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, one day.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit trees bearing fruit according to their kind (in which is the seed of them) upon the earth. And it was so.

And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is the seed of it, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.

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

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from 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 God created the great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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

And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth according to their kind. And it was so.

And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kind, and the cattle according to their kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth in which there is life, for food--every green herb. And it was so.

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 no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth. And there was not a man to till the ground,

but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

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

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided, and became four heads.

The name of the first is Pishon. That is it which encompasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

And the gold of that land is good. There is bdellium and the onyx stone.

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 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.

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

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

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.

And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them, and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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.

Of the birds according to their kind, and of the cattle according to their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two of every sort shall come to thee, to keep them alive.

there went in two by two to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

In the selfsame day Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark,

they, and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle according to their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every bird of every sort.

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves upon the earth, according to their families, went forth out of the ark.

And I will establish my covenant with you. Neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood, nor shall there be a flood any more to destroy the earth.

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was spread over.

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness.

And Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.

From these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, every man according to his tongue, according to their families, in their nations.

These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, according to their nations.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations. And from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

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

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

So LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because LORD there confounded the language of all the earth, and from there LORD scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

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 Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. And they came into the land o

And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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

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

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together. For their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

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

And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brothers.

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it, for to thee I will give it.

And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to LORD.

and the Horites on their mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar), and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim,

Now the valley of Siddim was full of slime pits. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there. And those who remained fled to the mountain.

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.

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.

except 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 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 I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee.

And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.

And God said to Abraham, And as for thee, thou shall keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had

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 Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.

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

And LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

And the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham yet stood before LORD.

Perhaps there are fifty righteous men within the city. Will thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous men that are in it?

And LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous men within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

Perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous men. Will thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty-five.

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

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord. Perhaps there shall 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, and I will speak yet but this once. Perhaps ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

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

Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live.

Hasten thee, escape there, for I cannot do anything till thou have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.

And they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. And he did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.

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.

Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.

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

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there they swore both of them.

And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of LORD, the Everlasting God.

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 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 he spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou will, I pray thee, hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.

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

And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shall be clear from this my oath. Only thou shall not bring my son there again.