Bible in 90 Days

1 In the beginning Elohim created hashomayim (the heavens, Himel) and haaretz (the earth).

² And the earth was tohu vavohu (without form, and void); and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Ruach Elohim was hovering upon the face of the waters.

³ And Elohim said, Let there be light: and there was light [Tehillim 33:6,9].

⁴ And Elohim saw the light, that it was tov (good); and Elohim divided the ohr (light) from the choshech (darkness).

⁵ And Elohim called the light Yom (Day), and the darkness He called Lailah (Night). And the erev (evening) and the boker (morning) were Yom Echad (Day One, the First Day, Mk 16:2).

⁶ And Elohim said, Let there be a raki’a (expanse, dome, firmament) in the midst of the mayim (waters), and let it divide the mayim from the mayim.

⁷ And Elohim made the raki’a, and divided the waters under the raki’a from the waters which were above the raki’a; and it was so.

⁸ And Elohim called the raki’a Shomayim (Heaven). And the erev and the boker were Yom Sheni (Day Two, the Second Day).

⁹ And Elohim said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the yabashah (dry land) appear; and it was so.

¹⁰ And Elohim called the yabashah Eretz (Earth); and the mikveh (gathering together of the waters) called He Seas; and Elohim saw that it was tov.

¹¹ And Elohim said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the herb yielding zera (seed), and the fruit tree yielding pri (fruit) after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so.

¹² And the earth brought forth vegetation, and herb yielding zera (seed) after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind; and Elohim saw that it was tov (good).

¹³ And the erev and the boker were Yom Shlishi (Day Three, the Third Day).

¹⁴ And Elohim said, Let there be lights in the raki’a of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for otot (signs), and for mo’adim (seasons), and for yamim (days), and shanim (years);

¹⁵ And let them be for lights in the raki’a of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

¹⁶ And Elohim made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; He made the kokhavim (stars) also.

¹⁷ And Elohim set them in the raki’a of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

¹⁸ And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and Elohim saw that it was tov.

¹⁹ And the erev and the boker were Yom Revi’i (Day Four, the Fourth Day).

²⁰ And Elohim said, Let the waters bring forth an abundance of living creatures, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open raki’a of heaven.

²¹ And Elohim created great sea creatures, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth in abundance, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and Elohim saw that it was tov.

²² And Elohim blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

²³ And the erev and the boker were Yom Chamishi (Day Five, the Fifth Day).

²⁴ And G-d said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind; and it was so.

²⁵ And G-d made the beast of the earth after its kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind; and G-d saw that it was tov.

²⁶ And G-d said, Let Us make man in Our tzelem, after Our demut: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon ha’aretz (the earth).

²⁷ So G-d created humankind in His own tzelem, in the tzelem Elohim (image of G-d) created He him; zachar (male) and nekevah (female) created He them.

²⁸ And G-d blessed them, and G-d said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

²⁹ And G-d said, Hinei, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of kol ha’aretz (all the earth), and every etz (tree), in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.

³⁰ And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food; and it was so.

³¹ And G-d saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was tov me’od (very good). And the erev and the boker were Yom Shishi (Day Six, the Sixth Day).

2 Thus HaShomayim and Ha’Aretz were finished, and all the tza’va of them.

² And on Yom HaShevi’i Elohim finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the Yom HaShevi’i from all His work which He had made.

³ Vayevarech Elohim et Yom HaShevi’i, and set it apart as kadosh: because that in it shavat (He had rested) from all His work which bara Elohim (G-d created) and made.

⁴ These are the toldot of HaShomayim and of Ha’Aretz when they were created, in the Yom that Hashem Elohim made Eretz v’Shomayim,

⁵ And every plant of the sadeh was not yet in ha’aretz, and every herb of the sadeh had not yet yitzmach (sprung up, T.N. Moshiach is Tzemach [Zecharyah 3:8]); for Hashem Elohim had not caused it to rain upon ha’aretz, and there was not an adam (man) la’avod (to till, to work) haadamah (the ground).

⁶ But there went up a mist from ha’aretz, and watered the whole face of the adamah.

⁷ And Hashem Elohim formed the adam of the aphar min haadamah, and breathed into his nostrils the nishmat chayyim; and the adam became a nefesh chayyah.

⁸ And Hashem Elohim planted a gan (garden) eastward in Eden; and there He put the adam whom He had formed.

⁹ And out of the adamah made Hashem Elohim to spring up (T.N. see verse 5) kol etz (every tree) that is pleasing to the sight, and tov for food; the Etz HaChayyim (Tree of Life) also in the midst of the gan (garden), and the Etz HaDa’as Tov v’Rah (see 3:22, i.e., representing moral autonomy; contrast Exodus 9:20-21 where the Dvar Hashem is the guide of life, even for Gentiles).

¹⁰ And a nahar (river) flowed out of Eden to water the gan (garden); and from there it divided, and became four headwaters.

¹¹ The shem of the first is Pishon; that is it which winds through the kol eretz Chavilah, where there is zahav;

¹² And the zahav of that land is tov; there is [the gemstone] bedolach and the even (gemstone) hashoham [T.N.: this onyx gemstone is used in the construction of the Kohen Gadol’s Bigdei HaKodesh].

¹³ And the shem of the second nahar is Gihon; the same is it that winds through kol eretz Cush.

¹⁴ And the shem of the third nahar is Chiddekel (Tigris [see Daniel 10:4]): that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth nahar is Euphrates.

¹⁵ And Hashem Elohim took the adam and put him in the Gan Eden la’avod (to till, to work) it and to be shomer over it.

¹⁶ And Hashem Elohim commanded the adam, saying, Of every etz of the gan thou mayest freely eat;

¹⁷ But of the Etz HaDa’as Tov v’Rah, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the yom that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

¹⁸ And Hashem Elohim said, It is not tov that the adam should be alone; I will make him an ezer (a helper) suitable for him.

¹⁹ And out of the adamah Hashem Elohim formed every beast of the sadeh, and every oph HaShomayim; and brought them unto the adam to see what he would name them; and whatsoever the adam named kol nefesh chayyah, that was shmo.

²⁰ And the adam gave shemot to all behemah, and to the oph HaShomayim, and to every beast of the sadeh; but for Adam there was not found an ezer for him.

²¹ And Hashem Elohim caused a tardemah (deep sleep) to fall upon the adam, and he slept; and He took from one of his tzalelot (sides, ribs), and closed up the basar in the place thereof;

²² And the tzela (rib), which Hashem Elohim had taken from the adam, made He an isha, and brought her unto the adam.

²³ And the adam said, This is now etzem of my etzem, and basar of my basar; she shall be called Isha, because she was taken out of Ish.

²⁴ Therefore shall an ish leave his av and his em, and shall cleave unto his isha: and they shall be basar echad.

²⁵ And they were both arummim (naked ones), the adam and his isha, and were not ashamed.

3 Now the Nachash was more arum (cunning, crafty, wiley) than any beast of the sadeh which Hashem Elohim had made. And he said unto the isha, Really? Hath Elohim said, Ye shall not eat of kol etz hagan?

² And the isha said unto the Nachash, We may eat of the p’ri etz hagan;

³ But of the p’ri haEtz which is in the middle of the gan (garden), Elohim hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

⁴ And the Nachash said unto the isha, Ye shall not surely die;

⁵ For Elohim doth know that in the yom ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be like Elohim, knowing tov and rah.

⁶ And when the isha saw that HaEtz was tov for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and HaEtz to be desired to make one have seichel, she took of the p’ri thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her ish with her; and he did eat.

⁷ And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were eirummim (naked ones); and they sewed aleh te’enah (fig leaves) together, and made themselves khagorot (loin covering girdles).

⁸ And they heard the kol of Hashem Elohim walking in the gan in the cool of the day; and HaAdam and his isha hid from the presence of Hashem Elohim amongst the etz hagan.

⁹ And Hashem Elohim called unto HaAdam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

¹⁰ And he said, I heard Thy voice in the gan (garden), and I was afraid, because I was eirom (naked); and so I hid.

¹¹ And He said, Who told thee that thou wast eirom (naked)? Hast thou eaten of HaEtz, which I commanded thee that thou not eat thereof?

¹² And HaAdam said,The isha whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of HaEtz, and I did eat.

¹³ And Hashem Elohim said unto the isha, What is this that thou hast done? And the isha said, The Nachash beguiled me, and I did eat.

¹⁴ And Hashem Elohim said unto the Nachash, Because thou hast done this, thou art arur (cursed) above kol habehemah, and above every beast of the sadeh; upon thy gakhon (belly) shalt thou go, and aphar shalt thou eat all the days of thy life;

¹⁵ And I will put eivah (enmity, Midrash Rabbah 23:5) between thee and HaIsha (see HaAlmah, Yeshayah 7:14), and between thy zera and her Zera; it shall crush thy rosh, and thou shalt strike his akev (heel).

¹⁶ Unto HaIsha He said, I will greatly multiply thy itzavon ([labor] pain) and thy childbearing; in pain thou shalt bring forth banim; and thy teshukah (longing, desire) shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

¹⁷ And unto Adam He said, Because thou paid heed unto the voice of thy isha, and hast eaten of HaEtz, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, arurah (cursed) is haadamah because of thee; in itzavon (pain, suffering, see verse 16) shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

¹⁸ Kotz also and dardar shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the esev of the sadeh;

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat lechem, till thou return unto haadamah; for out of it wast thou taken; for aphar thou art, and unto aphar shalt thou return.

²⁰ And HaAdam called the shem of his isha Chavah (Eve); because she was the Em kol chai.

²¹ Unto Adam also and to his isha did Hashem Elohim make kesonos ohr, and clothed them.

²² And Hashem Elohim said, See, HaAdam is become like one of Us, knowing tov v’rah; and now, lest he put forth his yad, and take also of HaEtz HaChayyim, and eat, and chai l’olam (live forever);

²³ Therefore Hashem Elohim sent him forth from the Gan Eden, to work haadamah from which place he was taken.

²⁴ So He drove out HaAdam; and He placed miKedem (at the east) of the Gan Eden HaKeruvim, and a flaming cherev which was ever-turning, to be shomer over the Derech Etz HaChayyim (the Way of the Tree of Life, see Yn 14:6 on Derech).

4 And HaAdam knew Chavah (Eve) his isha; and she conceived, and bore Kayin (Cain), and said, Kaniti (I have acquired) ish with Hashem.

² And again she bore his ach Hevel (Abel). And Hevel was a ro’eh tzon, but Kayin was an oved adamah (tiller of soil).

³ And in ketz yamim it came to pass, that Kayin brought of the p’ri haadamah a minchah unto Hashem.

⁴ And Hevel, he also brought of the bechorot of his tzon and of the chelev thereof. And Hashem regarded [with favor, respect] unto Hevel and to his minchah:

⁵ But unto Kayin and to his minchah He had not regard . And Kayin was very angry, and his countenance fell.

⁶ And Hashem said unto Kayin, Why art thou angry? And why is thy countenance fallen?

⁷ If thou doest right, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not right, chattat croucheth at the petach. And unto thee shall be its teshukah (desire), and thou must rule over it.

⁸ And Kayin talked with Hevel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the sadeh, that Kayin rose up against Hevel his brother, and killed him.

⁹ And Hashem said unto Kayin, Where is Hevel thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I shomer achi (my brother’s keeper)?

¹⁰ And He said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother’s dahm crieth unto Me from haadamah.

¹¹ And now art thou arur (cursed) from haadamah, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s dahm from thy hand;

¹² When thou tillest haadamah, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her ko’ach (strength); na (restless fugitive) vanad (and a wanderer, nomad) shalt thou be in ha’aretz.

¹³ And Kayin said unto Hashem, My avon (iniquity, punishment for guilt) is greater than I can bear.

¹⁴ See, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the adamah; and from Thy face shall I be hidden and I shall be a na (restless fugitive) vanad (and a wanderer, nomad) in ha’aretz; and it shall come to pass, that whoever findeth me shall kill me.

¹⁵ And Hashem said unto him, Therefore whoever killeth Kayin, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Hashem placed an ot (mark) upon Kayin, so that none finding him should kill him.

¹⁶ And Kayin went out from the presence of Hashem, and dwelt in Eretz Nod, east of Eden.

¹⁷ And Kayin knew his isha; and she conceived, and bore Chanokh (Enoch); and he built an ir (city), and called the shem of the ir, after the shem beno, Chanokh (Enoch).

¹⁸ And unto Chanokh (Enoch) was born Irad; and Irad fathered Mechuyael; and Mechuyael fathered Metushael; and Metushael fathered Lamech.

¹⁹ And Lamech took unto him two nashim; the shem of the one was Adah, and the shem of the second Tzilah.

²⁰ And Adah bore Yaval; he was the av of such as dwell in ohel, and have mikneh.

²¹ And his brother’s shem was Yuval; he was the av of all such as play kinnor (harp) and ugav (flute).

²² And Tzilah, she also bore Tuval-Kayin, a forger of every cutting tool of nechoshet and barzel; and the achot of Tuval-Kayin was Naamah.

²³ And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Tzilah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, give heed to my speech; for I have slain an ish for my wounding, and a yeled for my chabburah (see Ga.6:17).

²⁴ If Kayin (Cain) shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and seven times over.

²⁵ And Adam knew his isha again; and she bore a ben, and called shmo Shet; for Elohim, said she, hath appointed me another zera in place of Hevel, whom Kayin killed.

²⁶ And to Shet, to him also there was born a ben; and he called shmo Enosh; then began men to call upon the Shem of Hashem.

5 This is the Sefer Toldot Adam. In the yom that barah Elohim Adam, in the demut Elohim He made him;

² Zakhar and nekevah He created them; and blessed them, and called the shem of them "Adam," in the yom when they were created.

³ And Adam lived a hundred and thirty shanah and fathered in his own demut and after his tzelem (image) and called shmo Shet:

⁴ And the days of Adam after he had fathered Shet were shemoneh me’ot shanah; and he fathered banim and banot:

⁵ And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty shanah: and he died.

⁶ And Shet lived a hundred and five shanah, and fathered Enosh;

⁷ And Shet lived after he fathered Enosh eight hundred and seven shanah, and fathered banim and banot:

⁸ And all the days of Shet were nine hundred and twelve shanah; and he died.

⁹ And Enosh lived ninety shanah, and fathered Kenan;

¹⁰ And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan eight hundred and fifteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

¹¹ And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five shanim; and he died.

¹² And Kenan lived seventy shanah and fathered Mahalal’el;

¹³ And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalal’el eight hundred and forty shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

¹⁴ And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten shanim; and he died.

¹⁵ And Mahalal’el lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered Yered;

¹⁶ And Mahalal’el lived after he fathered Yered eight hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

¹⁷ And all the days of Mahalal’el were eight hundred ninety and five shanah; and he died.

¹⁸ And Yered lived a hundred sixty and two shanah, and he fathered Chanoch (Enoch):

¹⁹ And Yered lived after he fathered Chanoch (Enoch) eight hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

²⁰ And all the days of Yered were nine hundred sixty and two shanah; and he died.

²¹ And Chanoch lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered Metushelach;

²² And Chanoch walked with HaElohim after he fathered Metushelach three hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

²³ And all the days of Chanoch were three hundred sixty and five shanah;

²⁴ And Chanoch walked with HaElohim; and he was not; for Elohim took him.

²⁵ And Metushelach lived a hundred eighty and seven shanah, and fathered Lamech.

²⁶ And Metushelach lived after he fathered Lamech seven hundred eighty and two shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

²⁷ And all the days of Metushelach were nine hundred sixty and nine shanah; and he died.

²⁸ And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two shanah and fathered ben;

²⁹ And he called shmo Noach, saying, Zeh yenachamenu (this shall comfort us) in our work and toil of our hands, because of the adamah which Hashem hath cursed.

³⁰ And Lamech lived after he fathered Noach five hundred ninety and five shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

³¹ And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven shanah; and he died.

³² And Noach was five hundred years old; and Noach fathered Shem, Cham, and Yephet.

6 And it came to pass, when HaAdam began to multiply on the face of ha’adamah, and banot were born unto them,

² That the bnei HaElohim saw the banot HaAdam that they were tovot; and they took them nashim of all which they chose.

³ And Hashem said, My Ruach [Hakodesh] shall not always strive with Adam, for that he also is basar: yet his yamim shall be a hundred and twenty shanah.

⁴ HaNefilim were on ha’aretz in those yamim; and also after that, when the bnei HaElohim came in unto the banot HaAdam, and they bore children to them, the same became gibborim which were of old, men of renown.

⁵ And Hashem saw that the wickedness of HaAdam was great in ha’aretz and that every yetzer (inclination) of the machshevot (thoughts) of his lev was only rah (evil) continually.

⁶ And Hashem relented that He had made HaAdam on ha’aretz, and He was hurt in His lev.

⁷ And Hashem said, I will wipe out HaAdam whom I have created from the face of ha’adamah; both Adam, and Behemah, and the Remes and the Oph HaShomayim; for I relent that I have made them.

⁸ But Noach found chen (grace, unmerited favor) in the eyes of Hashem.

[NOACH]

⁹ These are the toldot of Noach; Noach was an ish tzaddik and tamim among those of his time, and Noach’s halachah was with HaElohim.

¹⁰ And Noach fathered three banim: Shem, Cham, and Yephet.

¹¹ Ha’aretz also was corrupt before HaElohim, and ha’aretz was filled with chamas.

¹² And Elohim looked upon ha’aretz, and, hinei, it was corrupt; for kol basar had corrupted his derech upon ha’aretz.

¹³ And Elohim said unto Noach, The ketz (end) of kol basar is come before Me; for ha’aretz is filled with chamas because of them; and, hineni, I will destroy them with ha’aretz.

¹⁴ Make thee a tevah (ark) of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the tevah (ark), and shalt coat it within and without with tar.

¹⁵ And this is how thou shalt build it: the length of the tevah (ark) shall be three hundred cubits, the width of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

¹⁶ A roof shalt thou make to the tevah (ark), and thou shalt finish it to a cubit from the top; and the door of the tevah (ark) shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third decks shalt thou make it.

¹⁷ And, hineni, I, even I, do bring a mabbul of waters upon ha’aretz, to destroy kol basar, wherein is the ruach chayyim, from under Shomayim; and everything that is in ha’aretz shall perish.

¹⁸ But with thee will I establish My brit (covenant); and thou shalt come into the tevah (ark), thou, and thy banim, and thy isha, and the nashim of thy banim with thee.

¹⁹ And of every living thing of kol basar, two of every kind shalt thou bring into the tevah (ark), to keep them alive with thee; they shall be zachar and nekevah.

²⁰ Of birds after their kind, and of behemah after their kind, of every remes of ha’adamah after its kind, two of every kind shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

²¹ And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for ochel for thee, and for them.

²² Thus did Noach; according to all that Elohim commanded him, so did he.

7 And Hashem said unto Noach, Come thou and all thy bais into the tevah (ark); for thee have I found tzaddik before Me in dor hazeh.

² Of every behemah hatehorah thou shalt take to thee by sevens; the male and his mate; and of behemah that are not tehorah by two, the male and his mate.

³ Of also Oph HaShomayim by sevens, the zachar and the nekevah; to keep zera alive upon the face of kol ha’aretz.

⁴ For shivah yamim from now, and I will cause it to rain upon ha’aretz arba’im yom and arba’im lailah; and every living creature that I have made will I wipe out from off the p’nei ha’adamah.

⁵ And Noach did according unto all that Hashem commanded him.

⁶ And Noach was shesh me’ot shanah when the mabbul waters were upon ha’aretz.

⁷ And Noach entered in, and his banim, and his isha, and nashim of his banim with him, into the tevah (ark), because of the waters of the mabbul.

⁸ Of behemah hatehorah, and of behemah that are not tehorah, and of haoph, and of every thing that creepeth upon ha’adamah,

⁹ There went in shnayim shnayim unto Noach into the tevah (ark), the zachar and the nekevah, as Elohim had commanded Noach.

¹⁰ And it came to pass after shivat hayamim, that the waters of the mabbul were upon ha’aretz.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noach’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of Shomayim were opened.

¹² And the geshem was upon ha’aretz arba’im yom and arba’im lailah.

¹³ On that very yom entered Noach, and Shem, and Cham, and Yephet, the bnei Noach, and Noach’s isha, and the three nashim of his banim with them, into the tevah (ark);

¹⁴ They, and every beast after its kind, and kol habehemah after their kind, and every remes that crawls upon ha’aretz after its kind, and kol haoph after its kind, every bird of every sort.

¹⁵ And they went in unto Noach into the tevah (ark), shnayim shnayim of kol habasar, wherein is the ruach chayyim.

¹⁶ And they that went in, went in zachar and nekevah of kol basar, as Elohim had commanded him; then Hashem shut him in.

¹⁷ And the mabbul was arba’im yom upon ha’aretz; and the waters increased, and lifted up the tevah (ark), and it rose above ha’aretz.

¹⁸ And the waters rose, and were increased greatly upon ha’aretz; and the tevah (ark) floated upon the face of the waters.

¹⁹ And the waters rose exceedingly upon ha’aretz; and all the high hills, that were under kol HaShomayim, were covered.

²⁰ Fifteen cubits upward did the waters rise; and the harim were covered.

²¹ And kol basar perished that moved upon ha’aretz, both of Oph, and of Behemah, and of Beast, and of every Swarming Thing that swarms upon ha’aretz, and kol haadam;

²² All in whose nostrils was the ruach chayyim, of all that was in the dry land, perished.

²³ And every living creature was wiped out which was upon the p’nei haadamah, both Adam, and Behemah, and the Remes, and the Oph HaShomayim; and they were wiped out from ha’aretz: and Noach only remained alive, and they that were with him in the tevah (ark).

²⁴ And the waters flooded upon ha’aretz a hundred and fifty days.

8 And Elohim remembered Noach, and every living thing, and all the behemah that was with him in the tevah (ark); and Elohim made a ruach to pass over ha’aretz, and the waters subsided;

² The ma’ayanot (springs) also of the tehom and the floodgates of Shomayim were stopped, and the geshem from Shomayim was restrained;

³ And the waters receded from on ha’aretz continually; and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

⁴ And the tevah (ark) rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

⁵ And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the rashei heharim seen.

⁶ And it came to pass at the end of arba’im yom, that Noach opened the chalon (window) of the tevah (ark) which he had made;

⁷ And he sent forth the orev (raven), which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off ha’aretz.

⁸ Also he sent forth a yonah (dove) from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the adamah;

⁹ But the yonah found no manoach (place of rest) for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the tevah, for the waters were on the p’nei kol ha’aretz; then he reached forth his yad, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the tevah (ark).

¹⁰ And he waited yet another shivat yamim; and again he sent forth the yonah out of the tevah (ark);

¹¹ And the yonah returned to him in the erev; and, hinei, in her beak was a zayit (olive) leaf freshly plucked; so Noach had da’as that the mayim were abated from off ha’aretz.

¹² And he waited yet another shivat yamim; and sent forth the yonah; which returned not unto him again.

¹³ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the mayim were dried up from off ha’aretz; and Noach removed the mikhseh (covering) of the tevah (ark), and looked, and, hinei, the surface of the adamah was dry.

¹⁴ And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was ha’aretz dry.

¹⁵ And Elohim spoke unto Noach, saying,

¹⁶ Go forth of the tevah (ark), thou, and thy isha, and thy banim, and the nashim of thy banim with thee.

¹⁷ Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of kol basar, both of bird, and of behemah, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon ha’aretz; that they may multiply abundantly on ha’aretz, and be fruitful, and increase upon ha’aretz.

¹⁸ And Noach went forth, and his banim, and his isha, and the nashim of his banim with him;

¹⁹ Every animal, every remes, and every bird, and whatsoever creepeth upon ha’aretz, after their kinds, went forth out of the tevah (ark).

²⁰ And Noach built a Mizbe’ach unto Hashem; and took of every behemah hatehorah, and of kol haoph hatahor, and offered olot (burnt offerings) on the Mizbe’ach.

²¹ And Hashem smelled a re’ach hannichoach; and Hashem said in His lev, I will not again curse the adamah any more ba’avur (because of) haAdam; for the yetzer of the lev haAdam is rah from his ne’urim (youth, childhood); neither will I again strike any more every thing living, as I have done.

²² While ha’aretz remaineth, zera (seedtime) and katzir (harvest), and kor (cold) and chom (heat), and kayitz (summer) and choref (winter), and yom and lailah shall not cease.

9 Vayevarech Elohim et Noach and his banim, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish ha’aretz.

² And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of ha’aretz, and upon every bird of the air, upon all that moveth upon ha’adamah, and upon all the dagim of the yam; into your yad are they delivered.

³ Every remes that liveth shall be food for you; even as the yarok esev (green plant) have I given you all.

⁴ But basar with the nefesh thereof, which is the dahm thereof, shall ye not eat.

⁵ And surely your dahm of your nefeshot will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the yad haAdam; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the nefesh haAdam.

⁶ Shofech dahm (one who sheddeth man’s blood), by man shall his dahm be shed; for in the tzelem Elohim made He man.

⁷ And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on ha’aretz, and multiply therein.

⁸ And Elohim spoke unto Noach, and to his banim with him, saying,

⁹ And I, hineni, I establish My brit (covenant) with you, and with your zera after you;

¹⁰ And with kol nefesh that is with you, of the bird, of the behemah, and of every animal of ha’aretz with you; from kol yotzei hatevah (all that go out of the ark), to every creature of ha’aretz.

¹¹ And I will establish My brit (covenant) with you, neither shall kol basar yikaret (be cut off, violently killed) any more by the waters of the mabbul; neither shall there be any more mabbul l’shachat (to destroy) ha’aretz.

¹² And Elohim said, This is the ot (sign) of the brit (covenant) which I make between Me and you and every nefesh chayyah (living creature) that is with you, for dorot olam (perpetual generations);

¹³ I do set My keshet (bow) in the anan (cloud), and it shall be for an ot brit between Me and ha’aretz.

¹⁴ And it shall come to pass, when I bring an anan over ha’aretz, that the keshet be’anan (rainbow) shall be seen;

¹⁵ And I will remember My brit, which is between Me and you and kol nefesh chayyah of kol basar; and the waters shall no more become a mabbul (flood) l’shachat (to destroy) kol basar.

¹⁶ And the keshet shall be in the anan; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the brit olam between Elohim and kol nefesh chayyah of kol basar that is upon ha’aretz.

¹⁷ And Elohim said unto Noach, This is the ot habrit, which I have established between Me and kol basar that is upon ha’aretz.

¹⁸ And the bnei Noach, that went forth of the tevah, were Shem, and Cham, and Yephet; and Cham is the av of Kena’an (Canaan).

¹⁹ Shloshah (Three) are the bnei Noach; and of them was the kol ha’aretz populated.

²⁰ And Noach began to be an ish ha’adamah (a man of the soil), and he planted a kerem (vineyard);

²¹ And he drank of the yayin, and became shikker (intoxicated); and he lay uncovered inside his ohel.

²² And Cham, the av of Kena’an, saw the erom (nakedness) of his av, and told his two achim on the outside.

²³ And Shem and Yephet took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked backward, and covered the erom of their av; and their faces were turned the other way, and they saw not the erom of their av.

²⁴ And Noach awoke from his yayin, and had da’as of what his ben katan had done unto him.

²⁵ And he said, Arur (cursed) be Kena’an; an eved of avadim shall he be unto his achim.

²⁶ And he said, Baruch Hashem Elohei Shem; and Kena’an shall be his eved.

²⁷ Elohim shall enlarge Yephet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Kena’an shall be his eved.

²⁸ And Noach lived after the mabbul three hundred and fifty years.

²⁹ And all the days of Noach were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

10 Now these are the toldot of the Bnei Noach: Shem, Cham, and Yephet; and unto them were banim born after the mabbul (flood).

² The Bnei Yephet: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Yavan, and Tuval, and Meshech, and Tiras.

³ And the Bnei Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphat, and Togarmah.

⁴ And the Bnei Yavan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

⁵ By these were the coastlands of the Goyim divided in their lands; every one after his leshon, after their mishpechot, in their Goyim.

⁶ And the Bnei Cham: Cush, and Mitzrayim, and Phut, and Kena’an.

⁷ And the Bnei Cush: Seva, and Chavilah, and Savtah, and Raamah, and Savtecha; and the Bnei Raamah: Sheva, and Dedan.

⁸ And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a gibbor in ha’aretz.

⁹ He was a gibbor, a hunter before Hashem; therefore it is said, like Nimrod the gibbor, the hunter before Hashem.

¹⁰ And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Akkad, and Calneh, in Eretz Shinar.

¹¹ Out of that land he went forth to Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rechovot-Ir, and Kelach,

¹² And Resen between Nineveh and Kelach; the same is haIr Hagedolah.

¹³ And Mitzrayim fathered Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehavim, and Naphtuchim,

¹⁴ And Patrusim, and Casluchim, out of whom came Pelishtim (Philistines), and Caphtorim.

¹⁵ And Kena’an fathered Tzidon his bechor, and Chet,

¹⁶ And the Yevusi, and the Emori, and the Girgashi,

¹⁷ And the Chivvi, and the Arki, and the Sini,

¹⁸ And the Arvadi, and the Tzemari, and the Chamati; and afterward were the mishpechot haKena’ani spread abroad.

¹⁹ And the boundary of the Kena’ani was from Tzidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Azah (Gaza); as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Amora (Gomorrah), and Admah, and Tzevoyim, even unto Lesha.

²⁰ These are the Bnei Cham, after their mishpechot, after their leshonot, in their territories, and in their Goyim.

²¹ Also unto Shem avi kol Bnei Ever, and the older brother of Yephet, even to him were offspring born.

²² The Bnei Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.

²³ And Bnei Aram: Uz, and Chul, and Geter, and Mash.

²⁴ And Arpachshad fathered Shelach; and Shelach fathered Ever.

²⁵ And unto Ever were born two banim: the shem of one was Peleg; for in his days was ha’aretz divided; and his brother’s shem was Yoktan.

²⁶ And Yoktan fathered Almodad, and Sheleph, and Chatzarmavet, and Yerach,

²⁷ And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

²⁸ And Oval, and Avimael, and Sheva,

²⁹ And Ophir, and Chavilah, and Yovav; all these were the Bnei Yoktan.

³⁰ And their moshav (dwelling) was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar har hakedem.

³¹ These are the Bnei Shem, after their mishpechot, according to their leshonot, in their territories, after their Goyim.

³² These are the mishpechot of the Bnei Noach, after their toldot, in their Goyim; and by these were the Goyim divided/separated in ha’aretz after the mabbul.

11 And the kol HaAretz was of one language and of devarim achadim (common words).

² And it came to pass, as they migrated from the east, that they found a plain in Eretz Shinar; and they dwelt there.

³ And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for even (stone), and bitumen had they for mortar.

⁴ And they said, Come, let us build us an Ir and a Migdal, whose rosh (top) may reach unto Shomayim; and let us make us a shem, otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of kol HaAretz.

⁵ And Hashem came down to see the Ir and the Migdal, which Bnei HaAdam built.

⁶ And Hashem said, See, the Am is echad and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be impossible for them, which they have proposed to do.

⁷ Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their sefat, that they may not understand one another’s language.

⁸ So Hashem scattered them abroad from there upon the face of kol Ha’Aretz; and they left off building the Ir.

⁹ Therefore is the shem of it called Babel; because Hashem did there confuse the language of kol Ha’Aretz; and from there did Hashem scatter them abroad upon the face of kol Ha’Aretz.

¹⁰ These are the toldot of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and fathered Arpachshad two years after the mabbul;

¹¹ And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad five hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

¹² And Arpachshad lived five and thirty shanah, and fathered Salah;

¹³ And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelach four hundred and three shanim, and fathered banim and banot.

¹⁴ And Shelach lived thirty shanah, and fathered Ever;

¹⁵ And Shelach lived after he fathered Ever four hundred and three shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

¹⁶ And Ever lived four and thirty shanah, and fathered Peleg;

¹⁷ And Ever lived after he fathered Peleg four hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

¹⁸ And Peleg lived thirty shanah, and fathered Reu;

¹⁹ And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu two hundred and nine shanim, and fathered banim and banot.

²⁰ And Reu lived two and thirty shanah, and fathered Serug;

²¹ And Reu lived after he fathered Serug two hundred and seven shanim, and fathered banim and banot.

²² And Serug lived thirty shanah, and fathered Nachor;

²³ And Serug lived after he fathered Nachor two hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

²⁴ And Nachor lived nine and twenty shanah, and fathered Terach;

²⁵ And Nachor lived after he fathered Terach a hundred and nineteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot.

²⁶ And Terach lived seventy shanah, and fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran.

²⁷ Now these are the toldot Terach: Terach fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.

²⁸ And Haran died before his av Terach in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.

²⁹ And Avram and Nachor took them nashim: the shem eshet Avram was Sarai; and the shem eshet Nachor was Milcah, the bat Haran Avi Milcah, and Avi Yiskah.

³⁰ But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

³¹ And Terach took Avram bno, and ben bno Lot ben Haran, and Sarai his kallah, eshet Avram bno; and they went forth with them from Ur Kasdim, to go into Eretz Kena’an; and they came unto Charan (Haran), and dwelt there.

³² And the days of Terach were two hundred and five shanim; and Terach died in Charan (Haran).

[LECH LECHA]

12 Now Hashem had said unto Avram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from the bais avicha, unto ha’aretz that I will show thee;

² And I will make of thee a goy gadol (great nation), and I will bless thee, and make thy shem great; and thou shalt be a brocha (blessing);

³ And I will bless the one blessing you, and curse him that curses you; and kol mishpochot haadamah shall be blessed through you.[T.N. There is a brocha in this verse that many do not know but that every true follower of Moshiach should know.]

⁴ So Avram departed as Hashem had told him; and Lot went with him; and Avram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Charan.

⁵ And Avram took Sarai his isha, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had amassed, and the nefesh that they had gotten in Charan; and they went forth to go into the land of Kena’an; and they arrived in the land of Kena’an.

⁶ And Avram passed through the land unto the makom Shechem, unto Elon Moreh. And the Kena’ani was then in ha’aretz.

⁷ And Hashem appeared unto Avram, and said, Unto thy zera will I give ha’aretz hazot: and there built he a Mizbe’ach unto Hashem, Who appeared unto him.

⁸ And he removed from there unto the harah mikedem Beit-El, and pitched his tent, having Beit-El on the west, and Ai on the east; and there he built a Mizbe’ach unto Hashem,and called upon the Shem of Hashem.

⁹ And Avram journeyed, going on still toward the Negev.

¹⁰ And there was a ra’av in the land; and Avram went down into Mitzrayim to sojourn there; for the ra’av was severe in ha’aretz.

¹¹ And it came to pass, when he was about to enter into Mitzrayim, that he said unto Sarai his isha, Hinei now, I know that thou art an isha yafeh to look upon;

¹² Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his isha; and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

¹³ Say, now, thou art my achot; that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my nefesh shall live on account of thee.

¹⁴ And it came to pass, that, when Avram was come into Mitzrayim, the Egyptians beheld the isha that she was yafeh me’od.

¹⁵ The sarim of Pharaoh also saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh; and the isha was taken into Bais Pharaoh.

¹⁶ And he treated Avram well for her sake: and he acquired sheep and oxen, and male donkeys, and avadim, and shfachot, and female donkeys, and camels.

¹⁷ And Hashem plagued Pharaoh and his Bais with nega’im gedolim because of Sarai eshet Avram.

¹⁸ And Pharaoh summoned Avram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy isha?

¹⁹ Why saidst thou, She is my achot? So I might have taken her to me to wife; now therefore, hinei, thy wife, take her, and go!

²⁰ And Pharaoh commanded his anashim concerning him; and they sent him away, and his isha, and all that he had.

13 And Avram went up out of Mitzrayim, he, and his isha, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negev.

² And Avram was very rich in cattle, in kesef, and in zahav.

³ And he went on his journeys from the Negev even to Beit-El, unto the makom where his ohel had been at the beginning, between Beit-El and Ai;

⁴ Unto the makom of the Mizbe’ach, which he had built there at the first; and there Avram called on the Shem of Hashem.

⁵ And Lot also, which walked with Avram, had tzon, and herds, and ohalim.

⁶ And ha’aretz was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their rechush was rav, so that they could not dwell together.

⁷ And there was a riv between the ro’im of the herd of Avram and the ro’im of the herd of Lot; and the Kena’ani and the Perizzi dwelt then in ha’aretz.

⁸ And Avram said unto Lot, Let there be no merivah now between me and thee, and between my ro’im and thy ro’im; for we are achim.

⁹ Is not the kol ha’aretz before thee? Separate thyself, now, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

¹⁰ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Yarden, that it was well watered everywhere, before Hashem destroyed Sodom and Amora, even as the Gan Hashem, like Eretz Mitzrayim, as you go to Tzoar.

¹¹ Then Lot chose for him all the plain of Yarden; and Lot journeyed mikedem (east); and they separated themselves the one from his brother.

¹² Avram dwelled in Eretz Kena’an, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his ohel toward Sodom.

¹³ But the men of Sodom were ra’im and chatta’im before Hashem exceedingly.

¹⁴ And Hashem said unto Avram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the makom where thou art northward, and southward and eastward, and westward:

¹⁵ For kol ha’aretz which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy zera ad olam (forever).

¹⁶ And I will make thy zera as the dust of ha’aretz; so that if a man can number the aphar of ha’aretz, then shall thy zera also be numbered.

¹⁷ Arise, walk through ha’aretz in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

¹⁸ Then Avram moved his ohel, and came and dwelt in Elonei Mamre, which is in Chevron, and built there a Mizbe’ach unto Hashem.

14 And it came to pass in the yamim of Amraphel Melech Shinar (i.e., Babylon), Aryoch Melech Ellasar, Kedorlaomer Melech Elam, and Tidal Melech Goyim;

² That these made milchamah with Bera Melech Sodom, and with Birsha Melech Amora (Gomorrah), Shinav Melech Admah, and Shemever Melech Tzevoyim, and the Melech Bela, which is Tzoar.

³ All these were joined together in the Valley of Siddim which is the Yam HaMelach (i.e., Dead Sea).

⁴ Twelve shanah they served Kedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

⁵ And in the fourteenth year came Kedorlaomer, and the melachim that were with him, and they defeated the Rephaim in Ashterot Karnayim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-Kiryatayim,

⁶ And the Chori in their Mt Seir, as far as Eil-Paran, which is near the midbar.

⁷ And they turned, and came to En Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and conquered all the country of the Amaleki, and also the Emori, that dwelt in Chazezon-Tamar.

⁸ And there went out the Melech Sodom, and the Melech Amora (Gomorrah), and the Melech Admah, and the Melech Tzevoyim, and the Melech Bela (the same is Tzoar); and they joined in milchamah with them in the Valley of Siddim;

⁹ With Kedorlaomer Melech Elam, and with Tidal Melech Goyim, and Amraphel Melech Shinar, and Aryoch Melech Ellasar; four melachim against five.

¹⁰ And the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the Melech Sodom and Amora (Gomorrah) they fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

¹¹ And they took all the possessions of Sodom and Amora (Gomorrah), and all their ochel, and went their way.

¹² And they took Lot, Avram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his possessions, and departed.

¹³ And there came one that had escaped, and told Avram HaIvri; for he dwelt in Elonei Mamre the Emori, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were Ba’alei Brit Avram.

¹⁴ And when Avram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained men, born in his own bais, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan.

¹⁵ And he divided himself against them, he and his avadim, by lailah, and routed them, and pursued them as far as Chovah, which is on the left hand (north) of Damascus.

¹⁶ And he recovered all the possessions, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his possessions, and the nashim also, and the people.

¹⁷ And the Melech Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the defeat of Kedorlaomer, and of the. melachim that were with him, at the Valley of Shaveh, which is the Valley of the King.

¹⁸ And Malki-Tzedek Melech Shalem brought forth lechem and yayin and he was the kohen of El Elyon.

¹⁹ And he blessed him, and said, Baruch Avram by El Elyon, Creator of Shomayim v’Aretz;

²⁰ And baruch El Elyon, Who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him ma’aser (tithe) of all.

²¹ And the Melech Sodom said unto Avram, Give me the nefesh and keep the possessions for thyself.

²² And Avram said to the Melech Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand unto Hashem, El Elyon Creator of Shomayim v’Aretz,

²³ That I will not take from a thread even to the thong of a sandal, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Avram rich;

²⁴ Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the chelek of the anashim which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their chelek.

15 After these things the Devar Hashem came unto Avram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Avram; I am thy mogen, and thy exceeding great sachar (reward).

² And Avram said, Adonoi Hashem, what wilt Thou give me, since I go childless, and the Ben Meshek of my Bais is this Eliezer of Dameshek (Damascus)?

³ And Avram said, See, to me Thou hast given no zera; and, hinei, one born in my bais is my yoresh (heir).

⁴ And, hinei, the Devar Hashem came unto him saying, This shall not be thy yoresh; but he that shall come forth out of thine own body shall be thy yoresh.

⁵ And He brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward Shomayim, and count the kokhavim, if thou be able to number them; and He said unto him, So shall thy zera be.

⁶ And he believed in Hashem; and He credited [emunah (faith)] to him as tzedakah (righteousness).

⁷ And He said unto him, I am Hashem Who brought thee out of Ur Kasdim, to give thee ha’aretz hazot to be the yoresh of it.

⁸ And he said, Adonoi Hashem, how can I have da’as that I will be its yoresh?

⁹ And He said unto him, Bring Me a heifer meshuleshet, and a she goat meshuleshet, and a ram meshulash, and a dove, and a pigeon.

¹⁰ And he brought unto Him all these, and divided them in two, and laid each half one opposite another; but the birds divided he not.

¹¹ And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Avram drove them away.

¹² And when the shemesh was going down, a tardemah fell upon Avram; and, hinei, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

¹³ And Hashem said unto Avram, Know of a surety that thy zera shall be a ger in a land not their own, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them arba me’ot shanah;

¹⁴ And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with rechush gadol (great substance).

¹⁵ And thou shalt go to thy avot in shalom; thou shalt be buried at a good old age.

¹⁶ But in the fourth generation they shall come back here again; for the avon (iniquity) of the Emori (Amorite) is not yet full.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, that, when the shemesh went down, and it was dark, hinei a smoking fire-pot, and a blazing torch passed between those pieces.

¹⁸ On that day Hashem cut a brit (covenant) with Avram, saying, Unto thy zera have I given ha’aretz hazot, from the Wadi of Mitzrayim unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

¹⁹ [the land of] the Keni, and the Kenizzi, and the Kadmoni,

²⁰ And the Chitti, and the Perizzi, and the Repha’im,

²¹ And the Emori, and the Kena’ani, and the Girgashi, and the Yevusi.

16 Now Sarai Avram’s isha bore him no children; and she had a shifchah, an Egyptian, whose shem was Hagar.

² And Sarai said unto Avram, Hinei now, Hashem hath restrained me from bearing; go now in unto my shifchah; it may be that I may build family by her. And Avram paid heed to the voice of Sarai.

³ And Sarai Avram’s isha took Hagar her shifchah the Egyptian, after Avram had dwelt ten years in Eretz Kena’an, and gave her to her husband Avram to be his isha.

⁴ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her gevirah was despised in her eyes.

⁵ And Sarai said unto Avram, My wrong be upon thee; I have given my shifchah unto thy kheyk; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes; Hashem judge between me and thee.

⁶ But Avram said unto Sarai, Hinei, thy shifchah is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her face.

⁷ And the Malach Hashem found her by a spring of mayim in the midbar, near the spring on the road to Shur.

⁸ And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s shifchah, from where camest thou? And where wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my gevirah Sarai.

⁹ And the Malach Hashem said unto her, Return to thy gevirah, and submit thyself under her hands.

¹⁰ And the Malach Hashem said unto her, I will multiply thy zera exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

¹¹ And the Malach Hashem said unto her, See, thou art with child and shalt bear ben, and shalt call shmo Yishmael; because Hashem shema thy oni (misery).

¹² And he will be a pere adam; his yad will be against kol, and kol yad against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

¹³ And she called the Shem of Hashem Who spoke unto her, El Roi (G-d Who Sees); for she said, Have I also here seen after Him that seeth me?

¹⁴ Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; hinei, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

¹⁵ And Hagar bore Avram ben; and Avram called shem bno, which Hagar bore, Yishmael (Ishmael).

¹⁶ And Avram was fourscore and six shanah when Hagar bore Yishmael to Avram.