God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness

The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

to rule day and night, and to separate light from darkness. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

So God made the giant sea monsters and all the living creatures that swim in the ocean. He also made every kind of bird. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

Then he gave the living creatures his blessing—he told the ocean creatures to increase and live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to increase everywhere on earth.

God made every one of them. Then he looked at what he had done, and it was good.

So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women.

God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came, then morning—that was the sixth day.

So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created.

The Seventh Day

By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested.

God blessed the seventh day and made it special, because on that day he rested from his work.

That's how God created the heavens and the earth.

The Garden of Eden

When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,

The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.

The Tigris River that flows east of Assyria is the third, and the fourth is the Euphrates River.

So the Lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names. None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.

So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,

the Lord made a woman out of the rib. The Lord God brought her to the man,

That's why a man will leave his own father and mother. He marries a woman, and the two of them become like one person.

The woman stared at the fruit. It looked beautiful and tasty. She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the fruit. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some to him, and he ate it too.

Late in the afternoon, when the breeze began to blow, the man and woman heard the Lord God walking in the garden. So they hid behind some trees.

and Abel also gave an offering to the Lord. He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the Lord the best parts of it. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,

but not with Cain and his offering. This made Cain so angry that he could not hide his feelings.

More and More People

Later, Cain and his wife had a son named Enoch. At the time Cain was building a town, and so he named it Enoch after his son.

Descendants of Adam

God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. The following is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:

When Adam was 130, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children