God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.

This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

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

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

God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"

By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." It happened when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

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

The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.

All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.

All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.

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

All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.

All the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.

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

All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.

All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.

It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.

The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came in to men's daughters. They bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.

The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.

God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.

The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.

He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,

but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.

It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.

The sons of Noah who went forth from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.

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

Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they did not see their father's nakedness.

All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died.

Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

And the days of Terah were two hundred five years. And Terah died in Haran.

Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the LORD.

In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.

The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).

Abraham took Ishmael his son, 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 same day, as God had said to him.

In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. It had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up. Get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

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

Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.

So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded

The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.

The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my master."

Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.

Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.

The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

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

It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."

Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.

He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well's mouth in its place.

Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

but when the flock were feeble, he did not put them in. So the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

It happened during mating season that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.

The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; a which thing ought not to be done.

It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.

These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan's sister was Timna.

for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."

Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.

Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.

The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it.

They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.