Then God made the firmament, and parted the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters that were above the firmament: And it was so.

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, "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 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.

The name of the second river is Gihon, which compasseth all the land of Cush.

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 made of the rib which he took out of Adam, a woman, and brought her unto Adam.

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 he said, "Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, of which I bade thee that thou shouldest not eat?"

And Adam answered, "The woman which thou gavest to bear me company, she took me of the tree, and I ate."

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:

And Adam lay with Eve his wife, which conceived and bare Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man of the LORD."

And now cursed be thou as pertaining to the earth, which opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood of thine hand.

And Cain lay with his wife, which conceived and bare Enoch. And he was building a city and called the name of it after the name of his son, Enoch.

And all the days of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.

and called him Noah, saying, "This same shall comfort us: as concerning our work and sorrow of our hands which we have about the earth that the LORD hath cursed."

the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took unto them wives, which they best liked among them all.

And said, "I will destroy mankind which I have made, from off the face of the earth: both man, beast, worm and fowl of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them."

And the waters prevailed exceedingly above measure upon the earth, so that all the high hills which are under all the parts of heaven were covered:

And after the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made,

and sent forth a raven, which went out, ever going and coming again, until the waters were dried up upon the earth.

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 he tarried yet seven other days, and sent forth the dove, which from thenceforth came no more again to him.

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.

Only: the flesh with his life, which is his blood, see that ye eat not.

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

And God said, "This is the token of my covenant which I make between me and you, and between all living thing, that is with you forever:

And then will I think upon my covenant which I have made between me and you, and all that liveth, whatsoever flesh it be. So that henceforth there shall be no more waters to make a flood to destroy all flesh.

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."

These are the generations of the sons of Noah: of Shem, Ham and Japheth, which begat them children after the flood.

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

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the children of Adam had built.

And Abram and Nahor took them wives. Abram's wife was called Sarai. And Nahor's wife, Milcah the daughter of Haran; which was father of Milcah and of Iscah.

Then the LORD said unto Abram, "Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred; and out of thy father's house, into a land which I will show thee.

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,

Then the LORD appeared unto Abram and said, "Unto thy seed will I give this land." And he built an altar there unto the LORD which appeared to him.

which entreated Abram well for her sake, so that he had sheep, oxen and he-asses, men servants, maid servants, she-asses and camels.

and unto the place of the altar which he made before. And there called Abram upon the name, of the LORD.

Lot also, which went with him, had sheep, cattle and tents:

for all the land which thou seest will I give unto thee and to thy seed for ever.

Then Abram took down his tent, and went and dwelled in the oak grove of Mamre, which is in Hebron; and built there an altar to the LORD.

made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, and with Shinab king of Admah, and with Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and with the king of Bela - which Bela is called Zoar.

All these came together unto the vale of Siddim, which is now the salt sea.

and the Horites in their own mount Seir unto the plain of Elparan, which bordereth upon the wilderness.

And then turned they and came to the well of judgment which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwell in Hazezon-Tamar.

Then came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; which dwelt in the oak grove of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and Aner, which were confederate with Abram.

And set himself and his servants in array, and fell upon them by night, and smote them, and chased them away unto Hobah, which lieth on the lefthand of Damascus,

And as he returned again from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings that were with him, then came the king of Sodom to meet him, unto the vale of Shaveh which now is called King's Dale.

And blessed be God the most highest, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hands." And Abram gave him tithes of all.

Save only that which the young men have eaten and the parts of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol and Mamre: Let them take their parts."

Wherefore she called the well, "the well of the living that seeth me" which well is between Kadesh and Bered.

And Hagar bare Abram a son, and Abram called his son's name which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

This is my covenant which ye shall keep between me and you and thy seed after thee: that ye circumcise all your men children.

But my covenant will I make with Isaac, which Sara shall bear unto thee: even this time, twelve month."

And Abraham ran unto his beasts and fetched a calf that was tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, which made it ready at once.

And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them, and stood himself by them under the tree: and they ate.

And he said, "I will come again unto thee as soon as the fruit can live. And lo, Sara thy wife shall have a son." That heard Sara, out of the tent door which was behind his back.

And the LORD said, "Can I hide from Abraham that thing which I am about to do,

I will go down and see whether they have done altogether according to that cry which is come unto me or not, that I may know."

And they called unto Lot and said unto him, "Where are the men which came into thy house tonight? Bring them out unto us that we may do our lust with them."

Behold, I have two daughters which have known no man; them will I bring out unto you: do with them as it seemeth you good: Only unto these men do nothing, for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof."

And Lot went out and spake unto his sons-in-law, which should have married his daughters, and said, "Stand up and get you out of this place, for the LORD will destroy the city!" But he seemed as though he had mocked, unto his sons-in-law.

behold, inasmuch as thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, now make thy mercy great which thou showest unto me in saving my life. For I cannot save myself in the mountains, lest some misfortune fall upon me and I die.

And he said to him, "See, I have received thy request as concerning this thing, that I will not overthrow this city for the which thou hast spoken.

And the elder bare a son and called him Moab, which is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

And the younger bare a son and called him Benammi, which is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

And God came to Abimelech by night in a dream and said to him, "See, thou art but a dead man for the woman's sake which thou hast taken away, for she is a man's wife."

And Sara was with child and bare Abraham a son in his old age, even the same season which the LORD had appointed.

And Abraham called his son's name that was born unto him, which Sara bare him, Isaac:

Sara saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, a mocking.

And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had taken away.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, "What mean these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?"

And he said, "Take thy only son Isaac whom thou lovest, and get thee unto the land of Moria, and sacrifice him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will show thee."

Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his men with him, and Isaac his son: and clove wood for the sacrifice, and rose up and got him to the place which God had appointed him.

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 let him give me the double cave which he hath in the end of his field, for as much money as it is worth; let him give it me in the presence of you, for a possession to bury in."

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron and weighed him the silver which he had said in the audience of the sons of Heth. Even four hundred silver sicles of current money among merchants.

Thus was the field of Ephron wherein the double cave is before Mamre - even the field and the cave that is therein, and all the trees of the field which grow in all the borders round about - made sure unto Abraham for a possession,

And he said unto his eldest servant of his house which had the rule over all that he had, "Put thy hand under my thigh

that I may make thee swear by the LORD that is God of heaven and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son, of the daughters of the Canaanites, among which I dwell.

Then said the servant unto him, "What and if the woman will not agree to come with me unto this land, shall I bring thy son again unto the land which thou camest out of?"

The LORD God of heaven which took me from my father's house and from the land where I was born, and which spake unto me and sware unto me saying 'unto thy seed will I give this land' - he shall send his angel before thee, that thou mayest take a wife unto my son from thence.

And she said unto him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah which she bare unto Nahor,"

and said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham which ceaseth not to deal mercifully and truly with my master. For the LORD hath brought me the way to my master's brother's house."

And I came this day unto the well and said, 'O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if it be so that thou makest my journey which I go, prosperous:

And I bowed myself, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham which had brought me the right way, to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

which bare him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.

These are the days of the life of Abraham which he lived: a hundred and seventy five years

Which field Abraham bought of the sons of Heth: There was Abraham buried, and Sara his wife.

And after the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son, which dwelt by the well of the living and seeing.

These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, which Hagar the Egyptian, Sara's handmaid, bare unto Abraham.

Then the LORD appeared unto him and said, "Go not down into Egypt, but bide in the land which I say unto thee:

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give all these countries. And I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father,

insomuch that they stopped, and filled up with earth, all the wells which his father's servants digged in his father Abraham's time.

And Isaac digged again, the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham, and gave them the same names which his father gave them.

And then he departed thence, and digged another well for the which they strove not: therefore called he it Rehoboth, saying, "The LORD hath now made us room, and we are increased upon the earth."

And the same day came Isaac's servants, and told him of a well which they had digged: and said unto him, that they had found water.

which were disobedient unto Isaac and Rebekah.

Now therefore, my son, hear my voice in that which I command thee: