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Genesis | ‫בראשית‬ ‫ וְ ָה ָ֗א ֶרץ‬2 ‫ֹלהים ֵ ֥את ַה ָּׁש ַ ֖מיִ ם וְ ֵ ֥את ָה ָ ֽא ֶרץ׃‬ ֑ ִ ‫ָּב ָ ֣רא ֱא‬

and-the-earth

the-earth

‫וְ ֣ר ַּוח‬

‫ַעל־ ְּפ ֵ ֣ני ְת ֑הֹום‬

and-Spirit-of

‫֑אֹור‬ light

and— the-heavens — God

face-of

the-deep

‫יְ ִ ֣הי‬

God

‫וַ ְּיַב ֵ ּ֣דל‬

and-he-said

good

that

‫ וַ ּיִ ְק ָ ֨רא‬5

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

‫ֶ ֥ע ֶרב‬

‫ַה ֽחֹ ֶׁשְך׃‬

he-called

‫יְ ִ ֥הי‬

‫ֹלהים֮ ֶאת־‬ ִ ‫ֱא‬

‫ וַ ַּי ַ֣עׂש‬7

— God

‫ִמ ַ ּ֣ת ַחת‬

‫ וַ ּיִ ְק ָ ֧רא‬8 ‫ֵ ֽכן׃‬ so

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

day

‫ַ ֖מיִ ם‬

the-waters

into

‫ֹלהים׀‬ ֤ ִ ‫ֱא‬

‫ֶ ֥ע ֶרב‬

and-he-was

and-he-called

‫וַ ַּי ְ�֥רא‬

‫יַּמים‬ ִ֑

and-he-saw

Seas

evening

‫ֶ ּ֔ד ֶׁשא‬

what-is-green

‫ֲא ֶ ׁ֥שר‬

‫ָה ָ֨א ֶר ֙ ץ‬

the-earth

‫ַ ּֽת ְד ֵ ׁ֤שא‬

let-her-produce

‫ָה ָ֜א ֶרץ‬

‫ּתֹוצא‬ ֵ֨ ַ‫ ו‬1 2

and-she-brought-out

‫וְ ֵ ֧עץ ֽעֹ ֶׂשה־ ְּפ ִ ֛רי‬ making

‫ֵּב֤ין‬

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

that

God

‫וַ ְּיַב ֵ ּ֗דל‬

which

and-he-said

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and-let-him-be

֒ ַ ‫ ָה ָר ִק‬ ‫יע‬

and-he-separated

the-expanse

‫ ֵּוב֣ין‬

the-waters and-between

‫יע ָׁש ָ ֑מיִ ם‬ ַ ‫ֹלהים ָ ֽל �ר ִ ָ֖ק‬ ֛ ִ ‫ א‬ ֱ Heaven —the-expanse

‫ַה ָּיַּב ָ ׁ֑שה‬

God

God

and-he-said

‫ א ָ֔חד‬ ֶ

and-let-her-appear

‫ּול ִמ ְקֵ ֥וה‬ ְ

‫ֶ֔א ֶרץ‬

and—collection-of

‫ֹלהים‬ ִ֗ ‫אמר ֱא‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֣י‬9 ‫וְ ֵת ָר ֶ ֖אה‬

the-dry-ground

Earth

one

֙‫ ַל ָּיַּב ָׁשה‬

—the-dry-ground

‫ֹלהים‬ ִ֗ ‫אמר ֱא‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֣י‬11 ‫ֹלהים ִּכי־ ֽטֹוב׃‬ ֖ ִ ‫ א‬ ֱ God

and-he-said

fruit

‫ֵ ֽכן׃‬ so

making

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

and-he-was

‫ְל ִמ ֵ֔ינהּו‬

‫וַ ַּי ְ�֥רא‬

fruit

good

tree-of

God

that

seed

‫ְל ִמ ֵינ֑הּו‬

day

yielding

‫֖בֹו‬

on

in–him

vegetation

‫ זַ ְרֹעו־‬

yielding

morning

‫֖בֹו‬

‫ֽוַיְ ִהי־‬

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

‫ ֶ ּ֠ד ֶׁשא‬

vegetation what-is-green

in–him

and-he-was

1

The Creation of the World 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

seed-of–him

‫ע‬ ֙ ‫יע ֶ֨ז ַר‬ ַ ‫ֵע ֶׂ֣שב ַמזְ ִ ֤ר‬

and-he-saw according-to-kind-of–him third

seed

‫ַעל־ ָה ָ ֑א ֶרץ‬

the-earth

‫ֹלהים‬ ִ֗ ‫אמר ֱא‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֣י‬14 ‫יׁשי׃‬ ֽ ִ ‫֖בֹ ֶקר י֥ ֹום ְׁש ִל‬ God

morning

‫יהי‬ ֣ ִ ִ‫ו‬

separating

‫יִ ָּקו֨ ּו‬

and-tree according-to-kind-of–him

‫ֹלהים ִּכי־ ֽטֹוב׃‬ ֖ ִ ‫ֱא‬

‫אֹור‬ ֙ ‫ ָל‬

֙‫יע ֶ֔ז ַרע ֵ ֣עץ ְּפ ִ ֞רי ֤עֹ ֶׂשה ְּפ ִרי‬ ַ ‫ ֵ ֚ע ֶׂשב ַמזְ ִ ֣ר‬

according-to-kind-of–him

the-earth

good

‫ַה ַ ּ֖מיִ ם‬

the-waters

‫ְל ִמינ֔ ֹו‬

which

fruit

‫ָק ָ ֣רא‬

—the-light

day

‫ַמ ְב ִ ּ֔דיל‬

between

and-he-was

and-he-was

he-called

God

‫ַה ַּ֔מיִ ם ֲא ֶ ׁ֖שר ֵמ ַ ֣על‬

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

so

‫ֹלהים‬ ִ֔ ‫ א‬ ֱ

Day

one

the-heavens from-under the-waters let-them-be-gathered

‫ וַ ּיִ ְק ָ ֨רא‬10 ‫ֵ ֽכן׃‬

God

‫י֔ ֹום‬

between

‫ם ֶאל־ ָמ ֣קֹום‬ ֙ ִ‫ַה ַּ֜מיִ ם ִמ ַ ּ֤ת ַחת ַה ָּׁש ַ֨מי‬ place

‫וְ ַל ֖חֹ ֶׁשְך‬

‫ֵ ּ֥בין‬

waters

‫יע‬ ַ ‫ָל �ר ִ ָ֑ק‬

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

morning

and-he-was

‫ֵ ּ֥בין‬

between

and-he-was to-the-expanse from-over

‫֖בֹ ֶקר י֥ ֹום ֵׁש ִנֽי׃‬

second

‫ָה ֖אֹור‬

‫ ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

light

the-light

and-he-said

‫יִם‬ ֙ ‫ַה ַּ֨מ‬

that

God

hovering

and—the-darkness

God

to–waters

‫ֲא ֶׁש ֙ ר‬

from-under

and-he-called

she-was

‫ֹלהים‬ ִ֔ ‫אמר ֱא‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֣י‬6 ‫ ֖בֹ ֶקר י֥ ֹום ֶא ָ ֽחד׃‬

‫ָל ָ ֽמיִ ם׃‬

and-he-made

over

‫ וַ ַ �ּי ְ֧רא‬4 ‫ֽאֹור׃‬

‫ּובין‬ ֵ֥

Night

‫יע ְּב ֣תֹוְך‬ ַ ‫�ר ִ ָ֖ק‬

‫ָל ָר ִ֔ק ַיע‬

‫יְתה‬ ֥ ָ ‫ ה‬ ָ

formlessness

and-he-saw

and-between

‫ָ ֣ק ָרא ָל֑יְ ָלה‬

and-he-was

the-waters in-midst-of expanse let-him-be

to-the-expanse

face-of

the-waters

the-darkness

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

evening

‫ַה ָ ּ֑מיִ ם‬

֙‫תהּו‬ ֹ֨

and-emptiness

the-light — God

and-he-called

and-he-was

and-darkness

‫ֹלהים ֶאת־ ָה ֖אֹור ִּכי־ ֑טֹוב‬ ֛ ִ ‫ֱא‬

and-he-separated God

over

‫וָ ֔בֹהּו‬

in-beginning

‫ֹלהים‬ ֖ ִ ‫אמר ֱא‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֥י‬3 ‫ֹלהים ְמ ַר ֶ ֖ח ֶפת ַעל־ ְּפ ֵ ֥ני ַה ָ ּֽמיִם׃‬ ִ֔ ‫ א‬ ֱ

let-him-be

‫ֹלהים׀‬ ֤ ִ ‫ֱא‬

‫וְ ֖חֹ ֶׁשְך‬

‫אׁשית‬ ֖ ִ ‫ ְּב ֵר‬1 1

he-created

‫זַ ְרֹעו־‬

seed-of–him

‫ֶ ֥ע ֶרב‬

evening

‫ א ֶ ׁ֥שר‬ ֲ which

‫ ֽוַיְ ִהי־‬13

and-he-was

9/13/13 3:55 PM

GENESIS 1:13–26 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,1 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 birds2 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 man3 in our image, after our likeness.

1 Or appointed times 2 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 3 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam

Hebrew (BHS)

2

‫ֵּוב֣ין‬

‫ַהּי֖ ֹום‬

‫יע ַה ָּׁש ַ֔מיִ ם ְל ַה ְב ִ ּ֕דיל ֵ ּ֥בין‬ ַ ‫�ְק‬ ֣ ִ ‫ִּבר‬

֙‫אר ֹת‬ ֹ ‫ְמ‬

‫ יְ ִ ֤הי‬

and-between the-day between to-separate the-heavens in-expanse-of light-sources let-him-be

‫וְ ָׁש ִנֽים׃‬

‫יָמים‬ ֖ ִ ‫ּול‬ ְ

and-years

‫ֹוע ִ ֔דים‬ ֲ ‫ּול ֣מ‬ ְ

and-for-days

‫ַעל־ ָה ָ ֑א ֶרץ‬

the-earth

‫ְל ָה ִ ֖איר‬

upon

‫ַה ָּמ ֤אֹור‬ God

‫ּוב ֔ ַּליְ ָלה‬ ַ

the-stars

fourth

‫עֹופף ַעל־ ָה ָ֔א ֶרץ‬ ֣ ֵ ְ‫י‬

day

‫ֹלהים ֶאת־‬ ִ֔ ‫ֱא‬

֩‫ֲא ֶׁשר‬

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

‫ ַה ָּׁש ָ ֑מיִ ם‬

‫ ּוֽ ֲל ַה ְב ִ ּ֔דיל‬

between

‫ֶ ֥ע ֶרב‬

the-heavens

and-to-separate

‫ ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬19 ‫ טֹוב׃‬ ֽ

evening and-he-was

‫ֶ ׁ֖ש ֶרץ‬

‫ַה ַּ֔מיִ ם‬

good

‫ יִ ְׁש ְר ֣צּו‬

creature swarm-of the-waters let-them-swarm

‫ וַ ְּיִב ָ ֣רא‬2 1 ‫יע ַה ָּׁש ָ ֽמיִם׃‬ ַ ‫�ְק‬ ִ֥‫ר‬

so-he-created

the-heavens

‫ֽ ַה ַח ָּי֣ה׀‬

the-one-moving

‫ְל ִמ ֵ֔ינהּו‬

‫ֵ ּ֥בין‬

the-light

morning and-he-was

alive

‫ָ ֽהר ֶֹ֡מ ֶׂשת‬

which

‫ ַה ָּמ ֤אֹור‬

to-give-light

‫ָה ֖אֹור‬

and-between

‫עֹוף‬ ֙ ְ‫ֶנ ֶ֣פׁש ַח ָּי֑ה ו‬

the-sea-creatures — God

‫ָׁש ְר ֨צּו‬

and-he-was

֙‫ַהּגָ ד ֹל‬

on

‫ֵּוב֣ין‬

the-darkness

the-earth above let-him-fly and-bird

they-swarm

so

and— the-night for-authority-of

the-earth

‫ֹלהים‬ ִ֔ ‫אמר ֱא‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֣י‬20 ‫יעי׃‬ ֽ ִ ‫֖בֹ ֶקר י֥ ֹום ְר ִב‬

‫ַה ַּתּנִ ִינ֖ם‬

‫ וַ ַּי ַ֣עׂש‬1 6 ‫ ֽוַיְ ִהי־ ֵ ֽכן׃‬

and-he-made

֙‫ וְ ִל ְמׁש ֹל‬1 8 ‫ְל ָה ִ ֖איר ַעל־ ָה ָ ֽא ֶרץ׃‬

and-to-rule

‫ַה ֑חֹ ֶׁשְך‬

and-he-saw

and-he-said

and-let-them-be

‫ וַ ּיִ ֵ ּ֥תן‬1 7 ‫ּכֹוכ ִ ֽבים׃‬ ָ ‫ׁש ֶלת ַה ֔ ַּליְ ָלה וְ ֵ ֖את ַה‬ ֣ ֶ ‫ ְל ֶמ ְמ‬

—them and-he-set

‫וַ ַּי ְ�֥רא‬

God

the-night

and— the-day for-authority-of the-great-one the-light-source

over-the-day

‫ֹלהים ִּכי־‬ ֖ ִ ‫ֱא‬

‫ ה ָּל֑יְ ָלה‬ ַ ‫ וְ ָהי֤ ּו‬15

to-light-sources

‫ׁש ֶלת ַהּי֔ ֹום וְ ֶאת־‬ ֣ ֶ ‫ְל ֶמ ְמ‬

‫ַּבּי֣ ֹום‬

and-over-the-night

God

֙‫ִל ְמאֹור ֹת‬

in-expanse-of

‫ֹלהים ֶאת־ ְׁש ֵ ֥ני‬ ִ֔ ‫ֱא‬

‫�ְק ַיע‬ ֣ ִ ‫ֹלהים ִּבר‬ ֖ ִ ‫א ָ ֹ֛תם ֱא‬

that

and-let-them-be

the-light-sources two-of — God

the-small-one the-light-source in-expanse-of

‫וְ ָהי֤ ּו‬

for-signs

‫יע‬ ַ ‫�ְק‬ ֣ ִ ‫ִּבר‬

the-heavens

‫א ֖ר ֹת‬ ֹ ‫ַה ְּמ‬

— the-great

‫טֹן‬ ֙ ‫ַה ָּק‬

‫ַה ָּׁש ַ֔מיִ ם‬

to-give-light

‫ַהּגְ ד ִ ֹ֑לים ֶאת־‬

֙‫אתֹת‬ ֹ ‫ְל‬

and-for-appointed-times

‫ֶנ ֶ֣פׁש‬

the-alive-one

creature

‫וְ ֵ֨את ָּכל־ ֤עֹוף ָּכנָ ֙ ף‬

‫ על־ ְּפ ֵ ֖ני‬ ַ

face-of

expanse-of

across

‫ הּגְ ד ִ ֹ֑לים וְ ֵ ֣את ָּכל־‬ ַ

every-of

and— the-great

‫ְל ִ ֽמינֵ ֶ֗הם‬

‫ ַה ַּ֜מיִ ם‬

according-to-kind-of–him wing bird-of every-of and— according-to-kinds-of–them the-waters

‫ְּפ ֣רּו‬

‫מר‬ ֹ ֑ ‫ֹלהים ֵלא‬ ֖ ִ ‫א ָ ֹ֛תם ֱא‬

be-fruitful

God

to-say

‫ָּב ָ ֽא ֶרץ׃‬

‫יְב ֶרְך‬ ֧ ָ ַ‫ ו‬22 ‫ֹלהים ִּכי־ ֽטֹוב׃‬ ֖ ִ ‫ֱא‬

—them and-he-blessed

‫יִ ֶ�֥רב‬

‫וְ ָה ֖עֹוף‬

good

God

that

‫יִם ַּבּיַ ִּ֔מים‬ ֙ ‫ּומ ְל ֤אּו ֶאת־ ַה ַּ֨מ‬ ִ

on-the-earth let-him-multiply and-the-bird in-the-seas the-waters — and-fill

‫ֹלהים‬ ִ֗ ‫אמר ֱא‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֣י‬24 ‫יׁשי׃‬ ֽ ִ ‫י֥ ֹום ֲח ִמ‬ God

and-he-said

‫ְּב ֵה ָ ֥מה‬

fifth

‫ְל ִמ ָ֔ינּה‬

livestock

according-to-kind-of–her

‫ וַ ַּי ַ֣עׂש‬25 ‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־ ֵ ֽכן׃‬

and-he-made

so

‫֖בֹ ֶקר‬

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

morning

֙‫ַחּיָ ה‬ alive

‫ינּה‬ ֑ ָ ‫ְל ִמ‬

and-he-was

‫ֶנ ֶ֤פׁש‬

creature

‫ְל ִמ ָ֗ינּה‬

and— according-to-kind-of–her

‫ְל ִמ ֵינ֑הּו‬

‫ָ ֽה ֲא ָד ָ ֖מה‬

‫ֶ ֥ר ֶמׂש‬

‫ֶ ֥ע ֶרב‬

evening

‫ָה ָ֜א ֶרץ‬

‫ָה ָ֜א ֶרץ‬

the-earth

‫ ְּור ֗בּו‬

and-multiply

‫ ַ ו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬23

and-he-was

‫ּתֹוצא‬ ֵ֨

the-earth

let-her-bring-out

‫וְ ַ ֽחיְ ֹתו־ ֶ ֖א ֶרץ‬

and-he-was according-to-kind-of–her earth

‫וְ ֶאת־ ַה ְּב ֵה ָמ ֙ה‬

the-livestock

day

‫ וַ ַּי ְ�֥רא‬

and-he-saw

‫וָ ֶ ֛ר ֶמׂש‬

and-beast-of and-creeping-thing

‫ַח ַּ֨ית‬

‫ים ֶאת־‬ ֩ ‫ֹלה‬ ִ ‫ א‬ ֱ

beast-of — God

‫וְ ֵ ֛את ָּכל־‬

‫ְל ִמ ָ֔ינּה‬

according-to-kind-of–him the-ground creeping-thing-of every-of and— according-to-kind-of–her

‫ָא ָ ֛דם‬ man

01-Ge-ESVOTInter-5(CS6).indd 2

‫ַנ ֲֽע ֶ ׂ֥שה‬

let-us-make

‫ֹלהים‬ ִ֔ ‫ֱא‬ God

‫אמר‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֣י‬26 ‫ֹלהים ִּכי־ ֽטֹוב׃‬ ֖ ִ ‫ֱא‬

then-he-said

good

that

God

‫ וַ ַּי ְ�֥רא‬

and-he-saw

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English (ESV)

‫ַה ָּ֜ים‬

3

‫ִב ְד ֨ ַגת‬

the-sea

֩‫וְ יִ ְרּדּו‬

over-fish-of

‫ּוב ָכל־‬ ְ

‫מּותנּו‬ ֑ ֵ ‫ִּכ ְד‬

and-let-them-rule

‫ָה ָ֔א ֶרץ‬

GENESIS 1:27–2:5

‫ ְּב ַצ ְל ֵ ֖מנּו‬

according-to-likeness-of–us

‫ּוב ָכל־‬ ְ

֙‫ּוב ְּב ֵה ָמה‬ ַ

in-image-of–us

‫ַה ָּׁש ַ֗מיִ ם‬

‫ּוב ֣עֹוף‬ ְ

and-over-every-of the-earth and-over-all-of and-over-the-livestock the-heavens and-over-bird-of

‫ֹלהים׀ ֶאת־ ֽ ָה ָא ָד ֙ם‬ ֤ ִ ‫ וַ ְּיִב ָ ֨רא ֱא‬27 ‫ַעל־ ָה ָ ֽא ֶרץ׃‬ the-man — God

‫ָּב ָ ֥רא‬

‫א ֹ֑תֹו זָ ָ ֥כר ּונְ ֵק ָ ֖בה‬

he-created

and-female

‫ְּפ ֥רּו‬

God

‫ִּב ְד ַג֤ת‬

‫ֽ ָהר ֶ ֹ֥מ ֶׂשת‬

‫ֵע ֶׂ֣שב׀‬

God

ָ‫ׁשה‬ ֑ ֻ ‫וְ ִכ ְב‬

‫ַח ָ ּ֖יה‬

‫ ְּב ַצ ְל ֔מֹו‬

in-image-of–him

‫יְב ֶרְך‬ ֣ ָ ַ‫ ו‬28 ‫ א ָ ֹֽתם׃‬

and-he-blessed

‫ּומ ְל ֥אּו ֶאת־ ָה ָ ֖א ֶרץ‬ ִ ‫ַה ָּׁש ַ֔מיִ ם‬

‫נָ ַ֨ת ִּתי‬

—them

‫ ְּור ֛בּו‬

the-earth — and-fill

‫ּוב ָכל־‬ ְ

‫ָל ֶ֜כם ֶאת־ ָּכל־‬

in-image-of

—them

and-over-every-of

vegetation every-of — to–you

‫ ָה ֶ ֖ר ֶמׂש‬

‫ְּב ֶ ֥צ ֶלם‬

God

and-subdue–her

living-thing

‫ֽ ָהר ֵ ֹ֥מׂש‬

the-one-creeping the-creeping-thing

‫ם‬ ֒ ‫ֹלהי‬ ִ ‫א ָֹתם֮ ֱא‬

and-he-said

and-have-dominion

on

‫ֹלהים‬ ֖ ִ ‫ֱא‬

he-created

‫אמר‬ ֶ ֺ ‫וַ ּ֨י‬

to–them

the-one-moving

the-earth

‫ָּב ָ ֣רא‬

—him

‫ְּור ֞דּו‬

over-fish-of on

male

‫ֹלהים‬ ִ֗ ‫ָל ֶ֜הם ֱא‬

be-fruitful

‫ַעל־‬

so-he-created

and-multiply

‫ּוב ֣עֹוף‬ ְ

the-heavens

‫ם‬ ֙ ָ‫ ַהּי‬

and-over-bird-of

the-sea

‫ה‬ ֩ ֵ‫ֹלהים ִהּנ‬ ִ֗ ‫אמר ֱא‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֣י‬29 ‫ ה ָ ֽא ֶרץ׃‬ ָ God

I-have-given behold

and-he-said

the-earth

‫ע ֶ֗ז ַרע ֲא ֶׁשר֙ ַעל־ ְּפ ֵ ֣ני ָכל־ ָה ָ֔א ֶרץ וְ ֶאת־ ָּכל־ ָה ֵ ֛עץ ֲא ֶׁשר־‬ ַ ‫ ז ֵ ֹ֣ר‬ which

the-tree every-of

‫ַח ַּי֣ת‬

and— the-earth all-of for-food

‫רֹומׂש ַעל־ ָה ָ֗א ֶרץ‬ ֵ֣ on

for-food

‫ּול ֣כֹל׀‬ ְ

‫֨עֹוף ַה ָּׁש ַ֜מיִ ם‬

seed

‫ֶי ֶ�֥רק‬

‫ָּכל־‬

a ‫ֶאת־‬

‫ָע ָׂ֔שה‬

bearing

that

the-sixth

‫ַּבּי֣ ֹום‬

‫ְצ ָב ָ ֽאם׃‬

‫ים ֶאת־‬ ֙ ‫ֹלה‬ ִ ‫ֱא‬

‫ָע ָ ׂ֑שה‬

‫יְב ֶרְך‬ ֤ ָ ַ‫ ו‬3

— God

֙‫ָׁש ַבת‬

‫תֹול ֧דֹות‬ ְ

‫֤בֹו‬

and-he-saw

‫ֽוַיְ ִהי־‬

‫ֶ ֥ע ֶרב‬

‫ַה ָּׁש ַ ֥מיִ ם וְ ָה ָ ֖א ֶרץ‬

that

so

and-he-was

‫אד ֽוַיְ ִהי־‬ ֹ ֑ ‫ מ‬ ְ very

‫ וַ יְ ֻכ ּ֛לּו‬1

‫ִ ּ֣כי‬

because

that

‫א ֹ֑תֹו‬

—him

‫ ֵ ֣א ֶּלה‬4 ‫ֹלהים ַל ֲע ֽׂשֹות׃‬ ֖ ִ ‫ֱא‬

Yahweh

to-make

God

work-of–him the-seventh on-the-day

he-had-done

on–him

these

2

‫ׁשר‬ ֣ ֶ ‫אכ ּ֖תֹו ֲא‬ ְ ‫יעי ְמ ַל‬ ִ ֔ ‫ים ַּבּי֣ ֹום ַה ְּׁש ִב‬ ֙ ‫ֹלה‬ ִ ‫ א‬ ֱ

to-do

‫ֹלהים‬ ֖ ִ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֥ ָ ְ‫ְּבי֗ ֹום ֲע ׂ֛שֹות י‬

in-day-of

God

work-of–him from-all-of the-seventh

‫וַ יְ ַק ֵ ּ֖דׁש‬

and-he-made-holy

‫ָּב ָ ֥רא‬

‫ְּב ִה ָ ּֽב ְר ָ ֑אם‬

when-to-be-created–them the-field

‫יעי‬ ִ ֔ ‫ַה ְּׁש ִב‬ the-seventh

‫ י֣ ֹום‬

day-of

‫אכ ּ֔תֹו ֲא ֶׁשר־‬ ְ ‫ ְמ ַל‬

he-had-created

‫ִ ׂ֣ש ַיח ַה ָּׂש ֶ ֗דה ֶ ֚ט ֶרם יִ ְֽה ֶי֣ה ָב ָ֔א ֶרץ‬

and-all-of in-the-land he-was not-yet

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that

‫אכ ּ֖תֹו ֲא ֶ ׁ֥שר ָע ָ ֽׂשה׃‬ ְ ‫יעי ִמ ָּכל־ ְמ ַל‬ ִ ֔ ‫ ה ְּׁש ִב‬ ַ

so-he-blessed

he-rested

generations-of

‫ א ֶׁשר־‬ ֲ

in–him

day morning and-he-was evening and-he-was

‫וְ ָכל־‬

on-the-day and-he-rested he-had-done

‫ִמ ָּכל־‬

֙‫ּבֹו‬

breath-of

host-of–them and-all-of and-the-earth the-heavens thus-they-were-finished

֙‫וַ ּיִ ְׁשּבֹת‬

from-all-of

‫ ה ָא ֶרץ‬ ָ֠

and-to-every-of the-earth

‫ֶנ ֶ֣פׁש ַח ָּ֔יה‬

all-of — God

‫֖בֹ ֶקר י֥ ֹום ַה ִּׁש ִ ּֽׁשי׃‬ ‫ וַ יְ ַכ֤ל‬2

‫ ּ֥בֹו‬

‫ׁשר‬ ֣ ֶ ‫ים ֶאת־ ָּכל־ ֲא‬ ֙ ‫ֹלה‬ ִ ‫ וַ ַּי ְ�֤רא ֱא‬3 1 ‫ ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־ ֵ ֽכן׃‬

good and-behold he-had-made

and-he-finished

‫ּול ָכל־‬ ְ

bird-of

vegetation what-is-green every-of — alive

‫וְ ִהּנֵ ה־ ֖טֹוב‬

‫וְ ָכל־‬

that

he-will-be to–you seed bearing tree fruit-of in–him

one-creeping and-to-every-of the-heavens

‫ֵ ֖ע ֶׂשב ְל ָא ְכ ָל֑ה‬

God

on

‫ ּוֽ ְל ָכל־‬30 ‫ע ָז ַ�֑רע ָל ֶ ֥כם יִ ְֽה ֶי֖ה ְל ָא ְכ ָ ֽלה׃‬ ַ ‫ְפ ִרי־ ֵ ֖עץ ז ֵ ֹ֣ר‬

alive-one-of and-to-every-of the-earth

face-of

that

‫וְ ָה ָ ֖א ֶרץ‬

and-the-earth

‫ וְ ֣כֹל׀‬5

bush-of when-every-of

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 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

The Seventh Day, God Rests 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 1 Or

open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6

work-of–him

‫ ַה ָּׁש ַ ֛מיִ ם‬

the-heavens

‫ א ֶרץ וְ ָׁש ָ ֽמיִם׃‬ ֶ֥

and-heavens

earth

1:30 a probably insert ‫ נָ ַת ִתי‬before

‫ֶאת‬

9/13/13 3:55 PM

GENESIS 2:6–19 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 mist1 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 eat2 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 for3 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed4 every beast of spring 2 Or when you eat 3 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 4 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed

1 Or

‫הו֤ה‬ ָ ְ‫י‬

‫ִה ְמ ִ֜טיר‬

Yahweh

‫ִּכי֩ ֨ל ֺא‬

he-caused-to-rain

not

‫יִ ְצ ָ ֑מח‬

for

‫ַה ָּׂש ֶ ֖דה ֶ ֣ט ֶרם‬

he-had-sprung-up

not-yet

‫ ֵ ֥ע ֶׂשב‬

the-field

vegetation-of

‫ וְ ֵ ֖אד‬6 ‫ים ַעל־ ָה ָ֔א ֶרץ וְ ָא ָ ֣דם ַ֔איִ ן ַ ֽל ֲע ֖בֹד ֶאת־ ָ ֽה ֲא ָד ָ ֽמה׃‬ ֙ ‫ֹלה‬ ִ ‫ א‬ ֱ

and-mist

the-ground — to-work

not

‫ֶ ֽאת־ ָּכל־ ְּפ ֵנֽי־ ָ ֽה ֲא ָד ָ ֽמה׃‬ face-of

the-ground

‫וַ ּיִ ַ ּ֥פח‬

‫�ְקה‬ ֖ ָ ‫וְ ִהׁש‬

‫ וַ ּיִ ַּ֞טע‬8

from

dust

‫ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֖דם ְל ֶנ ֶ֥פׁש ַח ָּיֽה׃‬ alive

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִ ֥הי‬

to-creature the-man and-he-was

every-of

‫ַה ֔ ָּגן‬

the-ground

‫ְּב ֣תֹוְך‬

the-garden in-middle-of

‫ים‬ ֙ ִ‫ַ ֽה ַחּי‬ the-life

to-water

Yahweh

‫וְ ֵ ֤עץ‬

to-four

life

‫ְּב ַא ָ ּ֖פיו‬

‫וְ ֶ ֥א ֶבן‬

‫ֵ ֖את ָּכל־‬

God

east-of

good

‫יִ ָּפ ֵ ֔רד‬

there

good

‫ּסֹובב‬ ֵ֔ ‫ַה‬

‫ַ ֽהה ֵ ֹ֖לְך‬

the-one-going

‫ֹלהים ֶאת־‬ ֖ ִ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֥ ָ ְ‫י‬ — God

‫ּול ָׁש ְמ ָ ֽרּה׃‬ ְ

‫ָּת ֽמּות׃‬

you-shall-die

‫ֶ ֽא ֱע ֶׂשּה־‬

I-will-make

the-that

‫֥מֹות‬

‫ את־‬ ֶ

‫יׁשֹון ֣הּוא‬ ֑ ‫ ה ֶא ָ ֖חד ִּפ‬ ָֽ he

Pishon

the-one

‫ ּוֽ זֲ ַ ֛הב‬12 ‫ ׁשם ַהּזָ ָ ֽהב׃‬ ָ֖

the-land

the-third

‫֔ ֵע ֶדן‬

and-gold-of

the-gold

there

‫ וְ ֵ ֽׁשם־‬1 3 ‫ ה ּֽׁש ֹ ַהם׃‬ ַ the-onyx

‫ וְ ֵׁ֨שם‬14 ‫ א ֶרץ ּֽכּוׁש׃‬ ֶ֥

the-river and-name-of

he

the-fourth

‫ְבגַ ן־‬

Eden

Cush

and-the-river

‫וַ ּיַ ּנִ ֵ ֣חהּו‬

in-garden-of

the-man

֙‫ַה ַ ּ֨ד ַעת‬

the-knowledge-of from–him

alone–him Yahweh

‫ַה ָּג�֑ן‬

land-of

‫ וַ ּיִ ַ ּ֛קח‬1 5 ‫יעי ֥הּוא ְפ ָ ֽרת׃‬ ֖ ִ ‫ א ּׁ֑שּור וְ ַהּנָ ָ ֥הר ָ ֽה ְר ִב‬ ַ

‫ִמ ֶ ּ֖מּנּו‬

to-die

‫ֹלהים‬ ִ֜ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֨ ָ ְ‫י‬

‫ וְ ֕ ֵעץ‬

Gihon the-second the-river and-name-of

Tigris

to-say

good

‫ְל ַב ּ֑דֹו‬

‫ַה ַ ּ֖ד ַעת‬

upon

God

‫ּומ ֗ ֵעץ‬ ֵ 17

but-from-tree-of

֥‫ֲא ָכ ְלָך‬

to-eat–you

‫ְּבי֛ ֹום‬

in-day-of

Yahweh

֙‫ וַ יְ ַצו‬1 6

and-he-commanded

‫ִּ֗כי‬ for

֩‫ וַ ּיִ ֶצר‬19

to-be

now-he-had-formed

good

not

God

‫ִמ ֶ ּ֑מּנּו‬

from–him

‫ְּכנֶ גְ ּֽדֹו׃‬

Yahweh

as-that-which-corresponds-of–him

‫ ַה ָּג�֖ן‬

to-eat

‫ֹלהים לֹא־ ֛טֹוב ֱהי֥ ֹות ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֖דם‬ ִ֔ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֣ ָ ְ‫י‬ the-man

the-man

‫אכל׃‬ ֽ ֵ ֹ ‫ָא ֥כֹל ּת‬

you-may-eat

Assyria

‫ ה ָא ָ ֑דם‬ ָֽ

and-he-put–him

‫מר‬ ֹ ֑ ‫ֹלהים ַעל־ ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֖דם ֵלא‬ ִ֔ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֣ ָ ְ‫י‬

‫֣טֹוב וָ ָ ֔רע ֥ל ֹא‬ and-evil

he

‫ְל ָע ְב ָ ֖דּה‬

‫ִמ ּ֥כֹל‬

‫ נֶ ְח ָ ֥מד‬

being-desired

‫יחֹון ֣הּוא‬ ֑ ִ‫ַהּנָ ָ ֥הר ַה ֵּׁש ִ ֖ני ּג‬

to-work–her

from-every-of

to-sight

‫ם‬ ֙ ‫ּומ ָּׁש‬ ִ

‫ַהּס ֵֹ֗בב‬

Yahweh and-he-took Euphrates

and-to-keep–her

‫יָ ָ ֽצר׃‬

he-had-formed

the-knowledge-of and-tree-of

‫יׁשי֙ ִח ֶ ּ֔ד ֶקל ֥הּוא‬ ִ ‫ַהּנָ ָ ֤הר ַה ְּׁש ִל‬ he

Yahweh

and-he-was he-divided and-from-there the-garden —

all-of — the-one-going-around

‫ִק ְד ַ ֣מת‬

and-good

‫ָה ָ ֥א ֶרץ ַה ִ ֖הוא ֑טֹוב ָ ׁ֥שם ַה ְּב ֖ד ֹ ַלח‬

the-bdellium

breath-of in-nostrils-of–him

the-Havilah land-of all-of — the-one-going-around

and-stone-of

God

‫נִ ְׁש ַ ֣מת ַח ִּי֑ים‬

‫ וַ ּיַ ְצ ַ֞מח‬9

and-evil

‫ֵ ֚את ָּכל־ ֶ ֣א ֶרץ ַ ֽה ֲחוִ ֔ ָילה ֲא ֶׁשר־‬ where

֩‫יצר‬ ֶ ִ‫ וַ ּי‬7

Yahweh then-he-formed

‫ וְ נָ ָה ֙ ר‬10 ‫֥טֹוב וָ ָ ֽרע׃‬

from-Eden going-out and-river

heads

he-was-going-up

and-he-made-to-sprout

for-food

‫ ֵ ׁ֥שם‬1 1 ‫אׁשים׃‬ ֽ ִ ‫וְ ָה ָ ֖יה ְל ַא ְר ָּב ָ ֥עה ָר‬

not

‫ַי ֲֽע ֶ ֣לה‬

from

‫ְל ַמ ְר ֶ ֖אה וְ ֣טֹוב ְל ַמ ֲא ָ ֑כל‬

and-tree-of

‫י ֵ ֹ֣צא‬

‫ֹלהים ּגַ ן־ ְּב ֵ ֖ע ֶדן ִמ ֶ ּ֑ק ֶדם‬ ֛ ִ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֧ ָ ְ‫ י‬

God

from

‫ֵמ ֔ ֵע ֶדן ְל ַה ְׁש ֖קֹות‬ name-of

God

on

the-man — there and-he-put from-east in-Eden garden

‫ים ִמן־ ָ ֣ה ֲא ָד ָ֔מה ָּכל־ ֵ ֛עץ‬ ֙ ‫ֹלה‬ ִ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֤ ָ ְ‫י‬

‫ֵ ֽעץ־‬

the-land

the-man — God

‫וַ ָּי ֶׂ֣שם ָׁ֔שם ֶאת־ ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֖דם ֲא ֶ ׁ֥שר‬ tree

the-land

‫ִמן־ ָה ָ ֑א ֶרץ‬

all-of — and-he-was-watering

the-ground

and-he-planted whom

and-man

‫ֹלהים ֶאת־ ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֗דם ָע ָפ ֙ ר ִמן־ ָ ֣ה ֲא ָד ָ֔מה‬ ִ֜ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֨ ָ ְ‫י‬

and-he-blew

tree-of

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Hebrew (BHS)

4

the-garden

‫אכל‬ ַ֖ ֹ‫ ת‬

you-shall-eat

‫אמ ֙ ר‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֨י‬18

then-he-said

‫ֵ ֖עזֶ ר‬

helper

‫ ּ֥לֹו‬

for–him

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English (ESV)

‫ַה ָּׁש ַ֔מיִם‬

‫֣עֹוף‬

the-heavens

‫ֲא ֶׁ֨שר‬

5

‫ָּכל־‬

bird-of

every-of

‫וְ כֹ ֩ ל‬

what

‫֑לֹו‬

and-all-of

‫ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֜דם‬

‫ וַ ּיִ ְק ָ ֨רא‬20

‫ַח ַּי֣ת ַה ָּׂש ֶ ֑דה‬

he-called

‫ַא ַח ֙ת‬

‫ְׁש ֽמֹו׃‬

‫ מן־ ָ ֽה ֲא ָד ָ֗מה‬ ִ

alive-one-of every-of to-see

the-ground

the-man

that

alive

‫ַה ָּׁש ַ֔מיִ ם‬

creature

‫ּול ֣עֹוף‬ ְ

‫ְּכנֶ גְ ּֽדֹו׃‬

‫יׁשן‬ ֑ ָ ִ‫וַ ּי‬

and-he-took

‫ יִ ְק ָרא־‬

—him

he-called

֙‫ ׁש ֗מֹות ְל ָכל־ ַה ְּב ֵה ָמה‬ ֵ

God

‫ֽל ֹא־ ָמ ָ ֥צא ֵ ֖עזֶ ר‬

֩‫ וַ ֶּיִבן‬22

the-man

upon

in-place-of–her

‫ּוב ָ ׂ֖שר‬ ָ

‫ִמן־ ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֖דם ְל ִא ָ ּׁ֑שה‬

‫ֵ ֽמ ֲע ָצ ַ֔מי‬

‫ֻ ֽל ֳק ָחה־ ּֽז ֹאת׃‬

‫ֶ ֚ע ֶצם‬

‫ַה ֗ ַּפ ַעם‬

bone

the-occurrence

‫ֵמ ִ ֖איׁש‬

‫�ל ַ ָ֥קח‬

‫וְ ֶאת־‬

‫ָא ִ ֖ביו‬

this

‫ וַ ִ ּֽי ְהי֤ ּו‬25

‫ְל ָב ָ ׂ֥שר ֶא ָ ֽחד׃‬ one

‫יִ ָּק ֵ ֣רא‬

‫ִ֔איׁש ֶאת־‬ ‫וְ ָהי֖ ּו‬

to-flesh

‫יִתּב ָ ֹֽׁשׁשּו׃‬ ְ

‫ את־ ַה ֵּצ ָ ֛לע ֲא ֶׁשר־‬ ֶֽ which

֙‫ְלזֹאת‬

‫ָע ָ ׂ֖שה‬

the-man

from-flesh-of–me

‫ֽי ֲַעזָ ב־‬

֙‫ על־ ֵּכן‬ ַ 24

he-shall-leave

thus

upon

‫וְ ָד ַ ֣בק‬

on-wife-of–him

and-he-shall-cling

‫וְ ִא ְׁש ּ֑תֹו‬

‫רּוּמים ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֖דם‬ ִ֔ ‫ם ֲע‬ ֙ ‫יה‬ ֶ ֵ‫ ְׁשנ‬

֙‫ִמּכֹל‬

‫ָה ָי֣ה ָע ֔רּום‬

‫ַח ַּי֣ת ַה ָּׂש ֶ ֔דה ֲא ֶ ׁ֥שר‬ that

—

‫ ִמ ְּב ָׂש ִ ֑רי‬

—this

naked

they-were-ashamed and-not and-wife-of–him the-man he-had-made

the-rib

‫ְּב ִא ְׁש ּ֔תֹו‬

and-they-shall-be

‫וְ ֖ל ֹא‬

‫ ִמ ַּצ ְלע ָֹ֔תיו‬

the-man then-he-said

and— father-of–him — man

and-they-were

Yahweh

‫ם ֣ז ֹאת‬ ֒ ‫אמר֮ ֽ ָה ָא ָד‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּי‬23 ‫ ה ָא ָ ֽדם׃‬ ָֽ

‫ִא ָּׁ֔שה ִ ּ֥כי‬

‫ִא ּ֑מֹו‬

God

and-he-closed-up from-ribs-of–him

she-was-taken from-man because woman he-shall-be-called

mother-of–him

but-for-Adam

‫וַ ּיִ ְס ֹּ֥גר‬

flesh

and-he-brought–her to-woman the-man from he-had-taken

and-flesh from-bones-of–me

‫ּול ָא ָ ֕דם‬ ְ

not

deep-sleep

‫ָּב ָ ׂ֖שר ַּת ְח ֶ ּֽתּנָ ה׃‬

Yahweh and-he-built

ָ‫וַ ִיְב ֶ ֖אה‬

helper he-found

names

‫ֹלהים׀ ַּת ְר ֵּד ָ ֛מה ַעל־ ָה ָא ָ ֖דם‬ ֧ ִ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֨ ָ ְ‫ י‬

and-he-slept

‫ֹלהים׀‬ ֧ ִ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֨ ָ ְ‫י‬

and-he-brought

‫ל֧ ֹו‬

the-man

from

‫א‬ ֙ ‫וַ ֵּיָב‬

to

‫ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֛דם ֶנ ֶ֥פׁש ַח ָ ּ֖יה ֥הּוא‬

as-that-which-corresponds-of–him

‫וַ ּיִ ַ ּ֗קח‬

one

this

what

name-of–him

‫ּול ֖כֹל‬ ְ

‫ וַ ּיַ ֵּפ ֩ל‬2 1

to

and— the-field

‫ָּכל־‬

beast-of and-to-every-of the-heavens and-to-bird-of the-livestock to-all-of

so-he-caused-to-fall

‫ֶאל־‬

‫ַח ַּי֤ת‬

‫ֶאל־ ָ ֣ה ָא ָ ֔דם ִל ְר ֖אֹות ַמה־ ּיִ ְק ָרא־‬

—him

the-man and-he-called the-field

֙‫ַה ָּׂש ֶדה֙ וְ ֵאת‬

GENESIS 2:20–3:6

the-field beast-of more-than-any-of

crafty

both-of–them

֙‫ וְ ַהּנָ ָחׁש‬1 3

he-was now-the-serpent

‫ֹלהים ֣ל ֹא‬ ִ֔ ‫אמ ֙ ר ֶאל־ ָ ֣ה ִא ָּׁ֔שה ַ ֚אף ִ ּֽכי־ ָא ַ ֣מר ֱא‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ֹלהים וַ ּ֨י‬ ֑ ִ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֣ ָ ְ‫ י‬ not

God

he-said really indeed the-woman

‫ָ ֽה ִא ָ ּׁ֖שה ֶאל־ ַהּנָ ָ ֑חׁש‬

the-serpent

to

the-woman

‫ׁשר ְּבתֹוְך־‬ ֣ ֶ ‫ָה ֵעץ֮ ֲא‬

in-midst-of

‫ּ֑בֹו‬

that

‫אמר‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֥ת‬2

and-she-said

‫ּומ ְּפ ִ ֣רי‬ ִ 3

the-tree but-from-fruit-of

‫ִתּגְ ֖עּו‬

‫וְ ֥ל ֹא‬

‫ִמ ֶּ֔מּנּו‬

to

‫ַה ָּג�ֽן׃‬

the-garden

God

and-he-said

‫ֵ ֥עץ‬

tree-of

‫אכל׃‬ ֵֽ ֹ‫נ‬

‫ִמ ּ֖כֹל‬

from-any-of

‫ַה ָּג�֖ן‬

Yahweh

‫אכ ֔לּו‬ ְ ֹ ‫ ֽת‬

you-shall-eat

‫ֵ ֽעץ־‬

‫ ִמ ְּפ ִ ֥רי‬

we-may-eat the-garden tree-of from-fruit-of

֙‫אכלּו‬ ְ ֹ ‫ֹלהים ֤ל ֹא ֽת‬ ִ֗ ‫ָא ַ ֣מר ֱא‬

on–him you-shall-touch and-not from–him you-shall-eat not

God

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 Adam1 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 made2 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.”3 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.

3

The Fall 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, ‘You4 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 the man 2 Hebrew built 3 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 4 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5

1 Or

֒‫ ַהּגָ ן‬

he-said the-garden

‫ ִ ּ֚כי‬5 ‫אמר ַהּנָ ָ ֖חׁש ֶאל־ ָ ֽה ִא ָ ּׁ֑שה ֽל ֹא־ ֖מֹות ְּת ֻמ ֽתּון׃‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֥י‬4 ‫ ּפן־ ְּת ֻמ ֽתּון׃‬ ֶ for

you-will-die to-die

‫ֵ ֽעינֵ ֶיכ֑ם‬

not

the-woman

‫וְ נִ ְפ ְק ֖חּו‬

to

the-serpent but-he-said

֩‫ָ ֽה ִא ָּׁ֡שה ִ ּ֣כי טֹוב‬

‫ וַ ֵ ּ֣ת ֶרא‬6

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lest

‫יֹום ֲא ָכ ְל ֶ ֣כם ִמ ֶּ֔מּנּו‬ ֙ ‫ֹלהים ִּ֗כי ְּב‬ ִ֔ ‫ע ֱא‬ ַ ‫ י ֵ ֹ֣ד‬

eyes-of–you that-they-will-be-opened from–him to-eat–you on-day-of that good that the-woman when-she-saw

you-die

‫אֹלהים י ְֹד ֵ ֖עי ֥טֹוב וָ ָ ֽרע׃‬ ִ֔ ‫ֵ ּֽכ‬

and-evil good knowing-of

like-God

God

knowing

‫ם‬ ֙ ‫ית‬ ֶ ִ‫ וִ ְהי‬

and-you-will-be

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GENESIS 3:7–16 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,1 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.

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool2 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?”3 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 offspring4 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 for5 your husband, and he shall rule over you.” to give insight 2 Hebrew wind 3 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11 4 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis 5 Or against 1 Or

Hebrew (BHS)

6

‫ָה ֵע ֙ץ‬

‫וְ נֶ ְח ָ ֤מד‬

the-tree

‫ַ ֽת ֲאוָ ה־ ֣הּוא ָל ֵע ַ֗יניִ ם‬

and-being-desired

‫ּגַ ם־‬

‫וַ ִּת ֵ ּ֧תן‬

also

‫יהם‬ ֶ֔ ֵ‫ְׁשנ‬

‫יני‬ ֣ ֵ ‫ֵע‬

‫וַ ּיַ ֲע ׂ֥שּו‬

֙‫ וַ ִּת ָּפ ַ ֨ק ְחנָ ה‬7

‫ֲע ֵ ֣לה ְת ֵא ָ֔נה‬ God

‫וְ ִא ְׁש ּ֗תֹו‬

and-wife-of–him

‫הו֥ה‬ ָ ְ‫י‬

Yahweh

Yahweh

‫ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֜דם‬

‫ וַ ּיִ ְק ָ ֛רא‬9

‫וָ ֵא ָח ֵ ֽבא׃‬

‫ ַ ו�ּֽיִ ְׁש ְמ ֞עּו‬8 ‫ֲח ֹג ֽר ֹת׃‬

‫ֵ ֥עץ‬

‫ַהּי֑ ֹום‬

the-tree

‫ִ ּֽכי־‬

naked

?-from

that

‫אמר ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֑דם ָ ֽה ִא ָּׁש ֙ה‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֖י‬12 ‫ָא ָ ֽכ ְל ָּת׃‬

‫ַּב ָּג�֖ן‬

֙‫ִמ ְּפנֵ י‬

in-the-garden

‫אמר‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ֹלהים ֶאל־ ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֑דם וַ ּ֥י‬ ֖ ִ ‫ א‬ ֱ

‫ְל ֔ ָך‬

he-told

I-heard

eat

‫אמר‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֕י‬11

who

‫ְל ִב ְל ִ ּ֥תי ֲא ָכל־ ִמ ֶ ּ֖מּנּו‬

you-have-eaten from–him

to-not

‫ ׁש ַ ֖מ ְע ִּתי‬ ָ

in-the-garden

‫ִ ֚מי ִה ִּג֣יד‬

to–you

God

to

‫ַּב ָּג�֑ן‬

and-I-was-afraid

naked

for–them

from-presence-of

Yahweh

‫ירא‬ ֛ ָ ‫וָ ִא‬

because

you

the-woman the-man and-he-said

at-wind-of

God

‫ ָל ֶ ֖הם‬

loincloths

‫ְל ֣ר ַּוח‬

the-day

‫֖לֹו‬

‫ וַ ֵּי ְ�֣ד ֔עּו‬

that and-they-knew

‫ֹלהים ְּב ֖תֹוְך‬ ִ֔ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֣ ָ ְ‫י‬

‫ִ ּ֥כי ֵעי ֖ר ֹם ָ ֑א ָּתה ֲה ִמן־ ָה ֗ ֵעץ ֲא ֶ ׁ֧שר‬ which

naked

where–you to–him and-he-said the-man

‫ֵעי ֥ר ֹם ָא ֹ֖נ ִכי‬ I

‫יׁשּה‬ ֛ ָ ‫ ְל ִא‬

to-husband-of–her

‫֨קֹול‬

and-they-hid-themselves

‫ַה ָּג�ֽן׃‬

‫ ְל ַה ְׂש ִּ֔כיל‬

‫ִ ּ֥כי ֵ ֽע ֻיר ִ ּ֖מם ֵ ֑הם‬

‫ֶאת־‬

the-tree

to-make-wise

֙‫ַו�ּֽיִ ְת ְּפרּו‬

‫אמר ֶאת־‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֕י‬1 0 ‫ַא ֶּי ָּֽכה׃‬

and-I-hid-myself

‫ִע ָ ּ֖מּה‬

with–her

sound-of — and-they-heard

sound-of–you — and-he-said

and-he-said

‫יתיָך‬ ֛ ִ ִ‫ִצּו‬

I-commanded–you

‫אמר‬ ֶ ֺ ‫ וַ ּ֨י‬1 3 ‫ׁשר נָ ַ ֣ת ָּתה ִע ָּמ ִ ֔די ִ ֛הוא ָנ ְֽתנָ ה־ ִ ּ֥לי ִמן־ ָה ֵ ֖עץ וָ א ֵ ֹֽכל׃‬ ֣ ֶ ‫ א‬ ֲ

then-he-said

and-I-ate the-tree from to–me

‫ָ ֽה ִא ָּׁ֔שה‬

‫אמ ֙ ר‬ ֶ ֹ ‫וַ ּ֨ת‬

the-woman

‫ָע ִ ׂ֑שית‬

and-she-said

she-gave

she

‫ַמה־ ּ֣ז ֹאת‬

you-have-done

this

with–me you-gave

‫ָל ִא ָ ּׁ֖שה‬

what

‫ַה ְּב ֵה ָ֔מה‬ ‫וְ ָע ָ ֥פר‬

‫ֵּוב֣ין‬

more-than-all-of

he

‫ֵת ֔ ֵלְך‬

‫זַ ְר ָ ֑עּה‬

‫ֵּוב֣ין‬

seed-of–her

‫ְּב ֶ ֖ע ֶצב‬

to

and-between heel

‫וְ ֵ ֽהר ֵֹ֔נְך‬

and-childbearing-of–you and-he

the-field

‫ַח ַּי֣ת‬

desire-of–you

‫בֹונ�ְ֣ך‬ ֵ ‫ִע ְּצ‬

pain-of–you

֙‫יׁשְך‬ ֵ ‫ִא‬

husband-of–you

‫אכל‬ ֖ ַ ֹ ‫ ּת‬

‫ּובין‬ ֵ֥

‫֔ר ֹאׁש וְ ַא ָ ּ֖תה‬ head

֙‫ַא ְר ֶּבה‬

I-will-multiply

‫ָב ִנ֑ים וְ ֶאל־‬ and-to

‫ ִ ּ֣כי‬

because

all-of you-shall-eat

‫ ָ ֽה ִא ָּׁ֔שה‬

and-between

and-you

‫ ַהּנָ ָ ֥חׁש‬

the-serpent

‫ּומ ּ֖כֹל‬ ִ

‫יְמי‬ ֥ ֵ ‫ָּכל־‬

֖‫זַ ְר ֲעָך‬

Yahweh

and-more-than-any-of

days-of

seed-of–you

‫ׁשּופּנּו‬ ֥ ֶ ‫ְּת‬

you-have-done

beast-of

life-of–you

you-will-bruise–him

‫יִמ ָׁשל־‬ ְ ‫ְּת ׁ֣ש ָּוק ֵ֔תְך וְ ֖הּוא‬

he-shall-rule

‫ַה ָּׂש ֶ ֑דה ַעל־‬

I-will-put and-enmity

ָ‫ָע ִ ׂ֣שית‬

this

‫יבה׀ ָא ִׁ֗שית‬ ֣ ָ ‫ וְ ֵא‬15 ‫ַח ֶּיֽיָך׃‬

between–you

‫ ֶ ֽאל־ ָה ִא ָ ּׁ֣שה‬1 6 ‫�ע ֵ ָֽקב׃‬

the-woman

he-deceived–me

‫ת‬ ֒ ‫ּזֹא‬

being-cursed on

God

‫יאנִ י‬ ֖ ַ ‫ִה ִּׁש‬

and-I-ate

‫ָא ֤רּור‬

you

belly-of–you

֙‫ֵ ּֽבינְ ָך‬

and-he-said

֙‫ַא ָּתה‬

֣‫ּגְ חֹנְ ָך‬

you-shall-go

and-between

‫֚הּוא‬

Yahweh

‫ִמ ָּכל־‬

the-livestock and-dust

God

to

whom

‫ֹלהים‬ ֛ ִ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֧ ָ ְ‫ י‬

to-the-woman

‫ֹלהים׀ ֶ ֽאל־ ַהּנָ ָח ׁ֮ש‬ ֥ ִ ‫אמר֩ יְ הוָֹ ֨ה ֱא‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּי‬14 ‫וָ א ֵ ֹֽכל׃‬

the-serpent

in-pain

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‫אכל׃‬ ֽ ַ ֹ ‫וַ ּי‬

but-he-called the-garden trees-of in-midst-of

֥‫ק ְֹלָך‬

‫וַ ִּת ַ ּ֥קח‬

and-he-ate

‫וַ ּיִ ְת ַח ֵּ֨בא‬

the-man

for-food

then-she-took

leaf-of and-they-sewed-together they

‫ֹלהים ִמ ְת ַה ֵ ּ֥לְך‬ ֛ ִ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֧ ָ ְ‫י‬

walking-about

‫ ָה ֨ ֵעץ ְל ַמ ֲא ָ֜כל‬

and-that

from-fruit-of–him

then-they-were-opened

fig-tree

‫וְ ִ ֧כי‬

delight

‫ִמ ִּפ ְרי֖ ֹו‬

and-she-ate

eyes-of

and-they-made

he

‫אכל‬ ֑ ַ ֹ ‫וַ ּת‬

and-she-gave

both-of–them

to-the-eyes

children

the-woman

֣‫ׁשּופָך‬ ְ ְ‫י‬

he-will-bruise–you

‫ַה ְר ָ ּ֤בה‬

to-multiply

‫ א ַ֗מר‬ ָ

he-said

‫ֵ ּֽת ְל ִ ֣די‬

you-shall-bring-forth

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English (ESV)

֒‫ִא ְׁש ֶּתָך‬

‫ְל ֣קֹול‬

wife-of–you

֮‫ָׁש ַמ ְע ָּת‬

to-voice-of

‫אכ֖ל‬ ַ ֹ‫ת‬

not

‫ִ ּֽכי־‬

you-have-listened

‫מר ֥ל ֹא‬ ֹ ֔ ‫ֵלא‬

you-shall-eat

‫ּ֖כֹל‬

7

to-say

you-shall-eat-of–her

‫אכ ֔ ֶלּנָ ה‬ ֲ ֹ ‫ּֽת‬

֙‫ְּב ִע ָּצבֹון‬

‫ֶאת־‬

‫ּת‬ ֖ ָ ‫וְ ָא ַכ ְל‬

‫ָ ֑לְך‬

he-said

which

‫בּורָך‬ ֔ ֶ ‫ַ ּֽב ֲע‬

in-pain

‫ּול ָא ָ ֣דם‬ ְ 1 7

the-tree

from

the-ground

‫ּוב ָ֙ך‬ ְ ‫ֽׁש‬

‫אכל ֔ ֶל ֶחם ַ ֤עד‬ ַ ֹ ‫ּ֣ת‬ bread

‫וְ ַד ְר ַ ּ֖דר‬

‫ִ ּֽכי־ ָע ָ ֣פר ַ֔א ָּתה וְ ֶאל־ ָע ָ ֖פר‬ dust

and-to

you

֙‫ַא ֨ ֶּפיָך‬

dust

ָ‫ֻל ָ ּ֑ק ְחּת‬

for

she-was

she

because

‫ּול ִא ְׁש ּ֛תֹו‬ ְ

Eve

God

֩‫ וַ ּיַ ַעׂש‬21

Yahweh

and-he-made

‫ֹלהים ֵ ֤הן ָ ֽה ָא ָד ֙ם‬ ִ֗ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֣ ָ ְ‫אמר׀ י‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֣י‬22 God

‫יִ ְׁש ַל֣ח‬

‫ְלע ָ ֹֽלם׃‬

Yahweh then-he-said

‫וְ ַע ָ ּ֣תה׀ ֶּפן־‬

he-stretches-out

lest

‫וָ ָ ֑רע‬

and-now

‫וָ ַ ֥חי‬

— to-work

֩‫וַ ּיַ ְׁש ֵּכן‬

‫ַה ֶ֨ח ֶר ֙ב‬

‫ִמּגַ ן־‬

‫ַל ַ֤הט‬

‫ַה ְּכ ֻר ִ֗בים‬

‫וַ ֵ ּ֣ת ֶלד‬

— to-bear

‫ָה ָי֖ה‬

‫ּת ֶסף‬ ֹ ֣ ַ‫ ו‬2

‫ַ ּ֚גם‬

‫הוה‬ ֥ ָ ְ‫י‬

Yahweh

‫ִמ ָ ּֽׁשם׃‬

‫ח‬ ֙ ‫וְ ָל ַק‬

‫ֶאת־‬

‫֜ ֵע ֶדן‬

Yahweh

‫֣ר ֹ ֵעה‬

‫וַ ֵּ֨יָבא‬

‫ִמ ְּבכ ֹ֥רֹות‬

‫ֶ ֖ה ֶבל וְ ֶאל־‬ and-to

Abel

01-Ge-ESVOTInter-5(CS6).indd 7

‫גַ ם־ ֛הּוא‬ he

also

days

with

֙‫ֶ֨ה ֶבל‬

man

‫ַו�ֽיְ ִהי־‬

Abel

‫ ַ ו�ֽיְ ַׁש ְּל ֵ ֛חהּו‬23

‫ ה ֲא ָד ָ֔מה ֲא ֶ ׁ֥שר‬ ָ֣

‫ְלגַ ן־‬

to-garden-of

the-ground

‫ מ ֶ ּ֨ק ֶדם‬ ִ

from-east

‫ַה ִּמ ְת ַה ֔ ֶּפ ֶכת‬

‫ֵה ִ ֥ביא‬

Yahweh

‫ וְ ָ ֣ה ָא ָ ֔דם‬1 4

now-he-was

‫֥יתי‬ ִ ‫ָק ִנ‬

‫אמר‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ קיִ ן וַ ּ֕ת‬ ַ֔

I-have-gotten and-she-said Cain

‫ֶאת־ ָ ֑ה ֶבל‬

‫ָא ִ ֖חיו‬

‫ע ֵ ֹ֥בד‬

Abel — brother-of–him

‫ ֽוַיְ ִ ֖הי‬3 ‫ֲא ָד ָ ֽמה׃‬

from-end-of and-he-was

he-brought

‫הוה ֶאל־‬ ֔ ָ ְ‫י‬ to

‫יָ ֗דֹו‬

hand-of–him

Eve — he-knew now-the-man

‫יָמים‬ ֑ ִ ‫ִמ ֵ ּ֣קץ‬

from-fruit-of Cain and-he-brought from-firstborn-of

he-is

therefore-he-sent-out–him

‫ֻל ַ ּ֖קח‬

‫הוה׃‬ ֽ ָ ְ‫ִ ֖איׁש ֶאת־ י‬

and-she-did-again

‫ַ ֜קיִ ן‬

garments-of

like-one

‫יָ ַ ֖דע ֶאת־ ַחָ ּ֣וה ִא ְׁש ּ֑תֹו‬

he-was and-Cain sheep one-keeping-of

‫ִמ ְּפ ִ ֧רי‬

mother-of

tree-of way-of — to-guard the-one-turning-continually

‫וַ ַּ֨ת ַה ֙ ר‬

‫֔צ ֹאן וְ ַ ֕קיִ ן‬

skin

from-there he-was-taken where

— and-she-bore and-she-conceived wife-of–him

‫ָל ֔ ֶל ֶדת ֶאת־‬

‫ ֵ ֥אם‬

‫ ָּכ ְתנ֥ ֹות ֖עֹור‬

from–us

and— the-cherubim — Eden the-life

‫ָּכל־‬

from-tree-of also and-he-takes God

‫ וַ יְ ָג ֶ�֖רׁש‬24

‫וְ ֵ֨את‬

‫ָ ֽחי׃‬

‫מר ֶאת־ ֶ ּ֖ד ֶרְך ֵ ֥עץ ַ ֽה ַח ִ ּֽיים׃‬ ֹ ֕ ‫ִל ְׁש‬ ‫ֶאת־‬

to

‫ ָּת ֽׁשּוב׃‬

alive-one all-of

to-know

‫ֹלהים‬ ֖ ִ ‫ֱא‬

from-garden-of

‫ֶאת־ ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֑דם‬

flame-of

the-ground

‫וַ ּיַ ְל ִּב ֵ ֽׁשם׃‬

‫ֵמ ֵ ֣עץ‬

the-life

and-he-placed the-man — and-he-drove-out the-sword

for

and-he-clothed–them

good

‫ַ ֽה ַח ִּ֔יים וְ ָא ַ ֖כל‬

Eden

‫ ֵ ֥ע ֶׂשב‬

vegetation-of

‫ היָ ה֙ ְּכ ַא ַ ֣חד ִמ ֶּ֔מּנּו ָל ַ ֖ד ַעת ֣טֹוב‬ ָ

and-evil

for-eternity and-he-lives and-he-eats

‫ֵע ֶ֑דן ַ ֽל ֲעבֹד֙ ֶאת־‬

from–her

‫ וַ ּיִ ְק ָ ֧רא ָ ֽה ָא ָ ֛דם ֵ ׁ֥שם‬20

‫ֹלהים ְל ָא ָ ֧דם‬ ִ֜ ‫הוה ֱא‬ ֨ ָ ְ‫י‬

behold

the-field

days-of

wife-of–him name-of the-man and-he-called you-shall-return

and-for-wife-of–him for-Adam the-man

‫יְמי‬ ֵ֥

life-of–you

‫ אל־ ָ ֣ה ֲא ָד ָ֔מה ִ ּ֥כי ִמ ֶ ּ֖מּנָ ה‬ ֶ

you-were-taken

‫יְתה‬ ֖ ָ ‫ִא ְׁש ּ֖תֹו ַחָ ּ֑וה ִ ּ֛כי ִ ֥הוא ָ ֽה‬

‫ ִמ ֶ ּ֑מּנּו‬

from–him

‫ וְ ֥קֹוץ‬1 8 ‫ַח ֶּיֽיָך׃‬

by-sweat-of

and-you-have-eaten

‫ ְּבזֵ ַ ֤עת‬19 ‫ַה ָּׂש ֶ ֽדה׃‬

face-of–you

you-shall-eat

֙‫אכל‬ ַ ֹ ‫וַ ּ֨ת‬

being-cursed

— and-you-shall-eat for–you she-shall-sprout and-thistle and-thorn

to-return–you until

over–you

֙‫רּורה ָ ֽה ֲא ָד ָמה‬ ֤ ָ ‫ֲא‬

because-of–you

ֽ‫ַּת ְצ ִ ֣מ ַיח‬

‫ ָ ּֽבְך׃‬

and-to-Adam

‫ִמן־ ָה ֔ ֵעץ ֲא ֶ ׁ֤שר‬

I-commanded–you

all-of

‫ָא ַ֗מר‬

because

֙‫יתיָך‬ ִ֨ ִ‫ִצּו‬

GENESIS 3:17–4:4

ground

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.1 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.

4

Cain and Abel Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten2 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 1 Eve

sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living 2 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten

one-working-of

‫ וְ ֶ֨ה ֶבל‬4 ‫יהוה׃‬ ֽ ָ ‫ ה ֲא ָד ָ ֛מה ִמנְ ָ ֖חה ַ ֽל‬ ָֽ

and-Abel

‫וַ ִּי ַׁ֣שע‬

and-he-had-regard

to-Yahweh

offering

‫ּומ ֶח ְל ֵב ֶ ֑הן‬ ֵֽ

and-from-fat-of–them

the-ground

‫ צֹאנ֖ ֹו‬

flock-of–him

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GENESIS 4:5–17 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?1 And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for2 you, but you must rule over it.”

8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother.3 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 yield to you its strength.

You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” 13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.4 14 Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” 15 Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him. 16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod,5 east of Eden.

17 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. 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 Hebrew

Hebrew (BHS)

8

‫ָׁש ָ ֑עה‬

‫֣ל ֹא‬

he-had-regard

‫ִמנְ ָח ֖תֹו‬

not

‫הוה ֶאל־ ָ ֑קיִ ן‬ ֖ ָ ְ‫אמר י‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֥י‬6

Cain

to

if

‫וְ ֵא ֨ ֶליָך֙ ְּת ׁ֣ש ָּוק ֔תֹו‬ ‫ָא ִ ֑חיו‬

‫ָא ִ ֖חיו‬

brother-of–him

‫אמ ֙ר‬ ֶ ֹ ‫וַ ּ֨י‬

Abel

to

sin

Abel

very

֙‫ְל ַ ֨קיִ ן‬

‫ וַ ִּי ַ֤חר‬

as-for-Cain so-he-was-hot

‫֔ ָלְך‬

‫ ל ָּמה ָ ֣ח ָרה‬ ָ֚ why

‫יטיב‬ ִ֔ ‫ם ֣ל ֹא ֵת‬ ֙ ‫ ְׂש ֵ֔את וְ ִא‬

‫ּֽבֹו׃‬

‫ִּת ְמ ָׁשל־‬

over–him

‫וַ ָּי ָ�֥קם‬

‫ַּב ָּׂש ֶ ֔דה‬

‫ וְ ַא ָ ּ֖תה‬

you-are-to-rule

but-you

‫יֹותם‬ ֣ ָ ‫ִּב ְה‬

֙‫ ֽוַיְ ִהי‬

against Cain and-he-rose-up in-the-field when-to-be–them and-he-was

‫ָא ִ ֑חיָך‬

‫אמר יְ הוָ ה֙ ֶאל־ ַ ֔קיִ ן ֵ ֖אי ֶ ֣ה ֶבל‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֤י‬9 Abel

where Cain

‫אמר ֶ ֣מה‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֖י‬1 0 ‫ָא ֹֽנ ִכי׃‬

the-ground

‫�ל ַ ָ֛ק ַחת‬

ָ‫֔ ִּפיה‬

from

‫צֹע ִ ֥�ֲקים‬

‫ ל ֹא יָ ַ ֔ד ְע ִּתי‬ ֣ I-know

‫ְּד ֵ ֣מי‬

‫ ק֚ ֹול‬

blood-of

brother-of–you

not

voice-of

‫ׁשר‬ ֣ ֶ ‫ ָא ֣רּור ָ ֑א ָּתה ִמן־ ָ ֽה ֲא ָד ָמה֙ ֲא‬

to-receive mouth-of–her — she-has-opened which

‫ ִ ּ֤כי ַ ֽת ֲעבֹד֙ ֶאת־ ָ ֣ה ֲא ָד ָ֔מה ֽל ֹא־‬12

the-ground from

‫ִמּיָ ֶ ֽדָך׃‬

you

‫ָא ִ ֖חיָך‬

being-cursed

‫ את־ ְּד ֵ ֥מי‬ ֶ

from-hand-of–you brother-of–you blood-of —

the-ground — you-work when

‫וָ ָ ֖נד‬

‫ֲהׁש ֵ ֹ֥מר‬

?-one-keeping-of

‫ָא ִ֔חיָך‬

crying-out

‫ָּפ ְצ ָ ֣תה‬

‫ וַ ּיַ ַה ְר ֵגֽהּו׃‬

Yahweh then-he-said and-he-killed–him

brother-of–me

to–me

‫ֶאת־‬

to

‫ָא ִ ֖חי‬

I

‫ וְ ַע ָ ּ֖תה‬1 1 ‫ֵא ַ ֖לי ִמן־ ָ ֽה ֲא ָד ָ ֽמה׃‬

and-now

‫ִ ּֽת ְה ֶי֥ה‬

‫אד‬ ֹ ֔ ‫ְמ‬

offering-of–him

at-the-door you-do-well not and-if to-lift-up

and-he-said

you-have-done what and-he-said

not

‫ ִמנְ ָח ֽתֹו׃‬

but-to

‫וְ ָל ָּ֖מה‬

‫אמר‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֥י‬8

Cain

‫ַ ֛קיִ ן ֶאל־ ֶ ֥ה ֶבל‬

and-he-said brother-of–you

‫ית‬ ָ ‫ָע ִ ׂ֑ש‬

‫נָ ְפ ֥לּו‬

‫ַ ֖קיִ ן ֶאל־ ֶ ֣ה ֶבל‬

‫ָ ֥נע‬

‫ָ ֑לְך‬

‫ּכ ָ ֹ֖חּה‬

‫ֵּתת־‬

‫ת ֵ ֹ֥סף‬

you-will-be and-one-wandering one-roaming to–you strength-of–her to-give she-shall-continue

‫ִמּנְ ֽׂש ֹא׃‬

‫ֹוני‬ ֖ ִ ‫ֲע‬

‫הוה ּגָ ֥דֹול‬ ֑ ָ ְ‫אמר ַ ֖קיִ ן ֶאל־ י‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֥י‬13 ‫ ָב ָ ֽא ֶרץ׃‬

more-than-to-bear punishment-of–me

‫ֽ ָה ֲא ָד ָ֔מה‬

‫ְּפ ֵ ֣ני‬

‫וָ נָ ֙ד‬

‫֣לֹו‬

to–him

‫אמר‬ ֶ ֹ ‫ וַ ּ֧י‬15

‫וַ ָּ֨י ֶׂשם‬

‫ֽי ַ​ַה ְר ֵגֽנִ י׃‬

‫יֻ ָ ּ֑קם‬

‫ָּכל־‬

any-of

‫ְּב ֶ ֽא ֶרץ־ נ֖ ֹוד ִק ְד ַמת־‬ east-of

‫מ ְֹצ ִ ֖אי‬

‫ַ ֔קיִ ן ִׁש ְב ָע ַ ֖תיִ ם‬

ָ‫ּגֵ ַ ֨ר ְׁשּת‬

‫ֶא ָּס ֵ ֑תר‬

‫ַהּכֹות־ א ֹ֖תֹו‬ strike

‫וַ ֵּי ֶׁ֥שב‬

‫הוה‬ ֑ ָ ְ‫י‬

‫ּומ ָּפ ֶנ֖יָך‬ ִ

‫ָכל־‬

any-of

‫ה ֵ ֹ֣רג‬

‫וְ ָה ָ ֥יה‬

‫ִמ ִּל ְפ ֵ ֣ני‬

‫וַ ֵ ּ֣ת ֶלד‬

‫וַ ַ ּ֖ת ַהר‬

‫ ָּב ָ֔א ֶרץ‬

‫ ָּכל־‬a ֙‫ָל ֵכן‬

for-thus

‫֔אֹות ְל ִב ְל ִ ּ֥תי‬ to-not

֙‫ְל ַ ֨קיִ ן‬

sign

on-Cain

‫ַ ֖קיִ ן‬

‫ַ ֨קיִ ן֙ ֶאת־ ִא ְׁש ּ֔תֹו‬

Enoch

‫ְּבנ֥ ֹו‬

son-of–him

‫ְּכ ֵ ׁ֖שם‬

as-name-of

‫ׁשם ָה ֔ ִעיר‬ ֵ֣ the-city

city

‫הוה‬ ֤ ָ ְ‫ י‬

Yahweh

‫ וַ ֵּי ֵ֥צא‬1 6

‫ וַ ֵּי ַ�֤דע‬1 7 ‫ ע ֶדן׃‬ ֵֽ

‫א‬ ֙ ‫ּ֣בֹנֶ ה ֔ ִעיר וַ ּיִ ְק ָר‬

name-of and-he-called

‫הוה‬ ֗ ָ ְ‫ י‬

Yahweh

then-he-went-out

Enoch — and-she-bore and-she-conceived wife-of–him — Cain and-he-knew

‫ֲחנֽ ֹוְך׃‬

and-he-will-be on-the-earth

Nod in-land-of and-he-settled Yahweh from-to-presence-of Cain

‫ֶאת־ ֲחנ֑ ֹוְך‬

֩‫ ֵהן‬14

behold

and-from-face-of–you

Cain one-killing-of any-of

—him

on-the-earth

you-have-driven-out

I-shall-be-hidden

one-finding–me

sevenfold

Cain and-he-said

—me

and-I-shall-be

he-will-kill–me

to

‫א ִֹ֜תי‬

the-day

‫יתי‬ ִ ‫וְ ָה ִ֜י‬

one-roaming

then-he-said

Yahweh

‫ַהּי֗ ֹום‬

from-upon

‫ָ ֤נע‬

and-one-wandering

great

֙‫ֵמ ַעל‬

face-of

the-ground

‫מ ְֹצ ֽאֹו׃‬

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‫ַו�ּֽיִ ְּפ ֖לּו‬

‫ַל ֶ ּ֖פ ַתח ַח ָ ּ֣טאת ר ֵ ֹ֑בץ‬

desire-of–him and-to–you crouching brother-of–him

‫ וְ ֶאל־‬5

Cain

face-of–you they-have-fallen and-why as-to–you he-is-hot

?-not

one-finding-of–him

‫א ֵכן‬ ֹ ‫ל‬

‫ָּפ ָנֽיו׃‬

‫יט ֙יב‬ ִ ‫ ֲה ֤לֹוא ִאם־ ֵּת‬7 ‫ָפ ֶנֽיָך׃‬

you-do-well

‫ַ ֥קיִ ן‬

and-to

face-of–him and-they-fell

Yahweh and-he-said

and-he-put he-shall-incur-revenge

4:15 a Syriac, Vulgate, Theodotion, Symmachus, Septuagint, οὐχ οὕτως =

‫וְ ֶאל־‬

offering-of–him

Eden

֙‫ ַו�ֽיְ ִהי‬

building and-he-was

9/13/13 3:56 PM

English (ESV)

9

‫ֶאת־ ְמ ֽחּויָ ֵ ֑אל‬

‫יָ ַ ֖לד‬

‫ירד‬ ֕ ָ ‫ירד וְ ִע‬ ֔ ָ ‫ַ ֽל ֲחנֹוְך֙ ֶאת־ ִע‬

Mehujael — he-fathered

‫ֶאת־ ָ ֽל ֶמְך׃‬

‫יָ ַ ֥לד‬

and-Irad

‫וְ ֵ ׁ֥שם‬

‫תּוׁש ֵ ֖אל‬ ָ ‫ּומ‬ ְ ‫ּוׁש ֵ֔אל‬ ָ ‫ֶאת־ ְמ ֣ת‬

‫י ֵ ֹׁ֥שב‬

the-first

‫ֲא ִ֕בי‬

‫ֲא ִ֕בי‬

he-was

‫֣הּוא ָה ָ֔יה‬

father-of

he-was

he

‫יּובל‬ ָ֑

he

‫גַ ם־ ִ֗הוא ָי ְֽל ָדה֙ ֶאת־‬ — she-bore

she

bronze

‫ָע ָ ֤דה וְ ִצ ָּלה֙ ְׁש ַ ֣מ ַען‬ hear

and-Zillah

‫ּתי‬ ֙ ִ ְ‫ָה ַ ֨רג‬

‫ָ ֑קיִ ן‬

man

‫יֻ ַּקם־‬

Cain

‫ִא ְׁש ּ֔תֹו‬

‫ִא ְמ ָר ִ ֑תי‬

sevenfold

‫ִ ֤לי‬

‫ָ ֽׁשת־‬

and-to-Seth

‫הּוחל‬ ַ֔

for

Cain

‫ָ ֣אז‬

Adam

d ‫ִ ּ֣כי‬

‫ ּול ֵ ׁ֤שת ּגַ ם־‬ ְ 26 ‫ָ ֽקיִ ן׃‬ he-was-begun at-that-time

and-pipe

Zillah the-second

‫ּומ ְק ֶנֽה׃‬ ִ

‫ֵ ׁ֑שת‬ Seth

‫ ָּכל־‬

‫ֹלטׁש‬ ֵ֕

every-of

‫ּובל ַ ֔קיִ ן‬ ַ ‫ ּת‬ ֣ Tubal-cain

‫אמר‬ ֶ ֺ ‫ וַ ּ֨י‬23 ‫ל־קיִ ן ַנ ֲֽע ָ ֽמה׃‬ ֖ ַ ‫ּוב‬ ַ ‫ ּת‬ ֽ Naamah

‫֔ ֶל ֶמְך‬

hear

‫ְל ַח ֻּב ָר ִ ֽתי׃‬

‫קֹולי‬ ִ֔

wives-of

‫וְ ֶי ֶ֖לד‬

for-injury-of–me

Tubal-cain

‫ׁשי‬ ֣ ֵ ְ‫נ‬

Lamech

and-boy

for-wound-of–me

‫ִׁש ְב ִ ֥עים וְ ִׁש ְב ָ ֽעה׃‬

‫ְׁש ֖מֹו‬

‫ֵּ֔בן וַ ִּת ְק ָ ֥רא ֶאת־‬

and-seven

voice-of–me

‫ְל ִפ ְצ ֔ ִעי‬

‫ וַ ֵּ֨י ַדע‬25

seventy

‫ וְ ֶל ֶ֖מְך‬

then-Lamech

‫ וַ ֵ ּ֣ת ֶלד‬

name-of–him — and-she-called son and-she-bore

‫ַ ּ֣ת ַחת ֶ֔ה ֶבל ִ ּ֥כי‬

he-killed–him for

Abel

‫ְׁש ֖מֹו‬

Enosh

tent

one-playing-of

Lamech and-he-said

and-he-knew

‫ֲה ָרג֖ ֹו‬

‫ֱאנ֑ ֹוׁש‬

‫֜ ֶל ֶמְך‬

‫א ֶהל‬ ֹ֖

and-livestock

‫ּת ֵ ֹ֥פׂש‬

lyre

‫ָּכל־‬

‫ַה ְא ֵזּ֖נָ ה‬

if

‫ָא ָ ֥דם עֹוד֙ ֶאת־‬

to–me he-has-appointed

‫ וַ ֵ ּ֥ת ֶלד‬2 0 ‫ ה ֵּׁש ִנ֖ית ִצ ָ ּֽלה׃‬ ַ

and-name-of

‫ח ֵ ֹ֥רׁש‬

‫ וַ ִּי ַ ֽ�ּֽקח־‬1 9

and-he-took

ones-implementing-of all-kinds-of one-forging-of

word-of–me

wife-of–him — again

also

and-Zillah

‫ ּכי ִׁש ְב ָע ַ ֖תיִ ם‬ ֥ ִ 24

he-is-avenged

to–him

‫ וְ ֵ ׁ֥שם‬2 1

brother-of–him

to-wives-of–him

for

‫ּומ ִחּייָ ֵ֗אל‬ ְ

‫֥לֹו‬

Lamech

Jabal — Adah and-she-bore

‫ְלנָ ָׁ֗שיו‬

Adah

‫ִ ּ֣כי ִ ֤איׁש‬

I-have-killed

two-of

‫ וְ ִצ ָ ּ֣לה‬22 ‫עּוגב׃‬ ֽ ָ ְ‫ִּכּנ֖ ֹור ו‬

also

‫ּוב ְר ֶ ֑זל ַ ֽו ֲא ֥חֹות‬ ַ ‫נְ ֖חֹ ֶׁשת‬

and-sister-of and-iron

wives

‫ָא ִ ֖חיו‬

Jubal

‫יָ ַל ֙ ד‬

‫ֶל ֶ֖מְך ְׁש ֵ ּ֣תי נָ ִ ׁ֑שים‬

name-of

‫יָבל ֣הּוא ָה ָ֔יה‬ ֑ ָ ‫ָע ָ ֖דה ֶאת־‬

one-dwelling-of father-of

and-he-was-born

Methushael — he-fathered and-Mehujael

‫ֵ ׁ֤שם ָ ֽה ַא ַחת֙ ָע ָ ֔דה‬ Adah

‫ וַ ּיִ ּוָ ֵ ֤לד‬18

Irad — to-Enoch

Lamech — he-fathered and-Methushael and-name-of

GENESIS 4:18–5:4

‫ים ֶז ַ�֣רע ַא ֵ֔חר‬ ֙ ‫ֹלה‬ ִ ‫ א‬ ֱ

in-place-of

another

‫ֵּ֔בן וַ ּיִ ְק ָ ֥רא ֶאת־‬

God

seed

‫יֻ ַּלד־‬

name-of–him — and-he-called son he-was-born

‫ הּוא‬ ֙ he

‫הוה׃‬ ֽ ָ ְ‫ ל ְק ֖ר ֹא ְּב ֵ ׁ֥שם י‬ ִ Yahweh on-name-of

‫ים ָא ָ ֔דם ִּב ְד ֥מּות‬ ֙ ‫ֹלה‬ ִ ‫ְּב ֤ר ֹא ֱא‬

in-likeness-of

‫א ָֹ֗תם‬

—them

God

man

‫יְב ֶרְך‬ ֣ ָ ַ‫ו‬

‫ ֽוַיְ ִ ֣חי‬3

‫מּותֹו‬ ֖ ‫ִּב ְד‬

‫יְמי־ ָא ָ ֗דם‬ ֵ

he-created–them

‫ִה ָ ּֽב ְר ָ ֽאם׃‬

and-female

male

‫ָא ָ ֔דם ְּבי֖ ֹום‬

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֥‫וַ ּי‬

then-he-fathered-a-child

‫ וַ ִ ּֽי ְהי֣ ּו‬4 ‫ֵ ֽׁשת׃‬

‫ זָ ָ ֥כר ּונְ ֵק ָ ֖בה‬2 ‫ֹלהים ָע ָ ׂ֥שה א ֹֽתֹו׃‬ ֖ ִ ‫ א‬ ֱ

to-be-created–them on-day-of

in-likeness-of–him

‫ ֶז֣ה ֵ֔ס ֶפר‬1 5

to-create on-day-of Adam generations-of book-of this

‫ְּב ָר ָ ֑אם‬

and-he-blessed

when-he-had-lived

‫ּתֹול ֖ד ֹת ָא ָ ֑דם ְּבי֗ ֹום‬ ְ

to-call

Man

‫ָׁש ָ֔נה‬ year

—him

‫ם‬ ֙ ‫ְׁש ָמ‬

he-made

God

18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. 19 And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.

22 Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

23 Lamech said to his wives:

“ Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

24 If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech’s is seventysevenfold.”

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 Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord.

5

Adam’s Descendants to Noah This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, 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 named him Seth.

4 The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other 1 Seth

sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed adam

2 Hebrew

‫ וַ ּיִ ְק ָ ֤רא ֶאת־‬

name-of–them — and-he-called

֙‫ּומ ַאת‬ ְ

and-hundred-of

‫וַ ּיִ ְק ָ ֥רא ֶאת־ ְׁש ֖מֹו‬

‫ֹלׁשים‬ ֤ ִ ‫ א ָ ֗דם ְׁש‬ ָ thirty

‫ְּכ ַצ ְל ֑מֹו‬

Adam

Adam days-of and-they-were Seth name-of–him — and-he-called according-to-image-of–him

‫ָּב ִנ֖ים‬ sons

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֥‫וַ ּי‬

and-he-fathered

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‫את ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬ ֹ ֖ ‫ֶאת־ ֵׁ֔שת ְׁשמ ֶ ֹ֥נה ֵמ‬ year

hundreds

eight

‫הֹול ֣ידֹו‬ ִ

Seth — to-father–him

֙‫ א ֲח ֵרי‬ ַֽ after

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GENESIS 5:5–21 sons and daughters. 5 Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

6 When Seth had lived 105 years, 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 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 Mahalalel 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 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,

Hebrew (BHS)

10

‫אֹות‬ ֙ ‫ְּת ַ ׁ֤שע ֵמ‬

hundreds

‫ַ֔חי‬

nine-of

‫ֵׁ֕שת ָח ֵ ֥מׁש ָׁש ִנ֖ים‬ years

five

after

that

‫מת׃‬ ֹ ֽ ָ‫וַ ּי‬

year

two

and-eight

Seth

‫ֱאנ֖ ֹוׁש ִּת ְׁש ִ ֣עים ָׁש ָנ֑ה‬ ninety

‫ֶאת־ ֵק ָ֔ינן‬

‫ָּב ִנ֖ים‬

after

‫ּות ַ ׁ֥שע‬ ְ

‫ וַ ִ ּֽי ְה ֙יּו‬1 4

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֖‫וַ ּי‬

‫ָּכל־‬ all-of

֙‫ וַ ּיִ ְהיּו‬1 7

and-nine-of

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֖‫וַ ּי‬

year

all-of

‫הֹול ֣ידֹו‬ ִ

‫ּובנֽ ֹות׃‬ ָ

and-daughters

‫ָּב ִנ֖ים‬ sons

Mahalalel

‫ּוׁשמ ֶ ֹ֥נה ֵמ ֖אֹות ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬ ְ ‫ ׁש ָ֔נה‬ ָ year

years

years

‫מת׃‬ ֹ ֽ ָ‫ וַ ּי‬

and-he-died

‫ וַ יְ ִ ֣חי‬1 3 ‫ מ ֲה ַל ְל ֵ ֽאל׃‬ ַֽ

hundreds

and-eight

ten

five

֙‫ֽ ַמ ֲה ַל ְל ֵ֗אל ֽ ַא ֲח ֵרי‬ Mahalalel

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֥‫וַ ּי‬

days-of

year

‫ ּכל־‬ ָ all-of

‫ ֽוַיְ ִ ֣חי‬15

Mahalalel

after

‫יְמי‬ ֵ֣

Kenan

‫ֽ ַמ ֲה ַל ְל ֵ֔אל ָח ֵ ֥מׁש ָׁש ִנ֖ים וְ ִׁש ִ ּׁ֣שים ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬ and-sixty

֙‫ וַ ִ ּֽי ְהיּו‬11

when-he-had-lived

‫ֵק ָ֔ינן ֶע ֶׂ֣שר ָׁש ִ֔נים‬

and-nine-of

five-of

thus-they-were

Kenan and-he-lived

and-he-fathered

‫ּות ַ ׁ֥שע‬ ְ

‫ָּכל־‬

days-of

֙‫ֵק ָ֗ינן ַא ֲח ֵרי‬ after

ten

‫ ֽוַיְ ִ ֥חי‬1 2

Kenan

Jared — to-father–him

thus-they-were

sons

‫ּות ַ ׁ֥שע‬ ְ

hundreds

‫יְמי‬ ֵ֣

Enosh

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֥‫וַ ּי‬

sons

year

‫ ּב ִנ֖ים‬ ָ

Kenan — then-he-fathered

hundreds and-eight

seventy

‫ֹלׁשים ָׁש ָ֔נה‬ ֣ ִ ‫ֶאת־ ֶ֔י ֶרד ְׁש‬ thirty

‫ּובנֽ ֹות׃‬ ָ

‫ ֽוַיְ ִ ֣חי‬10 ‫ֶאת־ ֵק ָינ�ֽן׃‬

five

‫ָּב ִנ֖ים‬

hundreds

‫הֹול ֣ידֹו‬ ִ

and-daughters

year

and-he-lived

‫הֹול ֣ידֹו‬ ִ

‫ֵמ ֖אֹות ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬

— then-he-fathered

year

year

year

and-daughters year

֙‫ וַ ִ ּֽי ְהיּו‬8

thus-they-were

‫ֵק ָינ�֖ן ִׁש ְב ִ ֣עים ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬

‫ּובנֽ ֹות׃‬ ָ

and-they-were

‫ֶאת־‬

and-hundred-of

‫מת׃‬ ֹ ֽ ָ‫ֵמ ֖אֹות ָׁש ָ ֑נה וַ ּי‬

Mahalalel — to-father–him

‫מת׃‬ ֹ ֽ ָ‫וַ ּי‬

‫ּומ ַ ֣את‬ ְ

year

‫ּוׁשמ ֶ ֹ֥נה ֵמ ֖אֹות ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬ ְ ‫ ח ֵ ֤מׁש ֶע ְׂש ֵרה֙ ָׁש ָ֔נה‬ ֲ

years

‫ֶאת־ ֽ ַמ ֲה ַל ְל ֵ֔אל ַא ְר ָּב ִ ֣עים‬

and-he-died

‫ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬

year

Enosh — to-father–him

‫ֱאנ֔ ֹוׁש ָח ֵ ֣מׁש ָׁש ִ֔נים‬

and-nine-of

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֖‫וַ ּי‬

seven

and-he-died

Enosh

and-he-fathered

— then-he-fathered forty

all-of

when-he-had-lived

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֥‫וַ ּי‬

sons

hundreds

‫ֶאת־‬

days-of

‫הֹול ֣ידֹו‬ ִ ֙‫ֱאנ֗ ֹוׁש ֽ ַא ֲח ֵרי‬

‫ֵמ ֖אֹות ָׁש ָנ֑ה‬ year

and-thirty

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֖‫וַ ּי‬

years

‫ ֽוַיְ ִ ֥חי‬9

Enosh

Kenan — to-father–him

‫ּובנֽ ֹות׃‬ ָ

year

Enosh — then-he-fathered

hundreds

ten

and-daughters

and-daughters

‫ֹלׁשים ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬ ֖ ִ ‫ּוׁש‬ ְ ‫ ׁש ָ֔נה‬ ָ

and-he-died

‫יְמי־ ֵׁ֔שת ְׁש ֵ ּ֤תים ֶע ְׂש ֵרה֙ ָׁש ָ֔נה‬ ֵ ‫ָּכל־‬ year

‫ּובנֽ ֹות׃‬ ָ

thus-they-were

‫ּוׁשמ ֶ ֹ֥נה ֵמ ֖אֹות ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬ ְ ‫ׁש ַבע ָׁש ִ֔נים‬ ֣ ֶ ‫ֶאת־ ֱאנ֔ ֹוׁש‬

and-he-fathered year

‫ וַ ִ ּֽי ְהי֞ ּו‬5

all-of

‫ֶאת־ ֱאנֽ ֹוׁש׃‬

and-he-lived

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֥‫וַ ּי‬

days-of

when-he-had-lived

‫ ֽוַיְ ִחי־‬7

Seth

Adam

‫ ֽוַיְ ִחי־‬6

Seth

‫ֵׁ֗שת ֽ ַא ֲח ֵר֙י‬

‫ם ֲא ֶׁשר־‬ ֙ ‫יְמי ָא ָד‬ ֤ ֵ ‫ָּכל־‬

he-lived

when-he-had-lived

‫ ֽוַיְ ִ ֣חי‬16 ‫ָ י ֶ�ֽרד׃‬

and-he-lived

Jared

‫ ּוׁשמ ֶ ֹ֥נה ֵמ ֖אֹות ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬ ְ

and-he-fathered

year

hundreds

and-eight

‫מת׃‬ ֹ ֽ ָ‫ּוׁשמ ֶ ֹ֥נה ֵמ ֖אֹות ָׁש ָ ֑נה וַ ּי‬ ְ ‫ים ָׁש ָ֔נה‬ ֙ ‫יְמי ַמ ֲה ַל ְל ֵ֔אל ָח ֵ ֤מׁש וְ ִת ְׁש ִע‬ ֵ֣

and-he-died

year

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֖‫וַ ּי‬

hundreds

‫ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬

then-he-fathered

year

and-eight

‫ּומ ַ ֣את‬ ְ

and-hundred-of

year

and-ninety

five

‫ֶ֕י ֶרד ְׁש ַ ּ֧תיִ ם וְ ִׁש ִ ּׁ֛שים ָׁש ָ ֖נה‬ year

and-sixty

two

‫הֹול ֣ידֹו ֶאת־ ֲחנ֔ ֹוְך ְׁשמ ֶ ֹ֥נה ֵמ ֖אֹות‬ ִ ֙‫ֶ֗י ֶרד ֽ ַא ֲח ֵרי‬

hundreds

eight

Enoch — to-father–him

‫יְמי־ ֶ֔י ֶרד ְׁש ַ ּ֤תיִ ם‬ ֵ ‫ָּכל־‬ two

‫ֲחנ֔ ֹוְך‬ Enoch

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֙‫ וַ ִ ּֽי ְהיּו‬20

Jared days-of all-of thus-they-were

‫ ֽוַיְ ִ ֣חי‬2 1

when-he-had-lived

‫מת׃‬ ֹ ֽ ָ‫וַ ּי‬

Mahalalel

and-he-died

after

‫ּובנֽ ֹות׃‬ ָ

‫ֵמ ֖אֹות ָׁש ָ ֑נה‬ year

‫ ֽוַיְ ִחי־‬1 8

Jared when-he-had-lived

‫ ֽוַיְ ִחי־‬19 ‫ את־ ֲחנֽ ֹוְך׃‬ ֶ

Jared and-he-lived

and-daughters hundreds

days-of

‫ָּב ִנ֖ים‬ sons

Enoch

‫ֹולד‬ ֶ ֥‫וַ ּי‬

and-he-fathered

—

‫ ׁש ָ ֑נה‬ ָ year

‫ּות ַ ׁ֥שע‬ ְ ‫ים ָׁש ָ֔נה‬ ֙ ‫ וְ ִׁש ִּׁש‬

and-nine-of

year

and-sixty

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