Genesis 1-5

Genesis 1

¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

²And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

³And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.

⁴And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.

⁵And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the first day.

⁶And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.

⁷And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.

⁸And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning -- a second day.

⁹And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.

¹⁰And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

¹¹And God said, Let the earth cause grass to spring up, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on the earth. And it was so.

¹²And the earth brought forth grass, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which is in them, after their kind. And God saw that it was good.

¹³And there was evening, and there was morning -- a third day.

¹⁴And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

¹⁵and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

¹⁶And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, -- and the stars.

¹⁷And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,

¹⁸and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

¹⁹And there was evening, and there was morning -- a fourth day.

²⁰And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.

²¹And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

²²And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth.

²³And there was evening, and there was morning -- a fifth day.

²⁴And God said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.

²⁵And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

²⁶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.

²⁷And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

²⁸And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.

²⁹And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;

³⁰and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.

³¹And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the sixth day.

Genesis 2

¹And the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished.

²And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

³And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because that on it he rested from all his work which God had created in making it.

⁴These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,

⁵and every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

⁶But a mist went up from the earth, and moistened the whole surface of the ground.

⁷And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.

⁸And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed.

⁹And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰And a river went out of Eden, to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four main streams.

¹¹The name of the one is Pison: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is.

¹²And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and the onyx stone are there.

¹³And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.

¹⁴And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which flows forward toward Asshur. And the fourth river, that is Euphrates.

¹⁵And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.

¹⁶And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat;

¹⁷but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt certainly die.

¹⁸And Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.

¹⁹And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought them to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its name.

²⁰And Man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but as for Adam, he found no helpmate, his like.

²¹And Jehovah Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall upon Man; and he slept. And he took one of his ribs and closed up flesh in its stead.

²²And Jehovah Elohim built the rib that he had taken from Man into a woman; and brought her to Man.

²³And Man said, This time it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because this was taken out of a man.

²⁴Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

²⁵And they were both naked, Man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3

¹And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

²And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;

³but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, and ye shall not touch it, lest ye die.

⁴And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;

⁵but God knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil.

⁶And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

⁷And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

⁸And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.

⁹And Jehovah Elohim called to Man, and said to him, Where art thou?

¹⁰And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I feared, because I am naked; and I hid myself.

¹¹And he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat?

¹²And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

¹³And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

¹⁴And Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life.

¹⁵And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel.

¹⁶To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee.

¹⁷And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

¹⁸and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

¹⁹In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.

²⁰And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.

²¹And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.

²²And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever ...!

²³Therefore Jehovah Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

²⁴And he drove out Man; and he set the Cherubim, and the flame of the flashing sword, toward the east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 4

¹And Man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have acquired a man with Jehovah.

²And she further bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, but Cain was a husbandman.

³And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Jehovah.

⁴And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat. And Jehovah looked upon Abel, and on his offering;

⁵and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

⁶And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?

⁷If thou doest well, will not thy countenance look up with confidence? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

⁸And Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

⁹And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

¹⁰And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

¹¹And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

¹²When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.

¹³And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.

¹⁴Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, that every one who finds me will slay me.

¹⁵And Jehovah said to him, Therefore, whoever slayeth Cain, it shall be revenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.

¹⁶And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden.

¹⁷And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city; and he called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.

¹⁸And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lemech.

¹⁹And Lemech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second, Zillah.

²⁰And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and breed cattle.

²¹And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of those who handle the harp and pipe.

²²And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, the forger of every kind of tool of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

²³And Lemech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Ye wives of Lemech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for my wound, and a youth for my bruise.

²⁴If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.

²⁵And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ... For God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain has slain him.

²⁶And to Seth, to him also was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then people began to call on the name of Jehovah.

Genesis 5

¹This is the book of Adam's generations. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.

²Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

³And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth.

⁴And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.

⁵And all the days of Adam that he lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

⁶And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.

⁷And Seth lived after he had begotten Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

⁸And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

⁹And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.

¹⁰And Enosh lived after he had begotten Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

¹¹And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

¹²And Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalaleel.

¹³And Cainan lived after he had begotten Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.

¹⁴And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

¹⁵And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.

¹⁶And Mahalaleel lived after he had begotten Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

¹⁷And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

¹⁸And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch.

¹⁹And Jared lived after he had begotten Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

²⁰And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.

²¹And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methushelah.

²²And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

²³And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

²⁴And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

²⁵And Methushelah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lemech.

²⁶And Methushelah lived after he had begotten Lemech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begot sons and daughters.

²⁷And all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

²⁸And Lemech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begot a son.

²⁹And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.

³⁰And Lemech lived after he had begotten Noah five hundred and ninety-five years, and begot sons and daughters.

³¹And all the days of Lemech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.

³²And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.