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God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
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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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The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
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God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
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to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
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God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
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The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
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The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
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“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
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And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
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The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
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In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
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The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
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They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.
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and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
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“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
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Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
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But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.
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Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.
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So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.
