2 | GEN 1:2 | When he began to create the earth, it was shapeless and completely desolate/chaotic. Darkness covered the deep water that surrounded the earth. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the water. |
3 | GEN 1:3 | God said, “I want light to shine!” And light shone. |
5 | GEN 1:5 | He gave to the light the name ‘day’, and he gave to the darkness the name ‘night’. After that, there was an evening which was followed by a morning. He called that whole period of time ‘the first day’. |
7 | GEN 1:7 | And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’. |
9 | GEN 1:9 | Then God said, “I want the water that is below the sky to come together, and dry ground to appear and rise above the water.” And that is what happened. |
15 | GEN 1:15 | I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened. |
22 | GEN 1:22 | God blessed them. He said, “Produce offspring and become very numerous. I want the creatures in the water to live in all the oceans, and birds also to become very numerous.” And that is what happened. |
24 | GEN 1:24 | Then God said, “I want various kinds of creatures to appear on the earth. There will be many kinds of ◄livestock/domestic animals►, creatures that scurry across the ground, and large wild animals.” And that is what happened. |
29 | GEN 1:29 | God said to the humans, “Listen! I have given you all the plants that produce seeds, all over the earth, and all the trees that have seeds in their fruit. All these things are for you to eat. |
30 | GEN 1:30 | I have given all the green plants to all the wild animals and to the birds and to all the creatures that scurry across the ground, to everything that breathes, for them to eat.” And that is what happened. |
36 | GEN 2:5 | At first there were no plants growing, because Yahweh God had not yet caused rain to fall on the ground. Furthermore, there was no one to till the ground for planting crops. |
41 | GEN 2:10 | A river flowed from Eden to provide water for the park/garden. Outside of Eden, the river divided into four rivers. |
45 | GEN 2:14 | The name of the third river is Tigris. It flows east of the city of Asshur. The name of the fourth river is Euphrates. |
56 | GEN 2:25 | Although the man and his wife were naked, they were not ashamed about that. |
70 | GEN 3:14 | Then Yahweh God said to the snake, “Because you did this, of all the livestock and the wild animals, I will curse/punish you alone. As a result, you and all other snakes will scurry across the ground on your bellies, and so what you eat will have dirt on it as long as you live. |
71 | GEN 3:15 | And I will cause you and the woman to act in a hostile way toward each other, and I will cause your brood and her descendants to act hostilely toward each other. You will strike at the heel of one descendant of hers, but he will strike your head.” |
74 | GEN 3:18 | Thornbushes and thistle plants and other weeds will grow and prevent what you have planted from growing. And for food, you will have to eat things that just grow in your fields. |
75 | GEN 3:19 | All your life you will sweat as you work hard to produce food to eat. Then you will die [EUP], and your body will be buried in the ground. I made you from soil, so when you die and are buried your body will decay and become soil again.” |
76 | GEN 3:20 | The man, whose name was Adam, named his wife Eve, which means ‘living’, because she became the ancestor of all living people. |
77 | GEN 3:21 | Then Yahweh God killed some animals and made clothes from their skins for Adam and his wife. |
79 | GEN 3:23 | So Yahweh God expelled the man and his wife from the garden of Eden. Yahweh God had created Adam from the ground, but now he forced him to till that ground so that he could grow food to eat. |
80 | GEN 3:24 | After Yahweh expelled them, on the east side of the garden he placed ◄cherubim/creatures with wings► and an angel holding a flaming sword which flashed back and forth. He did that in order to block the entrance to the garden, so that people could not go back to the tree that enables people who eat its fruit to live forever. |
81 | GEN 4:1 | Adam ◄had sex/slept► with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom she named Cain, which sounds like the word that means ‘produce’, because, she said, “By Yahweh’s help I have produced a son.” Some time later she gave birth to another son, and she named him Abel. |
82 | GEN 4:2 | After those boys grew up, Abel ◄tended/took care of► sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer. |
84 | GEN 4:4 | and Abel took from his flock some of the first lambs that had been born and killed them and, as a gift, gave to Yahweh the fatty parts, which were the best parts. Yahweh was pleased with Abel and his offering, |
88 | GEN 4:8 | But one day, Cain said to his younger brother Abel, “Let’s go for a walk in the fields.” So they went together. And when they were in the countryside, suddenly Cain attacked Abel and killed him. |
89 | GEN 4:9 | Later, even though Yahweh knew what Cain had done, he said to Cain, “Do you know where Abel, your younger brother, is?” Cain replied, “No, I do not know. ◄My job is not to guard my younger brother!/Am I supposed to take care of my younger brother?►” [RHQ] |
92 | GEN 4:12 | You will till the ground to plant crops, but the ground will produce very few [HYP] crops. And you will continually wander around the earth, and not have any place to live permanently.” |
99 | GEN 4:19 | When Lamech grew up he married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah. |
100 | GEN 4:20 | Adah gave birth to a son she named Jabal. |
103 | GEN 4:23 | One day Lamech said to his two wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen carefully to what I am saying. A young man struck me and wounded me, so I killed him. |
105 | GEN 4:25 | Adam continued to ◄have sex/sleep► with [EUP] his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to another son, whom she named Seth, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’, because, she said, “God has given me another child to take the place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” |
106 | GEN 4:26 | When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh again. |
107 | GEN 5:1 | Here is a list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humans, he caused them to be like him in many ways. |
109 | GEN 5:3 | When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who grew up to be just like him. That was the son he named Seth. |
110 | GEN 5:4 | After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 more years, and during those years he became the father of other sons and daughters. |
111 | GEN 5:5 | Adam lived 930 years altogether, and then he died. |
113 | GEN 5:7 | After Enosh was born, Seth lived 807 more years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
116 | GEN 5:10 | After Kenan was born, Enosh lived 815 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
119 | GEN 5:13 | After Mahalalel was born, Kenan lived 840 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
122 | GEN 5:16 | After Jared was born, Mahalalel lived 830 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
149 | GEN 6:11 | At that time God considered that everyone else on earth was very wicked, and everywhere on the earth, people [MTY] were acting cruelly and violently toward each other. |
157 | GEN 6:19 | And I want to save some of all kinds of creatures. So you must also bring two of all living creatures, a male and a female, into the boat with you, so that their species also may remain alive. |
162 | GEN 7:2 | Take with you seven pairs of every kind of animal that I have said I will accept for sacrifices. Take seven males and seven females. Also take a male and a female from every kind of animal that I have said that I will not accept for sacrifices. |
163 | GEN 7:3 | Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird from all over the earth to keep them alive. |
176 | GEN 7:16 | There was a male and a female of each animal that came to Noah, just as God had said they would do. After they were all in the boat, God shut the door. |
178 | GEN 7:18 | As he water rose higher and higher, the boat floated on the surface of the water. |
181 | GEN 7:21 | As a result, every living creature on the surface of the earth died. That included birds and livestock and wild animals and other creatures that scurry across the ground, and all the people. |
188 | GEN 8:4 | ◄on the 17th day of the seventh month of that year/late in March►, the boat came to rest on one of the mountains in the Ararat region. |
203 | GEN 8:19 | And every kind of creature, including all those that scurry across the ground, all the birds, every creature that moves on the earth, left the boat. They left the boat in groups of their own species. |
206 | GEN 8:22 | As long as the earth exists, each year there will be seasons for planting seeds and seasons for harvesting crops. Each year there will be times when it is cold and times when it is hot, summer and winter (OR, rainy season and dry season). Each day there will be daytime and nighttime.” |
208 | GEN 9:2 | All the wild animals on the earth and all the birds, all the creatures that scurry across the ground, and all the fish, will be very afraid [DOU] of you. I have put them under your control. |
210 | GEN 9:4 | It is blood that causes creatures to be alive, therefore you must not eat meat that still has blood in it after the animal is killed. After you have drained the blood out, you may cook it and eat it. |
211 | GEN 9:5 | I insist that murderers must be executed. Animals that kill people must also be executed. The reason that everyone who murders someone else must be executed is that |
213 | GEN 9:7 | As for you, I want you to produce many children, in order that they and their descendants may live all over the earth.” |
225 | GEN 9:19 | All the people on the earth are descended from those three sons of Noah. |
233 | GEN 9:27 | And I desire that Canaan’s descendants will be like slaves of Japheth’s descendants.” |
238 | GEN 10:3 | The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. |
243 | GEN 10:8 | Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior. |
245 | GEN 10:10 | Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh. |
246 | GEN 10:11 | From there he went with others to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, |
248 | GEN 10:13 | Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh, |
251 | GEN 10:16 | Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash, |
252 | GEN 10:17 | Hiv, Ark, Sin, |
253 | GEN 10:18 | Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area. |
254 | GEN 10:19 | Their land extended from Sidon city in the north as far south as Gaza town, and then to the east as far as Gerar town, and then farther east to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim towns, and even as far as Lasha town. |
257 | GEN 10:22 | The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. |
258 | GEN 10:23 | The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. |
259 | GEN 10:24 | Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber. |
261 | GEN 10:26 | Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, |
263 | GEN 10:28 | Obal, Abimael, Sheba, |
264 | GEN 10:29 | Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan. |
267 | GEN 10:32 | All those groups descended from the sons of Noah. Each group had its own ◄genealogy/record of people’s ancestors► and each became a separate ethnic group. Those ethnic groups formed after the flood and spread all around the earth. |
268 | GEN 11:1 | At first, all the people in [MTY] the world spoke the same language [DOU]. |
269 | GEN 11:2 | As people moved further east, they arrived at a plain in Babylonia region and began to live there. |
275 | GEN 11:8 | So Yahweh did that. As a result, the people stopped building the city, and Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth. |
277 | GEN 11:10 | ◄This is a bigger list/I will now tell you more► of the descendants of Shem: Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad. |
278 | GEN 11:11 | After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 more years and had more sons and daughters. |
279 | GEN 11:12 | When Arphachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah. |
280 | GEN 11:13 | After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 more years and became the father of more sons and daughters. |
282 | GEN 11:15 | After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
284 | GEN 11:17 | After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
286 | GEN 11:19 | After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
288 | GEN 11:21 | After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
290 | GEN 11:23 | After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
292 | GEN 11:25 | After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. |
293 | GEN 11:26 | When Terah was 70 years old, his son Abram was born. Later, two other sons, Nahor and Haran were born. |
294 | GEN 11:27 | ◄This is/I will now give► a list of the descendants of Terah: Terah’s sons were Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran’s son was named Lot. |
296 | GEN 11:29 | Abram and Nahor both married. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. Milcah and her younger sister Iscah were the daughters of Haran. |