In the beginning God created heaven and earth.

And God said, "Let the waters that are under heaven gather themselves unto one place, that the dry land may appear." And it came so to pass.

And God said, "Let the earth bring forth herb and grass that sow seed, and fruitful trees that bear fruit, every one in his kind, having their seed in themselves, upon the earth." And it came so to pass.

And the earth brought forth herb and grass sowing seed, every one in his kind, and trees bearing fruit and having their seed in themselves, every one in his kind. And God saw that it was good:

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 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 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 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 God said, "See, I have given you all herbs that sow seed which are on all the earth, and all manner trees that have fruit in them and sow seed; to be meat for you,

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 in the seventh day God ended his work which he had made and rested in the seventh day from all his works which he had made.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; for in it he rested from all his works which he had created and made.

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.

The LORD God also planted a garden in Eden from the beginning, and there he set man whom he had formed.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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."

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 answered, "Thy voice I heard in the garden, but I was afraid because I was naked, and therefore hid myself."

Moreover, I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread it on the heel."

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:

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

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 Cain talked with Abel his brother. And as soon as they were in the fields, Cain fell upon Abel his brother and slew him.

For when thou tillest the ground she shall henceforth not give her power unto thee. A vagabond and a renegade shalt thou be upon the earth."

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

And Lamech took him two wives: the one was called Adah, and the other Zillah.

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.

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.

Male and female made he them, and called their names man, in the day when they were created.

And when Adam was a hundred and thirty years old, he begat a son after his likeness and similitude: and called his name Seth.

And when Noah was five hundred years old, he begat Shem, Ham and Japheth.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply upon the earth and had begot them daughters,

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,

he repented that he had made man upon the earth and sorrowed in his heart.

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.

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

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.

And male and female see that they be, of birds in their kind, and of beasts in their kind, and of all manner of worms of the earth in their kind: a pair of every thing shall come unto thee to keep them alive.

And take unto thee of all manner of meat that may be eaten and lay it up in store by thee, that it may be meat both for thee and for them."

And the LORD said unto Noah, "Go into the ark both thou and all thy household. For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

and Noah was six hundred years old, when the flood of water came upon the earth.

came in by couples of every kind unto Noah into the ark: a male and a female: even as God commanded Noah.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, that same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened,

And the selfsame day went Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah's sons, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them in to the ark:

both they and all manner of beasts in their kind, and all manner of cattle in their kind and all manner of worms that creep upon the earth in their kind, and all manner of birds in their kind, and all manner of fowls whatsoever had feathers.

And they came unto Noah into the ark by couples, of all flesh that had breath of life in it.

And all flesh that moved on the earth, both birds, cattle and beasts, perished; with all that crept on the earth, and all men:

so that all that had the breath of life in the nostrils of it, throughout all that was on dry land, died.

Thus was destroyed all that was upon the earth; both man, beasts, worms and fowls of the air, so that they were destroyed from the earth: save Noah was reserved only and they that were with him in the ark.

And God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to blow upon the earth, and the waters ceased;

And when the dove could find no resting place for her foot, she returned to him again unto the ark, for the waters were upon the face of all the earth. And he put out his hand and took her and pulled her to him into the ark.

and the dove came to him again about eventide, and behold: there was in her mouth a leaf of an olive tree which she had plucked, whereby Noah perceived that the waters were abated upon the earth.

And it came to pass, the six hundred and one year and the first day of the first month, that the waters were dried up upon the earth. And Noah took off the hatches of the ark and looked: and behold, the face of the earth was dry.

And all the beasts that are with thee whatsoever flesh it be, both fowl and cattle and all manner worms that creep on the earth, bring out with thee, and let them move, grow and multiply upon the earth."

All the beasts also, and all the worms, and all the fowls, and all that crept upon the earth, went out of the ark, every one unto his like.

And Noah made an altar unto the LORD, and took of all manner of clean beasts and all manner of clean fowls, and offered sacrifice upon the altar.

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour and said in his heart, "I will henceforth no more curse the earth for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil even from the very youth of him. Moreover I will not destroy from henceforth all that liveth as I have done.

The fear also and dread of you be upon all beasts of the earth, and upon all fowls of the air, and upon all that creepeth on the earth, and upon all fishes of the sea, which are given unto your hands.

so that he which sheddeth man's blood, shall have his blood shed by man again: for God made man after his own likeness.

I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant made between me and the earth;

so that when I bring in clouds upon the earth, the bow shall appear in the clouds.

The bow shall be in the clouds, and I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and all that liveth upon the earth, whatsoever flesh it be."

And God said unto Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have made between me and all flesh that is on the earth."

and drank of the wine and was drunk, and lay uncovered in the midst of his tent.

And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on both their shoulders and went backward, and covered their father's secrets, but their faces were backward, so that they saw not their father's nakedness.

As soon as Noah was awaked from his wine and wist what his youngest son had done unto him,

God increase Japheth that he may dwell in the tents of Shem. And Canaan be their servant."

Of these came the Isles of the gentiles in their countries, every man in his speech, kindred and nation.

Cush also begot Nimrod, which began to be mighty in the earth:

He was a mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD, whereof came the proverb "he is as Nimrod, that mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD."

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar:

These were the children of Ham in their kindreds, tongues, lands and nations.

And Eber begat two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his time the earth was divided. And the name of his brother was Joktan.

These are the sons of Shem in their kindreds, languages, countries and nations.

These are the kindreds of the sons of Noah, in their generations and nations. And of these came the people that were in the world after the flood.

And all the world was of one tongue and one language.

And as they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and there they dwelled.