Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep, - but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters,

God called the dry ground "land," and he called the water that had come together "oceans." And God saw how good it was.

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 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.

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,

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

Now Yahweh God had formed from the ground every living thing of the field and every bird of the heavens, which he brought in unto the man, that he might see what he should call it, - and, whatsoever the man should call it - any living soul, that, should be the name thereof.

So the man gave names to all the tame-beasts, and to the birds of the heavens, and to all the wild-beasts of the field, - but, for man, had there not been found a helper as his counterpart.

And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. While he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up {the flesh where it had been}.

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

And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.

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?

As a result, they both understood what they had done, and they became aware that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

Then He asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

Now Adam had named his wife "Eve," because she was to become the mother of everyone who was living.

therefore Jehovah God sent him out from the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he had been taken.

After he had expelled the man, the LORD God placed winged angels at the eastern end of the garden of Eden, along with a fiery, turning sword, to prevent access to the tree of life.

Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the Lord.”

Later, after a while, Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit that he had harvested,

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 for Cain and his offering He had no respect. So Cain became extremely angry (indignant), and he looked annoyed and hostile.

Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.

And Enoch had a son Irad: and Irad became the father of Mehujael: and Mehujael became the father of Methushael: and Methushael became the father of Lamech.

And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, “God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.

When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

After he became the father of Seth, Adam lived eight hundred years and had other sons and daughters.

When Seth had lived one hundred and five years, he fathered Enosh.

Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after the birth of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan.

Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after the birth of Kenan and had other sons and daughters.

When Kenan had lived seventy years, he fathered Mahalalel.

Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after the birth of Mahalalel and had other sons and daughters.

When Mahalalel had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Jared.

Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after the birth of Jared and had other sons and daughters.

When Jared had lived one hundred and sixty-two years, he fathered Enoch.

Jared lived eight hundred years after the birth of Enoch and had other sons and daughters.

When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Methuselah.

Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.

and Enoch walked with God, - and was not for God had taken him.

When Methuselah had lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, he fathered Lamech.

Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after the birth of Lamech and had other sons and daughters.

When Lamech had lived one hundred and eighty-two years, he fathered a son.

And he called his name Noah, saying, "This one {shall relieve us} from our work, and from the hard labor of our hands, from the ground which Yahweh had cursed.

Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after the birth of Noah and had other sons and daughters.

After Noah had lived 500 years, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And it came to pass when men had begun to multiply on the face of the ground and daughters had been born to them,

There were tyrants in the world in those days. For after that the children of God had gone in unto the daughters of men and had begotten them children, the same children were the mightiest of the world and men of renown.

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

And LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

But, Noah, had found favour in the eyes, of Yahweh.

Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

By this time, the earth had become ruined in God's opinion and filled with violence.

And God beheld the earth, and lo! it had corrupted itself, - surely all flesh had corrupted its way, on the earth.

Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.

Noah did according to all that the Lord had commanded him.

they came [motivated by God] into the ark with Noah two by two, the male and the female, just as God had commanded Noah.

both they and all manner of beasts in their kind, and all manner of cattle in their kind and all manner of worms that creep upon the earth in their kind, and all manner of birds in their kind, and all manner of fowls whatsoever had feathers.

And they came unto Noah into the ark by couples, of all flesh that had breath of life in it.

Those which entered, male and female of all flesh (creatures), entered as God had commanded Noah; and the Lord closed the door behind him.

so that all that had the breath of life in the nostrils of it, throughout all that was on dry land, died.

All existing creatures that had lived on the surface of the ground were annihilated, from humans to livestock, from crawling creatures to birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah remained, along with those who were with him in the ark.

and the waters receded steadily from the earth. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had diminished.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

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

Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the water level had fallen below the surface of the land.

The dove came back to him in the evening, and there, in her beak, was a fresh olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water level had subsided from the earth.

After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but she did not return to him again.

So it came to pass in the six hundred and first year at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters had dried up from off the earth, - and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked and lo! the face of the ground was dried.

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.

After Noah had lived a total of 950 years, he died.

These are the family records of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They also had sons after the flood.

The coastland peoples spread out into their lands. These are Japheth’s sons by their clans, in their nations. Each group had its own language.

And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.

Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

Now the whole earth [had] one language and the same words.

And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had slime for mortar.

Now the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the whole earth, so that they had to stop building the city.

These are the family records of Shem. When Shem had lived 100 years, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.

And Shem lived five hundred years after Arpachshad was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.

Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after Shelah was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.

Shelah lived four hundred and three years after Eber was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.

And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after Peleg was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.

And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after Reu was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.

And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after Serug was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor.

And Serug lived two hundred years after Nahor was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.

And Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years after Terah was born, and he had other sons and daughters.

After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram and Nahor and Haran [his firstborn].

And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they journeyed together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they had gone as far as Haran, they settled there,