(NIV)
So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
And
God made the
expanse and
separated the
waters that were
under the
expanse from the
waters that were
above the
expanse. And it was
so.
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.’ And it was so.
And
God said,
“Let the
earth sprout vegetation,
plants yielding seed, and
fruit trees bearing fruit in
which is their
seed, each according to its
kind, on the
earth.” And it was
so.
(NIV)
The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
The
earth brought forth vegetation,
plants yielding seed according to their own
kinds, and
trees bearing fruit in
which is their
seed, each according to its
kind. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
And
God made the
two great lights—the
greater light to
rule the
day and the
lesser light to
rule the
night—and the
stars.
(NIV)
God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.’
And
God blessed them,
saying,
“Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
waters in the
seas, and let
birds multiply on the
earth.”
(NIV)
God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
And
God made the
beasts of the
earth according to their
kinds and the
livestock according to their
kinds, and
everything that
creeps on the
ground according to its
kind. And
God saw that it was
good.
(NIV)
Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’
Then
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
birds of the
heavens and over the
livestock and over
all the
earth and over
every creeping thing that
creeps on the
earth.”
(NIV)
God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’
And
God blessed them. And
God said to them, “Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
earth and
subdue it, and have
dominion over the
fish of the
sea and over the
birds of the
heavens and over
every living thing that
moves on the
earth.”
(NIV)
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.
And
God saw everything that he had
made, and
behold, it was
very good. And there was
evening and there was
morning, the
sixth day.
(NIV)
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Thus the
heavens and the
earth were
finished, and
all the
host of them.
(NIV)
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
And on the
seventh day God finished his
work that he had
done, and he
rested on the
seventh day from
all his
work that he had
done.
(NIV)
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
So
God blessed the
seventh day and made it
holy,
because on it God
rested from
all his
work that he had
done in
creation.
(NIV)
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
These are the
generations of the
heavens and the
earth when they were
created,
in the
day that the
Lord God made the
earth and the
heavens.
(NIV)
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’
but of the
tree of the
knowledge of
good and
evil you shall not
eat, for in the
day that you
eat of it you shall
surely die.”
(NIV)
The
Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’
Then the
Lord God said, “It is not
good that the
man should
be alone;
I will
make him a
helper fit
for him.”
(NIV)
Now the snake was more crafty than any of the wild animals the
Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”?’
Now the
serpent was more crafty than any other
beast of the
field that the
Lord God had
made.
He
said to the
woman, “Did
God actually say, ‘You shall not
eat of
any tree in the
garden’?”
(NIV)
but God did say, “You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.”’
but
God said,
‘You shall
not eat of the
fruit of the
tree that is in the
midst of the
garden,
neither shall you
touch it,
lest you
die.’”
(NIV)
‘You will not certainly die,’ the snake said to the woman.
But the
serpent said to the
woman, “You will not
surely die.
(NIV)
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realised that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Then the
eyes of
both were
opened,
and
they knew that they were
naked. And they
sewed fig leaves together and
made themselves
loincloths.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’
The woman said, ‘The snake deceived me, and I ate.’
Then the
Lord God said to the
woman, “
What is this
that you have
done?” The
woman said,
“The
serpent deceived me, and I
ate.”
(NIV)
So the
Lord God said to the snake, ‘Because you have done this,
‘Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
The
Lord God said to the
serpent,
“
Because you have
done this,
cursed are you
above all livestock and
above all beasts of the
field;
on your
belly you shall
go,
and
dust you shall
eat all the
days of your
life.
(NIV)
The
Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
And the
Lord God made for
Adam and for his
wife garments of
skins and
clothed them.
(NIV)
The
Lord said, ‘What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
And the
Lord said, “
What have you
done? The
voice of your
brother’s blood is
crying to me from the
ground.
(NIV)
This is the written account of Adam’s family line.
When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
This is the
book of the
generations of
Adam.
When God created man,
he
made him in the
likeness of
God.
(NIV)
Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
Thus
all the
days that
Adam lived were
930 years,
and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
Thus
all the
days of
Seth were
912 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
Thus
all the
days of
Enosh were
905 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
Thus
all the
days of
Kenan were
910 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
Thus
all the
days of
Mahalalel were
895 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
Thus
all the
days of
Jared were
962 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
Thus
all the
days of
Methuselah were
969 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
Thus
all the
days of
Lamech were
777 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
The
Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
And the
Lord regretted that he had
made man on the
earth, and it
grieved him
to his
heart.
(NIV)
So the
Lord said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created – and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground – for I regret that I have made them.’
So the
Lord said, “I will
blot out man whom I have
created from the
face of the
land,
man and animals and
creeping things and
birds of the
heavens,
for I am
sorry that I have
made them.”
(NIV)
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.
Now the
earth was
corrupt in
God’s sight, and the
earth was
filled with
violence.
(NIV)
So God said to Noah, ‘I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
And
God said to
Noah,
“I have
determined to
make an
end of
all flesh, for the
earth is
filled with
violence through them.
Behold, I will
destroy them
with the
earth.
(NIV)
So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
Make yourself an
ark of
gopher wood.
Make rooms in the
ark, and
cover it
inside and
out with
pitch.
(NIV)
This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
This is
how you are to
make it: the
length of the
ark 300 cubits its
breadth 50 cubits, and its
height 30 cubits.
(NIV)
Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.
Make a
roof for the
ark, and
finish it to a
cubit above, and
set the
door of the
ark in its
side.
Make it with
lower,
second, and
third decks.
(NIV)
Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
Noah did this; he
did all that
God commanded him.
(NIV)
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.’
For in seven days I will send
rain on the
earth forty days and
forty nights,
and
every living thing that I have
made I will
blot out from the
face of the
ground.”
(NIV)
And Noah did all that the
Lord commanded him.
And
Noah did all that the
Lord had
commanded him.
(NIV)
Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
Everything on the
dry land in
whose nostrils was the
breath of
life died.
(NIV)
Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky.
The
fountains of the
deep and the
windows of the
heavens were
closed, the
rain from the
heavens was
restrained,
(NIV)
After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark
At the
end of
forty days Noah opened the
window of the
ark that he had
made
(NIV)
The
Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: ‘Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
And when the
Lord smelled the
pleasing aroma, the
Lord said in his
heart, “I will
never again curse the
ground because of
man,
for the
intention of
man’s heart is
evil from his
youth.
Neither will I ever
again strike down every living creature as I have
done.
(NIV)
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
And
God blessed Noah and his
sons and
said to them, “Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
earth.
(NIV)
‘Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.
“Whoever
sheds the
blood of
man,
by
man shall his
blood be
shed,
for God made man in his own
image.
(NIV)
When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,
When
Noah awoke from his
wine and
knew what his
youngest son had
done to him,
(NIV)
Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
All the
days of
Noah were
950 years, and he
died.
(NIV)
Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.’
Then they
said, “
Come, let us
build ourselves a
city and a
tower with its
top in the
heavens, and let us
make a
name for ourselves, lest we be
dispersed over the
face of the whole
earth.”
(NIV)
The
Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
And the
Lord said, “Behold, they are
one people, and they have
all one language, and this is only the
beginning of what they
will do. And
nothing that they
propose to
do will now be
impossible for them.
(NIV)
While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.
Haran died in the
presence of his
father Terah in the
land of his
kindred, in
Ur of the
Chaldeans.
(NIV)
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.
The
days of
Terah were
205 years, and
Terah died in
Haran.
(NIV)
‘I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
And I will
make of you a
great nation, and I will
bless you and make your
name great, so that you will be a
blessing.
(NIV)
So Pharaoh summoned Abram. ‘What have you done to me?’ he said. ‘Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
So
Pharaoh called Abram and
said, “
What is
this you have
done to me?
Why did you not
tell me that she was your
wife?
(NIV)
and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the
Lord.
to the
place where he had
made an
altar at the
first. And there
Abram called upon the
name of the
Lord.
(NIV)
these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
these kings
made war with Bera king of
Sodom,
Birsha king of
Gomorrah,
Shinab king of
Admah,
Shemeber king of
Zeboiim, and the
king of
Bela (that
is,
Zoar).
(NIV)
‘Your slave is in your hands,’ Abram said. ‘Do with her whatever you think best.’ Then Sarai ill-treated Hagar; so she fled from her.
But
Abram said to
Sarai, “
Behold, your
servant is in your
power;
do to her as you
please.”
Then Sarai dealt
harshly with her, and she
fled from her.
(NIV)
When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
When he had
finished talking with him,
God went up from
Abraham.
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