1 | GEN 1:1 | In the very beginning, long, long ago, God made the earth below and the heavens above. At the time when God first started creating the world, |
2 | GEN 1:2 | it was all watery. Water covered everything and that was all. There was no dry land yet, only water, and it was dark. It was dark just like a cave is dark inside at night. But the spirit of God was moving over the water. |
5 | GEN 1:5 | He called the light “Day” and the darkness “Night.” Then night came. That was the first night. Then a new day dawned and it was morning. |
8 | GEN 1:8 | God called the wide space “Sky.” Then night came. That was the second night. Then a new day dawned and it was morning. |
10 | GEN 1:10 | God called the earth “Dry land.” And the water that came together he called “Sea.” And God looked and saw that the dry land and the sea were both good. |
13 | GEN 1:13 | Then night came. That was the third night. Then a new day dawned and it was morning. |
14 | GEN 1:14 | Then God spoke again. “Let lights come out in the sky. Let them light up the world, so that the day is separate from the night, and so that all the days are separate. Day and night will follow one after the other. And let them light up the world, so that the dry season will be separate from the wet season. The dry season and the wet season will also follow one after the other.” |
16 | GEN 1:16 | Then God made two big lights. He made the sun and put it in the sky, so that it would light up the world and rule over the day. Then he made the moon and put it in the sky to rule over the night. And then he made all the stars. He made the two big lights so that the light and the darkness would be separate. Then God looked and saw that the sun and the moon and the stars were all good. |
19 | GEN 1:19 | Then night came. That was the fourth night. And then a new day dawned and it was morning. |
20 | GEN 1:20 | Then God spoke again. “Let many different kinds of fish fill the sea, and let birds fly in the sky.” |
21 | GEN 1:21 | So God made creatures like big whales and dugongs and groper and other kinds of fish that filled the sea. And he made birds. Then God looked and saw that they were all good. |
23 | GEN 1:23 | Then night came. That was the fifth night. And then a new day dawned and it was morning. |
25 | GEN 1:25 | So he made the different animals and snakes, big ones and little ones. Then God looked and saw that they were all good. |
26 | GEN 1:26 | Then God spoke again. “Now we will make people and they will be like us. And they will rule over the fish and the birds and the animals and the snakes.” |
28 | GEN 1:28 | And then he blessed them and said to them, “Have children, and let them have children too, so that they can live in the world and rule over it. You will rule over the fish and the birds and the animals. |
29 | GEN 1:29 | “I have made all kinds of food for you, seeds that the grasses provide and fruit that the trees provide, for you to eat. |
31 | GEN 1:31 | And God looked and saw that all the things he had made were good. Then night came. That was the sixth night. And then a new day dawned and it was morning. |
32 | GEN 2:1 | In that way God made the world and the sky and everything on the earth and in the sky and in the sea. And then he finished his work. |
33 | GEN 2:2 | He worked for six days from when he started until he finished it all, and then he stopped working. |
34 | GEN 2:3 | Then he said, “This seventh day I am resting. So this day is different. It will be separate from the other days, because I have rested from my work today. This is my holy day.” |
36 | GEN 2:5 | there were no plants on the land and no seeds had started to grow. And he hadn't yet made the rain fall on the ground. And there were no people to grow trees and plants. |
40 | GEN 2:9 | It was a beautiful place because Yahweh God had planted all kinds of trees that were lovely to look at, and that provided good fruit. In the middle of all those fruit trees and other plants Yahweh God planted one tree that gives life and one tree that gives knowledge about what is good and what is bad. |
45 | GEN 2:14 | Another river called Tigris flows to the east through the land of Assyria and further on. And another river is called Euphrates. They are the four rivers. |
47 | GEN 2:16 | He said to him, “You can eat the fruit from any of the trees, |
48 | GEN 2:17 | except one. This tree gives knowledge about what is good and what is bad and you mustn't eat its fruit. If you do eat it you will die the same day.” |
54 | GEN 2:23 | The man said, “Ah! Here is someone like me! My bone is in her, and also my flesh. Yahweh God has made this person from a man today, so her name is ‘Woman.’” |
55 | GEN 2:24 | So because of that a man will leave his father and his mother to live with his wife, and then they will become one. |
56 | GEN 2:25 | The man and the woman were both naked, but they weren't ashamed. |
57 | GEN 3:1 | When Yahweh God made all the animals, there was one snake that was very good at tricking people. It was better than all the other animals. The snake went to the woman and spoke to her. “God said to you, ‘Don't eat the fruit of any of these trees.’ Did he really say that?” |
61 | GEN 3:5 | God said that to you because he knows that if you eat that fruit you will be like God, and you will know what is good and what is bad.” |
63 | GEN 3:7 | After they had eaten it, suddenly their minds were opened and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed some fig leaves together and put them on. |
64 | GEN 3:8 | When the sun was setting they heard Yahweh God coming and they hid from him among the trees. |
65 | GEN 3:9 | But Yahweh God called out to the man, “Where are you?” |
66 | GEN 3:10 | The man answered, “I heard your voice, and I was afraid and I hid because I was naked.” |
67 | GEN 3:11 | God said to him, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat the fruit that I told you not to eat?” |
68 | GEN 3:12 | The man said, “This woman you gave me, she gave me the fruit and I ate it.” |
69 | GEN 3:13 | Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “Why did you do that?” She answered, “The snake tricked me and I ate it.” |
70 | GEN 3:14 | Yahweh God said to the snake, “Because of what you have done today, you will have to suffer. I am not cursing the other animals, but I am cursing you today. So from now on you will crawl on your stomach and you will have to eat dust until you die. |
71 | GEN 3:15 | “You and this woman will hate each other. I will put hatred between you. Her children and yours will always hate each other. Her children will crush your head and you will bite their heels.” |
72 | GEN 3:16 | Then Yahweh God spoke some very strong words to the woman too. He said, “When you are pregnant, you will be in pain. I will make your suffering worse and you will be in pain when you give birth to a child. Even though you will suffer, you will still want your husband, but your husband will rule over you.” |
73 | GEN 3:17 | Then Yahweh God said to the man, “You listened to your wife, and you ate the fruit that I told you not to eat. Because of that I am cursing the ground today. It will be spoilt. You will have to work hard all your life, so that your food will grow. |
74 | GEN 3:18 | The earth will give weeds and thorns. So you will have to go looking for bush foods. |
75 | GEN 3:19 | You will have to work hard until the sweat pours out of your body. You will work hard so that the earth will provide your food. You won't stop until you die and go back to the ground, and they bury you there. I made you out of the soil and you will become soil again.” |
79 | GEN 3:23 | So Yahweh God sent the man and the woman out of Eden. He said to Adam, “I took some soil and I made you. So from today you will have to work in the soil.” |
80 | GEN 3:24 | Then after he had sent them out, Yahweh God put some angels called cherubim in Eden in the east, and also a flaming sword that turned this way and that. He put it there so that no one could go where the tree of life was standing. So he made that place out of bounds. |
81 | GEN 4:1 | Adam and his wife Eve lived together. They slept together and after a while Eve knew that she was pregnant. Later she gave birth to a son and said, “Yahweh has helped me, and so now I have given birth to a son.” And she named him Cain, because Cain means “I have got.” |
82 | GEN 4:2 | Later she gave birth to another son and named him Abel. So now there were two boys. When Abel grew up he looked after sheep, but Cain grew trees and plants for food. |
84 | GEN 4:4 | His younger brother Abel killed the first lamb of one of his sheep, and he gave the best fat as an offering to Yahweh. Yahweh was pleased with Abel and the fat. |
85 | GEN 4:5 | But he rejected Cain and his offering of food. Cain became very angry and his face changed. |
86 | GEN 4:6 | Yahweh said to him, “Why are you angry? And why has your face changed? |
87 | GEN 4:7 | If you do the right thing, then you will be smiling. But if you don't do the right thing, it is as though an evil spirit is waiting for you and it is ready to tie you up. It wants to rule over you, but you must rule over it.” |