Wild bushes and plants were not on the earth yet because Yahweh Elohim hadn’t sent rain on the earth. Also, there was no one to farm the land.

Then Yahweh Elohim said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him.”

Elohim asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from the tree I commanded you not to eat from?”

Then Yahweh Elohim said, “The man has become like one of us, since he knows good and evil. He must not reach out and take the fruit from the tree of life and eat. Then he would live forever.”

So Yahweh said to him, “Not so! Anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Yahweh gave Cain a sign so that anyone meeting him would not kill him.

Then Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not struggle with humans forever, because they are flesh and blood. They will live 120 years.”

Yahweh saw how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil.

So Yahweh said, “I will wipe off the face of the earth these humans that I created. I will wipe out not only humans, but also domestic animals, crawling animals, and birds. I’m sorry that I made them.”

The world was corrupt in Elohim’s sight and full of violence.

Elohim saw the world and how corrupt it was because all people on earth lived evil lives.

Yahweh smelled the soothing aroma. Yahweh said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, even though from birth their hearts are set on nothing but evil. I will never again kill every living creature as I have just done.

“But you are not to eat meat with blood in it. (Blood is life.)

The Tower of Babel

The whole world had one language with a common vocabulary.

Yahweh said, “They are one people with one language. This is only the beginning of what they will do! Now nothing they plan to do will be too difficult for them.

Sarai was not able to have children.

Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have any more quarrels between us or between our herders. After all, we’re relatives.

Suddenly, Yahweh spoke his word to Abram again. He said, “This man will not be your heir. Your own son will be your heir.”

So Abram brought all these animals to him. He cut each of them in half and laid each half opposite the other. However, he did not cut the birds in half.

Elohim said to Abram, “You can know for sure that your descendants will live in a land that is not their own, where they will be slaves, and they will be oppressed for 400 years.

In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, because the sin of the Amorites will not have run its course until then.”

Abram and Hagar

Sarai, Abram’s wife, was not able to have children. She owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

For generations to come every male child who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether he is born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner who’s not related to you.

Then Abraham said to Elohim, “Why not let Ishmael be my heir?”

I must go down and see whether these complaints are true. If not, I will know it.”

what if there are 45 innocent people? Will you destroy the whole city because of 5 fewer people?” Yahweh answered, “I will not destroy it if I find 45 there.”