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.
3	GEN 1:3	Then God spoke. “Let there be light,” he said. And then the light came out.
4	GEN 1:4	God looked and saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
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.
6	GEN 1:6	Then God spoke again. “Let the water separate, half above and half below.”
7	GEN 1:7	Then God separated the water below from the water above so that there was a wide space in the middle.
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.
9	GEN 1:9	And God spoke again. “Let the water come together in one place,” he said, “so that the earth can appear.” Then the water came together in one place and the earth appeared.
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.
11	GEN 1:11	Then God spoke again. “Let different kinds of trees and other plants grow on the land. The plants will give seeds and the different kinds of trees will give fruit.”
12	GEN 1:12	Then trees and other plants grew on the land. God looked and saw that the trees and plants were all 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.
22	GEN 1:22	Then God blessed the sea creatures and the birds. He said to the fish, “Increase and fill the sea,” and to the birds, “Increase!”
23	GEN 1:23	Then night came. That was the fifth night. And then a new day dawned and it was morning.
24	GEN 1:24	Then God spoke again. “Let there be different kinds of animals and snakes, big ones and little ones, on the earth.”
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.”
27	GEN 1:27	So God created people, making them like himself. He created them male and female.
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.”
35	GEN 2:4	That is how God made the world. At first when Yahweh God made the world,
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.
37	GEN 2:6	But water kept coming up out of the ground and it watered the land.
38	GEN 2:7	Then Yahweh God took some soil and made a man from it. He blew his breath into the man's nose so that he could live. And the man came alive.
39	GEN 2:8	Then Yahweh God planted trees and other plants in a place called Eden, in the east. And there he put the man he had made.
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.
41	GEN 2:10	A river flowed in Eden and watered the ground. It flowed on further and divided into four.
42	GEN 2:11	One of the rivers is called Pishon, the one that flows through the land called Havilah.
43	GEN 2:12	In that place there is beautiful gold under the ground and other precious stones and also sweet-smelling perfume.
44	GEN 2:13	Another river called Gihon flows through the land of Cush.
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.
46	GEN 2:15	Yahweh God put the man there in Eden so that he could grow food and look after the place.
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.”
49	GEN 2:18	Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for this man to live alone. So I will make a helper to be with him.”
50	GEN 2:19	So Yahweh God took some soil and made animals and birds out of it. He brought the animals and birds to the man so that he could name them all.
51	GEN 2:20	So the man named the animals and the birds, but none of them was a good helper for him.
52	GEN 2:21	Then Yahweh God made the man go to sleep. He went fast asleep and while he was sleeping Yahweh God took a rib from him and closed up his flesh.
53	GEN 2:22	He made a woman out of the rib and he brought her to him.
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?”
58	GEN 3:2	“No,” said the woman. “We can eat fruit from these trees,
59	GEN 3:3	but we can't eat the fruit from just one tree in the middle. God told us, ‘Don't eat the fruit of that tree and don't touch it.’ If we touch it we will die.”
60	GEN 3:4	The snake said, “No. That is not true. You won't die.
62	GEN 3:6	Then the woman looked at the tree and saw that it was beautiful. She thought, “It would be good if I could eat this fruit. And it would be good to be wise.” And so she took some and ate it and gave some to her husband. Then he ate some too.
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.
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.”
76	GEN 3:20	And the man was called Adam and he named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all people. The name Eve means “living.”
77	GEN 3:21	And Yahweh God made clothes from animal skins for Adam and his wife, and he gave them the clothes to wear.
78	GEN 3:22	Then Yahweh God thought, “Now this man is like us. He knows what is good and what is bad, so he must not eat the fruit from the tree of life and live forever.”
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.
83	GEN 4:3	Cain gave some of the food that he had grown as an offering to Yahweh.
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.
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.”
88	GEN 4:8	Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let's go out into the bush.” And they went into the bush together, and Cain killed his brother there. He hit him and he died.
89	GEN 4:9	Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is your brother?” He answered, “Don't ask me, I don't know. Why should I look after my brother?”
90	GEN 4:10	Then Yahweh said to him, “Why did you kill him? That was terrible. I know that you killed him because I can see his blood on the ground. Because you have killed him, it is as though he is calling out to me so that I can pay back and kill you in your turn.
91	GEN 4:11	So now I am cursing you. You can no longer grow food, because the earth has drunk that blood.
92	GEN 4:12	If you try to grow plants, they won't provide food, because the earth is spoilt. You will have to wander around without a homeland.”
93	GEN 4:13	Then Cain said, “That is terrible, driving me away from this place and from yourself. Because of your words I will have to suffer greatly. After today I will be wandering around homeless, and anyone who finds me will kill me.”
95	GEN 4:15	But Yahweh said, “No. If anyone kills you I will make sure that people pay back and kill seven others.” And Yahweh put a mark on Cain so that people wouldn't kill him. Then he warned the people about Cain.
96	GEN 4:16	And Cain left Yahweh and went away. He lived in another country called “Wandering,” which is east of Eden.
97	GEN 4:17	Cain and his wife had a little boy called Enoch. Then Cain built many houses to make a city and he called it after his son.
98	GEN 4:18	Later Cain's son Enoch had a son and he called him Irad. And Irad's son was called Mehujael. Then Mehujael had a son and he was called Methushael. Then Methushael had a son and he was called Lamech.
99	GEN 4:19	Lamech had two wives, Adah and Zillah.
100	GEN 4:20	Adah gave birth to a baby boy and she called him Jabal because Jabal means “to lead.” Then when Jabal grew up he was the ancestor of people who look after sheep and cattle. And he and his family were the first to live in tents.
101	GEN 4:21	His younger brother was called Jubal because Jubal means “musical instrument.” He was the ancestor of people who play musical instruments.
102	GEN 4:22	Then Lamech's second wife, Zillah, gave birth to a baby boy called Tubal Cain. When he grew up Tubal Cain made many tools like tomahawks and other things for cutting, digging and hammering. He made them all from iron. His younger sister was called Naamah.
103	GEN 4:23	Lamech said to his two wives, “Listen now, Adah and Zillah. I have killed a man because he hit me first.
104	GEN 4:24	If anyone had killed Cain, seven people would have died. But if anyone kills me, then seventy-seven people will die.”
105	GEN 4:25	Adam and his wife Eve had another son. After he was born, Eve said, “God has given me another baby boy. My first son died, because Cain killed him. But this one will take his place.” So she named him Seth because Seth means “he has given.”
106	GEN 4:26	When Seth grew up he had a son and he called him Enosh. At that time people began worshipping Yahweh.
107	GEN 5:1	When God created people, he made them like himself. He created them male and female. Then he blessed them and said, “You will be called ‘people’.” These are the names of Adam's descendants.
109	GEN 5:3	When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like himself and he called him Seth.
110	GEN 5:4	After that Adam lived another 800 years and he had other children.
111	GEN 5:5	Then when he was 930 years old he died.
112	GEN 5:6	When Seth was 105 years old he had a son called Enosh.
113	GEN 5:7	After that he lived another 807 years and he had other children.
114	GEN 5:8	Then when he was 912 years old he died.