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Genesis 24This is the account of theheavens and of the earth when theywere created, at the time when theLORD j God made the earth and theheavens. 5Now no bush of the fieldwas yet in the land, and no plant ofthe field had yet sprouted; for theLORD God had not caused it to rainon the land, and there were nopeople to cultivate the ground, 6butsprings came upk from the earth andwatered the whole surface of theground.bears fruit yielding seed. It will beyour food. 30And to every wildanimal of the earth, and to everytame animal of the earth,a and toevery flying creature of the sky,and to every creatureb that crawlscon the earth, in which there is life, Ihave given every green plant forfood.”d31And God saw everythingthat he had made, and look, it wasvery good. There was evening andthere was morning, a sixth day.7And the LORD God formedman from the dust of the ground,and breathed into his nostrils thebreath of life; and man became aliving being.l 8And the LORD Godplanted a garden eastward, in Eden,and there he put the man whom hehad formed. 9And out of the groundthe LORD God made every tree togrow that is pleasant to the sight,and good for food; the tree of lifealso in the midst of the garden, andthe tree of the knowledge of goodand evil.Thus the heavens andthe earth were finished,and all their vast array.2And on the sixthe day God finishedhis worksf which he had made; andhe rested on the seventh day fromall his worksg which he had made.3So God blessed the seventh day,and made it holy, because he restedon it from all his worksh whichGodi had created and made.2e2:2a1:30LXX SP Syr OL. MT reads“seventh” Cf. Exodus 20:11f2:2 LXX Syr. MT reads “work”g2:2 LXX Syr. MT reads “work”Hebrews 4:4h2:3 LXX Syr. MT reads “work”i2:3 LXX Ms Hipp (I 1.244) lack“God”j2:4 Hebrew: YHWHk2:6 Or, “but water was flooding outfrom underground.” Heb ‘ed, possiblyfrom Sumerian e4-de(-a), meaning“flood.” Cf. D. T. Tsumura, Creationand Destruction, 106-108l2:7 1Co 15:45Bo Ms (IVth cent.), cf. vv. 24-26,28. MT lacks “and to every earth”from homoioarcton: wlkl, orhomoioteleuton: h’rsb1:30 Lit., “crawling creature thatcrawls.” LXX OL. MT lacks “crawlingcreature” from homoioteleuton: rmsrms. D. N. Freedman and D. Miano,“Slip of the Eye,” in The Challenge ofBible Translation (2003), 282, 290c1:30 Word probably originally writtendefective, i.e. רמש rather than רומש .d1:30 LXX Ms OL Ms. MT adds “Andit was so,” a restoration at the wronglocation of the words that wereoriginally at v.26.4

Genesis 210And a river went out ofEden to water the garden; and fromthere it separated and became thesource of four rivers. 11The name ofthe first is Pishon; this is the onewhich goes around the whole landof Havilah,a where there is gold;12and the gold of that land is good.There is aromatic resin and theonyx stone. 13And the name of thesecond river is Gihon; it goesaround the whole land of Cush.14And the name of the third river isHiddekel; this is the one whichflows east of Ashur. And the fourthriver is the Perath.bevery tame animal, andc every wildanimal, and every flying creature ofthe sky, and brought them to theman to see what he would callthem. And whatever the man calledeach living creature, that was itsname. 20And the man gave namesto all the tame animals, and to alldthe flying creatures of the sky, andto every wild animal; but for Adamthere was not found a helpersuitable for him.21So the LORD God caused adeep sleep to fall on the man, andhe slept; and he took one of his ribs,and closed up the flesh at that place.22And the rib that the LORD Godhad taken from the man hefashioned into a woman andbrought her to the man. 23And theman said, “This at last is bone ofmy bones, and flesh of my flesh.She will be called Woman,ebecause this one was taken out ofMan.f” 24Therefore a man willleave his father and his mother, andwill join with his wife, and the twogwill become one flesh.h 25And theywere both naked, the man and hiswife, and were not ashamed.15And the LORD God tookthe man, and put him into thegarden of Eden to cultivate it andtake care of it. 16And the LORD Godcommanded the man, saying, “Ofevery tree of the garden you mayfreely eat; 17but of the tree of theknowledge of good and evil, youshall not eat of it; for in the day thatyou eat of it you will surely die.”18And the LORD God said, “Itis not good that the man should bealone; I will make him a helpersuitable for him.” 19And the out ofthe ground the LORD God formeda2:11e2:23b2:14f2:23Heb: IshshahHeb: Ishg2:24 LXX Tg Syr Ms Vg. MT lacks“two” from homoioteleuton by sightconfusion in Paleo-Hebrew: whywnyhmh2:24 Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7-8; 1Co6:16; Ephesians 5:31SP Mss. MT reads “the Havilah”These rivers and topographywere destroyed in the flood of Noah’stime and therefore should not beconfused with post flood rivers namedafter themc2:19 OL. MT lacks “every tameanimal, and” from homoioarcton: kl-kld2:20 LXX Tg Syr Ms Vg, readingwlkl ‘wf. MT lacks wlkl “and to all”from haplography: l-l5

Genesis 3Now the serpent wasmore shrewd than anyof the wild animalswhich the LORD Godhad made. And he said to thewoman, “Has God reallya said,‘You shall not eat of any tree of thegarden?’”presence of the LORD God amongthe trees of the garden.39The LORD God called to theman, and said to him, “Where areyou?”10And he said, “I heard yourvoice in the garden, and I wasafraid, because I was naked; so Ihid myself.”2And the woman said to theserpent, “Of the fruit of the trees ofthe garden we may eat, 3but of thefruit of the tree which is in themiddle of the garden, God has said,‘You shall not eat of it, neither shallyou touch it, lest you die.’”11And he said, “Who told youthat you were naked? Have youeaten from the tree that Icommanded you not to eat from?”4And the serpent said to thewoman, “You won’t surely die, 5forGod knows that in the day you eatit, your eyes will be opened, andyou will be like God, knowinggood and evil.”12The man said, “The womanwhom you gave to be with me, shegave me of the tree, and I ate.”13The LORD God said to thewoman, “What is this you havedone?” The woman said, “Theserpent deceived me, and I ate.”6When the woman saw thatthe tree was good for food, and thatit was a delight to the eyes, and thatthe tree was to be desired to makeone wise, she took of its fruit, andate, and she also gave some to herhusband who was with her, and heate. 7The eyes of both of them wereopened, and they knew that theywere naked. So they sewed figleavesb together, and madecoverings for themselves. 8Theyheard the voice of the LORD Godwalking in the garden during thebreeze of the day, and the man andhis wife hid themselves from the14The LORD God said to theserpent, “Because you have donethis, cursed are you above everytame animal, and above every wildanimal. On your belly you shall go,and you shall eat dust all the daysof your life. 15I will put enmitybetween you and the woman, andbetween your offspring and heroffspring. He will bruise your head,and you will bruise his heel.”16And to the woman he said,“I will greatly multiply your pain inchildbirth. In pain you will bringb3:7a3:1DSS, with interrogative particle.Possibly lost from haplography: h-hsg6Hebrew Mss SP LXX Tg Vg. MT

Genesis 4forth children. Your desire will befor your husband, and he will ruleover you.”the tree of life and eat, and liveforever.” 23Therefore the LORDGod sent him out of the garden ofEden, to till the ground from whichhe was taken. 24So he drove out theman; and he stationed the cherubimat the east of the garden of Eden,and a flaming sword which turnedevery direction, to guard the way tothe tree of life.17To Adam he said, “Becauseyou have listened to your wife’svoice, and have eaten of the tree, ofwhich I commanded you, saying,‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed isthe ground for your sake. In toil youwill eat of it all the days of yourlife. 18Thorns also and thistles willit bring forth to you; and you willeat the plantsa of the field. 19By thesweat of your face will you eatbread until you return to theground, for out of it you weretaken. For you are dust, and to dustyou shall return.”Now Adam had maritalrelations with his wifeEve, and she conceived,and gave birth to Cain, and said, “Ihave gotten a man from God.d”2Again she gave birth, to Cain’sbrother Abel.e Abel was a keeper ofsheep, but Cain was a tiller of theground. 3As time passed, ithappened that Cain brought anoffering to the LORD from the fruitof the ground. 4And Abel alsobrought some of the firstborn of hisflock and of its fat. And Godflooked favorably on Abel and hisoffering, 5but he did not lookfavorably on Cain and his offering.Cain was very angry, and theexpression on his face fell. 6TheLORD said to Cain, “Why are you420The man called his wifeEve, because she was the motherof all living. 21The LORD God madeclothing out of skins for Adam andfor his wife, and clothed them.b22Then the LORD God said,“Look, the man has become likeone of us, knowing good and evil.So now, let us send him out,c lest hereach out his hand and take also ofa square script: חה - תה , with loss of אתו . The missing words have beenassumed to be an intended ellipse, butcopyist oversight appears more likely.d4:1 LXX OL. MT reads “from theLORD”e4:2 MT Hebrew vocalization: Hevel,Greek: Abel, which has dropped the /h/sound in the transliteration fromHebrew to Greek (Habel Abel), sincethere was no /h/ sound in ancientGreekf4:4 LXX OL. MT reads “the LORD”a3:18Or, “grain”MT Hebrew vocalization: Havah(Khavah). Greek: Eua. Ancient Greekdid not have the /h/ sound, andsometimes dropped the /ch/ sound(Cheuah Eua). The traditionalEnglish name Eve is from Old EnglishEfe, from Late Latin Evac3:22 OL Ms, an apparent translationof Greek aposteilwmen auton, forHebrew נשלחה אתו . MT lacks “let ussend him out” from an earlyhomoioteleuton with sight confusion inb3:207

Genesis 4angry? Why has the expression ofyour face fallen? 7If you do well,will it not be lifted up? If you do notdo well, sin lies in wait at the door.It desires to control you, but youmust rule over it.” 8Cain said toAbel, his brother, “Let’s go into thefield.a” It happened when they werein the field, that Cain rose upagainst Abel, his brother, and killedhim.happen that whoever finds me willkill me.”15The LORD said to him,“Not so.d Whoever kills Cainvengeance will be taken on himsevenfold.” The LORD appointed asign for Cain, lest any finding himshould strike him.16So Cain went out fromGod’se presence and lived in theland of Nod, east of Eden. 17Cainhad marital relations with his wife,and she conceived and gave birth toEnoch. He built a city and calledthe name of the city after the nameof his son, Enoch. 18To Enoch wasborn Irad, and Irad became thefather of Mehijael,f and Mehijaelbecame the father of Methushael,and Methushael became the fatherof Lamech. 19Lamech took twowives: the name of the one wasAdah, and the name of the otherZillah. 20Adah gave birth to Jabal,who was the father of those whodwell in tents and have livestock.21His brother’s name was Jubal,who was the father of all who playthe harp and flute. 22Zillah alsogave birth to Tubal Cain, whoheatedmetalandshapedinstruments of bronze and iron.Tubal Cain’s sister was Naamah.23Lamech said to his wives,“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice.9Then Godb said to Cain,“Where is Abel, your brother?” Hesaid, “I do not know. Am I mybrother’s keeper?”10And Godc said, “What haveyou done? The voice of yourbrother’s blood cries out to mefrom the ground. 11Now you arecursed because of the ground,which has opened its mouth toreceive your brother’s blood fromyour hand. 12From now on, whenyou till the ground, it won’t yield itsstrength to you. You shall be afugitive and a wanderer in theearth.”13Cain said to the LORD, “Mypunishment is greater than I canbear. 14Look, you have driven meout this day from the surface of theground. I will be hidden from yourface, and I will be a fugitive and awanderer in the earth. It willa4:8difference being word division and analephe4:16 LXX OL. MT reads “theLORD’s”f4:18 SP LXX. MT reads “Mehujael,”a yod-waw confusionLXX SP Syr OL Vg. MT lacks“Let’s go into the field.”b4:9 LXX OL. MT reads “the LORD”c4:10 LXX OL. MT reads “he”d4:15 LXX Symmachus TheodotionSyr Vg. MT reads “Therefore,” the8

Genesis 54You wives of Lamech, listento my speech,for I have slain a man forwounding me,a young man for bruisingme.24If Cain will be avenged seventimes,truly Lamech seventy-seventimes.”25Adam had marital relationswith his wife again, and she gavebirth to a son, and named him Seth,“for God has appointed me anotherchild instead of Abel, for Cainkilled him.” 26And a son was alsoborn to Seth, and he named himEnosh. Thisa one began to call onthe LORD’s name.The days of Adam after he becamethe father of Seth were sevenhundredd years, and he became thefather of sons and daughters. 5Allthe days that Adam lived were ninehundred and thirty years, then hedied.6Seth lived two hundrede and fiveyears, and became the father ofEnosh. 7Seth lived after he becamethe father of Enosh seven hundredfand seven years, and fathered sonsand daughters. 8All the days of Sethwere nine hundred and twelveyears, then he died.9Enosh lived one hundredg andninety years, and became the fatherof Kenan. 10Enosh lived after hebecame the father of Kenan, sevenhundredh and fifteen years, andfathered sons and daughters. 11Allthe days of Enosh were ninehundred and five years, then hedied.This is the book of thegenerations of Adam. Inthe day that God createdhumankind, he made him in God’slikeness. 2He created them maleand female, and blessed them, andcalled their name “humankind”b onthe day when they were created.3Adam lived two hundredc andthirty years, and became the fatherof a son in his own likeness, afterhis image, and named him Seth.512Kenan lived one hundrediand seventy years, and became thefather of Mahalalel. 13Kenan livedafter he became the father ofMahalalel seven hundredj and fortyyears, and fathered sons andg5:9 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:83)PsPhil (LAB 1.7). SP MT Jubilees lack“one hundred”h5:10 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:83.905-190) PsPhil (LAB 1.7). MT reads“eight hundred”i5:12 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:84)PsPhil (LAB 1.9). SP MT Jubilees lack“one hundred”j5:13 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:84.910-170) PsPhil (LAB 1.9, reads 730).MT reads “eight hundred”a4:26LXX Tg Syr Vg. MT reads“Then”b5:2 Heb adamc5:3 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:83). SPMT Jubilees read “one hundred”d5:4 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:67)PsPhil (LAB 1.2). MT reads “eighthundred”e5:6 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:83). SPMT Jubilees read “one hundred”f5:7 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:83. 912205) PsPhil (LAB 1.5). MT reads“eight hundred”9

Genesis 5daughters 14and all the days ofKenan were nine hundred and tenyears, then he died.Enoch were three hundred andsixty-five years. 24Enoch walkedwith God, and then he was notthere, for God took him.f15Mahalalellivedonehundreda and sixty-five years, andbecame the father of Jared.16Mahalalel lived after he becamethe father of Jared seven hundredband thirty years, and fathered sonsand daughters. 17All the days ofMahalalel were eight hundred andninety-five years, then he died.25Methuselah lived onehundred and eighty-seven years,and became the father of Lamech.26Methuselah lived after he becamethe father of Lamech sevenhundred and eighty-two years, andfathered sons and daughters. 27Allthe days of Methuselah were ninehundred and sixty-nine years, thenhe died.28Lamech lived one hundred andeighty-twog years, and became thefather of a son, 29and he named himNoah,h saying, “This one willcomfort us in our labor and in thehard work of our hands, because ofthe ground which the LORD hascursed.” 30Lamech lived after hebecame the father of Noah fivehundred and ninety-fivei years, andfathered sons and daughters. 31Allthe days of Lamech were seven18Jared lived one hundredand sixty-two years, and becamethe father of Enoch.c 19Jared livedafter he became the father of Enocheight hundred years, and fatheredsons and daughters. 20All the daysof Jared were nine hundred andsixty-two years, then he died.21Enoch lived one hundreddand sixty-five years, and becamethe father of Methuselah. 22Enochwalked with God after he becamethe father of Methuselah twohundrede years, and fathered sonsand daughters. 23All the days ofe5:22a5:15 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:84)PsPhil (LAB 1.11). SP MT Jubileeslack “one hundred”b5:16 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:84.895-165) PsPhil (LAB 1.11). MT reads“eight hundred”c5:18 Greek: Enoch, MT Hebrewvocalization: Khanok (Hanokh,Hanoch). Ancient Greek did not havethe /h/ sound, and sometimes droppedthe /ch/ sound (Chenok Enok)d5:21 LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:86)PsPhil (LAB 1.15). SP MT Jubileeslack “one hundred”LXX OL Josephus (Ant. 1:85-86:365-165) PsPhil (LAB 1.15). MT reads“three hundred”f5:24 Hebrews 11:5g5:28 MT OL Mss Josephus(Lat) (Ant.1:87) PsPhil (LAB 1.20). LXX OL read“one hundred eighty-eight,” a probablecopyist error in the original Greektranslation. SP and Jubilees read “fiftythree”h5:29 The name is apparently related tothe Hebrew word nuach, “to rest”i5:30 MT. LXX reads “five hundredsixty-five.” Cf. v.28 fn10

Genesis 6hundred and seventy-sevena years,then he died.evil continually. 6And Godd wassorry that he had made humankindon the earth, and he was grieved inhis heart. 7And Gode said, “I willdestroy humankind whom I havecreated from the face of the earth;humankind, along with animals,crawling creatures, and flyingcreatures of the sky; for I am sorrythat I have made them.” 8But Noahfound favor in the sight of God.f32Noah was five hundredyears old, and Noah became thefather of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.And it happened, whenhumankind began tomultiply on the face ofthe land, and daughterswere born to them, 2that God’s sonssaw that the daughters ofhumankind were beautiful, andthey took wives for themselves,whomever they chose. 3And theLORD said, “My Spirit will notremainb in humankind forever,since he is indeed flesh; yet hisdays will be one hundred twentyyears.” 4The Nephilim were on theearth in those days (and also afterthat), when The sons of God hadsexual relations with the daughtersof humankind and had children bythem. They were the mighty menwho were from ancient times,famous men.5An

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