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

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

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.

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 Arpachshad fathered Salah; and Salah fathered Eber.

And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and fathered Salah.

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

And Salah lived thirty years and fathered Eber.

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

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 uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.

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 Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

And Jacob said, Sell me your birthright today.

And make tasty meat for me, such as I love, and bring to me so that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.

And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your first-born. I have done as you asked me. Arise, I pray you, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.

And he said, Bring it to me, and I will eat of my son's game, so that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he ate. And he brought him wine, and he drank.

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 his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke to the heart of the girl.

And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him for a wife.

And it happened as her soul was departing (for she died) that she called his name Benoni. But his father called him Benjamin.

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him. For he is our brother, and our flesh. And his brothers listened.

And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, and we would not hear. Therefore this distress has come upon us.

Only he did not buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not sell their land.

Oh my soul, do not come into their secret. Let not my honor be united with their assembly. For in their anger they killed a man, and in their self-will they hamstrung a bull.