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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they cannot understand one another's speech.

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.

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

to the place of the altar which he had made there at the first. And Abram called on the name of Jehovah there.

And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.

And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are men, brothers.

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.

And the valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

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

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

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?

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 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 he said, Oh let not Jehovah be angry, and I will speak. Perhaps there shall be thirty found there. And He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

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.

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 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,

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.

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

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

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

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 they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. And he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

And he spoke to Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, Only if you would hear me. I will give you silver for the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.

And Abraham said to him, Take care that you do not bring my son there again.

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.

And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath of mine. Only do not bring my son there again.

And he said, Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to stay?

the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth. Abraham and Sarah his wife were buried there.

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 when he had been there a long time, it happened that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through the window, and saw; and behold! Isaac was caressing Rebekah his wife.

And Isaac departed from there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water.

And he moved from there, and dug another well, and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Broad Places. And he said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And he went from there to Beer-sheba.

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there. And Isaac's servants dug a well 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;

Go now to the flock, and bring me from there two good kids of the goats. And I will make them delicious things for your father, such as he loves.

until your brother's anger turns away from you and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I also be bereaved of both of you in one day?

Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. And take a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.

And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him away to Padan-aram in order to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

And he came on a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took of the stones of that place, and placed them at his head. And he lay down in that place to sleep.

And he looked, and behold, a well was in the field! And, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it, for they watered the flocks out of that well. And a great stone was upon the well's mouth.

And all the flocks were gathered there. And they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

I was there; in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night. And my sleep departed from my eyes.

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

And he lodged there that night. And he took of that which came to his hand, a present for Esau his brother

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

And Jacob asked and said, I pray You, reveal Your name. And He said, Why do you ask after My name? And He blessed him there.

And he erected there an altar, and called it El, the God of Israel.

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 let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

And he built an altar there and called the place El-bethel, because God appeared to him there when he fled from the face of his brother.

And they moved from Bethel. And there was only a length of land to come to Ephrath. And Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor in her bearing.

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shuah. And he took her and went in to her.

Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot who was by the wayside? And they said, There was no harlot here.

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her. And also the men of the place said, There was no harlot here.

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.

There is none greater in this house than I. Neither has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

And Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound. And he was there in the prison.

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.

And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Now tell it to me.

And behold! There came up out of the river seven cows beautiful of form, and fat of flesh. And they fed in the reeds!

And it happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men of it. And Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, a slave to the chief of the executioners. And we told him, and he interpreted our dreams to us. He interpreted to each man according to his dream.

And behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, beautiful in appearance and fat of flesh. And they fed in the reeds.

And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I spoke to the magicians, but there was none that could open it to me.

Behold, there are coming seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.

And there shall arise after them seven years of famine. And all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land.

And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

And when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look upon one another?

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy for us from there, so that we may live and not die.

And they loaded their asses with grain, and departed from there.

And they made ready the presents for the coming of Joseph at noon. For they heard that they should eat bread there.

And Joseph made haste, for his bowels yearned toward his brother. And he sought a place to weep. And he entered into his room and wept there.

And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, for he was still there. And they fell before him to the earth.

For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be no plowing nor harvest.

And I will nourish you there, for there are still five years of famine, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still but a little way to come to Ephrath. And I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; it is Bethlehem.