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Overview of New ESV Bibles .........................................................................................................................................................................2-3

Gospel Transformation Bible ........................................4

God Girl/God Guy Bible ..................................................6

Heirloom Thinline Bible ....................................................8

Large Print Personal Size Bible .....................................10

Pocket NT with Psalms and Proverbs ......................... 12

Economy New Testament ................................................. 14

Hebrew-English Interlinear ESV Old Testament ..... 15

STUDY

ESV Study Bible® ...............................................................16

ESV Study Bible®, Personal Size..................................18

ESV Study Bible®, Larger Print ....................................19

Global Study Bible ............................................................20

ESV MacArthur Study Bible, Personal Size .............22

The MacArthur Study Bible, ESV ................................23

ESV Student Study Bible®..............................................24

Literary Study Bible ..........................................................25

TEXT

UltraThin Bible ....................................................................26

Single Column Heritage Bible ......................................28

Large Print Compact Bible ............................................30

Thinline Bible .......................................................................32

Vintage Thinline Bible ......................................................34

Value Thinline Bible ..........................................................35

Gift and Award Bible ........................................................35

Single Column Legacy Bible .........................................36

Large Print Bible ................................................................38

Giant Print Bible .................................................................39

Single Column Journaling Bible® ................................40

Journaling Bible® ...............................................................41

Compact Bible ....................................................................42

Gift Bible ...............................................................................44

The Story ESV Bible .........................................................45

Outreach Bible ....................................................................46

Economy Bible ...................................................................47

Share the Good News™ Outreach Bible ...................47

Pew and Worship Bible ...................................................48

Pew and Worship Bible, Large Print ..........................48

Value Church and Pew Bible .........................................49

Pulpit Bible ...........................................................................49

REFERENCE

Large Print Thinline Reference Bible .........................50

Personal Reference Bible ...............................................52

Omega Thinline Reference Bible .................................54

Verse-by-Verse Reference Bible ..................................56

New Classic Reference Bible ........................................58

DEVOTIONAL

MacArthur Drawing Near Devotional Bible .............60

Daily Reading Bible ..........................................................62

One Year® Bible ..................................................................63

CHILDREN

ESV Grow! Bible .................................................................64

Seek and Find Bible .........................................................65

Children’s Bible .................................................................66

NEW TESTAMENT & PORTIONS

Outreach New Testament ..............................................67

Share the Good News™ Outreach New Testament ..........................................................67

Christmas Outreach New Testament .........................67

Compact New Testament with Psalms & Proverbs ....................................................68

Gospel of John ...................................................................68

SPECIALTY

The Four Holy Gospels ....................................................69

Hear the Word Audio Bible & New Testament ......69

Spanish/English Parallel Bible ......................................70

German/English Parallel Bible ......................................71

GREEK AND HEBREW

UBS Greek New Testament ...........................................72

English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament ..........................................................72

Hebrew-English Old Testament ...................................73

Greek-English New Testament .....................................73

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39 Acts 3:10

1 Or fear 2 That is, 3 p.m.

38 o ch. 3:19; 20:21; 26:18, 20; Luke 24:47 p ch. 22:16; [ch. 8:12]; See Mark 16:16 q ch. 10:48; See ch. 8:16 r See Mark 1:4 s ch. 10:45; [ch. 8:15, 20; 11:17]; See John 7:39

39 t Rom. 9:4 u ch. 3:25; Isa. 54:13; [Isa. 44:3] v ch. 22:21; Isa. 57:19; Eph. 2:13, 17 w Joel 2:32; Rom. 8:30

40 x [ver. 21, 47] y Deut. 32:5; Matt. 17:17; Phil. 2:15

41 z ver. 47 42 a [Heb. 10:25]; See ch. 1:14

b See 1 Cor. 14:6 c Gal. 2:9; Phil. 1:5; 1 John 1:3 d Luke 24:35; [ver. 46]; See ch. 20:7

43 e See Mark 16:20 44 f ch. 4:32, 34, 35; [Matt.

19:21] 45 f [See ver. 44 above] 46 g ch. 3:1; 5:21, 42; Luke

24:53 h See ch. 1:14 i [ver. 42] j [ch. 16:34]; See John 16:22

47 k ch. 5:13 l ver. 41; ch. 5:14; 11:24 m ch. 16:5 n 1 Cor. 1:18; [ver. 21, 40; ch. 16:31]

Chapter 3 1 o See Luke 18:10 p Ps. 55:17

q ch. 10:3, 30; Matt. 27:46; [1 Kgs. 18:29]

2 r ch. 14:8 s [Luke 16:20] t [John 9:8]

6 u 2 Cor. 6:10 v [ch. 9:34] 8 w ch. 14:10; Isa. 35:6 9 x ch. 4:16, 21

patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control to individuals and to the community of believers (Gal. 5:22–23).

The Spirit’s ministry also brings forth conversions and numerical growth, as we see that “the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47). The Spirit produces not only inward spiritual growth but also expansion and growth of the church (though we recognize in later chapters of Acts that these may come in stages and are not always without challenge, persecution, or seeming delay). Gospel-fueled, Spirit-empowered growth is a repeated theme that runs throughout the rest of Acts, as we see that “more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women” (5:14) and “the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily” (16:5; see also 6:7; 9:31; 12:24; 13:49; 19:20). The Spirit continues to testify through the church to the grace of God in Jesus, bringing about growth in love and in numbers. The grace of God is fruitful and effective, and we see God taking the initiative to spread his grace to ever-expanding numbers of people—even in the face of virulent hostility.

3:1–10 The first three chapters of Acts form a triad, focused on the Spirit and the empowerment for witnessing to the name of Jesus that the Spirit will bring. Chapter 1 was waiting for the Spirit, chapter 2 marked the coming of the Spirit, and now chapter 3 shows the apostles being empowered with the Spirit (on being “filled” with the Holy Spirit, cf. 2:4; 4:8; 4:31).

The power of God’s salvation not only creates generosity but also drives concern for the weak and afflicted, as seen in Peter and John’s interaction with this beggar. He is not just a statistic to them but a person. There is no wealth required to be a channel for God’s grace to transform this man’s body and heart. While Peter and John have no money, neither does the beggar; he has nothing whatsoever to offer in exchange for healing, but that is no hindrance to the grace of Christ, who extends his power of healing to one who has no right or ability to claim it.

38 And Peter said to them, o “Repent and p

be baptized every one of you q

in the name of Jesus Christ r

for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive s the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For t

the promise is for you and u for your

children and for all v who are far off, everyone

w whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, x

“Save yourselves from this y

crooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were bap-tized, and z

there were added that day about three thousand souls.

The Fellowship of the Believers42 And a

they devoted themselves to the apostles’ b teaching and the c fellowship, to d the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe1 came upon every soul, and e many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and f had all things in common. 45 And f they were selling their possessions and belongings and distribut-ing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, g attending the temple h together and i

breaking bread in their homes, they received their food j

with glad and generous hearts,

47 praising God and k having favor with all the

people. And the Lord l added to their number

m day by day those who n

were being saved.

The Lame Beggar Healed

3 Now Peter and John were o going up to the temple at p

the hour of prayer, q the ninth

hour.2 2 And a man r lame from birth was being carried, s

whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate t to ask alms of those entering the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. 4 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, u

“I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. v

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And w leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And x

all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the

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Acts is a sequel to the Gospel of Luke. Both were written by Luke, a physi-cian who traveled with the apostle Paul. Acts ends with Paul under house arrest, awaiting trial before Caesar, c. a.d. 62. Many scholars assume Acts was written then because it does not record Paul’s defense, release, and further gospel preaching. Luke’s purpose for writing his Gospel (see Luke 1:3–4) applies to Acts as well: to give an “orderly” account of the early church after Christ’s resurrection.

The Gospel in Acts

Acts is the story of God’s grace flooding out to the world, from the cross and resurrection of Jesus in Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. Nothing is more prominent in Acts than the spread of the gospel. Jesus promises a geographic expansion at the outset (1:8), and Acts follows the news of his death and resurrection as it spreads from Jerusalem to Judea, Samaria, and the faraway capital of Rome.

The preaching of Jesus’ death and resurrection is central in Acts. The Greek verb for “preach the gospel” (euangelizo) occurs more in this book than in any other in the New Testament. About a third of the book of Acts consists of speeches, and most of these are speeches of Peter or Paul proclaiming the gospel. The good news of the salvation accomplished in Christ and applied by the Holy Spirit extends to the “ends of the earth” through preaching.

In Acts, “grace” is a parallel for “the gospel” or “salvation.” Jesus’ message is summarized as “the word of his grace” (20:32), believers are said to have received “grace” or to be “full of grace” (6:8), and they are challenged to continue in grace. The missionaries in Acts proclaim the grace of God, and it is through this grace that people are able to respond with faith.

Acts reveals God’s passionate pursuit of his people, beginning with his followers in Jerusalem, expanding to Samaria, then to the rest of the world. By the end of the book we see Paul living in Rome, “proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all bold-ness and without hindrance” (28:31). The gospel draws people in, consti-tutes them as the church centered on the grace of Jesus, and then sends them out in mission to the world. The new group of believers is marked by the Holy Spirit, who creates such a distinctive community that others are drawn in, experiencing God’s grace. At the same time, they take the gospel message to new people and new lands, making God’s grace known to the ends of the earth.

The gospel’s expansion is the culmination of what God has been doing since the beginning. Luke consistently grounds salvation in the ancient

Introduction to Acts

39 Acts 3:10

1 Or fear 2 That is, 3 p.m.

38 o ch. 3:19; 20:21; 26:18, 20; Luke 24:47 p ch. 22:16; [ch. 8:12]; See Mark 16:16 q ch. 10:48; See ch. 8:16 r See Mark 1:4 s ch. 10:45; [ch. 8:15, 20; 11:17]; See John 7:39

39 t Rom. 9:4 u ch. 3:25; Isa. 54:13; [Isa. 44:3] v ch. 22:21; Isa. 57:19; Eph. 2:13, 17 w Joel 2:32; Rom. 8:30

40 x [ver. 21, 47] y Deut. 32:5; Matt. 17:17; Phil. 2:15

41 z ver. 47 42 a [Heb. 10:25]; See ch. 1:14

b See 1 Cor. 14:6 c Gal. 2:9; Phil. 1:5; 1 John 1:3 d Luke 24:35; [ver. 46]; See ch. 20:7

43 e See Mark 16:20 44 f ch. 4:32, 34, 35; [Matt.

19:21] 45 f [See ver. 44 above] 46 g ch. 3:1; 5:21, 42; Luke

24:53 h See ch. 1:14 i [ver. 42] j [ch. 16:34]; See John 16:22

47 k ch. 5:13 l ver. 41; ch. 5:14; 11:24 m ch. 16:5 n 1 Cor. 1:18; [ver. 21, 40; ch. 16:31]

Chapter 3 1 o See Luke 18:10 p Ps. 55:17

q ch. 10:3, 30; Matt. 27:46; [1 Kgs. 18:29]

2 r ch. 14:8 s [Luke 16:20] t [John 9:8]

6 u 2 Cor. 6:10 v [ch. 9:34] 8 w ch. 14:10; Isa. 35:6 9 x ch. 4:16, 21

patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control to individuals and to the community of believers (Gal. 5:22–23).

The Spirit’s ministry also brings forth conversions and numerical growth, as we see that “the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47). The Spirit produces not only inward spiritual growth but also expansion and growth of the church (though we recognize in later chapters of Acts that these may come in stages and are not always without challenge, persecution, or seeming delay). Gospel-fueled, Spirit-empowered growth is a repeated theme that runs throughout the rest of Acts, as we see that “more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women” (5:14) and “the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily” (16:5; see also 6:7; 9:31; 12:24; 13:49; 19:20). The Spirit continues to testify through the church to the grace of God in Jesus, bringing about growth in love and in numbers. The grace of God is fruitful and effective, and we see God taking the initiative to spread his grace to ever-expanding numbers of people—even in the face of virulent hostility.

3:1–10 The first three chapters of Acts form a triad, focused on the Spirit and the empowerment for witnessing to the name of Jesus that the Spirit will bring. Chapter 1 was waiting for the Spirit, chapter 2 marked the coming of the Spirit, and now chapter 3 shows the apostles being empowered with the Spirit (on being “filled” with the Holy Spirit, cf. 2:4; 4:8; 4:31).

The power of God’s salvation not only creates generosity but also drives concern for the weak and afflicted, as seen in Peter and John’s interaction with this beggar. He is not just a statistic to them but a person. There is no wealth required to be a channel for God’s grace to transform this man’s body and heart. While Peter and John have no money, neither does the beggar; he has nothing whatsoever to offer in exchange for healing, but that is no hindrance to the grace of Christ, who extends his power of healing to one who has no right or ability to claim it.

38 And Peter said to them, o “Repent and p

be baptized every one of you q

in the name of Jesus Christ r

for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive s the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For t

the promise is for you and u for your

children and for all v who are far off, everyone

w whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, x

“Save yourselves from this y

crooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were bap-tized, and z

there were added that day about three thousand souls.

The Fellowship of the Believers42 And a

they devoted themselves to the apostles’ b teaching and the c fellowship, to d the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe1 came upon every soul, and e many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and f had all things in common. 45 And f they were selling their possessions and belongings and distribut-ing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, g attending the temple h together and i

breaking bread in their homes, they received their food j

with glad and generous hearts,

47 praising God and k having favor with all the

people. And the Lord l added to their number

m day by day those who n

were being saved.

The Lame Beggar Healed

3 Now Peter and John were o going up to the temple at p

the hour of prayer, q the ninth

hour.2 2 And a man r lame from birth was being carried, s

whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate t to ask alms of those entering the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. 4 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, u

“I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. v

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And w leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And x

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3 MATTheW 1:20

1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling of Asa; some manuscripts Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling of Amon; some manuscripts Amon; twice in this verse 4 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse 5 Some manuscripts of the Christ 6 That is, legally pledged to be married

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of

Abraham.2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and

Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father

of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,2 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,3 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,4 and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the depor-tation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ5 took

place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed6 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he consid-ered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying,

The Gospel According to

MatthewMust Know Terms and Verses

Pharisees A group of Jews who strictly observed the law of the Old Testament. Many of them were very self-righteous and prideful, looking down on anyone who didn’t keep every letter of the law, especially when it came to tithing and purity.

Repent To turn away from sin and agree that God’s commands are good. Repentance involves a change of your mind and your actions.

Sadducees Members of an aristocratic sect of Judaism that rejected Jesus as well as the idea of the resurrection of the dead.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:28

But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matthew 5:39

So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12

Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 7:21

The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Matthew 23:11–12

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And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father

of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,2 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,3 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.




place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed6 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he consid-ered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying,


MatthewMust Know Terms and Verses

Pharisees A group of Jews who strictly observed the law of the Old Testament. Many of them were very self-righteous and prideful, looking down on anyone who didn’t keep every letter of the law, especially when it came to tithing and purity.

Repent To turn away from sin and agree that God’s commands are good. Repentance involves a change of your mind and your actions.

Sadducees Members of an aristocratic sect of Judaism that rejected Jesus as well as the idea of the resurrection of the dead.







Ask Yourself . . .ABOUT MONEY

Imagine you just got a million dol-lars. What will you do now? Ask yourself:

•What will I buy?

•Will I give any of it away? How much?

•How much will this money benefit me?

•How will it benefit the kingdom of God?

•Why can money so easily corrupt?


of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,2 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,3 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.




place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed6 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he consid-ered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take


MatthewPharisees

A group of Jews who strictly observed the law of the Old Testament. Many of them were very self-righteous and prideful, looking down on anyone who didn’t keep every letter of the law, especially when it came to tithing and purity.

RepentTo turn away from sin and agree that God’s commands are good. Repentance involves a change of your mind and your actions.

SadduceesMembers of an aristocratic sect of Judaism that rejected Jesus as well as the idea of the resurrection of the dead.







“He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil. And you have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the Lord put me into your hands. For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.’” 1 Samuel 24:17–19

Must Know Terms and Verses

Yourself . . .Ask

Imagine you just got a million dollars. What will you do now? Ask yourself:•What will I buy?•Will I give any of it away? How

much?•How much will this money benefit

me?•How will it benefit the kingdom

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ABOUT MONEY





And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father

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1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 5 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam

G e n e s i s

The Creation of the World

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form

and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 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. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 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. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day

and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 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.

26 Then God said, “Let us make man8 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.”

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

28 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.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And

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sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool1 of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”2 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” 11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 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.”

14 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.15 I will put enmity between you and the

woman, and between your offspring3 and her

offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

16 To the woman he said,

“ I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;

in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for4 your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

17 And to Adam he said,

“ Because you have listened to the voice of your wife

and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘ You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of

your life;18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for

you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

20 The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.5 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

Cain and Abel

4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have

gotten6 a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. 6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted?7 And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for8 you, but you must rule over it.”

8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother.9 And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground. 11 And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer

it was so. 31 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.

The Seventh Day, God Rests

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 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. 3 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.

The Creation of Man and Woman 4 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.

5 When no bush of the field1 was yet in the land2 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and a mist3 was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man,

saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat4 of it you shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam7 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made8 into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

“ This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”9

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

The Fall

3 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,

‘You10 shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 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.’ ” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,11 she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they

1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man 8 Hebrew built 9 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 10 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 11 Or to give insight

1 Hebrew wind 2 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11 3 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis 4 Or against 5 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living 6 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten 7 Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]? 8 Or against 9 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field

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1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 1 Or fashioned; also verse 16 1 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 1 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 1 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29 1 Or appointed times 1 Or flying

Genesis

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.


6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and sepa-rated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he

called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants5 yield-ing seed, and fruit trees bear-ing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bear-ing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 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. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And

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20 1 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 1 Or the man 1 Hebrew built 1 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 1 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 1 Or to give insight 1 Hebrew wind 1 In Hebrew you is

made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

The Creation of Man and Woman 4 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.

5 When no bush of the field1 was yet in the land2 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and a mist3 was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a liv-ing creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four riv-

ers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat4 of it you shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam7 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a

things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 1 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 1 Or open country 1 Or earth; also verse 6 1 Or spring 1 Or when you eat 1 Or corresponding to; also verse

there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds1 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, accord-ing to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—live-stock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 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.

26 Then God said, “Let us make man2 in our image, after our like-ness. And let them have domin-ion 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.”

27 So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he cre-ated them.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have domin-ion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 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.


2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all

the host of them. 2 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. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and

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1 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface) 2 Greek before times eternal 3 Or a man of one woman 4 Or are faithful 5 Or bishop; Greek episkopos 6 Or healthy; also verse 13 7 Or especially those of the circumcision 8 Greek One of them 9 Probably from Epimenides of Crete

T h e L eT T er of Pau L T o

TiTus

Greeting

1 Paul, a servant1 of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which

accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began2 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;

4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith:Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications for Elders5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what

remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,3 and his children are believers4 and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer,5 as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-con-trolled, upright, holy, and disciplined. 9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound6 doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.7 11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 One of the Cretans,8 a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”9 13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, 14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbe-lieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences

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1 Or healthy; also verses 2, 8 2 Or Slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

are defiled. 16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

Teach Sound Doctrine

2 But as for you, teach what accords with sound1 doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in

faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. 6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-con-trolled. 7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, hav-ing nothing evil to say about us. 9 Bondservants2 are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

15 Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

Be Ready for Every Good Work

3 Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one,

to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the

Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. 10 As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, 11 knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.

Final Instructions and Greetings12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come

to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13 Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. 14 And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.

15 All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith.

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M A r kJohn the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.1

2 aAs it is written in Isaiah the prophet,2

b “ Behold, I send my messenger before your face,

who will prepare your way, 3 c the voice of one crying in the

wilderness: ‘ Prepare3 the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’ ”

4 John appeared, baptizing in the wil-derness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not wor-thy to stoop down and untie. 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

The Baptism of Jesus9 d In those days Jesus came from

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open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son;4 with you I am well pleased.”

The Temptation of Jesus12 The Spirit immediately drove

him out into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry14 Now after John was arrested,

Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Jesus Calls the First Disciples16 e Passing alongside the Sea of

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1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 5 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29


1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The

earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.



9 And God said, “Let the waters un-der the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land ap-pear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.


14 And God said, “Let there be

Genesis | בראשיתרץ והא 2 רץ׃ הא ת וא ים השמ ת א ים אלה א בר ית בראש 1 1

and-the-earth the-earth and— the-heavens — God he-created in-beginning

ורוח תהום פני על־ שך וח הו וב הו ת ה היתand-Spirit-of the-deep face-of over and-darkness and-emptiness formlessness she-was

אור י יה ים אלה אמר וי 3 ים׃ המ פני על־ פת מרח ים אלהlight let-him-be God and-he-said the-waters face-of over hovering God

ל ויבד טוב כי־ האור את־ ים אלה וי�רא 4 אור׃ יהי־ ו and-he-separated good that the-light — God and-he-saw light and-he-was

ים׀ אלה א ויקר 5 שך׃ הח ין וב האור ין ב ים אלהGod and-he-called the-darkness and-between the-light between God

יהי־ ו רב ע יהי־ ו ילה ל רא ק שך ולח יום לאור and-he-was evening and-he-was Night he-called and—the-darkness Day —the-light

ים המ בתוך יע רק י יה ים אלה אמר וי 6 פ ד׃ אח יום קר ב the-waters in-midst-of expanse let-him-be God and-he-said one day morning

את־ אלהים ויעש 7 ים׃ למ ים מ ין ב יל מבד י ויה — God and-he-made to–waters waters between separating and-let-him-be

יע לרק חת מת אשר ים המ ין ב ל ויבד הרקיע to-the-expanse from-under that the-waters between and-he-separated the-expanse

א ויקר� 8 ן׃ כ יהי־ ו יע לרק ל מע ר אש ים המ ין וב and-he-called so and-he-was to-the-expanse from-over which the-waters and-between

פ י׃ שנ יום קר ב יהי־ ו רב ע יהי־ ו ים שמ יע רק ל ים אלהsecond day morning and-he-was evening and-he-was Heaven —the-expanse God

מקום אל־ ים השמ חת מת ים המ יקוו ים אלה אמר וי 9 place into the-heavens from-under the-waters let-them-be-gathered God and-he-said

ים׀ אלה א ויקר 10 ן׃ כ יהי־ ו ה היבש ה ותרא ד אחGod and-he-called so and-he-was the-dry-ground and-let-her-appear one

וירא ים ימ א קר ים המ ה ולמקו רץ א ליבשה and-he-saw Seas he-called the-waters and—collection-of Earth —the-dry-ground

שא ד רץ הא א דש ת ים אלה אמר וי 11 טוב׃ כי־ ים אלהwhat-is-green the-earth let-her-produce God and-he-said good that God

ר אש למינו פרי שה ע י פר ץ ע רע ז יע מזר שב ע which according-to-kind-of–him fruit bearing fruit tree-of seed yielding vegetation

רץ הא א ותוצ 12 ן׃ כ יהי־ ו רץ הא על־ בו זרעו־ the-earth and-she-brought-forth so and-he-was the-earth on in–him seed-of–him

י פר שה־ ע ץ וע� הו למינ רע ז יע מזר שב ע שא ד fruit bearing and-tree according-to-kind-of–him seed yielding vegetation what-is-green

טוב׃ כי־ ים אלה רא וי למינהו בו זרעו־ ר אשgood that God and-he-saw according-to-kind-of–him in–him seed-of–him which

ים אלה אמר וי 14 פ י׃ שליש יום קר ב יהי־ ו רב ע יהי־ ו 13 God and-he-said third day morning and-he-was evening and-he-was

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1:1–2:23 The Arrival in History of Jesus the Messiah. Matthew’s intro-duction echoes the language of Genesis. The word rendered “genealogy” (1:1) is Greek genesis (“beginning, origin, birth, genealogy”), and this is also the title of the Greek translation of Genesis, implying that it is a book of “beginnings.” “The book of the genealogy” appears to function not only as a heading for the genealogy itself (1:2–17) but also as a title for the entire story to follow: a new beginning with the arrival of Jesus the Messiah and the kingdom of God (cf. note on Gen. 2:4).

1:1–17 The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah. Jews kept extensive gene-alogies to establish a person’s heritage, inheritance, legitimacy, and rights (cf. Josephus, Life of Josephus 1–6). Matthew likely draws on the genealogies of the OT, with some omissions (see note on Matt. 1:17). He demonstrates Jesus’ legal claim to the throne of David, emphasizing Jesus’ legal descent from David and Abraham, while Luke’s genealogical record (Luke 3:23–38) emphasizes Jesus’ biological descent from David and Adam.

1:1 The book of the genealogy. The Gospel’s opening words carried special significance for a Jewish audience, whose ancestry was inseparably intertwined with the covenants God made with Israel. Jesus (Gk. Iēsous) was the historical, everyday name, and is Yeshua‘ /Yehoshua‘ (Joshua) in Hebrew, meaning “Yahweh saves” (Neh. 7:7; cf. Matt. 1:21). Christ (Gk. Christos, from Hb. mashiakh, “anointed”) points back to David as the anointed king of Israel. The designation “Messiah” came to summarize several strands of OT expec-tation, especially the promise of an “anointed one” who would righteously rule God’s people (2 Sam. 7:11b–16). Son of David evoked images of a

Messiah with a royal lineage who would reestablish the throne in Jerusalem and the kingdom of Israel. son of Abraham. God’s covenant with Abraham established Israel as a chosen people and also affirmed that the whole world would be blessed through his line (Gen. 12:1–3; 22:18).

1:2–6a The four generations between Perez and Amminadab encompass approximately 450 years. The six generations from Nahshon to the rise of the monarchy with David total about 400 more.

1:3 Tamar. The inclusion of five women in Jesus’ genealogy—Tamar, Rahab (v. 5), Ruth (v. 5), Bathsheba (“the wife of Uriah,” v. 6), and Mary (v. 16)—is unusual, since descent was usually traced through men as the head of the family. Rahab and Ruth were Gentiles, and Tamar, Rahab, and Bathsheba were women of questionable character. The lineage is comprised of men, women, adulterers, prostitutes, heroes, and Gentiles—and Jesus will be Savior of all.

1:6b–11 Matthew may have drawn from 1 Chron. 3:10–14, since both gene-alogies omit several kings found in the narrative of Kings and Chronicles. Omitting names in a genealogy was common to make for ease of memoriza-tion. One is struck in this section by the alternately godly and wicked kings who ruled Israel.

1:12–13 Zerubbabel led the first group given permission to return to Israel from the exile.

1:12 The evil of Jechoniah (2 Kings 24:8–9) was so great that his line was cursed (Jer. 22:30). While a natural, biological son could not therefore inherit the throne, the legal claim could still come through Jechoniah’s line.

1:16–17 Jesus is the rightful legal heir to the covenant promises associated

1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling for Asa; some manuscripts read Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling for Amon; some manuscripts read Amon; twice in this verse 4 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse

Chapter 11a [Luke 3:23-38] b 2 Sam. 7:12-16; Ps. 132:11; Isa. 11:1; Jer. 23:5; Luke 1:32, 69; John 7:42; Acts 2:30; 13:23; Rom. 1:3; 2 Tim. 2:8; Rev. 22:16 c Gen. 22:18; Gal. 3:16

2d Gen. 21:3 e Gen. 25:26 f Gen. 29:35

3g [Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Chr. 2:1-15]

5h Josh. 6:256i 1 Sam. 16:1; 17:12 j 2 Sam. 12:24 k 2 Sam. 12:10

7l For ver. 7-10, see 1 Chr. 3:10-14

8m [2 Kgs. 15:1; 1 Chr. 3:11, 12]

11n 1 Chr. 3:15, 16 o Esth. 2:6; Jer. 24:1; 27:20

12p 1 Chr. 3:17-19 q Luke 3:27 r Ezra 3:2

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The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, b the son of David, c the son of Abraham.2 dAbraham was the father of Isaac, and e Isaac the father of Jacob, and f Jacob the father

of Judah and his brothers, 3 and g Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by h Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and i Jesse the father of David the king.

And j David was the father of Solomon by k the wife of Uriah, 7 and l Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,2 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, m and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,3 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and n Josiah the father of o Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12 And after the deportation to Babylon: p Jechoniah was the father of q Shealtiel,4 and r

Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of s

Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

1821 Matthew 1:23

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to t the Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of u Jesus Christ1 took place in this way. v When his mother Mary had

been betrothed2 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child w from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling x to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, y an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and z you shall call his name Jesus, a for he will save his people from their sins.” 22

bAll this took place c to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 d “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

and they shall call his name e Immanuel”

with the Davidic throne (v. 6) as well as the rightful legal heir to the covenant promises related to the Abrahamic seed and land (vv. 1–2).

1:17 fourteen generations. Matthew does not mean all the genera-tions that had lived during those times but “all” that he included in his list (for he evidently skipped some, such as three generations between Uzziah [Ahaziah] and Jotham in v. 9; cf. 1 Chron. 3:10–12); cf. note on Matt. 1:6b–11. Perhaps for ease of memorization, or perhaps for literary or sym-bolic symmetry, Matthew structures the genealogy to count 14 generations from each major section. (According to the Jewish practice of gematria, the giving of a numeric value to the consonants in a word, David’s name would add to D + V + D or 4 + 6 + 4 = 14, and David is the 14th name on the list.)

1:18–25 The Angelic Announcement of the Conception of Jesus the Messiah. A new era in Israel’s history begins with the story of Jesus’ con-ception in the little town of Nazareth. The angel announces his conception (vv. 18–21), explaining that he is the prophesied Immanuel (vv. 22–23). Joseph immediately obeys the angel’s directive (vv. 24–25).

1:18 Mary had been betrothed to Joseph. The custom of betrothal was different from “engagement” in modern society. Customarily the parents of a young man chose a young woman to be engaged to their son. A second stage of betrothal involved official arrangements and a prenuptial agreement before witnesses, which was a legally binding contract and could be broken only by a formal process of divorce. found to be with child. Mary is about four months pregnant, having spent three months with Elizabeth, her “rela-tive” (Luke 1:36, 56).

1:19 Betrothed partners were referred to as husband and “wife” (v. 20),

though they were not yet considered to be married, and having sexual relations during that period was considered immoral. put her to shame. Sexual unfaithfulness during betrothal was considered adultery, and under the Mosaic law carried the death penalty by stoning. divorce her quietly. Joseph intended to maintain his personal righteousness, yet he desired to show compassion even though Mary appeared to be an adulteress.

1:20 Behold represents Greek idou, used frequently by Matthew to signal emphasis, prompt the reader to pay special attention, or introduce something new or unusual. The angel of the Lord is Gabriel (cf. Luke 1:26).

1:21 The name Jesus was given to sons as a symbolic hope for the Lord’s anticipated sending of salvation through a Messiah who would purify his people and save them from oppression (see note on v. 1). But the angel points to a more important theme: to save his people from their sins. Salvation from sins was a repeated promise in OT prophets (e.g., Isa. 40:2; 53:6; Jer. 31:31–34; Ezek. 36:25–27; Dan. 9:24; Zech. 13:1).

1:22 All this took place to fulfill. This is Matthew’s “fulfillment formula,” by which he points to an event or teaching of Jesus that fulfills an OT pas-sage, indicating: (1) a direct prediction-fulfillment (e.g., vv. 22–23); (2) the intended full meaning of the OT Scripture (e.g., 5:17–20); or (3) a divinely orchestrated analogical/typological correspondence to Israel’s history (e.g., 2:15, 17–18).

1:23 the virgin. The Greek word parthenos (“virgin”) corresponds to the Hebrew term ‘almah, which is used in the prophecy of Isa. 7:14 regarding the virgin birth of the coming Savior (see note on Isa. 7:14). The Hebrew word ‘almah (“virgin” or “maiden”) generally denotes an unmarried woman who is a virgin (e.g., Gen. 24:43; Ex. 2:8; Ps. 68:25). The prophecy in Isaiah 7:14

17t ch. 2:4; 11:2; 16:16; 22:42; 23:10; Mark 8:29; Luke 3:15; [John 1:41; 4:25]

18u ver. 1; Mark 1:1; John 1:17; 17:3; [ver. 16] v Luke 1:27 w Luke 1:35

19x [Deut. 24:1]20y ch. 2:13, 19; [ch. 2:12, 22]

21z ver. 25; Luke 1:31; 2:21 a Luke 2:11; Acts 4:12; 5:31; 13:23, 38; [Acts 3:26]

22b ch. 21:4; 26:56; John 19:36 c ch. 2:15, 23; 4:14; Mark 14:49

23d Cited from Isa. 7:14 e Isa. 8:8, 10

1 Some manuscripts of the Christ 2 That is, legally pledged to be married

Jesus’ Birth and Flight to EgyptAs the time drew near for Jesus to be born, a mandatory Roman census made it necessary for Joseph to return to his ancestral home of Bethlehem. There Mary gave birth to Jesus, and later, wise men from the east came to worship him. The wise men’s recognition of a new king, however, troubled King Herod and the ruling establishment in Jerusalem, and Herod sought to kill Jesus. Joseph and his family escaped to Egypt and remained there until Herod died. When they returned to Palestine, they settled in the remote district of Galilee, where Jesus grew up in the northern village of Nazareth, to avoid the attention of the rulers in Jerusalem.

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1:1–11:26 Primeval History. The first eleven chapters of Genesis differ from those that follow. Chapters 12–50 focus on one main family line in considerable detail, whereas chs. 1–11 could be described as a survey of the world before Abraham. These opening chapters differ not only in their subject matter from ch. 12 onward, but also because there are no real parallels to the patriarchal stories in other literatures. In contrast to the patriarchal stories, however, other ancient nonbiblical stories do exist recounting stories about both creation and the flood. The existence of such stories, however, does not in any way challenge the authority or the inspiration of Genesis. In fact, the nonbiblical stories stand in sharp contrast to the biblical account, and thus help readers appreciate the unique nature and character of the biblical accounts of creation and the flood. In other ancient literary traditions, creation is a great struggle often involving conflict between the gods. The flood was sent because the gods could not stand the noise made by human beings, yet they could not control it. Through these stories the people of the ancient world learned their traditions about the gods they worshiped and the way of life that people should follow. Babylonian versions of creation and flood stories were designed to show that Babylon was the center of the religious universe and that its civilization was the highest achieved by mankind.

Reading Genesis, readers can see that it is designed to refute these delu-sions. There is only one God, whose word is almighty. He has only to speak and the world comes into being. The sun and moon are not gods in their own right, but are created by the one God. This God does not need feeding by man, as the Babylonians believed they did by offering sacrifices, but he supplies man with food. It is human sin, not divine annoyance, that prompts the flood. Far from Babylon’s tower (Babel) reaching heaven, it became a reminder that human pride could neither reach nor manipulate God.

These principles, which emerge so clearly in Genesis 1–11, are truths that run through the rest of Scripture. The unity of God is fundamental to biblical theology, as is his almighty power, his care for mankind, and his judgment on sin. It may not always be obvious how these chapters relate to geology and archaeology, but their theological message is very clear. Read in their intended sense, they provide the fundamental presup-positions of the rest of Scripture. These chapters should act as eyeglasses, so that readers focus on the points their author is making and go on to read the rest of the Bible in light of them.

1:1–2:3 God’s Creation and Ordering of Heaven and Earth. The book of Genesis opens with a majestic description of how God first created the heav-ens and earth and then how he ordered the earth so that it may become his dwelling place. Structured into seven sections, each marked by the use of set phrases, the entire episode conveys the picture of the all-powerful, transcen-dent God who sets everything in place with consummate skill in conformity to his grand design. The emphasis is mainly on how God orders or structures everything. The structure of the account is as follows: after giving the setting (1:1–2), the author describes the six workdays (1:3–31) and the seventh day, God’s Sabbath (2:1–3). Each of the six workdays follows the same pattern: it begins with “and God said,” and closes with “and there was evening and

there was morning, the nth day.” After declaring that God is the Creator of all things (1:1), the focus of the rest of Genesis 1 (beginning at 1:3) is mainly on God bringing things into existence by his word and ordering the created things (“let the waters . . . be gathered together,” 1:9), rather than on how the earth was initially created (1:1). Different features indicate this. For example, vegetation is mentioned on day 3, prior to the apparent creation of the sun on day 4. Readers concerned with how to compare this passage with a mod-ern scientific perspective should consult Introduction: Genesis and Science. Viewed in its ancient Near Eastern context, Genesis 1 says that God created everything, but it is also an account of how God has structured creation in its ordered complexity. Readers are introduced in the first three days to Day, Night, the Heavens, Earth, Seas—all these items, and only these, being specifically named by God. In days 4–6 the three distinctive regions are populated: the Heavens with lights and birds; the Seas with fish and swarming creatures; and the Earth with livestock and creeping things. God finally gives authority to human beings, as his vice-regents, to govern all these living creatures. Genesis 1 establishes a hierarchy of authority. Humanity is divinely commissioned to govern other creatures on God’s behalf, the ultimate purpose being that the whole earth should become the temple of God, the place of his presence, and should display his glory.

1:1 In the beginning. This opening verse can be taken as a summary, intro-ducing the whole passage; or it can be read as the first event, the origin of the heavens and the earth (sometime before the first day), including the creation of matter, space, and time. This second view (the origin of the heavens and the earth) is confirmed by the NT writers’ affirmation that creation was from nothing (Heb. 11:3; Rev. 4:11). God created. Although the Hebrew word for “God,” ’Elohim, is plural in form (possibly to express majesty), the verb “create” is singular, indicating that God is thought of as one being. Genesis is consistently monotheistic in its outlook, in marked contrast to other ancient Near Eastern accounts of creation. There is only one God. The Hebrew verb bara’, “create,” is always used in the OT with God as the subject; while it is not always used to describe creation out of nothing, it does stress God’s sov-ereignty and power. Heavens and the earth here means “everything.” This means, then, that “In the beginning” refers to the beginning of everything. The text indicates that God created everything in the universe, which thus affirms that he did in fact create it ex nihilo (Latin “out of nothing”). The effect of the opening words of the Bible is to establish that God, in his inscrutable wisdom, sovereign power, and majesty, is the Creator of all things that exist.

1:2 The initial description of the earth as being without form and void, a phrase repeated within the OT only in Jer. 4:23, implies that it lacked order and content. The reference to darkness . . . over the face of the deep points to the absence of light. This initial state will be transformed by God’s cre-ative activity: the Spirit of God was hovering. This comment creates a sense of expectation; something is about to happen. There is no reason to postulate that a long time elapsed between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2, during which time the earth became desolate and empty. Critical scholars argue that the word “deep” (Hb. tehom) is a remnant of Mesopotamian mythology from the creation account called Enuma Elish. Marduk, in fashioning the universe, had also to vanquish Tiamat, a goddess of chaos. These scholars believe that the Hebrew God had to conquer the chaos deity Tiamat in the form of the “deep” (notice the similarity of


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13. Jacob encounters God at Peniel (32:22–32) 14. Jacob is reconciled with Esau (33:1–20) 15. The rape of Dinah (34:1–31) 16. Jacob’s onward journey to Hebron (35:1–29) 17. Esau’s descendants in Edom (36:1–37:1) C. Jacob’s descendants (37:2–50:26) 1. Joseph is sold into slavery (37:2–36) 2. Judah and Tamar (38:1–30) 3. Joseph in Egypt (39:1–23) 4. Joseph and the king’s prisoners (40:1–23) 5. Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams (41:1–57) 6. The brothers’ first journey to Egypt (42:1–38) 7. Joseph’s brothers return to Egypt (43:1–34) 8. Benjamin is accused of stealing (44:1–34) 9. Joseph discloses his identity (45:1–28) 10. Jacob’s family relocates to Egypt (46:1–27) 11. Jacob’s family settles in Egypt (46:28–47:12) 12. Joseph oversees the famine response in Egypt (47:13–26) 13. Jacob requests to be buried in Canaan (47:27–31) 14. Jacob’s blessing of Joseph, Ephraim, and Manasseh (48:1–22) 15. Jacob blesses his 12 sons (49:1–28) 16. The death and burial of Jacob (49:29–50:14) 17. Joseph reassures his brothers (50:15–21) 18. The death of Joseph (50:22–26)

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1:1–11:26 Primeval History. Genesis 1–11 surveys the history of the world before Abraham, while chs. 12–50 focus on one main family. There are no real parallels to chs. 12–50 in the literature of other ancient civilizations. However, other ancient stories do exist about both creation and the flood. These stories stand in sharp contrast to the biblical account. Generally they depict creation as a great struggle, often involving conflict between the gods. For example, they claim that the flood was sent because the gods could not stand the noise made by human beings but were unable to control it in any other way. Genesis disproves such stories by its teachings. There is only one God, whose word is almighty. He spoke the world into being. The sun and moon are not gods in their own right but are created by the one God. It is human sin that prompts the flood. These principles in Genesis 1–11 run through the rest of Scripture.

1:1–2:3 God’s Creation and Ordering of Heaven and Earth. The book of Genesis opens with a majestic description of how God created the heavens and earth and then put everything in order so that it might become his dwelling place. God assigns humanity to govern the other creatures on his behalf, so that the whole earth should become the temple of God, the place of his presence, displaying his glory.

1:1 In the beginning. The opening verse of the Genesis creation account can be taken as either (1) a summary of the entire process of creation or (2) a description of the first event in creation. This event would have occurred sometime before the first day (vv. 3–5), and would have included the creation of matter, space, and time. This second view emphasizes the fact that God created the universe from nothing (compare Heb. 11:3). God created. The Hebrew word for God, ’Elohim, is plural, possibly to express God’s majesty, but the verb “created” is singular, indicating that God is one being. In contrast to other ancient Near Eastern accounts of creation, Genesis always emphasizes that there is only one God. Whenever the Hebrew verb for “create” occurs in the OT, God is the subject. Heavens and the earth here means “everything.” Thus, “in the beginning” refers to the beginning of everything. The text indicates that God created everything in the universe, which means that he created it out of nothing.

1:2 Before the first actual day of creation (vv. 3–5), the earth was without form and void (compare Jer. 4:23), implying that it lacked order and content. The reference to darkness . . . over the face of the deep

points to the absence of light. The Spirit of God was hovering suggests that something was about to happen. There is no reason to think that a long time elapsed between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2.

1:3–5 And God said. God’s absolute power is seen in that he merely speaks and things are created. Each new section of ch. 1 is introduced by God’s speaking. Everything that God speaks into being is good (vv. 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31). These verses show how God has arranged time in a weekly cycle (Day . . . Night). God is pictured as working for six days and resting on the seventh, which is a model for human activity. Day 4 will develop this idea further: the lights are placed in the heavens for signs and seasons, for marking days and years and the times of the festivals, such as Passover. This sense of time having a structure is further emphasized as each stage of God’s creative work is separated into specific days. there was evening and there was morning, the first day. After each workday there is an evening and then a morning, implying that there is a nighttime (the worker’s daily time of rest) in between. Similar phrases divide ch. 1 into six distinctive workdays, with 2:1–3 being a seventh day, God’s Sabbath. On the first three days God creates the environment that the creatures of days 4–6 will inhabit. For example, the sea and sky (day 2) are occupied by the fish and birds (day 5). These days can be understood as days in the life of God, but how his days relate to human days is more difficult to determine (see 2 Pet. 3:8).

1:6–8 As light was separated from darkness, so the waters are separated to form an expanse, which God calls Heaven. It is difficult to find a single English word that accurately translates the precise meaning of this Hebrew term (see esv footnote). In this context, it refers to what humans see above them, that is, the region that contains both heavenly lights (vv. 14–17) and birds (v. 20).

1:9–13 God organizes two further regions: the dry land, forming Earth; and the waters, forming Seas (vv. 9–10). God then instructs the earth to bring forth vegetation (vv. 11–12). The creation of distinctive loca-tions in days 1–3, along with vegetation, prepares for the filling of these locations in days 4–6.

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In the Hebrew Bible, the title of Genesis is In the Beginning, the book’s first words. The English title is related to the Greek word genesis, which means “beginning.”

Chapter 1 1a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11 2b Jer. 4:23 3c 2 Cor. 4:6 6d Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15 7e Prov. 8:27-29 f Ps. 148:4 9g Job 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7; 136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5

1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1


1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was b without form and

void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3 And God said, c “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6 And God said, d “Let there be an expanse1 in

the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

9 And God said, g “Let the waters under the heav-ens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gath-ered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

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only one person in each generation (see diagram, p. 42); 6:1–8 provides a worldwide picture of increasing human wickedness.

5:1–32 Most people living after the flood (that is, after chs. 6–9) did not live nearly as long as the people of chs. 1–5 (see chart, this page). This could have been due to some change in the structure of the earth or in the bodies of humans (or both) following the flood. Psalm 90:10 describes a normal life span as 70 or 80 years, which has more or less been the case throughout subsequent history.

5:1–2 the book of the generations. This heading differs from the 10 others that provide the outline for Genesis (see note on 2:4) in that it refers to a “book.” This was probably something like a clay tablet. The book is named after Adam. The same Hebrew word is also translated in 5:1 by man and in 5:2 by Man. The word may function as a proper name, a common noun referring to a male individual, or a generic noun meaning both males and females. the likeness of God. See note on 1:27.

5:3–5 The genealogy of Adam’s family through Seth contrasts with the seven generations linked to Cain (4:17–18). Instead of saying that Adam “fathered Seth,” which would be the normal wording for such a genealogy,

seventy-sevenfold. Lamech says that his vengeful response makes him safer than Cain, who had only God’s protection (v. 15).

4:25–26 another offspring. Compare “her offspring” (3:15). At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord. This suggests that the birth of Seth marks a new beginning for humanity. It probably refers to public worship, initially within Adam’s own family circle.

5:1–6:8 Adam’s Descendants. This section of Genesis falls into two parts: 5:1–32 traces a single line of descendants from Adam to Noah, naming

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Two men who never died. Enoch and Elijah are the only people in the Bible who did not die a natural death. Instead, they were “taken by God.”

Favor in the eyes of the Lord. “Favor” (6:8) is another word for God's grace. Of all the people living at the time of the flood, only Noah and his family found favor in God's sight.

26l 1 Chr. 1:1; Luke 3:38 m ch. 5:6 n Ps. 116:17; Zeph. 3:9; Zech. 13:9 Chapter 5 1o See ch. 1:26, 27 3p ch. 4:25 4q For ver. 4-32, see 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38 5r ch. 3:19 6s ch. 4:26

1 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed 2 Hebrew adam

25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed1 for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.” 26 To l Seth also a son was born, and he called his name m Enosh. At that time people began n to call upon the name of the Lord.

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5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, o he made him in

the likeness of God. 2 Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man2

when they were created. 3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and p named him Seth. 4 q The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. 5 Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, r and he died.

6 When Seth had lived 105 years, s he fathered Enosh. 7 Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 8 Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.

9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered

Adam (5:3–5) 130/930

Seth (5:6–8) 105/912

Enosh (5:9–11) 90/905

Kenan (5:12–14) 70/910

Mahalalel (5:15–17) 65/895

Jared (5:18–20) 162/962

Enoch (5:21–24) 65/365

Methuselah (5:25–27) 187/969

Lamech (5:28–31) 182/777

Noah (5:32; 9:29) 500/950

Shem (11:10–11) 100/600

Arpachshad (11:12–13) 35/438

Shelah (11:14–15) 30/433

Eber (11:16–17) 34/464

Peleg (11:18–19) 30/239

Reu (11:20–21) 32/239

Serug (11:22–23) 30/230

Nahor (11:24–25) 29/148

Terah (11:26–32) 70/205

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and sometimes as “feel sorrow” or “be grieved.” God is grieved over his creation, which he at first saw as very good (1:31) but which is now filled with sin (see note on 1 Sam. 15:29).

6:9–9:29 Noah’s Descendants. Chapters 6–9 describe a flood that leads to a renewal of the earth—a reminder of the creation account of 1:1–2:3. But while the land is cleansed and God makes a new start possible, human nature has not changed. This is clearly seen in the final verses of these chapters (9:20–29).

6:9 Noah’s personal righteousness explains why he is warned about the forthcoming deluge. Blameless conveys the idea of being without

the text says that Adam fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image. This language echoes 1:26–27.5:22–24 Enoch walked with God . . . and he was not, for God took him. The Hebrew verb for “walked” conveys a close relationship with God (compare 3:8; 6:9; 17:1; 24:40). Remarkably, because of this special relationship, Enoch does not die (compare 2 Kings 2:1–12). 5:28–31 Lamech expects that Noah, whose name means “rest,” will bring both rest and comfort from the painful toil of working the soil (see 3:17–19).6:1–2 Although God had commanded mankind to multiply (1:28), their increasing numbers led to increasing wickedness on the earth. The problem was worsened by the joining of the sons of God and the daughters of man. Scholars have proposed at least two interpreta-tions of this passage: (1) fallen angels were marrying the daughters of man; (2) male descendants of Seth were marrying the ungodly female descendants of Cain. However one interprets the passage, it is clear that the relationships described here involved sexual sin, as men saw and took any women they wanted. 6:3 God announces that because of the immoral nature of people, their days shall be 120 years. This could mean either that the lives of human beings will no longer exceed 120 years, or that the flood will come in 120 years.6:4 The meaning of Nephilim is not clear. The only other OT occurrence of the term is in Num. 13:33, where the Israelite spies use it to describe a group living in Canaan. The Nephilim were mighty men or warriors and, as such, may well have contributed to the violence that filled the earth (see Gen. 6:13).6:6–7 The Hebrew word for regretted is sometimes translated “repent”

18t Jude 14 22u ver. 24; ch. 6:9; [Mic. 6:8; Mal. 2:6] 24u [See ver. 22 above] v Heb. 11:5; [2 Kgs. 2:11] 29w ch. 3:17 32x ch. 6:10 y ch. 10:21 Chapter 6 3z 1 Pet. 3:19, 20; [Neh. 9:30; Gal. 5:16, 17] a Ps. 78:39 5b Ps. 14:2, 3 c ch. 8:21; Job 14:4; 15:14; Ps. 51:5; Jer. 17:9; Matt. 15:19; Rom. 3:23 6d 1 Sam. 15:11; 2 Sam. 24:16; Joel 2:13; [Num. 23:19; 1 Sam. 15:29] e Isa. 63:10; Eph. 4:30 8f ch. 19:19; Ex. 33:12, 13, 16, 17 9g ch. 7:1; Ezek. 14:14, 20; 2 Pet. 2:5 h Job 1:1, 8; Luke 1:6

1 Septuagint pleased God 2 Septuagint was not found 3 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for rest 4 Or My Spirit shall not contend with 5 Or giants

Kenan. 10 Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11 Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.

12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel. 13 Kenan lived after he fathered Maha-lalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.

15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared. 16 Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17 Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.

18 When Jared had lived 162 years he fathered t Enoch. 19 Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20 Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.

21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 22 Enoch u walked with God1 after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. 24 Enoch u walked with God, and he was not,2 v for God took him.

25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son 29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground w that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief3 from our work and from the

painful toil of our hands.” 30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.

32 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered x Shem, Ham, and y Japheth.

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6 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, z “My Spirit shall not abide in4 man forever, a for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim5 were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

5 b The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every c intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And d the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it e grieved him to his heart. 7 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.” 8 But Noah f found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah and the Flood9 These are the generations of Noah. g Noah was

a righteous man, h blameless in his generation.

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Noah was a righteous man who faithfully walked with God despite the wickedness of his generation. When God chose to destroy the earth because of its hopeless corruption, Noah alone found favor in his eyes. God instructed Noah to build an ark that would keep him and his family safe during the coming flood. Noah also took representative pairs of each kind of animal with him into the ark, to replenish the earth after the flood. God made a covenant with Noah, promising that he would never again destroy the earth with a flood. The NT calls Noah a “herald of righteousness” (2 Pet. 2:5). (Genesis 6:7–8)

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6 And God said, d “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sepa-

rate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

9 And God said, g “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, h “Let the earth sprout 1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1

1:1–2:3 This description of God creating heaven and earth is understood to be: 1) recent, i.e., thousands not millions of years ago; 2) ex nihilo, i.e., out of nothing; and 3) special, i.e., in six consecutive 24-hour periods called “days” and further distinguished as such by this phrase, “there was evening and there was morning.” Scripture does not support a creation date earlier than about 10,000 years ago. In the beginning. While God exists eternally (Ps. 90:2), this marked the beginning of the universe in time and space. In explaining Israel’s identity and purpose to her on the plains of Moab, God wanted his people to know about the origin of the world in which they found themselves. God. Elohim is a general term for deity and a name for the True God, though used also at times for pagan gods (Gen. 31:30), angels (Ps. 8:5), men (Ps. 82:6), and judges (Ex. 21:6). Moses made no attempt to defend the existence of God, which is assumed, or explain what he was like in person and works, which is treated elsewhere (cf. Isa. 43:10, 13). Both are to be believed by faith (cf. Heb. 11:3, 6). created. This word is used here of God’s creative activity alone, although it occasionally is used elsewhere of matter that already existed (Isa. 65:18). Context demands in no uncertain terms that this was a creation without preexisting material (as does other Scripture: cf. Isa. 40:28; 45:8, 12, 18; 48:13; Jer. 10:16; Acts 17:24). the heavens and the earth. All of God’s creation is incorporated into this summary statement that includes all six, consecutive days of creation.

1:2 without form and void. This means “not finished in its shape and as yet uninhabited by creatures” (cf. Isa. 45:18, 19; Jer. 4:23). God would quickly (in six days) decorate his initial creation (Gen. 1:2–2:3). deep. Sometimes referred to as primordial waters, this is the term used to describe the earth’s water-covered surface before the dry land emerged (1:9–10). Jonah used this word to describe the watery abyss in which he found himself submerged (Jonah 2:5). Spirit of God. Not only did God the Holy Spirit participate in creation, but so did God the Son (cf. John 1:1–3; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2).

1:3 God said. God effortlessly spoke light into existence (cf. Ps. 33:6; 148:5). This dispelled the darkness of Gen. 1:2. light. The greater and lesser lights (the sun and moon) were created later (1:14–19) on the fourth day. Here, God was the provider of light (2 Cor. 4:6) and will in eternity future be the source of light (cf. Rev. 21:23).

1:4 good. Good for the purposes it was intended to serve (cf. v. 31).

1:4–5 separated . . . called. After the initial creation, God continued to complete his universe. Once God separated certain things, he then named them. Separating and naming were acts of dominion and served as a pattern for man, who would also name a portion of God’s creation over which God gave him dominion (2:19–20).

1:5 first day. God established the pattern of creation in seven days, which constituted a complete week. “Day” can refer to: 1) the light portion of a 24-hour period (1:5, 14); 2) an extended period of time (2:4); or 3) the 24-hour period which basically refers to a full rotation of the earth on its axis, called evening and morning. This cannot mean an age, but only a day, reckoned by the Jews from sunset to sunset (1:8, 13, 19, 23, 31). “Day” with numerical adjectives in Hebrew always refers to a 24-hour period. Comparing the order of the week in Ex. 20:8–11 with the creation week confirms this understanding of the time element. Such a cycle of light and dark means that the earth was rotating on its axis, so that there was a source of light on one side of the earth, though the sun was not yet created (Gen. 1:16).

1:6 expanse. The portion of God’s creation named “heavens,” that which man saw when he looked up, i.e., the atmospheric and stellar heaven.

1:7 under the expanse. Refers to subterranean reservoirs (cf. 7:11). above the expanse. This could possibly have been a canopy of water vapor that acted to make the earth like a hothouse, provided uniform temperature, inhibited mass air movements, caused mist to fall, and filtered out ultraviolet rays, thus extending life.

1:9–10 dry land. This was caused by a tremendous, cataclysmic upheaval of the earth’s surface, and the rising and sinking of the land, which caused the waters to plunge into the low places, forming the seas, the continents and islands, the rivers and lakes (cf. Job 38:4–11; Ps. 104:6–9).

1:11–12 according to its kind. God set in motion a providential process whereby the vegetable kingdom could reproduce through seeds which would maintain each one’s unique characteristics. The same phrase is used to describe the perpetuating reproduction of animals within their created species (vv. 21, 24, 25), and indicates that evolution, which proposes reproduction across species lines, is a false explanation of origins.

1:11 yielding seed. The principle of reproduction that marks all life (cf. vv. 22, 24, 28).

Chapter 11a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5;

Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11

2b Jer. 4:233c 2 Cor. 4:66d Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer.

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rate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.


11 And God said, h “Let the earth sprout 1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1

1:1–2:3 This description of God creating heaven and earth is understood to be: 1) recent, i.e., thousands not millions of years ago; 2) ex nihilo, i.e., out of nothing; and 3) special, i.e., in six consecutive 24-hour periods called “days” and further distinguished as such by this phrase, “there was evening and there was morning.” Scripture does not support a creation date earlier than about 10,000 years ago. In the beginning. While God exists eternally (Ps. 90:2), this marked the beginning of the universe in time and space. In explaining Israel’s identity and purpose to her on the plains of Moab, God wanted his people to know about the origin of the world in which they found themselves. God. Elohim is a general term for deity and a name for the True God, though used also at times for pagan gods (Gen. 31:30), angels (Ps. 8:5), men (Ps. 82:6), and judges (Ex. 21:6). Moses made no attempt to defend the existence of God, which is assumed, or explain what he was like in person and works, which is treated elsewhere (cf. Isa. 43:10, 13). Both are to be believed by faith (cf. Heb. 11:3, 6). created. This word is used here of God’s creative activity alone, although it occasionally is used elsewhere of matter that already existed (Isa. 65:18). Context demands in no uncertain terms that this was a creation without preexisting material (as does other Scripture: cf. Isa. 40:28; 45:8, 12, 18; 48:13; Jer. 10:16; Acts 17:24). the heavens and the earth. All of God’s creation is incorporated into this summary statement that includes all six, consecutive days of creation.

1:2 without form and void. This means “not finished in its shape and as yet uninhabited by creatures” (cf. Isa. 45:18, 19; Jer. 4:23). God would quickly (in six days) decorate his initial creation (Gen. 1:2–2:3). deep. Sometimes referred to as primordial waters, this is the term used to describe the earth’s water-covered surface before the dry land emerged (1:9–10). Jonah used this word to describe the watery abyss in which he found himself submerged (Jonah 2:5). Spirit of God. Not only did God the Holy Spirit participate in creation, but so did God the Son (cf. John 1:1–3; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2).

1:3 God said. God effortlessly spoke light into existence (cf. Ps. 33:6; 148:5). This dispelled the darkness of Gen. 1:2. light. The greater and lesser lights (the sun and moon) were created later (1:14–19) on the fourth day. Here, God was the provider of light (2 Cor. 4:6) and will in eternity future be the source of light (cf. Rev. 21:23).

1:4 good. Good for the purposes it was intended to serve (cf. v. 31).

1:4–5 separated . . . called. After the initial creation, God continued to complete his universe. Once God separated certain things, he then named them. Separating and naming were acts of dominion and served as a pattern for man, who would also name a portion of God’s creation over which God gave him dominion (2:19–20).

1:5 first day. God established the pattern of creation in seven days, which constituted a complete week. “Day” can refer to: 1) the light portion of a 24-hour period (1:5, 14); 2) an extended period of time (2:4); or 3) the 24-hour period which basically refers to a full rotation of the earth on its axis, called evening and morning. This cannot mean an age, but only a day, reckoned by the Jews from sunset to sunset (1:8, 13, 19, 23, 31). “Day” with numerical adjectives in Hebrew always refers to a 24-hour period. Comparing the order of the week in Ex. 20:8–11 with the creation week confirms this understanding of the time element. Such a cycle of light and dark means that the earth was rotating on its axis, so that there was a source of light on one side of the earth, though the sun was not yet created (Gen. 1:16).

1:6 expanse. The portion of God’s creation named “heavens,” that which man saw when he looked up, i.e., the atmospheric and stellar heaven.

1:7 under the expanse. Refers to subterranean reservoirs (cf. 7:11). above the expanse. This could possibly have been a canopy of water vapor that acted to make the earth like a hothouse, provided uniform temperature, inhibited mass air movements, caused mist to fall, and filtered out ultraviolet rays, thus extending life.

1:9–10 dry land. This was caused by a tremendous, cataclysmic upheaval of the earth’s surface, and the rising and sinking of the land, which caused the waters to plunge into the low places, forming the seas, the continents and islands, the rivers and lakes (cf. Job 38:4–11; Ps. 104:6–9).

1:11–12 according to its kind. God set in motion a providential process whereby the vegetable kingdom could reproduce through seeds which would maintain each one’s unique characteristics. The same phrase is used to describe the perpetuating reproduction of animals within their created species (vv. 21, 24, 25), and indicates that evolution, which proposes reproduction across species lines, is a false explanation of origins.

1:11 yielding seed. The principle of reproduction that marks all life (cf. vv. 22, 24, 28).

Chapter 11a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5;

Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11

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DID YOU KNOW?In the beginning. The book of Genesis gets its name from the Latin phrase en te genesei, or “In the beginning,” which are the opening words of the Bible.

CROSS REFERENCES:CHAPTER 1 1a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11 2b Jer. 4:23 3c 2 Cor. 4:6 6d Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15 7e Prov. 8:27-29 f Ps. 148:4 9g Job 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7; 136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5

1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1

1:1–11:26 Primeval History. Genesis 1–11 surveys the history of the world before Abraham, while chs. 12–50 focus on one main family. There are no real parallels to chs. 12–50 in the literature of other ancient civilizations. However, other ancient stories do exist about both creation and the flood. These stories stand in sharp contrast to the biblical account. Generally they depict cre-ation as a great struggle, often involving conflict between the gods. For example, they claim that the flood was sent because the gods could not stand the noise made by human beings but were unable to control it in any other way. Genesis disproves such stories by its teachings. There is only one God, whose word is almighty. He spoke the world into being. The sun and moon are not gods in their own right but are created by the one God. It is human sin that prompts the flood. These principles in Genesis 1–11 run through the rest of Scripture.

1:1–2:3 God’s Creation and Ordering of Heaven and Earth. The book of Genesis opens with a majestic description of how God cre-ated the heavens and earth and then put everything in order so that it might become his dwelling place. God assigns humanity to govern the other creatures on his behalf, so that the whole earth should become the temple of God, the place of his presence, displaying his glory.

1:1 In the beginning. The opening verse of the Genesis creation account can be taken as either (1) a summary of the entire pro-cess of creation or (2) a description of the first event in creation. This event would have occurred sometime before the first day (vv. 3–5), and would have included the creation of matter, space, and time. This second view emphasizes the fact that God created the universe from nothing (compare Heb. 11:3). God created. The Hebrew word for God, ’Elohim, is plural, possibly to express God’s majesty, but the verb “created” is singular, indicating that God is one being. In contrast to other ancient Near Eastern accounts of creation, Genesis always emphasizes that there is only one God. Whenever the Hebrew verb for “create” occurs in the OT, God is the subject. Heavens and the earth here means “everything.” Thus, “in the beginning” refers to the beginning of everything. The text indicates that God created everything in the universe, which means that he created it out of nothing.

1:2 Before the first actual day of creation (vv. 3–5), the earth was without form and void (compare Jer. 4:23), implying that it lacked order and content. The reference to darkness . . . over the face of the deep points to the absence of light. The Spirit of God was hovering

suggests that something was about to happen. There is no reason to think that a long time elapsed between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2.1:3–5 And God said. God’s absolute power is seen in that he merely speaks and things are created. Each new section of ch. 1 is intro-duced by God’s speaking. Everything that God speaks into being is good (vv. 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31). These verses show how God has arranged time in a weekly cycle (Day . . . Night). God is pictured as working for six days and resting on the seventh, which is a model for human activity. Day 4 will develop this idea further: the lights are placed in the heavens for signs and seasons, for marking days and years and the times of the festivals, such as Passover. This sense of time having a structure is further emphasized as each stage of God’s creative work is separated into specific days. there was evening and there was morning, the first day. After each workday there is an evening and then a morning, implying that there is a nighttime (the worker’s daily time of rest) in between. Similar phrases divide ch. 1 into six distinctive workdays, with 2:1–3 being a seventh day, God’s Sabbath. On the first three days God creates the environment that the creatures of days 4–6 will inhabit. For example, the sea and sky (day 2) are occupied by the fish and birds (day 5). These days can be understood as days in the life of God, but how his days relate to human days is more difficult to determine (see 2 Pet. 3:8).1:6–8 As light was separated from darkness, so the waters are sepa-rated to form an expanse, which God calls Heaven. It is difficult to find a single English word that accurately translates the precise mean-ing of this Hebrew term (see esv footnote). In this context, it refers to what humans see above them, that is, the region that contains both heavenly lights (vv. 14–17) and birds (v. 20).1:9–13 God organizes two further regions: the dry land, forming Earth; and the waters, forming Seas (vv. 9–10). God then instructs

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between good and evil begins in Genesis. A major strand in the master story of the

Bible is the unfolding of God’s covenant with the human race, and this covenant history

starts with the book of Genesis. From the beginning, God’s purpose for Abraham and

his offspring is to bless all the nations. Genesis 3:15 is the first announcement of the

master story of the Bible that finds its fulfillment in Christ.

The creation of the world [ chapter 1 ]. Genesis 1 is a story of origins that narrates how the universe in which we live came into being. God is the only character in the story, which is structured as a catalog of his creative acts. The account is highly artistic in its patterning, with a general set of ingredients appearing in all six days of creation: (1) the announcement “and God said”; (2) a divine command using the formula “let there be” or some other form of “let”; (3) the report “and it was so”; (4) evaluation by means of the formula “God saw that it was good”; (5) placement in time, using the formula “there was evening and there was morning, the _____ day.” Further patterning exists in the orderly arrangement of God’s filling in the canvas as divine artist: first he creates three places or settings (light; sky and sea; dry land and vegetation), and then he fills each setting with the appropriate creatures (light bearers; birds and sea creatures; land animals and people).

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God

was hovering over the face of the waters.3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And God saw that the light

was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sepa-rate the waters from the waters.” 7And God made2 the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

9And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 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. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule

1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 5 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29 6 Or appointed times

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1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 5 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 9 Or open country 10 Or earth; also verse 6

G e n e s i sThe Creation of the World

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void,

and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morn-ing, the first day.




14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 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. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the dark-ness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and

multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.




28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and sub-due 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.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 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.


2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 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. 3 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.

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1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And

the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw

that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.




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G e n e s i s 1:19 2 3 G e n e s i s 2:22

1 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 2 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam

separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.


24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth accord-ing to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 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.



28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and mul-tiply 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.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 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.


2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 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. 3 So God 1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man

blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

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heavens.



15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat4 of it you shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam7 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had

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1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was

without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.


6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and sepa-rated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.


11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 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. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 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. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

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24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their

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1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man 1 Hebrew built 2 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 3 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 4 Or to give insight 5 Hebrew wind 6 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11

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.




male and female he created them.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have domin-ion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every liv-ing thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 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.


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

2 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. 3 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.

The Creation of Man and Woman 4 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.



15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of 1 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis 2 Or against 3 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living 4 Cain

sounds like the Hebrew for gotten 1 Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]? 2 Or against 3 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field 4 Or My guilt is too great to bear 5 Nod means wandering 1 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed 2 Hebrew adam 3 Septuagint pleased God 4 Septuagint was not found

every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat4 of it you shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And what-ever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heav-ens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam7 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made1 into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

“ This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of

Man.”2


The Fall

3 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 actu-

ally say, ‘You3 shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 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.’ ” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the ree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,4 she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.



“ 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. 15 a “ I will put enmity between you and

the woman,

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1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man 1 Hebrew built 2 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 3 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 4 Or to give insight 5 Hebrew wind 6 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11

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.





28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have domin-ion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every liv-ing thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 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.


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

2 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. 3 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.

The Creation of Man and Woman 4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when





15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of 1 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis 2 Or against 3 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living 4 Cain

sounds like the Hebrew for gotten 1 Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]? 2 Or against 3 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field 4 Or My guilt is too great to bear 5 Nod means wandering 1 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed 2 Hebrew adam 3 Septuagint pleased God 4 Septuagint was not found

every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat4 of it you shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And what-ever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heav-ens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam7 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made1 into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,


Man.”2


The Fall

3 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 actu-

ally say, ‘You3 shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 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.’ ” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the ree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,4 she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.



“ 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. 15 a “ I will put enmity between you and

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1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 5 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19-20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam

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GENESISIntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created everything that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.


1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and

darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7And God made2 the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.


11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegeta-tion, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each accord-ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great

sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living crea-tures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25And 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.

26 Then God said, “Let us make man8 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 creep-ing thing that creeps on the earth.”27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

28And 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.” 29And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.


2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2And 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. 3 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.

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1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 5 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20

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1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And

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he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

18 b “ A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”

19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” 21 And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.

3 c In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this is he who was

spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

d “ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘ Prepare1 the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’ ”

4 Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his bap-tism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

13 e Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16 And when

wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 a “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”

(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men7 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where

is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose8 and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

6 b “ ‘ And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”

7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, a “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that

1 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness 2 Some manuscripts omit to him a Hos. 11:1 b Jer. 31:15 c For 3:1-12 see parallels Mark 1:2-8; Luke 3:1-17 d Isa. 40:3 e For 3:13-17 see parallels Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21, 22

1 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved a For 4:1-11 see parallels Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13 b Deut. 8:3 c Ps. 91:11, 12 d Deut. 6:16 e Deut. 6:13 f Isa. 9:1, 2 g For 4:18-22 see parallel Mark 1:16-20

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he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

18 b “ A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”

19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” 21 And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.

3 c In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this is he who was

spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

d “ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘ Prepare1 the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’ ”

4 Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his bap-tism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

13 e Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16 And when

wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 a “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”


2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men7 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where

is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose8 and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

6 b “ ‘ And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”

7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, a “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that

1 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness 2 Some manuscripts omit to him a Hos. 11:1 b Jer. 31:15 c For 3:1-12 see parallels Mark 1:2-8; Luke 3:1-17 d Isa. 40:3 e For 3:13-17 see parallels Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21, 22

1 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved a For 4:1-11 see parallels Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13 b Deut. 8:3 c Ps. 91:11, 12 d Deut. 6:16 e Deut. 6:13 f Isa. 9:1, 2 g For 4:18-22 see parallel Mark 1:16-20

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GE N E S I SIntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created every-thing that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.


1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was

without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.


6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sep-arate the waters from the waters.” 7And God made2 the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

9And God said, “Let the waters under the

heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.


14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to


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1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The

earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.


light,” and there was light. 4 And

God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6 And God said, “Let there be an

expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7

And God made2 the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8

And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

9 And God said, “Let the waters

under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10

God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

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And there was evening and there was morn-ing, the third day.


lights in the expanse of the heav-ens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15

and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16

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Introduction

As its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created everything that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of human-ity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.


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AuTHoR And dATe

Like many old testament books, Esther is an anonymous work. It is possible that the author was someone like Mordecai, who had access to historical documents (2:23; 6:1). the events of Esther took place after the Babylonian exile, when Persia had replaced Babylon as the ruling power in the near East, including Judea. the story is set in Susa, one of the Persian capitals, during the reign of King Ahasuerus, better known by his Greek name, Xerxes I (486–464 b.c.). While many Jews had returned home to Judea after the exile, many others chose to remain in Persia. As a minority group, they were viewed with suspicion and sometimes faced threats to their existence.

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the book of Esther tells how a Jewish girl became the queen of Persia and was therefore able to save her people from a plot to destroy them. She is assisted in this by Mordecai, her cousin and guardian. Esther was written to explain the origin of the Feast of Purim, which celebrated Esther’s deliverance of the Jews (9:28).

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though God is not mentioned at all in the book of Esther, the improbable timing and irony of events speak clearly of his control over Esther’s story, just as he is in control of all of our stories—even in his apparent silence. Esther and her cousin Mordecai become God’s instruments of grace for the unsuspecting Jewish people in Persia.

through a providential chain of events, Esther had become the queen of Persia, though her Jewish heritage remained unknown to the king (Est. 1:1–2:18). unfortunately a man named Haman, an enemy of the Jews, had become second in command to the king. Haman tricked the king into allowing an irreversible decree calling for the execution of all Jews (3:1–15). When all seemed lost, Mordecai and Esther devised a successful plan resulting in the execution of Haman and an ironic reversal of authority. Mordecai himself became the second in command of Persia, issuing a decree that would save God’s people from the original decree against them (chs. 4–10).

An amazing story of deliverance, the book of Esther advances the Story by pre-paring the way for the Rescue that would save God’s people once for all: the life, death, and resurrection of the Author of life (Acts 3:15). If Haman had succeeded, the entire Jewish people would have been destroyed, and the story of God’s saving work in and through Abraham’s descendants would have come to an end. there would have been no fulfillment in christ, and therefore no gospel and no christian church. Esther is therefore part of a much larger story that runs all the way from Abraham to christ and, through him, to the church today.

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Like many old testament books, Esther is an anonymous work. It is possible that the author was someone like Mordecai, who had access to historical documents (2:23; 6:1). the events of Esther took place after the Babylonian exile, when Persia had replaced Babylon as the ruling power in the near East, including Judea. the story is set in Susa, one of the Persian capitals, during the reign of King Ahasuerus, better known by his Greek name, Xerxes I (486–464 b.c.). While many Jews had returned home to Judea after the exile, many others chose to remain in Persia. As a minority group, they were viewed with suspicion and sometimes faced threats to their existence.

oveRview And PuRPose

the book of Esther tells how a Jewish girl became the queen of Persia and was therefore able to save her people from a plot to destroy them. She is assisted in this by Mordecai, her cousin and guardian. Esther was written to explain the origin of the Feast of Purim, which celebrated Esther’s deliverance of the Jews (9:28).

develoPinG THe sToRy

the story of Esther, a beautiful Jewish orphan girl, is a historical account of God using unlikely characters to accomplish tasks that would be impossible apart from his divine hand. throughout the Story we see the seemingly fragile future of God’s people but also his sovereign hand of protection over them.

though God is not mentioned at all in the book of Esther, the improbable timing and irony of events speak clearly of his control over Esther’s story, just as he is in control of all of our stories—even in his apparent silence. Esther and her cousin Mordecai become God’s instruments of grace for the unsuspecting Jewish people in Persia.

through a providential chain of events, Esther had become the queen of Persia, though her Jewish heritage remained unknown to the king (Est. 1:1–2:18). unfortunately a man named Haman, an enemy of the Jews, had become second in command to the king. Haman tricked the king into allowing an irreversible decree calling for the execution of all Jews (3:1–15). When all seemed lost, Mordecai and Esther devised a successful plan resulting in the execution of Haman and an ironic reversal of authority. Mordecai himself became the second in command of Persia, issuing a decree that would save God’s people from the original decree against them (chs. 4–10).

An amazing story of deliverance, the book of Esther advances the Story by pre-paring the way for the Rescue that would save God’s people once for all: the life, death, and resurrection of the Author of life (Acts 3:15). If Haman had succeeded, the entire Jewish people would have been destroyed, and the story of God’s saving work in and through Abraham’s descendants would have come to an end. there would have been no fulfillment in christ, and therefore no gospel and no christian church. Esther is therefore part of a much larger story that runs all the way from Abraham to christ and, through him, to the church today.

Creation Fall RestorationGodCreationHarmony

DisobedienceConsequenceNeed

RescuePromise MadePromise Kept

All Things NewForever with God

How did it all begin?

GodThe story begins with God, who has always been. He has always existed, and He has always existed exactly as He is now. If it seems confusing, it’s because He’s beyond what anyone can fully comprehend.

CreationIn the beginning, God spoke and everything came into existence. By His command, the entire universe was created and filled with a dramatic display of galaxies, stars, and planets—including Earth, on which was a perfect garden of paradise called Eden. Of all the beauty He created, the masterpiece was a man and a woman. God made Adam and Eve in His image to reflect Him. They were created with the grand purpose of worshipping Him by loving Him, serving Him, and enjoying relationship with Him.

HarmonyBy God’s design, all of creation was in harmony and was exactly the way it was supposed to be. During this time there was no pain, suffering, sickness or death. There was complete love, acceptance, and intimacy between God and man, between Adam and Eve, and throughout creation. But something tragic happened...

”In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”Genesis 1:1

”Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”

Psalm 90:2

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6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7And God made2 the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was eve-ning and there was morning, the second day.


11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegeta-tion, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bear-ing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each accord-ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morn-ing, the third day.

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20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heav-ens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth liv-ing creatures according to their kinds—live-stock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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.



28And 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

IntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created everything that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.


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11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegeta-tion, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bear-ing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each accord-ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morn-ing, the third day.

14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for sea-sons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the

day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heav-ens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth liv-ing creatures according to their kinds—live-stock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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.



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1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 5 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19-20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 9 Or open country 10 Or earth; also verse 6 11 Or spring


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ness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.




11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yield-ing 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. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 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. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to sepa-rate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds mul-tiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living crea-tures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 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.

26 Then God said, “Let us make man8 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 live-stock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

28 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.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 And God saw every-thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.


2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 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. 3 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.

The Creation of Man and Woman 4 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

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Ge n e s i sIntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created every-thing that exists. it shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through noah, Abraham, isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the exodus from egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.


1 in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was

without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.



heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called seas. And God saw that it was good.




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1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 5 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19-20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam

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28 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.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And

Ge n e s i sIntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created every-thing that exists. it shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through noah, Abraham, isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the exodus from egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.


1 in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was

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3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.



heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called seas. And God saw that it was good.




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6 And God said, d “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the sec-ond day.


11 And God said, h “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 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. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for i signs and for j seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let

them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God k made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to l rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So m God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, accord-ing to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, n “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morn-ing, the fifth day.


26 Then God said, o “Let us make man8 in our image, p after our likeness. And q let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the


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birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; r male and female he created them.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, s “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.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. t You shall have them for food. 30 And u to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 vAnd God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.


2 Thus the heavens and the earth were fin-ished, and w all the host of them. 2 And x 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. 3 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.

The Creation of Man and Woman 4 y 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.

5 When no z bush of the field1 was yet in the land2 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man a to work the ground, 6 and a mist3 was going

up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of b dust from the ground and c breathed into his d nostrils the breath of life, and e the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a f garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleas-ant to the sight and good for food. g The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, h and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of i Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is the j Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man k and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil l you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat4 of it you m shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; n I will make him a helper fit for5 him.” 19 o Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heav-ens and p brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam7 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord

1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man 8 Hebrew built

27r ch. 2:18, 21-23; 5:2; Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6 28s ch. 9:1, 7 29t ch. 9:3; Ps. 104:14, 15; 145:15, 16 30u Ps. 147:9 31v Eccles. 7:29; 1 Tim. 4:4 Chapter 2 1w Deut. 4:19; Ps. 33:6 2x Ex. 20:8-11; 31:17; Deut. 5:12-14; Heb. 4:4 4y ch. 1:1 5z [ch. 1:11, 12] a ch. 3:23 7b ch. 3:19, 23; 18:27; Ps. 103:14; Eccles. 12:7; 1 Cor. 15:47 c ch. 7:22; Job 33:4; Isa. 2:22 d Job 27:3 e Cited 1 Cor. 15:45 8f ver. 15; ch. 13:10; Isa. 51:3; Ezek. 28:13; 31:8; Joel 2:3 9g ch. 3:22; Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14 h ver. 17 11i ch. 10:7, 29; 25:18; 1 Sam. 15:7 14j Dan. 10:4 15k ver. 8 17l ch. 3:1-3, 11, 17 m Rom. 6:23; James 1:15 18n 1 Cor. 11:9; 1 Tim. 2:13 19o ch. 1:20, 24 p Ps. 8:6 21q ch. 15:12; 1 Sam. 26:12

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God caused a q deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made8 into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

“ This at last is r bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was s taken out of Man.”1

24 t Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

The Fall

3 Now u 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, ‘You2 shall not eat of any tree in the gar-den’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, v ‘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.’” 4 w But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, know-ing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,3 she took of its fruit x and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, y and he ate. 7 z Then the eyes of both were opened, a and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool4 of the day, and the man and his wife b hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are

you?”5 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, c because I was naked, and I hid myself.” 11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said, d “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, e “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”


“ 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 f dust you shall eat all the days of your life.15 I will put enmity between you and the

woman, and between your offspring6 and g her

offspring; h he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”


“ I will surely multiply your pain in child-bearing;

i in pain you shall bring forth children. j Your desire shall be for7 your husband, and he shall k rule over you.”

17 And to Adam he said,

“ Because you have listened to the voice of your wife

and have eaten of the tree l of which I commanded you, ‘ You shall not eat of it,’ m cursed is the ground because of you;

1 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 2 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 3 Or to give insight 4 Hebrew wind 5 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11 6 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis 7 Or against

23r ch. 29:14; Judg. 9:2; 2 Sam. 5:1; 19:13; [Eph. 5:28-30] s 1 Cor. 11:8 24t Cited Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31; [Ps. 45:10; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11] Chapter 3 1u Matt. 10:16; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9; 20:2 3v ch. 2:17 4w ver. 13; John 8:44; [2 Cor. 11:3] 6x 1 Tim. 2:14 y ver. 12, 17; Hos. 6:7 7z ver. 5 a ch. 2:25 8b [Ps. 139:1-12; Jer. 23:23, 24] 10c ver. 7; ch. 2:25 12d ch. 2:18; Job 31:33 13e ver. 4; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14 14f Isa. 65:25; Mic. 7:17 15g Isa. 7:14; Mic. 5:3; Matt. 1:23, 25; Luke 1:34, 35; Gal. 4:4; 1 Tim. 2:15 h Rom. 16:20; Heb. 2:14; Rev. 20:1-3, 10 16i [John 16:21] j ch. 4:7; Song 7:10 k 1 Cor. 11:3; 14:34; Eph. 5:22-24; Col. 3:18; 1 Tim. 2:11, 12; Titus 2:5; 1 Pet. 3:1, 5, 6 17l ch. 2:17 m ch. 5:29; [Rom. 8:20-22] n Eccles. 2:22, 23



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1 Or when you eat 2 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 3 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 4 Or the man 5 Hebrew built 6 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 7 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 8 Or to give insight 9 Hebrew wind 10 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11

1 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 2 Or open country 3 Or earth; also verse 6 4 Or spring

17l ch. 3:1-3, 11, 17 m Rom. 6:23; James 1:15

18n 1 Cor. 11:9; 1 Tim. 2:13

19o ch. 1:20, 24 p Ps. 8:6

21q ch. 15:12; 1 Sam. 26:12

23r ch. 29:14; Judg. 9:2; 2 Sam. 5:1; 19:13; [Eph. 5:28-30] s 1 Cor. 11:8

24t Cited Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31; [Ps. 45:10; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11]

Chapter 31u Matt. 10:16; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9; 20:2

3v ch. 2:174w ver. 13; John 8:44; [2 Cor. 11:3]

6x 1 Tim. 2:14 y ver. 12, 17; Hos. 6:7

7z ver. 5 a ch. 2:258b [Ps. 139:1-12; Jer. 23:23, 24]

10c ver. 7; ch. 2:2512d ch. 2:18; Job 31:33

13e ver. 4; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14

26o ch. 3:22; 11:7; Isa. 6:8 p ch. 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:7; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10; James 3:9 q ch. 9:2; Ps. 8:6-8; James 3:7

27r ch. 2:18, 21-23; 5:2; Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6

28s ch. 9:1, 729t ch. 9:3; Ps. 104:14, 15; 145:15, 16

30u Ps. 147:931v Eccles. 7:29; 1 Tim. 4:4

Chapter 21w Deut. 4:19; Ps. 33:6

2x Ex. 20:8-11; 31:17; Deut. 5:12-14; Heb. 4:4

4y ch. 1:15z [ch. 1:11, 12]

a ch. 3:237b ch. 3:19, 23; 18:27; Ps. 103:14; Eccles. 12:7; 1 Cor. 15:47 c ch. 7:22; Job 33:4; Isa. 2:22 d Job 27:3 e Cited 1 Cor. 15:45

8 f ver. 15; ch. 13:10; Isa. 51:3; Ezek. 28:13; 31:8; Joel 2:3

9g ch. 3:22; Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14 h ver. 17

11i ch. 10:7, 29; 25:18; 1 Sam. 15:7

14 j Dan. 10:415k ver. 8

and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil l you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat1 of it you m shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; n I will make him a helper fit for2 him.” 19 o Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed3 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and p brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam4 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a q deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made5 into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,



The Fall

3 Now u 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, ‘You7 shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, v ‘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.’ ” 4 w But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,8 she took of its fruit x and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, y and he ate. 7 z Then the eyes of both were opened, a and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool9 of the day, and the man and his wife b hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”10 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, c because I was naked, and I hid myself.” 11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said, d “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, e “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”


“ Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock

to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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.

26 Then God said, o “Let us make man1 in our image, p after our likeness. And q 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.”




2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and w all the host of them. 2 And x 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. 3 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.

The Creation of Man and Woman 4 y 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.

5 When no z bush of the field2 was yet in the land3 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man a to work the ground, 6 and a mist4 was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of b dust from the ground and c breathed into his d nostrils the breath of life, and e the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a f garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. g The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, h and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.


15 The Lord God took the man k and put him in the garden of Eden to work it

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1 Or when you eat 2 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 3 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 4 Or the man 5 Hebrew built 6 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 7 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 8 Or to give insight 9 Hebrew wind 10 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11


17l ch. 3:1-3, 11, 17 m Rom. 6:23; James 1:15

18n 1 Cor. 11:9; 1 Tim. 2:13

19o ch. 1:20, 24 p Ps. 8:6

21q ch. 15:12; 1 Sam. 26:12

23r ch. 29:14; Judg. 9:2; 2 Sam. 5:1; 19:13; [Eph. 5:28-30] s 1 Cor. 11:8

24t Cited Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31; [Ps. 45:10; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11]

Chapter 31u Matt. 10:16; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9; 20:2

3v ch. 2:174w ver. 13; John 8:44; [2 Cor. 11:3]

6x 1 Tim. 2:14 y ver. 12, 17; Hos. 6:7

7z ver. 5 a ch. 2:258b [Ps. 139:1-12; Jer. 23:23, 24]

10c ver. 7; ch. 2:2512d ch. 2:18; Job 31:33

13e ver. 4; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14

26o ch. 3:22; 11:7; Isa. 6:8 p ch. 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:7; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10; James 3:9 q ch. 9:2; Ps. 8:6-8; James 3:7

27r ch. 2:18, 21-23; 5:2; Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6

28s ch. 9:1, 729t ch. 9:3; Ps. 104:14, 15; 145:15, 16

30u Ps. 147:931v Eccles. 7:29; 1 Tim. 4:4

Chapter 21w Deut. 4:19; Ps. 33:6

2x Ex. 20:8-11; 31:17; Deut. 5:12-14; Heb. 4:4

4y ch. 1:15z [ch. 1:11, 12]

a ch. 3:237b ch. 3:19, 23; 18:27; Ps. 103:14; Eccles. 12:7; 1 Cor. 15:47 c ch. 7:22; Job 33:4; Isa. 2:22 d Job 27:3 e Cited 1 Cor. 15:45

8 f ver. 15; ch. 13:10; Isa. 51:3; Ezek. 28:13; 31:8; Joel 2:3

9g ch. 3:22; Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14 h ver. 17

11i ch. 10:7, 29; 25:18; 1 Sam. 15:7

14 j Dan. 10:415k ver. 8

and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil l you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat1 of it you m shall surely die.”




The Fall

3 Now u 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, ‘You7 shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, v ‘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.’ ” 4 w But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,8 she took of its fruit x and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, y and he ate. 7 z Then the eyes of both were opened, a and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.



“ Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock

to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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.





2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and w all the host of them. 2 And x 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. 3 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.

The Creation of Man and Woman 4 y 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.

5 When no z bush of the field2 was yet in the land3 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man a to work the ground, 6 and a mist4 was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of b dust from the ground and c breathed into his d nostrils the breath of life, and e the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a f garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. g The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, h and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.


15 The Lord God took the man k and put him in the garden of Eden to work it

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6 And God said, d “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sepa-rate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.



14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for i signs and for j seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God k made the two great lights—the

greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to l rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So m God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, accord-ing to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, n “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morn-ing, the fifth day.




Chapter 1 1a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11 2b Jer. 4:23 3c 2 Cor. 4:6 6d Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15 7e Prov. 8:27-29 f Ps. 148:4 9g Job 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7; 136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5 11h Ps. 104:14 14i Jer. 10:2; Ezek. 32:7, 8; Joel 2:30, 31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Luke 21:25 j Ps. 104:19 16k Deut. 4:19; Ps. 136:7-9 18l Jer. 31:35 21m Ps. 104:25, 26 22n ch. 8:17; 9:1 26o ch. 3:22; 11:7; Isa. 6:8 p ch. 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:7; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10; James 3:9 q ch. 9:2; Ps. 8:6-8; James 3:7 27r ch. 2:18, 21-23; 5:2; Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6

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1 Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him 2 Greek to his own things; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people 3 People is implied in Greek 4 Or grace in place of grace 5 Or the only One, who is God; some manuscripts the only Son 6 Greek in the bosom of the Father 7 Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight

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1 a In the beginning was b the Word, and c the Word was with God, and d the Word was

God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 eAll things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 f In him was life,1 and g the life was the light of men. 5 h The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not over-come it.

6 There was a man i sent from God, whose name was j John. 7 He came as a k witness, to bear witness about the light, l that all might believe through him. 8 m He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

9 n The true light, which gives light to every-one, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet o the world did not know him. 11 He came to p his own,2 and q his own people3 r did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, s who believed in his name, t he gave the right u to become v children of God, 13 who w were born, x not of blood y nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And z the Word a became flesh and b dwelt among us, c and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of d grace and e truth. 15 (f John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, g ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ”) 16 For from h his fullness we have all received, i grace upon grace.4 17 For j the law was given through Moses; k grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 l No one has ever seen God; m the only God,5 who is at the Father’s side,6 n he has made him known.

The Testimony of John the Baptist19 And this is the o testimony of John,

when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, p “Who are you?” 20 q He

confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? rAre you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you s the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about your-self?” 23 He said, “I am t the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight7 the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”

24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25 They asked him, u “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” 26 John answered them, v “I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, 27 even w he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.” 28 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Behold, the Lamb of God29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward

him, and said, “Behold, x the Lamb of God, who y takes away the sin z of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, a ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but b for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John c bore witness: d “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and e it remained on

Chapter 1 1a Gen. 1:1; [Col. 1:17; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 1:4, 8, 17; 3:14; 21:6; 22:13] b Rev. 19:13; [Heb. 4:12; 1 John 1:1] c 1 John 1:2; [ch. 17:5] d Phil. 2:6 3e ver. 10; Ps. 33:6; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2 4f ch. 5:26; 11:25; 1 John 1:2; 5:11 g ch. 8:12; 9:5; 12:46 5h [ch. 3:19] 6i ver. 33; ch. 3:28; Mal. 3:1 j Matt. 3:1; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:2 7k ch. 3:26; 5:33 l Acts 19:4 8m ver. 20 9n Isa. 49:6; 1 John 2:8 10o [ch. 16:3; 1 John 3:1] 11p Matt. 21:38 q ch. 13:1 r ch. 5:43; [ch. 3:11, 32] 12s See 1 John 5:13 t 1 John 5:1 u 1 John 3:1; [Matt. 5:45] v [Gal. 3:26]; See ch. 11:52 13w James 1:18; [ch. 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:3] x 1 Pet. 1:23 y ch. 3:6 14z ver. 1 a Rom. 1:3; 8:3; Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:7, 8; Col. 1:22; 1 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 2:14; 1 John 4:2; 2 John 7; [ch. 6:51] b Rev. 7:15; 21:3 c ch. 2:11; Luke 9:32; 2 Pet. 1:16, 17; 1 John 1:1; 4:14 d See ver. 7 e [ch. 14:6] 15f See ver. 7 g ver. 27, 30; See Matt. 3:11 16h Eph. 1:23; 3:19; 4:13; Col. 1:19; 2:9 i [Matt. 25:29] 17j ch. 7:19; Ex. 20:1 k ver. 14; [Rom. 5:21] 18l ch. 5:37; 6:46; Ex. 33:20; Col. 1:15; 1 Tim. 6:16; 1 John 4:12, 20; [ch. 12:45] m ver. 14; See ch. 3:16 n [Matt. 11:27]; See ch. 3:32 19o ch. 3:26 p [ch. 8:25] 20q ver. 8; ch. 3:28; Acts 13:25; [Luke 3:15] 21r [Matt. 11:14; 16:14] s See Deut. 18:15, 18 23t Cited from Isa. 40:3; See Matt. 3:3 25u Matt. 3:6; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3, 7 26v Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:7, 8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5; 13:25 27w ver. 15, 30 29x ver. 36; Ex. 12:3; Isa. 53:7; Acts 8:32; 1 Pet. 1:19; [Gen. 22:8; Rev. 5:6] y 1 John 3:5; [Heb. 10:4, 11] z [ch. 3:16, 17; 4:42; 12:47; 1 John 2:2; 4:14] 30a ver. 15, 27 31b Luke 1:17, 76, 77 32c See ver. 7 d Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22 e [Isa. 11:2; Acts 10:38]

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IntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created everything that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of human-ity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.

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1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.2 The earth was b without form and void, and darkness was over the face of

the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. ¶ 3 And God said, c “Let there be light,” and there was light.

4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

¶ 6 And God said, d “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”7 And God made2 the expanse and e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f above the expanse. And it was so.8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

¶ 9 And God said, g “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

¶ 11 And God said, h “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants5 yielding seed, and

fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.12 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.13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

¶ 14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for i signs and for j seasons,6 and for days and years,15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.

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16 And God k made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and

the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,18 to l

rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

¶ 20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds1 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”21 So m God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.22 And God blessed them, saying, n “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

¶ 24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the live-stock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

¶ 26 Then God said, o “Let us make man2 in our image, p after our likeness. And q 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.”


¶ 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, s “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.”29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. t You shall have them for food.30 And u to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to every-thing that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.31 v 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.


2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and w all the host of them.2 And x 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.3 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.

The Creation of Man and Woman

4 y 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.

¶ 5 When no z bush of the field1 was yet in the land2 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man a to work the ground,6 and a mist3 was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground—7 then the Lord God formed the man of b dust from the ground and c breathed into his d nostrils the breath of life, and e the man became a living creature.8 And the Lord God planted a f

garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. g

The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, h and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¶ 10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of i Havilah, where there is gold.12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush.14 And the name of the third river is the j Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

¶ 15 The Lord God took the man k and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil l you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat4 of it you m shall surely die.”

¶ 18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; n I will make him a helper fit for5 him.”19 o Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and p brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam7 there was not found a helper fit for him.21 So the Lord God caused a q deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made8 into a woman and brought her to the man.23 Then the man said,


16kDeut. 4:19; Ps. 136:7-9

18lJer. 31:35

21mPs. 104:25, 26

22nch. 8:17; 9:1

26och. 3:22; 11:7; Isa. 6:8 pch. 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:7; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10; James 3:9 qch. 9:2; Ps. 8:6-8; James 3:7

27rch. 2:18, 21-23; 5:2; Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6

28sch. 9:1, 7

29tch. 9:3; Ps. 104:14, 15; 145:15, 16

30uPs. 147:9

31vEccles. 7:29; 1 Tim. 4:4

Chapter 21wDeut. 4:19; Ps. 33:6

2xEx. 20:8-11; 31:17; Deut. 5:12-14; Heb. 4:4

1 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19-20 2 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam

Genesis 1:16

4ych. 1:1

5z[ch. 1:11, 12] ach. 3:23

7bch. 3:19, 23; 18:27; Ps. 103:14; Eccles. 12:7; 1 Cor. 15:47 cch. 7:22; Job 33:4; Isa. 2:22 dJob 27:3 eCited 1 Cor. 15:45

8fver. 15; ch. 13:10; Isa. 51:3; Ezek. 28:13; 31:8; Joel 2:3

9gch. 3:22; Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14 hver. 17

11ich. 10:7, 29; 25:18; 1 Sam. 15:7

14jDan. 10:4

15kver. 8

17lch. 3:1-3, 11, 17 mRom. 6:23; James 1:15

18n1 Cor. 11:9; 1 Tim. 2:13

19och. 1:20, 24 pPs. 8:6

21qch. 15:12; 1 Sam. 26:12

23rch. 29:14; Judg. 9:2; 2 Sam. 5:1; 19:13; [Eph. 5:28-30] s1 Cor. 11:8

1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man 8 Hebrew built 9 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike

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1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth

was b without form and void, and dark-ness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3 And God said, c “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God sepa-rated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6 And God said, d “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

9 And God said, g “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gath-ered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, h “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is

their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yield-ing 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. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to sep-arate the day from the night. And let them be for i signs and for j seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God k made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to l rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So m God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according



14iJer. 10:2; Ezek. 32:7, 8; Joel 2:30, 31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Luke 21:25 jPs. 104:19

16kDeut. 4:19; Ps. 136:7-9

18lJer. 31:3521mPs. 104:25, 26

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2bJer. 4:233c2 Cor. 4:66dJob 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15

7eProv. 8:27-29 fPs. 148:4

9gJob 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7; 136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5

11hPs. 104:14

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to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, n “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock accord-ing to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.




r male and female he created them.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, s “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.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. t You shall have them for food. 30 And u to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 vAnd God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morn-ing, the sixth day.


2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and w all the host of

them. 2 And x 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. 3 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.

The Creation of Man and Woman 4 y These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when



5 When no z bush of the field2 was yet in the land3 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man a to work the ground, 6 and a mist4 was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of b dust from the ground and c breathed into his d nostrils the breath of life, and e the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a f garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. g The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, h and the tree of the knowl-edge of good and evil.


15 The Lord God took the man k and put him in the garden of Eden to work

it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil l you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat1 of it you m shall surely die.”


“ This at last is r bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was s taken out of

Man.”6


The Fall

3 Now u 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, ‘You7 shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, v ‘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.’” 4 w But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,8 she took of its fruit x and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, y and he ate. 7 z Then the eyes of both were opened, a and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.



“ Because you have done this, cursed are you above all live-

stock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and f dust you shall eat all the days of your life.15 I will put enmity between you and

the woman, and between your offspring11

and g her offspring; h he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”



1 Or when you eat 2 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 3 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 4 Or the man 5 Hebrew built 6 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 7 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 8 Or to give insight 9 Hebrew wind 10 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11 11 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis

22nch. 8:17; 9:126och. 3:22; 11:7; Isa. 6:8 pch. 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:7; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10; James 3:9 qch. 9:2; Ps. 8:6-8; James 3:7

27rch. 2:18, 21-23; 5:2; Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6

28sch. 9:1, 729tch. 9:3; Ps. 104:14, 15; 145:15, 16

30uPs. 147:931vEccles. 7:29; 1 Tim. 4:4

Chapter 21wDeut. 4:19; Ps. 33:6

2xEx. 20:8-11; 31:17; Deut. 5:12-14; Heb. 4:4

4ych. 1:15z[ch. 1:11, 12] ach. 3:23

7bch. 3:19, 23; 18:27; Ps. 103:14; Eccles. 12:7; 1 Cor. 15:47 cch. 7:22; Job 33:4; Isa. 2:22 dJob 27:3 eCited 1 Cor. 15:45

8fver. 15; ch. 13:10; Isa. 51:3; Ezek. 28:13; 31:8; Joel 2:3

9gch. 3:22; Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14 hver. 17

11ich. 10:7, 29; 25:18; 1 Sam. 15:7

14jDan. 10:415kver. 8

4wver. 13; John 8:44; [2 Cor. 11:3]

6x1 Tim. 2:14yver. 12, 17; Hos. 6:7

7zver. 5 ach. 2:258b[Ps. 139:1-12; Jer. 23:23, 24]

10cver. 7; ch. 2:2512dch. 2:18; Job 31:33

13ever. 4; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14

14fIsa. 65:25; Mic. 7:17

15gIsa. 7:14; Mic. 5:3; Matt. 1:23, 25; Luke 1:34, 35; Gal. 4:4; 1 Tim. 2:15 hRom. 16:20; Heb. 2:14; Rev. 20:1-3, 10

17lch. 3:1-3, 11, 17 mRom. 6:23; James 1:15

18n1 Cor. 11:9; 1 Tim. 2:13

19och. 1:20, 24 pPs. 8:6

21qch. 15:12; 1 Sam. 26:12

23rch. 29:14; Judg. 9:2; 2 Sam. 5:1; 19:13; [Eph. 5:28-30] s1 Cor. 11:8

24tCited Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31; [Ps. 45:10; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11]

Chapter 31uMatt. 10:16; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9; 20:2

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9And God said, “Let the waters under the heav-ens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegeta-tion, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bear-ing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 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. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for sea-sons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with

swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heav-ens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—live-stock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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.

26 Then God said, “Let us make man8 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.”27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

28And 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.” 29And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were fin-ished, and all the host of them. 2And 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. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it

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1 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling of Asa; some manuscripts Asa; also verse 8 2 Amos is probably an alternate spelling of Amon; some manuscripts Amon; twice in this verse 3 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse 4 Some manuscripts of the Christ 5 That is, legally pledged to be married 7 Or in the east; also verse 9

the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,1 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,2 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,3 and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon four-teen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ4 took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed5 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:23 “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear

a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”


2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold,

wise men6 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 say-

ing, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose7 and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: 6 “ ‘ And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of

Judah, are by no means least among the rulers

of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”

7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” 9After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 12And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:18 “ A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation,

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during times of relative peace, nations struggle with internal strife and crime.

The Bible says that man on his own cannot know peace because he is alienated from its source. But we need not despair. True peace is immediately available from God our Father (“the God of peace,” Rom. 15:33) and from the Lord Jesus Christ (the “Prince of Peace,” Isa. 9:6). It’s a gift of God’s grace to those who love and obey Jesus Christ.

The New Testament so clearly teaches the inextricable link between God’s grace and peace that “Grace to you and peace” became a common greeting in the early church. Grace is God’s great kindness toward those who are undeserving of His favor but who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ. It is the fountain, and peace is the stream. As recipients of His grace, we have “peace with God” (Rom. 5:1); we are reconciled to Him through faith in His Son, and we will never experience His wrath. We also have the “peace of God” (Phil. 4:7, emphasis added)—the Spirit’s way of assuring us that God is in control even in the midst of difficult circumstances. That’s why Paul calls it the peace that “surpasses all under-standing” (Phil. 4:7).

The world’s peace is relative and fleeting because it is grounded in circumstances. God’s peace is absolute and eternal because it is grounded in His grace.

Does God’s peace reign in your heart, or have you allowed sin or difficult circumstances to diminish your devotion to Christ?

SUGGESTIONS FOR PRAYER: Thank God that you have peace with Him through faith in Jesus Christ. — Ask the Spirit to reveal any sin that might be hindering God’s peace from ruling in your heart. Be prepared to respond in confession and repen-tance. — Ask for opportunities to demonstrate God’s peace to others today.

Daily Devotional

Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because

they are no more.”19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel

of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” 21And he

rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.

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Genesis 1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form





11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegeta-tion, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bear-ing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yield-ing 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. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17And God set them

in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the dark-ness. And God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea crea-tures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds mul-tiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—live-stock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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.

26 Then God said, “Let us make man8 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.”27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

28And 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.” 29And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on

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28And 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.” 29And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2And 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. 3 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. 4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when


the earth and the heavens.5 When no bush of the field1 was yet in

the land2 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and a mist3 was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed

the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat4 of it you shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam7 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with

1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man

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flesh. 22And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made1 into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,


Man.”2

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Matthew 1:1–2:12

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of

Abraham.2Abraham was the father of Isaac, and


And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,4 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uz ziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,5 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,6 and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ7 took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed8 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:23 “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive

and bear a son, and they shall call his name

Immanuel”


1 Hebrew built 2 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 3 Greek Aram; also verse 4 4 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling for Asa; some manuscripts read Asa; also verse 8 5 Amos is probably an alternate spelling for Amon; some manuscripts read Amon; twice in this verse 6 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse 7 Some manuscripts of the Christ 8 That is, legally pledged to be married

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1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or fashioned; also verse 16 3 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1


1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was with

out form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

does create mean?God brought everything into existence out of nothing by the power of his word. (1:1)

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light

was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.


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

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On Day God Made It Says So In And God

One Light; Day and Night Genesis 1:3–5 Saw that the light was good.

Two Heaven Genesis 1:6–8 Called the expanse Heaven.

Three Earth and Seas; Plants Genesis 1:9–10; Genesis 1:11–13

Saw that it was good.

Saw that it was good.

Four Sun, Moon, and Stars Genesis 1:14–19 Saw that it was good.

Five Sea Creatures and Birds

Genesis 1:20–23 Saw that it was good.

Six Earth Creatures; Man and Woman

Genesis 1:24–25; Genesis 1:26–31

Saw that it was good. Saw that

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Seven God Rested Genesis 2:1–3 Blessed the seventh day

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1 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 2 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29 3 Or appointed times 4 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20

10 God called the dry land Earth,1 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.


14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,3 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 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. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the

light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds4 fly above the earth across the ex panse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.


Genesis 1:1–31That’s One Big Science Fair Project!

Do you enjoy doing science fair projects? They are a lot of work. They require lots of time and creativity if they are going to result in an award-winning display board. Here was one big science fair project: in the beginning, God made everything—including all those things you study and measure in your projects! In six days, God created weather and electricity and chemicals and gravity and colors. And every animal. And your first parents, Adam and Eve. And he did it just by saying so.

Some people think the Bible’s story of creation doesn’t make scientific sense. But actually, science would be impossible without God’s work of creation. As you look at a moun-tain, or at a blue sky, or at a racehorse in full stride, or at your own face in the mirror, admire God’s spectacular display board!

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1 In  the  beginning,  God  created  the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth 

was without form and void, and dark-ness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3 And  God  said,  “Let  there  be  light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6 And  God  said,  “Let  there  be  an expanse1  in  the  midst  of  the  waters, and  let  it  separate  the  waters  from the  waters.”  7 And  God  made2  the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that  were  above  the  expanse.  And  it was  so.  8 And  God  called  the  expanse Heaven.3  And  there  was  evening  and there was morning, the second day.

9 And God said, “Let the waters under the  heavens  be  gathered  together  into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters  that were gath-ered  together  he  called  Seas.  And  God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation,  plants5  yielding  seed,  and fruit  trees  bearing  fruit  in  which  is their  seed,  each  according  to  its  kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yield-ing 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. 13 And there was  evening  and  there  was  morning, the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the  day  from  the  night.  And  let  them be  for  signs  and  for  seasons,6  and  for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in  the  expanse  of  the  heavens  to  give light  upon  the  earth.”  And  it  was  so. 16 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.  17 And  God  set  them  in  the expanse of the heavens to give light on the  earth,  18 to  rule  over  the  day  and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And  God  said,  “Let  the  waters swarm  with  swarms  of  living  crea-tures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea creatures and every  living  creature  that  moves,  with which  the  waters  swarm,  according to  their  kinds,  and  every  winged  bird according to its kind. And God saw that it  was  good.  22 And  God  blessed  them, saying,  “Be  fruitful  and  multiply  and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening  and  there  was  morning,  the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock  and  creeping  things 

1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man 8 Hebrew built 9 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 10 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1-5 11 Or to give insight 

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1 the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of abraham.

2abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by tamar, and Perez the father of hezron, and hezron the father of Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of amminadab, and amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.

and David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of abijah, and abijah the father of asaph,2 8 and asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of ahaz, and ahaz the father of hezekiah, 10 and hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of amos,3 and amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12and after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,4 and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of abiud, and abiud the father of eliakim, and eliakim the father of azor, 14 and azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of achim, and achim the father of eliud, 15 and eliud the father of eleazar, and eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ5 took place

in this way. when his mother Mary had been betrothed6 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the holy Spirit. 19and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22all this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 a “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

and they shall call his name Immanuel”

(which means, God with us). 24 when Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. and he called his name Jesus.

The Visit of the Wise Men

2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of herod the king, behold,

wise men7 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose8 and have come to worship him.” 3 when herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 they told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

6 b “ ‘ and you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of

Judah;

IntroductionThe Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as Israel’s Messiah. The account alternates between Jesus’ activities of healing and casting out demons, and major blocks of his teaching, including the Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5–7), the Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13), and the Olivet Discourse (chs. 24–25). The Sermon on the Mount includes the Beatitudes (5:3-12) and the Lord’s Prayer (6:5-15). The book closes with the Great Commission (28:18-20). A recurring theme is the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders, culminating in his pronouncement of “seven woes” upon them (ch. 23). As do all four Gospel accounts, Matthew focuses on Christ’s three-year ministry and his death and resurrection. Matthew probably wrote his Gospel in the 50s or 60s a.d.

1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling for Asa; some manuscripts read Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling for Amon; some manuscripts read Amon; twice in this verse 4 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse 5 Some manuscripts of the Christ 6 That is, legally pledged to be married 7 Greek magi; also verses 7, 16 8 Or in the east; also verse 9 a Isa. 7:14 b Mic. 5:2

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The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word waswith God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the

beginning with God. 3 All things were made throughhim, and without him was not any thing made that wasmade. 4In him was life,1 and the life was the light of men.5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasnot overcome it.

6There was a man sent from God, whose name wasJohn. 7He came as a witness, to bear witness about thelight, that all might believe through him. 8He was not thelight, but came to bear witness about the light.

9The true light, which enlightens everyone, was com-ing into the world. 10He was in the world, and the worldwas made through him, yet the world did not knowhim. 11He came to his own,2 and his own people3 didnot receive him. 12But to all who did receive him, whobelieved in his name, he gave the right to become chil-dren of God, 13who were born, not of blood nor of thewill of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Sonfrom the Father, full of grace and truth. 15( John bore wit-ness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom Isaid, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, becausehe was before me.’”) 16 And from his fullness we have1 Or was not any thing made.That which has been made was life in him 2 Greek to his own things ; that is, to his owndomain, or to his own people 3 People is implied in Greek

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1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling for Asa; some manuscripts read Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling for Amon; some manuscripts read Amon; twice in this verse 4 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse 5 Some manuscripts of the Christ 6 That is, legally pledged to be married


M A T T H E W

Introduction

The Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as Israel’s Messiah. The account alternates between Jesus’ activities of healing and casting out demons, and major blocks of his teaching, including the Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5–7), the Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13), and the Olivet Discourse (chs. 24–25). The Sermon on the Mount includes the Beatitudes (5:3-12) and the Lord’s Prayer (6:5-15). The book closes with the Great Commission (28:18-20). A recurring theme is the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders, culminating in his pronouncement of “seven woes” upon them (ch. 23). As do all four Gospel accounts, Matthew focuses on Christ’s three-year ministry and his death and resurrection. Matthew probably wrote his Gospel in the 50s or 60s A.D.


1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

2Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,� 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the fa-ther of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,� 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,� and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,� and

Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ� took place

in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed� to Joseph, before they came to-gether she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an an-gel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their

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Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and

Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by tamar,

and Perez the father of hezron, and hezron

the father of Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of

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of amos,3 and amos the father of Josiah, 11 and

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LIBRO PRIMERO DE MOISÉS

GÉNESIS

1 En el principio creó Dios los cielos y la tierra.

2 Y la tierra estaba desordenada y vacía, y las tinieblas estaban sobre la faz del abismo, y el Espíritu de Dios se movía sobre la faz de las aguas.¶ 3 Y dijo Dios: Sea la luz; y fue la luz.

4 Y vio Dios que la luz era buena; y separó Dios la luz de las tinieblas. 5 Y llamó Dios a la luz Día, y a las tinieblas llamó Noche. Y fue la tarde y la mañana un día.

¶ 6 Luego dijo Dios: Haya expansión en medio de las aguas, y separe las aguas de las aguas.

7 E hizo Dios la expansión, y separó las aguas que estaban debajo de la expansión, de las aguas que estaban sobre la expansión. Y fue así. 8 Y llamó Dios a la expansión Cielos. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día segundo.¶ 9 Dijo también Dios: Júntense las aguas que están debajo de los cielos en un lugar, y descúbrase lo seco. Y fue así. 10 Y llamó Dios a lo seco Tierra, y a la reunión de las aguas llamó Mares. Y vio Dios que era bueno.

11 Después dijo Dios: Produzca la tierra hierba verde, hierba que dé semilla; árbol de fruto que dé fruto según su género, que su semilla esté en él, sobre la tierra. Y fue así. 12 Produjo, pues, la tierra hierba verde, hierba que da semilla según su naturaleza, y árbol que da fruto, cuya semilla está en él, según su género. Y vio Dios que era bueno. 13 Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día tercero.

¶ 14 Dijo luego Dios: Haya lumbreras en la expan-sión de los cielos para separar el día de la noche; y sir-van de señales para las estaciones, para días y años,

15 y sean por lumbreras en la expansión de los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra. Y fue así. 16 E hizo Dios las dos grandes lumbreras; la lum-brera mayor para que señorease en el día, y la lumbrera menor para que señorease en la noche; hizo también las estrellas. 17 Y las puso Dios en la expansión de los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra, 18 y para señorear en el día y en la noche, y para separar la luz de las tinieblas. Y vio Dios que era bueno. 19 Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día cuarto.

GENESIS

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

2 The earth was without form and void, and dark-ness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.¶ 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.¶ 6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.¶ 9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heav-ens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth,4 and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.¶ 11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yield-ing seed according to their own kinds, and trees bear-ing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.¶ 14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 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.

17 And God set them in the expanse of the heav-ens to give light on the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

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1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus christ, the son of david, the son of Abraham.

¶ 2 Abraham was the father of isaac, and isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of perez and Zerah by Tamar, and perez the father of hezron, and hezron the father of ram,1 4 and ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of nahshon, and nahshon the father of salmon, 5 and salmon the father of Boaz by rahab, and Boaz the father of obed by ruth, and obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of david the king.¶ And david was the father of solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and solomon the father of rehoboam, and rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,2 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of hezekiah, 10 and hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,3 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.¶ 12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of shealtiel,4 and shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of eliakim, and eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of eliud, 15 and eliud the father of eleazar, and eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,

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Jesu Stammbaum(Lk 3,23-38)

1 dies ist das Buch von der Geschichte Jesu christi, des sohnes davids, des sohnes

Abrahams.¶ 2 Abraham zeugte isaak. isaak zeugte Jakob. Jakob zeugte Juda und seine Brüder.

3 Juda zeugte perez und serach mit der Tamar. perez zeugte hezron. hezron zeugte ram. 4 ram zeugte Amminadab. Amminadab zeugte nachschon. nachschon zeugte salmon.

5 salmon zeugte Boas mit der rahab. Boas zeugte obed mit der rut. obed zeugte isai.

6 isai zeugte den König david.¶ david zeugte salomo mit der Frau des Uria. 7 salomo zeugte rehabeam. rehabeam zeugte Abija. Abija zeugte Asa.

8 Asa zeugte Joschafat. Joschafat zeugte Joram. Joram zeugte Usija.

9 Usija zeugte Jotam. Jotam zeugte Ahas. Ahas zeugte hiskia.

10 hiskia zeugte Manasse. Manasse zeugte Amon. Amon zeugte Josia.

11 Josia zeugte Jojachin und seine Brüder um die Zeit der babylonischen Gefangenschaft.

¶ 12 nach der babylonischen Gefangenschaft zeugte Jojachin schealtiël. schealtiël zeugte serubbabel. 13 serubbabel zeugte Abihud. Abihud zeugte eljakim. eljakim zeugte Asor.

14 Asor zeugte Zadok. Zadok zeugte Achim. Achim zeugte eliud.

15 eliud zeugte eleasar. eleasar zeugte Mattan. Mattan zeugte Jakob.

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MATTHEWIntroductionThe Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as Israel’s Messiah. The account alternates between Jesus’ activities of healing and casting out demons, and major blocks of his teaching, including the Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5–7), the Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13), and the Olivet Discourse (chs. 24–25). The Sermon on the Mount includes the Beatitudes (5:3-12) and the Lord’s Prayer (6:5-15). The book closes with the Great Commission (28:18-20). A recurring theme is the con-flict between Jesus and the religious leaders, culminating in his pronouncement of “seven woes” upon them (ch. 23). As do all four Gospel accounts, Matthew focuses on Christ’s three-year ministry and his death and resurrection. Matthew probably wrote his Gospel in the 50s or 60s A.D.


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