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Genesis101In the beginning God created theheavens and the earth.2Now the earth was formless and empty,darkness was over the surface of thedeep, and the Spirit of God washovering over the waters.God called the dry ground "land," andthe gathered waters he called "seas."And God saw that it was good.11Then God said, "Let the land producevegetation: seed-bearing plants andtrees on the land that bear fruit withseed in it, according to their variouskinds." And it was so.123And God said, "Let there be light," andthere was light.4God saw that the light was good, andhe separated the light from the darkness.The land produced vegetation: plantsbearing seed according to their kindsand trees bearing fruit with seed in itaccording to their kinds. And God sawthat it was good.135God called the light "day," and thedarkness he called "night." And therewas evening, and there was morningthe first day.6And God said, "Let there be anexpanse between the waters toseparate water from water."And there was evening, and there wasmorning-the third day.14And God said, "Let there be lights inthe expanse of the sky to separate theday from the night, and let them serveas signs to mark seasons and days andyears,157So God made the expanse andseparated the water under the expansefrom the water above it. And it was so.and let them be lights in the expanseof the sky to give light on the earth." Andit was so.16God called the expanse "sky." Andthere was evening, and there wasmorning-the second day.God made two great lights-the greaterlight to govern the day and the lesserlight to govern the night. He also madethe stars.9178And God said, "Let the water under thesky be gathered to one place, and letdry ground appear." And it was so.God set them in the expanse of thesky to give light on the earth,18to govern the day and the night, and toseparate light from darkness. And Godsaw that it was good.
19And there was evening, and there wasmorning-the fourth day.27So God created man in his own image,in the image of God he created him;male and female he created them.20And God said, "Let the water teemwith living creatures, and let birds flyabove the earth across the expanse ofthe sky."21So God created the great creatures ofthe sea and every living and movingthing with which the water teems,according to their kinds, and everywinged bird according to its kind. AndGod saw that it was good.28God blessed them and said to them,"Be fruitful and increase in number; fillthe earth and subdue it. Rule over thefish of the sea and the birds of the airand over every living creature thatmoves on the ground."29Then God said, "I give you every seedbearing plant on the face of the wholeearth and every tree that has fruit withseed in it. They will be yours for food.22God blessed them and said, "Befruitful and increase in number and fillthe water in the seas, and let the birdsincrease on the earth."30And there was evening, and there wasmorning-the fifth day.And to all the beasts of the earth andall the birds of the air and all thecreatures that move on the groundeverything that has the breath of life init-I give every green plant for food." Andit was so.243123And God said, "Let the land produceliving creatures according to their kinds:livestock, creatures that move along theground, and wild animals, eachaccording to its kind." And it was so.25God made the wild animals accordingto their kinds, the livestock according totheir kinds, and all the creatures thatmove along the ground according totheir kinds. And God saw that it wasgood.God saw all that he had made, and itwas very good. And there was evening,and there was morning-the sixth day.2Thus the heavens and the earth werecompleted in all their vast array.2By the seventh day God had finishedthe work he had been doing; so on theseventh day he rested from all his work.326Then God said, "Let us make man inour image, in our likeness, and let themrule over the fish of the sea and thebirds of the air, over the livestock, overall the earth, and over all the creaturesthat move along the ground."And God blessed the seventh day andmade it holy, because on it he restedfrom all the work of creating that he haddone.4This is the account of the heavens andthe earth when they were created.
When the Lord God made the earth andthe heavens5and no shrub of the field had yetappeared on the earth and no plant ofthe field had yet sprung up, for the LordGod had not sent rain on the earth andthere was no man to work the ground,14The name of the third river is theTigris; it runs along the east side ofAsshur. And the fourth river is theEuphrates.15The Lord God took the man and puthim in the Garden of Eden to work it andtake care of it.6but streams came up from the earthand watered the whole surface of theground-And the Lord God commanded theman, "You are free to eat from any treein the garden;717the Lord God formed the man from thedust of the ground and breathed into hisnostrils the breath of life, and the manbecame a living being.16but you must not eat from the tree ofthe knowledge of good and evil, forwhen you eat of it you will surely die."188Now the Lord God had planted agarden in the east, in Eden; and therehe put the man he had formed.The Lord God said, "It is not good forthe man to be alone. I will make a helpersuitable for him."199And the Lord God made all kinds oftrees grow out of the ground-trees thatwere pleasing to the eye and good forfood. In the middle of the garden werethe tree of life and the tree of theknowledge of good and evil.Now the Lord God had formed out ofthe ground all the beasts of the field andall the birds of the air. He brought themto the man to see what he would namethem; and whatever the man calledeach living creature, that was its name.20A river watering the garden flowedfrom Eden; from there it was separatedinto four headwaters.So the man gave names to all thelivestock, the birds of the air and all thebeasts of the field. But for Adam nosuitable helper was found.112110The name of the first is the Pishon; itwinds through the entire land of Havilah,where there is gold.So the Lord God caused the man tofall into a deep sleep; and while he wassleeping, he took one of the man's ribsand closed up the place with flesh.12(The gold of that land is good;aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)13The name of the second river is theGihon; it winds through the entire land ofCush.22Then the Lord God made a womanfrom the rib he had taken out of the man,and he brought her to the man.
23The man said, "This is now bone of mybones and flesh of my flesh; she shallbe called 'woman, ' for she was takenout of man."7Then the eyes of both of them wereopened, and they realized they werenaked; so they sewed fig leavestogether and made coverings forthemselves.24For this reason a man will leave hisfather and mother and be united to hiswife, and they will become one flesh.25The man and his wife were both naked,and they felt no shame.8Then the man and his wife heard thesound of the Lord God as he waswalking in the garden in the cool of theday, and they hid from the Lord Godamong the trees of the garden.93Now the serpent was more craftythan any of the wild animals the LordGod had made. He said to the woman,"Did God really say, 'You must not eatfrom any tree in the garden'?"2The woman said to the serpent, "Wemay eat fruit from the trees in thegarden,But the Lord God called to the man,"Where are you?"10He answered, "I heard you in thegarden, and I was afraid because I wasnaked; so I hid."11And he said, "Who told you that youwere naked? Have you eaten from thetree that I commanded you not to eatfrom?"3but God did say, 'You must not eat fruitfrom the tree that is in the middle of thegarden, and you must not touch it, oryou will die.' "4"You will not surely die," the serpentsaid to the woman.5"For God knows that when you eat of ityour eyes will be opened, and you willbe like God, knowing good and evil."6When the woman saw that the fruit ofthe tree was good for food and pleasingto the eye, and also desirable forgaining wisdom, she took some and ateit. She also gave some to her husband,who was with her, and he ate it.12The man said, "The woman you puthere with me-she gave me some fruitfrom the tree, and I ate it."13Then the Lord God said to the woman,"What is this you have done?" Thewoman said, "The serpent deceived me,and I ate."14So the Lord God said to the serpent,"Because you have done this, "Cursedare you above all the livestock and allthe wild animals! You will crawl on yourbelly and you will eat dust all the days ofyour life.15And I will put enmity between you andthe woman, and between your offspring
and hers; he will crush your head, andyou will strike his heel."16To the woman he said, "I will greatlyincrease your pains in childbearing; withpain you will give birth to children. Yourdesire will be for your husband, and hewill rule over you."17To Adam he said, "Because youlistened to your wife and ate from thetree about which I commanded you,'You must not eat of it,' "Cursed is theground because of you; through painfultoil you will eat of it all the days of yourlife.24After he drove the man out, he placedon the east side of the Garden of Edencherubim and a flaming sword flashingback and forth to guard the way to thetree of life.4Adam lay with his wife Eve, and shebecame pregnant and gave birth to Cain.She said, "With the help of the Lord Ihave brought forth a man."2Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain workedthe soil.318It will produce thorns and thistles foryou, and you will eat the plants of thefield.In the course of time Cain broughtsome of the fruits of the soil as anoffering to the Lord .419By the sweat of your brow you will eatyour food until you return to the ground,since from it you were taken; for dustyou are and to dust you will return."But Abel brought fat portions fromsome of the firstborn of his flock. TheLord looked with favor on Abel and hisoffering,520Adam named his wife Eve, becauseshe would become the mother of all theliving.but on Cain and his offering he did notlook with favor. So Cain was very angry,and his face was downcast.621The Lord God made garments of skinfor Adam and his wife and clothed them.Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why areyou angry? Why is your face downcast?722And the Lord God said, "The man hasnow become like one of us, knowinggood and evil. He must not be allowedto reach out his hand and take also fromthe tree of life and eat, and live forever."If you do what is right, will you not beaccepted? But if you do not do what isright, sin is crouching at your door; itdesires to have you, but you mustmaster it."823So the Lord God banished him fromthe Garden of Eden to work the groundfrom which he had been taken.Now Cain said to his brother Abel,"Let's go out to the field." And while theywere in the field, Cain attacked hisbrother Abel and killed him.
9Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where isyour brother Abel?" "I don't know," hereplied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"was the father of Methushael, andMethushael was the father of Lamech.1910The Lord said, "What have you done?Listen! Your brother's blood cries out tome from the ground.11Now you are under a curse and drivenfrom the ground, which opened itsmouth to receive your brother's bloodfrom your hand.12When you work the ground, it will nolonger yield its crops for you. You will bea restless wanderer on the earth."13Cain said to the Lord , "My punishmentis more than I can bear.Lamech married two women, onenamed Adah and the other Zillah.20Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was thefather of those who live in tents andraise livestock.21His brother's name was Jubal; he wasthe father of all who play the harp andflute.22Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, whoforged all kinds of tools out of bronzeand iron. Tubal-Cain's sister wasNaamah.2314Today you are driving me from theland, and I will be hidden from yourpresence; I will be a restless wandereron the earth, and whoever finds me willkill me."Lamech said to his wives, "Adah andZillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech,hear my words. I have killed a man forwounding me, a young man for injuringme.2415But the Lord said to him, "Not so ; ifanyone kills Cain, he will suffervengeance seven times over." Then theLord put a mark on Cain so that no onewho found him would kill him.16So Cain went out from the Lord 'spresence and lived in the land of Nod,east of Eden.17Cain lay with his wife, and she becamepregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cainwas then building a city, and he namedit after his son Enoch.18To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad wasthe father of Mehujael, and MehujaelIf Cain is avenged seven times, thenLamech seventy-seven times."25Adam lay with his wife again, and shegave birth to a son and named him Seth,saying, "God has granted me anotherchild in place of Abel, since Cain killedhim."26Seth also had a son, and he namedhim Enosh. At that time men began tocall on the name of the Lord .5This is the written account of Adam'sline. When God created man, he madehim in the likeness of God.
2He created them male and female andblessed them. And when they werecreated, he called them "man. "14Altogether, Kenan lived 910 years, andthen he died.153When Adam had lived 130 years, hehad a son in his own likeness, in hisown image; and he named him Seth.4After Seth was born, Adam lived 800years and had other sons and daughters.When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, hebecame the father of Jared.16And after he became the father ofJared, Mahalalel lived 830 years andhad other sons and daughters.175Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, andthen he died.Altogether, Mahalalel lived 895 years,and then he died.186When Seth had lived 105 years, hebecame the father of Enosh.When Jared had lived 162 years, hebecame the father of Enoch.197And after he became the father ofEnosh, Seth lived 807 years and hadother sons and daughters.And after he became the father ofEnoch, Jared lived 800 years and hadother sons and daughters.208Altogether, Seth lived 912 years, andthen he died.Altogether, Jared lived 962 years, andthen he died.219When Enosh had lived 90 years, hebecame the father of Kenan.When Enoch had lived 65 years, hebecame the father of Methuselah.22And after he became the father ofKenan, Enosh lived 815 years and hadother sons and daughters.And after he became the father ofMethuselah, Enoch walked with God300 years and had other sons anddaughters.112310Altogether, Enosh lived 905 years, andthen he died.Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years.2412When Kenan had lived 70 years, hebecame the father of Mahalalel.Enoch walked with God; then he wasno more, because God took him away.2513And after he became the father ofMahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years andhad other sons and daughters.When Methuselah had lived 187 years,he became the father of Lamech.26And after he became the father ofLamech, Methuselah lived 782 yearsand had other sons and daughters.
27Altogether, Methuselahyears, and then he died.lived96928When Lamech had lived 182 years, hehad a son.29He named him Noah and said, "He willcomfort us in the labor and painful toil ofour hands caused by the ground theLord has cursed."30After Noah was born, Lamech lived595 years and had other sons anddaughters.5The Lord saw how great man'swickedness on the earth had become,and that every inclination of the thoughtsof his heart was only evil all the time.6The Lord was grieved that he hadmade man on the earth, and his heartwas filled with pain.7So the Lord said, "I will wipe mankind,whom I have created, from the face ofthe earth-men and animals, andcreatures that move along the ground,and birds of the air-for I am grieved thatI have made them."31Altogether, Lamech lived 777 years,and then he died.8But Noah found favor in the eyes of theLord .32After Noah was 500 years old, hebecame the father of Shem, Ham andJapheth.6Whenmen began to increase innumber on the earth and daughterswere born to them,9This is the account of Noah. Noah wasa righteous man, blameless among thepeople of his time, and he walked withGod.10Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham andJapheth.112the sons of God saw that the daughtersof men were beautiful, and they marriedany of them they chose.3Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will notcontend with man forever, for he ismortal ; his days will be a hundred andtwenty years."4The Nephilim were on the earth inthose days-and also afterward-when thesons of God went to the daughters ofmen and had children by them. Theywere the heroes of old, men of renown.Now the earth was corrupt in God'ssight and was full of violence.12God saw how corrupt the earth hadbecome, for all the people on earth hadcorrupted their ways.13So God said to Noah, "I am going toput an end to all people, for the earth isfilled with violence because of them. Iam surely going to destroy both themand the earth.14So make yourself an ark of cypresswood; make rooms in it and coat it withpitch inside and out.
15This is how you are to build it: The arkis to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and45 feet high.2Take with you seven of every kind ofclean animal, a male and its mate, andtwo of every kind of unclean animal, amale and its mate,16Make a roof for it and finish the ark towithin 18 inches of the top. Put a door inthe side of the ark and make lower,middle and upper decks.and also seven of every kind of bird,male and female, to keep their variouskinds alive throughout the earth.174I am going to bring floodwaters on theearth to destroy all life under theheavens, every creature that has thebreath of life in it. Everything on earthwill perish.3Seven days from now I will send rain onthe earth for forty days and forty nights,and I will wipe from the face of the earthevery living creature I have made."518But I will establish my covenant withyou, and you will enter the ark-you andyour sons and your wife and your sons'wives with you.19And Noah didcommanded him.allthattheLord6Noah was six hundred years old whenthe floodwaters came on the earth.You are to bring into the ark two of allliving creatures, male and female, tokeep them alive with you.And Noah and his sons and his wifeand his sons' wives entered the ark toescape the waters of the flood.208Two of every kind of bird, of every kindof animal and of every kind of creaturethat moves along the ground will cometo you to be kept alive.7Pairs of clean and unclean animals, ofbirds and of all creatures that movealong the ground,921You are to take every kind of food thatis to be eaten and store it away as foodfor you and for them."male and female, came to Noah andentered the ark, as God hadcommanded Noah.1022Noah did everything just as Godcommanded him.And after the seven daysfloodwaters came on the earth.the117The Lord then said to Noah, "Go intothe ark, you and your whole family,because I have found you righteous inthis generation.In the six hundredth year of Noah's life,on the seventeenth day of the secondmonth-on that day all the springs of thegreat deep burst forth, and thefloodgates of the heavens were opened.12And rain fell on the earth forty daysand forty nights.
13On that very day Noah and his sons,Shem, Ham and Japheth, together withhis wife and the wives of his three sons,entered the ark.14They had with them every wild animalaccording to its kind, all livestockaccording to their kinds, every creaturethat moves along the ground accordingto its kind and every bird according to itskind, everything with wings.15Pairs of all creatures that have thebreath of life in them came to Noah andentered the ark.16The animals going in were male andfemale of every living thing, as God hadcommanded Noah. Then the Lord shuthim in.22Everything on dry land that had thebreath of life in its nostrils died.23Every living thing on the face of theearth was wiped out; men and animalsand the creatures that move along theground and the birds of the air werewiped from the earth. Only Noah wasleft, and those with him in the ark.24The waters flooded the earth for ahundred and fifty days.8But God remembered Noah and allthe wild animals and the livestock thatwere with him in the ark, and he sent awind over the earth, and the watersreceded.217For forty days the flood kept comingon the earth, and as the watersincreased they lifted the ark high abovethe earth.Now the springs of the deep and thefloodgates of the heavens had beenclosed, and the rain had stopped fallingfrom the sky.318The waters rose and increased greatlyon the earth, and the ark floated on thesurface of the water.The water receded steadily from theearth. At the end of the hundred and fiftydays the water had gone down,419They rose greatly on the earth, and allthe high mountains under the entireheavens were covered.and on the seventeenth day of theseventh month the ark came to rest onthe mountains of Ararat.520The waters rose and covered themountains to a depth of more thantwenty feet. ,21Every living thing that moved on theearth perished-birds, livestock, wildanimals, all the creatures that swarmover the earth, and all mankind.The waters continued to recede untilthe tenth month, and on the first day ofthe tenth month the tops of themountains became visible.6After forty days Noah opened thewindow he had made in the ark
7and sent out a raven, and it kept flyingback and forth until the water had driedup from the earth.8Then he sent out a dove to see if thewater had receded from the surface ofthe ground.9But the dove could find no place to setits feet because there was water over allthe surface of the earth; so it returned toNoah in the ark. He reached out hishand and took the dove and brought itback to himself in the ark.17Bring out every kind of living creaturethat is with you-the birds, the animals,and all the creatures that move alongthe ground-so they can multiply on theearth and be fruitful and increase innumber upon it."18So Noah came out, together with hissons and his wife and his sons' wives.19All the animals and all the creaturesthat move along the ground and all thebirds-everything that moves on theearth-came out of the ark, one kind afteranother.10He waited seven more days and againsent out the dove from the ark.11When the dove returned to him in theevening, there in its beak was a freshlyplucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew thatthe water had receded from the earth.12He waited seven more days and sentthe dove out again, but this time it didnot return to him.13By the first day of the first month ofNoah's six hundred and first year, thewater had dried up from the earth. Noahthen removed the covering from the arkand saw that the surface of the groundwas dry.14By the twenty-seventh day of thesecond month the earth was completelydry.20Then Noah built an altar to the Lordand, taking some of all the cleananimals and clean birds, he sacrificedburnt offerings on it.21The Lord smelled the pleasing aromaand said in his heart: "Never again will Icurse the ground because of man, eventhough every inclination of his heart isevil from childhood. And never again willI destroy all living creatures, as I havedone.22"As long as the earth endures,seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,summer and winter, day and night willnever cease."9ThenGod blessed Noah and hissons, saying to them, "Be fruitful andincrease in number and fill the earth.15Then God said to Noah,216"Come out of the ark, you and yourwife and your sons and their wives.The fear and dread of you will fall uponall the beasts of the earth and all thebirds of the air, upon every creature thatmoves along the ground, and upon all
the fish of the sea; they are given intoyour hands.you and every living creature with you, acovenant for all generations to come:3Everything that lives and moves will befood for you. Just as I gave you thegreen plants, I now give you everything.13I have set my rainbow in the clouds,and it will be the sign of the covenantbetween me and the earth.4"But you must not eat meat that has itslifeblood still in it.14Whenever I bring clouds over the earthand the rainbow appears in the clouds,515And for your lifeblood I will surelydemand an accounting. I will demand anaccounting from every animal. And fromeach man, too, I will demand anaccounting for the life of his fellow man.I will remember my covenant betweenme and you and all living creatures ofevery kind. Never again will the watersbecome a flood to destroy all life.166"Whoever sheds the blood of man, byman shall his blood be shed; for in theimage of God has God made man.Whenever the rainbow appears in theclouds, I will see it and remember theeverlasting covenant between God andall living creatures of every kind on theearth."7As for you, be fruitful and increase innumber; multiply on the earth andincrease upon it."17So God said to Noah, "This is the signof the covenant I have establishedbetween me and all life on the earth."8Then God said to Noah and to his sonswith him:9"I now establish my covenant with youand with your descendants after you10and with every living creature that waswith you-the birds, the livestock and allthe wild animals, all those that came outof the ark with you-every living creatureon earth.11I establish my covenant with you:Never again will all life be cut off by thewaters of a flood; never again will therebe a flood to destroy the earth."18The sons of Noah who came out of theark were Shem, Ham and Japheth.(Ham was the father of Canaan.)19These were the three sons of Noah,and from them came the people whowere scattered over the earth.20Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded toplant a vineyard.21When he drank some of its wine, hebecame drunk and lay uncovered insidehis tent.2212And God said, "This is the sign of thecovenant I am making between me andHam, the father of Canaan, saw hisfather's nakedness and told his twobrothers outside.
23But Shem and Japheth took a garmentand laid it across their shoulders; thenthey walked in backward and coveredtheir father's nakedness. Their faceswere turned the other way so that theywould not see their father's nakedness.244The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish,the Kittim and the Rodanim.5(From these the maritime peoplesspread out into their territories by theirclans within their nations, each with itsown language.) The HamitesWhen Noah awoke from his wine andfound out what his youngest son haddone to him,The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Putand Canaan.2576he said, "Cursed be Canaan! Thelowest of slaves will he be to hisbrothers."The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah,Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. Thesons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.268He also said, "Blessed be the Lord ,the God of Shem! May Canaan be theslave of Shem.Cush was the father of Nimrod, whogrew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.927May God extend the territory ofJapheth ; may Japheth live in the tentsof Shem, and may Canaan be hisslave."28After the flood Noah lived 350 years.29Altogether, Noah lived 950 years, andthen he died.10This is the account of Shem, Hamand Japheth, Noah's sons, whothemselves had sons after the flood.The JaphethitesHe was a mighty hunter before theLord ; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod,a mighty hunter before the Lord ."10The first centers of his kingdom wereBabylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, inShinar.11From that land he went to Assyria,where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir,Calah12and Resen, which is between Ninevehand Calah; that is the great city.13Mizraim was the father of the Ludites,Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog,Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech andTiras.Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whomthe Philistines came) and Caphtorites.315The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphathand Togarmah.14Canaan was the father of Sidon hisfirstborn, and of the Hittites,
16Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,29Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All thesewere sons of Joktan.17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,3018Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.Later the Canaanite clans scatteredThe region where they lived stretchedfrom Mesha toward Sephar, in theeastern hill country.1931and the borders of Canaan reachedfrom Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza,and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah,Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.20These are the sons of Ham by theirclans and languages, in their territoriesand nations. The SemitesThese are the sons of Shem by theirclans and languages, in their territoriesand nations.32These are the clans of Noah's sons,according to their lines of descent,within their nations. From these thenations spread out over the earth afterthe flood.21Sons were also born to Shem, whoseolder brother was Japheth; Shem wasthe ancestor of all the sons of Eber.11Nowthe whole world had onelanguage and a common speech.22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur,Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.2As men moved eastward, they found aplain in Shinar and settled there.23The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Getherand Meshech.324Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,and Shelah the father of Eber.They said to each other, "Come, let'smake bricks and bake them thoroughly."They used brick instead of stone, andt
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