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And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

…but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.

And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.

…came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

…and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.

And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

…to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.

So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.

Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.