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. |
4 | GEN 1:4 | God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. |
6 | GEN 1:6 | God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters to divide the waters.” |
7 | GEN 1:7 | So God made an expanse to divide the waters that were above from the waters that were below. And that's what happened. |
11 | GEN 1:11 | God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation—plants that produce seeds and trees that produce seeded fruit—each one according to its own kind.” And that's what happened. |
12 | GEN 1:12 | The earth produced vegetation—plants that produce seeds and trees that produce seeded fruit—each one according to its own kind. God saw that it was good. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
22 | GEN 1:22 | God blessed them and said, “Reproduce and increase, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” |
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.” |
27 | GEN 1:27 | So God created human beings in his own image. He created them in the image of God. He created them male and female. |
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. |
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. |
35 | GEN 2:4 | This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth. |
37 | GEN 2:6 | Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet. |
38 | GEN 2:7 | The Lord God shaped the man Adam from the dust of the ground. He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and Adam became a living being. |
40 | GEN 2:9 | The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow in the garden, beautiful trees and trees producing fruit that's good to eat. The tree of life was in the middle of the garden, along with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. |
41 | GEN 2:10 | A river flowed out from Eden to water the garden. From there it split into four branches. |
42 | GEN 2:11 | The first branch was called the Pishon and it flowed through the whole land of Havilah, where gold is found. |
43 | GEN 2:12 | (The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.) |
44 | GEN 2:13 | The second branch was called the Gihon and it flowed through the whole land of Cush. |
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. |
46 | GEN 2:15 | The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it. |
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.” |
49 | GEN 2:18 | Then the Lord God said, “It's not good for Adam to be alone. I will make someone to help him, someone that's like him.” |
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. |
53 | GEN 2:22 | The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam. |
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.” |
55 | GEN 2:24 | This is the reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one being. |
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?” |
58 | GEN 3:2 | Eve replied to the serpent, “We can eat from the trees in the garden, but not the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden. |
59 | GEN 3:3 | God told us, ‘You mustn't eat from that tree, or even touch it, otherwise you'll die.’” |
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. |
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. |
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. |