1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ²And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. ³And ‘Elohim said, Let there be light: and there was light. ⁴And ‘Elohim saw the light, that it was good: and ‘Elohim divided the light from the darkness. ⁵And ‘Elohim called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. 

⁶And ‘Elohim said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. ⁷And ‘Elohim made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. ⁸And ‘Elohim called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. 

⁹And ‘Elohim said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. ¹⁰And ‘Elohim called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and ‘Elohim saw that it was good. ¹¹And ‘Elohim said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so. ¹²And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and ‘Elohim saw that it was good. ¹³And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. 

¹⁴And ‘Elohim said, Let there be lights in the firmament of 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 heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. ¹⁶And ‘Elohim 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. ¹⁷And ‘Elohim set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, ¹⁸and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and ‘Elohim saw that it was good. ¹⁹And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. 

²⁰And ‘Elohim said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. ²¹And ‘Elohim created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and ‘Elohim saw that it was good. ²²And ‘Elohim blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. ²³And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. 

²⁴And ‘Elohim said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so. ²⁵And ‘Elohim made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and ‘Elohim saw that it was good. ²⁶And ‘Elohim 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 heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. ²⁷And ‘Elohim created man in his own image, in the image of ‘Elohim created he him; male and female created he them. ²⁸And ‘Elohim blessed them: and ‘Elohim 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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. ²⁹And ‘Elohim 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 bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so. ³¹And ‘Elohim saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. 

2 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. ²And on the seventh day ‘Elohim finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. ³And ‘Elohim blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which ‘Elohim had created and made. 

⁴These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yehovah ‘Elohim made earth and heaven. ⁵And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yehovah ‘Elohim 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. ⁷And Yehovah ‘Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. ⁸And Yehovah ‘Elohim planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. ⁹And out of the ground made Yehovah ‘Elohim 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. ¹⁰And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads. ¹¹The 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 Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. ¹⁵And Yehovah ‘Elohim took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. ¹⁶And Yehovah ‘Elohim commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou 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 Yehovah ‘Elohim 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 Yehovah ‘Elohim formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof. ²⁰And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him. ²¹And Yehovah ‘Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: ²²and the rib, which Yehovah ‘Elohim had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. ²³And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 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. 

3 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Yehovah ‘Elohim had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? ²And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: ³but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, ‘Elohim hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. ⁴And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: ⁵for ‘Elohim doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as ‘Elohim, 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 aprons. ⁸And they heard the voice of Yehovah ‘Elohim walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yehovah ‘Elohim amongst the trees of the garden. 

⁹And Yehovah ‘Elohim called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou? ¹⁰And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. ¹¹And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? ¹²And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. ¹³And Yehovah ‘Elohim said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. ¹⁴And Yehovah ‘Elohim said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast 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 seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. ¹⁶Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; 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 return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. ²⁰And the man called his wife’s name Hava; because she was the mother of all living. ²¹And Yehovah ‘Elohim made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them. 

²²And Yehovah ‘Elohim 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— ²³therefore Yehovah ‘Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. ²⁴So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 

4 And the man knew Hava his wife; and she conceived, and bare Kayin, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of  Yehovah. ²And again she bare his brother Hevel. And Hevel was a keeper of sheep, but Kayin was a tiller of the ground. ³And in process of time it came to pass, that Kayin brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Yehovah. ⁴And Hevel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Yehovah had respect unto Hevel and to his offering: ⁵but unto Kayin and to his offering he had not respect. And Kayin was very wroth, and his countenance fell. ⁶And Yehovah said unto Kayin, 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 shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it. ⁸And Kayin told Hevel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Kayin rose up against Hevel his brother, and slew him. 

⁹And Yehovah said unto Kayin, Where is Hevel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper? ¹⁰And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. ¹¹And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; ¹²when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth. ¹³And Kayin said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear. ¹⁴Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; 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 Yehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Kayin, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Yehovah appointed a sign for Kayin, lest any finding him should smite him. 

¹⁶And Kayin went out from the presence of Yehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. ¹⁷And Kayin knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Hanokh: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Hanokh. ¹⁸And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mechuya’el; and Mechuya’el begat Metusha’el; and Metusha’el begat Lemekh. ¹⁹And Lemekh took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Tzilah. ²⁰And Adah bare Yaval: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle. ²¹And his brother’s name was Yuval: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. ²²And Tzilah, she also bare Tuval-Kayin, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tuval-Kayin was Na’amah. ²³And Lemekh said unto his wives: 

Adah and Tzilah, hear my voice;
Ye wives of Lemekh, hearken unto my speech: 
For I have slain a man for wounding me, 
And a young man for bruising me: 
²⁴If Kayin shall be avenged sevenfold,
Truly Lemekh seventy and sevenfold. 

²⁵And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Shet: For, said she, ‘Elohim hath appointed me another seed instead of Hevel; for Kayin slew him. ²⁶And to Shet, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Yehovah. 

5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that ‘Elohim created man, in the likeness of ‘Elohim made he him; ²male 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 begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Shet: ⁴and the days of Adam after he begat Shet were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters. ⁵And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 

⁶And Shet lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh: ⁷and Shet lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: ⁸and all the days of Shet were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 

⁹And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan: ¹⁰and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹¹and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died. 

¹²And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalal’el: ¹³and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalal’el eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹⁴and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 

¹⁵And Mahalal’el lived sixty and five years, and begat Yered: ¹⁶and Mahalal’el lived after he begat Yered eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹⁷and all the days of Mahalal’el were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. 

¹⁸And Yered lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch: ¹⁹and Yered lived after he begat Hanokh eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²⁰and all the days of Yered were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. 

²¹And Hanokh lived sixty and five years, and begat Metushelach: ²²and Hanokh walked with Ha’Elohim after he begat Metushelach three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²³and all the days of Hanokh were three hundred sixty and five years: ²⁴and Hanokh walked with Ha’Elohim: and he was not; for ‘Elohim took him. 

²⁵And Metushelach lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lemekh: ²⁶and Metushelach lived after he begat Lemekh seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: ²⁷and all the days of Metushelach were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. 

²⁸And Lemekh lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: ²⁹and he called his name Noach, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Yehovah hath cursed. ³⁰And Lemekh lived after he begat Noach five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: ³¹And all the days of Lemekh were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 

³²And Noach was five hundred years old: and Noach begat Shem, Ham, and Yefet. 

6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, ²that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose. ³And Yehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years. ⁴The N’filim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown. 

⁵And Yehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. ⁶And it repented Yehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. ⁷And Yehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them. ⁸But Noach found favor in the eyes of Yehovah.