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 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 said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

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

And God said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the plants yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

And the earth brought forth vegetation, and plants yielding seed after their kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

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

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 God created great sea creatures, and every living thing that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kinds, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kinds: and it was so

And God made the beasts of the earth after their kinds, and cattle after their kinds, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

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

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was its name.

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.

And Adam 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.

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

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

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

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

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

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

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methushael: and Methushael begat Lamech.

And Lamech took unto 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 of such as 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 Tubalcain, an instructor of every forger in bronze and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

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

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

And every living thing was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was a plucked off olive leaf: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth peopled.

And he drank of the wine, and was drunk; and he was uncovered within his tent.

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: therefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

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

And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, unto Gaza; as you go, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

And their territory was from Mesha, as you go unto Sephar a mount of the east.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:

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

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was severe in the land.

And it came to pass, that, when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done unto me? why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together.

And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled then in the land.

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you came unto Zoar.

And the LORD said unto Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

And the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

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

And Sarai said unto Abram, The wrong done to me be upon you: I have given my maid into your bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and you.

Therefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect.

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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

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

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

And he said, I will certainly return unto you according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but you did laugh.

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Haste you, escape there for I cannot do anything till you are come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What was your thinking, that you have done this thing?

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to you a vindication of the eyes, unto all that are with you, and with all others: thus she was righted.

And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

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

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

And the thing was very displeasing in Abraham's sight because of his son.

And the water was used up in the skin, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she has also borne children unto your brother Nahor;

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bore also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.