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The Creation

In the beginning God created heaven and earth.

The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God was hovering over the water.

Then God said, “Let there be light!” So there was light. God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness. God named the light day, and the darkness he named night. There was evening, then morning—the first day.

Then God said, “Let there be a horizon in the middle of the water in order to separate the water.” So God made the horizon and separated the water above and below the horizon. And so it was. God named ⌞what was above⌟ the horizon sky. There was evening, then morning—a second day.

Then God said, “Let the water under the sky come together in one area, and let the dry land appear.” And so it was. 10 God named the dry land earth. The water which came together he named sea. God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type.” And so it was. 12 The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type. God saw that they were good. 13 There was evening, then morning—a third day.

14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to separate the day from the night. They will be signs and will mark religious festivals, days, and years. 15 They will be lights in the sky to shine on the earth.” And so it was. 16 God made the two bright lights: the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars. 17 God put them in the sky to give light to the earth, 18 to dominate the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. 19 There was evening, then morning—a fourth day.

20 Then God said, “Let the water swarm with swimming creatures, and let birds fly through the sky over the earth.” 21 So God created the large sea creatures, every type of creature that swims around in the water and every type of flying bird. God saw that they were good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fertile, increase in number, fill the sea, and let there be many birds on the earth.” 23 There was evening, then morning—a fifth day.

24 Then God said, “Let the earth produce every type of living creature: every type of domestic animal, crawling animal, and wild animal.” And so it was. 25 God made every type of wild animal, every type of domestic animal, and every type of creature that crawls on the ground. God saw that they were good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the domestic animals all over the earth, and all the animals that crawl on the earth.”

27 So God created humans in his image.
In the image of God he created them.
He created them male and female.

28 God blessed them and said, “Be fertile, increase in number, fill the earth, and be its master. Rule the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that crawl on the earth.”

29 God said, “I have given you every plant with seeds on the face of the earth and every tree that has fruit with seeds. This will be your food. 30 I have given all green plants as food to every land animal, every bird in the sky, and every animal that crawls on the earth—every living, breathing animal.” And so it was.

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

Heaven and earth and everything in them were finished. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing. On the seventh day he stopped the work he had been doing. Then God blessed the seventh day and set it apart as holy, because on that day he stopped all his work of creation.

The Creation of Man and Woman

This is the account of heaven and earth when they were created, at the time when the Lord God made earth and heaven.

Wild bushes and plants were not on the earth yet because the Lord God hadn’t sent rain on the earth. Also, there was no one to farm the land. Instead, underground water would come up from the earth and water the entire surface of the ground.

Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the earth [a] and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.

The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. That’s where he put the man whom he had formed. The Lord God made all the trees grow out of the ground. These trees were nice to look at, and their fruit was good to eat. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil grew in the middle of the garden.

10 A river flowed from Eden to water the garden. Outside the garden it divided into four rivers. 11 The name of the first river is Pishon. This is the one that winds throughout Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx are also ⌞found⌟ there.) 13 The name of the second river is Gihon. This is the one that winds throughout Sudan. 14 The name of the third river is Tigris. This is the one that flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to farm the land and to take care of it. 16 The Lord God commanded the man. He said, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden. 17 But you must never eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because when you eat from it, you will certainly die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him.”

19 The Lord God had formed all the wild animals and all the birds out of the ground. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called each creature became its name. 20 So the man named all the domestic animals, all the birds, and all the wild animals.

But the man found no helper who was right for him. 21 So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 Then the Lord God formed a woman from the rib that he had taken from the man. He brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.
She will be named woman
because she was taken from man.”

24 That is why a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh. 25 The man and his wife were both naked, but they weren’t ashamed of it.

The First Sin and the First Promise

The snake was more clever than all the wild animals the Lord God had made. He asked the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must never eat the fruit of any tree in the garden’?”

The woman answered the snake, “We’re allowed to eat the fruit from any tree in the garden except the tree in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘You must never eat it or touch it. If you do, you will die!’ ”

“You certainly won’t die!” the snake told the woman. “God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened. You’ll be like God, knowing good and evil.”

The woman saw that the tree had fruit that was good to eat, nice to look at, and desirable for making someone wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Then their eyes were opened, and they both realized that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together and made clothes for themselves.

In the cool of the evening, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking around in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden. The Lord God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?”

10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden. I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

11 God asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from the tree I commanded you not to eat from?”

12 The man answered, “That woman, the one you gave me, gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

13 Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?”

“The snake deceived me, and I ate,” the woman answered.

14 So the Lord God said to the snake, “Because you have done this,

You are cursed more than all the wild or domestic animals.
You will crawl on your belly.
You will be the lowest of animals as long as you live.
15 I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other.
I will make your descendants
and her descendant hostile toward each other.
He will crush your head,
and you will bruise his heel.”

16 He said to the woman,

“I will increase your pain and your labor
when you give birth to children.
Yet, you will long for your husband,
and he will rule you.”

17 Then he said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree, although I commanded you, ‘You must never eat its fruit.’

The ground is cursed because of you.
Through hard work you will eat ⌞food that comes⌟ from it
every day of your life.
18 The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat wild plants.
19 By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat
until you return to the ground,
because you were taken from it.
You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

20 Adam named his wife Eve [Life] because she became the mother of every living person.

21 The Lord God made clothes from animal skins for the man and his wife and dressed them.

22 Then the Lord God said, “The man has become like one of us, since he knows good and evil. He must not reach out and take the fruit from the tree of life and eat. Then he would live forever.” 23 So the Lord God sent the man out of the Garden of Eden to farm the ground from which the man had been formed. 24 After he sent the man out, God placed angels [b] and a flaming sword that turned in all directions east of the Garden of Eden. He placed them there to guard the way to the tree of life.

Cain Murders Abel

Adam made love to his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have gotten the man that the Lord promised.” Then she gave birth to another child, Abel, Cain’s brother. Abel was a shepherd, and Cain was a farmer.

Later Cain brought some crops from the land as an offering to the Lord. Abel also brought some choice parts of the firstborn animals from his flock. The Lord approved of Abel and his offering, but he didn’t approve of Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry and was disappointed. Then the Lord asked Cain, “Why are you angry, and why do you look disappointed? If you do well, won’t you be accepted? But if you don’t do well, sin is lying outside your door ready to attack. It wants to control you, but you must master it.”

Cain talked to his brother Abel. Later, when they were in the fields, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

The Lord asked Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

“I don’t know,” he answered. “Am I supposed to take care of my brother?”

10 The Lord asked, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground. 11 So now you are cursed from the ground, which has received the blood of your brother whom you killed. 12 When you farm the ground, it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth.”

13 But Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can stand! 14 You have forced me off this land today. I have to hide from you and become a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth. Now anyone who finds me will kill me!”

15 So the Lord said to him, “Not so! Anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” The Lord gave Cain a sign so that anyone meeting him would not kill him.

16 Then Cain left the Lord’s presence and lived in Nod [The Land of Wandering], east of Eden.

Cain’s Ten Descendants—Cain to Lamech

17 Cain made love to his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named it Enoch after his son. 18 To Enoch was born Irad. Irad was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael. And Methushael was the father of Lamech.

19 Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the first person to live in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person to play the harp and the flute. 22 Zillah also had a son, Tubalcain, who made bronze and iron tools. Tubalcain’s sister was Naamah.

23 Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah, listen to me!
Wives of Lamech, hear what I say!
I killed a man for bruising me,
a young man for wounding me.
24 If Cain is avenged 7 times,
then Lamech, 77 times.”

Adam’s Godly Descendants—Adam to Enosh

25 Adam made love to his wife again. She gave birth to a son and named him Seth, because ⌞she said,⌟ “God has given [c] me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

26 A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.

Adam’s Ten Descendants—Adam to Noah(A)

This is the written account of Adam and his descendants.

When God created humans,
he made them in the likeness of God.
He created them male and female.
He blessed them and called them humans
when he created them.

When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father ⌞of a son⌟ in his own likeness, in his own image. He named him Seth. After Adam became the father of Seth, he lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Adam lived a total of 930 years; then he died.

When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh. After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. Seth lived a total of 912 years; then he died.

When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan. 10 After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11 Enosh lived a total of 905 years; then he died.

12 When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel. 13 After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 Kenan lived a total of 910 years; then he died.

15 When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared. 16 After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17 Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years; then he died.

18 When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch. 19 After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20 Jared lived a total of 962 years; then he died.

21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah. 22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God; then he was gone because God took him.

25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech. 26 After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Methuselah lived a total of 969 years; then he died.

28 When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son. 29 He named him Noah [Relief], and said, “This child will bring us relief from the work and painful labor of our hands since the Lord has cursed the ground.” 30 After Lamech became the father of Noah, he lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Lamech lived a total of 777 years; then he died.

32 When Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Evil Increases on the Earth

The number of people increased all over the earth, and daughters were born to them. The sons of God saw that the daughters of other humans were beautiful. So they married any woman they chose.

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not struggle with humans forever, because they are flesh and blood. They will live 120 years.”

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, as well as later, when the sons of God slept with the daughters of other humans and had children by them. These children were famous long ago.

The Lord saw how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil. The Lord was sorry that he had made humans on the earth, and he was heartbroken. So he said, “I will wipe off the face of the earth these humans that I created. I will wipe out not only humans, but also domestic animals, crawling animals, and birds. I’m sorry that I made them.” But the Lord was pleased with Noah.

Noah’s Family and the Ship

This is the account of Noah and his descendants.

Noah had God’s approval and was a man of integrity among the people of his time. He walked with God. 10 He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 The world was corrupt in God’s sight and full of violence. 12 God saw the world and how corrupt it was because all people on earth lived evil lives.

13 God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people because the earth is full of their violence. Now I’m going to destroy them along with the earth. 14 Make yourself a ship of cypress wood. [d] Make rooms in the ship and coat it inside and out with tar. 15 This is how you should build it: the ship is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 16 Make a roof for the ship, and leave an 18-inch-high opening at the top. Put a door in the side of the ship. Build the ship with lower, middle, and upper decks. 17 I’m about to send a flood on the earth to destroy all people under the sky—every living, breathing human. Everything on earth will die.

18 “But I will make my promise [e] to you. You, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives will go into the ship. 19 Bring two of every living creature into the ship in order to keep them alive with you. They must be male and female. 20 Two of every type of bird, every type of domestic animal, and every type of creature that crawls on the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 Take every kind of food that can be eaten and store it. It will be food for you and the animals.”

22 Noah did this. He did everything that God had commanded him.

The Flood

The Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ship with your whole family because I have seen that you alone are righteous among the people of today. Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal (a male and a female of each) and one pair of every kind of unclean [f] animal (a male and a female). Also, take seven pairs of every kind of bird (a male and a female of each) to preserve animal life all over the earth after the flood. In seven days I will send rain to the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. I will wipe off the face of the earth every living creature that I have made.”

So Noah did everything that the Lord commanded him.

Noah was 600 years old when the flood came to the earth. Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives went into the ship to escape the floodwaters. Clean and unclean animals, birds, and creatures that crawl on the ground came to Noah to go into the ship in pairs (a male and female of each) as God had commanded Noah.

10 Seven days later the flood came on the earth. 11 On the seventeenth day of the second month of the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, all the deep springs burst open. The sky opened, 12 and rain came pouring down on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.

13 On that same day Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, as well as Noah’s wife and his three daughters-in-law went into the ship. 14 They had with them every type of wild animal, every type of domestic animal, every type of creature that crawls on the earth, and every type of bird (every creature with wings). 15 A pair of every living, breathing animal came to Noah to go into the ship. 16 A male and a female of every animal went in as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

17 The flood continued for 40 days on the earth. The water increased and lifted the ship so that it rose high above the ground. 18 As the water rose and became very deep, the ship floated on top of the water. 19 The water rose very high above the earth. It covered all the high mountains everywhere under the sky. 20 It rose 23 feet above the mountaintops.

21 Every creature that crawls on the earth died, including birds, domestic and wild animals, and everything that swarms over the earth, along with every human. 22 Everything on dry land (every living, breathing creature) died. 23 Every living creature on the face of the earth was wiped out. Humans, domestic animals, crawling creatures, and birds were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ship were left.

24 The floodwaters were on the earth for 150 days.

God Remembers Noah

God remembered Noah and all the wild and domestic animals with him in the ship. So God made a wind blow over the earth, and the water started to go down. The deep springs and the sky had been shut, and the rain had stopped pouring. The water began to recede from the land. At the end of 150 days the water had decreased. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ship came to rest in the mountains of Ararat. The water kept decreasing until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

After 40 more days Noah opened the window he had made in the ship and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the water on the land had dried up. Next, he sent out a dove to see if the water was gone from the surface of the ground. The dove couldn’t find a place to land because the water was still all over the earth. So it came back to Noah in the ship. He reached out and brought the dove back into the ship. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent the dove out of the ship. 11 The dove came to him in the evening, and in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf. Then Noah knew that the water was gone from the earth. 12 He waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but it never came back to him.

13 By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water on the land had dried up. Noah opened the top of the ship, looked out, and saw the surface of the ground. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the land was dry.

15 Then God spoke to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ship with your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives. 17 Bring out every animal that’s with you: birds, domestic animals, and every creature that crawls on the earth. Be fertile, increase in number, and spread over the earth.”

18 So Noah came out with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives. 19 Every animal, crawling creature, and bird—everything that moves on the earth—came out of the ship, one kind after another.

20 Noah built an altar to the Lord. On it he made a burnt offering of each type of clean [g] animal and clean bird. 21 The Lord smelled the soothing aroma. He said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, even though from birth their hearts are set on nothing but evil. I will never again kill every living creature as I have just done.

22 As long as the earth exists,
planting and harvesting,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never stop.”

God Blesses Noah and His Sons

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fertile, increase in number, and fill the earth. All the wild animals and all the birds will fear you and be terrified of you. Every creature that crawls on the ground and all the fish in the sea have been put under your control. Everything that lives and moves will be your food. I gave you green plants as food; I now give you everything else.

“But you are not to eat meat with blood in it. (Blood is life.) In addition, I will demand your blood for your life. I will demand it from any animal or from any person. I will demand the life of any person ⌞who kills⌟ another person.

Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans his blood will be shed,
because in the image of God, God made humans.

Be fertile, and increase in number. Spread over the earth, and increase.”

God’s Promise—the Sign of the Rainbow

God also said to Noah and his sons, “I am going to make my promise [h] to you, your descendants, 10 and every living being that is with you—birds, domestic animals, and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ship—every living thing on earth. 11 I am making my promise to you. Never again will all life be killed by floodwaters. Never again will there be a flood that destroys the earth.”

12 God said, “This is the sign of the promise I am giving to you and every living being that is with you for generations to come. 13 I will put my rainbow in the clouds to be a sign of my promise to the earth. 14 Whenever I form clouds over the earth, a rainbow will appear in the clouds. 15 Then I will remember my promise to you and every living animal. Never again will water become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember my everlasting promise to every living animal on earth.”

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the promise I am making to all life on earth.”

Noah Curses Canaan but Blesses Shem and Japheth

18 Noah’s sons, who came out of the ship, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 19 These were Noah’s three sons. From them the whole earth was populated. Ham was the father of Canaan.[i]

20 Noah, a farmer, was the first person to plant a vineyard. 21 He drank some wine, got drunk, and lay naked inside his tent. 22 Ham, father of Canaan, saw his father naked. So he went outside and told his two brothers.

23 Shem and Japheth took a blanket and laid it over their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered their father’s naked body. They turned their faces away so that they didn’t see their father naked.

24 When Noah sobered up, he found out what his youngest son had done to him. 25 So he said,

“Canaan is cursed!
He will be the lowest slave to his brothers.
26 Praise the Lord, the God of Shem!
Canaan will be his slave.
27 May God expand the territory of Japheth.[j]
May he live in the tents of Shem.
Canaan will be his slave.”

28 Noah lived 350 years after the flood. 29 Noah lived a total of 950 years; then he died.

The 14 Descendants of Japheth(B)

10 This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their descendants. Shem, Ham and Japheth had children after the flood.

Japheth’s descendants were

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Gomer’s descendants were

Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

Javan’s descendants were

the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.[k]

From these descendants the people of the coastlands spread into their own countries. Each nation had its own language and families.

The 30 Descendants of Ham(C)

Ham’s descendants were

Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

Cush’s descendants were

Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca.

Raamah’s descendants were

Sheba and Dedan.

Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed. That’s why people used to say, “⌞He’s⌟ like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed.” 10 The first ⌞cities⌟ in his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in Shinar [Babylonia]. 11 He went from that land to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah.

13 Egypt was the ancestor of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

15 Canaan was the father of

Sidon his firstborn, then Heth, 16 also the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

Later the Canaanite families scattered. 19 The border of the Canaanites extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.

20 These were Ham’s descendants by families and languages within their countries and nations.

The 26 Descendants of Shem(D)

21 Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had children. ⌞Shem was⌟ the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.

22 Shem’s descendants were

Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

23 Aram’s descendants were

Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

24 Arpachshad was the father of Shelah,

and Shelah was the father of Eber.

25 Two sons were born to Eber.

The name of the one was Peleg [Division], because in his day the earth was divided.

His brother’s name was Joktan.

26 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. These were Joktan’s sons. 30 The region where they lived extended from Mesha toward Sephar in the eastern mountains.

31 These were Shem’s descendants by families and languages within their countries according to their nations.

32 These were the families of Noah’s sons listed by their genealogies, nation by nation. From these ⌞descendants⌟ the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

The Tower of Babel

11 The whole world had one language with a common vocabulary. As people moved toward the east,[l] they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there.

They said to one another, “Let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used bricks as stones and tar [m] as mortar.

Then they said, “Let’s build a city for ourselves and a tower with its top in the sky. Let’s make a name for ourselves so that we won’t become scattered all over the face of the earth.”

The Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the descendants of Adam were building. The Lord said, “They are one people with one language. This is only the beginning of what they will do! Now nothing they plan to do will be too difficult for them. Let us go down there and mix up their language so that they won’t understand each other.”

So the Lord scattered them all over the face of the earth, and they stopped building the city. This is why it was named Babel, because there the Lord turned the language of the whole earth into babble. From that place the Lord scattered them all over the face of the earth.

The Ten Descendants of Shem—Shem to Terah(E)

10 This is the account of Shem and his descendants. Two years after the flood when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad. 11 After he became the father of Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

12 Arpachshad was 35 years old when he became the father of Shelah. 13 After he became the father of Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

14 Shelah was 30 years old when he became the father of Eber. 15 After he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

16 Eber was 34 years old when he became the father of Peleg. 17 After he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

18 Peleg was 30 years old when he became the father of Reu. 19 After he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

20 Reu was 32 years old when he became the father of Serug. 21 After he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

22 Serug was 30 years old when he became the father of Nahor. 23 After he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

24 Nahor was 29 years old when he became the father of Terah. 25 After he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

26 Terah was 70 years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Terah Moves to Haran

27 This is the account of Terah and his descendants. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot. 28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, his native land. 29 Both Abram and Nahor married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, daughter of Haran. (Haran was the father of Milcah and Iscah.) 30 Sarai was not able to have children.

31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, wife of his son Abram. They set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came as far as Haran, they stayed there. 32 Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.

Footnotes

  1. 2:7 There is a play on words here between Hebrew ʾadam (man   ) and ʾadamah (earth   ).
  2. 3:24 Or “cherubim.”
  3. 4:25 There is a play on words here between Hebrew sheth (Seth   ) and shath (given   ).
  4. 6:14 Or “teakwood.”
  5. 6:18 Or “covenant.”
  6. 7:2 Clean   ” refers to anything that is presentable to God. “Unclean   ” refers to anything that is not presentable to God.
  7. 8:20 Clean   ” refers to anything that is presentable to God.
  8. 9:9 Or “covenant.”
  9. 9:19 The second part of verse 18 (in Hebrew) has been placed just after verse 19 to express the complex Hebrew sentence structure more clearly in English.
  10. 9:27 There is a play on words here between the Hebrew yapht (May God expand) and yepheth (Japheth   ).
  11. 10:4 1 Chronicles 1:7, Samaritan Pentateuch, Greek; Masoretic Text “the Dodanim.”
  12. 11:2 Or “from the east.”
  13. 11:3 Or “bitumen.”

The Creation of the World

In the (A)beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was (B)without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

And God said, (C)“Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God said, (D)“Let there be an expanse[a] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And God made[b] the expanse and (E)separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were (F)above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the expanse Heaven.[c] And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

And God said, (G)“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,[d] and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, (H)“Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants[e] yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for (I)signs and for (J)seasons,[f] and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God (K)made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to (L)rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds[g] fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So (M)God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, (N)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, (O)“Let us make man[h] in our image, (P)after our likeness. And (Q)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

27 So God created man in his own image,
    in the image of God he created him;
    (R)male and female he created them.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, (S)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill 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 on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. (T)You shall have them for food. 30 And (U)to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 (V)And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

The Seventh Day, God Rests

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and (W)all the host of them. And (X)on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

The Creation of Man and Woman

(Y)These are the generations
of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

When no (Z)bush of the field[i] was yet in the land[j] and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man (AA)to work the ground, and a mist[k] was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— then the Lord God formed the man of (AB)dust from the ground and (AC)breathed into his (AD)nostrils the breath of life, and (AE)the man became a living creature. And the Lord God planted a (AF)garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. (AG)The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, (AH)and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of (AI)Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is the (AJ)Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man (AK)and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (AL)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[l] of it you (AM)shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; (AN)I will make him a helper fit for[m] him.” 19 (AO)Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed[n] every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and (AP)brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam[o] there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a (AQ)deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made[p] into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

“This at last is (AR)bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
    because she was (AS)taken out of Man.”[q]

24 (AT)Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

The Fall

Now (AU)the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You[r] shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, (AV)‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” (AW)But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So 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,[s] she took of its fruit (AX)and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, (AY)and he ate. (AZ)Then the eyes of both were opened, (BA)and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool[t] of the day, and the man and his wife (BB)hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”[u] 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, (BC)because I was naked, and I hid myself.” 11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said, (BD)“The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, (BE)“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14 The Lord God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,
    cursed are you above all livestock
    and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
    and (BF)dust you shall eat
    all the days of your life.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[v] and (BG)her offspring;
(BH)he shall bruise your head,
    and you shall bruise his heel.”

16 To the woman he said,

“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
    (BI)in pain you shall bring forth children.
(BJ)Your desire shall be contrary to[w] your husband,
    but he shall (BK)rule over you.”

17 And to Adam he said,

“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
    and have eaten of the tree
(BL)of which I commanded you,
    ‘You shall not eat of it,’
(BM)cursed is the ground because of you;
    (BN)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
    and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
(BO)for you are dust,
    and (BP)to dust you shall return.”

20 The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.[x] 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

22 Then the Lord God said, (BQ)“Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand (BR)and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden (BS)to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the (BT)cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

Cain and Abel

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten[y] a man with the help of the Lord.” And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of (BU)the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of (BV)the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord (BW)had regard for Abel and his offering, but (BX)for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? (BY)If you do well, will you not be accepted?[z] And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. (BZ)Its desire is contrary to[aa] you, but you must rule over it.”

Cain spoke to Abel his brother.[ab] And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and (CA)killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, (CB)“I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?” 10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood (CC)is crying to me from the ground. 11 And now (CD)you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” 13 Cain said to the Lord, “My (CE)punishment is greater than I can bear.[ac] 14 Behold, (CF)you have driven me today away from the ground, and (CG)from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, (CH)and whoever finds me will kill me.” 15 Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him (CI)sevenfold.” And the Lord (CJ)put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him. 16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod,[ad] east of Eden.

17 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. 19 And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. 22 Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

23 Lamech said to his wives:

“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
    you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say:
I have killed a man for wounding me,
    a young man for striking me.
24 (CK)If Cain's revenge is sevenfold,
    then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold.”

25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed[ae] for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.” 26 To (CL)Seth also a son was born, and he called his name (CM)Enosh. At that time people began (CN)to call upon the name of the Lord.

Adam's Descendants to Noah

This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, (CO)he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man[af] when they were created. When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and (CP)named him Seth. (CQ)The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, (CR)and he died.

When Seth had lived 105 years, (CS)he fathered Enosh. Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.

When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan. 10 Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11 Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.

12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel. 13 Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.

15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared. 16 Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17 Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.

18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered (CT)Enoch. 19 Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20 Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.

21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 22 Enoch (CU)walked with God[ag] after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. 24 Enoch (CV)walked with God, and he was not,[ah] (CW)for God took him.

25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son 29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground (CX)that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief[ai] from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” 30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.

32 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered (CY)Shem, Ham, and (CZ)Japheth.

Increasing Corruption on Earth

When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Then the Lord said, (DA)“My Spirit shall not abide in[aj] man forever, (DB)for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” The Nephilim[ak] were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

(DC)The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every (DD)intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And (DE)the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it (DF)grieved him to his heart. So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah (DG)found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah and the Flood

These are the generations of Noah. (DH)Noah was a righteous man, (DI)blameless in his generation. Noah (DJ)walked with God. 10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God (DK)saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, (DL)for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. 13 And God said to Noah, (DM)“I have determined to make an end of all flesh,[al] for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood.[am] Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits,[an] its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits. 16 Make a roof[ao] for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 (DN)For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. 18 But (DO)I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. 21 Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.” 22 (DP)Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

Then the Lord said to Noah, (DQ)“Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that (DR)you are righteous before me in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of all (DS)clean animals,[ap] the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate, and seven pairs[aq] of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. For in seven days (DT)I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, (DU)and every living thing[ar] that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” (DV)And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.

Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood. Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the (DW)fountains of the great deep burst forth, and (DX)the windows of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark, 14 they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature. 15 They (DY)went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in (DZ)as God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in.

17 The flood (EA)continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits[as] deep. 21 And (EB)all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on the dry land (EC)in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. 23 He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only (ED)Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.

The Flood Subsides

But God (EE)remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And (EF)God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. (EG)The fountains of the deep and (EH)the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end (EI)of 150 days the waters had abated, and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of (EJ)Ararat. And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth. Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground. But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him. 10 He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. 11 And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth. 12 Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.

13 In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out. 15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Go out from the ark, (EK)you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and (EL)be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” 18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him. 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark.

God's Covenant with Noah

20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And when the Lord smelled (EM)the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again (EN)curse[at] the ground because of man, for (EO)the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. (EP)Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 22 (EQ)While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, (ER)day and night, shall not cease.”

And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, (ES)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. (ET)The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. (EU)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And (EV)as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. But you shall not eat flesh with its (EW)life, that is, its blood. And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: (EX)from every beast I will require it and (EY)from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

(EZ)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
    by man shall his blood be shed,
(FA)for God made man in his own image.

And you,[au] be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it.”

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, “Behold, (FB)I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth. 11 (FC)I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said, (FD)“This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set (FE)my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 (FF)I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember (FG)the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

Noah's Descendants

18 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were (FH)Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and (FI)from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.[av]

20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.[aw] 21 He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. 23 Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine (FJ)and knew what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,

(FK)“Cursed be Canaan;
    (FL)a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26 He also said,

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem;
    and let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God enlarge Japheth,[ax]
    and let him dwell in the tents of Shem,
    and let Canaan be his servant.”

28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.

Nations Descended from Noah

10 These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

(FM)The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. The sons of Javan: Elishah, (FN)Tarshish, (FO)Kittim, and Dodanim. From these (FP)the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.

(FQ)The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.[ay] He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The beginning of his kingdom was (FR)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in (FS)the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and 12 Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 13 (FT)Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom[az] the Philistines came), and (FU)Caphtorim.

15 (FV)Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:6 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20
  2. Genesis 1:7 Or fashioned; also verse 16
  3. Genesis 1:8 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1
  4. Genesis 1:10 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1
  5. Genesis 1:11 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29
  6. Genesis 1:14 Or appointed times
  7. Genesis 1:20 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20
  8. Genesis 1:26 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
  9. Genesis 2:5 Or open country
  10. Genesis 2:5 Or earth; also verse 6
  11. Genesis 2:6 Or spring
  12. Genesis 2:17 Or when you eat
  13. Genesis 2:18 Or corresponding to; also verse 20
  14. Genesis 2:19 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed
  15. Genesis 2:20 Or the man
  16. Genesis 2:22 Hebrew built
  17. Genesis 2:23 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike
  18. Genesis 3:1 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5
  19. Genesis 3:6 Or to give insight
  20. Genesis 3:8 Hebrew wind
  21. Genesis 3:9 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11
  22. Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis
  23. Genesis 3:16 Or shall be toward (see 4:7)
  24. Genesis 3:20 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living
  25. Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten
  26. Genesis 4:7 Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]?
  27. Genesis 4:7 Or is toward
  28. Genesis 4:8 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field
  29. Genesis 4:13 Or My guilt is too great to bear
  30. Genesis 4:16 Nod means wandering
  31. Genesis 4:25 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed
  32. Genesis 5:2 Hebrew adam
  33. Genesis 5:22 Septuagint pleased God; also verse 24
  34. Genesis 5:24 Septuagint was not found
  35. Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for rest
  36. Genesis 6:3 Or My Spirit shall not contend with
  37. Genesis 6:4 Or giants
  38. Genesis 6:13 Hebrew The end of all flesh has come before me
  39. Genesis 6:14 An unknown kind of tree; transliterated from Hebrew
  40. Genesis 6:15 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  41. Genesis 6:16 Or skylight
  42. Genesis 7:2 Or seven of each kind of clean animal
  43. Genesis 7:3 Or seven of each kind
  44. Genesis 7:4 Hebrew all existence; also verse 23
  45. Genesis 7:20 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  46. Genesis 8:21 Or dishonor
  47. Genesis 9:7 In Hebrew you is plural
  48. Genesis 9:19 Or from these the whole earth was populated
  49. Genesis 9:20 Or Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard
  50. Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for enlarge
  51. Genesis 10:8 Or he began to be a mighty man on the earth
  52. Genesis 10:14 Or from where

The History of Creation(A)

In the (B)beginning (C)God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was (D)without form, and void; and darkness [a]was on the face of the deep. (E)And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

(F)Then God said, (G)“Let there be (H)light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the (I)darkness He called Night. [b]So the evening and the morning were the first day.

Then God said, (J)“Let there be a [c]firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Thus God made the firmament, (K)and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were (L)above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

Then God said, (M)“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and (N)let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, “Let the earth (O)bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the (P)fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 So the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 Then God said, “Let there be (Q)lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and (R)seasons, and for days and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 Then God made two great [d]lights: the (S)greater light to rule the day, and the (T)lesser light to rule the night. He made (U)the stars also. 17 God set them in the firmament of the (V)heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and to (W)rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living [e]creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the [f]firmament of the heavens.” 21 So (X)God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, (Y)“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, (Z)“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; (AA)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over [g]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man (AB)in His own image; in the image of God He created him; (AC)male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, (AD)“Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and (AE)subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that [h]moves on the earth.”

29 And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; (AF)to you it shall be for food. 30 Also, to (AG)every beast of the earth, to every (AH)bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is [i]life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. 31 Then (AI)God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

The Garden of Eden

Thus the heavens and the earth, and (AJ)all the host of them, were finished. (AK)And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God (AL)blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

(AM)This is the [j]history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, before any (AN)plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not (AO)caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man (AP)to till the ground; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

And the Lord God formed man of the (AQ)dust of the ground, and (AR)breathed into his (AS)nostrils the breath of life; and (AT)man became a living being.

Life in God’s Garden

The Lord God planted (AU)a garden (AV)eastward in (AW)Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made (AX)every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. (AY)The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and (AZ)evil.

10 Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts (BA)the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good. (BB)Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is (BC)Hiddekel;[k] it is the one which goes toward the east of [l]Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 Then the Lord God took [m]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to [n]tend and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (BD)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it (BE)you[o] shall surely (BF)die.”

18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; (BG)I will make him a helper comparable to him.” 19 (BH)Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and (BI)brought them to [p]Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

21 And the Lord God caused a (BJ)deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He [q]made into a woman, (BK)and He (BL)brought her to the man.

23 And Adam said:

“This is now (BM)bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called [r]Woman,
Because she was (BN)taken out of [s]Man.”

24 (BO)Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and (BP)be[t] joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

25 (BQ)And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not (BR)ashamed.

The Temptation and Fall of Man(BS)

Now (BT)the serpent was (BU)more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the (BV)fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you (BW)touch it, lest you die.’ ”

(BX)Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

So when the woman (BY)saw that the tree was good for food, that it was [u]pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit (BZ)and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, (CA)and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves [v]coverings.

And they heard (CB)the [w]sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the [x]cool of the day, and Adam and his wife (CC)hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, (CD)and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”

12 Then the man said, (CE)“The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, (CF)“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:

“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And (CG)you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between (CH)your seed and (CI)her Seed;
(CJ)He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”

16 To the woman He said:

“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
(CK)In pain you shall bring forth children;
(CL)Your desire shall be [y]for your husband,
And he shall (CM)rule over you.”

17 Then to Adam He said, (CN)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (CO)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

(CP)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(CQ)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [z]bring forth for you,
And (CR)you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 (CS)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(CT)For dust you are,
And (CU)to dust you shall return.”

20 And Adam called his wife’s name (CV)Eve,[aa] because she was the mother of all living.

21 Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden (CW)to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So (CX)He drove out the man; and He placed (CY)cherubim (CZ)at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of (DA)life.

Cain Murders Abel(DB)

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore [ab]Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.” Then she bore again, this time his brother [ac]Abel. Now (DC)Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And [ad]in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit (DD)of the ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of (DE)the firstborn of his flock and of (DF)their fat. And the Lord (DG)respected Abel and his offering, but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is [ae]for you, but you should rule over it.”

Now Cain [af]talked with Abel his [ag]brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and (DH)killed him.

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?”

He said, (DI)“I do not know. Am I (DJ)my brother’s keeper?”

10 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood (DK)cries out to Me from the ground. 11 So now (DL)you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”

13 And Cain said to the Lord, “My [ah]punishment is greater than I can bear! 14 Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; (DM)I shall be (DN)hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that (DO)anyone who finds me will kill me.”

15 And the Lord said to him, [ai]“Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him (DP)sevenfold.” And the Lord set a (DQ)mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

The Family of Cain

16 Then Cain (DR)went out from the (DS)presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of [aj]Nod on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, (DT)and called the name of the city after the name of his son—Enoch. 18 To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.

19 Then Lamech took for himself (DU)two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah. 20 And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and [ak]flute. 22 And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

23 Then Lamech said to his wives:

“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!
For I have [al]killed a man for wounding me,
Even a young man [am]for hurting me.
24 (DV)If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

A New Son

25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and (DW)named him [an]Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.” 26 And as for Seth, (DX)to him also a son was born; and he named him [ao]Enosh. Then men began (DY)to call on the name of the Lord.

The Family of Adam(DZ)

This is the book of the (EA)genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in (EB)the likeness of God. He created them (EC)male and female, and (ED)blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created. And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son (EE)in his own likeness, after his image, and (EF)named him Seth. After he begot Seth, (EG)the days of Adam were eight hundred years; (EH)and he had sons and daughters. So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; (EI)and he died.

Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot (EJ)Enosh. After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters. So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

Enosh lived ninety years, and begot [ap]Cainan. 10 After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters. 11 So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

12 Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel. 13 After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters. 14 So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

15 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared. 16 After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters. 17 So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

18 Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot (EK)Enoch. 19 After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 20 So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.

21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. 22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch (EL)walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 And (EM)Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God (EN)took him.

25 Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech. 26 After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters. 27 So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

28 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son. 29 And he called his name (EO)Noah,[aq] saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground (EP)which the Lord has cursed.” 30 After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters. 31 So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.

32 And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot (EQ)Shem, Ham, (ER)and Japheth.

The Wickedness and Judgment of Man

Now it came to pass, (ES)when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they (ET)took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.

And the Lord said, (EU)“My Spirit shall not (EV)strive[ar] with man forever, (EW)for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” There were [as]giants on the earth in those (EX)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.

Then [at]the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every (EY)intent[au] of the thoughts of his heart was only evil [av]continually. And (EZ)the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and (FA)He was grieved in His (FB)heart. So the Lord said, “I will (FC)destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah (FD)found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah Pleases God

This is the genealogy of Noah. (FE)Noah was a just man, [aw]perfect in his generations. Noah (FF)walked with God. 10 And Noah begot three sons: (FG)Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 The earth also was corrupt (FH)before God, and the earth was (FI)filled with violence. 12 So God (FJ)looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for (FK)all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

The Ark Prepared(FL)

13 And God said to Noah, (FM)“The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; (FN)and behold, (FO)I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make [ax]rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. 15 And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred [ay]cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16 You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 (FP)And behold, I Myself am bringing (FQ)floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall (FR)die. 18 But I will establish My (FS)covenant with you; and (FT)you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring (FU)two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind (FV)will come to you to keep them alive. 21 And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”

22 (FW)Thus Noah did; (FX)according to all that (FY)God commanded him, so he did.

The Great Flood(FZ)

Then the (GA)Lord said to Noah, (GB)“Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that (GC)you are righteous before Me in this generation. You shall take with you seven each of every (GD)clean animal, a male and his female; (GE)two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep [az]the species alive on the face of all the earth. For after (GF)seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth (GG)forty days and forty nights, and I will [ba]destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.” (GH)And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. Noah was (GI)six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.

(GJ)So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth, two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on (GK)that day all (GL)the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the (GM)windows of heaven were opened. 12 (GN)And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 On the very same day Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark— 14 (GO)they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every (GP)sort. 15 And they (GQ)went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life. 16 So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in (GR)as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.

17 (GS)Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, (GT)and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21 (GU)And all flesh died that moved on [bb]the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. 22 All in (GV)whose nostrils was the breath [bc]of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23 So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only (GW)Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. 24 (GX)And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.

Noah’s Deliverance

Then God (GY)remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. (GZ)And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. (HA)The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also (HB)stopped, and (HC)the rain from heaven was restrained. And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end (HD)of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened (HE)the window of the ark which he had made. Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth. He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground. But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself. 10 And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. 11 Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. 12 So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.

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

15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying, 16 “Go out of the ark, (HF)you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and (HG)be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” 18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. 19 Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.

God’s Covenant with Creation

20 Then Noah built an (HH)altar to the Lord, and took of (HI)every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered (HJ)burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord smelled (HK)a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again (HL)curse the ground for man’s sake, although the (HM)imagination[bd] of man’s heart is evil from his youth; (HN)nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

22 “While the earth (HO)remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And (HP)day and night
Shall not cease.”

God’s Promise to Noah

So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: (HQ)“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. (HR)And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand. (HS)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you (HT)all things, even as the (HU)green herbs. (HV)But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; (HW)from the hand of every beast I will require it, and (HX)from the hand of man. From the hand of every (HY)man’s brother I will require the life of man.

“Whoever (HZ)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(IA)For in the image of God
He made man.
And as for you, (IB)be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”

Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: “And as for Me, (IC)behold, I establish (ID)My covenant with you and with your [be]descendants after you, 10 (IE)and 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, every beast of the earth. 11 Thus (IF)I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12 And God said: (IG)“This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set (IH)My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 and (II)I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember (IJ)the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 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.”

Noah and His Sons

18 Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (IK)And Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 (IL)These three were the sons of Noah, (IM)and from these the whole earth was populated.

20 And Noah began to be (IN)a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. 21 Then he drank of the wine (IO)and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. 23 (IP)But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were [bf]turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. 25 Then he said:

(IQ)“Cursed be Canaan;
A (IR)servant of servants
He shall be to his brethren.”

26 And he said:

(IS)“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of Shem,
And may Canaan be his servant.
27 May God (IT)enlarge Japheth,
(IU)And may he dwell in the tents of Shem;
And may Canaan be his servant.”

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

Nations Descended from Noah(IV)

10 Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (IW)And sons were born to them after the flood.

(IX)The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, [bg]Riphath, and Togarmah. The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and [bh]Dodanim. From these (IY)the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

(IZ)The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, [bi]Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

Cush begot (JA)Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty (JB)hunter (JC)before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 (JD)And the beginning of his kingdom was (JE)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went (JF)to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).

13 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim (JG)(from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim).

15 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and (JH)Heth; 16 (JI)the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 17 the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; 18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed. 19 (JJ)And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20 These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

21 And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, [bj]the brother of Japheth the elder. 22 The (JK)sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, (JL)Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and [bk]Mash. 24 [bl]Arphaxad begot (JM)Salah, and Salah begot Eber. 25 (JN)To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was [bm]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. 26 Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 [bn]Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31 These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.

32 (JO)These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; (JP)and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

The Tower of Babel

11 Now the whole earth had one language and one [bo]speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land (JQ)of Shinar, and they dwelt there. Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and [bp]bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower (JR)whose top is in the heavens; let us make a (JS)name for ourselves, lest we (JT)be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

(JU)But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And the Lord said, “Indeed (JV)the people are one and they all have (JW)one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they (JX)propose to do will be withheld from them. Come, (JY)let Us go down and there (JZ)confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” So (KA)the Lord scattered them abroad from there (KB)over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. Therefore its name is called [bq]Babel, (KC)because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Shem’s Descendants(KD)

10 (KE)This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood. 11 After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

12 Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, (KF)and begot Salah. 13 After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

14 Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. 15 After he begot Eber, Salah lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

16 (KG)Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot (KH)Peleg. 17 After he begot Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

18 Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu. 19 After he begot Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot (KI)Serug. 21 After he begot Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

22 Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor. 23 After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot (KJ)Terah. 25 After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

26 Now Terah lived seventy years, and (KK)begot [br]Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Terah’s Descendants

27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot (KL)Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was (KM)Sarai,[bs] and the name of Nahor’s wife, (KN)Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 But (KO)Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 And Terah (KP)took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from (KQ)Ur of the Chaldeans to go to (KR)the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:2 Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.
  2. Genesis 1:5 Lit. And evening was, and morning was, a day, one.
  3. Genesis 1:6 expanse
  4. Genesis 1:16 luminaries
  5. Genesis 1:20 souls
  6. Genesis 1:20 expanse
  7. Genesis 1:26 Syr. all the wild animals of
  8. Genesis 1:28 moves about on
  9. Genesis 1:30 a living soul
  10. Genesis 2:4 Heb. toledoth, lit. generations
  11. Genesis 2:14 Or Tigris
  12. Genesis 2:14 Heb. Ashshur
  13. Genesis 2:15 Or Adam
  14. Genesis 2:15 cultivate
  15. Genesis 2:17 Lit. dying you shall die
  16. Genesis 2:19 Or the man
  17. Genesis 2:22 Lit. built
  18. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ishshah
  19. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ish
  20. Genesis 2:24 Lit. cling
  21. Genesis 3:6 Lit. a desirable thing
  22. Genesis 3:7 girding coverings
  23. Genesis 3:8 Or voice
  24. Genesis 3:8 Or wind, breeze
  25. Genesis 3:16 Lit. toward
  26. Genesis 3:18 cause to grow
  27. Genesis 3:20 Lit. Life or Living
  28. Genesis 4:1 Lit. Acquire
  29. Genesis 4:2 Lit. Breath or Nothing
  30. Genesis 4:3 Lit. at the end of days
  31. Genesis 4:7 Lit. toward
  32. Genesis 4:8 Lit. said to
  33. Genesis 4:8 Sam., LXX, Syr., Vg. add “Let us go out to the field.”
  34. Genesis 4:13 iniquity
  35. Genesis 4:15 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. Not so;
  36. Genesis 4:16 Lit. Wandering
  37. Genesis 4:21 pipe
  38. Genesis 4:23 slain a man for my wound
  39. Genesis 4:23 for my hurt
  40. Genesis 4:25 Lit. Appointed
  41. Genesis 4:26 Gr. Enos, Luke 3:38
  42. Genesis 5:9 Heb. Qenan
  43. Genesis 5:29 Lit. Rest
  44. Genesis 6:3 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. abide
  45. Genesis 6:4 Heb. nephilim, fallen or mighty ones
  46. Genesis 6:5 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. God; LXX Lord God
  47. Genesis 6:5 thought
  48. Genesis 6:5 all the day
  49. Genesis 6:9 blameless or having integrity
  50. Genesis 6:14 Lit. compartments or nests
  51. Genesis 6:15 A cubit is about 18 inches.
  52. Genesis 7:3 Lit. seed
  53. Genesis 7:4 Lit. blot out
  54. Genesis 7:21 the land
  55. Genesis 7:22 LXX, Vg. omit of the spirit
  56. Genesis 8:21 intent or thought
  57. Genesis 9:9 Lit. seed
  58. Genesis 9:23 Lit. backwards
  59. Genesis 10:3 Diphath, 1 Chr. 1:6
  60. Genesis 10:4 Sam. Rodanim and 1 Chr. 1:7
  61. Genesis 10:6 Or Phut
  62. Genesis 10:21 Or the older brother of Japheth
  63. Genesis 10:23 LXX Meshech and 1 Chr. 1:17
  64. Genesis 10:24 So with MT, Vg., Tg.; LXX Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Salah (cf. Luke 3:35, 36)
  65. Genesis 10:25 Lit. Division
  66. Genesis 10:28 Ebal, 1 Chr. 1:22
  67. Genesis 11:1 Lit. lip
  68. Genesis 11:3 Lit. burn
  69. Genesis 11:9 Lit. Confusion, Babylon
  70. Genesis 11:26 Abraham, Gen. 17:5
  71. Genesis 11:29 Sarah, Gen. 17:15

La creación

En el principio creó Dios los cielos y la tierra. Y la tierra estaba desordenada y vacía, y las tinieblas estaban sobre la faz del abismo, y el Espíritu de Dios se movía sobre la faz de las aguas.

Y dijo Dios: Sea la luz;(A) y fue la luz. Y vio Dios que la luz era buena; y separó Dios la luz de las tinieblas. Y llamó Dios a la luz Día, y a las tinieblas llamó Noche. Y fue la tarde y la mañana un día.

Luego dijo Dios: Haya expansión en medio de las aguas, y separe las aguas de las aguas. E hizo Dios la expansión, y separó las aguas que estaban debajo de la expansión, de las aguas que estaban sobre la expansión. Y fue así. Y llamó Dios a la expansión Cielos.(B) Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día segundo.

Dijo también Dios: Júntense las aguas que están debajo de los cielos en un lugar, y descúbrase lo seco. Y fue así. 10 Y llamó Dios a lo seco Tierra, y a la reunión de las aguas llamó Mares. Y vio Dios que era bueno. 11 Después dijo Dios: Produzca la tierra hierba verde, hierba que dé semilla; árbol de fruto que dé fruto según su género, que su semilla esté en él, sobre la tierra. Y fue así. 12 Produjo, pues, la tierra hierba verde, hierba que da semilla según su naturaleza, y árbol que da fruto, cuya semilla está en él, según su género. Y vio Dios que era bueno. 13 Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día tercero.

14 Dijo luego Dios: Haya lumbreras en la expansión de los cielos para separar el día de la noche; y sirvan de señales para las estaciones, para días y años, 15 y sean por lumbreras en la expansión de los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra. Y fue así. 16 E hizo Dios las dos grandes lumbreras; la lumbrera mayor para que señorease en el día, y la lumbrera menor para que señorease en la noche; hizo también las estrellas. 17 Y las puso Dios en la expansión de los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra, 18 y para señorear en el día y en la noche, y para separar la luz de las tinieblas. Y vio Dios que era bueno. 19 Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día cuarto. 20 Dijo Dios: Produzcan las aguas seres vivientes, y aves que vuelen sobre la tierra, en la abierta expansión de los cielos. 21 Y creó Dios los grandes monstruos marinos, y todo ser viviente que se mueve, que las aguas produjeron según su género, y toda ave alada según su especie. Y vio Dios que era bueno. 22 Y Dios los bendijo, diciendo: Fructificad y multiplicaos, y llenad las aguas en los mares, y multiplíquense las aves en la tierra. 23 Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día quinto.

24 Luego dijo Dios: Produzca la tierra seres vivientes según su género, bestias y serpientes y animales de la tierra según su especie. Y fue así. 25 E hizo Dios animales de la tierra según su género, y ganado según su género, y todo animal que se arrastra sobre la tierra según su especie. Y vio Dios que era bueno.

26 Entonces dijo Dios: Hagamos al hombre a nuestra imagen,(C) conforme a nuestra semejanza; y señoree en los peces del mar, en las aves de los cielos, en las bestias, en toda la tierra, y en todo animal que se arrastra sobre la tierra. 27 Y creó Dios al hombre a su imagen, a imagen de Dios lo creó; varón y hembra los creó.(D) 28 Y los bendijo Dios,(E) y les dijo: Fructificad y multiplicaos; llenad la tierra, y sojuzgadla, y señoread en los peces del mar, en las aves de los cielos, y en todas las bestias que se mueven sobre la tierra.

29 Y dijo Dios: He aquí que os he dado toda planta que da semilla, que está sobre toda la tierra, y todo árbol en que hay fruto y que da semilla; os serán para comer. 30 Y a toda bestia de la tierra, y a todas las aves de los cielos, y a todo lo que se arrastra sobre la tierra, en que hay vida, toda planta verde les será para comer. Y fue así. 31 Y vio Dios todo lo que había hecho, y he aquí que era bueno en gran manera. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día sexto.

Fueron, pues, acabados los cielos y la tierra, y todo el ejército de ellos. Y acabó Dios en el día séptimo la obra que hizo; y reposó el día séptimo de toda la obra que hizo.(F) Y bendijo Dios al día séptimo, y lo santificó,(G) porque en él reposó de toda la obra que había hecho en la creación.

El hombre en el huerto de Edén

Estos son los orígenes de los cielos y de la tierra cuando fueron creados, el día que Jehová Dios hizo la tierra y los cielos, y toda planta del campo antes que fuese en la tierra, y toda hierba del campo antes que naciese; porque Jehová Dios aún no había hecho llover sobre la tierra, ni había hombre para que labrase la tierra, sino que subía de la tierra un vapor, el cual regaba toda la faz de la tierra. Entonces Jehová Dios formó al hombre del polvo de la tierra, y sopló en su nariz aliento de vida, y fue el hombre un ser viviente.(H)

Y Jehová Dios plantó un huerto en Edén, al oriente; y puso allí al hombre que había formado. Y Jehová Dios hizo nacer de la tierra todo árbol delicioso a la vista, y bueno para comer; también el árbol de vida(I) en medio del huerto, y el árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal. 10 Y salía de Edén un río para regar el huerto, y de allí se repartía en cuatro brazos. 11 El nombre del uno era Pisón; este es el que rodea toda la tierra de Havila, donde hay oro; 12 y el oro de aquella tierra es bueno; hay allí también bedelio y ónice. 13 El nombre del segundo río es Gihón; este es el que rodea toda la tierra de Cus. 14 Y el nombre del tercer río es Hidekel; este es el que va al oriente de Asiria. Y el cuarto río es el Éufrates.

15 Tomó, pues, Jehová Dios al hombre, y lo puso en el huerto de Edén, para que lo labrara y lo guardase. 16 Y mandó Jehová Dios al hombre, diciendo: De todo árbol del huerto podrás comer; 17 mas del árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal no comerás; porque el día que de él comieres, ciertamente morirás.

18 Y dijo Jehová Dios: No es bueno que el hombre esté solo; le haré ayuda idónea para él. 19 Jehová Dios formó, pues, de la tierra toda bestia del campo, y toda ave de los cielos, y las trajo a Adán para que viese cómo las había de llamar; y todo lo que Adán llamó a los animales vivientes, ese es su nombre. 20 Y puso Adán nombre a toda bestia y ave de los cielos y a todo ganado del campo; mas para Adán no se halló ayuda idónea para él. 21 Entonces Jehová Dios hizo caer sueño profundo sobre Adán, y mientras este dormía, tomó una de sus costillas, y cerró la carne en su lugar. 22 Y de la costilla que Jehová Dios tomó del hombre, hizo una mujer, y la trajo al hombre. 23 Dijo entonces Adán: Esto es ahora hueso de mis huesos y carne de mi carne; esta será llamada Varona,[a] porque del varón[b] fue tomada. 24 Por tanto, dejará el hombre a su padre y a su madre, y se unirá a su mujer, y serán una sola carne.(J) 25 Y estaban ambos desnudos, Adán y su mujer, y no se avergonzaban.

Desobediencia del hombre

Pero la serpiente(K) era astuta, más que todos los animales del campo que Jehová Dios había hecho; la cual dijo a la mujer: ¿Conque Dios os ha dicho: No comáis de todo árbol del huerto? Y la mujer respondió a la serpiente: Del fruto de los árboles del huerto podemos comer; pero del fruto del árbol que está en medio del huerto dijo Dios: No comeréis de él, ni le tocaréis, para que no muráis. Entonces la serpiente dijo a la mujer: No moriréis; sino que sabe Dios que el día que comáis de él, serán abiertos vuestros ojos, y seréis como Dios, sabiendo el bien y el mal. Y vio la mujer que el árbol era bueno para comer, y que era agradable a los ojos, y árbol codiciable para alcanzar la sabiduría; y tomó de su fruto, y comió; y dio también a su marido, el cual comió así como ella. Entonces fueron abiertos los ojos de ambos, y conocieron que estaban desnudos; entonces cosieron hojas de higuera, y se hicieron delantales.

Y oyeron la voz de Jehová Dios que se paseaba en el huerto, al aire del día; y el hombre y su mujer se escondieron de la presencia de Jehová Dios entre los árboles del huerto. Mas Jehová Dios llamó al hombre, y le dijo: ¿Dónde estás tú? 10 Y él respondió: Oí tu voz en el huerto, y tuve miedo, porque estaba desnudo; y me escondí. 11 Y Dios le dijo: ¿Quién te enseñó que estabas desnudo? ¿Has comido del árbol del que yo te mandé no comieses? 12 Y el hombre respondió: La mujer que me diste por compañera me dio del árbol, y yo comí. 13 Entonces Jehová Dios dijo a la mujer: ¿Qué es lo que has hecho? Y dijo la mujer: La serpiente me engañó,(L) y comí. 14 Y Jehová Dios dijo a la serpiente: Por cuanto esto hiciste, maldita serás entre todas las bestias y entre todos los animales del campo; sobre tu pecho andarás, y polvo comerás todos los días de tu vida. 15 Y pondré enemistad entre ti y la mujer, y entre tu simiente y la simiente suya; esta te herirá en la cabeza, y tú le herirás en el calcañar. 16 A la mujer dijo: Multiplicaré en gran manera los dolores en tus preñeces; con dolor darás a luz los hijos; y tu deseo será para tu marido,[c] y él se enseñoreará de ti. 17 Y al hombre dijo: Por cuanto obedeciste a la voz de tu mujer, y comiste del árbol de que te mandé diciendo: No comerás de él; maldita será la tierra por tu causa; con dolor comerás de ella todos los días de tu vida. 18 Espinos y cardos te producirá,(M) y comerás plantas del campo. 19 Con el sudor de tu rostro comerás el pan hasta que vuelvas a la tierra, porque de ella fuiste tomado; pues polvo eres, y al polvo volverás. 20 Y llamó Adán el nombre de su mujer, Eva,[d] por cuanto ella era madre de todos los vivientes. 21 Y Jehová Dios hizo al hombre y a su mujer túnicas de pieles, y los vistió.

22 Y dijo Jehová Dios: He aquí el hombre es como uno de nosotros, sabiendo el bien y el mal; ahora, pues, que no alargue su mano, y tome también del árbol de la vida,(N) y coma, y viva para siempre. 23 Y lo sacó Jehová del huerto de Edén, para que labrase la tierra de que fue tomado. 24 Echó, pues, fuera al hombre, y puso al oriente del huerto de Edén querubines, y una espada encendida que se revolvía por todos lados, para guardar el camino del árbol de la vida.

Caín y Abel

Conoció Adán a su mujer Eva, la cual concibió y dio a luz a Caín, y dijo: Por voluntad de Jehová he adquirido[e] varón. Después dio a luz a su hermano Abel. Y Abel fue pastor de ovejas, y Caín fue labrador de la tierra. Y aconteció andando el tiempo, que Caín trajo del fruto de la tierra una ofrenda a Jehová. Y Abel trajo también de los primogénitos de sus ovejas, de lo más gordo de ellas. Y miró Jehová con agrado a Abel y a su ofrenda;(O) pero no miró con agrado a Caín y a la ofrenda suya. Y se ensañó Caín en gran manera, y decayó su semblante. Entonces Jehová dijo a Caín: ¿Por qué te has ensañado, y por qué ha decaído tu semblante? Si bien hicieres, ¿no serás enaltecido? y si no hicieres bien, el pecado está a la puerta; con todo esto, a ti será su deseo, y tú te enseñorearás de él.[f]

Y dijo Caín a su hermano Abel: Salgamos al campo. Y aconteció que estando ellos en el campo, Caín se levantó contra su hermano Abel, y lo mató.(P) Y Jehová dijo a Caín: ¿Dónde está Abel tu hermano? Y él respondió: No sé. ¿Soy yo acaso guarda de mi hermano? 10 Y él le dijo: ¿Qué has hecho? La voz de la sangre de tu hermano clama a mí desde la tierra. 11 Ahora, pues, maldito seas tú de la tierra, que abrió su boca para recibir de tu mano la sangre de tu hermano. 12 Cuando labres la tierra, no te volverá a dar su fuerza; errante y extranjero serás en la tierra. 13 Y dijo Caín a Jehová: Grande es mi castigo para ser soportado. 14 He aquí me echas hoy de la tierra, y de tu presencia me esconderé, y seré errante y extranjero en la tierra; y sucederá que cualquiera que me hallare, me matará. 15 Y le respondió Jehová: Ciertamente cualquiera que matare a Caín, siete veces será castigado. Entonces Jehová puso señal en Caín, para que no lo matase cualquiera que le hallara.

16 Salió, pues, Caín de delante de Jehová, y habitó en tierra de Nod,[g] al oriente de Edén. 17 Y conoció Caín a su mujer, la cual concibió y dio a luz a Enoc; y edificó una ciudad, y llamó el nombre de la ciudad del nombre de su hijo, Enoc. 18 Y a Enoc le nació Irad, e Irad engendró a Mehujael, y Mehujael engendró a Metusael, y Metusael engendró a Lamec. 19 Y Lamec tomó para sí dos mujeres; el nombre de la una fue Ada, y el nombre de la otra, Zila. 20 Y Ada dio a luz a Jabal, el cual fue padre de los que habitan en tiendas y crían ganados. 21 Y el nombre de su hermano fue Jubal, el cual fue padre de todos los que tocan arpa y flauta. 22 Y Zila también dio a luz a Tubal-caín, artífice de toda obra de bronce y de hierro; y la hermana de Tubal-caín fue Naama.

23 Y dijo Lamec a sus mujeres:

Ada y Zila, oíd mi voz;

Mujeres de Lamec, escuchad mi dicho:

Que un varón mataré por mi herida,

Y un joven por mi golpe.

24 Si siete veces será vengado Caín,

Lamec en verdad setenta veces siete lo será.

25 Y conoció de nuevo Adán a su mujer, la cual dio a luz un hijo, y llamó su nombre Set:[h] Porque Dios (dijo ella) me ha sustituido otro hijo en lugar de Abel, a quien mató Caín. 26 Y a Set también le nació un hijo, y llamó su nombre Enós. Entonces los hombres comenzaron a invocar el nombre de Jehová.

Los descendientes de Adán

(1 Cr. 1.1-4)

Este es el libro de las generaciones de Adán. El día en que creó Dios al hombre, a semejanza de Dios lo hizo. Varón y hembra los creó;(Q) y los bendijo,(R) y llamó el nombre de ellos Adán, el día en que fueron creados.

Y vivió Adán ciento treinta años, y engendró un hijo a su semejanza, conforme a su imagen, y llamó su nombre Set. Y fueron los días de Adán después que engendró a Set, ochocientos años, y engendró hijos e hijas. Y fueron todos los días que vivió Adán novecientos treinta años; y murió. Vivió Set ciento cinco años, y engendró a Enós. Y vivió Set, después que engendró a Enós, ochocientos siete años, y engendró hijos e hijas. Y fueron todos los días de Set novecientos doce años; y murió.

Vivió Enós noventa años, y engendró a Cainán. 10 Y vivió Enós, después que engendró a Cainán, ochocientos quince años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 11 Y fueron todos los días de Enós novecientos cinco años; y murió.

12 Vivió Cainán setenta años, y engendró a Mahalaleel. 13 Y vivió Cainán, después que engendró a Mahalaleel, ochocientos cuarenta años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 14 Y fueron todos los días de Cainán novecientos diez años; y murió.

15 Vivió Mahalaleel sesenta y cinco años, y engendró a Jared. 16 Y vivió Mahalaleel, después que engendró a Jared, ochocientos treinta años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 17 Y fueron todos los días de Mahalaleel ochocientos noventa y cinco años; y murió.

18 Vivió Jared ciento sesenta y dos años, y engendró a Enoc. 19 Y vivió Jared, después que engendró a Enoc, ochocientos años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 20 Y fueron todos los días de Jared novecientos sesenta y dos años; y murió.

21 Vivió Enoc sesenta y cinco años, y engendró a Matusalén. 22 Y caminó Enoc con Dios, después que engendró a Matusalén, trescientos años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 23 Y fueron todos los días de Enoc trescientos sesenta y cinco años. 24 Caminó, pues, Enoc con Dios,(S) y desapareció, porque le llevó Dios. 25 Vivió Matusalén ciento ochenta y siete años, y engendró a Lamec. 26 Y vivió Matusalén, después que engendró a Lamec, setecientos ochenta y dos años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 27 Fueron, pues, todos los días de Matusalén novecientos sesenta y nueve años; y murió.

28 Vivió Lamec ciento ochenta y dos años, y engendró un hijo; 29 y llamó su nombre Noé,[i] diciendo: Este nos aliviará de nuestras obras y del trabajo de nuestras manos, a causa de la tierra que Jehová maldijo. 30 Y vivió Lamec, después que engendró a Noé, quinientos noventa y cinco años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 31 Y fueron todos los días de Lamec setecientos setenta y siete años; y murió.

32 Y siendo Noé de quinientos años, engendró a Sem, a Cam y a Jafet.

La maldad de los hombres

Aconteció que cuando comenzaron los hombres a multiplicarse sobre la faz de la tierra, y les nacieron hijas, que viendo los hijos de Dios que las hijas de los hombres eran hermosas, tomaron para sí mujeres, escogiendo entre todas. Y dijo Jehová: No contenderá mi espíritu con el hombre para siempre, porque ciertamente él es carne; mas serán sus días ciento veinte años. Había gigantes en la tierra en aquellos días,(T) y también después que se llegaron los hijos de Dios a las hijas de los hombres, y les engendraron hijos. Estos fueron los valientes que desde la antigüedad fueron varones de renombre.

Y vio Jehová que la maldad de los hombres era mucha en la tierra, y que todo designio de los pensamientos del corazón de ellos era de continuo solamente el mal. Y se arrepintió Jehová de haber hecho hombre en la tierra, y le dolió en su corazón. Y dijo Jehová: Raeré de sobre la faz de la tierra a los hombres que he creado, desde el hombre hasta la bestia, y hasta el reptil y las aves del cielo; pues me arrepiento de haberlos hecho. Pero Noé halló gracia ante los ojos de Jehová.(U)

Noé construye el arca

Estas son las generaciones de Noé: Noé, varón justo,(V) era perfecto en sus generaciones; con Dios caminó Noé. 10 Y engendró Noé tres hijos: a Sem, a Cam y a Jafet. 11 Y se corrompió la tierra delante de Dios, y estaba la tierra llena de violencia. 12 Y miró Dios la tierra, y he aquí que estaba corrompida; porque toda carne había corrompido su camino sobre la tierra. 13 Dijo, pues, Dios a Noé: He decidido el fin de todo ser, porque la tierra está llena de violencia a causa de ellos; y he aquí que yo los destruiré con la tierra. 14 Hazte un arca de madera de gofer; harás aposentos en el arca, y la calafatearás con brea por dentro y por fuera. 15 Y de esta manera la harás: de trescientos codos la longitud del arca, de cincuenta codos su anchura, y de treinta codos su altura. 16 Una ventana harás al arca, y la acabarás a un codo de elevación por la parte de arriba; y pondrás la puerta del arca a su lado; y le harás piso bajo, segundo y tercero. 17 Y he aquí que yo traigo un diluvio de aguas sobre la tierra, para destruir toda carne en que haya espíritu de vida debajo del cielo; todo lo que hay en la tierra morirá. 18 Mas estableceré mi pacto contigo, y entrarás en el arca tú, tus hijos, tu mujer, y las mujeres de tus hijos contigo. 19 Y de todo lo que vive, de toda carne, dos de cada especie meterás en el arca, para que tengan vida contigo; macho y hembra serán. 20 De las aves según su especie, y de las bestias según su especie, de todo reptil de la tierra según su especie, dos de cada especie entrarán contigo, para que tengan vida. 21 Y toma contigo de todo alimento que se come, y almacénalo, y servirá de sustento para ti y para ellos. 22 Y lo hizo así Noé;(W) hizo conforme a todo lo que Dios le mandó.

El diluvio

Dijo luego Jehová a Noé: Entra tú y toda tu casa en el arca; porque a ti he visto justo delante de mí en esta generación. De todo animal limpio tomarás siete parejas, macho y su hembra; mas de los animales que no son limpios, una pareja, el macho y su hembra. También de las aves de los cielos, siete parejas, macho y hembra, para conservar viva la especie sobre la faz de la tierra. Porque pasados aún siete días, yo haré llover sobre la tierra cuarenta días y cuarenta noches; y raeré de sobre la faz de la tierra a todo ser viviente que hice. E hizo Noé conforme a todo lo que le mandó Jehová.

Era Noé de seiscientos años cuando el diluvio de las aguas vino sobre la tierra. Y por causa de las aguas del diluvio entró Noé al arca,(X) y con él sus hijos, su mujer, y las mujeres de sus hijos. De los animales limpios, y de los animales que no eran limpios, y de las aves, y de todo lo que se arrastra sobre la tierra, de dos en dos entraron con Noé en el arca; macho y hembra, como mandó Dios a Noé. 10 Y sucedió que al séptimo día las aguas del diluvio vinieron sobre la tierra.

11 El año seiscientos de la vida de Noé, en el mes segundo, a los diecisiete días del mes, aquel día fueron rotas todas las fuentes del grande abismo, y las cataratas de los cielos fueron abiertas,(Y) 12 y hubo lluvia sobre la tierra cuarenta días y cuarenta noches. 13 En este mismo día entraron Noé, y Sem, Cam y Jafet hijos de Noé, la mujer de Noé, y las tres mujeres de sus hijos, con él en el arca; 14 ellos, y todos los animales silvestres según sus especies, y todos los animales domesticados según sus especies, y todo reptil que se arrastra sobre la tierra según su especie, y toda ave según su especie, y todo pájaro de toda especie. 15 Vinieron, pues, con Noé al arca, de dos en dos de toda carne en que había espíritu de vida. 16 Y los que vinieron, macho y hembra de toda carne vinieron, como le había mandado Dios; y Jehová le cerró la puerta.

17 Y fue el diluvio cuarenta días sobre la tierra; y las aguas crecieron, y alzaron el arca, y se elevó sobre la tierra. 18 Y subieron las aguas y crecieron en gran manera sobre la tierra; y flotaba el arca sobre la superficie de las aguas. 19 Y las aguas subieron mucho sobre la tierra; y todos los montes altos que había debajo de todos los cielos, fueron cubiertos. 20 Quince codos más alto subieron las aguas, después que fueron cubiertos los montes. 21 Y murió toda carne que se mueve sobre la tierra, así de aves como de ganado y de bestias, y de todo reptil que se arrastra sobre la tierra, y todo hombre. 22 Todo lo que tenía aliento de espíritu de vida en sus narices, todo lo que había en la tierra, murió. 23 Así fue destruido todo ser que vivía sobre la faz de la tierra, desde el hombre hasta la bestia, los reptiles, y las aves del cielo; y fueron raídos de la tierra, y quedó solamente Noé, y los que con él estaban en el arca. 24 Y prevalecieron las aguas sobre la tierra ciento cincuenta días.

Y se acordó Dios de Noé, y de todos los animales, y de todas las bestias que estaban con él en el arca; e hizo pasar Dios un viento sobre la tierra, y disminuyeron las aguas. Y se cerraron las fuentes del abismo y las cataratas de los cielos; y la lluvia de los cielos fue detenida. Y las aguas decrecían gradualmente de sobre la tierra; y se retiraron las aguas al cabo de ciento cincuenta días. Y reposó el arca en el mes séptimo, a los diecisiete días del mes, sobre los montes de Ararat. Y las aguas fueron decreciendo hasta el mes décimo; en el décimo, al primero del mes, se descubrieron las cimas de los montes.

Sucedió que al cabo de cuarenta días abrió Noé la ventana del arca que había hecho, y envió un cuervo, el cual salió, y estuvo yendo y volviendo hasta que las aguas se secaron sobre la tierra. Envió también de sí una paloma, para ver si las aguas se habían retirado de sobre la faz de la tierra. Y no halló la paloma donde sentar la planta de su pie, y volvió a él al arca, porque las aguas estaban aún sobre la faz de toda la tierra. Entonces él extendió su mano, y tomándola, la hizo entrar consigo en el arca. 10 Esperó aún otros siete días, y volvió a enviar la paloma fuera del arca. 11 Y la paloma volvió a él a la hora de la tarde; y he aquí que traía una hoja de olivo en el pico; y entendió Noé que las aguas se habían retirado de sobre la tierra. 12 Y esperó aún otros siete días, y envió la paloma, la cual no volvió ya más a él.

13 Y sucedió que en el año seiscientos uno de Noé, en el mes primero, el día primero del mes, las aguas se secaron sobre la tierra; y quitó Noé la cubierta del arca, y miró, y he aquí que la faz de la tierra estaba seca. 14 Y en el mes segundo, a los veintisiete días del mes, se secó la tierra.

15 Entonces habló Dios a Noé, diciendo: 16 Sal del arca tú, y tu mujer, y tus hijos, y las mujeres de tus hijos contigo. 17 Todos los animales que están contigo de toda carne, de aves y de bestias y de todo reptil que se arrastra sobre la tierra, sacarás contigo; y vayan por la tierra, y fructifiquen y multiplíquense sobre la tierra. 18 Entonces salió Noé, y sus hijos, su mujer, y las mujeres de sus hijos con él. 19 Todos los animales, y todo reptil y toda ave, todo lo que se mueve sobre la tierra según sus especies, salieron del arca.

20 Y edificó Noé un altar a Jehová, y tomó de todo animal limpio y de toda ave limpia, y ofreció holocausto en el altar. 21 Y percibió Jehová olor grato; y dijo Jehová en su corazón: No volveré más a maldecir la tierra por causa del hombre; porque el intento del corazón del hombre es malo desde su juventud; ni volveré más a destruir todo ser viviente, como he hecho. 22 Mientras la tierra permanezca, no cesarán la sementera y la siega, el frío y el calor, el verano y el invierno, y el día y la noche.

Pacto de Dios con Noé

Bendijo Dios a Noé y a sus hijos, y les dijo: Fructificad y multiplicaos, y llenad la tierra.(Z) El temor y el miedo de vosotros estarán sobre todo animal de la tierra, y sobre toda ave de los cielos, en todo lo que se mueva sobre la tierra, y en todos los peces del mar; en vuestra mano son entregados. Todo lo que se mueve y vive, os será para mantenimiento: así como las legumbres y plantas verdes, os lo he dado todo. Pero carne con su vida, que es su sangre, no comeréis.(AA) Porque ciertamente demandaré la sangre de vuestras vidas; de mano de todo animal la demandaré, y de mano del hombre; de mano del varón su hermano demandaré la vida del hombre. El que derramare sangre de hombre,(AB) por el hombre su sangre será derramada; porque a imagen de Dios es hecho el hombre.(AC) Mas vosotros fructificad y multiplicaos;(AD) procread abundantemente en la tierra, y multiplicaos en ella.

Y habló Dios a Noé y a sus hijos con él, diciendo: He aquí que yo establezco mi pacto con vosotros, y con vuestros descendientes después de vosotros; 10 y con todo ser viviente que está con vosotros; aves, animales y toda bestia de la tierra que está con vosotros, desde todos los que salieron del arca hasta todo animal de la tierra. 11 Estableceré mi pacto con vosotros, y no exterminaré ya más toda carne con aguas de diluvio, ni habrá más diluvio para destruir la tierra. 12 Y dijo Dios: Esta es la señal del pacto que yo establezco entre mí y vosotros y todo ser viviente que está con vosotros, por siglos perpetuos: 13 Mi arco he puesto en las nubes, el cual será por señal del pacto entre mí y la tierra. 14 Y sucederá que cuando haga venir nubes sobre la tierra, se dejará ver entonces mi arco en las nubes. 15 Y me acordaré del pacto mío, que hay entre mí y vosotros y todo ser viviente de toda carne; y no habrá más diluvio de aguas para destruir toda carne. 16 Estará el arco en las nubes, y lo veré, y me acordaré del pacto perpetuo entre Dios y todo ser viviente, con toda carne que hay sobre la tierra. 17 Dijo, pues, Dios a Noé: Esta es la señal del pacto que he establecido entre mí y toda carne que está sobre la tierra.

Embriaguez de Noé

18 Y los hijos de Noé que salieron del arca fueron Sem, Cam y Jafet; y Cam es el padre de Canaán. 19 Estos tres son los hijos de Noé, y de ellos fue llena toda la tierra. 20 Después comenzó Noé a labrar la tierra, y plantó una viña; 21 y bebió del vino, y se embriagó, y estaba descubierto en medio de su tienda. 22 Y Cam, padre de Canaán, vio la desnudez de su padre, y lo dijo a sus dos hermanos que estaban afuera. 23 Entonces Sem y Jafet tomaron la ropa, y la pusieron sobre sus propios hombros, y andando hacia atrás, cubrieron la desnudez de su padre, teniendo vueltos sus rostros, y así no vieron la desnudez de su padre. 24 Y despertó Noé de su embriaguez, y supo lo que le había hecho su hijo más joven, 25 y dijo:

Maldito sea Canaán;

Siervo de siervos será a sus hermanos.

26 Dijo más:

Bendito por Jehová mi Dios sea Sem,

Y sea Canaán su siervo.

27 Engrandezca Dios a Jafet,

Y habite en las tiendas de Sem,

Y sea Canaán su siervo.

28 Y vivió Noé después del diluvio trescientos cincuenta años. 29 Y fueron todos los días de Noé novecientos cincuenta años; y murió.

Los descendientes de los hijos de Noé

(1 Cr. 1.5-23)

10 Estas son las generaciones de los hijos de Noé: Sem, Cam y Jafet, a quienes nacieron hijos después del diluvio. Los hijos de Jafet: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javán, Tubal, Mesec y Tiras. Los hijos de Gomer: Askenaz, Rifat y Togarma. Los hijos de Javán: Elisa, Tarsis, Quitim y Dodanim. De estos se poblaron las costas, cada cual según su lengua, conforme a sus familias en sus naciones.

Los hijos de Cam: Cus, Mizraim, Fut y Canaán. Y los hijos de Cus: Seba, Havila, Sabta, Raama y Sabteca. Y los hijos de Raama: Seba y Dedán. Y Cus engendró a Nimrod, quien llegó a ser el primer poderoso en la tierra. Este fue vigoroso cazador delante de Jehová; por lo cual se dice: Así como Nimrod, vigoroso cazador delante de Jehová. 10 Y fue el comienzo de su reino Babel, Erec, Acad y Calne, en la tierra de Sinar. 11 De esta tierra salió para Asiria, y edificó Nínive, Rehobot, Cala, 12 y Resén entre Nínive y Cala, la cual es ciudad grande. 13 Mizraim engendró a Ludim, a Anamim, a Lehabim, a Naftuhim, 14 a Patrusim, a Casluhim, de donde salieron los filisteos, y a Caftorim.

15 Y Canaán engendró a Sidón su primogénito, a Het, 16 al jebuseo, al amorreo, al gergeseo, 17 al heveo, al araceo, al sineo, 18 al arvadeo, al zemareo y al hamateo; y después se dispersaron las familias de los cananeos. 19 Y fue el territorio de los cananeos desde Sidón, en dirección a Gerar, hasta Gaza; y en dirección de Sodoma, Gomorra, Adma y Zeboim, hasta Lasa. 20 Estos son los hijos de Cam por sus familias, por sus lenguas, en sus tierras, en sus naciones.

21 También le nacieron hijos a Sem, padre de todos los hijos de Heber, y hermano mayor de Jafet. 22 Los hijos de Sem fueron Elam, Asur, Arfaxad, Lud y Aram. 23 Y los hijos de Aram: Uz, Hul, Geter y Mas. 24 Arfaxad engendró a Sala, y Sala engendró a Heber. 25 Y a Heber nacieron dos hijos: el nombre del uno fue Peleg,[j] porque en sus días fue repartida la tierra; y el nombre de su hermano, Joctán. 26 Y Joctán engendró a Almodad, Selef, Hazar-mavet, Jera, 27 Adoram, Uzal, Dicla, 28 Obal, Abimael, Seba, 29 Ofir, Havila y Jobab; todos estos fueron hijos de Joctán. 30 Y la tierra en que habitaron fue desde Mesa en dirección de Sefar, hasta la región montañosa del oriente. 31 Estos fueron los hijos de Sem por sus familias, por sus lenguas, en sus tierras, en sus naciones. 32 Estas son las familias de los hijos de Noé por sus descendencias, en sus naciones; y de estos se esparcieron las naciones en la tierra después del diluvio.

La torre de Babel

11 Tenía entonces toda la tierra una sola lengua y unas mismas palabras. Y aconteció que cuando salieron de oriente, hallaron una llanura en la tierra de Sinar, y se establecieron allí. Y se dijeron unos a otros: Vamos, hagamos ladrillo y cozámoslo con fuego. Y les sirvió el ladrillo en lugar de piedra, y el asfalto en lugar de mezcla. Y dijeron: Vamos, edifiquémonos una ciudad y una torre, cuya cúspide llegue al cielo; y hagámonos un nombre, por si fuéremos esparcidos sobre la faz de toda la tierra. Y descendió Jehová para ver la ciudad y la torre que edificaban los hijos de los hombres. Y dijo Jehová: He aquí el pueblo es uno, y todos estos tienen un solo lenguaje; y han comenzado la obra, y nada les hará desistir ahora de lo que han pensado hacer. Ahora, pues, descendamos, y confundamos allí su lengua, para que ninguno entienda el habla de su compañero. Así los esparció Jehová desde allí sobre la faz de toda la tierra, y dejaron de edificar la ciudad. Por esto fue llamado el nombre de ella Babel, porque allí confundió[k] Jehová el lenguaje de toda la tierra, y desde allí los esparció sobre la faz de toda la tierra.

Los descendientes de Sem

(1 Cr. 1.24-27)

10 Estas son las generaciones de Sem: Sem, de edad de cien años, engendró a Arfaxad, dos años después del diluvio. 11 Y vivió Sem, después que engendró a Arfaxad, quinientos años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 12 Arfaxad vivió treinta y cinco años, y engendró a Sala. 13 Y vivió Arfaxad, después que engendró a Sala, cuatrocientos tres años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 14 Sala vivió treinta años, y engendró a Heber. 15 Y vivió Sala, después que engendró a Heber, cuatrocientos tres años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 16 Heber vivió treinta y cuatro años, y engendró a Peleg. 17 Y vivió Heber, después que engendró a Peleg, cuatrocientos treinta años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 18 Peleg vivió treinta años, y engendró a Reu. 19 Y vivió Peleg, después que engendró a Reu, doscientos nueve años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 20 Reu vivió treinta y dos años, y engendró a Serug. 21 Y vivió Reu, después que engendró a Serug, doscientos siete años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 22 Serug vivió treinta años, y engendró a Nacor. 23 Y vivió Serug, después que engendró a Nacor, doscientos años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 24 Nacor vivió veintinueve años, y engendró a Taré. 25 Y vivió Nacor, después que engendró a Taré, ciento diecinueve años, y engendró hijos e hijas. 26 Taré vivió setenta años, y engendró a Abram, a Nacor y a Harán.

Los descendientes de Taré

27 Estas son las generaciones de Taré: Taré engendró a Abram, a Nacor y a Harán; y Harán engendró a Lot. 28 Y murió Harán antes que su padre Taré en la tierra de su nacimiento, en Ur de los caldeos. 29 Y tomaron Abram y Nacor para sí mujeres; el nombre de la mujer de Abram era Sarai, y el nombre de la mujer de Nacor, Milca, hija de Harán, padre de Milca y de Isca. 30 Mas Sarai era estéril, y no tenía hijo. 31 Y tomó Taré a Abram su hijo, y a Lot hijo de Harán, hijo de su hijo, y a Sarai su nuera, mujer de Abram su hijo, y salió con ellos de Ur de los caldeos, para ir a la tierra de Canaán; y vinieron hasta Harán, y se quedaron allí. 32 Y fueron los días de Taré doscientos cinco años; y murió Taré en Harán.

Footnotes

  1. Génesis 2:23 Heb. Ishshah.
  2. Génesis 2:23 Heb. Ish.
  3. Génesis 3:16 O, tu voluntad será sujeta a tu marido.
  4. Génesis 3:20 El nombre en hebreo se asemeja a la palabra que se usa para viviente.
  5. Génesis 4:1 Heb. qanah,   adquirir.
  6. Génesis 4:7 O, a ti será sujeto.
  7. Génesis 4:16 Esto es, Errante.
  8. Génesis 4:25 Esto es, Sustitución.
  9. Génesis 5:29 Esto es, Consuelo,   o Descanso.
  10. Génesis 10:25 Esto es, División.
  11. Génesis 11:9 Compárese la palabra hebrea balal,   confundir.

В начале сотворил Бог небо и землю.

Земля же была безвидна и пуста, и тьма над бездною, и Дух Божий носился над водою.

И сказал Бог: да будет свет. И стал свет.

И увидел Бог свет, что он хорош, и отделил Бог свет от тьмы.

И назвал Бог свет днем, а тьму ночью. И был вечер, и было утро: день один.

И сказал Бог: да будет твердь посреди воды, и да отделяет она воду от воды.

И создал Бог твердь, и отделил воду, которая под твердью, от воды, которая над твердью. И стало так.

И назвал Бог твердь небом. И был вечер, и было утро: день второй.

И сказал Бог: да соберется вода, которая под небом, в одно место, и да явится суша. И стало так.

10 И назвал Бог сушу землею, а собрание вод назвал морями. И увидел Бог, что [это] хорошо.

11 И сказал Бог: да произрастит земля зелень, траву, сеющую семя дерево плодовитое, приносящее по роду своему плод, в котором семя его на земле. И стало так.

12 И произвела земля зелень, траву, сеющую семя по роду ее, и дерево, приносящее плод, в котором семя его по роду его. И увидел Бог, что [это] хорошо.

13 И был вечер, и было утро: день третий.

14 И сказал Бог: да будут светила на тверди небесной для отделения дня от ночи, и для знамений, и времен, и дней, и годов;

15 и да будут они светильниками на тверди небесной, чтобы светить на землю. И стало так.

16 И создал Бог два светила великие: светило большее, для управления днем, и светило меньшее, для управления ночью, и звезды;

17 и поставил их Бог на тверди небесной, чтобы светить на землю,

18 и управлять днем и ночью, и отделять свет от тьмы. И увидел Бог, что [это] хорошо.

19 И был вечер, и было утро: день четвёртый.

20 И сказал Бог: да произведет вода пресмыкающихся, душу живую; и птицы да полетят над землею, по тверди небесной.

21 И сотворил Бог рыб больших и всякую душу животных пресмыкающихся, которых произвела вода, по роду их, и всякую птицу пернатую по роду ее. И увидел Бог, что [это] хорошо.

22 И благословил их Бог, говоря: плодитесь и размножайтесь, и наполняйте воды в морях, и птицы да размножаются на земле.

23 И был вечер, и было утро: день пятый.

24 И сказал Бог: да произведет земля душу живую по роду ее, скотов, и гадов, и зверей земных по роду их. И стало так.

25 И создал Бог зверей земных по роду их, и скот по роду его, и всех гадов земных по роду их. И увидел Бог, что [это] хорошо.

26 И сказал Бог: сотворим человека по образу Нашему по подобию Нашему, и да владычествуют они над рыбами морскими, и над птицами небесными, и над скотом, и над всею землею, и над всеми гадами, пресмыкающимися по земле.

27 И сотворил Бог человека по образу Своему, по образу Божию сотворил его; мужчину и женщину сотворил их.

28 И благословил их Бог, и сказал им Бог: плодитесь и размножайтесь, и наполняйте землю, и обладайте ею, и владычествуйте над рыбами морскими и над птицами небесными, и над всяким животным, пресмыкающимся по земле.

29 И сказал Бог: вот, Я дал вам всякую траву, сеющую семя, какая есть на всей земле, и всякое дерево, у которого плод древесный, сеющий семя; --вам [сие] будет в пищу;

30 а всем зверям земным, и всем птицам небесным, и всякому пресмыкающемуся по земле, в котором душа живая, [дал] Я всю зелень травную в пищу. И стало так.

31 И увидел Бог все, что Он создал, и вот, хорошо весьма. И был вечер, и было утро: день шестой.

Так совершены небо и земля и все воинство их.

И совершил Бог к седьмому дню дела Свои, которые Он делал, и почил в день седьмый от всех дел Своих, которые делал.

И благословил Бог седьмой день, и освятил его, ибо в оный почил от всех дел Своих, которые Бог творил и созидал.

Вот происхождение неба и земли, при сотворении их, в то время, когда Господь Бог создал землю и небо,

и всякий полевой кустарник, которого еще не было на земле, и всякую полевую траву, которая еще не росла, ибо Господь Бог не посылал дождя на землю, и не было человека для возделывания земли,

но пар поднимался с земли и орошал все лице земли.

И создал Господь Бог человека из праха земного, и вдунул в лице его дыхание жизни, и стал человек душею живою.

И насадил Господь Бог рай в Едеме на востоке, и поместил там человека, которого создал.

И произрастил Господь Бог из земли всякое дерево, приятное на вид и хорошее для пищи, и дерево жизни посреди рая, и дерево познания добра и зла.

10 Из Едема выходила река для орошения рая; и потом разделялась на четыре реки.

11 Имя одной Фисон: она обтекает всю землю Хавила, ту, где золото;

12 и золото той земли хорошее; там бдолах и камень оникс.

13 Имя второй реки Гихон: она обтекает всю землю Куш.

14 Имя третьей реки Хиддекель: она протекает пред Ассириею. Четвертая река Евфрат.

15 И взял Господь Бог человека, и поселил его в саду Едемском, чтобы возделывать его и хранить его.

16 И заповедал Господь Бог человеку, говоря: от всякого дерева в саду ты будешь есть,

17 а от дерева познания добра и зла не ешь от него, ибо в день, в который ты вкусишь от него, смертью умрешь.

18 И сказал Господь Бог: не хорошо быть человеку одному; сотворим ему помощника, соответственного ему.

19 Господь Бог образовал из земли всех животных полевых и всех птиц небесных, и привел к человеку, чтобы видеть, как он назовет их, и чтобы, как наречет человек всякую душу живую, так и было имя ей.

20 И нарек человек имена всем скотам и птицам небесным и всем зверям полевым; но для человека не нашлось помощника, подобного ему.

21 И навел Господь Бог на человека крепкий сон; и, когда он уснул, взял одно из ребр его, и закрыл то место плотию.

22 И создал Господь Бог из ребра, взятого у человека, жену, и привел ее к человеку.

23 И сказал человек: вот, это кость от костей моих и плоть от плоти моей; она будет называться женою, ибо взята от мужа.

24 Потому оставит человек отца своего и мать свою и прилепится к жене своей; и будут одна плоть.

25 И были оба наги, Адам и жена его, и не стыдились.

Змей был хитрее всех зверей полевых, которых создал Господь Бог. И сказал змей жене: подлинно ли сказал Бог: не ешьте ни от какого дерева в раю?

И сказала жена змею: плоды с дерев мы можем есть,

только плодов дерева, которое среди рая, сказал Бог, не ешьте их и не прикасайтесь к ним, чтобы вам не умереть.

И сказал змей жене: нет, не умрете,

но знает Бог, что в день, в который вы вкусите их, откроются глаза ваши, и вы будете, как боги, знающие добро и зло.

И увидела жена, что дерево хорошо для пищи, и что оно приятно для глаз и вожделенно, потому что дает знание; и взяла плодов его и ела; и дала также мужу своему, и он ел.

И открылись глаза у них обоих, и узнали они, что наги, и сшили смоковные листья, и сделали себе опоясания.

И услышали голос Господа Бога, ходящего в раю во время прохлады дня; и скрылся Адам и жена его от лица Господа Бога между деревьями рая.

И воззвал Господь Бог к Адаму и сказал ему: где ты?

10 Он сказал: голос Твой я услышал в раю, и убоялся, потому что я наг, и скрылся.

11 И сказал: кто сказал тебе, что ты наг? не ел ли ты от дерева, с которого Я запретил тебе есть?

12 Адам сказал: жена, которую Ты мне дал, она дала мне от дерева, и я ел.

13 И сказал Господь Бог жене: что ты это сделала? Жена сказала: змей обольстил меня, и я ела.

14 И сказал Господь Бог змею: за то, что ты сделал это, проклят ты пред всеми скотами и пред всеми зверями полевыми; ты будешь ходить на чреве твоем, и будешь есть прах во все дни жизни твоей;

15 и вражду положу между тобою и между женою, и между семенем твоим и между семенем ее; оно будет поражать тебя в голову, а ты будешь жалить его в пяту.

16 Жене сказал: умножая умножу скорбь твою в беременности твоей; в болезни будешь рождать детей; и к мужу твоему влечение твое, и он будет господствовать над тобою.

17 Адаму же сказал: за то, что ты послушал голоса жены твоей и ел от дерева, о котором Я заповедал тебе, сказав: не ешь от него, проклята земля за тебя; со скорбью будешь питаться от нее во все дни жизни твоей;

18 терния и волчцы произрастит она тебе; и будешь питаться полевою травою;

19 в поте лица твоего будешь есть хлеб, доколе не возвратишься в землю, из которой ты взят, ибо прах ты и в прах возвратишься.

20 И нарек Адам имя жене своей: Ева, ибо она стала матерью всех живущих.

21 И сделал Господь Бог Адаму и жене его одежды кожаные и одел их.

22 И сказал Господь Бог: вот, Адам стал как один из Нас, зная добро и зло; и теперь как бы не простер он руки своей, и не взял также от дерева жизни, и не вкусил, и не стал жить вечно.

23 И выслал его Господь Бог из сада Едемского, чтобы возделывать землю, из которой он взят.

24 И изгнал Адама, и поставил на востоке у сада Едемского Херувима и пламенный меч обращающийся, чтобы охранять путь к дереву жизни.

Адам познал Еву, жену свою; и она зачала, и родила Каина, и сказала: приобрела я человека от Господа.

И еще родила брата его, Авеля. И был Авель пастырь овец, а Каин был земледелец.

Спустя несколько времени, Каин принес от плодов земли дар Господу,

и Авель также принес от первородных стада своего и от тука их. И призрел Господь на Авеля и на дар его,

а на Каина и на дар его не призрел. Каин сильно огорчился, и поникло лице его.

И сказал Господь Каину: почему ты огорчился? и отчего поникло лице твое?

если делаешь доброе, то не поднимаешь ли лица? а если не делаешь доброго, то у дверей грех лежит; он влечет тебя к себе, но ты господствуй над ним.

И сказал Каин Авелю, брату своему. И когда они были в поле, восстал Каин на Авеля, брата своего, и убил его.

И сказал Господь Каину: где Авель, брат твой? Он сказал: не знаю; разве я сторож брату моему?

10 И сказал: что ты сделал? голос крови брата твоего вопиет ко Мне от земли;

11 и ныне проклят ты от земли, которая отверзла уста свои принять кровь брата твоего от руки твоей;

12 когда ты будешь возделывать землю, она не станет более давать силы своей для тебя; ты будешь изгнанником и скитальцем на земле.

13 И сказал Каин Господу: наказание мое больше, нежели снести можно;

14 вот, Ты теперь сгоняешь меня с лица земли, и от лица Твоего я скроюсь, и буду изгнанником и скитальцем на земле; и всякий, кто встретится со мною, убьет меня.

15 И сказал ему Господь: за то всякому, кто убьет Каина, отмстится всемеро. И сделал Господь Каину знамение, чтобы никто, встретившись с ним, не убил его.

16 И пошел Каин от лица Господня и поселился в земле Нод, на восток от Едема.

17 И познал Каин жену свою; и она зачала и родила Еноха. И построил он город; и назвал город по имени сына своего: Енох.

18 У Еноха родился Ирад; Ирад родил Мехиаеля; Мехиаель родил Мафусала; Мафусал родил Ламеха.

19 И взял себе Ламех две жены: имя одной: Ада, и имя второй: Цилла.

20 Ада родила Иавала: он был отец живущих в шатрах со стадами.

21 Имя брату его Иувал: он был отец всех играющих на гуслях и свирели.

22 Цилла также родила Тувалкаина, который был ковачом всех орудий из меди и железа. И сестра Тувалкаина Ноема.

23 И сказал Ламех женам своим: Ада и Цилла! послушайте голоса моего; жены Ламеховы! внимайте словам моим: я убил мужа в язву мне и отрока в рану мне;

24 если за Каина отмстится всемеро, то за Ламеха в семьдесят раз всемеро.

25 И познал Адам еще жену свою, и она родила сына, и нарекла ему имя: Сиф, потому что, [говорила она], Бог положил мне другое семя, вместо Авеля, которого убил Каин.

26 У Сифа также родился сын, и он нарек ему имя: Енос; тогда начали призывать имя Господа.

Вот родословие Адама: когда Бог сотворил человека, по подобию Божию создал его,

мужчину и женщину сотворил их, и благословил их, и нарек им имя: человек, в день сотворения их.

Адам жил сто тридцать лет и родил [сына] по подобию своему по образу своему, и нарек ему имя: Сиф.

Дней Адама по рождении им Сифа было восемьсот лет, и родил он сынов и дочерей.

Всех же дней жизни Адамовой было девятьсот тридцать лет; и он умер.

Сиф жил сто пять лет и родил Еноса.

По рождении Еноса Сиф жил восемьсот семь лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

Всех же дней Сифовых было девятьсот двенадцать лет; и он умер.

Енос жил девяносто лет и родил Каинана.

10 По рождении Каинана Енос жил восемьсот пятнадцать лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

11 Всех же дней Еноса было девятьсот пять лет; и он умер.

12 Каинан жил семьдесят лет и родил Малелеила.

13 По рождении Малелеила Каинан жил восемьсот сорок лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

14 Всех же дней Каинана было девятьсот десять лет; и он умер.

15 Малелеил жил шестьдесят пять лет и родил Иареда.

16 По рождении Иареда Малелеил жил восемьсот тридцать лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

17 Всех же дней Малелеила было восемьсот девяносто пять лет; и он умер.

18 Иаред жил сто шестьдесят два года и родил Еноха.

19 По рождении Еноха Иаред жил восемьсот лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

20 Всех же дней Иареда было девятьсот шестьдесят два года; и он умер.

21 Енох жил шестьдесят пять лет и родил Мафусала.

22 И ходил Енох пред Богом, по рождении Мафусала, триста лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

23 Всех же дней Еноха было триста шестьдесят пять лет.

24 И ходил Енох пред Богом; и не стало его, потому что Бог взял его.

25 Мафусал жил сто восемьдесят семь лет и родил Ламеха.

26 По рождении Ламеха Мафусал жил семьсот восемьдесят два года и родил сынов и дочерей.

27 Всех же дней Мафусала было девятьсот шестьдесят девять лет; и он умер.

28 Ламех жил сто восемьдесят два года и родил сына,

29 и нарек ему имя: Ной, сказав: он утешит нас в работе нашей и в трудах рук наших при [возделывании] земли, которую проклял Господь.

30 И жил Ламех по рождении Ноя пятьсот девяносто пять лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

31 Всех же дней Ламеха было семьсот семьдесят семь лет; и он умер.

32 Ною было пятьсот лет и родил Ной Сима, Хама и Иафета.

Когда люди начали умножаться на земле и родились у них дочери,

тогда сыны Божии увидели дочерей человеческих, что они красивы, и брали [их] себе в жены, какую кто избрал.

И сказал Господь: не вечно Духу Моему быть пренебрегаемым человеками; потому что они плоть; пусть будут дни их сто двадцать лет.

В то время были на земле исполины, особенно же с того времени, как сыны Божии стали входить к дочерям человеческим, и они стали рождать им: это сильные, издревле славные люди.

И увидел Господь, что велико развращение человеков на земле, и что все мысли и помышления сердца их были зло во всякое время;

и раскаялся Господь, что создал человека на земле, и восскорбел в сердце Своем.

И сказал Господь: истреблю с лица земли человеков, которых Я сотворил, от человека до скотов, и гадов и птиц небесных истреблю, ибо Я раскаялся, что создал их.

Ной же обрел благодать пред очами Господа.

Вот житие Ноя: Ной был человек праведный и непорочный в роде своем; Ной ходил пред Богом.

10 Ной родил трех сынов: Сима, Хама и Иафета.

11 Но земля растлилась пред лицем Божиим, и наполнилась земля злодеяниями.

12 И воззрел Бог на землю, и вот, она растленна, ибо всякая плоть извратила путь свой на земле.

13 И сказал Бог Ною: конец всякой плоти пришел пред лице Мое, ибо земля наполнилась от них злодеяниями; и вот, Я истреблю их с земли.

14 Сделай себе ковчег из дерева гофер; отделения сделай в ковчеге и осмоли его смолою внутри и снаружи.

15 И сделай его так: длина ковчега триста локтей; ширина его пятьдесят локтей, а высота его тридцать локтей.

16 И сделай отверстие в ковчеге, и в локоть сведи его вверху, и дверь в ковчег сделай с боку его; устрой в нем нижнее, второе и третье [жилье].

17 И вот, Я наведу на землю потоп водный, чтоб истребить всякую плоть, в которой есть дух жизни, под небесами; все, что есть на земле, лишится жизни.

18 Но с тобою Я поставлю завет Мой, и войдешь в ковчег ты, и сыновья твои, и жена твоя, и жены сынов твоих с тобою.

19 Введи также в ковчег из всех животных, и от всякой плоти по паре, чтоб они остались с тобою в живых; мужеского пола и женского пусть они будут.

20 Из птиц по роду их, и из скотов по роду их, и из всех пресмыкающихся по земле по роду их, из всех по паре войдут к тебе, чтобы остались в живых.

21 Ты же возьми себе всякой пищи, какою питаются, и собери к себе; и будет она для тебя и для них пищею.

22 И сделал Ной всё: как повелел ему Бог, так он и сделал.

И сказал Господь Ною: войди ты и все семейство твое в ковчег, ибо тебя увидел Я праведным предо Мною в роде сем;

и всякого скота чистого возьми по семи, мужеского пола и женского, а из скота нечистого по два, мужеского пола и женского;

также и из птиц небесных по семи, мужеского пола и женского, чтобы сохранить племя для всей земли,

ибо чрез семь дней Я буду изливать дождь на землю сорок дней и сорок ночей; и истреблю все существующее, что Я создал, с лица земли.

Ной сделал все, что Господь повелел ему.

Ной же был шестисот лет, как потоп водный пришел на землю.

И вошел Ной и сыновья его, и жена его, и жены сынов его с ним в ковчег от вод потопа.

И из скотов чистых и из скотов нечистых, и из всех пресмыкающихся по земле

по паре, мужеского пола и женского, вошли к Ною в ковчег, как Бог повелел Ною.

10 Чрез семь дней воды потопа пришли на землю.

11 В шестисотый год жизни Ноевой, во второй месяц, в семнадцатый день месяца, в сей день разверзлись все источники великой бездны, и окна небесные отворились;

12 и лился на землю дождь сорок дней и сорок ночей.

13 В сей самый день вошел в ковчег Ной, и Сим, Хам и Иафет, сыновья Ноевы, и жена Ноева, и три жены сынов его с ними.

14 Они, и все звери по роду их, и всякий скот по роду его, и все гады, пресмыкающиеся по земле, по роду их, и все летающие по роду их, все птицы, все крылатые,

15 и вошли к Ною в ковчег по паре от всякой плоти, в которой есть дух жизни;

16 и вошедшие мужеский и женский пол всякой плоти вошли, как повелел ему Бог. И затворил Господь за ним.

17 И продолжалось на земле наводнение сорок дней, и умножилась вода, и подняла ковчег, и он возвысился над землею;

18 вода же усиливалась и весьма умножалась на земле, и ковчег плавал по поверхности вод.

19 И усилилась вода на земле чрезвычайно, так что покрылись все высокие горы, какие есть под всем небом;

20 на пятнадцать локтей поднялась над ними вода, и покрылись горы.

21 И лишилась жизни всякая плоть, движущаяся по земле, и птицы, и скоты, и звери, и все гады, ползающие по земле, и все люди;

22 все, что имело дыхание духа жизни в ноздрях своих на суше, умерло.

23 Истребилось всякое существо, которое было на поверхности земли; от человека до скота, и гадов, и птиц небесных, --все истребилось с земли, остался только Ной и что [было] с ним в ковчеге.

24 Вода же усиливалась на земле сто пятьдесят дней.

И вспомнил Бог о Ное, и о всех зверях, и о всех скотах, (и о всех птицах, и о всех гадах пресмыкающихся,) бывших с ним в ковчеге; и навел Бог ветер на землю, и воды остановились.

И закрылись источники бездны и окна небесные, и перестал дождь с неба.

Вода же постепенно возвращалась с земли, и стала убывать вода по окончании ста пятидесяти дней.

И остановился ковчег в седьмом месяце, в семнадцатый день месяца, на горах Араратских.

Вода постоянно убывала до десятого месяца; в первый день десятого месяца показались верхи гор.

По прошествии сорока дней Ной открыл сделанное им окно ковчега

и выпустил ворона, который, вылетев, отлетал и прилетал, пока осушилась земля от воды.

Потом выпустил от себя голубя, чтобы видеть, сошла ли вода с лица земли,

но голубь не нашел места покоя для ног своих и возвратился к нему в ковчег, ибо вода была еще на поверхности всей земли; и он простер руку свою, и взял его, и принял к себе в ковчег.

10 И помедлил еще семь дней других и опять выпустил голубя из ковчега.

11 Голубь возвратился к нему в вечернее время, и вот, свежий масличный лист во рту у него, и Ной узнал, что вода сошла с земли.

12 Он помедлил еще семь дней других и выпустил голубя; и он уже не возвратился к нему.

13 Шестьсот первого года к первому [дню] первого месяца иссякла вода на земле; и открыл Ной кровлю ковчега и посмотрел, и вот, обсохла поверхность земли.

14 И во втором месяце, к двадцать седьмому дню месяца, земля высохла.

15 И сказал Бог Ною:

16 выйди из ковчега ты и жена твоя, и сыновья твои, и жены сынов твоих с тобою;

17 выведи с собою всех животных, которые с тобою, от всякой плоти, из птиц, и скотов, и всех гадов, пресмыкающихся по земле: пусть разойдутся они по земле, и пусть плодятся и размножаются на земле.

18 И вышел Ной и сыновья его, и жена его, и жены сынов его с ним;

19 все звери, и все гады, и все птицы, все движущееся по земле, по родам своим, вышли из ковчега.

20 И устроил Ной жертвенник Господу; и взял из всякого скота чистого и из всех птиц чистых и принес во всесожжение на жертвеннике.

21 И обонял Господь приятное благоухание, и сказал Господь в сердце Своем: не буду больше проклинать землю за человека, потому что помышление сердца человеческого--зло от юности его; и не буду больше поражать всего живущего, как Я сделал:

22 впредь во все дни земли сеяние и жатва, холод и зной, лето и зима, день и ночь не прекратятся.

И благословил Бог Ноя и сынов его и сказал им: плодитесь и размножайтесь, и наполняйте землю.

да страшатся и да трепещут вас все звери земные, и все птицы небесные, все, что движется на земле, и все рыбы морские: в ваши руки отданы они;

все движущееся, что живет, будет вам в пищу; как зелень травную даю вам все;

только плоти с душею ее, с кровью ее, не ешьте;

Я взыщу и вашу кровь, [в которой] жизнь ваша, взыщу ее от всякого зверя, взыщу также душу человека от руки человека, от руки брата его;

кто прольет кровь человеческую, того кровь прольется рукою человека: ибо человек создан по образу Божию;

вы же плодитесь и размножайтесь, и распространяйтесь по земле, и умножайтесь на ней.

И сказал Бог Ною и сынам его с ним:

вот, Я поставляю завет Мой с вами и с потомством вашим после вас,

10 и со всякою душею живою, которая с вами, с птицами и со скотами, и со всеми зверями земными, которые у вас, со всеми вышедшими из ковчега, со всеми животными земными;

11 поставляю завет Мой с вами, что не будет более истреблена всякая плоть водами потопа, и не будет уже потопа на опустошение земли.

12 И сказал Бог: вот знамение завета, который Я поставляю между Мною и между вами и между всякою душею живою, которая с вами, в роды навсегда:

13 Я полагаю радугу Мою в облаке, чтоб она была знамением завета между Мною и между землею.

14 И будет, когда Я наведу облако на землю, то явится радуга в облаке;

15 и Я вспомню завет Мой, который между Мною и между вами и между всякою душею живою во всякой плоти; и не будет более вода потопом на истребление всякой плоти.

16 И будет радуга в облаке, и Я увижу ее, и вспомню завет вечный между Богом и между всякою душею живою во всякой плоти, которая на земле.

17 И сказал Бог Ною: вот знамение завета, который Я поставил между Мною и между всякою плотью, которая на земле.

18 Сыновья Ноя, вышедшие из ковчега, были: Сим, Хам и Иафет. Хам же был отец Ханаана.

19 Сии трое были сыновья Ноевы, и от них населилась вся земля.

20 Ной начал возделывать землю и насадил виноградник;

21 и выпил он вина, и опьянел, и [лежал] обнаженным в шатре своем.

22 И увидел Хам, отец Ханаана, наготу отца своего, и выйдя рассказал двум братьям своим.

23 Сим же и Иафет взяли одежду и, положив ее на плечи свои, пошли задом и покрыли наготу отца своего; лица их были обращены назад, и они не видали наготы отца своего.

24 Ной проспался от вина своего и узнал, что сделал над ним меньший сын его,

25 и сказал: проклят Ханаан; раб рабов будет он у братьев своих.

26 Потом сказал: благословен Господь Бог Симов; Ханаан же будет рабом ему;

27 да распространит Бог Иафета, и да вселится он в шатрах Симовых; Ханаан же будет рабом ему.

28 И жил Ной после потопа триста пятьдесят лет.

29 Всех же дней Ноевых было девятьсот пятьдесят лет, и он умер.

10 Вот родословие сынов Ноевых: Сима, Хама и Иафета. После потопа родились у них дети.

Сыны Иафета: Гомер, Магог, Мадай, Иаван, Фувал, Мешех и Фирас.

Сыны Гомера: Аскеназ, Рифат и Фогарма.

Сыны Иавана: Елиса, Фарсис, Киттим и Доданим.

От сих населились острова народов в землях их, каждый по языку своему, по племенам своим, в народах своих.

Сыны Хама: Хуш, Мицраим, Фут и Ханаан.

Сыны Хуша: Сева, Хавила, Савта, Раама и Савтеха. Сыны Раамы: Шева и дедан.

Хуш родил также Нимрода: сей начал быть силен на земле.

Он был сильный зверолов пред Господом; потому и говориться: сильный зверолов, как Нимрод, пред Господом.

10 Царство его вначале сщставляли: Вавилон, Эрех, аккад и Халне, в земле Сеннаар.

11 Из сей земли вышел Ассур, и построил Ниневию, Реховофир, Калах.

12 И ресен между Ниневию и между Калахом; это город великий.

13 От Мицраима произщшли Лудим, Анамим, Легавим, Нафтухим,

14 Патрусим, Каслухим, откуда вышли Филистимляне, и Кафторим.

15 От Ханаана родились: Сидон, первенец его, Хет,

16 Иевусей, Аморей, Гергесей,

17 Евей, Аркей, Синей,

18 Арвадей, Цемарей и Химарей. В последствии племена Ханаанские рассеялись.

19 И были пределы Хананеев от Сидона к Герару до Газы, Отсюда к Садому, Гаморре, Адме и Цевоиму до Лаши.

20 Это сыны Хамовы, по племенам их, по языкам их, в землях их, в народах их.

21 Были дети и у Сима, отца всех сынов Еверовых, старшего брата Иафетова.

22 Сыны Сима: Елам, Асур, Арфаксад, Луд, Арам.

23 Сыны Арама: Уц, Хул, Гефер и Маш.

24 Арфаксад родил Салу, Сала родил Евера.

25 У Евера родились два сына; имя одному: Фалек, потому что во дни его земля разделена; имя брата его: Иоктан.

26 Иоктан родил Алмодада, Шалефа, Хацармавефа, Иераха,

27 Гадорама, Узала, Диклу,

28 Овала, Авимаила, Шеву,

29 Офира, Хавилу и Иовава. Все эти сыновья Иоктана.

30 Поселения их были от Меши до Сефара, горы восточной.

31 Это сыновья Симовы по племенам их, по языкам их, в землях их, по народам их.

32 Вот племена сынов Ноевых, по Родословию их, в народах их. От них распространились народы по земле после потопа.

11 На всей земле был один язык и одно наречие.

Двинувшись с востока, они нашли в земле Сеннаар равнину и поселились там.

И сказали друг другу: наделаем кирпичей и обожжем огнем. И стали у них кирпичи вместо камней, а земляная смола вместо извести.

И сказали они: построим себе город и башню, высотою до небес, и сделаем себе имя, прежде нежели рассеемся по лицу всей земли.

И сошел Господь посмотреть город и башню, которые строили сыны человеческие.

И сказал Господь: вот, один народ, и один у всех язык; и вот что начали они делать, и не отстанут они от того, что задумали делать;

сойдем же и смешаем там язык их, так чтобы один не понимал речи другого.

И рассеял их Господь оттуда по всей земле; и они перестали строить город.

Посему дано ему имя: Вавилон, ибо там смешал Господь язык всей земли, и оттуда рассеял их Господь по всей земле.

10 Вот родословие Сима: Сим был ста лет и родил Арфаксада, чрез два года после потопа;

11 по рождении Арфаксада Сим жил пятьсот лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

12 Арфаксад жил тридцать пять лет и родил Салу.

13 По рождении Салы Арфаксад жил четыреста три года и родил сынов и дочерей.

14 Сала жил тридцать лет и родил Евера.

15 По рождении Евера Сала жил четыреста три года и родил сынов и дочерей.

16 Евер жил тридцать четыре года и родил Фалека.

17 По рождении Фалека Евер жил четыреста тридцать лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

18 Фалек жил тридцать лет и родил Рагава.

19 По рождении Рагава Фалек жил двести девять лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

20 Рагав жил тридцать два года и родил Серуха.

21 По рождении Серуха Рагав жил двести семь лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

22 Серух жил тридцать лет и родил Нахора.

23 По рождении Нахора Серух жил двести лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

24 Нахор жил двадцать девять лет и родил Фарру.

25 По рождении Фарры Нахор жил сто девятнадцать лет и родил сынов и дочерей.

26 Фарра жил семьдесят лет и родил Аврама, Нахора и Арана.

27 Вот родословие Фарры: Фарра родил Аврама, Нахора и Арана. Аран родил Лота.

28 И умер Аран при Фарре, отце своем, в земле рождения своего, в Уре Халдейском.

29 Аврам и Нахор взяли себе жен; имя жены Аврамовой: Сара; имя жены Нахоровой: Милка, дочь Арана, отца Милки и отца Иски.

30 И Сара была неплодна и бездетна.

31 И взял Фарра Аврама, сына своего, и Лота, сына Аранова, внука своего, и Сару, невестку свою, жену Аврама, сына своего, и вышел с ними из Ура Халдейского, чтобы идти в землю Ханаанскую; но, дойдя до Харрана, они остановились там.

32 И было дней [жизни] Фарры двести пять лет, и умер Фарра в Харране.