2 | GEN 1:2 | The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep. The Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters. |
5 | GEN 1:5 | God called the light “day,” and he called the darkness “night.” So there was evening, and then the morning, making day one. |
8 | GEN 1:8 | God called the expanse, “sky.” So there was evening, and then the morning, making day two. |
9 | GEN 1:9 | God said, “Let the waters below the sky collect together in one place so that the land may appear.” And so it was. |
13 | GEN 1:13 | So there was evening, and then the morning, making day three. |
14 | GEN 1:14 | God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night, and to provide a way to mark seasons, days, and years. |
15 | GEN 1:15 | They shall be lights in the sky to shine on the earth.” And that's what happened. |
16 | GEN 1:16 | God created two great lights: the larger one in charge of the day, and the smaller one in charge of the night. He created the stars too. |
17 | GEN 1:17 | God placed these lights in the sky to shine upon the earth, |
18 | GEN 1:18 | to be in charge of the day and in charge of the night, and to separate light from darkness. God saw that it was good. |
19 | GEN 1:19 | So there was evening, and then the morning, making day four. |
20 | GEN 1:20 | God said, “Let the waters be full of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the sky.” |
21 | GEN 1:21 | So God created huge sea creatures and all the living things that swim and fill the waters, each one according to its own kind; and every bird that flies, each one according to its own kind. God saw that it was good. |
23 | GEN 1:23 | So there was evening, and then the morning, making day five. |
26 | GEN 1:26 | God said, “Let us make human beings in our image who are like us. They will have authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over the whole of the earth and every creature that moves on it.” |
28 | GEN 1:28 | God blessed them and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth and control it; exercise authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the earth.” |
29 | GEN 1:29 | God said, “Look, I'm giving you as your food every seed-bearing plant anywhere on earth, and every tree that produces fruit with seeds. |
30 | GEN 1:30 | I'm giving all the green plants to all the land animals, to the birds, and to every creature that moves on the earth—to every living thing.” And that's what happened. |
31 | GEN 1:31 | God saw everything that he had created, and yes, it was very good. So there was evening, and then the morning, making day six. |
32 | GEN 2:1 | The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete. |
33 | GEN 2:2 | By the time the seventh day came, God had finished the work he'd done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work he'd been doing. |
34 | GEN 2:3 | God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart as holy, because he rested from all the work he'd done in creation. |
43 | GEN 2:12 | (The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.) |
45 | GEN 2:14 | The third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called the Euphrates. |
47 | GEN 2:16 | The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden, |
48 | GEN 2:17 | but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because the day you eat from it you are certain to die.” |
50 | GEN 2:19 | The Lord God used the ground to make all the wild animals, and all the birds. He took them all to Adam to see what he would call them, and Adam named every living creature. |
51 | GEN 2:20 | Adam gave names to all the livestock, all the birds, and all the wild animals. But Adam didn't find anyone like him who could help him. |
52 | GEN 2:21 | So the Lord God put Adam into a deep sleep and as he slept the Lord God removed one of Adam's ribs and closed up the place where he took it with body tissue. |
54 | GEN 2:23 | “Finally!” said Adam. “Here is bone from my bone and flesh from my flesh. She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.” |
56 | GEN 2:25 | Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it. |
57 | GEN 3:1 | The serpent was more cunning than any of the other wild animals that the Lord God had made. He asked Eve, “Did God really say that you can't eat fruit from every tree in the garden?” |
59 | GEN 3:3 | God told us, ‘You mustn't eat from that tree, or even touch it, otherwise you'll die.’” |
60 | GEN 3:4 | “You certainly won't die,” the serpent told Eve. |
61 | GEN 3:5 | “It's because God knows that as soon as you eat it, you'll see things differently, and you'll be like God, knowing both what is good and what is evil.” |
62 | GEN 3:6 | Eve saw that the fruit of the tree appeared good to eat. It looked very attractive. She really wanted it so she could become wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it, and she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it too. |
63 | GEN 3:7 | Immediately they saw everything differently and realized they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves up. |
64 | GEN 3:8 | Later they heard the Lord walking in the garden in the evening when the breeze was blowing. Adam and Eve went and hid out of sight of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. |
65 | GEN 3:9 | The Lord God called out to Adam, “Where are you?” |
66 | GEN 3:10 | “I heard you walking in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid,” he replied. |
67 | GEN 3:11 | “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the Lord God. “Did you eat fruit from the tree I ordered you not to?” |
68 | GEN 3:12 | “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit from the tree, and I ate it,” Adam replied. |
69 | GEN 3:13 | The Lord God asked Eve, “Why have you done this?” “The serpent tricked me, and so I ate it,” she replied. |
70 | GEN 3:14 | Then the Lord God told the serpent, “Because of what you've done, you are cursed more than any of the other animals. You will slide along on your belly and eat dust as long as you live. |
71 | GEN 3:15 | I will make sure you and your children, and the woman and her children, are enemies. One of her children will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” |
72 | GEN 3:16 | He told Eve, “I will make pregnancy much more difficult, and giving birth will be very painful. However, you will still desire your husband, but he will have control over you.” |
73 | GEN 3:17 | He told Adam, “Because you did what your wife told you, and ate fruit from the tree after I ordered you, ‘Don't eat fruit from this tree,’ the ground is now cursed because of you. You will have to work painfully hard to grow food from it throughout your whole life. |
74 | GEN 3:18 | It will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will have to eat wild plants. |
75 | GEN 3:19 | You will have to sweat to grow enough food to eat until you die and return to the ground. For you were made from dust and you will return to dust.” |
78 | GEN 3:22 | Then the Lord God observed, “Look, the human beings have become like one of us, knowing both what is good and what is evil. Now if they take the fruit from the tree of life and eat it, then they'll live forever!” |
80 | GEN 3:24 | After he drove them out, the Lord God placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden angels and a sword that flashed in every direction. They were to prevent access to the tree of life. |
84 | GEN 4:4 | Abel also brought an offering: the firstborn lambs of his flock, selecting the very best parts to offer. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering, |
85 | GEN 4:5 | but he wasn't pleased with Cain and his offering, which made Cain very angry and he frowned in annoyance. |
86 | GEN 4:6 | The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? Why do you look so annoyed? |