God saw that the light was good, so he ·divided [separated] the light from the darkness.

God ·named [called] the dry land “earth” and [^Lhe called] the water that was gathered together “seas.” God saw that this was good.

Then God said, “Let the earth produce ·plants [vegetation]—some to make grain for seeds and ·others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant [^Lfruit trees on earth bearing fruit according to its own kind/species that has seed in them].” And it happened.

The earth ·produced [brought forth] plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. ·Each seed grew its own kind of plant [^L…according to its kind/species]. God saw that all this was good.

to rule over the day and over the night, and to ·separate [divide] the light from the darkness. God saw that all these things were good.

So God created [1:1] the large sea ·animals [or monsters] and every living thing that ·moves [^Lswarms] in the sea. The sea is filled with these living things, with each one ·producing more of its own kind [^Laccording to its kind/species]. He also ·made [or created; 1:1] every bird that flies, and each bird ·produced more of its own kind [^Laccording to its kind/species]. God saw that this was good.

So God made the wild animals, the ·tame animals [beasts; livestock], and all the small crawling animals ·to produce more of their own kind [^Laccording to their kind/species]. God saw that this was good.

God blessed them and said [^Lto them], “·Have many children and grow in number [^TBe fruitful and multiply]. ·Fill […and fill] the earth and ·be its master [subdue it]. ·Rule [^THave dominion] over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the ·sky [heavens] and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

I have given all the green plants as food for every wild animal, every bird of the ·air [sky; heavens], and every small ·crawling [creeping] animal.” And it happened.

God looked at everything he had made, and it was ·very [exceedingly] good. Evening passed, and morning came [1:5]. This was the sixth day.

The Lord God caused every ·beautiful [^Ldesirous to see] tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree ·that gives life [^Tof life] and also the tree ·that gives the knowledge [^Tof the knowledge] of good and evil.

but you must not eat the fruit from the tree ·which gives the [^Tof the] knowledge of good and evil [^Ceating from this tree would make Adam, not God, the determiner of right and wrong]. If you ever eat fruit from that tree, you will [^Lcertainly] die!”

The First Woman

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper [^Cin the sense of a partner or ally; the word does not imply subordinate status; see Ps. 79:9] who ·is right for [is suitable for; corresponds with] him.”

From the ground God formed every ·wild animal [^Lanimal of the field] and every bird in the ·sky [heavens], and he brought them to the man ·so the man could name them [^Lto see what he would call them]. Whatever the man called each living thing, that became its name.

But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden [^Cthe tree of the knowledge of good and evil]. You must not even touch it [^CEve was adding to the divine command], or you will die.’ ”

[^LFor] God knows that if you eat ·the fruit from that tree [^Lfrom it], [^Lyour eyes will be opened and] you will ·learn about [experience; ^Lknow about] good and evil and you will be like God!”

The woman saw that the tree was ·beautiful [^Lpleasing to the eyes], that its fruit was good ·to eat [^Lfor food], and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her [^Capparently he was present but silent while the woman spoke to the snake], and he ate it.

Then the Lord God said, “Humans have become like one of us [^Creferring to the supernatural heavenly beings, God and the angels]; they know good and evil. We must keep them from [^Lputting forth their hand and taking and] eating some of the fruit from the tree of life, or they will live forever.”

After God ·forced [drove] humans out of the garden, he placed ·angels [^Lcherubim; ^Cparticularly powerful spiritual beings] and a sword of fire that flashed around in every direction on its eastern border. ·This kept people from getting […to guard the way] to the tree of life.

·Later [In due course; ^LAt the end of the days], Cain brought some ·food [produce; fruit] from the ground as a ·gift [tribute; Lev. 2] to God.

Abel brought the ·best parts [fat portions; Lev. 3:16] from some of the firstborn of his flock [Heb. 11:4]. The Lord ·accepted [looked with favor on] Abel and his ·gift [tribute],

but he did not ·accept [look with favor on] Cain and his ·gift [tribute]. So Cain became very angry and ·felt rejected [or felt dejected; ^Lhis face/countenance fell].

You will ·work [till] the ground, but it will not ·grow good crops [^Lyield its strength] for you anymore, and you will ·wander around [be a fugitive and a wanderer/homeless wanderer] on the earth.”

The Lord saw that the human beings on the earth were very ·wicked [evil] and that ·everything they thought about [^Levery inclination of their mind/heart] was ·evil [wicked].

So the Lord said, “I will ·destroy [wipe/blot out; exterminate] all human beings that I ·made [created; 1:1] on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that ·crawls [creeps] on the earth and the birds of the ·air [sky; heavens], because I ·am sorry [regret] I have made them.”