In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

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

And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

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 God said, Let the earth bring forth tender sprouts (the herb seeding seed and the fruit tree producing fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself) upon the earth; and it was so.

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And Jehovah said to Abram, Go out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house into a 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 have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heavens, and all animals that move upon the earth.

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

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

And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

To the woman He said, I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception. In pain you shall bear sons, and your desire shall be toward your husband, and he shall rule over you.

And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

And God said, Behold! I have given you every herb seeding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree seeding seed; to you it shall be for food.

And God called the expanse, Heavens. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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

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

And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

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

And it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and when daughters were born to them,

but you shall not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. For in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

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

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that Jehovah God made the earth and the heavens.

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He had rested from all His work which God created to make.

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

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 when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasing to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make wise, she took of its fruit, and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree in the garden,

After these things the Word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your shield and your exceeding great reward.

And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and the night. And let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.

And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it! The ground is cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.

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,

Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood shall be shed by man; for He made man in the image of God.

and to rule over the day and over the night; and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. And the obedience of the peoples to him.

And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God in the middle of the trees of the garden.

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

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

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die,

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

And Melchizedek the king of Salem brought forth bread and wine. And he was the priest of the most high God.

And Jehovah God said to the serpent, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You shall go upon your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarmers having a living soul; and let birds fly over the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.

And there came two angels to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot rose up to meet them when he saw them. And he bowed himself with his face toward the ground,

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

There were giants in the earth in those days. And also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore to them, they were mighty men who existed of old, men of renown.

And God saw the light that it was good. And God divided between the light and the darkness.

for God knows that in the day you eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save a great many people alive.

And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward in Eden. And there He put the man whom He had formed.

And God said, Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh underneath.

And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, in his erring; he is flesh. Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

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 God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creepers, and its beasts of the earth after its kind; and it was so.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.

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 Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

And God called the light, Day. And He called the darkness, Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

In the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every animal of the field and every fowl of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

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 Seth lived one hundred and five years and fathered Enos.

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.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.

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.

And Jehovah smelled a sweet odor. And Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. And I will not again smite every living thing as I have done.

And for Adam and his wife Jehovah God made coats of skins, and clothed them.

and with every living creature that is with you, of the birds, of the cattle, and of every animal of the earth with you; from all that go out from the ark, to every animal of the earth.

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

the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.

And He drove out the man. And He placed cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

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

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

And it happened when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at the door; and its desire is for you, and you shall rule over it.

And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

And let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth. And it was so.

And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The tree of life also was in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herb.

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 Jacob was left alone. And a Man wrestled there with him until the breaking of the day.

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

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

And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and fathered Salah.

And it happened, the sun went down, and it was dark and behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp passed between those pieces.

Of the clean animals, and of the animals that were not clean, and of the fowls, and of everything that creeps on the earth,

The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her before Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

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 Bethuel fathered Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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 he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants. And he struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left of Damascus.

And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

And he treated Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and male servants, and maidservants, and she-asses, and camels.

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

But there went up from the earth a mist and watered all the face of the ground.

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

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

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.

It shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.

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

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

And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she is your wife?

and Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a great city.

And the gold of that land is good. There is bdellium and the onyx stone.

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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.

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

And after he fathered Salah, Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years. And he fathered sons and daughters.

And God looked upon the earth. And, behold, it was corrupted! For all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

And his concubine, named Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

And Eber lived thirty-four years and fathered Peleg.

And may God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine.

And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, even He opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.

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.

And he waited yet another seven days. And again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Rise up and walk through the land, in the length of it and in the breadth of it, for I will give it to you.

And this is the way you shall make it. The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it shall be fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits.

And he also went in to Rachel. He also loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him still seven more years.

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

And Salah lived thirty years and fathered Eber.

And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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.

The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which surrounds all the land of Havilah, where there is gold.

And the men turned their faces away from there, and went toward Sodom. But Abraham still stood before Jehovah.

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.

With whomever you find your gods, let him not live. Before our brothers, choose what is yours with me, and take it to you. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.

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

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

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

And Mizraim fathered Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim,

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

And Enosh lived ninety years and fathered Cainan.

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

But I will establish My covenant with you. And you shall come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

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

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 name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that surrounds the whole land of Cush.

Let people serve you, and let nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.

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

And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the Lord.

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 Isaac said to them, Why do you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?

And the name of the third river is Tigris; it is that which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

And it happened after seven days that the waters of the flood came into being on the earth.

And Nahor lived twenty-nine years and fathered Terah.

And the rainbow 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 after he fathered Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years. And he fathered sons and daughters.

But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time in the next year.

And he said, Oh do not let Jehovah be angry, and I will speak only once more. Perhaps ten shall be found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

And it shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud.

And Irad was born to Enoch. And Irad fathered Mehujael. And Mehujael fathered Methusael. And Methusael fathered Lamech.

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have killed a man because of my wound, and a young man because of my hurt.

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.

And after he fathered Terah, Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years. And he fathered sons and daughters.

And Canaan fathered Sidon, his first-born, and Heth,

And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, unto the Oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

And he drank of the wine and was drunk. And he was uncovered inside his tent.

and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the giants,

the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

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

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, and after their nations.

And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then shall your seed also be counted.

And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two slave women, and he did not find. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

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.

You shall make a window in the ark, and you shall finish it above to a cubit. And you shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second and third stories.

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

And Peleg lived thirty years and fathered Reu.

After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years. And he fathered sons and daughters.

And behold! I, even I, am bringing a flood of waters upon the earth in order to destroy all flesh (in which is the breath of life) from under the heavens. Everything which is in the earth shall die.

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.

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!

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

And Terah lived seventy years and fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran.

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, of fowl, of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, so that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.

And Joktan fathered Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah,

And Reu lived thirty-two years and fathered Serug.

Hurry and escape there! For I cannot do anything till you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

The sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

And God spoke to Noah, saying,

and the Jebusite and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

This is why he called that place Beer-sheba, because they swore, both of them, there.

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;

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

And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock.

And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon (as you come to Gerar) to Gaza, as you go in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, even to Lasha.

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day. And he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.

When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. And you shall be a vagabond and a fugitive in the earth.

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 Serug lived thirty years and fathered Nahor.

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

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

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

Behold! You have driven me out from the face of the earth today, and I shall be hidden from Your face. And I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth, and it shall be that anyone who finds me shall kill me.

These were the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

And Zillah also bore Tubalcain, the hammerer of every engraving tool of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. And Laban ran out to the man, to the well.

And Lamech took two wives to himself. The name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.

And it happened, as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar. And they lived there.

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to Jehovah, who am but 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 brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gained in Haran. And they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. And they came into the land of Canaan.

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of Adam had built.

Therefore the name of it is called Babel; because Jehovah confused the language of all the earth there. And from there Jehovah scattered them abroad on the face of all the earth.

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

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

And it will be when the Egyptians see you, they shall say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will save you alive.

And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent with Bethel toward the sea and Hai on the east. And he built an altar there to Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.

And Abraham said, I will swear.

And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those playing the harp and the organ.

And Arpachshad fathered Salah; and Salah fathered Eber.

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

And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who has not left my master destitute of His mercy and His truth. Jehovah led me, I being in the way to the house of my master's brothers.

And it happened when he saw the earrings and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, So spoke the man to me, he came to the man. And behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

By these were the coasts of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

He created them male and female, and blessed them. And He called their name man in the day when they were created.

Two of every kind shall come to you to keep them alive; of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind.

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

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

Perhaps there are fifty righteous within the city. Will You also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it?

But Sarai was barren. She had no child.

And he said, For you shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, so that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.

And they said to one another, Come, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

Go out of 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 Abram's wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and soup of lentils. And he ate and drank, and rose up and went his way. And Esau despised his birthright.

And Cainan lived seventy years and fathered Mahalaleel.

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point of dying, and what profit shall this birthright be to me?

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?

The sun had risen upon the earth, and Lot entered into Zoar.

and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

And after he fathered Mahalaleel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years. And he fathered sons and daughters.

And the flood was upon the earth forty days. And the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

And Abram moved his tent and came and lived in the oaks of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built an altar to Jehovah there.

Every animal, every fowl, and every creeping thing, all which creeps upon the earth after their families, went forth out of the ark.

And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Now this time my husband will return to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was called Levi.

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

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

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

They went in, and every animal after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort.

Jehovah, the God of Heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: He shall send His Angel before you. And you shall take a wife to my son from there.

He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah. Therefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before Jehovah.

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

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

And Isaac loved Esau, for game was in his mouth. But Rebekah loved Jacob.

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

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

And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years and fathered Enoch.

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

And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and with cattle.

And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his place.

Perhaps there will be five lacking from the fifty righteous. Will You destroy all the city for lack of five? And He said, If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.

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

And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years and fathered Jared.

And take for yourself all food that is eaten, and you shall gather for yourself. And it shall be for food, for you and for them.

And after he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived five hundred years. And he fathered sons and daughters.

And all flesh that moved upon the face of the earth died, of birds, of cattle, of animal, and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth; and every man,

So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, rose up. And they returned to the land of the Philistines.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And he said, Come in, blessed of Jehovah. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth. And all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered.

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

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. And the tops of the mountains were seen in the tenth month on the first day of the month.

So Jehovah scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of all the earth. And they quit building the city.

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem. And Canaan shall be their servant.

And Abram journeyed, going on and pulled up stakes toward the south.

all who breathed the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

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

And Isaac trembled with a great trembling, and said, Who then was the one who has hunted deer and brought to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yea, he shall be blessed!

And the waters prevailed and were increased greatly upon the earth. And the ark floated upon the face of the waters.

And his father Isaac said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your first-born, Esau.

For Cain is avenged seven times, and Lamech seventy-seven times.

and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah,

and Obal and Abimael and Sheba,

And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand. And he dressed him with fine linen robes, and put a gold chain around his neck.

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

And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones. And they took stones and made a heap. And they ate there upon the heap.

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go to Sephar, a mountain of the east.

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 the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the people and take the goods for yourself.

And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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

And Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years and fathered Lamech.

And these words of her older son Esau were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, Behold, your brother Esau is going to ease himself on you, to kill you.

And Abraham lived in the Philistines' land many days.

And you be fruitful and multiply. Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and increase in it.

And Jehovah went His way as soon as He had left off talking with Abraham. And Abraham returned to his place.

The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

And my master made me swear, saying, You shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live.

Behold! I, even I, establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

And the name of the second he called Ephraim, saying, For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.

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

For you have searched all my stuff; what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may judge between us both.

And Laban called it in Syrian, Heap of the Testimony, and Jacob called it in Hebrew, Heap of Testimony.

And the waters returned from off the earth continually. And after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters had gone down.

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years. And he died.

And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flocks my flocks. All that you see is mine. And what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their sons which they have borne?

And by your sword you shall live, and shall serve your brother. And it shall be when you shall have the dominion, you shall break his yoke from off your neck.

For in seven more days I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights. And I will destroy from off the face of the earth every living thing that I have made.

behold, I stand by the well of water. And it shall be when the virgin comes forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, please, a little water from your pitcher to drink,

Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and rain from heaven was restrained.

And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

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 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 in the seven years of plenty, the earth brought forth by handfuls.

I was with you these twenty years. Your ewes and she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock I have not eaten.

And I bowed my head and worshiped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter to his son.

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

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 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and fathered a son.

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

And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down into Egypt to stay there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

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

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

And he said to me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send his Angel with you, and prosper your way. And you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred, and from my father's house.

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

And these were the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham fathered Isaac.

and stay with him a few days until your brother's fury turns away,

And God created great sea-animals, and every living soul that creeps with which the waters swarmed after their kind; and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

And the young woman ran and told her mother's house these things.

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

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

And Jehovah visited Sarah as He had said. And Jehovah did to Sarah as He had spoken.

And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and he put food in the cities. He put the food of the field which was around every city; he put it in among it.

And he sent forth a raven, and it went out, going out and returning until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

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

And Jehovah repented that He had made man on the earth, and He was angry to His heart.

And Esau said to Jacob, I beg you, Let me eat of the red, this red soup, for I am faint. Therefore his name was called Edom.

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

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 Abraham planted a tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the everlasting God.

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

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 rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two slave women, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

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 Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the most high God, the possessor of Heaven and earth,

Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from Jehovah out of the heavens.

And he dreamed. And behold! A ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to Heaven! And behold! The angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

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.

Make an ark of cyprus timbers. You shall make rooms in the ark. And you shall pitch it inside and outside with pitch.

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

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And Noah did according to all that Jehovah commanded him.

Far be it from You to act in this manner, to kill the righteous with the wicked. And far be it from You, that the righteous should be as the wicked. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

And Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders. And they went backwards and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were backwards, and they did not see their father's nakedness.

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

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 a river went out of Eden to water the garden. And from there it was divided and became four heads.

Also take of the fowls of the air by sevens, the male and the female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

And after he fathered Noah, Lamech 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 like a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.

But you shall not eat of flesh with the life in it, or the blood of it.

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

And Jehovah God made the rib (which He had taken from the man) into a woman. And He brought her to the man.

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 Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt. And Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, the chief of the executioners, an Egyptian man, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

In the same day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.

And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and fathered a son in his own likeness, after his own image. And he called his name Seth.

And there was a famine in the land, besides the famine that 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 Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created, from the face of the earth, both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air. For I repent that I have made them.

And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

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.

I will pass through all the flocks today, taking out all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all of the black sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and the speckled among the goats. And these shall be my hire.

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I will die.

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

And Adam gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field. But there was not found a suitable helper for Adam.

And Sarah was a hundred twenty seven years old, the years of the life of Sarah.

And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

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 Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and commanded him. And he said to him, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. And Abraham was going with them to bring them on the way.

And in the end of days, it happened, Cain brought to Jehovah an offering of the fruit of the ground.

And it happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was scarcely gone from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

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

And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah. And he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, for his wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

And in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.

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 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.

And Jacob lived in the land of the travels of his father, in the land of Canaan.

And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the circuit of Jordan, that it was all well watered (before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,) like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar.

And it happened when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called his oldest son Esau and said to him, My son. And he said to him, Behold, I am here.

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 Jacob said, Sell me your birthright today.

And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

And Leah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Reuben, for she said, Surely Jehovah has looked upon my afflictions. Now therefore my husband will love me.

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained servants, born in his own house (three hundred and eighteen) and pursued them to Dan.

that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And your Seed shall possess the gate of His enemies.

And Cush fathered Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

And they rose up early in the morning, and swore to one another. And Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.

that I will take from all that is yours, not from a thread even to a shoestring, lest you say, I have made Abram rich.

and surely the blood of your lives will I require. At the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of man. At the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and both of them made a covenant.

And the boys grew. And Esau was a man knowing hunting, and Jacob was a simple man, living in tents.

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed? And why did your face fall?

And Shaul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.

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 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.

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;

And it happened in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,

And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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 there came one who had escaped. And he told Abram the Hebrew, for he lived in the plains of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner. And these had a covenant with Abram.

And Jacob called to his sons and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the days to come.

And he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself.

And God made the beasts of the earth after its kind, and cattle after their kind, and all creepers upon the earth after their kind. And God saw that it was good.

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Will See; so that it is said until this day, In the mount of Jehovah it will be seen.

You shall take with you every clean animal by sevens, the male and female. And take two of the animals that are not clean, the male and female.

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

And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had, and they cried before him, Bow the knee! And he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And He said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to Me from the ground.

And there was also a son born to Seth, and he called his name Enos. Then men began to call upon the name of Jehovah.

And it happened at that time Judah went down from his brothers and turned in to a certain Adullamite, named Hirah.

And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah has heard your affliction.

And Abraham was old, going on in age. And Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.

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.

But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter.

Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham. For I have made you a father of many nations.

And it happened at the end of two years of days, Pharaoh dreamed. And behold, he stood by the river.

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.

I pray you, say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me for your sake. And my soul shall live because of you.

And the earth brought forth tender sprouts, the herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree producing fruit after its kind, whose seed was in itself. And God saw that it was good.

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 he went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and lived there.

Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. And he cried, Cause every man to go out from me! And no man stood before him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Judah, may your brothers praise you. May your hand be in the neck of your enemies. May your father's sons bow before you.

And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in your sight because of the boy and because of your slave woman. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice. For in Isaac your Seed shall be called.

And Jacob called the name of the place Face of God; for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah and lived in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered upon the face of the whole earth.

I set my rainbow in the cloud. And it shall be a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.

but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeper on the earth which has in it a living soul every green plant is for food; and it was so.

And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree which I commanded you that you should not eat?

And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

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

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

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering. So they both went together.

And Rachel had taken the images and put them into the camel's saddle, and sat on them. And Laban searched all the tent, but did not find them.

And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.

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 Isaac prayed to Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren. And Jehovah heard him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And I will give the land to you in which you are a stranger, and to your seed after you, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. And I will be their God.

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

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?

And when Esau heard the voice of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, me also, O my father!

And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham the thing which I do,

As for Me, behold! My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before Jehovah.

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature with you, for everlasting generations:

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 Abraham moved from there toward the south country, and lived between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.

And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, This time I will praise Jehovah. Therefore she called his name Judah, and quit bearing.

And I will establish My covenant with you. Neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood. Neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

And he also had made tasty meat and brought to his father. And he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's game so that your soul may bless me.

And he called it Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is The Well of Sheba to this day.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder. And he gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And Jehovah had respect to Abel and to his offering,

And Jehovah said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two kinds of people shall be separated from your bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people, the older shall serve the younger.