And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.

Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?

And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:

But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.

And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you:

And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.

And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?

And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.

And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.

And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:

To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master.

And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.

And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?

And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.

And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

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

And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.

And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow;

And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.

And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.

And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

And Noah did everything which the Lord said he was to do.

In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said.

Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

And God said to Noah,

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.

And God said to Noah and to his sons,

And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations:

And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made between me and all flesh on the earth.

And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said,

And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.

And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.

And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.

Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.

And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:

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

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,

And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.

And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.

And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.

And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?

And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.

And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.

And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.

And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;

For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.