God creates the world 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 1:2 Now the earth was shapeless (formless and without any shape) and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the primeval waters (watery deep); (and/but) the Spirit of God was moving (hovering protectively) … Continue reading →

2:1 The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them. 2:2 By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing. 2:3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the … Continue reading →

Temptation of Eve and the fall of man 3:1 Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Is it really true that God said, ‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?” 3:2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of … Continue reading →

The brothers Cain and Abel 4:1 Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have created a man just as the LORD did!” 4:2 Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the … Continue reading →

Adam's family line to Noah 5:1 This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God. 5:2 He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.” 5:3 When Adam had lived 130 years he … Continue reading →