THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED
GENESIS
Genesis 1
1 In the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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.
3 And God said, Let
there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the
light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the
darkness.
5 And God called
the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the
morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let
there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the
waters from the waters.
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.
8 And God called
the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second
day.
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.
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.
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.
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.
13 And the evening
and the morning were the third day.
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:
15 And let them be
for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth:
and it was so.
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.
17 And God set them
in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over
the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness:
and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening
and the morning were the fourth day.
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.
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.
22 And God blessed
them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the
seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening
and the morning were the fifth day.
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.
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.
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.
27 So God created
man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male
and female created he them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Genesis 2
1 Thus the
heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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.
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.
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,
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.
6 But there went up
a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
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.
8 And the LORD
God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he
had formed.
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.
10 And a river went
out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and
became into four heads.
11 The name of the
first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land
of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 And the gold of
that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of
the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth
the whole land of Ethiopia.
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.
15 And the LORD
God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to
keep it.
16 And the LORD
God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
22 And the rib,
which the LORD God had taken
from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
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.
24 Therefore shall
a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were
both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Psalm 1
1 Blessed
is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD;
and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf
also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are
like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the
judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the
way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalm 2
1 Why
do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the
rulers take counsel together, against the LORD,
and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away
their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the
Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and
vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of
Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten
thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the
heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the
earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou
shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be
instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from
the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all
they that put their trust in him.
A Psalm of David, when he fled
from Absalom his son.
Psalm 3
1 LORD,
how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise
up against me.
2 Many there be which say of my soul, There
is no help for him in God. Selah.
3 But thou, O LORD, art
a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
4 I cried unto the LORD with
my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD
sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,
that have set themselves against me round about.
7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O
my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek
bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD:
thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. |
