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

And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

And LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make a help meet for him.

And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field, but for man there was not found a help meet for him.

And LORD God called to the man, and said to him, Where are thou?

therefore LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from where he was taken.

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

And LORD said to him, Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And LORD appointed a sign for Cain, lest any who finds him should smite him.

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

And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Seth. For, [she said], God has appointed for me another seed instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son, and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of LORD.

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

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

And LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.

And Noah did according to all that LORD commanded him.

And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

And those that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him. And LORD shut him in.

And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, 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 he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot. And she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. And he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in to him into the ark.

And the dove came in to him at evening. And, lo, in her mouth an olive leaf plucked off, so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

And he stayed yet seven other days, and sent forth the dove. And she did not return again to him any more.

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him.

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

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.

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

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

So Abram went as LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

And LORD appeared to Abram, and said, I will give this land to thy seed. And there he built an altar to LORD, who appeared to him.

And Pharaoh gave men command concerning him. And they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.

And LORD said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou are, northward and southward and eastward and westward.

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

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (the same is the King's Valley).

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

And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And [Abram] gave him a tenth of all.

And, behold, the word of LORD came to him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir, but he who shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be.

And he believed in LORD, and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

And he said to him, I am LORD who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

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

And he took all these for him, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half opposite the other. But he did not divide the birds.

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no sons. And she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

And he will be a wild donkey among men, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers.

And she called the name of LORD who spoke to her, Thou are a God who sees, for she said, Have I even here looked behind him who sees me?

And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty, walk before me, and be thou perfect.

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

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

And God said, No, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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

And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

And LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

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 when the season comes round, and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of LORD, to do righteousness and justice, to the end that LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoke

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 the forty's sake.

And he urged them greatly. And they turned in to him, and entered into his house. And he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came in to thee this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.

And Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him.

But he lingered. And the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him forth, and set him outside the city.

And he said to him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou have spoken.

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar. And he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lay with him, that we may preserve seed by our father.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also, and go thou in, and lay with him, that we may preserve seed by our fath

And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose, and lay with him. And he did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou are but a dead man, because of the woman whom thou have taken, for she is a man's wife.

And God said to him in the dream, Yes, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou have done this. And I also withheld thee from sinning against me. Therefore I did not allow thee to touch her.

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? Thou have done deeds to me that ought not to be done.

And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.

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

And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

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

And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him.

And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah should give sons suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age.

And she went, and sat herself down opposite him a good way off, as it were a bowshot. For she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat opposite him, and the child lifted up its voice, and wept.

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand, for I will make him a great nation.

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took for him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

And it came to pass after these things, that God proved Abraham, and said to him, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou love, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.

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

And the agent of LORD called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.

And he said, Do not lay thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything to him. For now I know that thou fear God, since thou have not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind [him] a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. Let him give it to me for the full price in the midst of you for a possession of a burying place.

And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I bring thy son again to the land from where thou came?

And Abraham said to him, Beware thou that thou not bring my son there again.

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hurried, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.

She said moreover to him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.