Genesis 1 | Biblion Bible Reader

BBE·Genesis 2

¹And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.

KJVThus the heavens^H8064 and the earth^H776 were finished^H3615^(H8792), and all the host of them^H6635.

² And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.

KJVAnd on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 God^H430 ended^H3615^(H8762) his work^H4399 which he had made^H6213^(H8804); and he rested^H7673^(H8799) on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 from all his work^H4399 which he had made^H6213^(H8804).

³ And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

KJVAnd God^H430 blessed^H1288^(H8762) the seventh^H7637 day^H3117, and sanctified^H6942^(H8762) it: because^H3588 that in it he had rested^H7673^(H8804) from all his work^H4399 which God^H430 created^H1254^(H8804) and made^H6213^(H8800).

⁴ These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.

KJVThese^H428 are the generations^H8435 of the heavens^H8064 and of the earth^H776 when they were created^H1254^(H8736), in the day^H3117 that the LORD^H3068 God^H430 made^H6213^(H8800) the earth^H776 and the heavens^H8064,

⁵ In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.

KJVAnd every plant^H7880 of the field^H7704 before^H2962 it was in the earth^H776, and every herb^H6212 of the field^H7704 before^H2962 it grew^H6779^(H8799): for^H3588 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 had not^H3808 caused it to rain^H4305^(H8689) upon the earth^H776, and there was not^H369 a man^H120 to till^H5647^(H8800) the ground^H127.

⁶ But a mist went up from the earth, watering all the face of the land.

KJVBut there went up^H5927^(H8799) a mist^H108 from^H4480 the earth^H776, and watered^H8248^(H8689) the whole face^H6440 of the ground^H127.

⁷ And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 God^H430 formed^H3335^(H8799) man^H120 of the dust^H6083 of^H4480 the ground^H127, and breathed^H5301^(H8799) into his nostrils^H639 the breath^H5397 of life^H2416; and man^H120 became a living^H2416 soul^H5315.

⁸ And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 God^H430 planted^H5193^(H8799) a garden^H1588 eastward^H6924 in Eden^H5731; and there^H8033 he put^H7760^(H8799) the man^H120 whom^H834 he had formed^H3335^(H8804).

⁹ And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

KJVAnd out^H4480 of the ground^H127 made^H6779 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 to grow^H6779^(H8686) every tree^H6086 that is pleasant^H2530^(H8737) to the sight^H4758, and good^H2896 for food^H3978; the tree^H6086 of life^H2416 also in the midst^H8432 of the garden^H1588, and the tree^H6086 of knowledge^H1847 of good^H2896 and evil^H7451.

¹⁰ And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.

KJVAnd a river^H5104 went out^H3318^(H8802) of Eden^H5731 to water^H8248^(H8687) the garden^H1588; and from thence it was parted^H6504^(H8735), and became into four^H702 heads^H7218.

¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.

KJVThe name^H8034 of the first^H259 is Pison^H6376: that^H1931 is it which compasseth^H5437^(H8802) the whole land^H776 of Havilah^H2341, where^H834 there is gold^H2091;

¹² And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

KJVAnd the gold^H2091 of that^H1931 land^H776 is good^H2896: there is bdellium^H916 and the onyx^H7718 stone^H68.

¹³ And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.

KJVAnd the name^H8034 of the second^H8145 river^H5104 is Gihon^H1521: the same is it that compasseth^H5437^(H8802) the whole land^H776 of Ethiopia^H3568.

¹⁴ And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

KJVAnd the name^H8034 of the third^H7992 river^H5104 is Hiddekel^H2313: that is it which goeth toward^H1980^(H8802) the east^H6926 of Assyria^H804. And the fourth^H7243 river^H5104 is Euphrates^H6578.

¹⁵ And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 God^H430 took^H3947^(H8799) the man^H120, and put him^H3240^(H8686) into the garden^H1588 of Eden^H5731 to dress^H5647^(H8800) it and to keep^H8104^(H8800) it.

¹⁶ And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 God^H430 commanded^H6680^(H8762) the man^H120, saying^H559^(H8800), Of every tree^H6086 of the garden^H1588 thou mayest freely^H398^(H8800) eat^H398^(H8799):

¹⁷ But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.

KJVBut of the tree^H6086 of the knowledge^H1847 of good^H2896 and evil^H7451, thou shalt not eat^H398^(H8799) of it: for in the day^H3117 that thou eatest^H398^(H8800) thereof thou shalt surely^H4191^(H8800) die^H4191^(H8799).

¹⁸ And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 God^H430 said^H559^(H8799), It is not good^H2896 that the man^H120 should be^H1961^(H8800) alone; I will make^H6213^(H8799) him an help meet^H5828 for him.

¹⁹ And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.

KJVAnd out of the ground^H127 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 formed^H3335^(H8799) every beast^H2416 of the field^H7704, and every fowl^H5775 of the air^H8064; and brought^H935^(H8686) them unto Adam^H120 to see^H7200^(H8800) what he would call^H7121^(H8799) them: and whatsoever Adam^H120 called^H7121^(H8799) every living^H2416 creature^H5315, that^H1931 was the name thereof^H8034.

²⁰ And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.

KJVAnd Adam^H120 gave^H7121^(H8799) names^H8034 to all cattle^H929, and to the fowl^H5775 of the air^H8064, and to every beast^H2416 of the field^H7704; but for Adam^H120 there was not found^H4672^(H8804) an help meet^H5828 for him.

²¹ And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 God^H430 caused^H5307 a deep sleep^H8639 to fall^H5307^(H8686) upon Adam^H121, and he slept^H3462^(H8799): and he took^H3947^(H8799) one^H259 of his ribs^H6763, and closed up^H5462^(H8799) the flesh^H1320 instead thereof;

²² And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.

KJVAnd the rib^H6763, which the LORD^H3068 God^H430 had taken^H3947^(H8804) from man^H120, made^H1129^(H8799) he a woman^H802, and brought^H935^(H8686) her unto the man^H120.

²³ And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.

KJVAnd Adam^H120 said^H559^(H8799), This^H2063 is now^H6471 bone^H6106 of my bones^H6106, and flesh^H1320 of my flesh^H1320: she^H2063 shall be called^H7121^(H8735) Woman^H802, because she^H2063 was taken^H3947^(H8795) out of Man^H376.

²⁴ For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

KJVTherefore^H3651 shall a man^H376 leave^H5800^(H8799) his father^H1 and his mother^H517, and shall cleave^H1692^(H8804) unto his wife^H802: and they shall be one^H259 flesh^H1320.

²⁵ And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.

KJVAnd they were both^H8147 naked^H6174, the man^H120 and his wife^H802, and were not ashamed^H954^(H8709).

BBE·Genesis 1

¹At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

KJVIn the beginning^H7225 God^H430 created^H1254^(H8804)^H853 the heaven^H8064 and^H853 the earth^H776.

² And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

KJVAnd the earth^H776 was^H1961^(H8804) without form^H8414, and void^H922; and darkness^H2822 was upon the face^H6440 of the deep^H8415. And the Spirit^H7307 of God^H430 moved^H7363^(H8764) upon^H5921 the face^H6440 of the waters^H4325.

³ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

KJVAnd God^H430 said^H559^(H8799), Let there be^H1961^(H8799) light^H216: and there was light^H216.

⁴ And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

KJVAnd God^H430 saw^H7200^(H8799)^H853 the light^H216, that^H3588 it was good^H2896: and God^H430 divided^H914^(H8686)^H996 the light^H216 from^H996 the darkness^H2822.

⁵ Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

KJVAnd God^H430 called^H7121^(H8799) the light^H216 Day^H3117, and the darkness^H2822 he called^H7121^(H8804) Night^H3915. And the evening^H6153 and the morning^H1242 were the first^H259 day^H3117.

⁶ And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

KJVAnd God^H430 said^H559^(H8799), Let there be a firmament^H7549 in the midst^H8432 of the waters^H4325, and let it divide^H914^(H8688) the waters^H4325 from the waters^H4325.

⁷ And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

KJVAnd God^H430 made^H6213^(H8799) the firmament^H7549, and divided^H914^(H8686) the waters^H4325 which^H834 were under^H8478 the firmament^H7549 from the waters^H4325 which^H834 were above^H5921 the firmament^H7549: and it was so^H3651.

⁸ And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

KJVAnd God^H430 called^H7121^(H8799) the firmament^H7549 Heaven^H8064. And the evening^H6153 and the morning^H1242 were the second^H8145 day^H3117.

⁹ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

KJVAnd God^H430 said^H559^(H8799), Let the waters^H4325 under the heaven^H8064 be gathered together^H6960^(H8735) unto^H413 one^H259 place^H4725, and let the dry^H3004 land appear^H7200^(H8735): and it was so.

¹⁰ And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

KJVAnd God^H430 called^H7121^(H8799) the dry^H3004 land Earth^H776; and the gathering together^H4723 of the waters^H4325 called^H7121^(H8804) he Seas^H3220: and God^H430 saw^H7200^(H8799) that it was good^H2896.

¹¹ And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

KJVAnd God^H430 said^H559^(H8799), Let the earth^H776 bring forth^H1876^(H8686) grass^H1877, the herb^H6212 yielding^H2232^(H8688) seed^H2233, and the fruit^H6529 tree^H6086 yielding^H6213^(H8802) fruit^H6529 after his kind^H4327, whose^H834 seed^H2233 is in itself, upon the earth^H776: and it was so.

¹² And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.

KJVAnd the earth^H776 brought forth^H3318^(H8686) grass^H1877, and herb^H6212 yielding^H2232^(H8688) seed^H2233 after his kind^H4327, and the tree^H6086 yielding^H6213^(H8802) fruit^H6529, whose seed^H2233 was in itself, after his kind^H4327: and God^H430 saw^H7200^(H8799) that it was good^H2896.

¹³ And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

KJVAnd the evening^H6153 and the morning^H1242 were the third^H7992 day^H3117.

¹⁴ And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

KJVAnd God^H430 said^H559^(H8799), Let there be lights^H3974 in the firmament^H7549 of the heaven^H8064 to divide^H914^(H8687) the day^H3117 from the night^H3915; and let them be for signs^H226, and for seasons^H4150, and for days^H3117, and years^H8141:

¹⁵ And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

KJVAnd let them be for lights^H3974 in the firmament^H7549 of the heaven^H8064 to give light^H215^(H8687) upon the earth^H776: and it was so.

¹⁶ And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.

KJVAnd God^H430 made^H6213^(H8799) two^H8147 great^H1419 lights^H3974; the greater^H1419 light^H3974 to rule^H4475 the day^H3117, and the lesser^H6996 light^H3974 to rule^H4475 the night^H3915: he made the stars^H3556 also.

¹⁷ And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

KJVAnd God^H430 set^H5414^(H8799) them in the firmament^H7549 of the heaven^H8064 to give light^H215^(H8687) upon the earth^H776,

¹⁸ To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

KJVAnd to rule^H4910^(H8800) over the day^H3117 and over the night^H3915, and to divide^H914^(H8687) the light^H216 from the darkness^H2822: and God^H430 saw^H7200^(H8799) that it was good^H2896.

¹⁹ And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

KJVAnd the evening^H6153 and the morning^H1242 were the fourth^H7243 day^H3117.

²⁰ And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

KJVAnd God^H430 said^H559^(H8799), Let the waters^H4325 bring forth abundantly^H8317^(H8799) the moving creature^H8318 that hath^H5315 life^H2416, and fowl^H5775 that may fly^H5774^(H8787) above^H5921 the earth^H776 in the open^H6440 firmament^H7549 of heaven^H8064.

²¹ And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

KJVAnd God^H430 created^H1254^(H8799) great^H1419 whales^H8577, and every living^H2416 creature^H5315 that moveth^H7430^(H8802), which the waters^H4325 brought forth abundantly^H8317^(H8804), after their kind^H4327, and every winged^H3671 fowl^H5775 after his kind^H4327: and God^H430 saw^H7200^(H8799) that it was good^H2896.

²² And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

KJVAnd God^H430 blessed^H1288^(H8762) them, saying^H559^(H8800), Be fruitful^H6509^(H8798), and multiply^H7235^(H8798), and fill^H4390^(H8798) the waters^H4325 in the seas^H3220, and let fowl^H5775 multiply^H7235^(H8799) in the earth^H776.

²³ And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

KJVAnd the evening^H6153 and the morning^H1242 were the fifth^H2549 day^H3117.

²⁴ And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.

KJVAnd God^H430 said^H559^(H8799), Let the earth^H776 bring forth^H3318^(H8686) the living^H2416 creature^H5315 after his kind^H4327, cattle^H929, and creeping thing^H7431, and beast^H2416 of the earth^H776 after his kind^H4327: and it was so.

²⁵ And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.

KJVAnd God^H430 made^H6213^(H8799) the beast^H2416 of the earth^H776 after his kind^H4327, and cattle^H929 after their kind^H4327, and every thing that creepeth^H7431 upon the earth^H127 after his kind^H4327: and God^H430 saw^H7200^(H8799) that it was good^H2896.

²⁶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

KJVAnd God^H430 said^H559^(H8799), Let us make^H6213^(H8799) man^H120 in our image^H6754, after our likeness^H1823: and let them have dominion^H7287^(H8799) over the fish^H1710 of the sea^H3220, and over the fowl^H5775 of the air^H8064, and over the cattle^H929, and over all the earth^H776, and over every creeping thing^H7431 that creepeth^H7430^(H8802) upon the earth^H776.

²⁷ And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

KJVSo God^H430 created^H1254^(H8799) man^H120 in his own image^H6754, in the image^H6754 of God^H430 created^H1254^(H8804) he him; male^H2145 and female^H5347 created^H1254^(H8804) he them.

²⁸ And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

KJVAnd God^H430 blessed^H1288^(H8762) them, and God^H430 said^H559^(H8799) unto them, Be fruitful^H6509^(H8798), and multiply^H7235^(H8798), and replenish^H4390^(H8798) the earth^H776, and subdue it^H3533^(H8798): and have dominion^H7287^(H8798) over the fish^H1710 of the sea^H3220, and over the fowl^H5775 of the air^H8064, and over every living thing^H2416 that moveth^H7430^(H8802) upon the earth^H776.

²⁹ And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

KJVAnd God^H430 said^H559^(H8799), Behold^H2009, I have given^H5414^(H8804) you every herb^H6212 bearing^H2232^(H8802) seed^H2233, which is upon the face^H6440 of all the earth^H776, and every tree^H6086, in the which is the fruit^H6529 of a tree^H6086 yielding^H2232^(H8802) seed^H2233; to you it shall be^H1961^(H8799) for meat^H402.

³⁰ And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

KJVAnd to every beast^H2416 of the earth^H776, and to every fowl^H5775 of the air^H8064, and to every thing that creepeth^H7430^(H8802) upon the earth^H776, wherein there is life^H2416^H5315, I have given every green^H3418 herb^H6212 for meat^H402: and it was so.

³¹ And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

KJVAnd God^H430 saw^H7200^(H8799) every thing that^H834 he had made^H6213^(H8804), and, behold, it was very^H3966 good^H2896. And the evening^H6153 and the morning^H1242 were the sixth^H8345 day^H3117.

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