Then God put these lights in the sky to shine on the earth,

God made every one of them. Then he looked at what he had done, and it was good.

God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.

The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.

The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it.

So the Lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names. None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.

That's why a man will leave his own father and mother. He marries a woman, and the two of them become like one person.

At once they saw what they had done, and they realized they were naked. Then they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.

So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden, where they would have to work the ground from which the man had been made.

Then God put winged creatures at the entrance to the garden and a flaming, flashing sword to guard the way to the life-giving tree.

And so, I'll put you under a curse. Because you killed Abel and made his blood run out on the ground, you will never be able to farm it again.

Descendants of Adam

God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. The following is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:

After Noah was 500 years old, he had three sons and named them Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

He was sorry that he had made them,

Get some good lumber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.

Take into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal and bird, as well as a male and a female of every reptile. I don't want them to be destroyed.

Store up enough food both for yourself and for them.

The smell of the burning offering pleased the Lord, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

All animals, birds, reptiles, and fish will be afraid of you. I have placed them under your control,

and I have given them to you for food. From now on, you may eat them, as well as the green plants that you have always eaten.

I created humans to be like me, and I will punish any animal or person that takes a human life. If an animal kills someone, that animal must die. And if a person takes the life of another, that person must be put to death.

The rainbow that I have put in the sky will be my sign to you and to every living creature on earth. It will remind you that I will keep this promise forever.

Shem and Japheth put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body.

Let's go down and confuse them! We'll make them speak different languages, and they won't be able to understand each other.

Abram and Lot Separate

Abram and Sarai took everything they owned and went to the Southern Desert. Lot went with them.