Genesis

GENESIS

CHAPTER 1

Creation

1 aIn the beginning bGod ccreated the heavens and the earth.

2 And the earth was 1aformless and void, and bdarkness was over the 2surface of the deep, and cthe Spirit of God dwas hovering over the 3surface of the waters.

3 Then aGod said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

4 And God saw that the light was agood; and God bseparated the light from the darkness.

5 aAnd God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And bthere was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 Then God said, “Let there be 1an aexpanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

7 So God made the 1expanse and separated athe waters which were below the 2expanse from the waters bwhich were above the 3expanse; and it was so.

8 And God called the 1expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 Then God said, “aLet the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let bthe dry land appear”; and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land earth, and the agathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout 1avegetation, 2plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after 3their kind 4with seed in them”; and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth 1vegetation, 2plants yielding seed after 3their kind, and trees bearing fruit 4with seed in them, after 5their kind; and God saw that it was good.

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

14 Then God said, “Let there be 1alights in the 2bexpanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for csigns and for dseasons and for days and years;

15 and let them be for 1lights in the 2expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

16 So God made the two 1great lights, the agreater 2light 3to rule the day, and the lesser 4light 5to rule the night, and also bthe stars.

17 aAnd God placed them in the 1expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

18 and 1to arule the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

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

20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth 1across the face of the 2expanse of the heavens.”

21 And God created athe great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

22 Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

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

24 aThen God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after 1their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after 2their kind”; and it was so.

25 God made the abeasts of the earth after 1their kind, and the cattle after 2their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let aUs make bman in Our image, according to Our likeness, so that they will have cdominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the 1sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

27 And God created man ain His own image, in the image of God He created him; bmale and female He created them.

28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “aBe fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the 1sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.”

29 Then God said, “Behold, aI have given to you every plant yielding seed that is on the 1surface of all the earth, and every tree 2which has the fruit of the tree yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

30 and ato every beast of the earth and to every bird of the 1sky and to every thing that creeps on the earth 2which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.

31 And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very agood. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

CHAPTER 2

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all atheir hosts.

2 And 1on athe seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and bHe rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created 1in making it.

The Generations of the Heavens and the Earth

4 aThese are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in bthe day that 1Yahweh God made earth and heaven.

5 aNow no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet grown, bfor Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to 1cultivate the ground.

6 But a 1stream would rise from the earth and water the whole 2surface of the ground.

7 Then Yahweh God formed man of adust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and so the bman became a living 1being.

8 And Yahweh God planted a agarden in Eden, toward the east; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.

9 And out of the ground Yahweh God caused to grow aevery tree that is bdesirable in appearance and good for food; cthe tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 Now a ariver went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four 1rivers.

11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that 1went around the whole land of aHavilah, where there is gold.

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

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that 1went around the whole land of Cush.

14 And the name of the third river is 1aTigris; it is the one that went east of 2Asshur. And the fourth river is the 3bEuphrates.

15 Then Yahweh God took the man and 1set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.

16 And Yahweh God acommanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may surely eat;

17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat from it; for in the day that you eat from it ayou will surely die.”

18 Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; aI will make him a helper 1suitable for him.”

19 aAnd out of the ground Yahweh God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the 1sky, and He bbrought each to the man to see what he would call it; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

20 And the man gave names to all the cattle and to the birds of the 1sky and to every beast of the field; but for 2Adam there was not found aa helper 3suitable for him.

21 So Yahweh God caused a adeep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

22 And Yahweh God 1fashioned athe rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

23 Then the man said,

“aThis one finally is bone of my bones,

And flesh of my flesh;

This one shall be called 1Woman,

Because this one was taken out of 2Man.”

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

25 aAnd the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

CHAPTER 3

Adam and Eve Sent Out from the Garden

1 Now athe serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘1You shall not eat from 2any tree of the garden’?”

2 And the woman said to the serpent, “aFrom the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;

3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat from it, and you shall not touch it, lest you die.’”

4 aAnd the serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die!

5 “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and ayou will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 aThen the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, so she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they aknew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves 1loin coverings.

8 Then they heard the sound of aYahweh God walking in the garden in the 1cool of the day, band the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

9 Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, “aWhere are you?”

10 And he said, “aI heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

12 aAnd the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”

13 Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “aThe serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14 And Yahweh God said to the serpent,

“aBecause you have done this,

Cursed are you more than any of the cattle,

And more than every beast of the field;

On your belly you will go,

And bdust you will eat

All the days of your life;

15 And I will put aenmity

Between you and the woman,

And between your seed and her seed;

bHe shall 1bruise you on the head,

And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

16 To the woman He said,

“I will greatly multiply

Your pain and 1conception,

In pain you will 2abear children;

Your desire will be for your husband,

And bhe will rule over you.”

17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, …