THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS In het beginning the created CHAPTER 1 from the night; and let them B.C.4004 (?) The creation of heaven and earth, 3 of be for signs, and for seasons, the light, 6 of the firmament: 9 the and for days, and years: 29 and it was so. 16 And God made two great Ps.8.3, God's Works. Creator (1), Ex.20.11. Hearens (1), 1 Chr. 16.26. N Earth, ch.8.22. the heaven and the earth. the day, and the lesser light to Moon, De.33.14. D.D.Je.4.23. 2 And the earth was without rule the night: he made the Stars, Jud.5.20. And the Spirit of God moved firmament of the heaven to give v.3, Light, Ex.10.23. See Omnipotence, Jb.42.2. 3 TAnd God said, Let there be 18 And to rule over the day Light, v.17. light: and there was light. and over the night, and to di 4 And God saw the light, that vide the light from the dark- v.2, Darkness, Jb.3.6. it was good: and God divided ness: and God saw that it was the light from the darkness. good. Day, ch.8.22. 5 And God called the light 19 And the evening and the Night (2), Ps.19.2. R.V. there was evening and Day, and the darkness he called morning were the fourth day. there was morning, one Night. And the evening and 20 I And God said, Let the v.1, Creator (1). day. the morning were the first day. waters bring forth abundantly p.p.Ps. 104.24. waters, and let it divide the the earth in the open firmament 7 And God made the firma- 21 And God created great Fish, Le.11.9. every winged fowl after his ing, Be fruitful, and multiply, D.D.Jb.26.10; Ps.33.7; 9 1 And God said, Let the and fill the waters in the seas, [Pr.8.29; Je.5.22. waters under the heaven be and let fowl multiply in the gathered together unto one earth. morning were the fifth day. land Earth; and the gathering earth bring forth the living of the earth after his kind: and p.D.He.6.7. 11 And God said, Let the earth it was so. bring forth grass, the herb yield- 25 And God made the beast of Fruit, 2 S.16.1. ing seed, and the fruit tree the earth after his kind, and cat- Cattle, ch.31.18. ch.26.12, Increase. yielding fruit after his kind, tle after their kind, and every whose seed is in itself, upon the thing that creepeth upon the art fter his kind : and God after his kind, and the tree man in our image, after our like- Adam, ch.2.19. 13. And the evening and the the cattle, and over all the earth, 14 TAnd God said, Let there that creepeth upon the earth. D.p.De.4.19; Ps.74.16. be lights in the firmament of 27 So God created man in his the heaven to divide the day own image, in the image of v.26, Divine Image, ch.5.1. God created he him; male and 9 And out of the ground made and multiply, and replenish the life also in the midst of the gar- Tree of Life, ch.3.22. dominion over the fish of the of good and evil. 29 [And God said, Behold, I became into four heads. ing seed, which is upon the face Pi'son: that is it which com- tree yielding seed; to you it .12 And the gold of that land Gold, Ex.12.35. is good: there is bdellium and 30 And to every beast of the the onyx stone. earth, and to every fowl of the 13 And the name of the sec- air, and to every thing that ond river is Gihon: the same v.26, Creeping Things. creepeth upon the earth, where is it that compasseth the whole every green herb for meat: and 14 And the name of the third river is Hid'de-kěl: that is it p.p.Da.10.4. Euphrates, ch.15.18. man, and put him into the gar- Industry (1), Pr.6.6. den of E'děn to dress it and to Work Enjoined, ch.3.19. The first sabbath. 8 The garden of keep it. Eden. 17 The tree of knowledge 16 And the LORD God com- forbidden. 19 The creatures named. 21 The making of woman, and in- manded the man, saying, Of ch.1.29, Food (1). every tree of the garden thou De.2.7, Divine Supplies. heavens freely eat: edge of good and evil, thou shalt ended his work which he had that thou eatest thereof thou Sin's Penalty, ch.3.19. See Rest Enjoined, Ex.23.12. made; and he rested on the shalt surely die. seventh day from all his work 18 TAnd the LORD God said, 3 And God blessed the seventh should be alone; I will make Sabbath (1), Ex.16.23. day, and sanctified it: because him an help meet for him. Wife, v.24. that in it he had rested from all 19 And out of the ground the of the field, and every fowl of See Co-operation with God, 4. (The are the generations the air; and brought them unto of the heavens and of the earth Ad'am to see what he would call ch.1.26, Adam, v.23. the earth and the heavens, that was the name thereof. 5 And every plant of the field 20 And Adam gave names to before it was in the earth, and all cattle, and to the fowl of the ch.1.25, Cattle. every herb of the field before it air, and to every beast of the ch.1.20, Birds. grew: for the LORD God had field; but for Ad'am there was ch.1.28, Pre-eminence of not caused it to rain upon the not found an help meet for him. earth, and there was not a man 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, ch.15.12, Sleep (5). whole face of the ground. fiesh instead thereof; man of the dust of the ground, LORD God had taken from man, and breathed into his nostrils made he a woman, and brought ch.1.27, Woman (1), ch.3.1. the breath of life; and man be- her unto the man. Jb.32.8, Spirit of Man. came a living soul. 23 And Adam said, This is ch.1.26, Adam, ch.3.8. 8 TAnd the LORD God planted now bone of my bones, and Gardens, 1 K.21.2. a garden eastward in E'děn; and flesh of my flesh: she shall be there he put the man whom he called Woman, because she was had formed. taken out of Man. Tearthtwere camished and the may but for three of the knowl-Knowledge Withheld. Institution of marriage. GENESIS, 3 Punishment of mankind. his father and his mother, and thou hast done? And the wo- Marriage (2), Mt.5.32. they shall be one flesh. me, and I did eat. 25 And they were both naked, 14 And the LORD God said un- See Innocence, Ps.19.13. the man and his wife, and were to the serpent, Because thou Satan, Jb.1.6. hast done this, thou art cursed v.17, Divine Curse. above all cattle, and above every Satan Humbled, Zec.3.2. The serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's beast of the field; upon thy See Abasement(1), Jb.40.12. fall: 9 God arraigneth them. 14 belly shalt thou go, and dust by the woman's seed. 16 Mankind's shalt thou eat all the days of punishment; and loss of paradise. thy life: TOW the serpent was more 15 And I put be- Craftiness, ch.27.16. the field which the LORD God between thy seed and her seed; ch.1.27, Woman (1), v.6. had made. And he said unto it shall bruise thy head, and Satan's Defeat, Lu.4.13. the woman, Yea, hath God said, thou shalt bruise his heel. See Christ's Sufferings, Temptation (1), 1 Chr.21.1. Ye shall not eat of every tree 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow Sorrow, Pr.14.13. 2 And the woman said unto and thy conception; in sorrow the serpent, We may eat of the thou shalt bring forth children ; Travail, ch.35.16. fruit of the trees of the garden: and thy desire shall be to thy Woman (3), 1 Co.11.3. 3 But of the fruit of the tree husband, and he shall rule over which is in the midst of the thee. See Spir. Death, ch.2.17. touch it, lest ye die. unto the voice of thy wife, and Lying, ch.4.9. 4 And the serpent said unto the hast eaten of the tree, of which 5 For God doth know that in shalt not eat of it: cursed is the Divine Curse, ch.4.11. the day ye eat thereof, then ground for thy sake; in sorrow 18 Thorns also and thistles Thorns, Jb.41.2. 6 And when the woman saw shall it bring forth to thee; and Thistles, 2 K.14.9. Credulity, Jos.9.14. that the tree was good for food, thou shalt eat the herb of the Ailurements of Sin,Jos.7.21. and that it was pleasant to the field; eyes, and a tree to be desired to 19 In the sweat of thy face ch.2.17, Sin's Penalty, make one wise, she took of the shalt thou eat bread, till thou (ch.13.11. gave also unto her husband with of it wast thou taken: for dust Corruption, Jb.17.14. Temptresses, Jud.16.6. thou art, and unto dust shalt Deaths Foretold, Nu.20.24. 7 And the eyes of them both thou return. were opened, and they knew 20 And Adam called his wife's sewed fig leaves together, and mother of all living. 21 Unto Ad'am also and his See Divine Care, Ps.115.12. God's Voice, Ex.19.19. 8 And they heard the voice of wife did the LORD God make Clothing, ch.27.15. the LORD God walking in the coats of skins, and clothed them. Jb.38.41, Providence. garden in the cool of the day: 22 sAnd the LORD God said, ch.1.26, Adam, v.17. and Adam and his wife hid Behold, the man is become as of the LORD God amongst the evil: and now, lest he put forth Divine Presence(2).Jb.23.15. trees of the garden. his hand, and take also of the unto Adam, and said unto him, ever: 1 Chr.28.9, “Searcher.” Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy sent him forth from the garden ch.2.15, Agriculture. voice in the garden, and I was of E'děn, to till the ground from ch.2.8, Eden, Is.51.3. Sin's Shame, Ex.32.25. afraid, because I was naked; whence he was taken. and I hid myself. 24 So he drove out the man; See Exclusion (2), Mt.5.20. I commanded thee that thou turned every way, to keep the Disobedience (2), ch.19.26. shouldest not eat? way of the tree of life. p.p.Pr.28.13. 12 And the man said, The wo- CHAPTER 4 ch. 2.9, Tree of Life. Excuses (1), Ex.32.24. man whom thou gavest to be the birth of Cain and Abel. 8 The B.C.4003 (?) with me, she gave me of the murder of Abel. 11 The curse of Cain. 17 Enoch, the first city, built. 19 Lamech and his two 13 And the LORD God said un- wives, 25 Seth and Enos born. ND Adam knew Eve his the presence of the LORD, and Ex.33.3, Sin Separates. and bare Cain, and said, I have east of E'děn. ch.33.5, Children (1). gotten a man from the LORD. 17 And Cāin knew his wife; 2 And she again bare his broth- and she conceived, and bare ch.21.2, Conception. Shepherds, ch.13.5. er А’běl. And A’běl was a keep- É'noch: and he builded a city, p.p.Ps.49.11. Cain, v.16. er of sheep, but Cāin was a tiller and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, of the fruit of the ground an I'răd : and I'răd begat Me-hū'ja- See Offerings (Index). offering unto the LORD. el: and Me-hū'ja-el begat Me- ch.46.1, Sacrifices (1). 4 And A'běl, he also brought thụ'sa-el : and Me-thu'sa-el be- of the firstlings of his flock and gat Lā'mech. Ex.13.2, First-born. of the fat thereof. And the 19 sAnd Lā'mech took unto Divine Favor, ch.6.8. LORD had respect unto Aʼběl him two wives: the name of Polygamy, ch.16.3. Unacceptable Offerings, 5 But unto Cāin and to his of- name of the other Zil'lah. And 20 And A'dah bare Jā'bal: he in tents, and of such as have is thy countenance fallen ? was Jūbal: he was the father Harps, 1 5.16.23. Ex.28.38, Accepted of God. 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou of all such as handle the harp ch.3.17, Sin Rebuked. not be accepted ? and if thou and organ. See Guilt, ch.42.21. doest not well, sin lieth at the 22 And Zillah, she also bare R.V. sin coucheth at the door. And unto thee shall be Tų bal-cāin, an instructer of his desire, and thou shalt rule every artificer in brass and Ex.25.3, Brass. ch.25.23, Subjection. over him. iron: and the sister of Tubal- Nu.31.22. Iron. 9 fAnd the LORD said unto have slain a man to my wound- R.V. man for wounding me, 10 And he said, What hast sevenfold, truly Lā'mech sev- thou done? the voice of thy enty and sevenfold. again; and she bare a son, and (De.11.28. from the earth, which hath said she, hath appointed me ch.33.5, Children (1). See Sin's Penalty, ch.2.17. opened her mouth to receive thy another seed instead of A běl, brother's blood from thy hand; whom Cāin slew. 12 When thou tillest the 26 And to Sěth, to him also ground, it shall not henceforth there was born a son; and he Is. 13.11, Punishment. LORD, My punishment is great- The genealogy, age, and death of the B.C.4004. patriarchs, from Adam unto Noah. 14 Behold, thou hast driven 24 The godliness and translation of me out this day from the face Enoch. of the earth; and from thy face THIS is the book of the gen- p.p.1 Chr.1.1; Mt.1.1. [De.31.18. shall I be hid; and I shall be a Ex.2.15, Fugitives. earth; and it shall come to pass, the likeness of God made he Ps.119.176, Wanderers. that every one that findeth me him; See Terror, Le.26.36. shall slay me. 2 Male and female created he ch.1.26, Creator (2), De.4.32. 15 And the LORD said unto them; and blessed them, and ch.1.28, Blessings (4). him, Therefore whosoever slay- called their name Ăd'am, in the taken on him sevenfold. And 3 TAnd Adam lived an hun- the LORD set a mark upon Cāin, dred and thirty years, and be- lest any finding him should kill gat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his V.2, Cain, He.11.4. 16 |And Cāin went out from name Sěth: ch.4.25, Children Named. Thetations bad am. th in the Genealogy of the patriarchs. GENESIS, 6 The wickedness of man. hundred years: and he begat dred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: lived were nine hundred and se-lah were nine hundred sixty v.4, Longevity (2), v.31. 6 And Sěth lived an hundred 28 | And Lā'mech lived an 7 And Sěth lived after he be- and begat a son: [ch.21.3. Noah, ch.6.8. were nine hundred and twelve of the ground which the LORD years: and he died. 9 And Eʼnos lived ninety 30 And Lā'mech lived after he years, and begat Câ-i'nan: begat Nõ’ah five hundred ninety 10 And Enos lived after he and five years, and begat sons begat Câ-i'nan eight hundred and daughters: and fifteen years, and begat 31 And all the days of Lā'mech were seven hundred seventy and v.4, Longevity (2), ch.9.29. 11 And all the days of E'nos seven years: and he died. 5.4, Longevity (2), v.14. were nine hundred and five 32 TAnd Nõ'ah was five hun- Shem, ch.6.10. dred years old: and, Nõ'ah be- Ham, ch.7.13. enty years, and begat Mā-hāʻla- 13 And Ca-i'nan lived after he The wickedness of the world, which B.C.2469. provoketh God's wrath, and causeth begat Mä-hā'la-lê-el eight hun- the flood. 8 Noah findeth grace. 14 dred and forty years, and begat The order, form, and use of the ark. ND it came to pass, when VA, Longevity (2), v.17. nan were nine hundred and ten the face of the earth, and daugh- 15 | And Ma-hā'la-lē-el lived 2 That the sons of God saw sixty and five years, and begat the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them ch.12.11, Beauty (1). 16 And Ma-hā'la-lê-el lived af- wives of all which they chose. ch.2.18, Wife. ter he begat Jā'red eight hun- 3 And the LORD said, My spirit p.p.1 Pe.3.20. dred and thirty years, and begat shall not always strive with Holy Spirit (10), 1 S.16.14. sons and daughters : man, for that he also is flesh: See The Flesh, Ro.7.18. v.4, Longevity (2), v.20. hāla-lē-el were eight hundred dred and twenty years. ninety and five years: and he 4 There were giants in the Giants, Nu.13.33. 18 (And Jā'red lived an hun- after that, when the sons of dred sixty and two years, and God came in unto the daughters 19 And Jā'red lived after he be-dren to them, the same became gat E'noch eight hundred years, mighty men which were of old, ch.10.8, Mighty Men. and begat sons and daughters: men of renown. 20 And all the days of Jā'red 5 And GOD saw that the Divine Vision, Ex.3.9. two years: and he died. in the earth, and that every im- Evil Imagination, ch.8.21. 21 And E'noch lived sixty agination of the thoughts of his De.15.9. Evil Thoughts. and five years, and begat Me- heart was only evil continually. Sin Universal, 1 K.8.46. 6 And it repented the LORD p.p.Nu.23.19, 1 S.15.11. v.18, Enoch, Lu.3.37. 22 And E'noch walked with that he had made man on the Walking with God, ch.6.9. God after he begat Më-thu'se-earth, and it grieved him at his lah three hundred years, and heart. begat sons and daughters: 7 And the Lord said, I will de- Deluge, v.17. 23 And all the days of E'nóch stroy man whom I have created Is.34.2. Destruction (2). were three hundred sixty and from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creep- 24 And E'noch walked with ing thing, and the fowls of the have made them. hundred eighty and seven years, eyes of the Lord. Lamech, 1 Chr.1.3. and begat Lā'mech: 9 TThese are the generations |