THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CHAP. I. CALLED GENESIS. IN 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the hath life, and fowl that may fly above the evening and the morning were the first day. earth in the open firmament of heaven. 61 And God said, Let there be a firma- 21 And God created great whales, and ment in the midst of the waters, and let it every living creature that moveth, which divide the waters from the waters. the waters brought forth abundantly after 7 And God made the firmament, and their kind, and every winged fowl after divided the waters which were under the his kind: and God saw that it was good. firmament from the waters which were 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be above the firmament: and it was so. fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters 8 And God called the firmament Hea- in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the ven: and the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of 10 And God called the dry land Earth; the the earth after his kind: and it was so. and the gathering together of the waters 25 And God made the beast of the called he Seas: and God saw that it was earth after his kind, and cattle after their good. kind, and every thing that creepeth upon 11 And God said, Let the earth bring the earth after his kind: and God saw forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and that it was good. the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind, 26 And God said, Let us make man whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: in our image, after our likeness: and let and it was so. them have dominion over the fish of the 12 And the earth brought forth grass, sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the cattle, and over all the earth, and over the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in every creeping thing that creepeth upon itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 14 And God said, Let there be lights 28 And God blessed them, and God said in the firmament of the heaven, to divide unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and the day from the night; and let them be replenish the earth, and subdue it: and for signs, and for seasons, and for days, have dominion over the fish of the sea, and and years. over the fowl of the air, and over every 15 And let them be for lights in the fir-living thing that moveth upon the earth. mament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which The first sabbath. GENESIS. Marriage instituted. is upon the face of all the earth, and every 16 And the Lord God commanded the tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree man, saying, Of every tree of the garden yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. thou mayest freely eat: 30 And to every beast of the earth, and 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of to every fowl of the air, and to every thing good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there in the day that thou eatest thereof thou is life, I have given every green herb for shalt surely die. meat and it was so. 18 And the LORD God said, It is not make him a help meet for him. 31 And God saw every thing that he good that the man should be alone: I will had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. CHAP. II. THUS the heavens and the earth were 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names toall 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. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had 21 And the LORD God caused a deep rested from all his work which God cre- sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; ated and made. and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 5 And every plant of the field before it 23 And Adam said, This is now bone was in the earth, and every herb of the of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she field before it grew: for the LORD God shall be called Woman, because she was had not caused it to rain upon the earth, taken out of man. and there was not a man to till the ground. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his fa6 But there went up a mist from the ther and his mother, and shall cleave unto earth, and watered the whole face of the his wife: and they shall be one flesh. ground. 25 And they were both naked, the man 7 And the LORD God formed man of the and his wife, and were not ashamed. dust of the ground, and breathed into his CHAP. III. nostrils the breath of life; and man be- NOW the serpent was more subtile than came a living soul. any beast field which the LORD 8 And the LORD God planted a gar- God had made: and he said unto the wo den eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And 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 knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden: and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx-stone. man, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But 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 ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 13 And the name of the second river is 6 And when the woman saw that the Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the tree was good for food, and that it was whole land of Ethiopia. pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be de 14 And the name of the third river is sired to make one wise; she took of the Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward fruit thereof, and did eat; and gave also the east of Assyria. And the fourth river unto her husband with her, and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were open is Euphrates. 15 And the LORD God took the man, ed, and they knew that they were naked: and put him into the garden of Eden, to and they sewed fig-leaves together, and dress it and to keep it. made themselves aprons. The promised seed. CHAP IV. Death of Abel. 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD placed at the east of the garden of Eden God walking in the garden in the cool of Cherubims, and a flaming sword which the day: and Adam and his wife hid them- turned every way, to keep the way of the selves from the presence of the LORD God tree of life. amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden: and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof 1 commanded thee, that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me,and I did eat. A CHAP. IV. ND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain in brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And 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 : 5 But unto Cain, and to his offering, he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 14 And the LORD God said unto the ser- 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why pent, Because thou hast done this, thou art thou wroth? and why is thy counteart cursed above all cattle, and above nance fallen? every beast of the field: upon thy belly 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and 8 And Cain talked with Abel his bro her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And 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 sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field: 19 In 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. 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. ther: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 22 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 16 And Cain went out from the pre his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: sence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city 24 So he drove out the man; and he after the name of his son Enoch. |