GENESIS "J IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2Novv the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. 3And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morn- ing, one day.
6And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, •and let it divide the waters from the waters.' 7And God made the firma- ment, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firma- ment; and it was so. 8And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9And God said- 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so. "And God called the dry land Earth, and the fthering together of the waters called 3 Seas; and God saw that it was good. nAnd God said: 'Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.' And it was so. KAnd the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after iljs^kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14And God said: 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; 15and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth J And it was so. 16And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars. 17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, Kand to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19And there was even- ing and there was morning, a fourth day.
20And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.' ^And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good. ^And God blessed them, say- ing: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth/ ^And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
3 GENESIS ^And God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind ' And it was so. 25And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good. ^And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.' 27And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. 28Aad God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth/ 29And God said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed — to you it shall be for food; 30and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, [I have given] every green herb for food/ And it was so. 31And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold^ it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. O And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. 3And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
4These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
fiNo shrub 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 not a man to till the ground; 6but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9And out of the ground made the LORD God 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. l°And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads. uThe name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush. 14And the name of the third river is aTigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. "And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou »Heb Hiddekel 4 mayest freely eat; 17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die/ 18And the LORD God said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him/ 19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and what- soever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof. 20And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him. 21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof. ^And the rib, 'which the LORD God had taken from the man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man. ^And the man said: 'This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called aWoman, because she was taken out of bMan/ 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Q Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: 'Yea, hath God said: Ye shall hot eat of any tree of the garden?' 2And the wolnan said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 8but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said: Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall * Heb. Isshah.
ye touch it, lest ye die/ 4And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die; *for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, ana ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil/ 6And 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 the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. 7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles. 8And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where art thou?' °And he said: 'I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself/ "And He said: 'Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?' ^And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat/ "And the LORD God said unto the woman: What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent be- guiled me, and I did eat/ 14And the LORD God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. 15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy bHeb. Ish.
GENESIS seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel/ 16Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy trav- ail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee' 17And unto Adam He said: ' Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. 18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field 19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou ret urn unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.7 20And the man called his wife's name aEve; 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.
^And the LORD God said: 'Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know 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 whence he was taken. ^So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.
A And the man knew Eve his wife; ^ and she conceived and bore Cain, and said: 'I have bgotten a man with the help of the LORD.' 2And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cam brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering; 5but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6And the LORD said unto Cain. 'Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.' 8And Cain spoke unto Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the Afield, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Where is Abel thy brother?7 And he said: brother's rl know keeper?7 not; am I my 10And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground. uAnd now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. l2When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wander- er shalt thou be in the earth.' 13And Cain said unto the LORD: ' My punish- ment is greater than I can bear. l4Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.' 15And the LORD said unto him: • Heb. Havvah, that is, Life.
6 b Heb. kanah, to get.
GENESIS 'Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on Mm sevenfold.' And the LORD set a sign for Cain, lest any finding him, should smite him.
16And Cain went out from the pres- ence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of aNod, on the east of Eden. 17And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he builded a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch. 18And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and bMehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech. I9And Lamech took unto him two wives, the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle. 21And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. MAnd Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal- cain was Naamah. ^And Lamech said unto his wives^: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; For I have slam a ma,n for wound- ing me, And a young man for bruising me; ^If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and seven- fold.
25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name cSeth* 'for God dhath ap- pointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cam slew him.' 26And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
£ This is the book of the genera- tions of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him; ^ale and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own like- ness, after his image; and called his name Seth. 4And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters. 5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
sAnd Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh. 7And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. 8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
9And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan. 10And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters. "And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
12And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot MahalaleL wAnd Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters. 14And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
16And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared. 16And Maha- lalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters. 17And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died.
18 And Jared fived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch. 19And Jared lived, after he begot Enoch * That is, Wandering. *>Heb. MehijaeL • Heb. Sheth. <* Heb. shatJi.
GENESIS cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. MAnd all flesh perished that moved upon the earth, both fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every swarming thing that swarmeth upon the earth, and every man; ^all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, what- soever was in the dry land, died. ^And He blotted out every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven; and they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. ^And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fif ty days. Q And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 2the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. 3And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 6And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the moun- tains seen.
6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. TAnd he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth 8And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground. 9But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark. 10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. uAnd the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 12And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
^And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried. 14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
15And God spoke unto Noah, saying: 16f Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creep- eth upon the earth; that they may swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.' 18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him; 19every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
20And Noah builded an altar unto the LOKD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. 21And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His 10 GENESIS 9 heart: 'I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing liv- ing, as I have done. ^While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and win- ter, and day and night shall not cease/ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2And the. fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, and upon all wherewith the ground teemeth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered. 3Every moving thing that hveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all. 40nly flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man. 6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man. 7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'
8And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying: 9'As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. uAnd I will estab- lish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.' 12And God said: 'This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: WI have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth. 14And it shall come to pass, when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the cloud, 15that I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth/ 17And God said unto Noah: 'This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth/ 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan. "These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.
20And Noah the husbandman be- gan, and planted a vineyard. ^And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
nd Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. KAnd Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of then: father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. ^And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him. 25And he said: 11 GENESIS son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in- law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. ^And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
1 O Now the LORD said unto Abram: 'Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee. 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing. 3And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the