Category Archives: Genesis

1 In the beginning, God created heaven and earth. 2 But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the Spirit of God was brought over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light.” And light became. 4 And God saw the light, that […]

1 And so the heavens and the earth were completed, with all their adornment. 2 And on the seventh day, God fulfilled his work, which he had made. And on the seventh day he rested from all his work, which he had accomplished. 3 And he blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. For in […]

1 However, the serpent was more crafty than any of the creatures of the earth that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Why has God instructed you, that you should not eat from every tree of Paradise?” 2 The woman responded to him: “From the fruit of the trees which […]

1 Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.” 2 And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer. 3 Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts […]

1 This is the book of the lineage of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God. 2 He created them, male and female; and he blessed them. And he called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 Then Adam lived for one […]

1 And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose. 3 And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. […]

1 And the Lord said to him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation. 2 From all the clean animals, take seven and seven, the male and the female. Yet truly, from animals that are unclean, take two and two, […]

1 Then God remembered Noah, and all living things, and all the cattle, which were with him in the ark, and he brought a wind across the earth, and the waters were diminished. 2 And the fountains of the abyss and the floodgates of heaven were closed. And the rain from heaven was restrained. 3 […]

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons. And he said to them: “Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 And let the fear and trembling of you be upon all the animals of the earth, and upon all the birds of the air, along with all that moves across the earth. All the […]

1 These are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and of the sons who were born to them after the great flood. 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And then the sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, […]