In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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 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 the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day.

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 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 called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning a 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 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 God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, and the stars.

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

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

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 created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, 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 in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth.

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

And God had finished on the seventh day 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 hallowed it, because that on it he rested from all his work which God had created in making it.

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

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 Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.

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?

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 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 ...!

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.

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

And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

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.

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 looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.

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.

And Noah did it; according to all that God had commanded him, so did he.

there came two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

And they that came, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And Jehovah shut him in.

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 God spoke to Noah, saying,

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.

And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

And I establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood, and henceforth there shall be no flood to destroy the earth.

And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.

And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

And Melchisedec king of Salem brought out bread and wine. And he was priest of the Most High God.

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth.

And blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him the tenth of all.

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth,

And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand: do to her what is good in thine eyes. And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face.

And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, Thou art the God who reveals himself, for she said, Also here have I seen after he has revealed himself.

And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God: walk before my face, and be perfect.

And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying,

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them.

And God said to Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.

And the uncircumcised male who hath not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples: he hath broken my covenant.

And God said to Abraham, As to Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall indeed bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

And he left off talking with him; and God went up from Abraham.

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 Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf tender and good, and gave it to the attendant; and he hasted to dress it.

And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground,

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 it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman that thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

And God said to him in a dream, I also knew that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, and I, too, have withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore have I not suffered thee to touch her.

And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

And it came to pass when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, Let this be thy kindness which thou shalt shew to me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

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

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore children.

And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

And Sarah said, God has made me laugh: all that hear will laugh with me.

And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy handmaid: in all that Sarah hath said to thee hearken to her voice, for in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.

And God heard the voice of the lad. And the Angel of God called to Hagar from the heavens, and said to her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad there, where he is.

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the flask with water, and gave the lad drink.

And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

And now swear to me here by God that thou wilt not deal deceitfully with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. According to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou sojournest.

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