In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. 3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:1–2:4a 1:1
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2the earth was a formless void and
darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good;
and God separated the light from the darkness.
5God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there
was morning, the first day. 6And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and
let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7So God made the dome and separated the waters that
were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. 8God called the
dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the
dry land appear.” And it was so. 10God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were
gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, “Let the earth
put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit
with the seed in it.” And it was so. 12The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of
every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was
good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night;
and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, 15and let them be lights in the
dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16God made the two great lights—
the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17God set
them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, 18to rule over the day and over the
night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19And there
was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above
the earth across the dome of the sky.” 21So God created the great sea monsters and every living
creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every
kind. And God saw that it was good. 22God 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, the fifth day.
24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping
things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so. 25God made the wild animals
of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the
ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good. 26Then God said, “Let us make humankind
in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over
every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” 27So God created humankind in his image, in
the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
28God blessed them and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and
subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every
living thing that moves upon the earth.” 29God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding
seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have
them for food. 30And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything
that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for
food.” And it was so. 31God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good.
And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth
were finished, and all their multitude. 2And on the seventh day God finished the work that he
had done.
4In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, ‘when no plant 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 no one to till the ground; 6but a stream would rise from the
earth, and water the whole face of the ground—7then the LORD God formed man from the dust
of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living
being.
8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he
had formed. 9Out of the ground the LORD God made 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. 10A river flows out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it
divides and becomes four branches. “The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that flows
around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12and the gold of that land is good;
bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that
flows around the whole land of Cush. 14The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of
Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 15The LORD God took the man and put him in
the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 16And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may
freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you
shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”
18Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a
helper as his partner.” 19So out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field
and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and
whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20The man gave names to all
cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not
found a helper as his partner. 21So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and
he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22And the rib that the
LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
23Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be
called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.”
24Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one
flesh. 25And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.
Genesis 3:1-24
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the LORD God had made. He
said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2The woman
said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; 3but God said, ‘You shall
not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you
shall die.’” 4But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; 5for God knows that when
you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6So
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 its fruit and ate; and she also gave
some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. 7Then the eyes of both were opened, and
they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for
themselves.
8They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening
breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the
trees of the garden. 9But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
10He said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I
hid myself.” “He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of
which I commanded you not to eat?” 12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with
me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.” 13Then the LORD God said to the woman,
“What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”
14The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you among all
animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the
days of your life. 15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring
and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”
16To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall
bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
17And to the man he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten
of the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because
of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18thorns and thistles it shall bring forth
for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. 19By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall
return.” 20The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
21And the LORD God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them.
22Then the LORD God said, “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil;
and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live
forever”—23therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground
from which he was taken. 24He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he
placed the cherubim and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.
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