Genesis 11GenesisCreation and the fallThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. The Creation

   (John 1:1–5; Hebrews 11:1–3)

2. 1ENGOJBIn the beginning Elohim bara hashomayim (the heavens) and haaretz (the earth).BSBBSB: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
3. 2ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

4. The First Day

5. 3ENGOJBAnd Elohim said, Let there be light: and there was light.BSBBSB: And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
6. 4ENGOJBAnd Elohim saw the light, that it was tov (good); and Elohim divided the ohr (light) from the choshech (darkness).BSBBSB: And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
7. 5ENGOJBAnd 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).BSBBSB: God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

8. The Second Day

9. 6ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
10. 7ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
11. 8ENGOJBAnd Elohim called the raki'a Shomayim (Heaven). And the erev and the boker were Yom Sheni (Day Two, the Second Day).BSBBSB: God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

12. The Third Day

13. 9ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
14. 10ENGOJBAnd Elohim called the yabashah Eretz (Earth); and the mikveh (gathering together of the waters) called He Seas; and Elohim saw that it was tov.BSBBSB: God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
15. 11ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
16. 12ENGOJBAnd 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).BSBBSB: The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
17. 13ENGOJBAnd the erev and the boker were Yom Shlishi (Day Three, the Third Day).BSBBSB: And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

18. The Fourth Day

19. 14ENGOJBAnd 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);BSBBSB: And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
20. 15ENGOJBAnd let them be for lights in the raki'a of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.BSBBSB: And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
21. 16ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
22. 17ENGOJBAnd Elohim set them in the raki'a of the heaven to give light upon the earth,BSBBSB: God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
23. 18ENGOJBAnd to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and Elohim saw that it was tov.BSBBSB: to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
24. 19ENGOJBAnd the erev and the boker were Yom Revi'i (Day Four, the Fourth Day).BSBBSB: And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

25. The Fifth Day

26. 20ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
27. 21ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
28. 22ENGOJBAnd Elohim blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.BSBBSB: Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
29. 23ENGOJBAnd the erev and the boker were Yom Chamishi (Day Five, the Fifth Day).BSBBSB: And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

30. The Sixth Day

31. 24ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
32. 25ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
33. 26ENGOJBAnd 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).BSBBSB: Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
34. 27ENGOJBSo 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.BSBBSB: So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
35. 28ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
36. 29ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
37. 30ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
38. 31ENGOJBAnd 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).BSBBSB: And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.