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God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
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God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
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God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
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Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
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The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
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But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
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The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
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Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
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The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
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Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
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To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
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Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me.
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Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord.
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When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.
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After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
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When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
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After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
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“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.
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And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
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I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
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I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
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So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”
