Holman Christian Standard Bible (3 page)

20
 Then God said, “Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”
21
 So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22
 So God blessed them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” 
23
 Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.

24
 Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
25
 So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26
 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.” 

28
 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”
29
 God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This food will be for you, 
30
 for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth — everything having the breath of life in it. I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31
 God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.

Genesis

2
So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed. 
2
 By the seventh day God completed His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. 
3
 God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested from His work of creation.

Man and Woman in the Garden

4
 These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation at the time that the
Lord
God made the earth and the heavens.
5
 No shrub of the field had yet grown on the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the
Lord
God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.
6
 But water would come out of the ground and water the entire surface of the land.
7
 Then the
Lord
God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. 

8
 The
Lord
God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had formed.
9
 The
Lord
God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 

10
 A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the source of four rivers. 
11
 The name of the first is Pishon, which flows through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12
 Gold from that land is pure; bdellium and onyx are also there.
13
 The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of
•Cush
.
14
 The name of the third river is the Tigris, which runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 

15
 The
Lord
God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.
16
 And the
Lord
God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden, 
17
 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.” 
18
 Then the
Lord
God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper as his complement.” 
19
 So the
Lord
God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.
20
 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man no helper was found as his complement.
21
 So the
Lord
God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place.
22
 Then the
Lord
God made the rib He had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. 
23
 And the man said:

24
 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh. 
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 Both the man and his wife were naked, yet felt no shame.

Genesis

The Temptation and the Fall

3
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the
Lord
God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can't eat from any tree in the garden'? ” 

2
 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden.
3
 But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.' ” 

4
 “No! You will not die,” the serpent said to the woman. 
5
 “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6
 Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 
7
 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

Sin's Consequences

8
 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the
Lord
God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid themselves from the
Lord
God among the trees of the garden. 
9
 So the
Lord
God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you? ”

10
 And he said, “I heard You in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

11
 Then He asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? ”

12
 Then the man replied, “The woman You gave to be with me — she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”

13
 So the
Lord
God asked the woman, “What is this you have done? ”

And the woman said, “It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate.” 

14
 Then the
Lord
God said to the serpent:

16
 He said to the woman:

17
 And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife's voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it':

20
 Adam named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
21
 The
Lord
God made clothing out of skins for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.

22
 The
Lord
God said, “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.” 
23
 So the
Lord
God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
24
 He drove man out and stationed the
•cherubim
and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life. 

Genesis

Cain Murders Abel

4
Adam was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have had a male child with the
Lord
's help.” 
2
 Then she also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.
3
 In the course of time Cain presented some of the land's produce as an offering to the
Lord
. 
4
 And Abel also presented an offering — some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The
Lord
had regard for Abel and his offering, 
5
 but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent. 

6
 Then the
Lord
said to Cain, “Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent? 
7
 If you do what is right, won't you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” 

8
 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let's go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. 

9
 Then the
Lord
said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel? ”

“I don't know,” he replied. “Am I my brother's guardian? ”

10
 Then He said, “What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground! 
11
 So now you are cursed, alienated, from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood you have shed. 
12
 If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.” 

13
 But Cain answered the
Lord
, “My punishment is too great to bear!
14
 Since You are banishing me today from the soil, and I must hide myself from Your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.” 

15
 Then the
Lord
replied to him, “In that case, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And He placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.
16
 Then Cain went out from the
Lord
's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

The Line of Cain

17
 Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.
18
 Irad was born to Enoch, Irad fathered Mehujael, Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.
19
 Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.
20
 Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of the nomadic herdsmen. 
21
 His brother was named Jubal; he was the father of all who play the lyre and the flute.
22
 Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. Tubal-cain's sister was Naamah.

23
 Lamech said to his wives:

25
 Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26
 A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of
•Yahweh
.