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Genesis 1 thru 3, GNB In the beginning, when God created the universe, (2) the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the water. (3) Then God commanded, "Let there be light"---and light appeared. (4) God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness, (5) and he named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed and morning came---that was the first day. (6) Then God commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places"---and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it. (7) (SEE 1:6) (8) He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came---that was the second day. (9) Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"---and it was done. (10) He named the land "Earth," and the water which had come together he named "Sea." And God was pleased with what he saw. (11) Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"---and it was done. (12) So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw. (13) Evening passed and morning came---that was the third day. (14) Then God commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin; (15) they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth"---and it was done. (16) So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars. (17) He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth, (18) to rule over the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw. (19) Evening passed and morning came---that was the fourth day. (20) Then God commanded, "Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds." (21) So God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of creatures that live in the water, and all kinds of birds. And God was pleased with what he saw. (22) He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number. (23) Evening passed and morning came---that was the fifth day. (24) Then God commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small"---and it was done. (25) So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw. (26) Then God said, "And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small." (27) So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female, (28) blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals. (29) I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; (30) but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food"---and it was done. (31) God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came---that was the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1-25 GNB And so the whole universe was completed. (2) By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. (3) He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working. (4) And that is how the universe was created. [Creation recap begins.] When the LORD God made the universe, (5) there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land; (6) but water would come up from beneath the surface and water the ground. (7) Then the LORD God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live. (8) Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the East, and there he put the man he had formed. (9) He made all kinds of beautiful trees grow there and produce good fruit. In the middle of the garden stood the tree that gives life and the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. (10) A stream flowed in Eden and watered the garden; beyond Eden it divided into four rivers. (11) The first river is the Pishon; it flows around the country of Havilah. (12) (Pure gold is found there and also rare perfume and precious stones.) (13) The second river is the Gihon; it flows around the country of Cush. (14) The third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria, and the fourth river is the Euphrates. (15) Then the LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and guard it. (16) He told him, "You may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden, (17) except the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat the fruit of that tree; if you do, you will die the same day." (18) Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him." (19) So he took some soil from the ground and formed all the animals and all the birds. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and that is how they all got their names. (20) So the man named all the birds and all the animals; but not one of them was a suitable companion to help him. (21) Then the LORD God made the man fall into a deep sleep, and while he was sleeping, he took out one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh. (22) He formed a woman out of the rib and brought her to him. (23) Then the man said, "At last, here is one of my own kind--- Bone taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh. 'Woman' is her name because she was taken out of man." (24) That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one. (25) The man and the woman were both naked, but they were not embarrassed.
Genesis 3:1-24 GNB Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the LORD God had made. The snake asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?" (2) "We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden," the woman answered, (3) "except the tree in the middle of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that tree or even touch it; if we do, we will die." (4) The snake replied, "That's not true; you will not die. (5) God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad." (6) The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it. (7) As soon as they had eaten it, they were given understanding and realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and covered themselves. (8) That evening they heard the LORD God walking in the garden, and they hid from him among the trees. (9) But the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?" (10) He answered, "I heard you in the garden; I was afraid and hid from you, because I was naked." (11) "Who told you that you were naked?" God asked. "Did you eat the fruit that I told you not to eat?" (12) The man answered, "The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it." (13) The LORD God asked the woman, "Why did you do this?" She replied, "The snake tricked me into eating it." (14) Then the LORD God said to the snake, "You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live. (15) I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel." (16) And he said to the woman, "I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him." (17) And he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you. (18) It will produce weeds and thorns, and you will have to eat wild plants. (19) You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again." (20) Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings. (21) And the LORD God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife, and he clothed them. (22) Then the LORD God said, "Now these human beings have become like one of us and have knowledge of what is good and what is bad. They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever." (23) So the LORD God sent them out of the Garden of Eden and made them cultivate the soil from which they had been formed. (24) Then at the east side of the garden he put living creatures and a flaming sword which turned in all directions. This was to keep anyone from coming near the tree that gives life.
Genesis 1 thru 3, LITV In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth; (2) and the earth being without form and empty, and darkness on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moving gently on the face of the waters, (3) then God said, Let light be! And there was light. (4) And God saw the light, that it was good, and God separated between the light and darkness. (5) And God called the light, Day. And He called the darkness, Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day. (6) And God said, Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be dividing between the waters and the waters. (7) And God made the expanse, and He separated between the waters which were under the expanse and the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so. (8) And God called the expanse, Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning the second day. (9) And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. (10) And God called the dry land, Earth. And He called the collection of the waters, Seas. And God saw that it was good. (11) And God said, Let the earth sprout tender sprouts, the plant seeding seed, the fruit tree producing fruit according to its kind, whichever seed is in it on the earth. And it was so. (12) And the earth bore tender sprouts, the plant seeding seed according to its kind, and the fruit tree producing fruit according to its kind, whichever seed is in it. And God saw that it was good. (13) And there was evening, and there was morning the third day. (14) And God said, Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years. (15) And let them be for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so. (16) And God made the two great luminaries: the great luminary to rule the day, and the small luminary and the stars to rule the night. (17) And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth, (18) and to rule over the day and over the night; and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. (19) And there was evening, and there was morning the fourth day. (20) And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarmers [fish] having a soul of life; and let the birds fly over the earth, on the face of the expanse of the heavens. (21) And God created the great sea animals, and all that creeps, having a living soul, which swarmed the waters, according to its kind; and every bird with wing according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. (22) And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas; and let the birds multiply in the earth. (23) And there was evening, and there was morning the fifth day. (24) And God said, Let the earth bring forth the soul of life according to its kind: cattle, and creepers, and its beasts of the earth, according to its kind. And it was so. (25) And God made the beasts of the earth according to its kind, and cattle according to its kind, and all creepers of the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. (26) And God said, let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth. (27) And God created the man in His own image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female. (28) And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the seas, and over birds of the heavens, and over all beasts creeping on the earth. (29) And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant seeding seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree seeding seed; it shall be food for you. (30) And to every beast of the earth, and to all birds of the heavens, and to every creeper on the earth which has in it a living soul, every green plant is for food. And it was so. (31) And God saw everything that He had made and behold, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1-25 LITV And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host. (2) And on the seventh day God completed His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. (3) And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because He rested from all His work on it, which God had created to make. (4) These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that Jehovah God was making earth and heavens. [This begins a recap of creation.] (5) And every shrub of the field was not yet on the earth, and every plant of the field had not yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground. (6) And mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. (7) And Jehovah God formed the man out of dust from the ground, and blew into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (8) And Jehovah God planted a garden in Eden to the east; and He put the man whom He had formed there. (9) And out of the ground Jehovah God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The Tree of Life was also in the middle of the garden; also the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. (10) And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided and became four heads. (11) The name of the first was Pishon; it is the one surrounding all the land of Havilah where gold is; (12) the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium gum resin, and the onyx stone. (13) And the name of the second river is Gihon. It is the one surrounding all the land of Cush. (14) And the name of the third river is Tigris; it is the one going east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. (15) And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it. (16) And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Eating you may eat of every tree in the garden; (17) but of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil you may not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, dying you shall die. (18) And Jehovah God said, It is not good, the man being alone. I will make a helper suited to him. (19) And Jehovah God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the heavens out of the ground. And He brought them to the man, to see what he would call it. And all which the man might call it, each living soul, that was its name. (20) And the man called names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every animal of the field. But no helper suited to him was found for a man. (21) And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh underneath. (22) And Jehovah God formed the rib which He had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man. (23) And the man said, This now at last is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. For this shall be called Woman, because this has been taken out of man. (24) Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they shall become one flesh. (25) And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.
Genesis 3:1-24 LITV And the serpent was cunning above every animal of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said to the woman, Is it true that God has said, You shall not eat from any tree of the garden? (2) And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, (3) but of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die. (4) And the serpent said to the woman, Dying you shall not die, (5) for God knows that in the day you eat of it, even your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil. (6) And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise. And she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. (7) And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed leaves of the fig tree, and made girdles for themselves. (8) And they heard the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the middle of the trees of the garden. (9) And Jehovah God called to the man and said to him, Where are you? (10) And he said, I have heard Your sound in the garden, and I was afraid, for I am naked, and I hid myself. (11) And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat? (12) And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she has given to me of the tree, and I ate. (13) And Jehovah God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate. (14) And Jehovah God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all beasts, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. (15) And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. (16) He said to the woman, I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception; you shall bear sons in sorrow, and your desire shall be toward your husband; and he shall rule over you. (17) And He said to the man, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat from it, the ground shall be cursed because of you; you shall eat of it in sorrow all the days of your life. (18) And it shall bring forth thorns and thistles for you, and you shall eat the plant of the field. (19) By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until your return to the ground. For you have been taken out of it; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return. (20) And the man called the name of his wife, Eve; because she became the mother of all living. (21) And Jehovah God made coats of skin for the man and his wife, and clothed them. (22) And Jehovah God said, Behold! The man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand and also take from the Tree of Life, and eat, and live forever, (23) Jehovah God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground out of which he was taken. (24) And He drove the man out. And He lodged the cherubs at the east of the Garden of Eden, and the flaming sword whirling around to guard the way of the Tree of Life.
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