And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.

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

And God said, Let the earth cause grass to spring up, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on the earth. And it was so.

And the earth brought forth grass, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which is in them, after their kind. And God saw that it was good.

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 on the earth. And it was so.

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

And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.

And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its 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 the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.

And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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 over every animal that moveth on the earth.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;

and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.

These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,

and every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

But a mist went up from the earth, and moistened the whole surface of the ground.

And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.

And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

And a river went out of Eden, to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four main streams.

The name of the one is Pison: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is.

And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and the onyx stone are there.

And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which flows forward toward Asshur. And the fourth river, that is Euphrates.

And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.

And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat;

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt certainly die.

And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought them to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its name.

And Man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but as for Adam, he found no helpmate, his like.

And Jehovah Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall upon Man; and he slept. And he took one of his ribs and closed up flesh in its stead.

And Man said, This time it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because this was taken out of a man.

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

And they were both naked, Man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye 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;

but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, and ye shall not touch it, lest ye die.

but God knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil.

And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

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

And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.

And he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat?

And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

And Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life.

And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.

And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.

And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.

And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever ...!

Therefore Jehovah Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

And he drove out Man; and he set the Cherubim, and the flame of the flashing sword, toward the east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.

And Man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have acquired a man with Jehovah.

And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Jehovah.

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat. And Jehovah looked upon Abel, and on his offering;

If thou doest well, will not thy countenance look up with confidence? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, that every one who finds me will slay me.

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

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

And Lemech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second, Zillah.

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

And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of those who handle the harp and pipe.

And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, the forger of every kind of tool of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

And Lemech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Ye wives of Lemech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for my wound, and a youth for my bruise.

If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.

And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ... For God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain has slain him.

And to Seth, to him also was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then people began to call on the name of Jehovah.

This is the book of Adam's generations. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.

And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.

And all the days of Adam that he lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

And all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.

And all the days of Lemech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.

that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.

In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne children to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.

And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.

But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.

This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with God.

And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence.

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Make thyself an ark of gopher wood: with cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.

And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: with a lower, second, and third story shalt thou make it.

For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt go into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee: they shall be male and female.

Of fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each shall go in to thee, to keep them alive.

And take thou of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee, that it may be for food for thee and for them.

Of all clean beasts thou shalt take to thee by sevens, a male and its female; but of the beasts that are not clean two, a male and its female.

Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was on the earth.