In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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

And God saw the light, that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness.

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 made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.

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

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.

And God called the dry land Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters Seas. And God saw that it was good.

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 let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth. And it was so.

And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.

And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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

And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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 God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

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 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 birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.

And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves upo

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be for food,

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 the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that LORD God made earth and heaven.

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

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

And out of the ground LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, also the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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

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

And the name of the second river is Gihon. The same is it which encompasses the whole land of Cush.

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel [Tigris]. That is it which goes in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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

And LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat,

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it. For in the day that thou eat of it thou shall surely die.

And LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make a help meet for him.

And out of the ground LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and whatever the man called every living creature, that was the name of it.

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 LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept. And [God] took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in place of it.

And the rib, which LORD God had taken from the man, he made a woman, and brought her to the man.

And the man 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 a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife, and {the two (LXX/NT)} shall be one flesh.

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

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yea, has God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

And the woman said to the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

And the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die.

For God knows that in the day ye eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and h

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

And they heard the voice of LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

And LORD God called to the man, and said to him, Where are thou?

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked. And I hid myself.

And he said, Who told thee that thou was naked? Have thou eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee that thou should not eat?

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

And LORD God said to the woman, What is this thou have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.

And LORD God said to the serpent, Because thou have done this, cursed are thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. Upon thy belly thou shall go, and dust thou shall eat all the days of thy life.

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel.

To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy childbearing, in pain thou shall bring forth children. And thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all

Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.

In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.

And the man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

And LORD God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.

And LORD 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--

So he drove out the man. And he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way of the tree of life.

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

And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought an offering to LORD of the fruit of the ground.

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering,

but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

And LORD said to Cain, Why are thou angry? And why has thy countenance fallen?

If thou do well, shall thou not be accepted? And if thou do not well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire shall be for thee, and thou shall rule over it.

And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.

And LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?

And he said, What have thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

And now cursed are thou from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

When thou till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength. A fugitive and a wanderer thou shall be on the earth.

And Cain said to LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Behold, thou have driven me out this day from the face of the ground, and I shall be hid from thy face, and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. And it shall come to pass, that whoever finds me shall slay me.

And LORD said to him, Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And LORD appointed a sign for Cain, lest any who finds him should smite him.

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

And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bore Enoch. And [Cain] built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

And to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.

And Lamech took to him two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of such as dwell in tents and [have] cattle.

And his brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.

And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech. For I have killed a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me.