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The Creation of Man and Woman 1 So the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (inhabitants). 2 And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 So God blessed the […]

The Fall of Man 1 Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the LordGod had made. Andthe serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat fromany tree of the garden’?” 2 And the woman […]

Cain and Abel 1 Now the manAdam knew Eve as his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have obtained a man (baby boy, son) withthe help ofthe Lord.” 2 And [later] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept the flocks [of sheep and goats], but […]

Descendants of Adam 1 This is the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of [the descendants of] Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]. 2 He created them male and female, and blessed them and named themMankind […]

The Corruption of Mankind 1 Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, 2 that thesons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautifulanddesirable; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they choseanddesired. 3 Then the Lordsaid, “My Spirit shall not […]

The Flood 1 Then the Lordsaid to Noah, “Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation. 2 Of everyclean animal you shall take with you seven pair, the male and his female, and of animals that are […]

The Flood Abates 1 And God rememberedandthought kindly of Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind blow over the land, and the waters receded. 2 Also the fountains of the deep [subterranean waters] and the windows of the heavens were closed, […]

Covenant of the Rainbow 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 The fear and the terror of you shall be [instinctive] in every animal of the land and in every bird of the air; and together with everything that moves on […]

Descendants of Noah 1 These arethe records ofthe generations (descendants) of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and the sons born to them after the flood: 2 the sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras; 3 the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah; 4 the sons of Javan: […]

Universal Language, Babel, Confusion 1 Now the whole earthspoke one language and used the same words (vocabulary). 2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there. 3 They said one to another, “Come, let us make bricks and fire them thoroughly [in a kiln, to […]