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 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 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 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.

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

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.

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?

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

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 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 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,

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.

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.

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 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.

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

And Nahor lived twenty-nine years and fathered Terah.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed toward the ground.

Let a little water, I pray, be brought, and wash Your feet, and rest under the tree.

And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

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 drew near and said, Will You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

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

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

But the men put out their hands and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

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

And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, the time that women go out to draw.

Behold, I stand by the well of water. And the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

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

And she hurried, and emptied her pitcher in the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water. And she drew for all his camels.

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,

and she says to me, Both you drink, and I will also draw for your camels, may she be the woman whom Jehovah has appointed for my master's son.

And before I finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. And she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, Please let me drink.

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 Jacob took rods of green poplar, and of a fresh tree, and the almond and plane tree. And he peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

And Israel moved, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

And men, Midianites traders, came by. And they drew up Joseph and took him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

And Reuben returned to the pit. And behold! Joseph was not in the pit! And he tore his clothes.

And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And it happened as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, How have you broken a break for yourself? And his name was called Pharez.

And the keeper of the prison gave all the prisoners in the prison into Joseph's hand. And whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.

Yet within three days Pharaoh shall lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree. And the birds shall eat your flesh from off you.

But bring your youngest brother to me, and let your words be confirmed, be proved true, and you shall not die. And they did so.

And they came near to the man over Joseph's house, and they talked with him at the door of the house,

Then they tore their clothes, and each one loaded his ass and returned to the city.

And the days of Israel to die drew near. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found grace in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt.

Naphtali is a deer let loose. He gives goodly words.