Genesis 1-8
International Standard Version
The Creation
1 In the beginning, God created the universe.[a] 2 When the earth[b] was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded[c] in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering[d] over the surface of the waters, 3 God said, “Let there be light!” So there was light.
4 God saw that the light was beautiful.[e] He[f] separated the light from the darkness, 5 calling the light “day,” and the darkness[g] “night.” The twilight and the dawn were day one.
6 Then God said, “Let there be a canopy[h] between bodies of water,[i] separating bodies of water[j] from bodies of water!”[k] 7 So God made a canopy[l] that separated the water beneath the canopy[m] from the water above it.[n] And that is what happened:[o] 8 God called the canopy[p] “sky.”[q] The twilight and the dawn were the second day.
9 Then God said, “Let the water beneath the sky come together into one area, and let dry ground appear!” And that is what happened:[r] 10 God called the dry ground “land,”[s] and he called the water that had come together “oceans.” And God saw how good it was.
11 Then God said, “Let vegetation sprout all over the earth, including[t] seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each kind containing its own seed!” And that is what happened:[u] 12 Vegetation sprouted all over the earth, including seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each kind containing its own seed. And God saw that it was good. 13 The twilight and the dawn were the third day.
14 Then God said, “Let there be lights across[v] the sky to distinguish day from night, to act as signs for seasons,[w] days, and years, 15 to serve as lights in[x] the sky, and to shine on the earth!” And that is what happened:[y] 16 God fashioned two great lights—the larger light to shine during[z] the day and the smaller light to shine during[aa] the night—as well as stars. 17 God placed them in space[ab] to shine on the earth, 18 to differentiate between[ac] day and night, and to distinguish[ad] light from darkness. And God saw how good it was. 19 The twilight and the dawn were the fourth day.
20 Then God said, “Let the oceans swarm[ae] with living creatures, and let flying creatures soar above the earth throughout[af] the sky!” 21 So God created every kind of magnificent marine creature, every kind of living marine crawler[ag] with which the waters swarmed, and every kind of flying creature.[ah] And God saw how good it was. 22 God blessed them by saying, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the oceans. Let the birds multiply throughout the earth!” 23 The twilight and the dawn were the fifth day.
24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth each kind of living creature, each kind of livestock and crawling thing, and each kind of earth’s animals!”[ai] And that is what happened:[aj] 25 God made each kind of the earth’s animals, along with every kind of livestock and crawling thing.[ak] And God saw how good it was.
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, to be like us.[al] Let them be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly,[am] the livestock, everything that crawls on the earth, and over the earth itself!”
27 So God created mankind in his own image;
in his own image God created them;[an]
he created them male and female.
28 God blessed the humans by saying to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it! Be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, and every living thing that crawls on the earth!”
29 God also told them,[ao] “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant that grows throughout[ap] the earth, along with every tree that grows seed-bearing fruit. They will produce your food. 30 I have given all green plants as food for every wild animal[aq] of the earth, every bird that flies, and to every living thing[ar] that crawls on the earth.” And that is what happened.[as]
31 Now God saw all that he had made, and indeed, it was very good! The twilight and the dawn were the sixth day.
The Seventh Day
2 With this, the universe[at] was[au] completed, including all of its vast array.[av] 2 By the seventh day, God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on[aw] everything that he had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God stopped working on[ax] everything that he had been creating.
Humans in the Garden
4 These are the records of the universe at its[ay] creation. On the day that the Lord God made the universe,[az] 5 no shrubs had yet grown in the meadows of the earth and no vegetation had sprouted,[ba] because the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there were no human beings[bb] to work the ground. 6 Instead, an underground stream[bc] would arise out of the earth and water the surface of the ground. 7 So the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs,[bd] and the man became a living being.
8 The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, toward[be] the east, where he placed the man whom he had formed. 9 The Lord God caused every tree that is both beautiful[bf] and suitable for food to spring up out of the ground. The tree of life was also in the middle of the garden, along with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 A river flows from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides, becoming four branches. 11 The name of the first one is Pishon—it winds through the entire land of Havilah,[bg] where there is gold. 12 The gold of that land is pure;[bh] bdellium[bi] and onyx are also found[bj] there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon—[bk] it winds through the entire land of Cush.[bl] 14 The third river is named the Tigris— it flows to the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden in order to have him work it and guard[bm] it. 16 The Lord God commanded the man: “You may freely eat from every tree of the garden, 17 but you are not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because you will certainly die during the day that you eat from it.”
The Creation of the Woman
18 Later, the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make the woman[bn] to be an authority[bo] corresponding[bp] to him.” 19 After the Lord God formed from the ground every wild animal[bq] and every bird that flies, he brought each of them[br] to the man to see what he would call it. Whatever the man called each living creature became its name. 20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds that fly, and to each of earth’s animals,[bs] but there was not found a strength[bt] corresponding[bu] to him, 21 so the Lord God caused a deep sleep to overshadow the man.
When the man[bv] was asleep, he removed one of the man’s[bw] ribs and closed up the flesh where it had been. 22 Then the Lord God formed the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 So the man exclaimed,
“At last! This is
bone from my bones
and flesh from my flesh.
This one will be called ‘Woman,’
because she was taken from Man.”[bx]
24 (Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.) 25 Even though both the man and his wife were naked, they were not ashamed about it.[by]
The Temptation and Fall
3 Now the Shining One[bz] was more clever than any animal of the field that the Lord God had made. He[ca] asked the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You are not to eat from any tree of the garden’?”
2 “We may eat from the trees of the garden,” the woman answered the Shining One,[cb] 3 “but as for the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You are not to eat from it, nor are you to touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You certainly will not die!” the Shining One[cc] told the woman. 5 “Even God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you’ll become like God,[cd] knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the tree produced good food, was attractive in appearance,[ce] and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it.[cf] Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate some, too.[cg] 7 As a result, they both understood what they had done,[ch] and they became aware that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.
8 When they heard the voice of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden during the breeze of the day, the man and his wife concealed themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 So the Lord God called out to the man, asking him, “Where are you?”
10 “I heard your voice in the garden,” the man[ci] answered, “and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid from you.”[cj]
11 “Who told you that you are naked?” God[ck] asked. “Did you eat fruit[cl] from the tree that I commanded you not to eat?”
12 The man answered, “The woman whom you provided for[cm] me gave me fruit[cn] from the tree, and I ate some of it.”[co]
13 Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What did you do?”[cp]
“The Shining One[cq] misled me,” the woman answered, “so I ate.”
The Penalty of Sin
14 The Lord God told the Shining One,[cr]
“Because you have done this,
you are more cursed than all the livestock,
and more than all the earth’s animals,[cs]
You’ll crawl on your belly
and eat dust
as long as you live.
15 “I’ll place hostility between you and the woman,
between your offspring and her offspring.
He’ll strike you on the head,
and you’ll strike him on the heel.”
16 He told the woman,
“I’ll greatly increase the pain of your labor during childbirth.
It will be painful for you to bear children,
“since your trust is turning[ct] toward your husband,
and he will dominate you.”
17 He told the man,
“Because you have listened to what your wife said,[cu]
and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you,[cv]
‘You are not to not eat from it,’
cursed is the ground because of you.
You’ll eat from it through pain-filled labor
for the rest of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you’ll eat the plants from the meadows.
19 You will eat food by the sweat of your brow
until you’re buried in[cw] the ground,
because you were taken from it.
You’re made from dust
and you’ll return to dust.”
20 Now Adam[cx] had named his wife “Eve,”[cy] because she was to become the mother of everyone who was living. 21 The Lord God fashioned garments from animal skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
22 Later, the Lord God said, “Look! The man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, so he won’t reach out, also take from the tree of life, eat, and then live forever—” 23 therefore the Lord God expelled the man[cz] from the garden of Eden so he would work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he had expelled the man, the Lord God[da] placed winged angels[db] at the eastern end of the garden of Eden, along with a fiery, turning sword, to prevent access to[dc] the tree of life.
Cain and Abel
4 Later, Adam[dd] had sexual relations with[de] his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have given birth to[df] a male child—the Lord.”[dg] 2 And she did it again, giving birth to his brother Abel. Abel shepherded flocks and Cain became a farmer.[dh]
3 Later, after a while, Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit that he had harvested,[di] 4 while Abel brought the best parts[dj] of some of the firstborn from his flock. The Lord looked favorably upon Abel and his offering, 5 but he did not look favorably upon Cain and his offering.
When Cain became very upset and[dk] depressed, 6 the Lord asked Cain, “Why are you so upset? Why are you[dl] depressed? 7 If you do what is appropriate,[dm] you’ll be accepted, won’t you? But if you don’t do what is appropriate,[dn] sin is crouching near your doorway, turning toward you. Now as for you, will you take dominion over it?”[do]
8 Instead, Cain told his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the wilderness.”[dp] When they were outside in the fields, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
9 Later, the Lord asked Cain, “Where’s your brother Abel?”
“I don’t know,” he answered. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”
10 “What did you do?” God[dq] asked. “Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. 11 Now you’re more cursed than the ground, which has opened[dr] to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 Whenever you work the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you, and you’ll wander throughout the earth as a fugitive.”
13 “My punishment is too great to bear,” Cain told the Lord. 14 “You’re driving me from the soil[ds] today. I’ll be hidden from you, and I’ll wander throughout the earth as a fugitive. In the future,[dt] whoever finds me will kill me.”
15 The Lord told him, “This won’t happen, because whoever kills you[du] will suffer seven times the vengeance.” Then the Lord placed a sign on Cain so that no one finding him would kill him. 16 After this, Cain left the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
From Cain to Lamech
17 Later, Cain had sexual relations with[dv] his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain[dw] founded a city and named it after[dx] his son Enoch. 18 Irad was born to Enoch. Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. 19 Later, Lamech married two wives. One was named Adah and the other was named[dy] Zillah. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the ancestor of those who live in tents and herd[dz] livestock. 21 His brother was named Jubal; he became the ancestor of all those who play the lyre and the flute. 22 Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, who became a forger of bronze and iron work. Tubal-cain’s sister was Naamah. 23 Lamech told his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, listen to what I have to say:
You wives of Lamech, hear what I’m announcing!
I’ve killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for bruising me.
24 For if Cain is being avenged seven times,
then Lamech will be avenged[ea] 77 times.”
25 Later on, after Adam had sexual relations with[eb] his wife, she gave birth to a son and named him[ec] Seth, because
“God granted[ed] me another offspring to replace Abel,
since Cain murdered him.”
26 Seth also fathered a son, whom he named Enosh. At that time, profaning[ee] the name of the Lord began.
From Adam to Noah
5 This is the historical record[ef] of Adam’s[eg] generations.
When[eh] God created mankind,[ei]
he made them in his own likeness.[ej]
2 Creating them male and female,
he blessed them
and called them humans[ek]
when[el] he created them.
3 After Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son just like him,[em] that is,[en] according to his own likeness, and named him Seth. 4 Adam lived another 800 years, fathering other[eo] sons and daughters after he had fathered Seth. 5 Adam lived a total[ep] of 930 years, and then died.
6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh. 7 After he fathered Enosh, Seth lived 807 years, fathering other sons and daughters. 8 Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then died.
9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan. 10 After he fathered Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years, fathering other sons and daughters. 11 Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then died.
12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel. 13 After he fathered Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years, fathering other sons and daughters. 14 Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then died.
15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared. 16 After he fathered Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years, fathering other sons and daughters. 17 Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then died.
18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch. 19 After he fathered Enoch, Jared lived 800 years, fathering other sons and daughters. 20 Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then died.
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 22 After he fathered Methuselah, Enoch communed[eq] with God for 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters. 23 Enoch lived a total of 365 years, 24 communing[er] with God—and then he was there no longer, because God had taken him.
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. 26 After he fathered Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years, fathering other sons and daughters. 27 Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son, 29 whom he named Noah,[es] because he said, “May this one comfort us from our work, from pain that is caused by our manual labor, and from the ground that the Lord has cursed.” 30 After he fathered Noah, Lamech lived 595 years, fathering other sons and daughters. 31 Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then died.
32 After Noah had lived 500 years, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Human Corruption
6 Now after the population of human beings had increased throughout the[et] earth, and daughters had been born to them, 2 some divine beings[eu] noticed how attractive human women[ev] were, so they took wives for themselves from a selection that pleased them.[ew] 3 So the Lord said, “My Spirit won’t remain[ex] with human beings forever, because they’re truly mortal.[ey] Their lifespan[ez] will be 120 years.”
4 The Nephilim[fa] were on the earth at that time[fb] (and also immediately afterward), when those divine beings[fc] were having sexual relations with[fd] those human women,[fe] who gave birth to children for them. These children[ff] became the heroes and legendary figures of ancient times.[fg]
God Decides to Destroy the World
5 The Lord saw that human evil was growing more and more throughout the earth, with every inclination of people’s thoughts[fh] becoming only evil on a continuous basis. 6 Then the Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and he was deeply grieved about that.[fi] 7 So the Lord said, “I will annihilate these human beings whom I’ve created from the[fj] earth, including people, animals, crawling things, and flying creatures, because I’m grieving that I made them.” 8 However, the Lord was pleased with Noah.
Noah Obeys God
9 These are the family records[fk] of Noah: Noah was a righteous man. Blameless during his times,[fl] Noah communed[fm] with God. 10 Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 By this time, the earth had become ruined in God’s opinion[fn] and filled with violence. 12 God looked at the earth, observing how corrupt its population had become, because the entire human race[fo] had corrupted itself.[fp] 13 So God announced to Noah, “I’ve decided to destroy every living thing on earth,[fq] because it has become filled with violence due to them. Look! I’m about to annihilate them, along with the earth. 14 So make yourself an ark out of cedar,[fr] constructing compartments in it, and cover it inside and out with tar. 15 Make the ark like this: 300 cubits[fs] long, 50 cubits[ft] wide, and 30 cubits[fu] high. 16 Make a roof[fv] for the ark, and finish the walls[fw] to within one cubit[fx] from the top.[fy] Place the entrance in the side of the ark, and build a lower, a middle, and an upper deck.
17 “For my part, I’m about to flood the earth with water and destroy every living thing[fz] that breathes. Everything on earth will die. 18 However, I will establish my own covenant with you, and you are to enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives. 19 You are to bring two of every living thing[ga] into the ark so they may remain alive with you. They are to be male and female. 20 From birds according to their species,[gb] from domestic animals according to their species,[gc] and from everything that crawls on the ground according to their species[gd]—two of everything will come to you so they may remain alive. 21 For your part, take some of the edible food and store it away—these stores will be food for you and the animals.”[ge]
22 Noah did all of this, precisely as[gf] God had commanded.
Entering the Ark
7 Then the Lord told Noah, “Come—you and all your household—into the ark, because I’ve seen that you alone are righteous[gg] in this generation. 2 You are to take with you seven pairs[gh] of every clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of the unclean animals, a male and its mate; 3 along with seven pairs[gi] of the flying birds, male and female, in order to keep their offspring alive on the surface of all the earth. 4 Seven days from now I’ll send rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights, and I’ll destroy every living creature that I’ve made.”
5 Noah did everything that the Lord commanded.
The Flood Begins
6 Noah was 600 years old when water began to flood the earth. 7 Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives entered the ark with him before the flood waters arrived.[gj] 8 From both clean and unclean animals, from birds, and from everything that crawls on the ground, 9 two by two, male and female, they entered the ark to join Noah, just as God had commanded.
10 Seven days later, the flooding started. 11 On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened, 12 and it rained throughout the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. 13 On that very day, Noah entered the ark with his[gk] sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Noah’s wife, his sons’ three wives with them, 14 along with every species of wild animal,[gl] livestock, crawling creature, bird, and every creature that has wings. 15 Two of each living creature[gm] entered the ark with Noah. 16 The males and females of each living creature[gn] entered the ark,[go] just as God had commanded. Then the Lord sealed them inside.
17 The flood continued throughout the earth for 40 days, while the flood waters increased, lifting the ark so that it rose above the surface of the[gp] earth. 18 The flood waters continued to surge, increasing throughout the earth, while the ark floated on the surface of the flood water. 19 The flood water surged even higher throughout the earth, until all the highest mountains under the sky were covered. 20 The flood waters rose 15 cubits[gq] above the mountains. 21 Every living thing[gr] on earth died—flying creatures, livestock, wildlife, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all human beings. 22 Everything that breathed[gs] and everything that had lived on dry land died. 23 All existing creatures that had lived on the surface of the ground were annihilated, from humans to livestock, from crawling creatures to birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah remained, along with those who were with him in the ark. 24 The flood waters surged over the earth for 150 days.
The Waters Recede
8 God kept Noah in mind, along with all the wildlife[gt] and livestock that were with him in the ark. God’s Spirit[gu] moved throughout the earth, causing the flood waters to subside. 2 The water sources from the ocean depths were blocked and the floodgates of the heavens were closed. 3 Then the flood waters steadily receded,[gv] diminishing completely by the end of the 150 days. 4 The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat[gw] on the seventeenth day of the seventh month. 5 The flood water continued to recede until the tenth month, when, on the first of that month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.
6 After 40 days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had built 7 and sent out a raven. It went back and forth as the flood water continued to evaporate throughout the earth. 8 Later, he sent a dove out from the ark[gx] to see whether the water that covered the land’s surface had completely[gy] receded, 9 but the dove could not yet find a place to rest,[gz] so it returned to Noah[ha] on the ark, since water still covered the land. Noah reached out his hand and took the dove back[hb] into the ark with him.
10 Noah[hc] waited another seven days and sent the dove out from the ark again. 11 The dove returned to him in the evening, but in its beak there was an olive leaf that it had plucked! So Noah knew that the flood waters had decreased on the land. 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him anymore.
13 In the six hundred and first year of Noah’s life,[hd] during the first month, the flood water began to evaporate from the land. Noah then removed the ark’s cover and saw that the surface of the land was drying. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the ground was dry.
The Lord’s Covenant
15 God spoke to Noah, 16 “It’s time for you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives who are with you to leave the ark. 17 Bring out with you every living creature—including the flying creatures, animals, and everything that crawls on the ground—so they may disperse throughout the land, be fruitful, and multiply throughout the earth.” 18 So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives emerged. 19 Every animal, every crawling thing, every flying creature, and everything that moves on the earth emerged from the ark by groups.[he]
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings on it[hf] from every clean animal and every clean bird. 21 When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, he told himself, “I will never again curse the land because of human beings—even though human inclinations remain evil from youth—nor will I destroy every living being ever again, as I’ve done.
22 “Never[hg] again, as long as the earth exists,
will sowing and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
and day and night ever cease.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:1 Lit. the heavens and the earth; i.e. space and matter
- Genesis 1:2 Or 1 When God began to create the universe, 2 the earth
- Genesis 1:2 The Heb. lacks shrouded
- Genesis 1:2 Or brooding
- Genesis 1:4 Or good
- Genesis 1:4 Lit. God
- Genesis 1:5 Lit. darkness he called
- Genesis 1:6 Or an expanse
- Genesis 1:6 Lit. between waters
- Genesis 1:6 Lit. separating waters
- Genesis 1:6 Lit. from waters
- Genesis 1:7 Or made an expanse
- Genesis 1:7 Or expanse
- Genesis 1:7 Lit. above the canopy
- Genesis 1:7 Lit. And so it was
- Genesis 1:8 Or expanse
- Genesis 1:8 Or Heaven
- Genesis 1:9 Lit. And so it was
- Genesis 1:10 Or Earth
- Genesis 1:11 The Heb. lacks including
- Genesis 1:11 Lit. And so it was
- Genesis 1:14 Lit. lights in the expanse of
- Genesis 1:14 I.e. sacred seasons set by the lunar calendar later utilized for Israel’s festivals and gatherings
- Genesis 1:15 Lit. lights in the expanse of
- Genesis 1:15 Lit. And so it was
- Genesis 1:16 Lit. to govern
- Genesis 1:16 Lit. to govern
- Genesis 1:17 Lit. the expanse of the sky
- Genesis 1:18 Lit. to govern
- Genesis 1:18 Or separate
- Genesis 1:20 Lit. swarm with a swarm
- Genesis 1:20 Lit. earth in the expanse of
- Genesis 1:21 Lit. living thing that crawls
- Genesis 1:21 Lit. winged bird
- Genesis 1:24 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock; and so through 2:25
- Genesis 1:24 Lit. And so it was
- Genesis 1:25 Lit. thing of the earth
- Genesis 1:26 Lit. image, according to our likeness
- Genesis 1:26 Lit. birds of the sky; and so through 2:25
- Genesis 1:27 Lit. him
- Genesis 1:29 The Heb. lacks them
- Genesis 1:29 Lit. plant that is on the surface of
- Genesis 1:30 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock
- Genesis 1:30 Lit. soul
- Genesis 1:30 Lit. And so it was
- Genesis 2:1 Lit. the heavens and the earth; i.e. space and matter
- Genesis 2:1 Lit. were
- Genesis 2:1 Lit. of their hosts; i.e. armies of sentient beings (or stars, if referring to the night sky)
- Genesis 2:2 Or he rested from
- Genesis 2:3 Or God rested from
- Genesis 2:4 Lit. the heavens and the earth at their
- Genesis 2:4 Lit. the earth and the heavens; or the earth and space
- Genesis 2:5 Lit. sprouted in the fields
- Genesis 2:5 Lit. there was no man
- Genesis 2:6 Or mist
- Genesis 2:7 Lit. nostrils
- Genesis 2:8 Lit. in
- Genesis 2:9 Lit. is pleasing to the eyes
- Genesis 2:11 Possibly a reference to Nubia, a source of gold for ancient Egypt
- Genesis 2:12 Lit. good
- Genesis 2:12 I.e. a gum resin; or pearl
- Genesis 2:12 The Heb. lacks also found
- Genesis 2:13 Possibly an ancient reference to one of the branches of the Nile River
- Genesis 2:13 Possibly a portion of northeast Africa
- Genesis 2:15 Or and watch over
- Genesis 2:18 The Heb. lacks the woman
- Genesis 2:18 Or make a strength; or make a power
- Genesis 2:18 Or equal
- Genesis 2:19 Lit. every animal of the field; i.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock
- Genesis 2:19 The Heb. lacks each of them
- Genesis 2:20 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock
- Genesis 2:20 Or found an authority or found a power
- Genesis 2:20 Or equal
- Genesis 2:21 Lit. When he
- Genesis 2:21 Lit. of his
- Genesis 2:23 The Heb. roots for Man and Woman are identical.
- Genesis 2:25 The Heb. lacks about it
- Genesis 3:1 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14
- Genesis 3:1 Lit. And he
- Genesis 3:2 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14
- Genesis 3:4 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14
- Genesis 3:5 Or gods
- Genesis 3:6 Lit. was pleasing to the eyes
- Genesis 3:6 The Heb. lacks it
- Genesis 3:6 The Heb. lacks some, too
- Genesis 3:7 Lit. the eyes of both of them were opened
- Genesis 3:10 Lit. he
- Genesis 3:10 The Heb. lacks from you
- Genesis 3:11 Lit. he
- Genesis 3:11 The Heb. lacks fruit
- Genesis 3:12 Or you gave
- Genesis 3:12 The Heb. lacks fruit
- Genesis 3:12 The Heb. lacks some of it
- Genesis 3:13 Lit. What is this you did?
- Genesis 3:13 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14
- Genesis 3:14 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14
- Genesis 3:14 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock
- Genesis 3:16 Or Your desire is
- Genesis 3:17 Lit. to the voice of your wife
- Genesis 3:17 Lit. you when I said
- Genesis 3:19 Lit. you return to
- Genesis 3:20 Or the man
- Genesis 3:20 The Heb. name Hawwa (Eve) means life.
- Genesis 3:23 Lit. expelled him
- Genesis 3:24 Lit. man, he
- Genesis 3:24 MT reads placed cherubim
- Genesis 3:24 Or to watch over
- Genesis 4:1 Or the man
- Genesis 4:1 Lit. Adam knew
- Genesis 4:1 Or have acquired; the Heb. verb resembles the word for Cain
- Genesis 4:1 Or child with the Lord; the Heb. lacks with
- Genesis 4:2 Lit. a worker of the ground
- Genesis 4:3 Lit. fruit of the ground
- Genesis 4:4 Lit. the fatty portions
- Genesis 4:5 Lit. and his face was
- Genesis 4:6 Lit. Why is your face
- Genesis 4:7 Or good
- Genesis 4:7 Or good
- Genesis 4:7 Or However, you must take dominion over it.
- Genesis 4:8 So with SP, LXX, Vg, and Syr; the Heb. lacks Let’s go out to the wilderness.
- Genesis 4:10 Lit. he
- Genesis 4:11 Lit. opened its mouth
- Genesis 4:14 Lit. the face of the ground
- Genesis 4:14 Lit. So it will be that
- Genesis 4:15 Lit. Cain
- Genesis 4:17 Lit. Cain knew
- Genesis 4:17 Lit. He
- Genesis 4:17 Lit. called its name after the name of
- Genesis 4:19 Lit. the name of the second was
- Genesis 4:20 The Heb. lacks herd
- Genesis 4:24 The Heb. lacks will be avenged
- Genesis 4:25 Lit. Adam knew
- Genesis 4:25 Lit. called his name
- Genesis 4:25 The Heb. verb granted resembles the word Seth
- Genesis 4:26 Or invoking; lit. calling on
- Genesis 5:1 Or the generations scroll
- Genesis 5:1 Or mankind’s
- Genesis 5:1 Lit. On the day that
- Genesis 5:1 Lit. Adam
- Genesis 5:1 Lit. in the likeness of God
- Genesis 5:2 Lit. called their name Adam
- Genesis 5:2 Lit. on the day he created them
- Genesis 5:3 Lit. son in his likeness
- Genesis 5:3 The Heb. lacks that is
- Genesis 5:4 The Heb. lacks other; and so throughout the chapter
- Genesis 5:5 Lit. all the days; and so throughout the chapter
- Genesis 5:22 Lit. walked
- Genesis 5:24 Lit. walking
- Genesis 5:29 The Heb. name Noah sounds like the word comfort
- Genesis 6:1 Lit. increase on the surface of the
- Genesis 6:2 Lit. them, 2 the sons of God
- Genesis 6:2 Lit. attractive daughters of Adam
- Genesis 6:2 Lit. from all whom they had selected
- Genesis 6:3 Or contend
- Genesis 6:3 Lit. flesh
- Genesis 6:3 Lit. days
- Genesis 6:4 MT reads The Fallen Ones; LXX and Aram. read Giants; cf. Num 13:33
- Genesis 6:4 Lit. earth in those days
- Genesis 6:4 Or after, the sons of God
- Genesis 6:4 Lit. beings went in to
- Genesis 6:4 Lit. with Adam’s daughters
- Genesis 6:4 The Heb. lacks children
- Genesis 6:4 Lit. heroes of ancient times, men of renown
- Genesis 6:5 Lit. hearts
- Genesis 6:6 Lit. was grieved to the heart
- Genesis 6:7 Lit. the surface of the
- Genesis 6:9 Or the generations
- Genesis 6:9 Or generations
- Genesis 6:9 Lit. lifetime, Noah walked
- Genesis 6:11 Lit. sight
- Genesis 6:12 Lit. all the flesh on the earth
- Genesis 6:12 Lit. corrupted their ways
- Genesis 6:13 Lit. The end of all flesh has come before me
- Genesis 6:14 Or cypress
- Genesis 6:15 I.e. about 450 feet
- Genesis 6:15 I.e. about 75 feet
- Genesis 6:15 I.e. about 45 feet
- Genesis 6:16 Or cupola
- Genesis 6:16 The Heb. lacks the walls
- Genesis 6:16 I.e. about one and a half feet
- Genesis 6:16 I.e. for a skylight
- Genesis 6:17 Lit. thing under heaven
- Genesis 6:19 Lit. every kind of flesh
- Genesis 6:20 Lit. kind
- Genesis 6:20 Lit. kind
- Genesis 6:20 Lit. kind
- Genesis 6:21 Lit. and them
- Genesis 6:22 Lit. this, everything that
- Genesis 7:1 Lit. righteous before me
- Genesis 7:2 Lit. seven seven
- Genesis 7:3 Lit. seven seven
- Genesis 7:7 The Heb. lacks arrived
- Genesis 7:13 Lit. Noah’s
- Genesis 7:14 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock
- Genesis 7:15 Lit. each of all flesh in which there was life
- Genesis 7:16 Lit. of all flesh
- Genesis 7:16 The Heb. lacks the ark
- Genesis 7:17 The Heb. lacks surface of the
- Genesis 7:20 I.e. about 22 and a half feet
- Genesis 7:21 Lit. flesh that moves
- Genesis 7:22 Lit. that had breath in its nostrils
- Genesis 8:1 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock
- Genesis 8:1 Or wind
- Genesis 8:3 Lit. receded from the dry land
- Genesis 8:4 I.e. ancient Urartu
- Genesis 8:8 Lit. from his presence
- Genesis 8:8 The Heb. lacks completely
- Genesis 8:9 Lit. rest for its foot
- Genesis 8:9 Lit. him
- Genesis 8:9 Lit. took it
- Genesis 8:10 Lit. He
- Genesis 8:13 The Heb. lacks of Noah’s life
- Genesis 8:19 Lit. by their groups
- Genesis 8:20 Lit. on the altar
- Genesis 8:22 The Heb. lacks Never
Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. Used by permission of Davidson Press, LLC.
