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Gn0101 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gn0102 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Gn0103 Then God said, “Let there be light"; and there was light. Gn0104 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. Gn0105 God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. Gn0106 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” Gn0107 God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. Gn0108 God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. Gn0109 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. Gn0110 God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. Gn0111 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so. Gn0112 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. Gn0113 There was evening and there was morning, a third day. Gn0114 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years; Gn0115 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so. Gn0116 God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also. Gn0117 God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, Gn0118 and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. Gn0119 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. Gn0120 Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.” Gn0121 God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. Gn0122 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” Gn0123 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. Gn0124 Then God 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. Gn0125 God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good. Gn0126 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Gn0127 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Gn0128 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Gn0129 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; Gn0130 and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so. Gn0131 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Gn0201 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. Gn0202 By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Gn0203 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. Gn0204 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven. Gn0205 Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. Gn0206 But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. Gn0207 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Gn0208 The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. Gn0209 Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing 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. Gn0210 Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers. Gn0211 The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. Gn0212 The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. Gn0213 The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush. Gn0214 The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. Gn0215 Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. Gn0216 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; Gn0217 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.” Gn0218 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” Gn0219 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. Gn0220 The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. Gn0221 So 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 the flesh at that place. Gn0222 The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Gn0223 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.” Gn0224 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. Gn0225 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Gn0301 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden ‘?” Gn0302 The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; Gn0303 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’” Gn0304 The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! Gn0305 “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Gn0306 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 desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. Gn0307 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. Gn0308 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Gn0309 Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” Gn0310 He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” Gn0311 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” Gn0312 The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.” Gn0313 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” Gn0314 The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; Gn0315 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.” Gn0316 To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you.” Gn0317 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’ Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. Gn0318 “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; Gn0319 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.” Gn0320 Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. Gn0321 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. Gn0322 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever “— Gn0323 therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. Gn0324 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life. Gn0401 Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD.” Gn0402 Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Gn0403 So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground. Gn0404 Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering; Gn0405 but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. Gn0406 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? Gn0407 “If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.” Gn0408 Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. Gn0409 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” Gn0410 He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground. Gn0411 “Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. Gn0412 “When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.” Gn0413 Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is too great to bear! Gn0414 “Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” Gn0415 So the LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him. Gn0416 Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Gn0417 Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son. Gn0418 Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech. Gn0419 Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah. Gn0420 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. Gn0421 His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. Gn0422 As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. Gn0423 Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Give heed to my speech, For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me; Gn0424 If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.” Gn0425 Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, “God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him.” Gn0426 To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD. Gn0501 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. Gn0502 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created. Gn0503 When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. Gn0504 Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn0505 So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. Gn0506 Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh. Gn0507 Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn0508 So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. Gn0509 Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan. Gn0510 Then Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn0511 So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died. Gn0512 Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel. Gn0513 Then Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn0514 So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. Gn0515 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared. Gn0516 Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn0517 So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died. Gn0518 Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch. Gn0519 Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn0520 So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died. Gn0521 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. Gn0522 Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn0523 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Gn0524 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. Gn0525 Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech. Gn0526 Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn0527 So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died. Gn0528 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son. Gn0529 Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed.” Gn0530 Then Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn0531 So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died. Gn0532 Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Gn0601 Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, Gn0602 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. Gn0603 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” Gn0604 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. Gn0605 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gn0606 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Gn0607 The LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.” Gn0608 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. Gn0609 These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. Gn0610 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Gn0611 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. Gn0612 God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. Gn0613 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. Gn0614 “Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. Gn0615 “This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. Gn0616 “You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. Gn0617 “Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. Gn0618 “But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark— you and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. Gn0619 “And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Gn0620 “Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. Gn0621 “As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them.” Gn0622 Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. Gn0701 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time. Gn0702 “You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female; Gn0703 also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth. Gn0704 “For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will blot out from the face of the land every living thing that I have made.” Gn0705 Noah did according to all that the LORD had commanded him. Gn0706 Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth. Gn0707 Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood. Gn0708 Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground, Gn0709 there went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. Gn0710 It came about after the seven days, that the water of the flood came upon the earth. Gn0711 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. Gn0712 The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. Gn0713 On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark, Gn0714 they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds. Gn0715 So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life. Gn0716 Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the LORD closed it behind him. Gn0717 Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth. Gn0718 The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. Gn0719 The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered. Gn0720 The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. Gn0721 All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; Gn0722 of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. Gn0723 Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. Gn0724 The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days. Gn0801 But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. Gn0802 Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained; Gn0803 and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased. Gn0804 In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. Gn0805 The water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible. Gn0806 Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made; Gn0807 and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth. Gn0808 Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land; Gn0809 but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself. Gn0810 So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark. Gn0811 The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth. Gn0812 Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again. Gn0813 Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up. Gn0814 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. Gn0815 Then God spoke to Noah, saying, Gn0816 “Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. Gn0817 “Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” Gn0818 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. Gn0819 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark. Gn0820 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Gn0821 The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done. Gn0822 “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease.” Gn0901 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. Gn0902 “The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given. Gn0903 “Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant. Gn0904 “Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. Gn0905 “Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man. Gn0906 “Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man. Gn0907 “As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.” Gn0908 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, Gn0909 “Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; Gn0910 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. Gn0911 “I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” Gn0912 God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; Gn0913 I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. Gn0914 “It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, Gn0915 and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. Gn0916 “When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” Gn0917 And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.” Gn0918 Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan. Gn0919 These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated. Gn0920 Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard. Gn0921 He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. Gn0922 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. Gn0923 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness. Gn0924 When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. Gn0925 So he said, “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.” Gn0926 He also said, “Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. Gn0927 “May God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.” Gn0928 Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood. Gn0929 So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died. Gn1001 Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood. Gn1002 The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras. Gn1003 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah. Gn1004 The sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim. Gn1005 From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations. Gn1006 The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. Gn1007 The sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. Gn1008 Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth. Gn1009 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.” Gn1010 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Gn1011 From that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, Gn1012 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. Gn1013 Mizraim became the father of Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim Gn1014 and Pathrusim and Casluhim (from which came the Philistines) and Caphtorim. Gn1015 Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth Gn1016 and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite Gn1017 and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite Gn1018 and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad. Gn1019 The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. Gn1020 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations. Gn1021 Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born. Gn1022 The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram. Gn1023 The sons of Aram were Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash. Gn1024 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber. Gn1025 Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. Gn1026 Joktan became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah Gn1027 and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah Gn1028 and Obal and Abimael and Sheba Gn1029 and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. Gn1030 Now their settlement extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east. Gn1031 These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, according to their nations. Gn1032 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood. Gn1101 Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words. Gn1102 It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. Gn1103 They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. Gn1104 They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” Gn1105 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. Gn1106 The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them. Gn1107 “Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” Gn1108 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. Gn1109 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth. Gn1110 These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood; Gn1111 and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn1112 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah; Gn1113 and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn1114 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber; Gn1115 and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn1116 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg; Gn1117 and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn1118 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu; Gn1119 and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn1120 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug; Gn1121 and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn1122 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor; Gn1123 and Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn1124 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah; Gn1125 and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters. Gn1126 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Gn1127 Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot. Gn1128 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. Gn1129 Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah. Gn1130 Sarai was barren; she had no child. Gn1131 Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there. Gn1132 The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran. Gn1201 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you; Gn1202 And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; Gn1203 And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” Gn1204 So Abram went forth as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Gn1205 Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan. Gn1206 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land. Gn1207 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him. Gn1208 Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD. Gn1209 Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev. Gn1210 Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. Gn1211 It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman; Gn1212 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’ and they will kill me, but they will let you live. Gn1213 “Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you.” Gn1214 It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. Gn1215 Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. Gn1216 Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels. Gn1217 But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. Gn1218 Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Gn1219 “Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go.” Gn1220 Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him. Gn1301 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him. Gn1302 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold. Gn1303 He went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, Gn1304 to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. Gn1305 Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. Gn1306 And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. Gn1307 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land. Gn1308 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. Gn1309 “Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.” Gn1310 Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere— this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah— like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar. Gn1311 So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other. Gn1312 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. Gn1313 Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD. Gn1314 The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; Gn1315 for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. Gn1316 “I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered. Gn1317 “Arise, walk about the land through its length and breadth; for I will give it to you.” Gn1318 Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD. Gn1401 And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, Gn1402 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). Gn1403 All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). Gn1404 Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled. Gn1405 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, Gn1406 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness. Gn1407 Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in Hazazon- tamar. Gn1408 And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they arrayed for battle against them in the valley of Siddim, Gn1409 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar— four kings against five. Gn1410 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country. Gn1411 Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed. Gn1412 They also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom. Gn1413 Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now he was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were allies with Abram. Gn1414 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. Gn1415 He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. Gn1416 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people. Gn1417 Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). Gn1418 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High. Gn1419 He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; Gn1420 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” He gave him a tenth of all. Gn1421 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give the people to me and take the goods for yourself.” Gn1422 Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the LORD God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, Gn1423 that I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ Gn1424 “I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share.” Gn1501 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.” Gn1502 Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” Gn1503 And Abram said, “Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir.” Gn1504 Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.” Gn1505 And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” Gn1506 Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. Gn1507 And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it.” Gn1508 He said, “O Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?” Gn1509 So He said to him, “Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” Gn1510 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds. Gn1511 The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. Gn1512 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him. Gn1513 God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years. Gn1514 “But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions. Gn1515 “As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. Gn1516 “Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.” Gn1517 It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces. Gn1518 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates: Gn1519 the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite Gn1520 and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim Gn1521 and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.” Gn1601 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar. Gn1602 So Sarai said to Abram, “Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. Gn1603 After Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife. Gn1604 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight. Gn1605 And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight. May the LORD judge between you and me.” Gn1606 But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence. Gn1607 Now the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. Gn1608 He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presenc