And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.

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 the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished.

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

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

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

And Jehovah Elohim called to Man, and said to him, Where art thou?

And Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

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.

And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,

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.

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.

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowl, and of everything that creeps on the ground,

And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.

Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and the mountains were covered.

And every living being was destroyed that was on the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and fowl of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth. And Noah alone remained, and what was with him in the ark.

And God remembered Noah, and all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.

And the waters abated continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.

But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.

And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried.

And let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every animal of the earth, and upon all fowl of the heavens: upon all that moveth on the ground; and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.

And indeed your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each the blood of his brother, will I require the life of Man.

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth. And Ham is the father of Canaan.

These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was the population of the whole earth spread abroad.

And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid it upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness.

And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

And these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and to them were sons born after the flood.

From that land went out Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

And to Shem to him also were sons born; he is the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.

And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. And from these came the distribution of the nations on the earth after the flood.

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.

And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.

And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.

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 they went forth together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.

And he went on his journeys from the south as far as Bethel; as far as the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai;

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

And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.

And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.

And Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

Then Abram moved his tents, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. And he built there an altar to Jehovah.

that they made war with Bera the king of Sodom, and with Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, and Shemeber the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

All these were joined in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

Twelve years had they served Chedorlaomer; and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-Kirjathaim,

And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. And he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner. And these were Abram's allies.

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after he had returned from smiting Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, into the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's valley.

And he said to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to possess it.

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and that shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

And at eight days old shall every male in your generations be circumcised among you he who is born in the house, and he who is bought with money, any stranger who is not of thy seed.

He who is born in thy house, and he who is bought with thy money, must be circumcised; and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year.

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money every male among the people of Abraham's house and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that same day, as God had said to him.

and all the men of his house, born in his house, or bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

Let now a little water be fetched, that ye may wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

And I will fetch a morsel of bread; and refresh yourselves; after that ye shall pass on; for therefore have ye passed on towards your servant. And they said, So do as thou hast said.

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

And he said, I will certainly return to thee at this time of the year, and behold, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah was listening at the tent-door, which was behind him.

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Is any matter too wonderful for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return to thee, at this time of the year, and Sarah shall have a son.

There are perhaps fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?

and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and lodge, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will pass the night in the open place.

And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that have come in to thee to-night? bring them out to us that we may know them.

Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man: let me now bring them out to you; and do to them as is good in your sight: only, to these men do nothing; for therefore have they come under the shadow of my roof.

And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance.

For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.

And as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are present, lest thou perish in the iniquity of the city.

And Abraham rose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before Jehovah;

And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the land to come in to us after the manner of all the earth:

come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.

And it came to pass on the next day that the first-born said to the younger, Lo, I lay last night with my father: let us give him wine to drink to-night also, and go thou in, lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.

And both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men were greatly afraid.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.

And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, let that be to thee a covering of the eyes, in respect of all that are with thee, and with all; and she was reproved.