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 all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

And every shrub of the field was not yet on the earth, and every plant of the field had not yet sprung up, for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

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

And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward in Eden. And there He put the man whom He had formed.

And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree in the garden,

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.

And Jehovah God made the rib (which He had taken from the man) into a woman. And He brought her to the man.

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman because she was taken out of man.

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

And they were both naked, the man and his wife; and they were not ashamed.

And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

And Jehovah 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,

And He drove out the man. And He placed cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

And Adam knew Eve his wife. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from Jehovah.

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have killed a man because of my wound, and a young man because of my hurt.

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

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

He created them male and female, and blessed them. And He called their name man in the day when they were created.

And it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and when daughters were born to them,

the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.

And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, in his erring; he is flesh. Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

There were giants in the earth in those days. And also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore to them, they were mighty men who existed of old, men of renown.

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

And Jehovah repented that He had made man on the earth, and He was angry to His heart.

And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created, from the face of the earth, both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air. For I repent that I have made them.

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

And all flesh that moved upon the face of the earth died, of birds, of cattle, of animal, and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth; and every man,

And every living thing which was on the face of the earth was destroyed, from man to cattle, and to the creeping things, and the fowls of the heavens. And they were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.

And Jehovah smelled a sweet odor. And Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. And I will not again smite every living thing as I have done.

and surely 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 every man's brother will I require the life of man.

Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood shall be shed by man; for He made man in the image of God.

And Pharaoh commanded men concerning him. And they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are men, brothers.

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before Jehovah, exceedingly so.

And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then shall your seed also be counted.

Nothing for me, only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

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

And Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his silver; every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins in the same day, even as God said to him.

And all the men of his house, that were born in the house, and bought with silver of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

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 toward the ground.

And Abraham ran out to the herd and brought a calf, tender and good. And he gave it to a young man. And he hurried to dress it.

And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. And Abraham was going with them to bring them on the way.

And the men turned their faces away from there, and went toward Sodom. But Abraham still stood before Jehovah.

But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter.

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

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man. I pray you, let me bring them out to you, and you do to them as you see fit. But do nothing to these men, for this is why they came under the shadow of my roof.

And they said, Stand back! And they said, This one came in to stay, and must he judge always? Now we will deal worse with you than with them. And they pressed hard upon the man, Lot, and came near to breaking the door.

But the men put out their hands and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

And the men said to Lot, Have you anyone here besides yourself? Bring your sons-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whatever you have in the city, bring them out of this place.

And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are about to die, for the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

Now therefore, restore his wife to the man. For he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live. And if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours.

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

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

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, 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 Abraham said to his young men, You stay here with the ass. And I and the boy will go on to this way and worship, and come again to you.

Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham lived at Beer-sheba.

And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath of mine. Only do not bring my son there again.

Behold, I stand by the well of water. And the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

And the young woman was very beautiful to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her. And she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

And the man was watching her, keeping silent, in order to know whether Jehovah had prospered his journey or not.

And it happened, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hand, weighing ten shekels of gold.

And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the Lord.

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. And Laban ran out to the man, to the well.

And it happened when he saw the earrings and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, So spoke the man to me, he came to the man. And behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

And the man came into the house. And he unloaded his camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him.

And they ate and drank, he and the men with him, and stayed all night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master.

And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

And Rebekah rose up, and her young women, and they rode upon the camels and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah and went his way.

For she said to the servant, What man is this that walks in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. Therefore she took a veil and covered herself.

And the boys grew. And Esau was a man knowing hunting, and Jacob was a simple man, living in tents.

And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister. For he feared to say, My wife; lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was beautiful of form.

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

And the man became great. And he went forward and grew until he grew very great.

And Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

And the man increased exceedingly, and had many flocks, and maidservants, and male servants, and camels, and asses.

And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flocks my flocks. All that you see is mine. And what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their sons which they have borne?

If you shall not afflict my daughters, or if you shall take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us. See! God is witness between you and me.

And the messengers returned to Jacob saying, We came to your brother Esau, and also he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.

And Jacob was left alone. And a Man wrestled there with him until the breaking of the day.

And He said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for like a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, Esau came, and four hundred men with him. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.

And he said to him, My lord knows that the boys are tender, and the flocks and herds with me are suckling. And if the men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard. And the men were furious, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel, in lying with the daughter of Jacob. And it ought not to be done so.

And the young man did not hesitate to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was more honorable than all the house of his father.

And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them live in the land, and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

Only on this condition will the men agree to us, to live with us, to be one people, if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

And he dreamed still another dream, and told it to his brothers. And he said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream. And behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me.

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, What are you looking for?

And the man said, They are gone from here, for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

And men, Midianites traders, came by. And they drew up Joseph and took him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shuah. And he took her and went in to her.

Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot who was by the wayside? And they said, There was no harlot here.