The Holy Bible

The Fall

Gen 3:1  Now the serpent was more cunning than any creature of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Is it true that God has said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’ “

Gen 3:2  And the woman said to the serpent, “We may freely eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Gen 3:3  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ “

Gen 3:4  And the serpent said to the woman, “In dying, you shall not surely die!

Gen 3:5  For God knows that in the day you eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like God, deciding good and evil.”

Gen 3:6  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasing to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Gen 3:7  And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Gen 3:8  And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. Then Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Gen 3:9  And the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

Gen 3:10  And he said, “I heard You walking in the garden, and I was afraid because I am naked, and so I hid myself.”

Gen 3:11  And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree which I commanded you that you should not eat?”

Gen 3:12  And the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

Gen 3:13  And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Gen 3:14  And the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go upon your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

Gen 3:15  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.”

Gen 3:16  To the woman He said, “I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception—in sorrow shall you bring forth children. Your desire shall be toward your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

Gen 3:17  And to Adam He said, “Because you have hearkened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree—of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it!’—the ground is cursed for your sake. In sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life.

Gen 3:18  It shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and thus you shall eat the herbs of the field;

Gen 3:19  In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Gen 3:20  And Adam called his wife’s name Eve because she was the mother of all the living.

Gen 3:21  And for Adam and his wife the LORD God made coats of skins and clothed them.

Gen 3:22  And the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to decide good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—”

Gen 3:23  Therefore, the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he had been taken.

Gen 3:24  And He drove out the man, and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

The Seventh Day, God Rests

Gen 2:1  Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Gen 2:2  And by the beginning of the seventh day God finished His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

Gen 2:3  And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because on it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

The Creation of Man and Woman

Gen 2:4  This is the account of the heavens and of the earth when they were created; in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Gen 2:5  The shrub of the field was not yet growing upon the earth, and the herb of the field had not yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground,

Gen 2:6  But there went up from the earth a mist and watered all the face of the ground.

Gen 2:7  Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Gen 2:8  And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.

Gen 2:9  And out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life also was in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Gen 2:10  And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was divided and became four heads.

Gen 2:11  The name of the first is Pishon, which surrounds all the land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Gen 2:12  And the gold of that land is good. There is also bdellium and the onyx stone.

Gen 2:13  And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that surrounds the whole land of Cush.

Gen 2:14  And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Gen 2:15  And the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and keep it.

Gen 2:16  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree in the garden,

Gen 2:17  But you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that you eat of it in dying you shall surely die.”

Gen 2:18  And the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make a helper compatible for him.”

Gen 2:19  And out of the ground the LORD God had formed every animal of the field and every fowl of the air—and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that became its name.

Gen 2:20  And Adam gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field, but there was not found a helper compatible for Adam.

Gen 2:21  And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall over Adam, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and afterward closed up the flesh underneath.

Gen 2:22  Then the LORD God made the rib (which He had taken out of the man) into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

Gen 2:23  And Adam said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman because she was taken out of Man.”

Gen 2:24  For this reason shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife—and they shall become one flesh.

Gen 2:25  And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.

The Creation of the World

Gen 1:1  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Gen 1:2  And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters .

Gen 1:3  And God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light.

Gen 1:4  And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.

Gen 1:5  And God called the light day, and He called the darkness night. And the evening and the morning were day one.

Gen 1:6  And God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

Gen 1:7  And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.

Gen 1:8  And God called the firmament heavens. And the evening and the morning were day two.

Gen 1:9  And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

Gen 1:10  And God called the dry land earth, and He called the gathering together of the waters seas; and God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:11  And God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation—the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree producing fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself—upon the earth.” And it was so.

Gen 1:12  And the earth brought forth vegetation—the herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree producing fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself. And God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:13  And the evening and the morning were day three.

Gen 1:14  And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for appointed seasons, and for days and years;

Gen 1:15  And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.

Gen 1:16  And God had made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night; and God had made the stars also.

Gen 1:17  And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

Gen 1:18  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.

Gen 1:19  And the evening and the morning were day four.

Gen 1:20  And God said, “Let the waters abound with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly over the earth on the face of the firmament of heaven.”

Gen 1:21  And God created great sea-animals, and every living creature that moves with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:22  And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the fowl multiply in the earth.”

Gen 1:23  And the evening and the morning were day five.

Gen 1:24  And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind—livestock, creeping things, and beasts of the earth—each after its kind.” And it was so.

Gen 1:25  And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and every creeping thing upon the earth after their kind. And God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:26  And God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of heaven and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that crawls upon the earth.”

Gen 1:27  And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

Gen 1:28  And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of heaven and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

Gen 1:29  And God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree upon which is the fruit of a tree bearing seed—to you they shall be for food.

Gen 1:30  And to every animal of the earth and to every fowl of heaven and to all the living creatures that crawl upon the earth, every green plant is given for food.” And it was so.

Gen 1:31  And God saw everything that He had made, and indeed, it was exceedingly good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.