Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation.

The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.

The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above all wild animals; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.

Zillah bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Na′amah.

Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

Thus all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

Thus all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

Thus all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

Thus all the days of Ma-hal′alel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

Thus all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.

Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

Thus all the days of Methu′selah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

Thus all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.

And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh; for the earth is filled with violence through them; behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall die.

And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.