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Genesis

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ²And 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.

³And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. ⁴And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. ⁵And God 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 firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. ⁷And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. ⁸And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. ¹⁰And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas: and God saw that it was good. ¹¹And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so. ¹²And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. ¹³And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

¹⁴And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: ¹⁵and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. ¹⁶And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. ¹⁷And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, ¹⁸to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. ¹⁹And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. ²¹And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moves, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good. ²²And God 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, a fifth day.

²⁴And 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. ²⁵And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

²⁶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. ²⁷And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. ²⁸And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

²⁹And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food: ³⁰and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

³¹And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

2 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. ²And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. ³And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

⁴These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven. ⁵And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground; ⁶but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. ⁷And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

⁸And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. ⁹And out of the ground Jehovah 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. ¹⁰And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads. ¹¹The name of the first is Pi-shon: that is it which compasses the whole land of Hav-i-lah, where there is gold; ¹²and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. ¹³And the name of the second river is Gi-hon: the same is it that compasses the whole land of Cush. ¹⁴And the name of the third river is Hid-de-kel: that is it which goes in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Eu-phre-tes. ¹⁵And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

¹⁶And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: ¹⁷but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.

¹⁸And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a help mate for him. ¹⁹And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof. ²⁰And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help mate for him.

²¹And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh thereof: ²²and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, he made a woman, and brought her unto the man. ²³And 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. ²⁴Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. ²⁵And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

3 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Is it true that has God said, that there is any tree of the garden you shall not eat? ²And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: ³but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, you shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, unless you die. ⁴And the serpent said unto the woman, you shall not surely die: ⁵for God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

⁶And 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 the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. ⁷And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons. ⁸And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.

⁹And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where are you? ¹⁰And he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

¹¹And he said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded you that you should not eat? ¹²And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

¹³And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

¹⁴And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life: ¹⁵and I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed: he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

¹⁶Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your pain and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.

¹⁷And unto Adam he said, Because you have listened unto the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, you shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil shall you eat of it all the days of your life; ¹⁸thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat the herb of the field; ¹⁹in the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return unto the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return.

²⁰And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

²¹And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.

²²And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, unless he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever-- ²³therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from where he was taken. ²⁴So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

4 And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah. ²And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

³And in the process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Jehovah. ⁴And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering: ⁵but unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

⁶And Jehovah said unto Cain, Why are you angry? And why is your countenance fallen? ⁷If you do well, shall it not be lifted up? And if you do not well, sin couches at the door: and unto you shall be its desire, but do you rule over it.

⁸And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

⁹And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper? ¹⁰And he said, What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries unto me from the ground. ¹¹And now cursed are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand; ¹²when you till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto you its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shall you be in the earth.

¹³And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear. ¹⁴Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from your face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whoever finds me will slay me. ¹⁵And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain, unless any finding him should strike him.

¹⁶And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. ¹⁷And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare E-noch: and he built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, E-noch. ¹⁸And unto E-noch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methishael; and Methishael begat La-mech.

¹⁹And La-mech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. ²⁰And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle. ²¹And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. ²²And Zillah, she also bare Tu-bal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tu-bal-cain was Na-a-mah.

²³And La-mech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of La-mech, listen unto my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me: ²⁴If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly La-mech seventy and sevenfold.

²⁵And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth. For, she said, God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him. ²⁶And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name E-nosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.

5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; ²male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. ³And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: ⁴and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters. ⁵And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

⁶And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat E-nosh: ⁷and Seth lived after he begat E-nosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: ⁸and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. ⁹And E-nosh lived ninety years, and begat Ke-nan. ¹⁰And E-nosh lived after he begat Ke-nan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹¹and all the days of E-nosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died. ¹²And Ke-nan lived seventy years, and begat Ma-hal-a-leel: ¹³and Ke-nan lived after he begat Ma-hal-a-leel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹⁴and all the days of Ke-nan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. ¹⁵And Ma-hal-a-leel lived sixty-five years, and begat Je-red: ¹⁶And Ma-hal-a-leel lived after he begat Je-red eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹⁷and all the days of Ma-hal-a-leel were eight hundred and ninety-five years: and he died. ¹⁸And Je-red lived a hundred sixty-two years, and begat E-noch: ¹⁹and Je-red lived after he begat E-noch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²⁰And all the days of Je-red were nine hundred and sixty-two years: and he died.

²¹And E-noch lived sixty-five years, and begat Me-thu-se-lah: ²²and E-noch walked with God after he begat Me-thu-se-lah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²³and all the days of E-noch were three hundred and sixty-five years: ²⁴and E-noch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

²⁵And Me-thu-se-lah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begat La-mech: ²⁶and Me-thu-se-lah lived after he begat La-mech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begat sons and daughters. ²⁷And all the days of Me-thu-se-lah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years: and he died.

²⁸And La-mech lived a hundred and eighty-two years, and begat a son: ²⁹and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which comes because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed. ³⁰And La-mech lived after he begat Noah five hundred and ninety-five years, and begat sons and daughters: ³¹And all the days of La-mech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years: and he died. ³²And Noah was five hundred years old: And Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Ja-pheth.

6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, ²that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took to themselves wives of all that they chose.

³And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man forever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

⁴The giants were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown. ⁵And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

⁶And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was grieved in him. ⁷And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and the birds of the heavens; for it repents me that I have made them.

⁸But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah. ⁹These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God. ¹⁰And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Ja-pheth.

¹¹And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. ¹²And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

¹³And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. ¹⁴Make an ark of gopher wood; rooms you shall make in the ark, and shall pitch it within and without with pitch. ¹⁵And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. ¹⁶A light shall you make to the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward; and the door of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it. ¹⁷And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die. ¹⁸But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁹And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shall you bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. ²⁰Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto you, to keep them alive. ²¹And take unto you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to you; and it shall be for food for you, and for them.

²²Noah did this according to all that God commanded him, so he did.

7 And Jehovah said unto Noah, You come and all your house into the ark; for in you I have seen righteousness before me in this generation. ²Of every clean beast you shall take to you seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female: ³of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. ⁴For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.

⁵And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah commanded him. ⁶And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. ⁷And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. ⁸Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps upon the ground, ⁹there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. ¹⁰And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

¹¹In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. ¹²And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

¹³In the selfsame day Noah entered, and Shem, and Ham, and Ja-pheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; ¹⁴they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. ¹⁵And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. ¹⁶And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in the ark.

¹⁷And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. ¹⁸And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. ¹⁹And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered. ²⁰Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

²¹And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and every man: ²²all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died. ²³And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. ²⁴And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

8 And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided; ²the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; ³and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

⁴And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ar-a-rat. ⁵And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

⁶And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: ⁷and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. ⁸And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; ⁹but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her into the ark. ¹⁰And he waited yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; ¹¹and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. ¹²And he stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

¹³And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried. ¹⁴And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, was the earth dry.

¹⁵And God spoke unto Noah, saying, ¹⁶Go forth from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁷Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. ¹⁸And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him: ¹⁹every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moves upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

²⁰And Noah built an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. ²¹And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again strike any more everything living, as I have done. ²²While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

9 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. ²And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; With all wherewith the ground teems, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand they are delivered. ³Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; As the green herb have I given you all. ⁴But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eat. ⁵And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; At the hand of every beast will I require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man. ⁶whoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God he made man. ⁷And you, be fruitful, and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

⁸And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, ⁹And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; ¹⁰and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you. Of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. ¹¹And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

¹²And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: ¹³I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. ¹⁴And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, ¹⁵and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. ¹⁶And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. ¹⁷And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

¹⁸And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Ja-pheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. ¹⁹These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread. ²⁰And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard: ²¹and he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent. ²²And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and went out and told his two brethren. ²³And Shem and Ja-pheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

²⁴And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him. ²⁵And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. ²⁶And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. ²⁷God enlarge Ja-pheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

²⁸And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. ²⁹And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: And he died.

10 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely, of Shem, Ham, and Ja-pheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. ²The sons of Ja-pheth: Go-mer, and Ma-gog, and Ma-dai, and Ja-van, and Tu-bal, and Me-shech, and Ti-ras. ³And the sons of Go-mer: Ash-ke-naz, and Ri-phas, and To-gar-mah. ⁴And the sons of Ja-van: E-li-shah, and Tar-shish, Chit-tim, and Do-da-nim. ⁵Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

⁶And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Miz-ra-im, and Put, and Canaan. ⁷And the sons of Cush: Se-ba, and Hav-i-lah, and Sabtah, and Ra-a-mah, and Sab-te-ca; and the sons of Ra-a-mah: She-ba, and De-dan. ⁸And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. ⁹He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: why it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah. ¹⁰And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shi-nar. ¹¹Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nin-e-veh, and Re-ho-both-ir, and Calah, ¹²and Resen between Nin-e-veh and Calah (the same is the great city). ¹³And Miz-ra-im begat Lu-dim, and An-a-mim, and Le-ha-bim, and Naph-tu-him, ¹⁴and Path-ru-sim, and Cas-lu-him (where went forth the Philistines), and Caph-to-rim.

¹⁵And Canaan begat Zi-don his first-born, and Heth, ¹⁶and the Jeb-u-site, and the Amorite, and the Gir-gash-ite, ¹⁷and the Hi-vite, and the Ar-kite, and the Si-nite, ¹⁸and the Ar-va-dite, and the Zem-a-rite, and the Ha-math-ite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad. ¹⁹And the border of the Canaanite was from Zi-don, as you go toward Ge-rar, unto Ga-za; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Ad-mah and Ze-bo-im, unto La-sha. ²⁰These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

²¹And unto Shem, the father of all the children of E-ber, the elder brother of Ja-pheth, to him also were children born. ²²The sons of Shem: E-lam, and Assh-ur, and Ar-phax-ad, and Lud, and Ar-am. ²³And the sons of Ar-am: Uz, and Hul, and Ge-ther, and Mash. ²⁴And Ar-phax-ad begat Sa-lah; and Sa-lah begat E-ber. ²⁵And unto E-ber were born two sons: The name of the one was Pe-leg. For in his days was the earth divided. And his brother’s name was Jok-tan. ²⁶And Jok-tan begat Al-mo-dad, and She-leph, and Ha-zar-ma-veth, and Je-rah, ²⁷and Ha-dor-am, and U-zal, and Dik-lah, ²⁸and O-bal, and A-bim-a-el, and She-ba, ²⁹and O-phir, and Hav-i-lah, and Jo-bab: all these were the sons of Jok-tan. ³⁰And their dwelling was from Me-sha, as you go toward Se-phar, the mountain of the east. ³¹These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. ³²These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

11 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. ²And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shi-nar; and they dwelt there. ³And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime they had for mortar. ⁴And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; unless we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

⁵And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. ⁶And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withheld from them, which they purpose to do. ⁷Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. ⁸So Jehovah scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. ⁹Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from there did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

¹⁰These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Ar-phax-ad two years after the flood. ¹¹and Shem lived after he begat Ar-phax-ad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. ¹²And Ar-phax-ad lived thirty-five years, and begat Sa-lah. ¹³and Ar-phax-ad lived after he begat Sa-lah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁴And Sa-lah lived thirty years, and begat E-ber: ¹⁵and Sa-lah lived after he begat E-ber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁶And E-ber lived thirty-four years, and begat Pe-leg: ¹⁷and E-ber lived after he begat Pe-leg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁸And Pe-leg lived thirty years, and begat Re-u: ¹⁹and Pe-leg lived after he begat Re-u two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. ²⁰And Re-u lived thirty-two years, and begat Se-rug: ²¹and Re-u lived after he begat Se-rug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. ²²And Se-rug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: ²³and Se-rug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. ²⁴And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begat Te-rah: ²⁵and Nahor lived after he begat Te-rah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. ²⁶And Te-rah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Har-an.

²⁷Now these are the generations of Te-rah. Te-rah begat Abram, Nahor, and Har-an. And Har-an begat Lot. ²⁸And Har-an died before his father Te-rah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. ²⁹And Abram and Nahor took them wives: The name of Abram’s wife was Sar-a-i; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Mil-cah, the daughter of Har-an, the father of Mil-cah, and the father of Is-cah. ³⁰And Sar-a-i was barren; She had no child. ³¹And Te-rah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Har-an, his son’s son, and Sar-a-i his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Har-an, and dwelt there. ³²And the days of Te-rah were two hundred and five years: and Te-rah died in Har-an.

12 Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, unto the land that I will show you: ²and I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you will be a blessing; ³and I will bless them that bless you, and him that curses you will I curse: and in you shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

⁴So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Har-an. ⁵And Abram took Sar-a-i his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Har-an; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

⁶And Abram passed through the land unto the place of She-chem, unto the oak of Mo-reh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. ⁷And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto your seed will I give this land: and there he built an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. ⁸And he moved from there unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and A-i on the east: and there he built an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah. ⁹And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

¹⁰And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was greatly in the land. ¹¹And it came to pass, when he was come near to entering into Egypt, that he said unto Sar-a-i his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon: ¹²and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see you, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive. ¹³Say, I pray you, you are my sister; that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.

¹⁴And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. ¹⁵And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. ¹⁶And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels. ¹⁷And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sar-a-i, Abram’s wife. ¹⁸And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done unto me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? ¹⁹Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way. ²⁰And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.

13 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. ²And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. ³And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and A-i, ⁴unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

⁵And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. ⁶And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. ⁷And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Pe-riz-zite dwelt then in the land. ⁸And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. ⁹Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself, I pray you, from me. If you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.

¹⁰And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as you go unto Zo-ar. ¹¹So Lot chose all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. ¹²Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. ¹³Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.

¹⁴And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward: ¹⁵for all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever. ¹⁶And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may your seed also be numbered. ¹⁷Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto you will I give it. ¹⁸And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mam-re, which are in He-bron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.

14 And it came to pass in the days of Am-ra-phel king of Shi-nar, Ar-i-och king of El-la-sar, Ched-or-la-o-mer king of E-lam, and Ti-dal king of nations, ²that they made war with Be-ra king of Sodom, and with Bir-sha king of Gomorrah, Shi-nab king of Ad-mah, and Shem-e-ber king of Ze-bo-im, and the king of Be-la (the same is Zo-ar). ³All these joined together in the vale of Sid-dim (the same is the Salt Sea). ⁴Twelve years they served Ched-or-la-o-mer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. ⁵And in the fourteenth year came Ched-or-la-o-mer, and the kings that were with him, and struck the Reph-a-im in Ash-te-roth kar-na-im, and the Zu-zim in Ham, and the E-mim in Sha-veh Kir-i-a-tha-im, ⁶and the Hor-ites in their mount Se-ir, unto El-par-an, which is by the wilderness. ⁷And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Ka-desh), and struck all the country of the A-mal-ek-ites, and also the Am-or-ites, that dwelt in Haz-e-zon-ta-mar. ⁸And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Ad-mah, and the king of Ze-bo-im, and the king of Be-la (the same is Zo-ar); and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Sid-dim; ⁹against Ched-or-la-o-mer king of E-lam, and Ti-dal king of nations, and Am-ra-phel king of Shi-nar, and Ar-i-och king of El-la-sar; four kings against the five. ¹⁰Now the vale of Sid-dim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain. ¹¹And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their goods, and went their way. ¹²And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

¹³And there came one that had escaped, and told ** Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mam-re, the Amorite, brother of Esh-col, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. ¹⁴And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. ¹⁵And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them unto Ho-bah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. ¹⁶And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

¹⁷And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Ched-or-la-o-mer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Sha-veh (the same is the King’s Vale). ¹⁸And Mell-chiz-ed-ek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of the God Most High. ¹⁹And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: ²⁰and blessed be the God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.

²¹And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to yourself. ²²And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, the God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, ²³that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor anything that is your, unless you should say, I have made Abram rich: ²⁴save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Esh-col, and Mam-re. Let them take their portion.

15 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.

²And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is El-i-e-zer of Damascus? ³And Abram said, Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir. ⁴And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be your heir; But he that shall come forth out of your own bowels shall be your heir. ⁵And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall your seed be. ⁶And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

⁷And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it. ⁸And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? ⁹And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. ¹⁰And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds he divided not. ¹¹And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

¹²And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. ¹³And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that your seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; ¹⁴and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. ¹⁵But you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. ¹⁶And in the fourth generation they shall come here again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

¹⁷And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. ¹⁸In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Eu-phre-tes: ¹⁹the Ke-nite, and the Ke-niz-zite, and the Kad-mo-nite, ²⁰and the Hittite, and the Pe-riz-zite, and the Reph-a-im, ²¹and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Gir-gash-ite, and the Jeb-u-site.

16 Now Sar-a-i, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. ²And Sar-a-i said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray you, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sar-a-i. ³And Sar-a-i, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

⁴And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. ⁵And Sar-a-i said unto Abram, My wrong be upon you: I gave my handmaid into your bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and you. ⁶But Abram said unto Sar-a-i, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her that which is good in your eyes. And Sar-a-i dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

⁷And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. ⁸And he said, Hagar, Sar-a-i’s handmaid, from where did you come? And where do you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sar-a-i. ⁹And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.

¹⁰And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply your seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. ¹¹And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; and you shall call his name Ish-ma-el, because Jehovah has heard your affliction. ¹²And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren. ¹³And she called the name of Jehovah that spoke unto her, you are a God that sees: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that sees me? ¹⁴Why the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Ka-desh and Be-red.

¹⁵And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ish-ma-el. ¹⁶And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Hagar bare Ish-ma-el to Abram.

17 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be perfect. ²And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. ³And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

⁴As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. ⁵Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you. ⁶And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

⁷And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto you and to your seed after you. ⁸And I will give unto you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. ⁹And God said unto Abraham, And as for you, you shall keep my covenant, you, and your seed after you throughout their generations. ¹⁰This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. ¹¹And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant between me and you. ¹²And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of your seed. ¹³He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. ¹⁴And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

¹⁵And God said unto Abraham, As for Sar-a-i your wife, you shall not call her name Sar-a-i, but Sar-ah shall her name be. ¹⁶And I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son of her: yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her. ¹⁷Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sar-ah, that is ninety years old, bear? ¹⁸And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ish-ma-el might live before you! ¹⁹And God said, Sar-ah your wife shall bear you a son; and you shall call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him and for his seed after him, for an everlasting covenant. ²⁰And as for Ish-ma-el, I have heard you: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. ²¹But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sar-ah shall bear unto you at this set time in the next year. ²²And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

(acr At this specific point in time, God had already established the Circumcision of the Flesh Covenant with Abraham. The “Everlasting Covenant” that God is making with Isaac, The Covenant of Promise, is completely different from “The Flesh Covenant”.)

²³And Abraham took Ish-ma-el his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that wer