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创世记 1-10
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
创世记 1-10
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
上帝创造天地
1 太初，上帝创造了天地。 2 那时，大地空虚混沌，还没有成形，黑暗笼罩着深渊，上帝的灵运行在水面上。 3 上帝说：“要有光！”就有了光。 4 上帝看光是好的，就把光和暗分开， 5 称光为昼，称暗为夜。晚上过去，早晨到来，这是第一天[a]。 6 上帝说：“水与水之间要有穹苍，把水分开。” 7 果然如此。上帝开辟了穹苍，用穹苍将水上下分开。 8 上帝称穹苍为天空。晚上过去，早晨到来，这是第二天。
9 上帝说：“天空下面的水要聚在一处，使干地露出来。”果然如此。 10 上帝称干地为陆地，称水汇聚的地方为海洋。上帝看了，感到满意。 11 上帝说：“陆地要长出植物——各类结种子的菜蔬和结果子的树木，果子内都有籽。”果然如此， 12 陆地长出了植物——各类结种子的菜蔬和结果子的树木，果子内都有籽。上帝看了，感到满意。 13 晚上过去，早晨到来，这是第三天。
14 上帝说：“天空要有光体，以区分昼夜，作记号，定节令，计算年日， 15 发光普照大地。”果然如此。 16 上帝造了两个大光体，较大的管白昼，较小的管黑夜，又造了星辰。 17 上帝把这些光体摆列在天空，让它们发光普照大地， 18 管理昼夜，分开明暗。上帝看了，感到满意。 19 晚上过去，早晨到来，这是第四天。
20 上帝说：“水中要充满各种动物，空中要有禽鸟飞翔。” 21 上帝就造了海中的大鱼等各类水族和各类禽鸟。上帝看了，感到满意。 22 上帝赐福给这一切生物，说：“水族要生养繁殖，充满海洋，禽鸟也要在地上多多地繁殖。” 23 晚上过去，早晨到来，这是第五天。 24 上帝说：“大地要繁衍各类动物——各类的牲畜、爬虫和野兽。”果然如此。 25 上帝造了各类的野兽、牲畜和爬虫。上帝看了，感到满意。
上帝照自己的形象造人
26 上帝说：“我们要照着我们的形象，按着我们的样子造人，让他们管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟和地上的牲畜及一切爬虫。” 27 上帝就照着自己的形象造了人，祂照着自己的形象造了男人和女人。 28 上帝赐福给他们，对他们说：“你们要生养众多，遍布地面，治理大地，管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟以及地上的各种动物。” 29 上帝对人说：“看啊，我把地上所有结种子的菜蔬和所有树上有籽的果子都赐给你们作食物。 30 我把植物赐给所有地上的走兽、空中的飞鸟及地上的爬虫作食物。”果然如此。 31 上帝看了，感到非常满意。晚上过去，早晨到来，这是第六天。
2 天地万物都造好了。 2 第七天，上帝完成了祂的创造之工，就在第七天歇了一切的工。 3 上帝赐福给第七天，将其定为圣日，因为祂在这一天歇了祂一切的创造之工。 4 这是有关创造天地的记载。
上帝造亚当和夏娃
耶和华上帝创造天地的时候， 5 地上还没有草木菜蔬，因为耶和华上帝还没有降雨在地上，土地也没有人耕作， 6 但有水从地里涌出，浇灌大地。 7 耶和华上帝用地上的尘土造了人，把生命的气息吹进他的鼻孔里，他就成了有生命的人。 8 耶和华上帝在东方的伊甸开辟了一个园子，把祂所造的人安置在里面。 9 耶和华上帝使地面长出各种树木，它们既好看又能结出可吃的果子。在园子的中间有生命树和分别善恶的树。
10 有一条河从伊甸流出来灌溉那园子，又从那里分出四条支流。 11 第一条支流叫比逊河，它环绕着哈腓拉全境。那里有金子， 12 且是上好的金子，还有珍珠和红玛瑙。 13 第二条支流是基训河，它环绕着古实全境。 14 第三条支流名叫底格里斯河，它流经亚述的东边。第四条支流是幼发拉底河。
15 耶和华上帝把那人安置在伊甸的园子里，让他在那里耕种、看管园子。 16 耶和华上帝吩咐那人说：“你可以随意吃园中所有树上的果子， 17 只是不可吃那棵分别善恶树的果子，因为你若吃了，当天必死。”
18 耶和华上帝说：“那人独自一人不好，我要为他造一个相配的帮手。” 19 耶和华上帝用尘土造了各种田野的走兽和空中的飞鸟，把它们带到那人跟前，看他怎么称呼这些动物。他叫这些动物什么，它们的名字就是什么。 20 那人给所有的牲畜及田野的走兽和空中的飞鸟都起了名字。可是他找不到一个跟自己相配的帮手。 21 耶和华上帝使那人沉睡，然后从他身上取出一根肋骨，再把肉合起来。 22 耶和华上帝用那根肋骨造成一个女人，带到那人跟前。 23 那人说：
“这才是我的同类，
我骨中的骨，肉中的肉，
要称她为女人，
因为她是从男人身上取出来的。”
24 因此，人要离开父母，与妻子结合，二人成为一体。 25 当时，他们夫妇二人都赤身露体，并不觉得羞耻。
始祖犯罪
3 在耶和华上帝所造的田野的各种动物中，蛇最狡猾。蛇对女人说：“上帝真的说过不许你们吃园中所有树上的果子吗？” 2 女人回答说：“我们可以吃园中树上的果子， 3 只是不可以吃园子中间那棵树的果子。上帝曾经吩咐说，‘你们不可吃那果子，也不可摸，否则你们就会死。’” 4 蛇对女人说：“你们一定不会死！ 5 上帝那样说是因为祂知道你们吃了那树的果子以后，眼睛就会明亮，像上帝一样懂得分辨善恶。” 6 女人见那棵树上的果子可口，赏心悦目，可以使人有智慧，就摘下来吃了。她也把果子给跟她在一起的丈夫，他也吃了。 7 二人的眼睛果然明亮起来，这才发觉自己原来赤身露体，便把无花果树的叶子编起来遮体。
8 傍晚天凉时，夫妇二人听见耶和华上帝在园中行走的声音，就藏在园子的树丛中，想躲开耶和华上帝。 9 耶和华上帝呼唤那人说：“你在哪里？” 10 那人说：“我听见你在园中行走的声音，就害怕得躲了起来，因为我赤身露体！” 11 耶和华上帝问：“谁说你赤身露体？难道你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的果子吗？” 12 那人说：“你赐给我作伴的女人摘了那树上的果子给我，我就吃了。” 13 耶和华上帝对女人说：“你这做的是什么事？”女人说：“是蛇诱骗我，我才吃的。”
上帝的审判
14 耶和华上帝对蛇说：
“你既然做了这事，
你要比一切的牲畜和野兽受更重的咒诅，
你要用肚子爬行，
一生都要吃尘土。
15 我要使你和女人结仇，
你的后代和女人的后代也要彼此为仇，
女人的后代必伤你的头，
你必伤他的脚跟。”
16 耶和华上帝对女人说：
“我必大大加重你怀孕的痛苦，
你分娩时必受痛苦。
你必恋慕[b]自己的丈夫，
你的丈夫必管辖你。”
17 耶和华上帝又对亚当说：
“因为你听从妻子的话，
吃了我吩咐你不可吃的果子，
地必因你而受咒诅。
你必终生艰辛劳苦，
才能吃到地里出产的食物。
18 地必给你长出荆棘和蒺藜，
你要吃田间长出来的菜蔬。
19 你必汗流满面，才有饭吃，
一直到你归回尘土。
因为你是尘土造的，
也必归回尘土。”
20 亚当给他的妻子取名叫夏娃，因为她是众生之母。 21 耶和华上帝做了皮衣给他们夫妇穿。 22 耶和华上帝说：“看啊，那人已经与我们相似，能分辨善恶。现在，恐怕他会伸手去摘生命树的果子吃，那样他就会永远活着。” 23 因此，耶和华上帝就把亚当赶出伊甸园，让他去开垦土地——他的本源。 24 上帝赶走了亚当以后，就派遣基路伯天使驻守在伊甸园东边，又用一把旋转的火剑守护在通往生命树的路上。
该隐和亚伯
4 亚当和他妻子夏娃同房，夏娃便怀孕，生了该隐。她说：“耶和华让我得了一个男孩。” 2 后来，夏娃又生了该隐的弟弟亚伯。长大后，亚伯做了牧羊人，该隐做了农夫。
3 到了收成的时候，该隐把地里的出产当祭物献给耶和华， 4 亚伯也把羊群中头生的羊及其最肥美的部分献给耶和华。耶和华悦纳亚伯和他的祭物， 5 却不悦纳该隐和他的祭物。该隐便非常恼火，面带怒容。 6 耶和华问该隐：“你为什么恼火？为什么面带怒容？ 7 如果你做得对，难道不会蒙悦纳吗？如果你做得不对，罪就蹲在你的门口要控制你，但你必须制服罪。”
8 该隐对弟弟亚伯说：“我们去田间吧！”[c]他们在田间的时候，该隐动手打亚伯，把他杀了。
9 后来，耶和华问该隐：“你弟弟亚伯在哪里？”他说：“我不知道！难道我是弟弟的看护人吗？” 10 耶和华说：“你做了什么事？你弟弟的血从地里向我哭诉。 11 地张开口从你手上接受了你弟弟的血，你在地上必受咒诅。 12 你种地，地却不会再为你长出任何东西，你必在地上四处漂泊。” 13 该隐对耶和华说：“这惩罚太重！我承受不了。 14 今天你把我赶出去，使我不能再见你的面。我在地上四处漂泊，见到我的人都会杀我。” 15 耶和华对他说：“不会的，因为凡杀你的，必遭受七倍的报应。”于是，耶和华在该隐身上留下一个记号，免得见到他的人杀他。 16 该隐离开耶和华，来到伊甸东边的挪得住下来。
该隐的后代
17 该隐和妻子同房，他的妻子就怀孕，生了以诺。该隐建了一座城，用他儿子的名字给这城取名叫以诺。 18 以诺生以拿，以拿生米户雅利，米户雅利生玛土撒利，玛土撒利生拉麦。 19 拉麦娶了两个妻子，一个叫亚大，另一个叫洗拉。 20 亚大生了亚八，亚八是游牧民族的祖先， 21 亚八的弟弟犹八是吹奏乐器之人的鼻祖。 22 洗拉生了土八·该隐，他是打造各种铜铁器具的匠人[d]，他的妹妹叫拿玛。
23 一天，拉麦对他的两个妻子说：
“亚大，洗拉，你们听我的声音；
拉麦的妻子啊，侧耳听我的话，
有人伤我，我杀了他，
青年打我，我宰了他。
24 杀该隐的遭受七倍的报应，
杀拉麦的遭受七十七倍的报应。”
塞特和以挪士
25 亚当又与妻子夏娃同房，夏娃生了一个儿子，取名叫塞特，因为她说：“上帝赐我另一个儿子来代替亚伯，因为该隐杀了他。” 26 塞特生了一个儿子，给他取名叫以挪士。那时候，人才开始求告耶和华。
亚当的后代
5 以下是关于亚当后代的记载。
上帝造人的时候，是照祂自己的形象造的。 2 祂造了男人和女人，又赐福给他们，在创造他们的那日称他们为“人”。 3 亚当一百三十岁生了一子，长相酷似自己，给他取名叫塞特。 4 亚当生了塞特以后，又活了八百年，生儿育女， 5 九百三十岁去世。
6 塞特一百零五岁生以挪士， 7 之后又活了八百零七年，生儿育女， 8 九百一十二岁去世。
9 以挪士九十岁生该南， 10 之后又活了八百一十五年，生儿育女， 11 九百零五岁去世。
12 该南七十岁生玛勒列， 13 之后又活了八百四十年，生儿育女， 14 九百一十岁去世。
15 玛勒列六十五岁生雅列， 16 之后又活了八百三十年，生儿育女， 17 八百九十五岁去世。
18 雅列一百六十二岁生以诺， 19 之后又活了八百年，生儿育女， 20 九百六十二岁去世。
21 以诺六十五岁生玛土撒拉， 22 之后与上帝亲密同行三百年，生儿育女， 23 共活了三百六十五年。 24 以诺与上帝亲密同行，后来被上帝接去，不在世上了。
25 玛土撒拉一百八十七岁生拉麦， 26 之后又活了七百八十二年，生儿育女， 27 九百六十九岁去世。
28 拉麦一百八十二岁生了一个儿子， 29 取名叫挪亚[e]，他说：“耶和华咒诅了大地，以致我们艰辛劳苦，这孩子必使我们从艰辛劳苦中得安慰。” 30 拉麦生挪亚之后，又活了五百九十五年，生儿育女， 31 七百七十七岁去世。
32 挪亚五百岁生闪、含和雅弗。
人类的邪恶
6 人类在地上逐渐增多，生了女儿。 2 上帝的儿子们[f]看见人的女儿漂亮，就随意选来做妻子。 3 耶和华说：“人既然是血肉之躯，我的灵不会永远住在人的里面，然而人还可以活一百二十年。” 4 从那时起，地上出现了一些巨人，他们是上古有名的勇士，是上帝的儿子和人的女儿所生的后代。
5 耶和华看见人罪恶深重，心中终日思想恶事， 6 就后悔在地上造了人，心里伤痛， 7 说：“我要把所造的人从地上除掉，连同一切飞禽走兽和爬虫都除掉，我后悔造了他们。” 8 只有挪亚在耶和华面前蒙恩。
上帝命挪亚造方舟
9 以下是有关挪亚的记载。
挪亚是个义人，在当时的世代是个纯全无过的人，他与上帝同行。 10 挪亚生了三个儿子：闪、含和雅弗。
11 当时的世界在上帝眼中非常败坏，充满了暴行。 12 上帝看见世界败坏了，因为世人行为败坏。 13 祂对挪亚说：“世人恶贯满盈，他们的结局到了。我要把他们跟大地一起毁灭。 14 你要为自己用歌斐木建造一艘方舟，里面要有舱房，内外都要涂上柏油。 15 你建造的方舟要长一百三十三米，宽二十二米，高十三米。 16 舟顶要有五十厘米高的透光口，门开在方舟的侧面，整艘方舟要分为上、中、下三层。 17 看啊，我要使洪水在地上泛滥，毁灭天下。地上一切有气息的生灵都要灭亡。 18 但我要跟你立约，你与妻子、儿子和儿媳都可以进方舟。 19 每种动物你要带两只进方舟，雌雄各一只，好保存它们的生命。 20 各种飞禽走兽和爬虫要按种类每样一对到你那里，好保住生命。 21 你要为自己和这些动物预备各种食物，贮存起来。”
22 挪亚就照着上帝的吩咐把事情都办好了。
洪水泛滥
7 耶和华对挪亚说：“你和你一家都进入方舟，因为这个世代只有你在我眼中是义人。 2 洁净的动物，你要每样带七公七母，不洁净的动物每样带一公一母， 3 飞鸟每样带七公七母，叫它们以后可以在地上繁衍后代。 4 因为七天之后，我要在地上降雨四十昼夜，毁灭我所造的一切生灵。” 5 凡耶和华所吩咐的，挪亚都照办了。
6 洪水泛滥的那一年，挪亚正好六百岁。 7 挪亚与妻子、儿子们和儿媳们都进了方舟，躲避洪水。 8 洁净的动物、不洁净的动物、飞禽和地上的一切爬虫， 9 都一公一母成对地到挪亚那里，进了方舟，正如上帝对挪亚的吩咐。 10 那七天过后，洪水在地上泛滥起来。
11 挪亚六百岁那年的二月[g]十七日，所有深渊的泉源都裂开了，天上的水闸也打开了， 12 地上倾盆大雨降了四十昼夜。 13 那天，挪亚与他的儿子闪、含和雅弗，还有挪亚的妻子和三个儿媳妇都进了方舟。 14 所有的野兽、牲畜、地上的爬虫和飞鸟都按种类进入方舟。 15-16 这些动物都一公一母成对地到挪亚那里，进入方舟，正如上帝对挪亚的吩咐。耶和华关上了方舟的门。
17 洪水在地上泛滥了四十天，水不断地往上涨，把方舟漂了起来。 18 洪水来势汹汹，淹没大地，方舟漂浮在水面上。 19 水势越来越大，把天下各处的高山都淹没了。 20 水淹没了群山，水面高出群山七米。 21 世上所有的飞禽、走兽、牲畜、爬虫和人类都死了。 22 在陆地上所有用鼻孔呼吸的生灵都死了。 23 地上的人类、飞禽走兽和爬虫等一切生灵都被毁灭了，只剩下挪亚和跟他同在方舟里的生灵。 24 洪水淹没大地一百五十天。
洪水消退
8 上帝眷顾挪亚及方舟里的野兽和牲畜，使风吹在大地上，水便开始消退。 2 深渊的泉源和天上的水闸都关闭了，大雨也停了。 3 地上的洪水慢慢消退，过了一百五十天，水退下去了。 4 七月十七日，方舟停在亚拉腊山上。 5 水继续消退，到十月一日，山顶都露出来了。
6 又过了四十天，挪亚打开方舟的窗户， 7 放出一只乌鸦。它一直在空中飞来飞去，直到地上的水都干了。 8 后来，挪亚放出一只鸽子，以便了解地面的水是否已经消退。 9 但遍地都是水，鸽子找不到歇脚的地方，就飞回了方舟，挪亚伸手把鸽子接进方舟里。 10 过了七天，挪亚再把鸽子放出去。 11 到了黄昏，鸽子飞回来，嘴里衔着一片新拧下来的橄榄叶，挪亚便知道地上的水已经退了。 12 等了七天，他又放出鸽子，这一次，鸽子没有回来。
13 挪亚六百零一岁那年的一月一日，地上的水干了。挪亚打开方舟的盖观望，看见地面都干了。 14 到了二月二十七日，大地完全干了。 15 上帝对挪亚说： 16 “你与妻子、儿子和儿媳可以出方舟了。 17 你要把方舟里的飞禽走兽及爬虫等所有动物都带出来，让它们在地上多多繁殖。” 18 于是，挪亚与妻子、儿子和儿媳都出了方舟。 19 方舟里的飞禽走兽和爬虫等所有地上的动物，都按种类出了方舟。
挪亚献祭
20 挪亚为耶和华筑了一座坛，在上面焚烧各种洁净的牲畜和飞鸟作为燔祭。 21 耶和华闻到这燔祭的馨香，心想：“虽然人从小就心存恶念，但我再不会因为人的缘故而咒诅大地，再不会毁灭一切生灵。 22 只要大地尚存，播种收割、夏热冬寒、白昼黑夜必永不停息。”
上帝与挪亚立约
9 上帝赐福给挪亚和他的儿子们，对他们说：“你们要生养众多，遍布地面。 2 你们要管理所有地上的走兽、空中的飞鸟、地上的爬虫和海里的鱼，它们都必惧怕你们。 3 凡是活着的动物都可作你们的食物，就像菜蔬和谷物一样。 4 只是你们不可吃带血的肉，因为血就是生命。 5 凡是杀人害命的，无论人或兽，我必向他们追讨血债。凡杀人的，我必追讨他的血债。 6 凡杀害人的，也必被人杀害，因为人是上帝照着自己的形象造的。 7 你们要生养众多，使地上人口兴旺。”
8 上帝又对挪亚和他的儿子们说： 9 “我要跟你们和你们的后代， 10 以及所有和你们在一起、从方舟出来的飞禽走兽和牲畜等各种动物立约。 11 我与你们立约，不再叫洪水淹没一切生灵，也不再让洪水毁灭大地。” 12 上帝说：“我与你们及各种生灵立世代永存的约，我要给这个约一个记号。 13 我把彩虹放在云中，作为我跟大地立约的记号。 14 我使云彩覆盖大地的时候，会有彩虹在云中出现。 15 这样我会记得我与你们及一切生灵所立的约，水就不会再泛滥淹灭所有生灵。 16 当我看见彩虹在云中出现的时候，就会记得我与地上一切生灵立的永约。” 17 上帝对挪亚说：“彩虹是我与地上一切生灵立约的记号。”
挪亚和他的儿子
18 与挪亚一起出方舟的有他的儿子闪、含、雅弗。含是迦南的父亲。 19 挪亚这三个儿子的后代遍布天下。
20 挪亚做了农夫，他是第一个栽种葡萄园的人。 21 一天，他喝葡萄酒喝醉了，赤裸着身体躺在帐篷里。 22 迦南的父亲含看见他父亲赤身露体，便去告诉外面的两个弟兄。 23 于是，闪和雅弗拿了一件衣服搭在肩上，倒退着走进帐篷，把衣服盖在父亲身上，他们背着脸不看父亲赤裸的身体。
24 挪亚酒醒后，知道了小儿子做的事， 25 就说：
“迦南该受咒诅，
必做他弟兄的仆人的仆人。”
26 又说：
“闪的上帝耶和华当受称颂！
迦南要做闪的仆人。
27 愿上帝扩张雅弗的疆界，
愿他住在闪的帐篷里，
让迦南做他的仆人。”
28 洪水以后，挪亚又活了三百五十年。 29 挪亚一生共活了九百五十岁。
挪亚三个儿子的后代
10 洪水以后，挪亚的儿子闪、含和雅弗都生养了儿女，以下是他们的后代。
2 雅弗的儿子是歌篾、玛各、玛代、雅完、土巴、米设、提拉。 3 歌篾的儿子是亚实基拿、利法、陀迦玛。 4 雅完的儿子是以利沙、他施、基提、多单。 5 雅弗的这些后裔按宗族、语言和民族分散在各海岛。
6 含的儿子是古实、麦西[h]、弗、迦南。 7 古实的儿子是西巴、哈腓拉、撒弗他、拉玛、撒弗提迦。拉玛的儿子是示巴和底但。
8 古实也是宁录之父，宁录是世上第一位勇士， 9 在耶和华眼中是个孔武有力的猎人，因此有俗话说：“要像宁录那样在耶和华眼中是个孔武有力的猎人。” 10 他首先在示拿地区的巴别、以力、亚甲、甲尼各地建国， 11 后来扩展到亚述，在那里建立了尼尼微、利河伯、迦拉各城， 12 又在尼尼微与迦拉之间建立了利鲜大城。
13 麦西的后代有路低人、亚拿米人、利哈比人、拿弗土希人、 14 帕斯鲁细人、迦斯路希人和迦斐托人。非利士人是迦斐托人的后代。
15 迦南生长子西顿和次子赫， 16 他的后代还有耶布斯人、亚摩利人、革迦撒人、
Genesis 1-10
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Genesis 1-10
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The Beginning
1 In the beginning(A) God created(B) the heavens(C) and the earth.(D) 2 Now the earth was formless(E) and empty,(F) darkness was over the surface of the deep,(G) and the Spirit of God(H) was hovering(I) over the waters.
3 And God said,(J) “Let there be light,” and there was light.(K) 4 God saw that the light was good,(L) and he separated the light from the darkness.(M) 5 God called(N) the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”(O) And there was evening, and there was morning(P)—the first day.
6 And God said,(Q) “Let there be a vault(R) between the waters(S) to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.(T) And it was so.(U) 8 God called(V) the vault “sky.”(W) And there was evening, and there was morning(X)—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,(Y) and let dry ground(Z) appear.” And it was so.(AA) 10 God called(AB) the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters(AC) he called “seas.”(AD) And God saw that it was good.(AE)
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:(AF) seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.(AG)” And it was so.(AH) 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds(AI) and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.(AJ) 13 And there was evening, and there was morning(AK)—the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights(AL) in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,(AM) and let them serve as signs(AN) to mark sacred times,(AO) and days and years,(AP) 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.(AQ) 16 God made two great lights—the greater light(AR) to govern(AS) the day and the lesser light to govern(AT) the night.(AU) He also made the stars.(AV) 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night,(AW) and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.(AX) 19 And there was evening, and there was morning(AY)—the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,(AZ) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”(BA) 21 So God created(BB) the great creatures of the sea(BC) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,(BD) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.(BE) And God saw that it was good.(BF) 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”(BG) 23 And there was evening, and there was morning(BH)—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures(BI) according to their kinds:(BJ) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.(BK) 25 God made the wild animals(BL) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.(BM) And God saw that it was good.(BN)
26 Then God said, “Let us(BO) make mankind(BP) in our image,(BQ) in our likeness,(BR) so that they may rule(BS) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(BT) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created(BU) mankind(BV) in his own image,(BW)
in the image of God(BX) he created them;
male and female(BY) he created them.(BZ)
28 God blessed them and said to them,(CA) “Be fruitful and increase in number;(CB) fill the earth(CC) and subdue it. Rule over(CD) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.(CE)”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.(CF) 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life(CG) in it—I give every green plant for food.(CH)” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made,(CI) and it was very good.(CJ) And there was evening, and there was morning(CK)—the sixth day.
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(CL)
2 By the seventh day(CM) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.(CN) 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(CO) because on it he rested(CP) from all the work of creating(CQ) that he had done.
Adam and Eve
4 This is the account(CR) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,(CS) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[b] and no plant had yet sprung up,(CT) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth(CU) and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams[c] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed(CV) a man[d](CW) from the dust(CX) of the ground(CY) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(CZ) of life,(DA) and the man became a living being.(DB)
8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(DC) and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees(DD) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life(DE) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(DF)
10 A river(DG) watering the garden flowed from Eden;(DH) from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,(DI) where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[e](DJ) and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.[f] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris;(DK) it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.(DL)
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden(DM) to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;(DN) 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,(DO) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(DP)
18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”(DQ)
19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals(DR) and all the birds in the sky.(DS) He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called(DT) each living creature,(DU) that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
But for Adam[g] no suitable helper(DV) was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(DW) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[h] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[i](DX) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;(DY)
she shall be called(DZ) ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.(EA)”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(EB) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(EC)
25 Adam and his wife were both naked,(ED) and they felt no shame.
The Fall
3 Now the serpent(EE) was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?(EF)”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,(EG) 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”(EH)
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.(EI) 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,(EJ) knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable(EK) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,(EL) who was with her, and he ate it.(EM) 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked;(EN) so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.(EO)
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking(EP) in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid(EQ) from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”(ER)
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid(ES) because I was naked;(ET) so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked?(EU) Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?(EV)”
12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me(EW)—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me,(EX) and I ate.”
14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed(EY) are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust(EZ)
all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[j](FA) and hers;(FB)
he will crush[k] your head,(FC)
and you will strike his heel.”
16 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.(FD)
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.(FE)”
17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’(FF)
“Cursed(FG) is the ground(FH) because of you;
through painful toil(FI) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.(FJ)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(FK) for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(FL)
19 By the sweat of your brow(FM)
you will eat your food(FN)
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”(FO)
20 Adam[l] named his wife Eve,[m](FP) because she would become the mother of all the living.
21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.(FQ) 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,(FR) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life(FS) and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden(FT) to work the ground(FU) from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side[n] of the Garden of Eden(FV) cherubim(FW) and a flaming sword(FX) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.(FY)
Cain and Abel
4 Adam[o] made love to his wife(FZ) Eve,(GA) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[p](GB) She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[q] a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.(GC)
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.(GD) 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering(GE) to the Lord.(GF) 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions(GG) from some of the firstborn of his flock.(GH) The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,(GI) 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry?(GJ) Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;(GK) it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.(GL)”
8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[r] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.(GM)
9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”(GN)
“I don’t know,(GO)” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10 The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.(GP) 11 Now you are under a curse(GQ) and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you.(GR) You will be a restless wanderer(GS) on the earth.(GT)”
13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear. 14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence;(GU) I will be a restless wanderer on the earth,(GV) and whoever finds me will kill me.”(GW)
15 But the Lord said to him, “Not so[s]; anyone who kills Cain(GX) will suffer vengeance(GY) seven times over.(GZ)” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. 16 So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence(HA) and lived in the land of Nod,[t] east of Eden.(HB)
17 Cain made love to his wife,(HC) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city,(HD) and he named it after his son(HE) Enoch. 18 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.
19 Lamech married(HF) two women,(HG) one named Adah and the other Zillah. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments(HH) and pipes.(HI) 22 Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged(HJ) all kinds of tools out of[u] bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.
23 Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed(HK) a man for wounding me,
a young man for injuring me.
24 If Cain is avenged(HL) seven times,(HM)
then Lamech seventy-seven times.(HN)”
25 Adam made love to his wife(HO) again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,[v](HP) saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”(HQ) 26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.(HR)
At that time people began to call on[w] the name of the Lord.(HS)
From Adam to Noah
5 This is the written account(HT) of Adam’s family line.(HU)
When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.(HV) 2 He created them(HW) male and female(HX) and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”[x] when they were created.
3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image;(HY) and he named him Seth.(HZ) 4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5 Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.(IA)
6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father[y] of Enosh.(IB) 7 After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 8 Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.(IC) 10 After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11 Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.(ID) 13 After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.(IE) 16 After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.(IF) 19 After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20 Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.(IG) 22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God(IH) 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God;(II) then he was no more, because God took him away.(IJ)
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.(IK) 26 After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 29 He named him Noah[z](IL) and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.(IM)” 30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
32 After Noah was 500 years old,(IN) he became the father of Shem,(IO) Ham and Japheth.(IP)
Wickedness in the World
6 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth(IQ) and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God(IR) saw that the daughters(IS) of humans were beautiful,(IT) and they married(IU) any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit(IV) will not contend with[aa] humans forever,(IW) for they are mortal[ab];(IX) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim(IY) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans(IZ) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.(JA)
5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,(JB) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.(JC) 6 The Lord regretted(JD) that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth(JE) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.(JF)” 8 But Noah(JG) found favor in the eyes of the Lord.(JH)
Noah and the Flood
9 This is the account(JI) of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless(JJ) among the people of his time,(JK) and he walked faithfully with God.(JL) 10 Noah had three sons: Shem,(JM) Ham and Japheth.(JN)
11 Now the earth was corrupt(JO) in God’s sight and was full of violence.(JP) 12 God saw how corrupt(JQ) the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.(JR) 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy(JS) both them and the earth.(JT) 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[ac] wood;(JU) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch(JV) inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.[ad] 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[ae] high all around.[af] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters(JW) on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.(JX) 18 But I will establish my covenant with you,(JY) and you will enter the ark(JZ)—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.(KA) 20 Two(KB) of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind(KC) of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.(KD) 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”
22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.(KE)
7 The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family,(KF) because I have found you righteous(KG) in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean(KH) animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive(KI) throughout the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain(KJ) on the earth(KK) for forty days(KL) and forty nights,(KM) and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.(KN)”
5 And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.(KO)
6 Noah was six hundred years old(KP) when the floodwaters came on the earth. 7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark(KQ) to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Pairs of clean and unclean(KR) animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, 9 male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.(KS) 10 And after the seven days(KT) the floodwaters came on the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life,(KU) on the seventeenth day of the second month(KV)—on that day all the springs of the great deep(KW) burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens(KX) were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.(KY)
13 On that very day Noah and his sons,(KZ) Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.(LA) 14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind,(LB) everything with wings. 15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.(LC) 16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah.(LD) Then the Lord shut him in.
17 For forty days(LE) the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.(LF) 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.[ag][ah] (LG) 21 Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.(LH) 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life(LI) in its nostrils died. 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth.(LJ) Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.(LK)
24 The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.(LL)
8 But God remembered(LM) Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth,(LN) and the waters receded. 2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens(LO) had been closed, and the rain(LP) had stopped falling from the sky. 3 The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days(LQ) the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month(LR) the ark came to rest on the mountains(LS) of Ararat.(LT) 5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
6 After forty days(LU) Noah opened a window he had made in the ark 7 and sent out a raven,(LV) and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.(LW) 8 Then he sent out a dove(LX) to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. 9 But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.(LY) 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
13 By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year,(LZ) the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month(MA) the earth was completely dry.
15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.(MB) 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”(MC)
18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.(MD) 19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord(ME) and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean(MF) birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings(MG) on it. 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(MH) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(MI) because of humans, even though[ai] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(MJ) And never again will I destroy(MK) all living creatures,(ML) as I have done.
22 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,(MM)
cold and heat,
summer and winter,(MN)
day and night
will never cease.”(MO)
God’s Covenant With Noah
9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.(MP) 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.(MQ) 3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.(MR) Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.(MS)
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(MT) 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(MU) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(MV) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(MW)
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;(MX)
for in the image of God(MY)
has God made mankind.
7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(MZ)
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “I now establish my covenant with you(NA) and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant(NB) with you:(NC) Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.(ND)”
12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant(NE) I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:(NF) 13 I have set my rainbow(NG) in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow(NH) appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant(NI) between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.(NJ) 16 Whenever the rainbow(NK) appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant(NL) between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant(NM) I have established between me and all life on the earth.”
The Sons of Noah
18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth.(NN) (Ham was the father of Canaan.)(NO) 19 These were the three sons of Noah,(NP) and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.(NQ)
20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded[aj] to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine,(NR) he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked(NS) and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,
26 He also said,
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!(NW)
May Canaan be the slave(NX) of Shem.
27 May God extend Japheth’s[ak] territory;(NY)
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,(NZ)
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”
28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.(OA)
The Table of Nations
10 This is the account(OB) of Shem, Ham and Japheth,(OC) Noah’s sons,(OD) who themselves had sons after the flood.
The Japhethites(OE)
2 The sons[al] of Japheth:
Gomer,(OF) Magog,(OG) Madai, Javan,(OH) Tubal,(OI) Meshek(OJ) and Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz,(OK) Riphath and Togarmah.(OL)
4 The sons of Javan:
Elishah,(OM) Tarshish,(ON) the Kittites(OO) and the Rodanites.[am] 5 (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)(OP)
The Hamites(OQ)
6 The sons of Ham:
Cush,(OR) Egypt, Put(OS) and Canaan.(OT)
7 The sons of Cush:
Seba,(OU) Havilah,(OV) Sabtah, Raamah(OW) and Sabteka.
The sons of Raamah:
8 Cush was the father[an] of Nimrod,(OZ) who became a mighty warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty(PA) hunter(PB) before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,(PC) Uruk,(PD) Akkad and Kalneh,(PE) in[ao] Shinar.[ap](PF) 11 From that land he went to Assyria,(PG) where he built Nineveh,(PH) Rehoboth Ir,[aq] Calah 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth
- Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
- Genesis 2:6 Or mist
- Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).
- Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls
- Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia
- Genesis 2:20 Or the man
- Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
- Genesis 2:22 Or part
- Genesis 3:15 Or seed
- Genesis 3:15 Or strike
- Genesis 3:20 Or The man
- Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.
- Genesis 3:24 Or placed in front
- Genesis 4:1 Or The man
- Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for brought forth or acquired.
- Genesis 4:1 Or have acquired
- Genesis 4:8 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text does not have “Let’s go out to the field.”
- Genesis 4:15 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew Very well
- Genesis 4:16 Nod means wandering (see verses 12 and 14).
- Genesis 4:22 Or who instructed all who work in
- Genesis 4:25 Seth probably means granted.
- Genesis 4:26 Or to proclaim
- Genesis 5:2 Hebrew adam
- Genesis 5:6 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 7-26.
- Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.
- Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
- Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt
- Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Genesis 6:15 That is, about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 135 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high
- Genesis 6:16 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
- Genesis 6:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
- Genesis 7:20 That is, about 23 feet or about 6.8 meters
- Genesis 7:20 Or rose more than fifteen cubits, and the mountains were covered
- Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for
- Genesis 9:20 Or soil, was the first
- Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.
- Genesis 10:2 Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.
- Genesis 10:4 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanites
- Genesis 10:8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.
- Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in
- Genesis 10:10 That is, Babylonia
- Genesis 10:11 Or Nineveh with its city squares
- Genesis 10:15 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost
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