In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.

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

And God saw the light that it was good. And God divided between the light and the darkness.

And God called the light, Day. And He called the darkness, Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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 made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

And God called the expanse, Heavens. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.

And God called the dry land, Earth. And He called the gathering together of the waters, Seas. And God saw that it was good.

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 the evening and the morning were the third day.

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 let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth. And it was so.

And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night, and the stars also.

And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

and to rule over the day and over the night; and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

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 God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters of the seas and let the fowl multiply in the earth.

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creepers, and its beasts of the earth after its kind; and it was so.

And God made the beasts of the earth after its kind, and cattle after their kind, and all creepers upon the earth after their kind. And God saw that it was good.

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it. And have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heavens, and all animals that move upon the earth.

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 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 God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He had rested from all His work which God created to make.

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that Jehovah God made the earth and the heavens.

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 formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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

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

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

And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that surrounds the whole land of Cush.

And the name of the third river is Tigris; it is that which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

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.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.

And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every animal of the field and every fowl of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

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 Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh underneath.

And Jehovah God made the rib (which He had taken from the man) into a woman. And He brought her to the man.

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman because she was taken out of man.

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

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

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?

And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.

And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die,

for God knows that in the day you eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

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 the eyes of both of them were opened. And they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made girdles for themselves.

And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God in the middle of the trees of the garden.

And Jehovah God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?

And he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself.

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 Jehovah God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

And Jehovah God said to the serpent, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You shall go upon your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

To the woman He said, I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception. In pain you shall bear sons, and your desire shall be toward your husband, and he shall rule over you.

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.

It shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

And for Adam and his wife Jehovah God made coats of skins, and clothed them.

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.

And Adam knew Eve his wife. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from Jehovah.

And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

And in the end of days, it happened, Cain brought to Jehovah an offering of the fruit of the ground.

And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And Jehovah had respect to Abel and to his offering,

but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed? And why did your face fall?

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.

And Cain talked with his brother Abel. And it happened when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?

And He said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to Me from the ground.

And now you are cursed more than the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. And you shall be a vagabond and a fugitive in the earth.

And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Behold! You have driven me out from the face of the earth today, and I shall be hidden from Your face. And I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth, and it shall be that anyone who finds me shall kill me.

And Jehovah said to him, Therefore whoever kills Cain shall be avenged seven times. And Jehovah set a mark upon Cain so that anyone who found him should not kill him.

And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah and lived in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

And Irad was born to Enoch. And Irad fathered Mehujael. And Mehujael fathered Methusael. And Methusael fathered Lamech.

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

And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and with cattle.

And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those playing the harp and the organ.

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.