14:21. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
14:22. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
14:23. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
14:24. And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
14:25. And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
14:26. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
14:27. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
14:28. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
14:29. But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
14:30. Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
14:31. And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
9. The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1~9)
11:1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
11:2. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
11:3. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
11:4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
11:5. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
11:6. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
11:7. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
11:8. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
11:9. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
8. The End of the Flood (Genesis 8:1~2, 6~16, 18~19)
8:1. And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged.
8:2. The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
8:6. And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
8:7. And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8:8. Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
8:9. But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
8:10. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
8:11. And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, Io, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
8:12. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
8:13. And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
8:14. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
8:15. And God spake unto Noah, saying,
8:16. Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
8:18. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.
8:19. Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
7. The Flood (Genesis 7:1~5, 11~17, 21~22)
7:1. And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
7:2. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
7:3. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
7:4. For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
7:5. And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
7:11. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
7:12. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
7:13. In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
7:14. They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
7:15. And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
7:16. And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
7:17. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
7:21. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.
7:22. All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
6. Noah (Genesis 6:12~13, 18~22)
6:12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
6:13. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
6:18. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
6:19. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
6:20. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
6:21. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
6:22. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
5. Adam and Eve are Send Out of the Garden (Genesis 3:22~24)
3:22. And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
3:23. therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
3:24. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
4. God Pronounces Judgment (Genesis 3:14~21)
3:14. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
3:15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
3:16. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
3:17. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
3:18. Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
3:19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
3:20. And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
3:21. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
3. The Disobedience of Man (Genesis 3:1~13)
3:1. Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3:3. but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
3:4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
3:5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
3:6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
3:7. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
3:8. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
3:9. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
3:10. And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
3:11. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
3:12. And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
3:13. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
2. The Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:4~25)
2:4. These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
2:5. and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
2:6. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
2:7. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
2:8. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
2:9. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
2:10. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
2:11. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
2:12. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
2:13. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
2:14. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
2:15. And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
2.16. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
2:17. but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
2:18. And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
2:19. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
2:20. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
2:21. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
2:22. And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
2:23. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
2:24. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
2:25. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
1. The Story of Creation (Genesis 1:1~2:3)
1:1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
1:3. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
1:4. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
1:5. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
1:6. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
1:7. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
1:8. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
1:9. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
1:10. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1:11. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
1:12. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:13. And the evening and the morning were the third day.
1:14. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
1:15. and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
1:16. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
1:17. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
1:18. and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
1:19. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
1:20. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
1:21. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:22. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
1:23. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
1:24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
1:25. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
1:27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
1:28. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
1:29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
1:30. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
1:31. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
2:1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2:2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
2:3. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.