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TESTAMENT
Genesis
KING JAMES VERSION NEW LIVING TRANSLATION

The Account of Creation

In the beginning God created the heaven and In the beginning God created the heavens and
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the earth. the earth.* 2 The earth was formless and empty,
2And the earth was without form, and void; and and darkness covered the deep waters. And the
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. waters.
3And God said, Let there be light: and there was
3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was
light.
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God light. 4And God saw that the light was good. Then
he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God
divided the light from the darkness.
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called the light “day” and the darkness “night.”
And evening passed and morning came,
called Night. And the evening and the morning were
marking the first day.
the first day.
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the 6Then God said, “Let there be a space between the
midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from waters, to separate the waters of the heavens
the waters. from the waters of the earth.” 7And that is what
7And God made the firmament, and divided the happened. God made this space to separate
waters which were under the firmament from the the waters of the earth from the waters of the
waters which were above the firmament: and it heavens. 8God called the space “sky.”
was so. And evening passed and morning came,
8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the marking the second day.
evening and the morning were the second day.
9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be
9 Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky
flow together into one place, so dry ground may
gathered together unto one place, and let the dry
appear.” And that is what happened. 10God called
land appear: and it was so.
10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gath- the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And
God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, “Let
ering together of the waters called he Seas: and God
the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of
saw that it was good.
11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-
bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the
herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit
kinds of plants and trees from which they came.”
after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth:
And that is what happened. 12 The land produced
and it was so.
12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants,
and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds
yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding
produced plants and trees of the same kind.
fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and
And God saw that it was good.
God saw that it was good. 13And evening passed and morning came,
13And the evening and the morning were the third
marking the third day.
day.
14And God said, Let there be lights in the firma- 14 Then God said, “Let great lights appear in the
ment of the heaven to divide the day from the night; sky to separate the day from the night. Let them
and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for mark off the seasons, days, and years. 15Let these
days, and years: lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And
15And let them be for lights in the firmament of
1:1 Or In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, . . .
the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. Or When God began to create the heavens and the earth, . . .
GENESIS 1 4
KING JAMES VERSION NEW LIVING TRANSLATION
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light that is what happened. 16 God made two great
to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: lights, the sun and the moon—the larger one to
he made the stars also. govern the day, and the smaller one to govern
17 And God set them in the firmament of the
the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set these
heaven to give light upon the earth, lights in the sky to light the earth, 18 to govern the
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and
day and night, and to separate the light from the
to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw darkness. And God saw that it was good.
that it was good. 19And evening passed and morning came,
19And the evening and the morning were the
marking the fourth day.
fourth day.
20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abun-
20Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish
and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of
dantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl
every kind.” 21So God created great sea creatures
that may fly above the earth in the open firmament
and every living thing that scurries and swarms in
of heaven.
21And God created great whales, and every living the water, and every sort of bird—each producing
offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it
creature that moveth, which the waters brought
was good. 22 Then God blessed them, saying, “Be
forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged
fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and
fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
23And evening passed and morning came,
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl
marking the fifth day.
multiply in the earth.
23And the evening and the morning were the fifth 24Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort
day. of animal, each producing offspring of the same
24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living
kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along
creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what
and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. happened. 25 God made all sorts of wild animals,
25And God made the beast of the earth after his
livestock, and small animals, each able to
kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that produce offspring of the same kind. And God
creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw saw that it was good.
that it was good. 26Then God said, “Let us make human beings*
26And God said, Let us make man in our image,
in our image, to be like ourselves. They will reign
after our likeness: and let them have dominion over over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own image, in the im-
27 So God created human beings* in his own
image.
age of God created he him; male and female created
In the image of God he created them;
he them.
28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, male and female he created them.
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and 28Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful

subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and
thing that moveth upon the earth. all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
29And God said, Behold, I have given you every 29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every

herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all
earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree the fruit trees for your food. 30And I have given
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. every green plant as food for all the wild animals,
30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl
the birds in the sky, and the small animals that
of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the scurry along the ground—everything that has
earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green life.” And that is what happened.
herb for meat: and it was so. 31Then God looked over all he had made, and
31And God saw every thing that he had made, and,
he saw that it was very good!
behold, it was very good. And the evening and the And evening passed and morning came,
morning were the sixth day. marking the sixth day.
1:26 Or man; Hebrew reads adam. 1:27 Or the man; Hebrew reads
ha-adam.
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KING JAMES VERSION NEW LIVING TRANSLATION

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, So the creation of the heavens and the earth
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and all the host of them. and everything in them was completed. 2On
2And on the seventh day God ended his work the seventh day God had finished his work of
which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day creation, so he rested* from all his work. 3And
from all his work which he had made. God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy,
3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified because it was the day when he rested from all his
it: because that in it he had rested from all his work work of creation.
which God created and made. 4This is the account of the creation of the heavens
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of
and the earth.
the earth when they were created, in the day that the
Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
The Man and Woman in Eden
When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
5And every plant of the field before it was in the 5 neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the

earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for earth. The Lord God had not yet sent rain to water
the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the
earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. soil. 6Instead, springs* came up from the ground and
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered all the land. 7 Then the Lord God formed the
watered the whole face of the ground. man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the
7And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man be-
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of came a living person.
life; and man became a living soul. 8Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in
8And the Lord God planted a garden eastward the east, and there he placed the man he had made.
in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had 9 The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from

formed. the ground—trees that were beautiful and that pro-

9And out of the ground made the Lord God to duced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he
grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge
for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the gar- of good and evil.
den, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10A river watered the garden and then flowed out
10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; of Eden and divided into four branches. 11The first
and from thence it was parted, and became into four branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire
heads. land of Havilah, where gold is found. 12 The gold of
11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and
compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there onyx stone are also found there. 13 The second
is gold; branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is land of Cush. 14The third branch, called the Tigris,
bdellium and the onyx stone. flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch
13And the name of the second river is Gihon: is called the Euphrates.
the same is it that compasseth the whole land of 15 The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of

Ethiopia. Eden to tend and watch over it. 16 But the Lord God
14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every
is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the tree in the garden—17 except the tree of the knowl-
fourth river is Euphrates. edge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure
15And the Lord God took the man, and put him to die.”
into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 18Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the
16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right
Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: for him.” 19 So the Lord God formed from the
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the
evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou sky. He brought them to the man* to see what he
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. would call them, and the man chose a name for each
18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the
2:2 Or ceased; also in 2:3. 2:6 Or mist. 2:19 Or Adam, and so throughout
man should be alone; I will make him an help meet the chapter.

for him.
19And out of the ground the Lord God formed ev-

ery 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 crea-
ture, that was the name thereof.
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KING JAMES VERSION NEW LIVING TRANSLATION
20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the one. 20He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds
fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was
Adam there was not found an help meet for him. no helper just right for him.
21And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall 21So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a

upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took
and closed up the flesh instead thereof; out one of the man’s ribs* and closed up the open-
22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from
ing. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the
man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the rib, and he brought her to the man.
man. 23 “At last!” the man exclaimed.
23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones,
“This one is bone from my bone,
and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, be-
and flesh from my flesh!
cause she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his She will be called ‘woman,’
because she was taken from ‘man.’”
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall
be one flesh. 24This explains why a man leaves his father and
25And they were both naked, the man and his wife,
mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are
and were not ashamed. united into one.
25Now the man and his wife were both naked, but

they felt no shame.

The Man and Woman Sin

Now the serpent was more subtil than any The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild
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beast of the field which the Lord God had animals the Lord God had made. One day he
made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not
said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”
2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may 2 “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the

eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: garden,” the woman replied. 3 “It’s only the fruit from
3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of
the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not
the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, nei- allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even
ther shall ye touch it, lest ye die. touch it; if you do, you will die.’”
4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall 4 “ You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the

not surely die: woman. 5 “God knows that your eyes will be opened
5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof,
as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, know-
then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as ing both good and evil.”
gods, knowing good and evil. 6The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree
6And when the woman saw that the tree was good
was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she
for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took
tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to
fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her hus- her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. 7At
band with her; and he did eat. that moment their eyes were opened, and they sud-
7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they
denly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed
knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig fig leaves together to cover themselves.
leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the
8And they heard the voice of the Lord God walk-
man* and his wife heard the Lord God walking
ing in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God
and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the among the trees. 9 Then the Lord God called to the
Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. man, “Where are you?”
9And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said 10He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden,

unto him, Where art thou? so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”
10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I 11“Who told you that you were naked?” the Lord

was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose
11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast na-
fruit I commanded you not to eat?”
ked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I com- 12 The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me

manded thee that thou shouldest not eat? who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou
2:21 Or took a part of the man’s side. 3:8 Or Adam, and so throughout the
gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I chapter.
did eat.
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KING JAMES VERSION NEW LIVING TRANSLATION

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is

13 13 Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What

this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The have you done?”
serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. “The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s
14And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Be- why I ate it.”
cause thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all 14Then the Lord God said to the serpent,

cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy

“Because you have done this, you are cursed
belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the
more than all animals, domestic and wild.
days of thy life:
15And I will put enmity between thee and the You will crawl on your belly,
groveling in the dust as long as you live.
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall 15 And I will cause hostility between you and the
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.
thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt
He will strike* your head,
bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy
and you will strike his heel.”
husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hear- 16Then he said to the woman,
kened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of
“I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy,
the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou
and in pain you will give birth.
shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in
And you will desire to control your husband,
sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to but he will rule over you.*”
thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 17And to the man he said,
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till
“Since you listened to your wife and ate from the
thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou
tree
taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
whose fruit I commanded you not to eat,
return.
the ground is cursed because of you.
All your life you will struggle to scratch a living
from it.
18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you,

though you will eat of its grains.

19 By the sweat of your brow

will you have food to eat

until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”

Paradise Lost: God’s Judgment

20And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because 20Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, be-
she was the mother of all living. cause she would be the mother of all who live.*
21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord 21And the Lord God made clothing from animal

God make coats of skins, and clothed them. skins for Adam and his wife.
22And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is be- 22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human be-

come as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, ings* have become like us, knowing both good and
lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree
life, and eat, and live for ever: of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!” 23 So
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Lord God banished them from the Garden of
the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground
he was taken. from which he had been made. 24After sending them
24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the
east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming
sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way
tree of life. to the tree of life.
3:15 Or bruise; also in 3:15b. 3:16 Or And though you will have desire for
your husband, / he will rule over you. 3:20 Eve sounds like a Hebrew term
that means “to give life.” 3:22 Or the man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.