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

And God called the dry ground "earth," and he called the collection of the waters "seas." And God saw that [it was] good.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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."

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 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.

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}.

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

{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,

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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}."

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.

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 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}.

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

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

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

but from the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God said, 'You shall not eat from it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die'."

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.

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

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

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."

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

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

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?"

And Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

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.

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."

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

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

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

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."

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

And the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years. And he fathered sons and daughters.

And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 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 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."

But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh.

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

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.

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.

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

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 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 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.

And of every living thing, from all flesh, you must bring two from every [kind] into the ark to keep [them] alive with you; they shall be male and female.

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."

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

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."

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.

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

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

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

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.

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,

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

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