And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

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

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 on the seventh day God finished 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 in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

And LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

And out of the ground LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and whatever the man called every living creature, that was the name of it.

And LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept. And [God] took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in place of it.

And the rib, which LORD God had taken from the man, he made a woman, and brought her to the man.

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yea, has God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

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

And he said, Who told thee that thou was naked? Have thou eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee that thou should not eat?

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.

To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy childbearing, in pain thou shall bring forth children. And thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all

And LORD 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--

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

So he drove out the man. And he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way of the tree of life.

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

but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

And LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?

And he said, What have thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of such as dwell in tents and [have] cattle.

And his brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.

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,

male and female he created them, and blessed them, and called their name Man, in the day when they were created.

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

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

And Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he begot Enosh, and begot sons and daughters.

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

And Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he begot Kenan, and begot sons and daughters.

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

And Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he begot Mahalalel, and begot sons and daughters.

And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

And Mahalalel Jared eight hundred and thirty years lived after he begot, and begot sons and daughters.

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

And Jared lived eight hundred years after he begot Enoch, and begot sons and daughters.

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

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

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

And Methuselah lived seven hundred eighty-two years after he begot Lamech, and begot sons and daughters.

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, and he died.

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

And Lamech lived five hundred ninety-five years after he begot Noah, and begot sons and daughters.

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, and he died.

And LORD said, My spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he also is flesh. Yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

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

And this is how thou shall make it: The length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

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

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered,

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

And he sent forth a raven. And it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

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 he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

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

Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. For in the image of God he made man.

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent.

And he said, Cursed be Canaan. He shall be a servant of servants to his brothers.

And he said, Blessed be LORD, the God of Shem. And let Canaan be his servant.

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

And Cush begot Nimrod. He began to be a mighty man on the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before LORD. Therefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before LORD.

He went forth out of that land into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,

And Shem lived five hundred years after he begot Arphaxad, and begot sons and daughters.

And Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years after he begot Shelah, and begot sons and daughters.

And Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he begot Eber, and begot sons and daughters.

And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he begot Peleg, and begot sons and daughters.

And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he begot Reu, and begot sons and daughters.

And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he begot Serug, and begot sons and daughters.

And Serug lived two hundred years after he begot Nahor, and begot sons and daughters.

And Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years after he begot Terah, and begot sons and daughters.

And I will bless those who bless thee, and he who curses thee I will curse. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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 he moved from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to LORD, and called upon the name of LORD.

And it came to pass, when he came near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou are a fair woman to look upon.

And he dealt well with Abram for her sake. And he had sheep, and oxen, and he-donkeys, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-donkeys, and camels.

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 he went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. And Abram called on the name of LORD there.

And some man came who had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew. Now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner. And these were allies with Abram.

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and also the women, and the people.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine. And he was priest of God Most High.

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

And Abram said, O lord LORD, what will thou give me, since I go childless. And he who shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

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, O lord LORD, how shall I know that I shall 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.