And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.

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 called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning a second day.

And there was evening, and there was morning a third day.

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 there was evening, and there was morning a fourth day.

And there was evening, and there was morning a fifth day.

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 every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed.

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

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

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 it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

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

And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.

And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

Why didst thou say, She is my sister, so that I took her as my wife. And now, behold, there is thy wife: take her, and go away.

to the place of the altar that he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.

Then Abram moved his tents, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron. And he built there an altar to Jehovah.

And the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain.

And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces.

There are perhaps fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?

Perhaps there may want five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city on account of the five? And he said, If I shall find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.

And he continued yet to speak with him, and said, Perhaps there may be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.

And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry that I speak! Perhaps there may be thirty found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

And he said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak with the Lord. Perhaps there may be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.

And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, that I speak yet but this time! Perhaps there may be ten found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

And they said, Back there! And they said again, This one came to sojourn, and he must be a judge? Now we will deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed hard on the man on Lot; and drew near to break the door.

Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the land to come in to us after the manner of all the earth:

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.

Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.

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

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

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

and he spoke to Ephron, in the ears of the people of the land, saying, But if only thou wouldst listen to me, I give the money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge?

And she said to him, There is straw, and also much provender with us; also room to lodge.

And there was set meat before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat until I have made known my business. And he said, Speak on.

the field that Abraham had purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with the red the red thing there, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom.

And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

And it came to pass when he had been there some time, that Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out of the window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was dallying with Rebecca his wife.

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,

And he lighted on a certain place, and lodged there, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and made it his pillow, and lay down in that place.

And he looked, and behold, there was a well in the fields, and behold there, three flocks of sheep were lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks, and a great stone was at the mouth of the well.

And when all the flocks were gathered there, they rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the mouth of the well in its place.

And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and behold, there comes Rachel his daughter with the sheep.

And she said, Behold, there is my maid, Bilhah: go in to her, in order that she may bear on my knees, and I may also be built up by her.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap.

And he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother --

And Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.

And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.

And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before there reigned a king over the children of Israel.

And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!

and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty there was no water in it.

And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanitish man whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her.

And he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute that was at Enaim, by the way-side? And they said, There was no prostitute here.

There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

that on a certain day he went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there in the house.

And Joseph's lord took him and put him into the tower-house, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-house.

And the chief of the tower-house committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the tower-house; and whatever they had to do there he did.

And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me your dreams, I pray you.

And in the uppermost basket there were all manner of victuals for Pharaoh that the baker makes, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.

And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fine-looking and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass.

And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the scribes of Egypt, and all the sages who were therein, and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none to interpret them to Pharaoh.

And there was there with us a Hebrew youth, a bondman of the captain of the life-guard, to whom we told them, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each he interpreted according to his dream.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamt a dream, and there is none to interpret it. And I have heard say of thee, thou understandest a dream to interpret it.

And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they fed in the reed-grass.

and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout the land of Egypt.

And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will waste away the land.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.

and the seven years of the dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was dearth in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

And the famine was on all the earth. And Joseph opened every place in which there was provision, and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was grievous in the land of Egypt.

And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy grain for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.

And they made ready the gift for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they should eat bread there.

And Joseph made haste, for his bowels burned for his brother; and he sought a place to weep, and he went into the chamber, and wept there.

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was still there; and they fell down before him to the ground.

it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not there, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

For the famine has been these two years in the land; and yet there are five years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest.

And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.