In
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
The
earth was without form and void,
and darkness was upon the face of the deep;
and the Spirit of God was moving
over the face of the waters.
And God said,
'Let there be light'; and there was light.
And
God saw that the light was good;
and God separated the light from the darkness.
God
called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
And God said,
'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,
and let it separate the waters from the waters.'
And
God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under
the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament.
And it was so.
And
God called the firmament Heaven.
And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God said,
'Let the waters under the heavens be gathered
together into one place, and let the dry land appear.'
And it was so.
God
called the dry land Earth, and the waters
that were gathered together he called Seas.
And God saw that it was good.
And
God said, 'Let the earth put forth vegetation,
plants yielding seed, and fruit trees
bearing fruit in which is their seed,
each according to its kind, upon the earth.'
And it was so.
The
earth brought forth vegetation,
plants yielding seed according to their own kinds,
and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed,
each according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good.
And
there was evening and there was morning,
a third day.
And
God said, 'Let there be lights
in the firmament of the heavens
to separate the day from the night;
and let them be for signs and
for seasons and for days and years,
And
let them be lights in the firmament
of the heavens to give light upon the earth.'
And it was so.
And
God made the two great lights,
the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night;
he made the stars also.
And
God set them in the firmament of the heavens
to give light upon the earth,
To
rule over the day and over the night,
and to separate the light from the darkness.
And God saw that it was good.
And
there was evening and there was morning,
a fourth day.
And
God said, 'Let the waters bring forth swarms of
living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth
across the firmament of the heavens'.
So
God created the great sea monsters and every
living creature that moves,
with which the waters swarm,
according to their kinds,
and every winged bird according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good.
And
God blessed them, saying,
'Be fruitful and multiply and fill
waters in the seas,
and let birds multiply on the earth'.
And
there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
And
God said, 'Let the earth bring forth
living creatures according to their kinds:
cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth
according to their kinds.' And it was so.
And
God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds
and the cattle according to their kinds,
and everything that creeps upon
the ground according to its kind.
And God saw that it was good.
Then 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 birds of the air,
and over the cattle, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.'
So
God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
And
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.'
And
God said, 'Behold, I have given you
every plant yielding seed
which is upon the face of all the earth,
and every tree with seed in its fruit;
you shall have them for food.
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.
And
God saw everything that he had made,
and behold, it was very good.
And there was evening and there was morning,
a sixth day.
hus
the heavens and the earth were finished,
and all the host of them.
And
on the seventh day God finished
his work which he had done,
and he rested on the seventh day
from all his work which he had done.
So
God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it,
because on it God rested from all his work
which he had done in creation.
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,
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 man to till the ground;
But
a mist went up from the earth and
watered the whole face of the ground –
Then
the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living being.
And
the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east;
and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And
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.
A
river flowed out of Eden to water the garden,
and there it divided and became four rivers.
The
name of the first is Pishon;
it is the one which flows around the whole land of Havilah,
where there is gold;
And
the gold of that land is good;
bdellium and onyx stone are there.
The
name of the second river is Gihon;
it is the one which flows around the whole land of Cush.
And
the name of the third river is Tigris,
which flows east of Assyria.
And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
The
Lord God took the man and put him
in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
And
the Lord God commanded the man, saying,
'You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
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.'
Then
the Lord God said,
'It is not good that the man should be alone;
I will make him a helper fit for him.'
So
out of the ground the Lord God formed
every beast 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.
The
man gave names to all cattle,
and to the birds of the air,
and to every beast of the field;
but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.
So
the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man,
and while he slept took one of his ribs
and closed up its place with flesh;
And
the rib which the Lord God had taken from
the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
Then
the man said, 'This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.'
Therefore
a man leaves his father and his mother
and cleaves to his wife,
and they become one flesh.
And
the man and his wife were both naked,
and were not ashamed.T
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the serpent was more subtle than any other
wild creature that the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman, 'Did God say:
You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'
And
the woman said to the serpent,
'We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
But God said:
You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree
which is in the midst of the garden,
neither shall you touch it,
lest you die.'
But
the serpent said to the woman,
'You will not die.
For
God knows that when you eat of it
your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God,
knowing good and evil.'
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, and he ate.
Then
the eyes of both were opened,
and they knew that they were naked;
and they sewed fig leaves together
and made themselves aprons.
And
they heard the sound of the Lord God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day,
and the man and his wife hid themselves
from the presence of the Lord God
among the trees of the garden.
But
the Lord God called to the man,
and said to him, 'Where are you?'
And
he said, 'I heard the sound of thee in the garden,
and I was afraid, because I was naked;
and I hid myself.'
He
said, 'Who told you that you were naked?
Have you eaten of the tree
of which I commanded you not to eat?'
The
man said, 'The woman whom thou gavest to be with me,
she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.'
Then
the Lord God said to the woman,
'What is this that you have done?'
The woman said, 'The serpent beguiled me,
and I ate.'
The
Lord God said to the serpent,
'Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all cattle,
and above all wild animals; upon your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
I
will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed;
he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.'
To
the woman he said,
'I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children,
yet your desire shall be for your husband,
and he shall rule over you.'
And
to Adam he said,
'Because you have listened to the voice of your wife,
and have eaten of the tree of 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;
Thorns
and thistles it shall bring forth to you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
In
the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken; you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.'
The
man called his wife's name Eve,
because she was the mother of all living.
And
the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife
garments of skins, and clothed them.
Then
the Lord God said,
'Behold, the man has become like one of us,
knowing good and evil; and now,
lest he put forth his hand and
take also of the tree of life,
and eat, and live for ever.'
Therefore
the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,
to till the ground from which he was taken.
He
drove out the man; and at the east
of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim,
and a flaming sword which turned every way,
to guard the way to the tree of life. –
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