Category Archives: Genesis

Heaven and Earth 1-2 First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss. 3-5 God spoke: “Light!” And light appeared. God saw that light was good and separated […]

1 Heaven and Earth were finished, down to the last detail. 2-4 By the seventh day God had finished his work. On the seventh day he rested from all his work. God blessed the seventh day. He made it a Holy Day Because on that day he rested from his work, all the creating God […]

1 The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animalGodhad made. He spoke to the Woman: “Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?” 2-3 The Woman said to the serpent, “Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It’s only about […]

1 Adam slept with Eve his wife. She conceived and had Cain. She said, “I’ve gotten a man, withGod’s help!” 2 Then she had another baby, Abel. Abel was a herdsman and Cain a farmer. 3-5 Time passed. Cain brought an offering toGodfrom the produce of his farm. Abel also brought an offering, but from […]

The Family Tree of the Human Race 1-2 This is the family tree of the human race: When God created the human race, he made it godlike, with a nature akin to God. He created both male and female and blessed them, the whole human race. 3-5 When Adam was 130 years old, he had […]

Giants in the Land 1-2 When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves. 3 ThenGodsaid, “I’m not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually […]

1 NextGodsaid to Noah, “Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you’re the righteous one. 2-4 “Take on board with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and a female; one pair of every unclean animal, a male and a female; and seven pairs of every […]

1-3 Then God turned his attention to Noah and all the wild animals and farm animals with him on the ship. God caused the wind to blow and the floodwaters began to go down. The underground springs were shut off, the windows of Heaven closed and the rain quit. Inch by inch the water lowered. […]

1-4 God blessed Noah and his sons: He said, “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill the Earth! Every living creature—birds, animals, fish—will fall under your spell and be afraid of you. You’re responsible for them. All living creatures are yours for food; just as I gave you the plants, now I give you everything else. Except for meat […]

The Family Tree of Noah’s Sons 1 This is the family tree of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, they themselves had sons. 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah. 4-5 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, […]