These are the generations of heaven and earth when they were created, in the time when the LORD God created heaven and earth

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."

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,

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,

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

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.

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

When Eber was thirty four years old, he begat Peleg,

And Peleg when he was thirty years old begat Reu,

And Reu, when he had lived thirty two years, begat Serug,

And when Serug was thirty years old, he begat Nahor,

And Nahor, when he was twenty nine years old, begat Terah,

And when Terah was seventy years old, he begat Abram, Nahor and Haran.

And when Terah was two hundred years old and five he died in Haran.

And Abram went as the LORD bade him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy five years old, when he went out of Haran.

And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, with all their goods which they had gotten, and souls which they had begotten in Haran. And they departed to go into the land of Canaan. And when they were come into the land of Canaan,

And when he was come nigh for to enter into Egypt, he said unto Sarai his wife, "Behold, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon.

It will come to pass, therefore, when the Egyptians see thee, that they will say, 'she is his wife.' And so shall they slay me and save thee.

When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he harnessed his servants born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and followed till they came at Dan.

And when the sun was down, there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness came upon him.

Nevertheless, thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:

When the sun was down and it was waxed dark, behold, there was a smoking furnace and a fire brand that went between the said pieces.

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived her mistress was despised in her sight.

And Abram was eighty six years old, when Hagar bare him Ishmael.

When Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to him saying, "I am the almighty God: walk before me and be uncorrupt.

And every manchild when it is eight days old, shall be circumcised among you in your generations, and all servants also born at home or bought with money, though they be strangers and not of thy seed.

Abraham was ninety years old and nine when he cut off the foreskin of his flesh.

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when the foreskin of his flesh was circumcised.

And he lift up his eyes and looked: and lo, three men stood not far from him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and fell to the ground

Then said the LORD unto Abraham, "Wherefore doth Sara laugh saying, 'shall I of a surety bear a child, now when I am old?'

When they had brought them out, they said, "Save thy life and look not behind thee, neither tarry thou in any place of the country, but save thyself in the mountain, lest thou perish."

And the sun was upon the earth when Lot was entered into Zoar.

But yet when God destroyed the cities of the region, he thought upon Abraham: and sent Lot out from the danger of the overthrowing, when he overthrew the cities where Lot dwelled.

And they gave their father wine to drink that same night. And the elder daughter went and lay with her father. And he perceived it not; neither when she lay down, neither when she rose up.

And they gave their father wine to drink that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him. And he perceived it not; neither when she lay down, neither when she rose up.

and Abraham circumcised Isaac his son when he was eight days old, as God commanded him.

And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

When the water was spent that was in the bottle, she cast the lad under a bush

And when they came unto the place which God showed him, Abraham made an altar there and dressed the wood, and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, above upon the wood.

And when she had given him drink, she said, "I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have drunk enough."

And Sara my master's wife bare him a son, when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

But and if, when thou comest unto my kindred, they will not give thee one; then shalt thou bear no peril of mine oath.'

behold, I stand by this well of water, and when a virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her 'give me a little water of thy pitcher to drink,'

And when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself unto the LORD, flat upon the earth.

And Rebekah lift up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel,

and then fell sick and died, in a lusty age - when he had lived enough - and was put unto his people.

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia and sister to Laban the Syrian.

And when her time was come to be delivered, behold, there were two twins in her womb.

And afterward his brother came out, and his hand holding Esau by the heel. Wherefore his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was forty years old when she bare them:

When Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri, an Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon, an Hittite also,

But Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And as soon as Esau was gone to the field to catch venison, and to bring it,

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out greatly and bitterly above measure, and said unto his father, "Bless me also, my father!"

And with thy sword shalt thou live and shalt be thy brother's servant; But the time will come, when thou shalt get the mastery, and loose his yoke from off thy neck."

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him to Mesopotamia, to fetch him a wife thence, and that, as he blessed him he gave him a charge saying 'see thou take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan,'

When Jacob was awaked out of his sleep, he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware."

When Laban heard tell of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran against him, and embraced him and kissed him and brought him into his house. And then Jacob told Laban all the matter.

And when even was come, he took Lea his daughter and brought her to him and he went in unto her.

And when the morning was come, behold, it was Lea. Then said he to Laban, "Wherefore hast thou played thus with me? Did not I serve thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?"

When the LORD saw that Lea was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rachel was barren.

When Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, she envied her sister and said unto Jacob, "Give me children, or else I am but dead."

When Lea saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

And when Jacob came from the fields at even, Lea went out to meet him, and said, "Come in to me, for I have bought thee with my son's mandragoras." And he slept with her that night.

For it was but little that thou hadst before I came, and now it is increased into a multitude, and the LORD hath blessed thee for my sake. But now when shall I make provision for mine own house also?"

So shall my righteousness answer for me: when the time cometh that I shall receive my reward of thee: So that whatsoever is not speckled and party among the goats and black among the lambs, let that be theft with me."

And he put the staves which he had peeled even before the sheep; in the gutters and watering troughs, when the sheep came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

When he said, 'the spotted shall be thy wages,' then all the sheep bare spotted. If he said, 'the streaked shall be thy reward,' then bare all the sheep streaked.

"And this toot-hill which the LORD seeth," said he, "be witness between me and thee when we are departed one from another:

And when Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's host," and called the name of that same place Mahanaim.

And he commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau my brother meeteth thee and asketh thee, saying, 'whose servant art thou and whither goest thou, and whose are these that go before thee?'

And so commanded he the second, and even so the third, and likewise all that followed the droves, saying, "Of this manner see that ye speak unto Esau when ye meet him,

And when he saw that he could not prevail against him, he smote him under the thigh, and the sinew of Jacob's thigh shrank as he wrestled with him.

And the third day, when it was painful to them, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took either of them his sword and went into the city boldly, and slew all that was male;

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

And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because that God appeared unto him there, when he fled from his brother.

And they departed from Bethel, and when he was but a field breadth from Ephrata, Rachel began to travail. And in travailing she was in peril.

And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah out of Bozrah, reigned in his stead.

When Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.

When Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

When Samlah was dead, Saul of the river Rehoboth reigned in his stead.

When Saul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

And these are the generations of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and of Zilpah his father's wives. And he brought unto their father an evil saying that was of them.

When his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him and could not speak one kind word unto him.

And when he had told it unto his father and his brethren, his father rebuked him, and said unto him, "What meaneth this dream which thou hast dreamed: shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the ground before thee?"

And when they saw him afar off before he came at them, they took counsel against him, for to slay him,

When Reuben heard that, he went about to rid him out of their hands, and said, "Let us not kill him."

And when Reuben came again unto the pit and found not Joseph there, he rent his clothes,

And she conceived the third time and bare a son, whom she called Shelah: and he was at Chezib when she bare him.

And when Onan perceived that the seed should not be his: therefore when he went into his brother's wife, he spilled it on the ground, because he would not give seed unto his brother.

And in process of time, the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died. Then Judah, when he had left mourning, went unto his sheep shearers to Timnath with his friend Hirah of Adullam.

When Judah saw her, he thought it had been an whore, because she had covered her face.

And when they brought her forth, she sent to her father-in-law saying, "By the man unto whom these things pertain, am I with child." And said also, "Look whose are this seal, necklace, and staff."

When time was come that she should be delivered, behold there was two twins in her womb.

When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out,

And when he heard that I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled away and got him out."

When his master heard the words of his wife which she told him, saying, "after this manner did thy servant to me," he waxed wroth.

When Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them: behold, they were sad.