Chapter 1
1 In the beginning when God created the
heavens and the earth,
2 the earth was a formless void and darkness
covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of
the waters.
3 Then God said, "Let there be
light"; and there was light.
4 And God saw that the light was good; and God
separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
6 And God said, "Let there be a dome in
the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the
waters."
7 So God made the dome and separated the waters
that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was
so.
8 God called the dome Sky. And there was
evening and there was morning, the second day.
9 And God said, "Let the waters under the
sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And
it was so.
10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters
that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, "Let the earth put forth
vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that
bear fruit with the seed in it." And it was so.
12 The earth brought forth vegetation: plants
yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the
seed in it. And God saw that it was good.
13 And there was evening and there was morning,
the third day.
14 And God said, "Let there be lights in
the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for
signs and for seasons and for days and years,
15 and let them be lights in the dome of the sky
to give light upon the earth." And it was so.
16 God made the two great lights—the greater
light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the
stars.
17 God set them in the dome of the sky to give
light upon the earth,
18 to rule over the day and over 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,
the fourth day.
20 And God said, "Let the waters bring
forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the
dome of the sky."
21 So God created the great sea monsters and
every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm,
and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful
and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the
earth."
23And there was evening and there was morning, the
fifth day.
24 And God said, "Let the earth bring forth
living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of
the earth of every kind." And it was so.
25 God made the wild animals of the earth of
every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the
ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, "Let us make
humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing
that creeps upon the earth."
27 So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them; male and female he created
them.
28 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 birds of the air and over every
living thing that moves upon the earth."
29 God said, "See, I have given you every
plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with
seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every
bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that
has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it
was so.
31 God
saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was
evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Chapter 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,
and all their multitude.
2 And on the seventh day God finished the work
that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he
had done.
3 So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed
it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in
creation.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and
the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth
and the heavens,
5 when no plant of the field was yet in the
earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not
caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the
ground;
6 but a stream would rise from the earth, and
water the whole face of the ground—
7 then the Lord God formed man from the dust of
the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man
became a living being.
8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in
the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow
every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life
also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil.
10 A river flows out of Eden to water the
garden, and from there it divides and becomes four branches.
11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that
flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 and the gold of that land is good; bdellium
and onyx stone are there.
13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is
the one that flows around the whole land of Cush.
14 The name of the third river is Tigris, which
flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden
of Eden to till it and keep it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, "You
may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall
die."
18 Then the Lord God said, "It is not good
that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his
partner."
19 So out of the ground the Lord God formed
every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the
man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living
creature, that was its name.
20 The man gave names to all cattle, and to the
birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not
found a helper as his partner.
21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall
upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its
place with flesh.
22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from
the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
23 Then the man said, "This at last is bone
of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of
Man this one was taken."
24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his
mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
25 And
the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.
Chapter 3
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any
other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did
God say, "You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may
eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden;
3 but God said, "You shall not eat of the
fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it,
or you shall die.' "
4 But the serpent said to the woman, "You
will not die;
5 for God knows that when you eat of it your
eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and
evil."
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good
for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be
desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some
to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they
knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made
loincloths for themselves.
8 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking
in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid
themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the
garden.
9 But the Lord God called to the man, and said
to him, "Where are you?"
10 He said, "I heard the sound of you in
the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid
myself."
11 He said, "Who told you that you were
naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to
eat?"
12 The man said, "The woman whom you gave
to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate."
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman,
"What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent
tricked me, and I ate."
14 The Lord God said to the serpent,
"Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among
all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all
the days of your life.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and
between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike
his heel."
16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly
increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children,
yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over
you."
17 And to the man he said, "Because you
have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which
I commanded you, "You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because
of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for
you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and
to dust you shall return."
20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was
the mother of all living.
21 And the Lord God made garments of skins for
the man and for his wife, and clothed them.
22 Then the Lord God said, "See, the man
has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out
his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live
forever"—
23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from
the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
24 He
drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the
cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.
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