ark remained.

And the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, but the possessions take for yourself."

And the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

And it happened [that] at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.

When Methuselah had lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, he fathered Lamech.

But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called for her younger son Jacob. And she said to him, "Look, Esau your brother [is] consoling himself concerning you, [intending] to kill you.

And Abraham dwelled as an alien in the land of the Philistines many days.

"And you, be fruitful and multiply, swarm on the earth and multiply in it."

Then Yahweh left, as he finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

{The waters swelled fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them}.

And my master made me swear, saying, 'Do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I am living.

"As for me, behold, I am establishing my covenant with you and with your seed after you,

And the name of the second he called Ephraim, for [he said], "God has made me fruitful in the land of my misfortune."

Then he said, "Blessed [be] Yahweh, the God of Shem, and let Canaan be a slave to them.

And he called his name Noah, saying, "This one {shall relieve us} from our work, and from the hard labor of our hands, from the ground which Yahweh had cursed.

And Esau said to his father, "Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me also, my father!" And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

For you have searched all my possessions and what did you find among all the possessions of my household? Set it before my kinsmen and your kinsmen that they may decide between the two of us!

And Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

And the waters receded from the earth {gradually}, and the waters abated at the end of one hundred and fifty days.

All the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, "The daughters [are] my daughters and the grandsons [are] my grandsons, and the flocks [are] my flocks, and all that you see, it [is] mine. Now, what can I do for these my daughters today, or for their children whom they have borne?

But by your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother. But it shall be [that] when free yourself you shall tear off his yoke from your neck.

For {within seven days} I will send rain upon the earth [for] forty days and forty nights. And I will blot out all the living creatures that I have made from upon the face of the ground."

Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let it be [that] the young woman who comes out to draw water and to whom I say, "Please give me a little water to drink from your jar,"

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.

And the waters prevailed over the earth one hundred and fifty days.

And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all who were born of his house, and all [those] acquired by his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on the same day that God spoke with him.

And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And when he built a city {he named the city after his son, Enoch}.

And the land produced a plenty in the seven years of abundance.

These twenty years I [was] with you; your ewes and your female goats did not miscarry, and the rams of your flocks I did not eat.

And I knelt down and worshiped Yahweh, and I praised Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right way, to take the daughter of the brother of my master for his son.

Then Abraham complained to Abimelech on account of the well of water that servants of Abimelech had seized.

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

When Lamech had lived one hundred and eighty-two years, he fathered a son.

And {he sent out a dove} to see [whether] the waters had subsided from upon the ground.

And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land.

{before any plant of the field was} on earth, and [before] {any plant of the field} had sprung up, because Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no human being to cultivate the ground,

Noah {was six hundred years old} when the flood waters came upon the earth.

Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had borne him no children. And she had a female Egyptian servant, and her name [was] Hagar.

And he said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I have walked, shall send his angel with you and will make your journey successful. And you shall take a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father.

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

Now these [are] the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac,

Stay with him a few days until the wrath of your brother has turned--

So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature [that] moves, [with] which the waters swarm, according to their kind, and every bird [with] wings according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

Then the girl ran and reported these things to the household of her mother.

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

And Noah began [to be] a man of the ground, and he planted a vineyard.

And Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said. And Yahweh did to Sarah as he had promised.

And he gathered all the food of the seven years which [occurred] in the land of Egypt. And he stored the food in the cities. The food of the field that surrounded [each] city he stored in its midst.

And he sent out a raven; {it went to and fro} until the waters were dried up from upon the earth.

And after Jared had fathered Enoch, he lived eight hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters.

And Yahweh regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and {he was grieved in his heart}.

And Esau said to Jacob, "Give me {some of that red stuff} to gulp down, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom).

And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.

And the firstborn [daughter] said to the younger one, "Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to come in to us according to the manner of all the land.

And he planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of Yahweh, {the everlasting God}.

And Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, "Where [are] you?"

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

That night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

that you may not do us harm just as we have not touched you, but have only done good to you and sent you away in peace. You [are] now blessed by Yahweh."

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,

Yahweh rained down from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh.

And he dreamed, and behold, a stairway was set on the earth, and its top touched the heavens. And behold, angels of God [were] going up and going down on it.

And Yahweh said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes and look from the place where you [are] to the north, and to the south, and to the east and to the west,

Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood; you must make the ark [with] rooms, then you must cover it with pitch, inside and outside.

Then Yahweh said to Noah, "Go--you and all your household--into the ark, for I have seen you [are] righteous before me in this generation.

And after Methuselah had fathered Lamech, he lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and fathered sons and daughters.

{As long as the earth endures}, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease.

Then Abraham set [off] seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

And Noah did according to all that Yahweh commanded him.

Far be it from you to do such a thing as this, to kill [the] righteous with [the] wicked, that the righteous would be as the wicked! Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do justice?"

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, and the two of them put [it] on [their] shoulders and, walking backward, they covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces [were turned] backward, so that they did not see the nakedness of their father.

And all the men of his house, {those born in the house, and those acquired by money from a foreigner}, were circumcised with him.

And blessed [be] God Most High who delivered your enemies into your hand." And he gave to him a tenth of everything.

And Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." And he built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.

Now a river flowed out from Eden that watered the garden, and from there it diverged and became four branches.

as well as from the birds of heaven {seven pairs}, male and female, {to keep their kind alive} on the face of the earth.

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

And he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."

Only you shall not eat {raw flesh with blood in it}.

And the man and his wife, both of them, were naked, and they were not ashamed.

And Yahweh God fashioned the rib which he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.

And Abimelech said, "I do not know who did this thing, neither did you tell me, nor have I heard [of it] except for today."

And Yahweh said, "If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, in the midst of the city, then I will forgive the whole place for their sake."

Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a court official of Pharaoh, commander of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

Abraham and his son Ishmael [were] circumcised on the same day.

And when Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he fathered a child in his likeness, according to his image. And he called his name Seth.

And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

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

And the days of Terah [were] two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

And Yahweh said, "I will destroy humankind whom I created from upon the face of the earth, from humankind, to animals, to creeping things, and to the birds of heaven, for I regret that I have made them."

And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and between your offspring after you, throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant to be as God for you and to your offspring after you.

And Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and he took from all the clean animals and from all the clean birds, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Let me pass through all your flocks today, removing all the speckled and spotted sheep from them, along with every dark-colored sheep among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. That shall be my wages.

When Rachel saw that she could not bear children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, "Give me children--if not, I will die!"

And the earth [was] corrupted before God, and the earth was filled [with] violence.

And the man {gave names} to every domesticated animal and to the birds of heaven and to all the wild animals. But for [the] man there was not found a helper {as his counterpart}.

And {Sarah lived} one hundred and twenty-seven years; [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.

And the man {named} his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all life.

And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, three men were standing near him. And he saw [them] and ran from the doorway of the tent to meet them. And he bowed down to the ground.

Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. And he instructed him and said to him, "You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

Then the men set out from there, and they looked down upon Sodom. And Abraham went with them {to send them on their way}.

And {in the course of time} Cain brought an offering from the fruit of the ground to Yahweh,

And as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, {immediately after} Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came [back] from his hunting.

Then Yahweh said to Cain, "Where [is] Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?"

And Pharaoh called the name of Joseph Zaphenath-paneah and gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as a wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

All the nations of the earth will be blessed through your offspring, because you have listened to my voice."

Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that [was] with him. And Lot [went] with him to the Negev.

And he said to Abram, "{You must surely know} that your descendants shall be [as] aliens in a land {not their own}. And they shall serve them and they shall oppress them four hundred years.

And Jacob settled in the land of the sojourning of his father, in the land of Canaan.

And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw the whole plain of the Jordan, that all of it [was] well-watered land--[this was] before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah--like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt {in the direction of} Zoar.

And it happened [that] when Isaac [was] old and {his eyesight was weak}, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son." And he said to him, "Here I [am]."

And God remembered Noah and all the wild animals, and all the domesticated animals that [were] with him in the ark. And God caused a wind to blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.

Then Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright {first}."

And God placed them in the vaulted dome of heaven to give light on the earth

Then Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because Yahweh has noticed my misery, that I [am] unloved. Now my husband will love me."

When Abram heard that his {relative} was taken captive, he summoned his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen [of them], and he went in pursuit up to Dan.

that I will certainly bless you and greatly multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the shore of the sea. And your offspring will take possession of the gate of his enemies.

And Cush fathered Nimrod. {He was the first on earth to be a mighty warrior}.

And they arose early in the morning and each one swore to the other, and Isaac sent them away. And they left him in peace.

These are the generations of Shem. When Shem {was one hundred years old}, he fathered Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

{that neither a thread nor} a thong of a sandal would I take from all that [belongs] to you, that you might not say, 'I made Abram rich.'

And {your lifeblood} I will require; from {every animal} I will require it. And from the hand of humankind, from the hand of [each] man to his brother I will require the life of humankind.

And Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave [them] to Abimelech. And the two of them {made} a covenant.

And the boys grew up. And Esau [was] a skilled hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob [was] a peaceful man, living [in] tents.

And Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why is your face fallen?

And Shaul died, and Baal-Hanan, the son of Acbor, reigned in his place.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations [and] in their nations. And from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

And Lot went out from Zoar and settled in the hill country with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. So he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.

And [when] Esau was forty years old he took as wife Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.

And it happened [that] in the days of Amraphel, the king of Shinar, Arioch, the king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer, the king of Elam, and Tidal, the king of Goiim,

{Then she bore} his brother Abel. And Abel became a keeper of sheep, and Cain became a tiller of the ground.

And he said to him, "I [am] Yahweh, who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give this land to you, to possess it."

Then one who escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. And he was living at the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner. {They were allies with Abram}.

Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather together so that I can tell you what will happen with you in {days to come}.

And he replied, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid because I [am] naked, so I hid myself."

So God made wild animals according to their kind and the cattle according to their kind, and every creeping thing of the earth according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

And Abraham called the name of that place "Yahweh {will provide}," {for which reason} it is said today, "on the mountain of Yahweh {it shall be provided}."

From all the clean animals you must take for yourself {seven pairs}, a male and its mate. And from the animals that [are] not clean [you must take] two, a male and its mate,

And God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there, and make an altar to the God who appeared to you when you fled from before Esau your brother."

And he had him ride in his second chariot. And they cried out before him, "Kneel!" And Pharaoh set him over all the land of Egypt.

And he said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

And as for Seth, he also fathered a son, and he called his name Enosh. At that time he began to call on the name of Yahweh.

And it happened [that] at that time Judah went down from his brothers and pitched his tent near a certain Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah.

And the angel of Yahweh said to her: "Behold, you are pregnant and shall have a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, for Yahweh has listened to your suffering.

Now Abraham [was] old, {advanced in age}, and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in everything.

And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh [has] come before me, for the earth was filled [with] violence because of them. Now, look, I [am going] to destroy them [along] with the earth.

Before they laid down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people {to the last man}, surrounded the house.

Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

And it happened [that] after {two full years} Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he was standing by the Nile.

And God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear a son for you, and you shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant to his offspring after him.

Please say you are my sister so that it will go well for me on your account. {Then I will live} on account of you."

And the earth brought forth green plants bearing seed according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit {in which there was seed} according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, {his grandson}, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. And they went to Haran, and they settled there.

Then Joseph was not able to control himself before all who were standing by him. And he cried out, "Make every man go out from me!" So no one stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Judah, [as for] you, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand [shall be] on the neck of your enemies. The sons of your father shall bow down to you.

And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

Then God said to Abraham, "{Do not be displeased} on account of the boy and on account of the slave woman. {Listen to everything that Sarah said to you}, for through Isaac [your] offspring will be named.

Then Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [which means] "I have seen God face to face and my life was spared."

Now Abraham again took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.

And Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh, and he settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top [reaches to] the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

My bow I have set in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of [the] covenant between me and between the earth.

but to Cain and to his offering he did not look with favor. And Cain became very angry, and his face fell.

And to every kind of animal of the earth and to every bird of heaven, and to everything that moves upon the earth in which [there is] life [I am giving] every green plant as food." And it was so.

Then he asked, "Who told you that you [were] naked? Have you eaten from {the tree from which I forbade you to eat}?"

And the man replied, "The woman whom you gave [to be] with me--she gave to me from the tree and I ate."

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."

When Noah {was five hundred years old}, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And Abraham said, "{God will provide} the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went together.

Now Rachel had taken the idols and put them in the saddle bag of the camel and sat on them. And Jacob searched the whole tent thoroughly but did not find them.

And God said to Abraham, "[as for] Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [shall be] her name.

And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed. And he said in his heart, "{Can a child be born to a man a hundred years old}, or {can Sarah bear a child at ninety}?"

And Isaac prayed to Yahweh on behalf of his wife, for she [was] barren. And Yahweh responded to his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And I will give to you and to your offspring after you {the land in which you are living as an alien}, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting property. And I will be to them as God."

In the fourteenth year Kedorlaomer and the kings who [were] with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-Kiriathaim,

And Abraham [was] one hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.

And he said, "I will certainly return to you {in the spring}, and look, Sarah your wife [will have] a son." Now Sarah [was] listening at the doorway of the tent, and which [was] behind him.

Abraham will surely become a great and strong nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed on account of him.

When Esau heard the words of his father he cried out [with] a great and exceedingly bitter cry of distress. And he said to his father, "Bless me as well, my father!"

Then Yahweh said, "Shall I conceal from Abraham what I [am going] to do?

"[As for] me, behold, my covenant [shall be] with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

And Abraham arose early in the morning [and went] to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.

And God said, "This [is] the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you, and between every living creature that [is] with you for future generations.

Then Adam knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. And she called his name Seth, for [she said] "God has appointed to me another child in the place of Abel, because Cain killed him."

And Abraham journeyed from there to the land of the Negev, and he settled between Kadesh and Shur. And he dwelled as an alien in Gerar.

And she conceived again and gave birth to a son. And she said, "This time I will praise Yahweh." Therefore she called his name Judah. And she ceased bearing children.

I am establishing my covenant with you, that never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, nor will there ever be a flood that destroys the earth."

He too prepared tasty food and brought [it] to his father. And he said to his father, "Let my father arise and eat from the wild game of his son, that you may bless me."

And he called it Sheba. Therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.

Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave [it] to Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder. And he sent her away with the child, and she went, wandering about in the wilderness, in Beersheba.

and Abel also brought [an offering] from {the choicest firstlings of his flock}. And Yahweh looked with favor to Abel and to his offering,

And Yahweh said to her, "Two nations [are] in your womb, and two peoples {from birth} shall be divided. And {one people shall be stronger than the other}. And [the] elder shall serve [the] younger."