The Earth was void and empty and darkness was upon the deep, and the spirit of God moved upon the water.

and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made the first day.

And God called the firmament "heaven." And so of the evening and morning was made the second day.

And God called the dry land "the earth" and the gathering together of waters called he "the sea." And God saw that it was good.

and then of the evening and morning was made the third day.

Then said God, "Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night; that they may be unto signs, seasons, days and years.

And let them be lights in the firmament of heaven, to shine upon the earth." And so it was.

And God put them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth,

and so of the evening and morning was made the fourth day.

And God said, "Let the water bring forth creatures that move and have life, and fowls for to fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven."

And God created great whales and all manner of creatures that live and move, which the waters brought forth in their kinds, and all manner of feathered fowls in their kinds. And God saw that it was good:

and God blessed them, saying, "Grow and multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the fowls multiply upon the earth."

And so of the evening and morning was made the fifth day.

And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures in their kinds: cattle and worms and beasts of the earth in their kinds." And so it came to pass.

And God made the beasts of the earth in their kinds, and cattle in their kinds, and all manner worms of the earth in their kinds: and God saw that it was good.

And God said, "Let us make man in our similitude and after our likeness: that he may have rule over the fish of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over all worms that creep on the earth."

And God created man after his likeness, after the likeness of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, "Grow and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over all the beasts that move on the earth.

and for all beasts of the earth, and unto all fowls of the air, and unto all that creepeth on the earth wherein is life, that they may have all manner herbs and grass for to eat." And even so it was.

And God beheld all that he had made, and lo they were exceeding good: and so of the evening and morning was made the sixth day.

These are the generations of heaven and earth when they were created, in the time when the LORD God created heaven and earth

and all the shrubs of the field before they were in the earth. And all the herbs of the field before they sprang: for the LORD God had yet sent no rain upon the earth, neither was there yet any man to till the earth.

But there arose a mist out of the ground and watered all the face of the earth.

Then the LORD God shope man, even of the mold of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life. So man was made a living soul.

And the LORD God made to spring out of the earth, all manner trees beautiful to the sight and pleasant to eat; and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and also the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

And there sprung a river out of Eden to water the garden, and thence divided itself, and grew into four principal waters.

The name of the one is Pishon; he it is that compasseth all the land of Havilah, where gold groweth.

And the gold of that country is precious; there is found bdellium and a stone called Onyx.

The name of the second river is Gihon, which compasseth all the land of Cush.

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel, which runneth on the east side of the Assyrians; And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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

And the LORD God commanded Adam, saying, "Of all the trees of the garden see thou eat:

But of the tree of knowledge of good and bad see that thou eat not: For even the same day thou eatest of it, thou shalt surely die.

And after that the LORD God had made of the earth all manner beasts of the field, and all manner fowls of the air, he brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them. And as Adam called all manner living beasts: even so are their names.

And Adam gave names unto all manner cattle, and unto the fowls of the air, and unto all manner beasts of the field. But there was no help found unto Adam to bear him company.

Then the LORD God cast a slumber on Adam, and he slept. And then he took out one of his ribs, and in stead thereof he filled up the place with flesh.

And the LORD God made of the rib which he took out of Adam, a woman, and brought her unto Adam.

Then said Adam, "This is once bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called woman: because she was taken of the man."

For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

And they were either of them naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed.

But the serpent was subtler than all the beasts of the field which the LORD God had made; and said unto the woman, "Ah sir, that God hath said, ye shall not eat of all manner trees in the garden."

And the woman said unto the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees in the garden we may eat,

but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, said God, see that ye eat not, and see that ye touch it not: lest ye die."

but God doth know, that whensoever ye should eat of it, your eyes should be opened and ye should be as God and know both good and evil."

And the woman saw that it was a good tree to eat of, and lusty unto the eyes, and a pleasant tree for to make wise. And took of the fruit of it and ate, and gave unto her husband also with her, and he ate.

And the eyes of both them were opened, that they understood how that they were naked. Then they sewed fig leaves together and made them aprons.

And they heard the voice of the LORD God as he walked in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam hid himself and his wife also from the face of the LORD God, among the trees of the garden.

And he said, "Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, of which I bade thee that thou shouldest not eat?"

And Adam answered, "The woman which thou gavest to bear me company, she took me of the tree, and I ate."

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, "Because thou hast so done, most cursed be thou of all cattle and of all beasts of the field. Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all days of thy life.

And unto Adam he said, "Forasmuch as thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying 'See thou eat not thereof' cursed be the earth for thy sake. In sorrow shalt thou eat thereof all days of thy life:

and it shall bear thorns and thistles unto thee. And thou shalt eat the herbs of the field:

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the earth whence thou wast taken: for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return."

And Adam called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all that liveth.

And the LORD God made Adam and his wife garments of skins, and put them on them.

And the LORD God said, "Lo, Adam is become as it were one of us, in knowledge of good and evil. But now lest he stretch forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live ever -"

and the LORD God cast him out of the garden of Eden, to till the earth whence he was taken.

And he cast Adam out, and set at the entering of the garden Eden, Cherubim with a naked sword moving in and out, to keep the way to the tree of life.

And Adam lay with Eve his wife, which conceived and bare Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man of the LORD."

And it fortuned, in process of time, that Cain brought of the fruit of the earth an offering unto the LORD.

And Abel, he brought also of the firstlings of his sheep and of the fat of them. And the LORD looked unto Abel and to his offering:

And the LORD said unto Cain, "Why art thou angry, and why lowerest thou? Knowest thou not, if thou dost well thou shalt receive it?

But and if thou dost evil, by and by thy sin lieth open in the door. Notwithstanding, let it be subdued unto thee, and see thou rule it."

And he said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cryeth unto me out of the earth.

And now cursed be thou as pertaining to the earth, which opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood of thine hand.

Behold, thou castest me out this day from off the face of the earth, and from thy sight must I hide myself, and I must be a vagabond and a renegade upon the earth: Moreover whosoever findeth me, will kill me."

And Cain went out from the face of the LORD, and dwelt in the land Nod, on the east side of Eden.

And Cain lay with his wife, which conceived and bare Enoch. And he was building a city and called the name of it after the name of his son, Enoch.

And Ada bare Jabal; of whom came they that dwell in tents and possess cattle.

And his brother's name was Jubal; of him came all that exercise themselves on the harp and on the organs.

And Zillah she also bare Tubalcain; a worker in metal and a father of all that grave in brass and iron. And Tubalcain's sister was called Naamah.

Then said Lamech unto his wives Adah and Zillah, "Hear my voice ye wives of Lamech, and hearken unto my words, for I have slain a man and wounded myself, and have slain a young man, and got myself stripes.

Adam also lay with his wife yet again, and she bare a son and called his name Seth: "For God," said she, "hath given me another son for Abel whom Cain slew."

And Seth begat a son and called his name Enos. And in that time began men to call on the name of the LORD.

This is the book of the generation of man, in the day when God created man and made him after the similitude of God.

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

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

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

and all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and then he died.

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

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

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

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty five years,

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

and called him Noah, saying, "This same shall comfort us: as concerning our work and sorrow of our hands which we have about the earth that the LORD hath cursed."

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

the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took unto them wives, which they best liked among them all.

There were tyrants in the world in those days. For after that the children of God had gone in unto the daughters of men and had begotten them children, the same children were the mightiest of the world and men of renown.

And when the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth, and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,

And said, "I will destroy mankind which I have made, from off the face of the earth: both man, beast, worm and fowl of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them."

But yet Noah found grace in the sight of the LORD.

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man and uncorrupt in his time, and walked with God.

And the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and was full of mischief.

Then said God to Noah, "The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of their mischief. And lo, I will destroy them with the earth.

Make thee an ark of pine tree, and make chambers in the ark, and pitch it, within and without, with pitch.

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

A window shalt thou make above in the ark. And within a cubit compass shalt thou finish it. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side of it: and thou shalt make it with three lofts - one above another.

For behold, I will bring in a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh from under heaven, wherein breath of life is, so that all that is in the earth shall perish.

But I will make mine covenant with thee, that both thou shalt come into the ark and thy sons, thy wife and thy sons' wives with thee.

"And of all that liveth, whatsoever flesh it be, shalt thou bring into the ark, of every thing a pair, to keep them alive with thee.