1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit…

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on…

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals theLordGod had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from…

1 Adammade love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.She said, “With the help of theLordI have brought fortha man.” 2 Later she gave…

1 This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female and…

1 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were…

1 TheLordthen said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of…

1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the…

1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall…

1 This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood. The Japhethites 2 The sonsof Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal,…