1 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…

Human Disobedience 1 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…

Cain and Abel 1 Then Adam had intercourse with his wife, and she became pregnant. She bore a son and said, “By the Lord’s help I have gotten a son.”…

The Descendants of Adam 1 This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself. 2 He created them male and…

Human Wickedness 1 When people had spread all over the world, and daughters were being born, 2 some of the heavenly beingssaw that these young women were beautiful, so they…

The Flood 1 The Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with your whole family; I have found that you are the only one in all the world who…

The End of the Flood 1 God had not forgotten Noah and all the animals with him in the boat; he caused a wind to blow, and the water started…

God’s Covenant with Noah 1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth. 2 All the animals,…

The Descendants of Noah’s Sons 1 These are the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog,…

The Tower of Babylon 1 At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words. 2 As they wandered about in the East,…