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75 ANNIVERSARYTH
Bible CatalogS U M M E R / F A L L 2 0 1 3
Gospel-Centered Publishing
A 75th Anniversary Letter
From Crossway’s President
Dear friends of Crossway,
On this our 75th anniversary, I want to express my great appreciation to each of you, for your friendship
and partnership in the Crossway publishing ministry.
But we especially want to give honor and glory to the Lord, for all that he has accomplished over these
last 75 years—through the global distribution of over 2 billion pieces of Christian literature; through the
publication of tens of millions of books, with 800 titles by 350 authors currently in print; and through the
80 million-plus ESV Bibles distributed since 2001, via print and digital media.
All of this has happened only through the gracious provision of the Lord, and only through the significant
partnerships Crossway has been granted—with leading authors, churches, ministry partners, bookstores,
retailers, and online distributors around the globe. We are deeply grateful to each of you.
The whole purpose of Crossway’s publishing program is summarized in our three-word purpose-statement:
“Gospel-Centered Publishing.” With this in mind, I would mention three extraordinary ESV Bible editions,
each of which exemplify this purpose, that we are publishing this summer and fall—to honor the Lord and in
recognition of our 75th anniversary. These are:
• First The Gospel Transformation Bible. The primary goal of this new ESV Bible is to help people see
Christ in all of Scripture, and the Gospel in all of life. Created by more than 50 outstanding pastors,
scholars, and Bible teachers, it contains thousands of all-new notes, introductions, and gospel-
centered teaching.
• The second is The MacArthur Drawing Near Devotional Bible. This new ESV edition combines 365
“Drawing Near” devotional readings by John MacArthur, with daily through-the-Bible-in-a-year readings.
• Third, I would mention the new Omega ThinLine Reference Bible—beautifully printed on highest
quality Bible paper, bound in goatskin, with 80,000 cross-references and an extensive concordance—a
beautiful edition to last a lifetime.
Especially on this 75th anniversary year, we want to reaffirm the foundational principles that Crossway has
always been committed to—the timeless truth of the gospel; our commitment to Christ as our Lord and
Savior; the application of the Bible to all of life; and our desire to honor the Lord and give him the glory in
all we do.
With our great appreciation for the opportunity to work with you—in the greatest calling and mission that
we could ever ask or think,
Your friend,
Lane T. Dennis, PhD
Crossway President
TAble of ConTenTs
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Gospel Transformation Bible; MacArthur Study Bible, Personal Size; MacArthur Drawing Near Devotional Bible; Student Study Bible; Omega Thinline Reference Bible; Large Print Thinline Reference Bible; Giant Print Bible; New Classic Reference Bible; Thinline Bible; Compact Bible; Single Column Journaling Bible; Journaling Bible .............................2-3
Gospel Transformation Bible ........................................4
Omega Thinline Reference Bible .................................6
MacArthur Drawing Near Devotional Bible .............8
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ESV Study Bible® ...............................................................10
ESV Study Bible®, Personal Size..................................12
ESV Study Bible®, Larger Print ....................................13
Global Study Bible ............................................................14
ESV MacArthur Study Bible, Personal Size .............16
The MacArthur Study Bible, ESV ................................17
ESV Student Study Bible®..............................................18
Literary Study Bible ..........................................................19
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UltraThin Bible ....................................................................20
Single Column Heritage Bible ......................................22
Large Print Compact Bible ............................................24
Single Column Legacy Bible .........................................26
Thinline Bible .......................................................................28
Vintage Thinline Bible ......................................................30
Value Thinline Bible ..........................................................31
Gift and Award Bible ........................................................31
Compact Bible ....................................................................32
The Story ESV Bible .........................................................34
Gift Bible ...............................................................................35
Large Print Bible ................................................................36
Giant Print Bible .................................................................37
Outreach Bible ....................................................................38
Economy Bible ...................................................................39
Share the Good News™ Outreach Bible ...................49
Single Column Journaling Bible® ................................40
Journaling Bible® ...............................................................41
Pew and Worship Bible ...................................................42
Pew and Worship Bible, Large Print ..........................42
Value Church and Pew Bible .........................................43
Pulpit Bible ...........................................................................43
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Personal Reference Bible ...............................................44
Large Print Thinline Reference Bible .........................46
Verse-by-Verse Reference Bible ..................................48
New Classic Reference Bible ........................................49
DeVoTIonAl
Daily Reading Bible ..........................................................50
One Year® Bible ..................................................................51
Oswald Chambers Devotional Bible ..........................51
CHIlDRen
ESV Grow! Bible .................................................................52
Seek and Find Bible .........................................................53
Children’s Bible .................................................................54
new TesTAmenT & PoRTIons
Outreach New Testament ..............................................55
Share the Good News™ Outreach New Testament ..........................................................55
Christmas Outreach New Testament .........................55
Compact New Testament with Psalms & Proverbs ....................................................56
Pocket New Testament with Psalms & Proverbs ....................................................56
Gospel of John ...................................................................56
sPeCIAlTY
The Four Holy Gospels ....................................................57
Hear the Word Audio Bible & New Testament ......57
Spanish/English Parallel Bible ......................................58
German/English Parallel Bible ......................................59
GReek AnD HebRew
English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament ..........................................................59
Hebrew-English Old Testament ...................................60
Greek-English New Testament .....................................61
UBS Greek New Testament ...........................................62
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Index .......................................................................................64
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2 3Jeremiah 1 :1 Jeremiah 2 :13
17 f ver. 8; Ezek. 3:9 18 g [Isa. 50:7] h Rev. 3:12 i ch.
15:20; [ch. 6:27] 19 i [See ver. 18 above] j ver. 8;
[Acts 18:9, 10]Chapter 2 2 k ch. 3:4 l Ezek. 16:8, 43, 60;
[Rev. 2:4] m Deut. 2:7 n Deut. 8:2, 3
3 o Ex. 28:36; [Ex. 19:5, 6] p James 1:18; [Ex. 4:22] q ch. 12:14; Ezek. 25:12, 13; [Gen. 12:3]
5 r ver. 31; Isa. 5:4; Mic. 6:3 s 2 Kgs. 17:15 t ch. 10:15; 14:22; 16:19
6 u [Isa. 63:11-13; Hos. 13:4, 5] v Deut. 8:15; 32:10
7 w See Deut. 8:7-10 x Ps. 106:38; [Lev. 18:24, 25]
Chapter 1 1 a Ezek. 1:3 b ch. 29:27; 32:7;
Josh. 21:18 2 c See 2 Kgs. 22; 23:1-30 d ch.
25:3; 36:2 3 e ch. 25:1; 36:1; See 2 Kgs.
23:34–24:6 f ch. 39:2 g See 2 Kgs. 24:17–25:7 h See 2 Kgs. 25:8-11
5 i See Isa. 44:2 j [John 10:36] k [Isa. 49:6]; See ch. 25:15-29; ch. 46–51
6 l [Ex. 4:10] m [1 Kgs. 3:7] 7 n ver. 17; Ezek. 2:7 8 o Ezek. 2:6; 3:9 p ch. 15:20;
See Ex. 3:12 9 q [Ezek. 2:9] r [Isa. 6:7] s ch.
5:14 10 k [See ver. 5 above] t ch.
18:7; 31:28; 45:4; [2 Cor. 10:4, 5]
11 u [Amos 7:8] 13 v Ezek. 24:3; [Ezek. 22:21]
w ch. 4:6; 6:1; 10:22 14 w [See ver. 13 above] 15 x [ch. 25:9] y [ch. 39:3;
43:10] 16 z ch. 4:12 a ch. 19:4; 22:9 b ch.
7:9; 44:3 c ch. 25:6, 7; Isa. 2:8; Acts 7:41
17 d [1 Kgs. 18:46; 1 Pet. 1:13] e ver. 7
Israel started off in pure devotion to God (2:2–3), but strayed from him (2:5–8). Even the leaders—the priests and prophets (2:8)—forsook God and pursued idols. A particular theme throughout Jer. 2:1–3:5 is that Israel has pursued that which will not satisfy—“that which does not profit” (2:11; cf. 2:8, 37). Verse 13 depicts this vain idolatry memorably: Israel has forsaken God, “the fountain of living waters,” and “hewed out cisterns for themselves” which “can hold no water” (cf. 17:13; Isa. 58:11).
When Christ came, however, he announced that he himself is the one who gives “living water” (John 4:11–12). For the one who believes in him, “out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38). In Eden, rivers flowed from the garden (Gen. 2:10), and in the new earth, rivers will once more flow plentifully (Rev. 22:1). And it is climactically through Christ, the one who provides forgiveness and restoration for his people, that this motif of running, living water passes.
Abiding in him, believers today discover the true “fountain of living waters,” the only truly inexhaustible source of solid and lasting joy.
1:1–10 The first chapter of Jeremiah recounts the call to prophetic ministry Jeremiah receives from the Lord. God’s grace is evident here in the way the Lord calls a naturally weak rather than a strong man to this significant office. Jeremiah feels utterly inad-equate, deficient in eloquence (“I do not know how to speak,” v. 6) as well as age (“I am only a youth,” v. 6). Yet it is ineloquent, youthful Jeremiah whom God determines to make “a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land” (Jer. 1:18).
Yet Jeremiah’s surprising summons is not strange from the perspective of the rest of the Bible. It is God’s pattern to choose “what is weak in the world to shame the strong” (1 Cor. 1:27). One thinks, for instance, of the call of Moses (Ex. 3:1–4:16) or Gideon (Judg. 6:11–27). The motif of strength through weakness is ultimately filled out and given its full significance by Christ himself, who “was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power [or strength] of God” (2 Cor. 13:4).
In Jeremiah’s weakness—not despite his weakness—God will be with him and will deliver him (vv. 8, 19). This is good news for weak people today who know they need God more than anything else, who cry out for his all-sufficient strength, and whom God uses in supernatural ways.
2:1–13 In Jeremiah 2 the prophet begins his ministry by denouncing Israel’s rebellion against the Lord. Throughout this opening prophetic word we find various categories reinforced that are ultimately fulfilled only in Christ, as well as tensions ratcheted up that will ultimately be resolved only in Christ.
1 Or rulers
1 Almond sounds like the Hebrew for watching (compare verse 12) 2 The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jeremiah 3 Hebrew gird up your loins
f Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. 18 And I, behold, I make you this day g a fortified city, h an iron pillar, and i bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. 19
i They will fight against you, but
they shall not prevail against you, for j I am
with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you.”
Israel Forsakes the Lord
2 The word of the Lord came to me, say-ing, 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of
Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,
“ I remember the devotion of k your
youth, your love l
as a bride, m how you followed me in the wilderness, n in a land not sown. 3 o Israel was holy to the Lord, p the firstfruits of his harvest. q All who ate of it incurred guilt; disaster came upon them, declares the Lord.”
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel. 5 Thus says the Lord:
r “ What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me, s and went after t
worthlessness, and became worthless?
6 They did not say, u ‘Where is the Lord
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us v in the wilderness,
in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?’ 7 w And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and its good things. But when you came in, x
you defiled my land
and made my heritage an abomina-tion.
8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
y Those who handle the law did not know me;
z the shepherds1 transgressed against me; a the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after b
things that do not profit.
9 “ Therefore c I still contend with you,
declares the Lord, and d
with your children’s children I will contend.
10 For cross to the coasts of e Cyprus and see,
or send to f Kedar and examine with care;
see if there has been such a thing.11 g Has a nation changed its gods, h even though they are no gods? But my people i
have changed their glory
for b that which does not profit.
12 Be appalled, j O heavens, at this;
be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord,13 for my people have committed two
evils:
1 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one a
of the priests who were in bAnathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of c Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in d the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of e Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and f until the end of the eleventh year of g Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, h until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
The Call of Jeremiah4 Now the word of the Lord came to me,
saying, 5 i
“ Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born j I consecrated
you; I appointed you a prophet k
to the nations.”
6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, l I do not know how to speak, m
for I am only a youth.” 7 But the Lord said to me,
“ Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall
go, and n
whatever I command you, you shall speak.
8 o Do not be afraid of them, p for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.”
9 q
Then the Lord put out his hand and r touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me,
“ Behold, I have put s my words in your
mouth.10 See, I have set you this day k
over nations and over kingdoms,
t to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, u
“Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond1 branch.” 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”
13 The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see v
a boiling pot, facing away w from the
north.” 14 Then the Lord said to me, w “Out
of the north disaster2 shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For behold, x
I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the Lord, y
and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah. 16 And z
I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil a
in forsaking me. b
They have made offerings to other gods and c worshiped the works of their own hands. 17 But you, d dress yourself for work;3 arise, and e
say to them everything that I command you.
2 3Jeremiah 1 :1 Jeremiah 2 :13
8y ch. 18:18; [Mal. 2:7; Rom. 2:20] z [ch. 5:5] a ch. 23:13; [ch. 5:31] b [Hab. 2:18] 9c ver. 35; Ezek. 17:20; 20:35, 36 d Ex. 20:5, 6 10e See Gen. 10:4 f See Isa. 21:16 11g [Mic. 4:5]; See ch. 18:13-15 h ch. 16:20; Isa. 37:19; Gal. 4:8 i Ps. 106:20 b [See ver. 8 above] 12j Isa. 1:2
The apostle Paul summed up his whole ministry as existing “to testify to the gospel of the grace of
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The Gospel transformation Bible features all-new book introductions and gospel-illuminating notes
written by a team of over 50 outstanding pastors and scholars. This specially prepared material
outlines passage-by-passage God’s redemptive purposes of grace that echo all through Scripture
and culminate in Christ. The notes not only explain but also apply the text in a grace-centered way.
Focusing on heart transformation rather than mere behavior modification, their points of application
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Acts is a sequel to the Gospel of Luke. Both were written by Luke, a physi-cian who traveled with the apostle Paul. Acts ends with Paul under house arrest, awaiting trial before Caesar, c. a.d. 62. Many scholars assume Acts was written then because it does not record Paul’s defense, release, and further gospel preaching. Luke’s purpose for writing his Gospel (see Luke 1:3–4) applies to Acts as well: to give an “orderly” account of the early church after Christ’s resurrection.
The Gospel in Acts
Acts is the story of God’s grace flooding out to the world, from the cross and resurrection of Jesus in Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. Nothing is more prominent in Acts than the spread of the gospel. Jesus promises a geographic expansion at the outset (1:8), and Acts follows the news of his death and resurrection as it spreads from Jerusalem to Judea, Samaria, and the faraway capital of Rome.
The preaching of Jesus’ death and resurrection is central in Acts. The Greek verb for “preach the gospel” (euangelizo) occurs more in this book than in any other in the New Testament. About a third of the book of Acts consists of speeches, and most of these are speeches of Peter or Paul proclaiming the gospel. The good news of the salvation accomplished in Christ and applied by the Holy Spirit extends to the “ends of the earth” through preaching.
In Acts, “grace” is a parallel for “the gospel” or “salvation.” Jesus’ message is summarized as “the word of his grace” (20:32), believers are said to have received “grace” or to be “full of grace” (6:8), and they are challenged to continue in grace. The missionaries in Acts proclaim the grace of God, and it is through this grace that people are able to respond with faith.
Acts reveals God’s passionate pursuit of his people, beginning with his followers in Jerusalem, expanding to Samaria, then to the rest of the world. By the end of the book we see Paul living in Rome, “proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all bold-ness and without hindrance” (28:31). The gospel draws people in, consti-tutes them as the church centered on the grace of Jesus, and then sends them out in mission to the world. The new group of believers is marked by the Holy Spirit, who creates such a distinctive community that others are drawn in, experiencing God’s grace. At the same time, they take the gospel message to new people and new lands, making God’s grace known to the ends of the earth.
The gospel’s expansion is the culmination of what God has been doing since the beginning. Luke consistently grounds salvation in the ancient
Introduction to Acts
39 Acts 3:10
1 Or fear 2 That is, 3 p.m.
38 o ch. 3:19; 20:21; 26:18, 20; Luke 24:47 p ch. 22:16; [ch. 8:12]; See Mark 16:16 q ch. 10:48; See ch. 8:16 r See Mark 1:4 s ch. 10:45; [ch. 8:15, 20; 11:17]; See John 7:39
39 t Rom. 9:4 u ch. 3:25; Isa. 54:13; [Isa. 44:3] v ch. 22:21; Isa. 57:19; Eph. 2:13, 17 w Joel 2:32; Rom. 8:30
40 x [ver. 21, 47] y Deut. 32:5; Matt. 17:17; Phil. 2:15
41 z ver. 47 42 a [Heb. 10:25]; See ch. 1:14
b See 1 Cor. 14:6 c Gal. 2:9; Phil. 1:5; 1 John 1:3 d Luke 24:35; [ver. 46]; See ch. 20:7
43 e See Mark 16:20 44 f ch. 4:32, 34, 35; [Matt.
19:21] 45 f [See ver. 44 above] 46 g ch. 3:1; 5:21, 42; Luke
24:53 h See ch. 1:14 i [ver. 42] j [ch. 16:34]; See John 16:22
47 k ch. 5:13 l ver. 41; ch. 5:14; 11:24 m ch. 16:5 n 1 Cor. 1:18; [ver. 21, 40; ch. 16:31]
Chapter 3 1 o See Luke 18:10 p Ps. 55:17
q ch. 10:3, 30; Matt. 27:46; [1 Kgs. 18:29]
2 r ch. 14:8 s [Luke 16:20] t [John 9:8]
6 u 2 Cor. 6:10 v [ch. 9:34] 8 w ch. 14:10; Isa. 35:6 9 x ch. 4:16, 21
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control to individuals and to the community of believers (Gal. 5:22–23).
The Spirit’s ministry also brings forth conversions and numerical growth, as we see that “the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47). The Spirit produces not only inward spiritual growth but also expansion and growth of the church (though we recognize in later chapters of Acts that these may come in stages and are not always without challenge, persecution, or seeming delay). Gospel-fueled, Spirit-empowered growth is a repeated theme that runs throughout the rest of Acts, as we see that “more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women” (5:14) and “the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily” (16:5; see also 6:7; 9:31; 12:24; 13:49; 19:20). The Spirit continues to testify through the church to the grace of God in Jesus, bringing about growth in love and in numbers. The grace of God is fruitful and effective, and we see God taking the initiative to spread his grace to ever-expanding numbers of people—even in the face of virulent hostility.
3:1–10 The first three chapters of Acts form a triad, focused on the Spirit and the empowerment for witnessing to the name of Jesus that the Spirit will bring. Chapter 1 was waiting for the Spirit, chapter 2 marked the coming of the Spirit, and now chapter 3 shows the apostles being empowered with the Spirit (on being “filled” with the Holy Spirit, cf. 2:4; 4:8; 4:31).
The power of God’s salvation not only creates generosity but also drives concern for the weak and afflicted, as seen in Peter and John’s interaction with this beggar. He is not just a statistic to them but a person. There is no wealth required to be a channel for God’s grace to transform this man’s body and heart. While Peter and John have no money, neither does the beggar; he has nothing whatsoever to offer in exchange for healing, but that is no hindrance to the grace of Christ, who extends his power of healing to one who has no right or ability to claim it.
38 And Peter said to them, o “Repent and p
be baptized every one of you q
in the name of Jesus Christ r
for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive s the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For t
the promise is for you and u for your
children and for all v who are far off, everyone
w whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, x
“Save yourselves from this y
crooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were bap-tized, and z
there were added that day about three thousand souls.
The Fellowship of the Believers42 And a
they devoted themselves to the apostles’ b teaching and the c fellowship, to d the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe1 came upon every soul, and e many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and f had all things in common. 45 And f they were selling their possessions and belongings and distribut-ing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, g attending the temple h together and i
breaking bread in their homes, they received their food j
with glad and generous hearts,
47 praising God and k having favor with all the
people. And the Lord l added to their number
m day by day those who n
were being saved.
The Lame Beggar Healed
3 Now Peter and John were o going up to the temple at p
the hour of prayer, q the ninth
hour.2 2 And a man r lame from birth was being carried, s
whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate t to ask alms of those entering the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. 4 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, u
“I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. v
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And w leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And x
all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the
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J A N u A R y 1
The Measure of True Success
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and who are faithful in Christ Jesus” (Eph. 1:1).
God is more interested in your faithfulness than He is in your accomplishments.
Our society is success-oriented. We love success stories. We even have television programs that exalt the lifestyles of the rich and famous. But God’s standard for success is quite differ-
ent. Unimpressed by our status or wealth, He looks instead for faithfulness to His will.
Paul understood that principle and diligently pursued his calling as an apostle—one of those unique men who were foundational to the church and who were recipients, teachers, and writers of the New Testament.
That was a high calling, and yet, judging from Paul’s lifestyle, most people would hardly call him successful—having suffered imprisonments, beatings, death threats, shipwrecks, robberies, hatred from his theological enemies, sleepless nights, hunger, thirst, and exposure to the ele-ments (2 Cor. 11:23-27). But none of those things deterred him from obeying God’s will. His final testimony was, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith” (2 Tim. 4:7). That’s true success!
Although we’re not apostles, we’re to follow Paul’s example of faithfulness (1 Cor. 11:1). That’s possible because, like the Ephesian believers, we are “saints [holy ones] . . . who are faithful in Christ Jesus” (Eph. 1:1). By God’s grace we’ve trusted in Christ as our Lord and Savior (Eph. 2:8-9) and have received His righteousness (Phil. 3:9) and His Spirit (Eph. 3:16) and every spiritual resource necessary for faithful, victorious Christian living (Eph. 1:3).
What remains is to cultivate greater love for Christ and more consistent obedience to His Word. Those are the hallmarks of a true disciple and God’s measure of success. Make it your goal that your life today warrants the Lord’s commendation: “Well done, good and faithful [servant]” (Matt. 25:21).
Suggestions for Prayer: Praise God for His wonderful grace, by which He granted you salva-tion and all the spiritual resources you need. Thank Him for His Word, through which you learn the principles of godly living. Ask Him for opportunities today to encourage the faithfulness of others.
For Further Study: Read Ephesians 1:3-4; 2:10; Titus 2:11-12. What is the goal of your salvation? Are you living each day in light of that goal?
Genesis 1–2The Creation of the World
1 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 made 2 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.1 And there was
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1 Some manuscripts of the Christ 2 That is, legally pledged to be married 3 Greek magi; also verses 7, 16 4 Or in the east; also verse 9 a Isa. 7:14 b Mic. 5:2 c Hos. 11:1 d Jer. 31:15 1 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5
he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream
he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
J A N u A R y 2
Experiencing God’s Peace
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph. 1:2).
True peace is God’s gift to those who love and obey Him.
Throughout history mankind has sought peace through military alliances, balances of power, and leagues of nations. Yet lasting peace still remains an elusive dream. Even during times of
relative peace, nations struggle with internal strife and crime.
The Bible says that man on his own cannot know peace because he is alienated from its source. But we need not despair. True peace is immediately available from God our Father (“the God of peace,” Rom. 15:33) and from the Lord Jesus Christ (the “Prince of Peace,” Isa. 9:6). It’s a gift of God’s grace to those who love and obey Jesus Christ.
The New Testament so clearly teaches the inextricable link between God’s grace and peace that “Grace to you and peace” became a common greeting in the early church. Grace is God’s great kindness toward those who are undeserving of His favor but who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ. It is the fountain, and peace is the stream. As recipients of His grace, we have “peace with God” (Rom. 5:1); we are reconciled to Him through faith in His Son, and we will never experience His wrath. We also have the “peace of God” (Phil. 4:7, emphasis added)—the Spirit’s way of assuring us that God is in control even in the midst of difficult circumstances. That’s why Paul calls it the peace that “surpasses all comprehension” (Phil. 4:7).
The world’s peace is relative and fleeting because it is grounded in circumstances. God’s peace is absolute and eternal because it is grounded in His grace.
Does God’s peace reign in your heart, or have you allowed sin or difficult circumstances to diminish your devotion to Christ?
Suggestions for Prayer: Thank God that you have peace with Him through faith in Jesus Christ. Ask the Spirit to reveal any sin that might be hindering God’s peace from ruling in your heart. Be prepared to respond in confession and repentance. Ask for opportunities to demon-strate God’s peace to others today.
For Further Study: Read Philippians 4:6-7. What is God’s antidote for anxiety? How does God’s peace affect a believer’s heart and mind?
Genesis 3–4The Fall
3 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,
‘You1 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 was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that
Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ 1 took place
in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed2 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:23 a
“ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
The Visit of the Wise Men
2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold,
wise men3 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose4 and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: 6 b “ ‘ And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of
Judah, are by no means least among the rulers
of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”
7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
The Flight to Egypt13 Now when they had departed, behold,
an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 avnd remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, c
“Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Herod Kills the Children16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been
tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:18 d
“ A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because
they are no more.”
The Return to Nazareth19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel
of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” 21 And
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1 Some manuscripts of the Christ 2 That is, legally pledged to be married 3 Greek magi; also verses 7, 16 4 Or in the east; also verse 9 a Isa. 7:14 b Mic. 5:2 c Hos. 11:1 d Jer. 31:15 1 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5
he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream
he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
J A N u A R y 2
Experiencing God’s Peace
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph. 1:2).
True peace is God’s gift to those who love and obey Him.
Throughout history mankind has sought peace through military alliances, balances of power, and leagues of nations. Yet lasting peace still remains an elusive dream. Even during times of
relative peace, nations struggle with internal strife and crime.
The Bible says that man on his own cannot know peace because he is alienated from its source. But we need not despair. True peace is immediately available from God our Father (“the God of peace,” Rom. 15:33) and from the Lord Jesus Christ (the “Prince of Peace,” Isa. 9:6). It’s a gift of God’s grace to those who love and obey Jesus Christ.
The New Testament so clearly teaches the inextricable link between God’s grace and peace that “Grace to you and peace” became a common greeting in the early church. Grace is God’s great kindness toward those who are undeserving of His favor but who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ. It is the fountain, and peace is the stream. As recipients of His grace, we have “peace with God” (Rom. 5:1); we are reconciled to Him through faith in His Son, and we will never experience His wrath. We also have the “peace of God” (Phil. 4:7, emphasis added)—the Spirit’s way of assuring us that God is in control even in the midst of difficult circumstances. That’s why Paul calls it the peace that “surpasses all comprehension” (Phil. 4:7).
The world’s peace is relative and fleeting because it is grounded in circumstances. God’s peace is absolute and eternal because it is grounded in His grace.
Does God’s peace reign in your heart, or have you allowed sin or difficult circumstances to diminish your devotion to Christ?
Suggestions for Prayer: Thank God that you have peace with Him through faith in Jesus Christ. Ask the Spirit to reveal any sin that might be hindering God’s peace from ruling in your heart. Be prepared to respond in confession and repentance. Ask for opportunities to demon-strate God’s peace to others today.
For Further Study: Read Philippians 4:6-7. What is God’s antidote for anxiety? How does God’s peace affect a believer’s heart and mind?
Genesis 3–4The Fall
3 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,
‘You1 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 was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that
Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ 1 took place
in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed2 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:23 a
“ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
The Visit of the Wise Men
2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold,
wise men3 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose4 and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: 6 b “ ‘ And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of
Judah, are by no means least among the rulers
of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”
7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
The Flight to Egypt13 Now when they had departed, behold,
an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 avnd remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, c
“Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Herod Kills the Children16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been
tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:18 d
“ A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because
they are no more.”
The Return to Nazareth19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel
of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” 21 And
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
G e n e s i s
The Creation of the World
1 In the a beginning, God created the heav-ens and the earth. 2 The earth was b without
form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hover-ing over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, c “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, d “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sepa-rate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f 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, g “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, h “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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for i signs and for j seasons,6 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 k 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 l 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 birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So m God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, accord-ing to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, n “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 morn-ing, 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, o “Let us make man8 in our image, p after our likeness. And q 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; r male and female he created them.
Chapter 1 1a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11 2b Jer. 4:23 3c 2 Cor. 4:6 6d Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15 7e Prov. 8:27-29 f Ps. 148:4 9g Job 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7; 136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5 11h Ps. 104:14 14i Jer. 10:2; Ezek. 32:7, 8; Joel 2:30, 31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Luke 21:25 j Ps. 104:19 16k Deut. 4:19; Ps. 136:7-9 18l Jer. 31:35 21m Ps. 104:25, 26 22n ch. 8:17; 9:1 26o ch. 3:22; 11:7; Isa. 6:8 p ch. 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:7; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10; James 3:9 q ch. 9:2; Ps. 8:6-8; James 3:7 27r ch. 2:18, 21-23; 5:2; Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6
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1 Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him 2 Greek to his own things; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people 3 People is implied in Greek 4 Or grace in place of grace 5 Or the only One, who is God; some manuscripts the only Son 6 Greek in the bosom of the Father 7 Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight
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The Word Became Flesh
1 a In the beginning was b the Word, and c the Word was with God, and d the Word was
God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 eAll things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 f In him was life,1 and g the life was the light of men. 5 h The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not over-come it.
6 There was a man i sent from God, whose name was j John. 7 He came as a k witness, to bear witness about the light, l that all might believe through him. 8 m He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
9 n The true light, which gives light to every-one, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet o the world did not know him. 11 He came to p his own,2 and q his own people3 r did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, s who believed in his name, t he gave the right u to become v children of God, 13 who w were born, x not of blood y nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And z the Word a became flesh and b dwelt among us, c and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of d grace and e truth. 15 (f John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, g ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ”) 16 For from h his fullness we have all received, i grace upon grace.4 17 For j the law was given through Moses; k grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 l No one has ever seen God; m the only God,5 who is at the Father’s side,6 n he has made him known.
The Testimony of John the Baptist19 And this is the o testimony of John,
when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, p “Who are you?” 20 q He
confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? rAre you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you s the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about your-self?” 23 He said, “I am t the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight7 the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25 They asked him, u “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” 26 John answered them, v “I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, 27 even w he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.” 28 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Behold, the Lamb of God29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward
him, and said, “Behold, x the Lamb of God, who y takes away the sin z of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, a ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but b for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John c bore witness: d “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and e it remained on
Chapter 1 1a Gen. 1:1; [Col. 1:17; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 1:4, 8, 17; 3:14; 21:6; 22:13] b Rev. 19:13; [Heb. 4:12; 1 John 1:1] c 1 John 1:2; [ch. 17:5] d Phil. 2:6 3e ver. 10; Ps. 33:6; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2 4f ch. 5:26; 11:25; 1 John 1:2; 5:11 g ch. 8:12; 9:5; 12:46 5h [ch. 3:19] 6i ver. 33; ch. 3:28; Mal. 3:1 j Matt. 3:1; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:2 7k ch. 3:26; 5:33 l Acts 19:4 8m ver. 20 9n Isa. 49:6; 1 John 2:8 10o [ch. 16:3; 1 John 3:1] 11p Matt. 21:38 q ch. 13:1 r ch. 5:43; [ch. 3:11, 32] 12s See 1 John 5:13 t 1 John 5:1 u 1 John 3:1; [Matt. 5:45] v [Gal. 3:26]; See ch. 11:52 13w James 1:18; [ch. 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:3] x 1 Pet. 1:23 y ch. 3:6 14z ver. 1 a Rom. 1:3; 8:3; Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:7, 8; Col. 1:22; 1 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 2:14; 1 John 4:2; 2 John 7; [ch. 6:51] b Rev. 7:15; 21:3 c ch. 2:11; Luke 9:32; 2 Pet. 1:16, 17; 1 John 1:1; 4:14 d See ver. 7 e [ch. 14:6] 15f See ver. 7 g ver. 27, 30; See Matt. 3:11 16h Eph. 1:23; 3:19; 4:13; Col. 1:19; 2:9 i [Matt. 25:29] 17j ch. 7:19; Ex. 20:1 k ver. 14; [Rom. 5:21] 18l ch. 5:37; 6:46; Ex. 33:20; Col. 1:15; 1 Tim. 6:16; 1 John 4:12, 20; [ch. 12:45] m ver. 14; See ch. 3:16 n [Matt. 11:27]; See ch. 3:32 19o ch. 3:26 p [ch. 8:25] 20q ver. 8; ch. 3:28; Acts 13:25; [Luke 3:15] 21r [Matt. 11:14; 16:14] s See Deut. 18:15, 18 23t Cited from Isa. 40:3; See Matt. 3:3 25u Matt. 3:6; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3, 7 26v Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:7, 8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5; 13:25 27w ver. 15, 30 29x ver. 36; Ex. 12:3; Isa. 53:7; Acts 8:32; 1 Pet. 1:19; [Gen. 22:8; Rev. 5:6] y 1 John 3:5; [Heb. 10:4, 11] z [ch. 3:16, 17; 4:42; 12:47; 1 John 2:2; 4:14] 30a ver. 15, 27 31b Luke 1:17, 76, 77 32c See ver. 7 d Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22 e [Isa. 11:2; Acts 10:38]
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1:1–2:23 The Arrival in History of Jesus the Messiah. Matthew’s intro-duction echoes the language of Genesis. The word rendered “genealogy” (1:1) is Greek genesis (“beginning, origin, birth, genealogy”), and this is also the title of the Greek translation of Genesis, implying that it is a book of “beginnings.” “The book of the genealogy” appears to function not only as a heading for the genealogy itself (1:2–17) but also as a title for the entire story to follow: a new beginning with the arrival of Jesus the Messiah and the kingdom of God (cf. note on Gen. 2:4).
1:1–17 The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah. Jews kept extensive gene-alogies to establish a person’s heritage, inheritance, legitimacy, and rights (cf. Josephus, Life of Josephus 1–6). Matthew likely draws on the genealogies of the OT, with some omissions (see note on Matt. 1:17). He demonstrates Jesus’ legal claim to the throne of David, emphasizing Jesus’ legal descent from David and Abraham, while Luke’s genealogical record (Luke 3:23–38) emphasizes Jesus’ biological descent from David and Adam.
1:1 The book of the genealogy. The Gospel’s opening words carried special significance for a Jewish audience, whose ancestry was inseparably intertwined with the covenants God made with Israel. Jesus (Gk. Iēsous) was the historical, everyday name, and is Yeshua‘ /Yehoshua‘ (Joshua) in Hebrew, meaning “Yahweh saves” (Neh. 7:7; cf. Matt. 1:21). Christ (Gk. Christos, from Hb. mashiakh, “anointed”) points back to David as the anointed king of Israel. The designation “Messiah” came to summarize several strands of OT expec-tation, especially the promise of an “anointed one” who would righteously rule God’s people (2 Sam. 7:11b–16). Son of David evoked images of a
Messiah with a royal lineage who would reestablish the throne in Jerusalem and the kingdom of Israel. son of Abraham. God’s covenant with Abraham established Israel as a chosen people and also affirmed that the whole world would be blessed through his line (Gen. 12:1–3; 22:18).
1:2–6a The four generations between Perez and Amminadab encompass approximately 450 years. The six generations from Nahshon to the rise of the monarchy with David total about 400 more.
1:3 Tamar. The inclusion of five women in Jesus’ genealogy—Tamar, Rahab (v. 5), Ruth (v. 5), Bathsheba (“the wife of Uriah,” v. 6), and Mary (v. 16)—is unusual, since descent was usually traced through men as the head of the family. Rahab and Ruth were Gentiles, and Tamar, Rahab, and Bathsheba were women of questionable character. The lineage is comprised of men, women, adulterers, prostitutes, heroes, and Gentiles—and Jesus will be Savior of all.
1:6b–11 Matthew may have drawn from 1 Chron. 3:10–14, since both gene-alogies omit several kings found in the narrative of Kings and Chronicles. Omitting names in a genealogy was common to make for ease of memoriza-tion. One is struck in this section by the alternately godly and wicked kings who ruled Israel.
1:12–13 Zerubbabel led the first group given permission to return to Israel from the exile.
1:12 The evil of Jechoniah (2 Kings 24:8–9) was so great that his line was cursed (Jer. 22:30). While a natural, biological son could not therefore inherit the throne, the legal claim could still come through Jechoniah’s line.
1:16–17 Jesus is the rightful legal heir to the covenant promises associated
1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling for Asa; some manuscripts read Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling for Amon; some manuscripts read Amon; twice in this verse 4 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse
Chapter 11a [Luke 3:23-38] b 2 Sam. 7:12-16; Ps. 132:11; Isa. 11:1; Jer. 23:5; Luke 1:32, 69; John 7:42; Acts 2:30; 13:23; Rom. 1:3; 2 Tim. 2:8; Rev. 22:16 c Gen. 22:18; Gal. 3:16
2d Gen. 21:3 e Gen. 25:26 f Gen. 29:35
3g [Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Chr. 2:1-15]
5h Josh. 6:256i 1 Sam. 16:1; 17:12 j 2 Sam. 12:24 k 2 Sam. 12:10
7l For ver. 7-10, see 1 Chr. 3:10-14
8m [2 Kgs. 15:1; 1 Chr. 3:11, 12]
11n 1 Chr. 3:15, 16 o Esth. 2:6; Jer. 24:1; 27:20
12p 1 Chr. 3:17-19 q Luke 3:27 r Ezra 3:2
16s Luke 3:23
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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
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The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, b the son of David, c the son of Abraham.2 dAbraham was the father of Isaac, and e Isaac the father of Jacob, and f Jacob the father
of Judah and his brothers, 3 and g Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by h Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and i Jesse the father of David the king.
And j David was the father of Solomon by k the wife of Uriah, 7 and l Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,2 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, m and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,3 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and n Josiah the father of o Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12 And after the deportation to Babylon: p Jechoniah was the father of q Shealtiel,4 and r
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of s
Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
1821 Matthew 1:23
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to t the Christ fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of u Jesus Christ1 took place in this way. v When his mother Mary had
been betrothed2 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child w from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling x to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, y an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and z you shall call his name Jesus, a for he will save his people from their sins.” 22
bAll this took place c to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 d “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name e Immanuel”
with the Davidic throne (v. 6) as well as the rightful legal heir to the covenant promises related to the Abrahamic seed and land (vv. 1–2).
1:17 fourteen generations. Matthew does not mean all the genera-tions that had lived during those times but “all” that he included in his list (for he evidently skipped some, such as three generations between Uzziah [Ahaziah] and Jotham in v. 9; cf. 1 Chron. 3:10–12); cf. note on Matt. 1:6b–11. Perhaps for ease of memorization, or perhaps for literary or sym-bolic symmetry, Matthew structures the genealogy to count 14 generations from each major section. (According to the Jewish practice of gematria, the giving of a numeric value to the consonants in a word, David’s name would add to D + V + D or 4 + 6 + 4 = 14, and David is the 14th name on the list.)
1:18–25 The Angelic Announcement of the Conception of Jesus the Messiah. A new era in Israel’s history begins with the story of Jesus’ con-ception in the little town of Nazareth. The angel announces his conception (vv. 18–21), explaining that he is the prophesied Immanuel (vv. 22–23). Joseph immediately obeys the angel’s directive (vv. 24–25).
1:18 Mary had been betrothed to Joseph. The custom of betrothal was different from “engagement” in modern society. Customarily the parents of a young man chose a young woman to be engaged to their son. A second stage of betrothal involved official arrangements and a prenuptial agreement before witnesses, which was a legally binding contract and could be broken only by a formal process of divorce. found to be with child. Mary is about four months pregnant, having spent three months with Elizabeth, her “rela-tive” (Luke 1:36, 56).
1:19 Betrothed partners were referred to as husband and “wife” (v. 20),
though they were not yet considered to be married, and having sexual relations during that period was considered immoral. put her to shame. Sexual unfaithfulness during betrothal was considered adultery, and under the Mosaic law carried the death penalty by stoning. divorce her quietly. Joseph intended to maintain his personal righteousness, yet he desired to show compassion even though Mary appeared to be an adulteress.
1:20 Behold represents Greek idou, used frequently by Matthew to signal emphasis, prompt the reader to pay special attention, or introduce something new or unusual. The angel of the Lord is Gabriel (cf. Luke 1:26).
1:21 The name Jesus was given to sons as a symbolic hope for the Lord’s anticipated sending of salvation through a Messiah who would purify his people and save them from oppression (see note on v. 1). But the angel points to a more important theme: to save his people from their sins. Salvation from sins was a repeated promise in OT prophets (e.g., Isa. 40:2; 53:6; Jer. 31:31–34; Ezek. 36:25–27; Dan. 9:24; Zech. 13:1).
1:22 All this took place to fulfill. This is Matthew’s “fulfillment formula,” by which he points to an event or teaching of Jesus that fulfills an OT pas-sage, indicating: (1) a direct prediction-fulfillment (e.g., vv. 22–23); (2) the intended full meaning of the OT Scripture (e.g., 5:17–20); or (3) a divinely orchestrated analogical/typological correspondence to Israel’s history (e.g., 2:15, 17–18).
1:23 the virgin. The Greek word parthenos (“virgin”) corresponds to the Hebrew term ‘almah, which is used in the prophecy of Isa. 7:14 regarding the virgin birth of the coming Savior (see note on Isa. 7:14). The Hebrew word ‘almah (“virgin” or “maiden”) generally denotes an unmarried woman who is a virgin (e.g., Gen. 24:43; Ex. 2:8; Ps. 68:25). The prophecy in Isaiah 7:14
17t ch. 2:4; 11:2; 16:16; 22:42; 23:10; Mark 8:29; Luke 3:15; [John 1:41; 4:25]
18u ver. 1; Mark 1:1; John 1:17; 17:3; [ver. 16] v Luke 1:27 w Luke 1:35
19x [Deut. 24:1]20y ch. 2:13, 19; [ch. 2:12, 22]
21z ver. 25; Luke 1:31; 2:21 a Luke 2:11; Acts 4:12; 5:31; 13:23, 38; [Acts 3:26]
22b ch. 21:4; 26:56; John 19:36 c ch. 2:15, 23; 4:14; Mark 14:49
23d Cited from Isa. 7:14 e Isa. 8:8, 10
1 Some manuscripts of the Christ 2 That is, legally pledged to be married
Jesus’ Birth and Flight to EgyptAs the time drew near for Jesus to be born, a mandatory Roman census made it necessary for Joseph to return to his ancestral home of Bethlehem. There Mary gave birth to Jesus, and later, wise men from the east came to worship him. The wise men’s recognition of a new king, however, troubled King Herod and the ruling establishment in Jerusalem, and Herod sought to kill Jesus. Joseph and his family escaped to Egypt and remained there until Herod died. When they returned to Palestine, they settled in the remote district of Galilee, where Jesus grew up in the northern village of Nazareth, to avoid the attention of the rulers in Jerusalem.
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1:1–11:26 Primeval History. The first eleven chapters of Genesis differ from those that follow. Chapters 12–50 focus on one main family line in considerable detail, whereas chs. 1–11 could be described as a survey of the world before Abraham. These opening chapters differ not only in their subject matter from ch. 12 onward, but also because there are no real parallels to the patriarchal stories in other literatures. In contrast to the patriarchal stories, however, other ancient nonbiblical stories do exist recounting stories about both creation and the flood. The existence of such stories, however, does not in any way challenge the authority or the inspiration of Genesis. In fact, the nonbiblical stories stand in sharp contrast to the biblical account, and thus help readers appreciate the unique nature and character of the biblical accounts of creation and the flood. In other ancient literary traditions, creation is a great struggle often involving conflict between the gods. The flood was sent because the gods could not stand the noise made by human beings, yet they could not control it. Through these stories the people of the ancient world learned their traditions about the gods they worshiped and the way of life that people should follow. Babylonian versions of creation and flood stories were designed to show that Babylon was the center of the religious universe and that its civilization was the highest achieved by mankind.
Reading Genesis, readers can see that it is designed to refute these delu-sions. There is only one God, whose word is almighty. He has only to speak and the world comes into being. The sun and moon are not gods in their own right, but are created by the one God. This God does not need feeding by man, as the Babylonians believed they did by offering sacrifices, but he supplies man with food. It is human sin, not divine annoyance, that prompts the flood. Far from Babylon’s tower (Babel) reaching heaven, it became a reminder that human pride could neither reach nor manipulate God.
These principles, which emerge so clearly in Genesis 1–11, are truths that run through the rest of Scripture. The unity of God is fundamental to biblical theology, as is his almighty power, his care for mankind, and his judgment on sin. It may not always be obvious how these chapters relate to geology and archaeology, but their theological message is very clear. Read in their intended sense, they provide the fundamental presup-positions of the rest of Scripture. These chapters should act as eyeglasses, so that readers focus on the points their author is making and go on to read the rest of the Bible in light of them.
1:1–2:3 God’s Creation and Ordering of Heaven and Earth. The book of Genesis opens with a majestic description of how God first created the heav-ens and earth and then how he ordered the earth so that it may become his dwelling place. Structured into seven sections, each marked by the use of set phrases, the entire episode conveys the picture of the all-powerful, transcen-dent God who sets everything in place with consummate skill in conformity to his grand design. The emphasis is mainly on how God orders or structures everything. The structure of the account is as follows: after giving the setting (1:1–2), the author describes the six workdays (1:3–31) and the seventh day, God’s Sabbath (2:1–3). Each of the six workdays follows the same pattern: it begins with “and God said,” and closes with “and there was evening and
there was morning, the nth day.” After declaring that God is the Creator of all things (1:1), the focus of the rest of Genesis 1 (beginning at 1:3) is mainly on God bringing things into existence by his word and ordering the created things (“let the waters . . . be gathered together,” 1:9), rather than on how the earth was initially created (1:1). Different features indicate this. For example, vegetation is mentioned on day 3, prior to the apparent creation of the sun on day 4. Readers concerned with how to compare this passage with a mod-ern scientific perspective should consult Introduction: Genesis and Science. Viewed in its ancient Near Eastern context, Genesis 1 says that God created everything, but it is also an account of how God has structured creation in its ordered complexity. Readers are introduced in the first three days to Day, Night, the Heavens, Earth, Seas—all these items, and only these, being specifically named by God. In days 4–6 the three distinctive regions are populated: the Heavens with lights and birds; the Seas with fish and swarming creatures; and the Earth with livestock and creeping things. God finally gives authority to human beings, as his vice-regents, to govern all these living creatures. Genesis 1 establishes a hierarchy of authority. Humanity is divinely commissioned to govern other creatures on God’s behalf, the ultimate purpose being that the whole earth should become the temple of God, the place of his presence, and should display his glory.
1:1 In the beginning. This opening verse can be taken as a summary, intro-ducing the whole passage; or it can be read as the first event, the origin of the heavens and the earth (sometime before the first day), including the creation of matter, space, and time. This second view (the origin of the heavens and the earth) is confirmed by the NT writers’ affirmation that creation was from nothing (Heb. 11:3; Rev. 4:11). God created. Although the Hebrew word for “God,” ’Elohim, is plural in form (possibly to express majesty), the verb “create” is singular, indicating that God is thought of as one being. Genesis is consistently monotheistic in its outlook, in marked contrast to other ancient Near Eastern accounts of creation. There is only one God. The Hebrew verb bara’, “create,” is always used in the OT with God as the subject; while it is not always used to describe creation out of nothing, it does stress God’s sov-ereignty and power. Heavens and the earth here means “everything.” This means, then, that “In the beginning” refers to the beginning of everything. The text indicates that God created everything in the universe, which thus affirms that he did in fact create it ex nihilo (Latin “out of nothing”). The effect of the opening words of the Bible is to establish that God, in his inscrutable wisdom, sovereign power, and majesty, is the Creator of all things that exist.
1:2 The initial description of the earth as being without form and void, a phrase repeated within the OT only in Jer. 4:23, implies that it lacked order and content. The reference to darkness . . . over the face of the deep points to the absence of light. This initial state will be transformed by God’s cre-ative activity: the Spirit of God was hovering. This comment creates a sense of expectation; something is about to happen. There is no reason to postulate that a long time elapsed between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2, during which time the earth became desolate and empty. Critical scholars argue that the word “deep” (Hb. tehom) is a remnant of Mesopotamian mythology from the creation account called Enuma Elish. Marduk, in fashioning the universe, had also to vanquish Tiamat, a goddess of chaos. These scholars believe that the Hebrew God had to conquer the chaos deity Tiamat in the form of the “deep” (notice the similarity of
The Creation of the World
1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was b 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.
Chapter 11a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11
2b Jer. 4:23
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1:1–11:26 Primeval History. The first eleven chapters of Genesis differ from those that follow. Chapters 12–50 focus on one main family line in considerable detail, whereas chs. 1–11 could be described as a survey of the world before Abraham. These opening chapters differ not only in their subject matter from ch. 12 onward, but also because there are no real parallels to the patriarchal stories in other literatures. In contrast to the patriarchal stories, however, other ancient nonbiblical stories do exist recounting stories about both creation and the flood. The existence of such stories, however, does not in any way challenge the authority or the inspiration of Genesis. In fact, the nonbiblical stories stand in sharp contrast to the biblical account, and thus help readers appreciate the unique nature and character of the biblical accounts of creation and the flood. In other ancient literary traditions, creation is a great struggle often involving conflict between the gods. The flood was sent because the gods could not stand the noise made by human beings, yet they could not control it. Through these stories the people of the ancient world learned their traditions about the gods they worshiped and the way of life that people should follow. Babylonian versions of creation and flood stories were designed to show that Babylon was the center of the religious universe and that its civilization was the highest achieved by mankind.
Reading Genesis, readers can see that it is designed to refute these delu-sions. There is only one God, whose word is almighty. He has only to speak and the world comes into being. The sun and moon are not gods in their own right, but are created by the one God. This God does not need feeding by man, as the Babylonians believed they did by offering sacrifices, but he supplies man with food. It is human sin, not divine annoyance, that prompts the flood. Far from Babylon’s tower (Babel) reaching heaven, it became a reminder that human pride could neither reach nor manipulate God.
These principles, which emerge so clearly in Genesis 1–11, are truths that run through the rest of Scripture. The unity of God is fundamental to biblical theology, as is his almighty power, his care for mankind, and his judgment on sin. It may not always be obvious how these chapters relate to geology and archaeology, but their theological message is very clear. Read in their intended sense, they provide the fundamental presup-positions of the rest of Scripture. These chapters should act as eyeglasses, so that readers focus on the points their author is making and go on to read the rest of the Bible in light of them.
1:1–2:3 God’s Creation and Ordering of Heaven and Earth. The book of Genesis opens with a majestic description of how God first created the heav-ens and earth and then how he ordered the earth so that it may become his dwelling place. Structured into seven sections, each marked by the use of set phrases, the entire episode conveys the picture of the all-powerful, transcen-dent God who sets everything in place with consummate skill in conformity to his grand design. The emphasis is mainly on how God orders or structures everything. The structure of the account is as follows: after giving the setting (1:1–2), the author describes the six workdays (1:3–31) and the seventh day, God’s Sabbath (2:1–3). Each of the six workdays follows the same pattern: it begins with “and God said,” and closes with “and there was evening and
there was morning, the nth day.” After declaring that God is the Creator of all things (1:1), the focus of the rest of Genesis 1 (beginning at 1:3) is mainly on God bringing things into existence by his word and ordering the created things (“let the waters . . . be gathered together,” 1:9), rather than on how the earth was initially created (1:1). Different features indicate this. For example, vegetation is mentioned on day 3, prior to the apparent creation of the sun on day 4. Readers concerned with how to compare this passage with a mod-ern scientific perspective should consult Introduction: Genesis and Science. Viewed in its ancient Near Eastern context, Genesis 1 says that God created everything, but it is also an account of how God has structured creation in its ordered complexity. Readers are introduced in the first three days to Day, Night, the Heavens, Earth, Seas—all these items, and only these, being specifically named by God. In days 4–6 the three distinctive regions are populated: the Heavens with lights and birds; the Seas with fish and swarming creatures; and the Earth with livestock and creeping things. God finally gives authority to human beings, as his vice-regents, to govern all these living creatures. Genesis 1 establishes a hierarchy of authority. Humanity is divinely commissioned to govern other creatures on God’s behalf, the ultimate purpose being that the whole earth should become the temple of God, the place of his presence, and should display his glory.
1:1 In the beginning. This opening verse can be taken as a summary, intro-ducing the whole passage; or it can be read as the first event, the origin of the heavens and the earth (sometime before the first day), including the creation of matter, space, and time. This second view (the origin of the heavens and the earth) is confirmed by the NT writers’ affirmation that creation was from nothing (Heb. 11:3; Rev. 4:11). God created. Although the Hebrew word for “God,” ’Elohim, is plural in form (possibly to express majesty), the verb “create” is singular, indicating that God is thought of as one being. Genesis is consistently monotheistic in its outlook, in marked contrast to other ancient Near Eastern accounts of creation. There is only one God. The Hebrew verb bara’, “create,” is always used in the OT with God as the subject; while it is not always used to describe creation out of nothing, it does stress God’s sov-ereignty and power. Heavens and the earth here means “everything.” This means, then, that “In the beginning” refers to the beginning of everything. The text indicates that God created everything in the universe, which thus affirms that he did in fact create it ex nihilo (Latin “out of nothing”). The effect of the opening words of the Bible is to establish that God, in his inscrutable wisdom, sovereign power, and majesty, is the Creator of all things that exist.
1:2 The initial description of the earth as being without form and void, a phrase repeated within the OT only in Jer. 4:23, implies that it lacked order and content. The reference to darkness . . . over the face of the deep points to the absence of light. This initial state will be transformed by God’s cre-ative activity: the Spirit of God was hovering. This comment creates a sense of expectation; something is about to happen. There is no reason to postulate that a long time elapsed between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2, during which time the earth became desolate and empty. Critical scholars argue that the word “deep” (Hb. tehom) is a remnant of Mesopotamian mythology from the creation account called Enuma Elish. Marduk, in fashioning the universe, had also to vanquish Tiamat, a goddess of chaos. These scholars believe that the Hebrew God had to conquer the chaos deity Tiamat in the form of the “deep” (notice the similarity of
The Creation of the World
1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was b 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.
Chapter 11a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11
2b Jer. 4:23
Genesis
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1:1–11:26 Primeval History. The first eleven chapters of Genesis differ from those that follow. Chapters 12–50 focus on one main family line in considerable detail, whereas chs. 1–11 could be described as a survey of the world before Abraham. These opening chapters differ not only in their subject matter from ch. 12 onward, but also because there are no real parallels to the patriarchal stories in other literatures. In contrast to the patriarchal stories, however, other ancient nonbiblical stories do exist recounting stories about both creation and the flood. The existence of such stories, however, does not in any way challenge the authority or the inspiration of Genesis. In fact, the nonbiblical stories stand in sharp contrast to the biblical account, and thus help readers appreciate the unique nature and character of the biblical accounts of creation and the flood. In other ancient literary traditions, creation is a great struggle often involving conflict between the gods. The flood was sent because the gods could not stand the noise made by human beings, yet they could not control it. Through these stories the people of the ancient world learned their traditions about the gods they worshiped and the way of life that people should follow. Babylonian versions of creation and flood stories were designed to show that Babylon was the center of the religious universe and that its civilization was the highest achieved by mankind.
Reading Genesis, readers can see that it is designed to refute these delu-sions. There is only one God, whose word is almighty. He has only to speak and the world comes into being. The sun and moon are not gods in their own right, but are created by the one God. This God does not need feeding by man, as the Babylonians believed they did by offering sacrifices, but he supplies man with food. It is human sin, not divine annoyance, that prompts the flood. Far from Babylon’s tower (Babel) reaching heaven, it became a reminder that human pride could neither reach nor manipulate God.
These principles, which emerge so clearly in Genesis 1–11, are truths that run through the rest of Scripture. The unity of God is fundamental to biblical theology, as is his almighty power, his care for mankind, and his judgment on sin. It may not always be obvious how these chapters relate to geology and archaeology, but their theological message is very clear. Read in their intended sense, they provide the fundamental presup-positions of the rest of Scripture. These chapters should act as eyeglasses, so that readers focus on the points their author is making and go on to read the rest of the Bible in light of them.
1:1–2:3 God’s Creation and Ordering of Heaven and Earth. The book of Genesis opens with a majestic description of how God first created the heav-ens and earth and then how he ordered the earth so that it may become his dwelling place. Structured into seven sections, each marked by the use of set phrases, the entire episode conveys the picture of the all-powerful, transcen-dent God who sets everything in place with consummate skill in conformity to his grand design. The emphasis is mainly on how God orders or structures everything. The structure of the account is as follows: after giving the setting (1:1–2), the author describes the six workdays (1:3–31) and the seventh day, God’s Sabbath (2:1–3). Each of the six workdays follows the same pattern: it begins with “and God said,” and closes with “and there was evening and
there was morning, the nth day.” After declaring that God is the Creator of all things (1:1), the focus of the rest of Genesis 1 (beginning at 1:3) is mainly on God bringing things into existence by his word and ordering the created things (“let the waters . . . be gathered together,” 1:9), rather than on how the earth was initially created (1:1). Different features indicate this. For example, vegetation is mentioned on day 3, prior to the apparent creation of the sun on day 4. Readers concerned with how to compare this passage with a mod-ern scientific perspective should consult Introduction: Genesis and Science. Viewed in its ancient Near Eastern context, Genesis 1 says that God created everything, but it is also an account of how God has structured creation in its ordered complexity. Readers are introduced in the first three days to Day, Night, the Heavens, Earth, Seas—all these items, and only these, being specifically named by God. In days 4–6 the three distinctive regions are populated: the Heavens with lights and birds; the Seas with fish and swarming creatures; and the Earth with livestock and creeping things. God finally gives authority to human beings, as his vice-regents, to govern all these living creatures. Genesis 1 establishes a hierarchy of authority. Humanity is divinely commissioned to govern other creatures on God’s behalf, the ultimate purpose being that the whole earth should become the temple of God, the place of his presence, and should display his glory.
1:1 In the beginning. This opening verse can be taken as a summary, intro-ducing the whole passage; or it can be read as the first event, the origin of the heavens and the earth (sometime before the first day), including the creation of matter, space, and time. This second view (the origin of the heavens and the earth) is confirmed by the NT writers’ affirmation that creation was from nothing (Heb. 11:3; Rev. 4:11). God created. Although the Hebrew word for “God,” ’Elohim, is plural in form (possibly to express majesty), the verb “create” is singular, indicating that God is thought of as one being. Genesis is consistently monotheistic in its outlook, in marked contrast to other ancient Near Eastern accounts of creation. There is only one God. The Hebrew verb bara’, “create,” is always used in the OT with God as the subject; while it is not always used to describe creation out of nothing, it does stress God’s sov-ereignty and power. Heavens and the earth here means “everything.” This means, then, that “In the beginning” refers to the beginning of everything. The text indicates that God created everything in the universe, which thus affirms that he did in fact create it ex nihilo (Latin “out of nothing”). The effect of the opening words of the Bible is to establish that God, in his inscrutable wisdom, sovereign power, and majesty, is the Creator of all things that exist.
1:2 The initial description of the earth as being without form and void, a phrase repeated within the OT only in Jer. 4:23, implies that it lacked order and content. The reference to darkness . . . over the face of the deep points to the absence of light. This initial state will be transformed by God’s cre-ative activity: the Spirit of God was hovering. This comment creates a sense of expectation; something is about to happen. There is no reason to postulate that a long time elapsed between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2, during which time the earth became desolate and empty. Critical scholars argue that the word “deep” (Hb. tehom) is a remnant of Mesopotamian mythology from the creation account called Enuma Elish. Marduk, in fashioning the universe, had also to vanquish Tiamat, a goddess of chaos. These scholars believe that the Hebrew God had to conquer the chaos deity Tiamat in the form of the “deep” (notice the similarity of
The Creation of the World
1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was b 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.
Chapter 11a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11
2b Jer. 4:23
Genesis
48IntroductIon to GenesIs
13. Jacob encounters God at Peniel (32:22–32) 14. Jacob is reconciled with Esau (33:1–20) 15. The rape of Dinah (34:1–31) 16. Jacob’s onward journey to Hebron (35:1–29) 17. Esau’s descendants in Edom (36:1–37:1) C. Jacob’s descendants (37:2–50:26) 1. Joseph is sold into slavery (37:2–36) 2. Judah and Tamar (38:1–30) 3. Joseph in Egypt (39:1–23) 4. Joseph and the king’s prisoners (40:1–23) 5. Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams (41:1–57) 6. The brothers’ first journey to Egypt (42:1–38) 7. Joseph’s brothers return to Egypt (43:1–34) 8. Benjamin is accused of stealing (44:1–34) 9. Joseph discloses his identity (45:1–28) 10. Jacob’s family relocates to Egypt (46:1–27) 11. Jacob’s family settles in Egypt (46:28–47:12) 12. Joseph oversees the famine response in Egypt (47:13–26) 13. Jacob requests to be buried in Canaan (47:27–31) 14. Jacob’s blessing of Joseph, Ephraim, and Manasseh (48:1–22) 15. Jacob blesses his 12 sons (49:1–28) 16. The death and burial of Jacob (49:29–50:14) 17. Joseph reassures his brothers (50:15–21) 18. The death of Joseph (50:22–26)
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1:1–15 Introduction. Mark begins his account with the public ministry of John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus.
1:1 Rather than beginning with the genealogy of Jesus (as do Matthew and Luke) or offering a theological background to the gospel (as does John), Mark focuses on the actual beginning of the gospel in the life and ministry of Jesus. The “gospel” is the good news of the fulfillment of God’s promises.1:2–3 Mark identifies John the Baptist as the predicted one who prepares the way of the Lord (see Isa. 40:3; Mal. 3:1). Isaiah the prophet is named because he was more prominent than Malachi, and more of the quoted material comes from him.1:4 John prepares the way for Jesus by calling people to repentance, which means turning to God for forgiveness of sins. Baptism was not the means by which sins were forgiven but rather was a sign indicating that one had truly repented. wilderness. See Isa. 40:3.1:5 all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem. John’s ministry fulfills the promise of a “new exodus” in which Israel is delivered from the wilder-ness and symbolically enters into the river Jordan again to receive God’s promises of end-time salvation.1:6 John’s clothing and food are like that of other preachers in the desert (see 1 Kings 17:4, 9). On locusts, see note on Matt. 3:4.1:7–8 The one for whom John is preparing the way (Isa. 40:3; Mal. 3:1) will baptize . . . with the Holy Spirit (Isa. 32:15; 44:3; Joel 2:28; see note on Matt. 3:11). Untying the straps of sandals could be the responsibility of a low servant, but it was something that a Jewish person was not supposed to do.1:9 was baptized. Jesus identifies with the sins of his people, even though he himself is free from sin (10:45). Galilee is the region west of the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee and north of Samaria. In the NT era
Galilee was ruled by Herod the Great (see note on Matt. 2:1), then by his son Herod Antipas (Matt. 14:1; Mark 6:14), and then by Herod Antipas’s nephew Herod Agrippa I.
1:10–11 Mark uses the word immediately 41 times in his Gospel. It suggests a sense of urgency and often introduces a new incident or a surprising turn of events. The Spirit of God descends upon Jesus at his baptism (see note on Luke 3:22). Jesus is thus commissioned for a unique service (see Isa. 11:2; 42:1; 61:1). Mark quotes from the OT to show that Jesus is the Son of God (Ps. 2:7) and the servant of God (Isa. 42:1). The heavenly voice confirms the eternal sonship of Jesus. All three persons of the Godhead—the Spirit, the Father, and the Son—are involved here.
1:12–13 tempted by Satan. See note on Matt. 4:1. “Being tempted” indicates that the temptations happened over the 40-day period and were not limited to the three temptations mentioned by Matthew (Matt. 4:1–11) and Luke (Luke 4:1–13).
1:14–15 The gospel is the “good news” that the kingdom of God is at hand. God’s rule over people’s hearts and lives is now being established, and people should repent and believe in the gospel. The kingdom will ultimately include the restoration of all creation (see Rev. 21:1), but that will come in stages.
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What is a “Gospel”? “Gospel” literally means “good news.” The “Gospel according to Mark,” along with the other three Gospels, reports the good news of salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This salvation is freely available to everyone who believes in Jesus Christ, everywhere in the world.
Chapter 1 1a See Matt. 14:33 2b For ver. 2-8, see Matt. 3:1-11; Luke 3:2-16 c Matt. 11:10; Luke 1:17, 76; 7:27; Cited from Mal. 3:1 3d John 1:23; Cited from Isa. 40:3 e Luke 1:76 4f John 1:6, 7 g Josh. 15:61; [Judg. 1:16] h Acts 2:38 i ver. 15 j Matt. 26:28; [Luke 1:77] 5k Acts 19:18 6l [2 Kgs. 1:8; Zech. 13:4; Heb. 11:37] m Lev. 11:22 n 1 Sam. 14:26 7o John 1:15, 27; 3:30, 31; Acts 13:25 8p John 1:26; Acts 1:5; 11:16 q See John 1:33 9r For ver. 9-11, see Matt. 3:13-17; Luke 3:21, 22; [John 1:32-34] s Matt. 2:23 10t Acts 7:56 u Isa. 64:1 v John 1:32, 33; [Luke 4:18, 21; Acts 10:38] 11w John 12:28 x [ch. 9:7; Ps. 2:7; Isa. 42:1; Eph. 1:6; Col. 1:13; 2 Pet. 1:17; 1 John 5:9] 12y See Matt. 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13 13y [See ver. 12 above] z [Heb. 2:18; 4:15] a See 1 Chr. 21:1 13b Matt. 26:53; Luke 22:43 14c Matt. 4:12; 14:3; Luke 3:20; [John 3:24] d Matt. 4:17, 23
1 Some manuscripts omit the Son of God 2 Some manuscripts in the prophets 3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness 4 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, a the Son of God.1
2 bAs it is written in Isaiah the prophet,2
c “ Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, 3 d the voice of one crying in the wilderness: e ‘ Prepare3 the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’ ”
4 f John appeared, baptizing in g the wilderness and proclaiming h a baptism of i repentance j for the for-giveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, k confessing their sins. 6 Now John was l clothed with camel’s hair and l wore a leather belt around his waist and ate m locusts and n wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, o “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and
untie. 8 p I have baptized you with water, but q he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
The Baptism of Jesus9 r In those days Jesus s came from Nazareth of
Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And when he came up out of the water, imme-diately he t saw u the heavens being torn open v and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And w a voice came from heaven, x “You are my beloved Son;4 with you I am well pleased.”
The Temptation of Jesus12 y The Spirit immediately drove him out into the
wilderness. 13 yAnd he was in the wilderness forty days, being z tempted by a Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and b the angels were ministering to him.
Jesus Begins His Ministry14 c Now after John was arrested, Jesus d came into
Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying,
The Gospel Accordin G To
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Show yourself to the priest is commanded so that the healed person will be declared ceremonially clean (Lev. 14:2–31).1:45 The people often miss the true purpose of Jesus’ ministry by focusing too much on his miracles.2:1 Jesus returns to Capernaum (c. 20 miles [32 km] northeast of Nazareth), which serves as the base for his Galilean ministry.2:2 no more room. The house probably held no more than 50 people.2:4 The flat roof consisted of branches or sticks combined with clay. It could be accessed from the outside (see note on Luke 5:19).2:5–7 Their faith probably refers to the faith of the friends who brought the paralytic to Jesus, but it may include the faith of the paralytic as well (see note on James 5:15). your sins are forgiven. Jesus claims to be able to forgive sins, as God alone can. Therefore his opponents think that he is guilty of blasphemy, which is punishable by death (Lev. 24:10–23; Num. 15:30–31; Mark 14:62–64).2:8 perceiving . . . that they thus questioned within themselves. See note on Matt. 24:36.2:9–11 Which is easier? The fact that Jesus can do the visible miracle (heal the paralytic) is evidence that he can also do the more difficult invis-ible miracle (forgive sins).2:10 The healing of the paralytic verifies that Jesus also has divine author-ity . . . to forgive sins. Son of Man is the way Jesus most frequently refers to himself in Mark’s Gospel. The term refers to both his human and his divine natures. See 8:38; 13:26; compare Dan. 7:13–14.2:14 Jesus continues to focus on “teaching” (v. 13; see note on 1:14–15). Levi (also called “Matthew”; 3:18; Matt. 9:9) collected taxes and thus was despised for collaborating with the Roman Empire. Most tax collectors kept some of the tax money for themselves. “Beside the sea” (Mark 2:13) suggests that the tax booth was by the Sea of Galilee and was used for taxing fishermen.2:15–16 To recline at table indicates personal friendship. When dining formally in a home, guests reclined on a couch that stretched around three sides of a room. The guests’ heads were toward the tables and their feet
44m ver. 34; ch. 5:43; 7:36; 8:26; Matt. 9:30; 17:9; See Matt. 12:16 n Luke 17:14 44o Lev. 14:2-32 p ch. 6:11; Luke 9:5; James 5:3 45q ch. 7:36; Matt. 9:31; [Luke 5:15, 16] r 2 Cor. 11:26 s ch. 2:2, 13; 3:7; [John 6:2] Chapter 2 1t [Matt. 9:1] 3u For ver. 3-12, see Matt. 9:2-8; Luke 5:18-26 4v [Luke 5:19] 5w ch. 10:52; Matt. 8:10, 13; 9:22, 29; 15:28; Luke 7:9, 50; 17:19; 18:42; Acts 3:16; 14:9; James 5:15 x Luke 7:48; [John 5:14] 7y ch. 14:64; John 10:36 z Ps. 32:5; Isa. 43:25 8a See John 2:25 10b [ver. 28] 12c See Luke 7:16 13d See ch. 1:45 14e For ver. 14-22, see Matt. 9:9-17; Luke 5:27-38 f [Matt. 9:9] 15g Matt. 11:19; Luke 15:2 16h Acts 4:5; 23:9 g [See ver. 15 above] 17i [Luke 15:7; John 9:39] j 1 Tim. 1:15
1 Some manuscripts and 2 Some manuscripts add and drink
sent him away at once, 44 and said to him, m “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, n show yourself to the priest and o offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, p for a proof to them.” 45 q But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter r a town, but was out in r desolate places, and s people were coming to him from every quarter.
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
2 And when he returned to t Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.
2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3 uAnd they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, v they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5 And when Jesus w saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, x your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this man speak like that? y He is blaspheming! z Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 And immediately Jesus, a perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you ques-
tion these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that b the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” 12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and c glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Jesus Calls Levi13 He went out again beside the sea, and d all the
crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14 eAnd as he passed by, he saw f Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many g tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 And h the scribes of1 the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collec-tors, said to his disciples, g “Why does he eat2 with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. i I came not to call the righteous, j but sinners.”
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Reclining at the table. During formal dinners in NT times, guests reclined on a couch that stretched around three sides of a room (2:15). The host took the central place surrounded by a U-shaped series of tables. The most honored guests reclined on either side of the host, with the guests’ heads toward the tables and their feet toward the wall.
1:20 they left their father . . . with the hired servants. Several of Jesus’ first disciples were not poor but were self-employed fishermen. As seen here, James and John were part of a family business. Levi (2:14) was a fairly well-to-do tax collector.1:22 The main purpose of Jesus’ earthly ministry was teaching rather than performing miracles or casting out demons, although these actions showed that God was with him. The scribes mentioned here may have been a local group of men who taught in the synagogues, rather than the scribes who “came down from Jerusalem” (3:22). Jesus taught with his own divine authority, not simply repeating the traditions of others.1:23–25 By naming Jesus as the Holy One of God, the demon may have been trying to exercise power over Jesus.1:26–28 they were all amazed. Casting out this demon confirms Jesus’ authority to teach. See note on Matt. 12:27.1:32–34 Sundown marks the end of the Sabbath (roughly 6:00 p.m. Saturday). People are now permitted to come to Jesus with their needs.1:40 A leper is ceremonially unclean (Lev. 13:45–46). As an outcast, he is financially and socially isolated, and is dependent on charity.1:41–42 touched him. Instead of the leper making Jesus unclean, Jesus’ touch actually makes the leper clean.1:44 say nothing. This is Mark’s first report of Jesus telling a healed person not to tell anyone of his being healed (see note on Matt. 8:4).
1:16–8:26 Demonstration of Jesus’ Authority. The first half of Mark’s Gospel shows that Jesus has authority over sickness, over the laws of nature, and over the demonic world. It also highlights Jesus’ unique and authoritative teaching, and his sending out of his disciples.
1:16–3:12 Jesus’ Early Galilean Ministry. The call of the disciples is intertwined with descriptions of Jesus’ authority over demons and sickness, as well as with authoritative teaching.
15e Dan. 9:25; Gal. 4:4; Eph. 1:10; [Luke 21:8; John 7:8] f See Matt. 3:2 g Acts 19:4; 20:21; Heb. 6:1 16h For ver. 16-20, see Matt. 4:18-22; [Luke 5:2-11; John 1:40-42] 17i Matt. 13:47 21j Matt. 4:13; For ver. 21-28, see Luke 4:31-37 k See ch. 6:2 l ver. 39; See Matt. 4:23 22m See Matt. 7:28, 29 24n See Matt. 8:29 o [ver. 34; Acts 19:15; James 2:19] p John 6:69; Acts 3:14; Rev. 3:7; [Luke 1:35; Heb. 7:26; 1 John 2:20] 25q See Matt. 12:16 26r ch. 9:26 s ch. 5:7; Acts 8:7 27t [Matt. 8:27] u Acts 17:19 29v For ver. 29-34, see Matt. 8:14-16; Luke 4:38-41 w ver. 21, 23 30x 1 Cor. 9:5 31y ch. 9:27; Acts 3:7; 9:41 32z See Matt. 4:24 34a See Matt. 4:23 b ch. 3:11, 12; [Acts 16:17, 18] 35c For ver. 35-38, see Luke 4:42, 43 d Luke 5:16; See Matt. 14:23 37e [John 12:19] 38f Isa. 61:1 39g [Luke 4:44] h ver. 21 40i For ver. 40-44, see Matt. 8:2-4; Luke 5:12-14 j ch. 10:17; Matt. 17:14; 27:29 k [ch. 9:22, 23; Matt. 9:28] 43l Matt. 9:30
1 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women 2 Some manuscripts they 3 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13 4 Greek he; also verse 45
e “The time is fulfilled, and f the kingdom of God is at hand; g repent and believe in the gospel.”
Jesus Calls the First Disciples16 h Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw
Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become i fishers of men.”1 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit21 jAnd they went into Capernaum, and immedi-
ately k on the Sabbath l he entered the synagogue and was teaching. 22 And m they were astonished at his teaching, m for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 n “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? o I know who you are—p the Holy One of God.” 25 But Jesus q rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” 26 And the unclean spirit, r convulsing him and s crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all t amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? uA new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” 28 And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the sur-rounding region of Galilee.
Jesus Heals Many29 vAnd immediately he2 w left the synagogue and
entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now x Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 31 And he came and y took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.
32 That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or z oppressed by demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door. 34 aAnd he healed many who were sick with vari-ous diseases, and cast out many demons. And b he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
Jesus Preaches in Galilee35 cAnd rising very early in the morning, while it
was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and d there he prayed. 36 And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, 37 and they found him and said to him, e “Everyone is looking for you.” 38 And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for f that is why I came out.” 39 gAnd h he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
Jesus Cleanses a Leper40 iAnd a leper3 came to him, imploring him, and
j kneeling said to him, k “If you will, you can make me clean.” 41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” 42 And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. 43 And l Jesus4 sternly charged him and
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Jesus’ Ministry in GalileeJesus spent most of his life and ministry in the region of Galilee, a mountainous area in northern Palestine. Jesus grew up in the hill town of Nazareth, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of the Gentile administrative center of Sepphoris. Soon after he began his public ministry, Jesus relocated to Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. By Jesus’ time, a thriving fishing industry had developed around the Sea of Galilee, and several of Jesus’ disciples were fishermen.
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Show yourself to the priest is commanded so that the healed person will be declared ceremonially clean (Lev. 14:2–31).1:45 The people often miss the true purpose of Jesus’ ministry by focusing too much on his miracles.2:1 Jesus returns to Capernaum (c. 20 miles [32 km] northeast of Nazareth), which serves as the base for his Galilean ministry.2:2 no more room. The house probably held no more than 50 people.2:4 The flat roof consisted of branches or sticks combined with clay. It could be accessed from the outside (see note on Luke 5:19).2:5–7 Their faith probably refers to the faith of the friends who brought the paralytic to Jesus, but it may include the faith of the paralytic as well (see note on James 5:15). your sins are forgiven. Jesus claims to be able to forgive sins, as God alone can. Therefore his opponents think that he is guilty of blasphemy, which is punishable by death (Lev. 24:10–23; Num. 15:30–31; Mark 14:62–64).2:8 perceiving . . . that they thus questioned within themselves. See note on Matt. 24:36.2:9–11 Which is easier? The fact that Jesus can do the visible miracle (heal the paralytic) is evidence that he can also do the more difficult invis-ible miracle (forgive sins).2:10 The healing of the paralytic verifies that Jesus also has divine author-ity . . . to forgive sins. Son of Man is the way Jesus most frequently refers to himself in Mark’s Gospel. The term refers to both his human and his divine natures. See 8:38; 13:26; compare Dan. 7:13–14.2:14 Jesus continues to focus on “teaching” (v. 13; see note on 1:14–15). Levi (also called “Matthew”; 3:18; Matt. 9:9) collected taxes and thus was despised for collaborating with the Roman Empire. Most tax collectors kept some of the tax money for themselves. “Beside the sea” (Mark 2:13) suggests that the tax booth was by the Sea of Galilee and was used for taxing fishermen.2:15–16 To recline at table indicates personal friendship. When dining formally in a home, guests reclined on a couch that stretched around three sides of a room. The guests’ heads were toward the tables and their feet
44m ver. 34; ch. 5:43; 7:36; 8:26; Matt. 9:30; 17:9; See Matt. 12:16 n Luke 17:14 44o Lev. 14:2-32 p ch. 6:11; Luke 9:5; James 5:3 45q ch. 7:36; Matt. 9:31; [Luke 5:15, 16] r 2 Cor. 11:26 s ch. 2:2, 13; 3:7; [John 6:2] Chapter 2 1t [Matt. 9:1] 3u For ver. 3-12, see Matt. 9:2-8; Luke 5:18-26 4v [Luke 5:19] 5w ch. 10:52; Matt. 8:10, 13; 9:22, 29; 15:28; Luke 7:9, 50; 17:19; 18:42; Acts 3:16; 14:9; James 5:15 x Luke 7:48; [John 5:14] 7y ch. 14:64; John 10:36 z Ps. 32:5; Isa. 43:25 8a See John 2:25 10b [ver. 28] 12c See Luke 7:16 13d See ch. 1:45 14e For ver. 14-22, see Matt. 9:9-17; Luke 5:27-38 f [Matt. 9:9] 15g Matt. 11:19; Luke 15:2 16h Acts 4:5; 23:9 g [See ver. 15 above] 17i [Luke 15:7; John 9:39] j 1 Tim. 1:15
1 Some manuscripts and 2 Some manuscripts add and drink
sent him away at once, 44 and said to him, m “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, n show yourself to the priest and o offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, p for a proof to them.” 45 q But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter r a town, but was out in r desolate places, and s people were coming to him from every quarter.
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
2 And when he returned to t Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.
2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3 uAnd they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, v they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5 And when Jesus w saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, x your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this man speak like that? y He is blaspheming! z Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 And immediately Jesus, a perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you ques-
tion these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that b the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” 12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and c glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Jesus Calls Levi13 He went out again beside the sea, and d all the
crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14 eAnd as he passed by, he saw f Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many g tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 And h the scribes of1 the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collec-tors, said to his disciples, g “Why does he eat2 with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. i I came not to call the righteous, j but sinners.”
Fac t
Reclining at the table. During formal dinners in NT times, guests reclined on a couch that stretched around three sides of a room (2:15). The host took the central place surrounded by a U-shaped series of tables. The most honored guests reclined on either side of the host, with the guests’ heads toward the tables and their feet toward the wall.
1:20 they left their father . . . with the hired servants. Several of Jesus’ first disciples were not poor but were self-employed fishermen. As seen here, James and John were part of a family business. Levi (2:14) was a fairly well-to-do tax collector.1:22 The main purpose of Jesus’ earthly ministry was teaching rather than performing miracles or casting out demons, although these actions showed that God was with him. The scribes mentioned here may have been a local group of men who taught in the synagogues, rather than the scribes who “came down from Jerusalem” (3:22). Jesus taught with his own divine authority, not simply repeating the traditions of others.1:23–25 By naming Jesus as the Holy One of God, the demon may have been trying to exercise power over Jesus.1:26–28 they were all amazed. Casting out this demon confirms Jesus’ authority to teach. See note on Matt. 12:27.1:32–34 Sundown marks the end of the Sabbath (roughly 6:00 p.m. Saturday). People are now permitted to come to Jesus with their needs.1:40 A leper is ceremonially unclean (Lev. 13:45–46). As an outcast, he is financially and socially isolated, and is dependent on charity.1:41–42 touched him. Instead of the leper making Jesus unclean, Jesus’ touch actually makes the leper clean.1:44 say nothing. This is Mark’s first report of Jesus telling a healed person not to tell anyone of his being healed (see note on Matt. 8:4).
1:16–8:26 Demonstration of Jesus’ Authority. The first half of Mark’s Gospel shows that Jesus has authority over sickness, over the laws of nature, and over the demonic world. It also highlights Jesus’ unique and authoritative teaching, and his sending out of his disciples.
1:16–3:12 Jesus’ Early Galilean Ministry. The call of the disciples is intertwined with descriptions of Jesus’ authority over demons and sickness, as well as with authoritative teaching.
15e Dan. 9:25; Gal. 4:4; Eph. 1:10; [Luke 21:8; John 7:8] f See Matt. 3:2 g Acts 19:4; 20:21; Heb. 6:1 16h For ver. 16-20, see Matt. 4:18-22; [Luke 5:2-11; John 1:40-42] 17i Matt. 13:47 21j Matt. 4:13; For ver. 21-28, see Luke 4:31-37 k See ch. 6:2 l ver. 39; See Matt. 4:23 22m See Matt. 7:28, 29 24n See Matt. 8:29 o [ver. 34; Acts 19:15; James 2:19] p John 6:69; Acts 3:14; Rev. 3:7; [Luke 1:35; Heb. 7:26; 1 John 2:20] 25q See Matt. 12:16 26r ch. 9:26 s ch. 5:7; Acts 8:7 27t [Matt. 8:27] u Acts 17:19 29v For ver. 29-34, see Matt. 8:14-16; Luke 4:38-41 w ver. 21, 23 30x 1 Cor. 9:5 31y ch. 9:27; Acts 3:7; 9:41 32z See Matt. 4:24 34a See Matt. 4:23 b ch. 3:11, 12; [Acts 16:17, 18] 35c For ver. 35-38, see Luke 4:42, 43 d Luke 5:16; See Matt. 14:23 37e [John 12:19] 38f Isa. 61:1 39g [Luke 4:44] h ver. 21 40i For ver. 40-44, see Matt. 8:2-4; Luke 5:12-14 j ch. 10:17; Matt. 17:14; 27:29 k [ch. 9:22, 23; Matt. 9:28] 43l Matt. 9:30
1 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women 2 Some manuscripts they 3 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13 4 Greek he; also verse 45
e “The time is fulfilled, and f the kingdom of God is at hand; g repent and believe in the gospel.”
Jesus Calls the First Disciples16 h Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw
Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become i fishers of men.”1 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit21 jAnd they went into Capernaum, and immedi-
ately k on the Sabbath l he entered the synagogue and was teaching. 22 And m they were astonished at his teaching, m for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 n “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? o I know who you are—p the Holy One of God.” 25 But Jesus q rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” 26 And the unclean spirit, r convulsing him and s crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all t amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? uA new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” 28 And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the sur-rounding region of Galilee.
Jesus Heals Many29 vAnd immediately he2 w left the synagogue and
entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now x Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 31 And he came and y took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.
32 That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or z oppressed by demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door. 34 aAnd he healed many who were sick with vari-ous diseases, and cast out many demons. And b he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
Jesus Preaches in Galilee35 cAnd rising very early in the morning, while it
was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and d there he prayed. 36 And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, 37 and they found him and said to him, e “Everyone is looking for you.” 38 And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for f that is why I came out.” 39 gAnd h he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
Jesus Cleanses a Leper40 iAnd a leper3 came to him, imploring him, and
j kneeling said to him, k “If you will, you can make me clean.” 41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” 42 And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. 43 And l Jesus4 sternly charged him and
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Jesus’ Ministry in GalileeJesus spent most of his life and ministry in the region of Galilee, a mountainous area in northern Palestine. Jesus grew up in the hill town of Nazareth, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of the Gentile administrative center of Sepphoris. Soon after he began his public ministry, Jesus relocated to Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. By Jesus’ time, a thriving fishing industry had developed around the Sea of Galilee, and several of Jesus’ disciples were fishermen.
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The Creation of the World
1 In the a beginning, God created the heav-ens and the earth. 2 The earth was b without
form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hover-ing over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, c “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, d “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sepa-
rate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f 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, g “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, h “Let the earth sprout 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
1:1–2:3 This description of God creating heaven and earth is understood to be: 1) recent, i.e., thousands not millions of years ago; 2) ex nihilo, i.e., out of nothing; and 3) special, i.e., in six consecutive 24-hour periods called “days” and further distinguished as such by this phrase, “there was evening and there was morning.” Scripture does not support a creation date earlier than about 10,000 years ago. In the beginning. While God exists eternally (Ps. 90:2), this marked the beginning of the universe in time and space. In explaining Israel’s identity and purpose to her on the plains of Moab, God wanted his people to know about the origin of the world in which they found themselves. God. Elohim is a general term for deity and a name for the True God, though used also at times for pagan gods (Gen. 31:30), angels (Ps. 8:5), men (Ps. 82:6), and judges (Ex. 21:6). Moses made no attempt to defend the existence of God, which is assumed, or explain what he was like in person and works, which is treated elsewhere (cf. Isa. 43:10, 13). Both are to be believed by faith (cf. Heb. 11:3, 6). created. This word is used here of God’s creative activity alone, although it occasionally is used elsewhere of matter that already existed (Isa. 65:18). Context demands in no uncertain terms that this was a creation without preexisting material (as does other Scripture: cf. Isa. 40:28; 45:8, 12, 18; 48:13; Jer. 10:16; Acts 17:24). the heavens and the earth. All of God’s creation is incorporated into this summary statement that includes all six, consecutive days of creation.
1:2 without form and void. This means “not finished in its shape and as yet uninhabited by creatures” (cf. Isa. 45:18, 19; Jer. 4:23). God would quickly (in six days) decorate his initial creation (Gen. 1:2–2:3). deep. Sometimes referred to as primordial waters, this is the term used to describe the earth’s water-covered surface before the dry land emerged (1:9–10). Jonah used this word to describe the watery abyss in which he found himself submerged (Jonah 2:5). Spirit of God. Not only did God the Holy Spirit participate in creation, but so did God the Son (cf. John 1:1–3; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2).
1:3 God said. God effortlessly spoke light into existence (cf. Ps. 33:6; 148:5). This dispelled the darkness of Gen. 1:2. light. The greater and lesser lights (the sun and moon) were created later (1:14–19) on the fourth day. Here, God was the provider of light (2 Cor. 4:6) and will in eternity future be the source of light (cf. Rev. 21:23).
1:4 good. Good for the purposes it was intended to serve (cf. v. 31).
1:4–5 separated . . . called. After the initial creation, God continued to complete his universe. Once God separated certain things, he then named them. Separating and naming were acts of dominion and served as a pattern for man, who would also name a portion of God’s creation over which God gave him dominion (2:19–20).
1:5 first day. God established the pattern of creation in seven days, which constituted a complete week. “Day” can refer to: 1) the light portion of a 24-hour period (1:5, 14); 2) an extended period of time (2:4); or 3) the 24-hour period which basically refers to a full rotation of the earth on its axis, called evening and morning. This cannot mean an age, but only a day, reckoned by the Jews from sunset to sunset (1:8, 13, 19, 23, 31). “Day” with numerical adjectives in Hebrew always refers to a 24-hour period. Comparing the order of the week in Ex. 20:8–11 with the creation week confirms this understanding of the time element. Such a cycle of light and dark means that the earth was rotating on its axis, so that there was a source of light on one side of the earth, though the sun was not yet created (Gen. 1:16).
1:6 expanse. The portion of God’s creation named “heavens,” that which man saw when he looked up, i.e., the atmospheric and stellar heaven.
1:7 under the expanse. Refers to subterranean reservoirs (cf. 7:11). above the expanse. This could possibly have been a canopy of water vapor that acted to make the earth like a hothouse, provided uniform temperature, inhibited mass air movements, caused mist to fall, and filtered out ultraviolet rays, thus extending life.
1:9–10 dry land. This was caused by a tremendous, cataclysmic upheaval of the earth’s surface, and the rising and sinking of the land, which caused the waters to plunge into the low places, forming the seas, the continents and islands, the rivers and lakes (cf. Job 38:4–11; Ps. 104:6–9).
1:11–12 according to its kind. God set in motion a providential process whereby the vegetable kingdom could reproduce through seeds which would maintain each one’s unique characteristics. The same phrase is used to describe the perpetuating reproduction of animals within their created species (vv. 21, 24, 25), and indicates that evolution, which proposes reproduction across species lines, is a false explanation of origins.
1:11 yielding seed. The principle of reproduction that marks all life (cf. vv. 22, 24, 28).
Chapter 11a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5;
Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11
2b Jer. 4:233c 2 Cor. 4:66d Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer.
10:12; 51:15
7e Prov. 8:27-29 f Ps. 148:49g Job 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7;
136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:511h Ps. 104:14
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The Creation of the World
1 In the a beginning, God created the heav-ens and the earth. 2 The earth was b without
form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hover-ing over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, c “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, d “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sepa-
rate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made2 the expanse and e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f 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, g “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, h “Let the earth sprout 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
1:1–2:3 This description of God creating heaven and earth is understood to be: 1) recent, i.e., thousands not millions of years ago; 2) ex nihilo, i.e., out of nothing; and 3) special, i.e., in six consecutive 24-hour periods called “days” and further distinguished as such by this phrase, “there was evening and there was morning.” Scripture does not support a creation date earlier than about 10,000 years ago. In the beginning. While God exists eternally (Ps. 90:2), this marked the beginning of the universe in time and space. In explaining Israel’s identity and purpose to her on the plains of Moab, God wanted his people to know about the origin of the world in which they found themselves. God. Elohim is a general term for deity and a name for the True God, though used also at times for pagan gods (Gen. 31:30), angels (Ps. 8:5), men (Ps. 82:6), and judges (Ex. 21:6). Moses made no attempt to defend the existence of God, which is assumed, or explain what he was like in person and works, which is treated elsewhere (cf. Isa. 43:10, 13). Both are to be believed by faith (cf. Heb. 11:3, 6). created. This word is used here of God’s creative activity alone, although it occasionally is used elsewhere of matter that already existed (Isa. 65:18). Context demands in no uncertain terms that this was a creation without preexisting material (as does other Scripture: cf. Isa. 40:28; 45:8, 12, 18; 48:13; Jer. 10:16; Acts 17:24). the heavens and the earth. All of God’s creation is incorporated into this summary statement that includes all six, consecutive days of creation.
1:2 without form and void. This means “not finished in its shape and as yet uninhabited by creatures” (cf. Isa. 45:18, 19; Jer. 4:23). God would quickly (in six days) decorate his initial creation (Gen. 1:2–2:3). deep. Sometimes referred to as primordial waters, this is the term used to describe the earth’s water-covered surface before the dry land emerged (1:9–10). Jonah used this word to describe the watery abyss in which he found himself submerged (Jonah 2:5). Spirit of God. Not only did God the Holy Spirit participate in creation, but so did God the Son (cf. John 1:1–3; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2).
1:3 God said. God effortlessly spoke light into existence (cf. Ps. 33:6; 148:5). This dispelled the darkness of Gen. 1:2. light. The greater and lesser lights (the sun and moon) were created later (1:14–19) on the fourth day. Here, God was the provider of light (2 Cor. 4:6) and will in eternity future be the source of light (cf. Rev. 21:23).
1:4 good. Good for the purposes it was intended to serve (cf. v. 31).
1:4–5 separated . . . called. After the initial creation, God continued to complete his universe. Once God separated certain things, he then named them. Separating and naming were acts of dominion and served as a pattern for man, who would also name a portion of God’s creation over which God gave him dominion (2:19–20).
1:5 first day. God established the pattern of creation in seven days, which constituted a complete week. “Day” can refer to: 1) the light portion of a 24-hour period (1:5, 14); 2) an extended period of time (2:4); or 3) the 24-hour period which basically refers to a full rotation of the earth on its axis, called evening and morning. This cannot mean an age, but only a day, reckoned by the Jews from sunset to sunset (1:8, 13, 19, 23, 31). “Day” with numerical adjectives in Hebrew always refers to a 24-hour period. Comparing the order of the week in Ex. 20:8–11 with the creation week confirms this understanding of the time element. Such a cycle of light and dark means that the earth was rotating on its axis, so that there was a source of light on one side of the earth, though the sun was not yet created (Gen. 1:16).
1:6 expanse. The portion of God’s creation named “heavens,” that which man saw when he looked up, i.e., the atmospheric and stellar heaven.
1:7 under the expanse. Refers to subterranean reservoirs (cf. 7:11). above the expanse. This could possibly have been a canopy of water vapor that acted to make the earth like a hothouse, provided uniform temperature, inhibited mass air movements, caused mist to fall, and filtered out ultraviolet rays, thus extending life.
1:9–10 dry land. This was caused by a tremendous, cataclysmic upheaval of the earth’s surface, and the rising and sinking of the land, which caused the waters to plunge into the low places, forming the seas, the continents and islands, the rivers and lakes (cf. Job 38:4–11; Ps. 104:6–9).
1:11–12 according to its kind. God set in motion a providential process whereby the vegetable kingdom could reproduce through seeds which would maintain each one’s unique characteristics. The same phrase is used to describe the perpetuating reproduction of animals within their created species (vv. 21, 24, 25), and indicates that evolution, which proposes reproduction across species lines, is a false explanation of origins.
1:11 yielding seed. The principle of reproduction that marks all life (cf. vv. 22, 24, 28).
Chapter 11a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5;
Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11
2b Jer. 4:233c 2 Cor. 4:66d Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer.
10:12; 51:15
7e Prov. 8:27-29 f Ps. 148:49g Job 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7;
136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:511h Ps. 104:14
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DID YOU KNOW?In the beginning. The book of Genesis gets its name from the Latin phrase en te genesei, or “In the beginning,” which are the opening words of the Bible.
CROSS REFERENCES:CHAPTER 1 1a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11 2b Jer. 4:23 3c 2 Cor. 4:6 6d Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15 7e Prov. 8:27-29 f Ps. 148:4 9g Job 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7; 136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5
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
1:1–11:26 Primeval History. Genesis 1–11 surveys the history of the world before Abraham, while chs. 12–50 focus on one main family. There are no real parallels to chs. 12–50 in the literature of other ancient civilizations. However, other ancient stories do exist about both creation and the flood. These stories stand in sharp contrast to the biblical account. Generally they depict cre-ation as a great struggle, often involving conflict between the gods. For example, they claim that the flood was sent because the gods could not stand the noise made by human beings but were unable to control it in any other way. Genesis disproves such stories by its teachings. There is only one God, whose word is almighty. He spoke the world into being. The sun and moon are not gods in their own right but are created by the one God. It is human sin that prompts the flood. These principles in Genesis 1–11 run through the rest of Scripture.
1:1–2:3 God’s Creation and Ordering of Heaven and Earth. The book of Genesis opens with a majestic description of how God cre-ated the heavens and earth and then put everything in order so that it might become his dwelling place. God assigns humanity to govern the other creatures on his behalf, so that the whole earth should become the temple of God, the place of his presence, displaying his glory.
1:1 In the beginning. The opening verse of the Genesis creation account can be taken as either (1) a summary of the entire pro-cess of creation or (2) a description of the first event in creation. This event would have occurred sometime before the first day (vv. 3–5), and would have included the creation of matter, space, and time. This second view emphasizes the fact that God created the universe from nothing (compare Heb. 11:3). God created. The Hebrew word for God, ’Elohim, is plural, possibly to express God’s majesty, but the verb “created” is singular, indicating that God is one being. In contrast to other ancient Near Eastern accounts of creation, Genesis always emphasizes that there is only one God. Whenever the Hebrew verb for “create” occurs in the OT, God is the subject. Heavens and the earth here means “everything.” Thus, “in the beginning” refers to the beginning of everything. The text indicates that God created everything in the universe, which means that he created it out of nothing.
1:2 Before the first actual day of creation (vv. 3–5), the earth was without form and void (compare Jer. 4:23), implying that it lacked order and content. The reference to darkness . . . over the face of the deep points to the absence of light. The Spirit of God was hovering
suggests that something was about to happen. There is no reason to think that a long time elapsed between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2.1:3–5 And God said. God’s absolute power is seen in that he merely speaks and things are created. Each new section of ch. 1 is intro-duced by God’s speaking. Everything that God speaks into being is good (vv. 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31). These verses show how God has arranged time in a weekly cycle (Day . . . Night). God is pictured as working for six days and resting on the seventh, which is a model for human activity. Day 4 will develop this idea further: the lights are placed in the heavens for signs and seasons, for marking days and years and the times of the festivals, such as Passover. This sense of time having a structure is further emphasized as each stage of God’s creative work is separated into specific days. there was evening and there was morning, the first day. After each workday there is an evening and then a morning, implying that there is a nighttime (the worker’s daily time of rest) in between. Similar phrases divide ch. 1 into six distinctive workdays, with 2:1–3 being a seventh day, God’s Sabbath. On the first three days God creates the environment that the creatures of days 4–6 will inhabit. For example, the sea and sky (day 2) are occupied by the fish and birds (day 5). These days can be understood as days in the life of God, but how his days relate to human days is more difficult to determine (see 2 Pet. 3:8).1:6–8 As light was separated from darkness, so the waters are sepa-rated to form an expanse, which God calls Heaven. It is difficult to find a single English word that accurately translates the precise mean-ing of this Hebrew term (see esv footnote). In this context, it refers to what humans see above them, that is, the region that contains both heavenly lights (vv. 14–17) and birds (v. 20).1:9–13 God organizes two further regions: the dry land, forming Earth; and the waters, forming Seas (vv. 9–10). God then instructs
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The Creation of the World
1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was b without form and
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3 And God said, c “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, d “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 e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was eve-ning and there was morning, the second day.
9 And God said, g “Let the waters under the
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between good and evil begins in Genesis. A major strand in the master story of the
Bible is the unfolding of God’s covenant with the human race, and this covenant history
starts with the book of Genesis. From the beginning, God’s purpose for Abraham and
his offspring is to bless all the nations. Genesis 3:15 is the first announcement of the
master story of the Bible that finds its fulfillment in Christ.
The creation of the world [ chapter 1 ]. Genesis 1 is a story of origins that narrates how the universe in which we live came into being. God is the only character in the story, which is structured as a catalog of his creative acts. The account is highly artistic in its patterning, with a general set of ingredients appearing in all six days of creation: (1) the announcement “and God said”; (2) a divine command using the formula “let there be” or some other form of “let”; (3) the report “and it was so”; (4) evaluation by means of the formula “God saw that it was good”; (5) placement in time, using the formula “there was evening and there was morning, the _____ day.” Further patterning exists in the orderly arrangement of God’s filling in the canvas as divine artist: first he creates three places or settings (light; sky and sea; dry land and vegetation), and then he fills each setting with the appropriate creatures (light bearers; birds and sea creatures; land animals and people).
1 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.3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And 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.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sepa-rate the waters from the waters.” 7And 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. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9And 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.
11And 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. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule
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 6 Or appointed times
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 9 Or open country 10 Or earth; also verse 6
G e n e s i sThe Creation of the World
1 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 morn-ing, 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 dark-ness. 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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 sub-due 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.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 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 field9 was yet in the land10 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 9 Or open country 10 Or earth; also verse 6
G e n e s i sThe Creation of the World
1 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 morn-ing, 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 dark-ness. 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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 sub-due 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.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 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 field9 was yet in the land10 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—
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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 6 Or appointed times
Genesis
The Creation of the World
1 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to sepa-rate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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
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G e n e s i s 1:19 2 3 G e n e s i s 2:22
1 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 2 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
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 birds1 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 accord-ing 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 man2 in our image, after our likeness. 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 mul-tiply 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.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 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 1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man
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 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 mist3 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 eat4 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 for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of 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 Adam7 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
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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 6 Or appointed times 1 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 2 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
The Creation of the World
1 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 sepa-rated 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 birds1 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God cre-ated 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 fruit-ful 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
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1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man 1 Hebrew built 2 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 3 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 4 Or to give insight 5 Hebrew wind 6 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11
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 man2 in our image, after our likeness. 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 domin-ion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every liv-ing 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.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 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 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 mist3 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 1 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis 2 Or against 3 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living 4 Cain
sounds like the Hebrew for gotten 1 Hebrew 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 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed 2 Hebrew adam 3 Septuagint pleased God 4 Septuagint was not found
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 eat4 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 for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And what-ever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heav-ens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam7 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 made1 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.”2
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.
The Fall
3 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 actu-
ally say, ‘You3 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 ree 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,4 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 cool5 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?”6 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 a “ I will put enmity between you and
the woman,
G e n e s i s 3:15G e n e s i s 1:26 32
1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man 1 Hebrew built 2 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 3 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 4 Or to give insight 5 Hebrew wind 6 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11
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 man2 in our image, after our likeness. 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 domin-ion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every liv-ing 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.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 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 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 mist3 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 1 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis 2 Or against 3 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living 4 Cain
sounds like the Hebrew for gotten 1 Hebrew 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 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed 2 Hebrew adam 3 Septuagint pleased God 4 Septuagint was not found
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 eat4 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 for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And what-ever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heav-ens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam7 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 made1 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.”2
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.
The Fall
3 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 actu-
ally say, ‘You3 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 ree 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,4 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 cool5 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?”6 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 a “ I will put enmity between you and
the woman,
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20
G e n e s i s
1 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God cre-ated 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,
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he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
18 b “ A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”
19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” 21 And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
3 c In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this is he who was
spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
d “ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘ Prepare1 the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’ ”
4 Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his bap-tism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
13 e Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16 And when
wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 a “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men7 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where
is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose8 and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
6 b “ ‘ And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”
7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, a “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that
1 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness 2 Some manuscripts omit to him a Hos. 11:1 b Jer. 31:15 c For 3:1-12 see parallels Mark 1:2-8; Luke 3:1-17 d Isa. 40:3 e For 3:13-17 see parallels Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21, 22
1 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved a For 4:1-11 see parallels Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13 b Deut. 8:3 c Ps. 91:11, 12 d Deut. 6:16 e Deut. 6:13 f Isa. 9:1, 2 g For 4:18-22 see parallel Mark 1:16-20
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John the Baptist
Prepares the Way
The Return
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he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
18 b “ A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”
19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” 21 And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
3 c In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this is he who was
spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
d “ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘ Prepare1 the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’ ”
4 Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his bap-tism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
13 e Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16 And when
wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 a “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men7 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where
is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose8 and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
6 b “ ‘ And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”
7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, a “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that
1 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness 2 Some manuscripts omit to him a Hos. 11:1 b Jer. 31:15 c For 3:1-12 see parallels Mark 1:2-8; Luke 3:1-17 d Isa. 40:3 e For 3:13-17 see parallels Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21, 22
1 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved a For 4:1-11 see parallels Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13 b Deut. 8:3 c Ps. 91:11, 12 d Deut. 6:16 e Deut. 6:13 f Isa. 9:1, 2 g For 4:18-22 see parallel Mark 1:16-20
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
G e n e s i s
The Creation of the World
1 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
GENESISIntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created everything that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.
The Creation of the World
1 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.
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And 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.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7And 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. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9And 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.
11And 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 vegeta-tion, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each accord-ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17And 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. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 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. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living crea-tures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25And 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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 creep-ing 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.
28And 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.” 29And 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. 30And 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. 31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2And 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.
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20
G E N E S I S
Introduction
As its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created everything that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of human-ity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.
The Creation of the World
1 In the beginning, God created the heav-ens and the earth. 2 The earth was with-
out 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.
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And 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.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sepa-rate the waters from the waters.” 7And 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. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9And 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.
11And 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. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17And 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. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea crea-tures 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. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 9 Or open country 10 Or earth; also verse 6
G e n e s is
The Creation of the World
1 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 morn-ing, 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 dark-ness. 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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 sub-due 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.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 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 field9 was yet in the land10 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—
I ntrod u ct I on to e sTHeR
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Like many old testament books, Esther is an anonymous work. It is possible that the author was someone like Mordecai, who had access to historical documents (2:23; 6:1). the events of Esther took place after the Babylonian exile, when Persia had replaced Babylon as the ruling power in the near East, including Judea. the story is set in Susa, one of the Persian capitals, during the reign of King Ahasuerus, better known by his Greek name, Xerxes I (486–464 b.c.). While many Jews had returned home to Judea after the exile, many others chose to remain in Persia. As a minority group, they were viewed with suspicion and sometimes faced threats to their existence.
oveRview And PuRPose
the book of Esther tells how a Jewish girl became the queen of Persia and was therefore able to save her people from a plot to destroy them. She is assisted in this by Mordecai, her cousin and guardian. Esther was written to explain the origin of the Feast of Purim, which celebrated Esther’s deliverance of the Jews (9:28).
develoPinG THe sToRy
the story of Esther, a beautiful Jewish orphan girl, is a historical account of God using unlikely characters to accomplish tasks that would be impossible apart from his divine hand. throughout the Story we see the seemingly fragile future of God’s people but also his sovereign hand of protection over them.
though God is not mentioned at all in the book of Esther, the improbable timing and irony of events speak clearly of his control over Esther’s story, just as he is in control of all of our stories—even in his apparent silence. Esther and her cousin Mordecai become God’s instruments of grace for the unsuspecting Jewish people in Persia.
through a providential chain of events, Esther had become the queen of Persia, though her Jewish heritage remained unknown to the king (Est. 1:1–2:18). unfortunately a man named Haman, an enemy of the Jews, had become second in command to the king. Haman tricked the king into allowing an irreversible decree calling for the execution of all Jews (3:1–15). When all seemed lost, Mordecai and Esther devised a successful plan resulting in the execution of Haman and an ironic reversal of authority. Mordecai himself became the second in command of Persia, issuing a decree that would save God’s people from the original decree against them (chs. 4–10).
An amazing story of deliverance, the book of Esther advances the Story by pre-paring the way for the Rescue that would save God’s people once for all: the life, death, and resurrection of the Author of life (Acts 3:15). If Haman had succeeded, the entire Jewish people would have been destroyed, and the story of God’s saving work in and through Abraham’s descendants would have come to an end. there would have been no fulfillment in christ, and therefore no gospel and no christian church. Esther is therefore part of a much larger story that runs all the way from Abraham to christ and, through him, to the church today.
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 9 Or open country 10 Or earth; also verse 6
G e n e s is
The Creation of the World
1 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 morn-ing, 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 dark-ness. 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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 sub-due 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.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 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 field9 was yet in the land10 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—
Introduct Ion to esTHeR
AuTHoR And dATe
Like many old testament books, Esther is an anonymous work. It is possible that the author was someone like Mordecai, who had access to historical documents (2:23; 6:1). the events of Esther took place after the Babylonian exile, when Persia had replaced Babylon as the ruling power in the near East, including Judea. the story is set in Susa, one of the Persian capitals, during the reign of King Ahasuerus, better known by his Greek name, Xerxes I (486–464 b.c.). While many Jews had returned home to Judea after the exile, many others chose to remain in Persia. As a minority group, they were viewed with suspicion and sometimes faced threats to their existence.
oveRview And PuRPose
the book of Esther tells how a Jewish girl became the queen of Persia and was therefore able to save her people from a plot to destroy them. She is assisted in this by Mordecai, her cousin and guardian. Esther was written to explain the origin of the Feast of Purim, which celebrated Esther’s deliverance of the Jews (9:28).
develoPinG THe sToRy
the story of Esther, a beautiful Jewish orphan girl, is a historical account of God using unlikely characters to accomplish tasks that would be impossible apart from his divine hand. throughout the Story we see the seemingly fragile future of God’s people but also his sovereign hand of protection over them.
though God is not mentioned at all in the book of Esther, the improbable timing and irony of events speak clearly of his control over Esther’s story, just as he is in control of all of our stories—even in his apparent silence. Esther and her cousin Mordecai become God’s instruments of grace for the unsuspecting Jewish people in Persia.
through a providential chain of events, Esther had become the queen of Persia, though her Jewish heritage remained unknown to the king (Est. 1:1–2:18). unfortunately a man named Haman, an enemy of the Jews, had become second in command to the king. Haman tricked the king into allowing an irreversible decree calling for the execution of all Jews (3:1–15). When all seemed lost, Mordecai and Esther devised a successful plan resulting in the execution of Haman and an ironic reversal of authority. Mordecai himself became the second in command of Persia, issuing a decree that would save God’s people from the original decree against them (chs. 4–10).
An amazing story of deliverance, the book of Esther advances the Story by pre-paring the way for the Rescue that would save God’s people once for all: the life, death, and resurrection of the Author of life (Acts 3:15). If Haman had succeeded, the entire Jewish people would have been destroyed, and the story of God’s saving work in and through Abraham’s descendants would have come to an end. there would have been no fulfillment in christ, and therefore no gospel and no christian church. Esther is therefore part of a much larger story that runs all the way from Abraham to christ and, through him, to the church today.
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How did it all begin?
GodThe story begins with God, who has always been. He has always existed, and He has always existed exactly as He is now. If it seems confusing, it’s because He’s beyond what anyone can fully comprehend.
CreationIn the beginning, God spoke and everything came into existence. By His command, the entire universe was created and filled with a dramatic display of galaxies, stars, and planets—including Earth, on which was a perfect garden of paradise called Eden. Of all the beauty He created, the masterpiece was a man and a woman. God made Adam and Eve in His image to reflect Him. They were created with the grand purpose of worshipping Him by loving Him, serving Him, and enjoying relationship with Him.
HarmonyBy God’s design, all of creation was in harmony and was exactly the way it was supposed to be. During this time there was no pain, suffering, sickness or death. There was complete love, acceptance, and intimacy between God and man, between Adam and Eve, and throughout creation. But something tragic happened...
”In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”Genesis 1:1
”Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”
Psalm 90:2
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 9 Or open country 10 Or earth; also verse 6
G e n e s i sThe Creation of the World
1 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 morn-ing, 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 dark-ness. 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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 sub-due 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.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 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 field9 was yet in the land10 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—
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GE N E S I SIntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created every-thing that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.
The Creation of the World
1 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.
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And 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.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sep-arate the waters from the waters.” 7And 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. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9And 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.
11And 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. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to
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 6 Or appointed times
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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 6 Or appointed times
The Creation of the World
1 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 vege-tation, plants yielding seed accord-ing 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 morn-ing, the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be
lights in the expanse of the heav-ens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 crea-
G e n e s i s
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GE N E SIS
The Creation of the World
1 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.
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And 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.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7And 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. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was eve-ning and there was morning, the second day.
9And 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.
11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegeta-tion, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bear-ing 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 accord-ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morn-ing, the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for sea-sons,6 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. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the
day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17And 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. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heav-ens.” 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. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth liv-ing creatures according to their kinds—live-stock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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.
28And 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
IntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created everything that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.
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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
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GE N E SIS
The Creation of the World
1 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.
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And 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.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7And 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. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was eve-ning and there was morning, the second day.
9And 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.
11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegeta-tion, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bear-ing 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 accord-ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morn-ing, the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for sea-sons,6 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. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the
day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17And 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. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heav-ens.” 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. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth liv-ing creatures according to their kinds—live-stock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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.
28And 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
IntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created everything that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.
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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19-20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 9 Or open country 10 Or earth; also verse 6 11 Or spring
The Creation of the World
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and dark-
ness 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 yield-ing 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 sepa-rate 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 birds7 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 mul-tiply 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 crea-tures 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the live-stock 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 every-thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 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 field9 was yet in the land10 and no small plant of 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 mist11 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
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11 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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
G e n e s i s
The Creation of the World
1 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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.”
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
G e n e s i s
The Creation of the World
1 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
G e n e s i s
The Creation of the World
1 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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
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Ge n e s i sIntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created every-thing that exists. it shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through noah, Abraham, isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the exodus from egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.
The Creation of the World
1 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.
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And 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.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sepa-rate the waters from the waters.” 7And 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. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9And 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.
11And 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. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to
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 6 Or appointed times
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19-20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
G E N E S I S
The Creation of the World
1 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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
Ge n e s i sIntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created every-thing that exists. it shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through noah, Abraham, isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the exodus from egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.
The Creation of the World
1 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.
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And 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.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it sepa-rate the waters from the waters.” 7And 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. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9And 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.
11And 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. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to
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 6 Or appointed times
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Chapter 11a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11
2b Jer. 4:233c 2 Cor. 4:66d Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15
7e Prov. 8:27-29 f Ps. 148:4
9g Job 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7; 136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5
11h Ps. 104:1414i Jer. 10:2; Ezek. 32:7, 8; Joel 2:30, 31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Luke 21:25 j Ps. 104:19
16k Deut. 4:19; Ps. 136:7-9
18l Jer. 31:3521m Ps. 104:25, 26
22n ch. 8:17; 9:1
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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20
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1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was b 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, c “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, d “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 e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f 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, g “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, h “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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for i signs and for j seasons,6 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 k 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 l 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 birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So m God cre-ated 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, n “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
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1 Or when you eat 2 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 3 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 4 Or the man 5 Hebrew built 6 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 7 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 8 Or to give insight 9 Hebrew wind 10 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11
1 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 2 Or open country 3 Or earth; also verse 6 4 Or spring
17l ch. 3:1-3, 11, 17 m Rom. 6:23; James 1:15
18n 1 Cor. 11:9; 1 Tim. 2:13
19o ch. 1:20, 24 p Ps. 8:6
21q ch. 15:12; 1 Sam. 26:12
23r ch. 29:14; Judg. 9:2; 2 Sam. 5:1; 19:13; [Eph. 5:28-30] s 1 Cor. 11:8
24t Cited Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31; [Ps. 45:10; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11]
Chapter 31u Matt. 10:16; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9; 20:2
3v ch. 2:174w ver. 13; John 8:44; [2 Cor. 11:3]
6x 1 Tim. 2:14 y ver. 12, 17; Hos. 6:7
7z ver. 5 a ch. 2:258b [Ps. 139:1-12; Jer. 23:23, 24]
10c ver. 7; ch. 2:2512d ch. 2:18; Job 31:33
13e ver. 4; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14
26o ch. 3:22; 11:7; Isa. 6:8 p ch. 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:7; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10; James 3:9 q ch. 9:2; Ps. 8:6-8; James 3:7
27r ch. 2:18, 21-23; 5:2; Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6
28s ch. 9:1, 729t ch. 9:3; Ps. 104:14, 15; 145:15, 16
30u Ps. 147:931v Eccles. 7:29; 1 Tim. 4:4
Chapter 21w Deut. 4:19; Ps. 33:6
2x Ex. 20:8-11; 31:17; Deut. 5:12-14; Heb. 4:4
4y ch. 1:15z [ch. 1:11, 12]
a ch. 3:237b ch. 3:19, 23; 18:27; Ps. 103:14; Eccles. 12:7; 1 Cor. 15:47 c ch. 7:22; Job 33:4; Isa. 2:22 d Job 27:3 e Cited 1 Cor. 15:45
8 f ver. 15; ch. 13:10; Isa. 51:3; Ezek. 28:13; 31:8; Joel 2:3
9g ch. 3:22; Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14 h ver. 17
11i ch. 10:7, 29; 25:18; 1 Sam. 15:7
14 j Dan. 10:415k ver. 8
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 l you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat1 of it you m shall surely die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; n I will make him a helper fit for2 him.” 19 o Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed3 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and p 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 Adam4 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a q 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 made5 into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
“ This at last is r bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was s taken out of Man.”6
24 t 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.
The Fall
3 Now u 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, ‘You7 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, v ‘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 w 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 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,8 she took of its fruit x and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, y and he ate. 7 z Then the eyes of both were opened, a 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 cool9 of the day, and the man and his wife b 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?”10 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, c 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, d “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, e “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
to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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, o “Let us make man1 in our image, p after our likeness. And q 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; r male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, s “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. t You shall have them for food. 30 And u 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 vAnd God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and w all the host of them. 2 And x 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 y 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 z bush of the field2 was yet in the land3 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man a to work the ground, 6 and a mist4 was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of b dust from the ground and c breathed into his d nostrils the breath of life, and e the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a f 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. g The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, h 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 i 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 j Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The Lord God took the man k and put him in the garden of Eden to work it
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1 Or when you eat 2 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 3 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 4 Or the man 5 Hebrew built 6 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 7 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 8 Or to give insight 9 Hebrew wind 10 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11
1 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam 2 Or open country 3 Or earth; also verse 6 4 Or spring
17l ch. 3:1-3, 11, 17 m Rom. 6:23; James 1:15
18n 1 Cor. 11:9; 1 Tim. 2:13
19o ch. 1:20, 24 p Ps. 8:6
21q ch. 15:12; 1 Sam. 26:12
23r ch. 29:14; Judg. 9:2; 2 Sam. 5:1; 19:13; [Eph. 5:28-30] s 1 Cor. 11:8
24t Cited Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31; [Ps. 45:10; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11]
Chapter 31u Matt. 10:16; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9; 20:2
3v ch. 2:174w ver. 13; John 8:44; [2 Cor. 11:3]
6x 1 Tim. 2:14 y ver. 12, 17; Hos. 6:7
7z ver. 5 a ch. 2:258b [Ps. 139:1-12; Jer. 23:23, 24]
10c ver. 7; ch. 2:2512d ch. 2:18; Job 31:33
13e ver. 4; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14
26o ch. 3:22; 11:7; Isa. 6:8 p ch. 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:7; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10; James 3:9 q ch. 9:2; Ps. 8:6-8; James 3:7
27r ch. 2:18, 21-23; 5:2; Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6
28s ch. 9:1, 729t ch. 9:3; Ps. 104:14, 15; 145:15, 16
30u Ps. 147:931v Eccles. 7:29; 1 Tim. 4:4
Chapter 21w Deut. 4:19; Ps. 33:6
2x Ex. 20:8-11; 31:17; Deut. 5:12-14; Heb. 4:4
4y ch. 1:15z [ch. 1:11, 12]
a ch. 3:237b ch. 3:19, 23; 18:27; Ps. 103:14; Eccles. 12:7; 1 Cor. 15:47 c ch. 7:22; Job 33:4; Isa. 2:22 d Job 27:3 e Cited 1 Cor. 15:45
8 f ver. 15; ch. 13:10; Isa. 51:3; Ezek. 28:13; 31:8; Joel 2:3
9g ch. 3:22; Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14 h ver. 17
11i ch. 10:7, 29; 25:18; 1 Sam. 15:7
14 j Dan. 10:415k ver. 8
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 l you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat1 of it you m shall surely die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; n I will make him a helper fit for2 him.” 19 o Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed3 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and p 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 Adam4 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a q 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 made5 into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
“ This at last is r bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was s taken out of Man.”6
24 t 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.
The Fall
3 Now u 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, ‘You7 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, v ‘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 w 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 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,8 she took of its fruit x and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, y and he ate. 7 z Then the eyes of both were opened, a 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 cool9 of the day, and the man and his wife b 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?”10 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, c 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, d “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, e “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
to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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, o “Let us make man1 in our image, p after our likeness. And q 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; r male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, s “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. t You shall have them for food. 30 And u 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 vAnd God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and w all the host of them. 2 And x 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 y 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 z bush of the field2 was yet in the land3 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man a to work the ground, 6 and a mist4 was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of b dust from the ground and c breathed into his d nostrils the breath of life, and e the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a f 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. g The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, h 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 i 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 j Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The Lord God took the man k and put him in the garden of Eden to work it
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The Creation of the World
1 In the a beginning, God created the heav-ens and the earth. 2 The earth was b without
form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hover-ing over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, c “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, d “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 e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the sec-ond day.
9 And God said, g “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, h “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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for i signs and for j seasons,6 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 k 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 l 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 birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So m God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, accord-ing to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, n “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 morn-ing, 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, o “Let us make man8 in our image, p after our likeness. And q let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the
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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
G e n e s i s
Chapter 1 1a Job 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11 2b Jer. 4:23 3c 2 Cor. 4:6 6d Job 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15 7e Prov. 8:27-29 f Ps. 148:4 9g Job 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7; 136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5 11h Ps. 104:14 14i Jer. 10:2; Ezek. 32:7, 8; Joel 2:30, 31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Luke 21:25 j Ps. 104:19 16k Deut. 4:19; Ps. 136:7-9 18l Jer. 31:35 21m Ps. 104:25, 26 22n ch. 8:17; 9:1 26o ch. 3:22; 11:7; Isa. 6:8 p ch. 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:7; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10; James 3:9 q ch. 9:2; Ps. 8:6-8; James 3:7
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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; r male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, s “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. t You shall have them for food. 30 And u 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 vAnd God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The Seventh Day, God Rests
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were fin-ished, and w all the host of them. 2 And x 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 y 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 z bush of the field1 was yet in the land2 and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man a to work the ground, 6 and a mist3 was going
up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of b dust from the ground and c breathed into his d nostrils the breath of life, and e the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a f 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 pleas-ant to the sight and good for food. g The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, h 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 i 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 j Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The Lord God took the man k 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 l you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat4 of it you m shall surely die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; n I will make him a helper fit for5 him.” 19 o Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of the field and every bird of the heav-ens and p 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 Adam7 there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord
1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man 8 Hebrew built
27r ch. 2:18, 21-23; 5:2; Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6 28s ch. 9:1, 7 29t ch. 9:3; Ps. 104:14, 15; 145:15, 16 30u Ps. 147:9 31v Eccles. 7:29; 1 Tim. 4:4 Chapter 2 1w Deut. 4:19; Ps. 33:6 2x Ex. 20:8-11; 31:17; Deut. 5:12-14; Heb. 4:4 4y ch. 1:1 5z [ch. 1:11, 12] a ch. 3:23 7b ch. 3:19, 23; 18:27; Ps. 103:14; Eccles. 12:7; 1 Cor. 15:47 c ch. 7:22; Job 33:4; Isa. 2:22 d Job 27:3 e Cited 1 Cor. 15:45 8f ver. 15; ch. 13:10; Isa. 51:3; Ezek. 28:13; 31:8; Joel 2:3 9g ch. 3:22; Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14 h ver. 17 11i ch. 10:7, 29; 25:18; 1 Sam. 15:7 14j Dan. 10:4 15k ver. 8 17l ch. 3:1-3, 11, 17 m Rom. 6:23; James 1:15 18n 1 Cor. 11:9; 1 Tim. 2:13 19o ch. 1:20, 24 p Ps. 8:6 21q ch. 15:12; 1 Sam. 26:12
G e n e s i s 3:173
God caused a q 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 made8 into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
“ This at last is r bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was s taken out of Man.”1
24 t 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.
The Fall
3 Now u 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, ‘You2 shall not eat of any tree in the gar-den’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, v ‘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 w 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, know-ing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree 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,3 she took of its fruit x and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, y and he ate. 7 z Then the eyes of both were opened, a 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 cool4 of the day, and the man and his wife b 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?”5 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, c 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, d “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, e “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 f dust you shall eat all the days of your life.15 I will put enmity between you and the
woman, and between your offspring6 and g her
offspring; h he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
16 To the woman he said,
“ I will surely multiply your pain in child-bearing;
i in pain you shall bring forth children. j Your desire shall be for7 your husband, and he shall k rule over you.”
17 And to Adam he said,
“ Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree l of which I commanded you, ‘ You shall not eat of it,’ m cursed is the ground because of you;
1 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 2 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1–5 3 Or to give insight 4 Hebrew wind 5 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11 6 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis 7 Or against
23r ch. 29:14; Judg. 9:2; 2 Sam. 5:1; 19:13; [Eph. 5:28-30] s 1 Cor. 11:8 24t Cited Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31; [Ps. 45:10; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11] Chapter 3 1u Matt. 10:16; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9; 20:2 3v ch. 2:17 4w ver. 13; John 8:44; [2 Cor. 11:3] 6x 1 Tim. 2:14 y ver. 12, 17; Hos. 6:7 7z ver. 5 a ch. 2:25 8b [Ps. 139:1-12; Jer. 23:23, 24] 10c ver. 7; ch. 2:25 12d ch. 2:18; Job 31:33 13e ver. 4; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14 14f Isa. 65:25; Mic. 7:17 15g Isa. 7:14; Mic. 5:3; Matt. 1:23, 25; Luke 1:34, 35; Gal. 4:4; 1 Tim. 2:15 h Rom. 16:20; Heb. 2:14; Rev. 20:1-3, 10 16i [John 16:21] j ch. 4:7; Song 7:10 k 1 Cor. 11:3; 14:34; Eph. 5:22-24; Col. 3:18; 1 Tim. 2:11, 12; Titus 2:5; 1 Pet. 3:1, 5, 6 17l ch. 2:17 m ch. 5:29; [Rom. 8:20-22] n Eccles. 2:22, 23
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The Creation of the World
1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.2 The earth was b 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, c “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, d “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 e
separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f 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, g “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, h “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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for i
signs and for j seasons,6 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.
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 6 Or appointed times
Chapter 11aJob 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11
2bJer. 4:233c2 Cor. 4:6
6dJob 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15
7eProv. 8:27-29 fPs. 148:4
9gJob 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7; 136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5
11hPs. 104:14
14iJer. 10:2; Ezek. 32:7, 8; Joel 2:30, 31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Luke 21:25 jPs. 104:19
IntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created everything that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of human-ity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.
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The Creation of the World
1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth
was b without form and void, and dark-ness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, c “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God sepa-rated 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, d “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 e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f 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, g “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 gath-ered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, h “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 yield-ing 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to sep-arate the day from the night. And let them be for i signs and for j seasons,6 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 k 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 l 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 birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So m 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
IntroductionAs its name implies, Genesis is about beginnings. Genesis tells us that God created everything that exists. It shows that God is both the Creator and the Ruler of all creation. But it also tells of humanity’s tragic fall into sin and death, and of God’s unfolding plan of redemption through his covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis includes some of the most memorable stories in the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve (chs. 1–4), continuing through Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ending with the life of Joseph (chs. 37–50), who died before 1600 b.c. Traditionally, Jews and Christians have recognized Moses as the author, writing after the Exodus from Egypt, commonly dated around 1440 b.c. though some prefer a date around 1260 b.c.
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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20
14iJer. 10:2; Ezek. 32:7, 8; Joel 2:30, 31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Luke 21:25 jPs. 104:19
16kDeut. 4:19; Ps. 136:7-9
18lJer. 31:3521mPs. 104:25, 26
Chapter 11aJob 38:4-7; Ps. 33:6; 136:5; Isa. 42:5; 45:18; John 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; 17:24; Col. 1:16, 17; Heb. 1:10; 11:3; Rev. 4:11
2bJer. 4:233c2 Cor. 4:66dJob 37:18; Ps. 136:5; Jer. 10:12; 51:15
7eProv. 8:27-29 fPs. 148:4
9gJob 38:8-11; Ps. 33:7; 136:6; Jer. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:5
11hPs. 104:14
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
J a n u a r y 1
Genesis 1
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.
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And 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.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse1 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7And 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. 8And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was eve-ning and there was morning, the second day.
9And 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.
11And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegeta-tion, plants5 yielding seed, and fruit trees bear-ing 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 yield-ing 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. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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. 16And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17And 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 dark-ness. And God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created the great sea crea-tures 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. 22And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds mul-tiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—live-stock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25And God made the beasts of the earth accord-ing 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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.
28And 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.” 29And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on
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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 6 Or appointed times 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19-20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
G e n e s i s
The Creation of the World
1 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 birds7 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. 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
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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
The Creation of the World
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was with
out 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.
does create mean?God brought everything into existence out of nothing by the power of his word. (1:1)
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.
GENESIS
On Day God Made It Says So In And God
One Light; Day and Night Genesis 1:3–5 Saw that the light was good.
Two Heaven Genesis 1:6–8 Called the expanse Heaven.
Three Earth and Seas; Plants Genesis 1:9–10; Genesis 1:11–13
Saw that it was good.
Saw that it was good.
Four Sun, Moon, and Stars Genesis 1:14–19 Saw that it was good.
Five Sea Creatures and Birds
Genesis 1:20–23 Saw that it was good.
Six Earth Creatures; Man and Woman
Genesis 1:24–25; Genesis 1:26–31
Saw that it was good. Saw that
all he made was very good.
Seven God Rested Genesis 2:1–3 Blessed the seventh day
and made it holy.
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1 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 2 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29 3 Or appointed times 4 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20
10 God called the dry land Earth,1 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, plants2 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,3 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 birds4 fly above the earth across the ex panse 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.
Genesis 1:1–31That’s One Big Science Fair Project!
Do you enjoy doing science fair projects? They are a lot of work. They require lots of time and creativity if they are going to result in an award-winning display board. Here was one big science fair project: in the beginning, God made everything—including all those things you study and measure in your projects! In six days, God created weather and electricity and chemicals and gravity and colors. And every animal. And your first parents, Adam and Eve. And he did it just by saying so.
Some people think the Bible’s story of creation doesn’t make scientific sense. But actually, science would be impossible without God’s work of creation. As you look at a moun-tain, or at a blue sky, or at a racehorse in full stride, or at your own face in the mirror, admire God’s spectacular display board!
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The Creation of the World
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth
was without form and void, and dark-ness 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 gath-ered 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 yield-ing 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 crea-tures, and let birds7 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
1 Or open country 2 Or earth; also verse 6 3 Or spring 4 Or when you eat 5 Or corresponding to; also verse 20 6 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed 7 Or the man 8 Hebrew built 9 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike 10 In Hebrew you is plural in verses 1-5 11 Or to give insight
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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1 the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of abraham.
2abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by tamar, and Perez the father of hezron, and hezron the father of Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of amminadab, and amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.
and David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of abijah, and abijah the father of asaph,2 8 and asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of ahaz, and ahaz the father of hezekiah, 10 and hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of amos,3 and amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12and after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,4 and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of abiud, and abiud the father of eliakim, and eliakim the father of azor, 14 and azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of achim, and achim the father of eliud, 15 and eliud the father of eleazar, and eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ5 took place
in this way. when his mother Mary had been betrothed6 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the holy Spirit. 19and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22all this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 a “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 when Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. and he called his name Jesus.
The Visit of the Wise Men
2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of herod the king, behold,
wise men7 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose8 and have come to worship him.” 3 when herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 they told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
6 b “ ‘ and you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of
Judah;
IntroductionThe Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as Israel’s Messiah. The account alternates between Jesus’ activities of healing and casting out demons, and major blocks of his teaching, including the Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5–7), the Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13), and the Olivet Discourse (chs. 24–25). The Sermon on the Mount includes the Beatitudes (5:3-12) and the Lord’s Prayer (6:5-15). The book closes with the Great Commission (28:18-20). A recurring theme is the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders, culminating in his pronouncement of “seven woes” upon them (ch. 23). As do all four Gospel accounts, Matthew focuses on Christ’s three-year ministry and his death and resurrection. Matthew probably wrote his Gospel in the 50s or 60s a.d.
1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling for Asa; some manuscripts read Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling for Amon; some manuscripts read Amon; twice in this verse 4 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse 5 Some manuscripts of the Christ 6 That is, legally pledged to be married 7 Greek magi; also verses 7, 16 8 Or in the east; also verse 9 a Isa. 7:14 b Mic. 5:2
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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1 the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of abraham.
2abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by tamar, and Perez the father of hezron, and hezron the father of Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of amminadab, and amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.
and David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of abijah, and abijah the father of asaph,2 8 and asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of ahaz, and ahaz the father of hezekiah, 10 and hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of amos,3 and amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12and after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,4 and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of abiud, and abiud the father of eliakim, and eliakim the father of azor, 14 and azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of achim, and achim the father of eliud, 15 and eliud the father of eleazar, and eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ5 took place
in this way. when his mother Mary had been betrothed6 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the holy Spirit. 19and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22all this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 a “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 when Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. and he called his name Jesus.
The Visit of the Wise Men
2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of herod the king, behold,
wise men7 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose8 and have come to worship him.” 3 when herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 they told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
6 b “ ‘ and you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of
Judah;
IntroductionThe Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as Israel’s Messiah. The account alternates between Jesus’ activities of healing and casting out demons, and major blocks of his teaching, including the Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5–7), the Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13), and the Olivet Discourse (chs. 24–25). The Sermon on the Mount includes the Beatitudes (5:3-12) and the Lord’s Prayer (6:5-15). The book closes with the Great Commission (28:18-20). A recurring theme is the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders, culminating in his pronouncement of “seven woes” upon them (ch. 23). As do all four Gospel accounts, Matthew focuses on Christ’s three-year ministry and his death and resurrection. Matthew probably wrote his Gospel in the 50s or 60s a.d.
1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling for Asa; some manuscripts read Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling for Amon; some manuscripts read Amon; twice in this verse 4 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse 5 Some manuscripts of the Christ 6 That is, legally pledged to be married 7 Greek magi; also verses 7, 16 8 Or in the east; also verse 9 a Isa. 7:14 b Mic. 5:2
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M at t h e w
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1 the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of abraham.
2abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by tamar, and Perez the father of hezron, and hezron the father of Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of amminadab, and amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.
and David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of abijah, and abijah the father of asaph,2 8 and asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of ahaz, and ahaz the father of hezekiah, 10 and hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of amos,3 and amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12and after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,4 and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of abiud, and abiud the father of eliakim, and eliakim the father of azor, 14 and azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of achim, and achim the father of eliud, 15 and eliud the father of eleazar, and eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ5 took place
in this way. when his mother Mary had been betrothed6 to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the holy Spirit. 19and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22all this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 a “ Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 when Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. and he called his name Jesus.
The Visit of the Wise Men
2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of herod the king, behold,
wise men7 from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose8 and have come to worship him.” 3 when herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 they told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
6 b “ ‘ and you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of
Judah;
IntroductionThe Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as Israel’s Messiah. The account alternates between Jesus’ activities of healing and casting out demons, and major blocks of his teaching, including the Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5–7), the Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13), and the Olivet Discourse (chs. 24–25). The Sermon on the Mount includes the Beatitudes (5:3-12) and the Lord’s Prayer (6:5-15). The book closes with the Great Commission (28:18-20). A recurring theme is the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders, culminating in his pronouncement of “seven woes” upon them (ch. 23). As do all four Gospel accounts, Matthew focuses on Christ’s three-year ministry and his death and resurrection. Matthew probably wrote his Gospel in the 50s or 60s a.d.
1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling for Asa; some manuscripts read Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling for Amon; some manuscripts read Amon; twice in this verse 4 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse 5 Some manuscripts of the Christ 6 That is, legally pledged to be married 7 Greek magi; also verses 7, 16 8 Or in the east; also verse 9 a Isa. 7:14 b Mic. 5:2
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The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word waswith God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the
beginning with God. 3 All things were made throughhim, and without him was not any thing made that wasmade. 4In him was life,1 and the life was the light of men.5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasnot overcome it.
6There was a man sent from God, whose name wasJohn. 7He came as a witness, to bear witness about thelight, that all might believe through him. 8He was not thelight, but came to bear witness about the light.
9The true light, which enlightens everyone, was com-ing into the world. 10He was in the world, and the worldwas made through him, yet the world did not knowhim. 11He came to his own,2 and his own people3 didnot receive him. 12But to all who did receive him, whobelieved in his name, he gave the right to become chil-dren of God, 13who were born, not of blood nor of thewill of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Sonfrom the Father, full of grace and truth. 15( John bore wit-ness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom Isaid, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, becausehe was before me.’”) 16 And from his fullness we have1 Or was not any thing made.That which has been made was life in him 2 Greek to his own things ; that is, to his owndomain, or to his own people 3 People is implied in Greek
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The Gospel AccordinG To
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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus christ, the son of
david, the son of Abraham.2Abraham was the father of
isaac, and isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of perez and Zerah by Tamar, and perez the father of hezron, and hezron the father of ram,1 4 and ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of nahshon, and nahshon the father of salmon, 5 and salmon the father of Boaz by rahab, and Boaz the father of obed by ruth, and obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of david the king.
And david was the father of solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and solomon the father of rehoboam, and rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,2 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of
Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of hezekiah, 10 and hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,3 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of shealtiel,4 and shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of eliakim, and eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of eliud, 15 and eliud the father of eleazar, and eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called christ.
1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling for Asa; some manuscripts read Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling for Amon; some manuscripts read Amon; twice in this verse 4 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse
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1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling for Asa; some manuscripts read Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling for Amon; some manuscripts read Amon; twice in this verse 4 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse 5 Some manuscripts of the Christ 6 That is, legally pledged to be married
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
M A T T H E W
Introduction
The Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as Israel’s Messiah. The account alternates between Jesus’ activities of healing and casting out demons, and major blocks of his teaching, including the Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5–7), the Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13), and the Olivet Discourse (chs. 24–25). The Sermon on the Mount includes the Beatitudes (5:3-12) and the Lord’s Prayer (6:5-15). The book closes with the Great Commission (28:18-20). A recurring theme is the conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders, culminating in his pronouncement of “seven woes” upon them (ch. 23). As do all four Gospel accounts, Matthew focuses on Christ’s three-year ministry and his death and resurrection. Matthew probably wrote his Gospel in the 50s or 60s A.D.
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,� 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the fa-ther of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,� 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,� and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,� and
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ� took place
in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed� to Joseph, before they came to-gether she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an an-gel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their
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The Holy Gospel According to
M at t h e w
he book of the geneal
ogy of Jesus Christ, the
son of David, the son of
abraham.
2 abraham was the father
of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and
Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by tamar,
and Perez the father of hezron, and hezron
the father of Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of
amminadab, and amminadab the father of
Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5
and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and
Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed
the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David
the king.
and David was the father of Solomon by
the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father
of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father
of abijah, and abijah the father of asaph,2 8
and asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and
Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram
the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father
of Jotham, and Jotham the father of ahaz, and
ahaz the father of hezekiah, 10 and hezekiah
the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father
of amos,3 and amos the father of Josiah, 11 and
Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers,
at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12 and after the deportation to Babylon:
Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,4 and
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Ze
rubbabel the father of abiud, and abiud the
father of eliakim, and eliakim the father of
azor, 14 and azor the father of Zadok, and
Zadok the father of achim, and achim the
father of eliud, 15 and eliud the father of eleazar,
and eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan
the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of
Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was
born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from abraham to
David were fourteen generations, and from
David to the deportation to Babylon four
teen generations, and from the deportation to
Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ5 took place
in this way. when his mother Mary had been
betrothed6 to Joseph, before they came together
she was found to be with child from the holy
Spirit. 19 and her husband Joseph, being a just
man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved
to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered
these things, behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son
of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife,
for that which is conceived in her is from the
holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall
call his name Jesus, for he will save his people
from their sins.” 22 all this took place to fulfill
what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
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LIBRO PRIMERO DE MOISÉS
GÉNESIS
1 En el principio creó Dios los cielos y la tierra.
2 Y la tierra estaba desordenada y vacía, y las tinieblas estaban sobre la faz del abismo, y el Espíritu de Dios se movía sobre la faz de las aguas.¶ 3 Y dijo Dios: Sea la luz; y fue la luz.
4 Y vio Dios que la luz era buena; y separó Dios la luz de las tinieblas. 5 Y llamó Dios a la luz Día, y a las tinieblas llamó Noche. Y fue la tarde y la mañana un día.
¶ 6 Luego dijo Dios: Haya expansión en medio de las aguas, y separe las aguas de las aguas.
7 E hizo Dios la expansión, y separó las aguas que estaban debajo de la expansión, de las aguas que estaban sobre la expansión. Y fue así. 8 Y llamó Dios a la expansión Cielos. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día segundo.¶ 9 Dijo también Dios: Júntense las aguas que están debajo de los cielos en un lugar, y descúbrase lo seco. Y fue así. 10 Y llamó Dios a lo seco Tierra, y a la reunión de las aguas llamó Mares. Y vio Dios que era bueno.
11 Después dijo Dios: Produzca la tierra hierba verde, hierba que dé semilla; árbol de fruto que dé fruto según su género, que su semilla esté en él, sobre la tierra. Y fue así. 12 Produjo, pues, la tierra hierba verde, hierba que da semilla según su naturaleza, y árbol que da fruto, cuya semilla está en él, según su género. Y vio Dios que era bueno. 13 Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día tercero.
¶ 14 Dijo luego Dios: Haya lumbreras en la expan-sión de los cielos para separar el día de la noche; y sir-van de señales para las estaciones, para días y años,
15 y sean por lumbreras en la expansión de los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra. Y fue así. 16 E hizo Dios las dos grandes lumbreras; la lum-brera mayor para que señorease en el día, y la lumbrera menor para que señorease en la noche; hizo también las estrellas. 17 Y las puso Dios en la expansión de los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra, 18 y para señorear en el día y en la noche, y para separar la luz de las tinieblas. Y vio Dios que era bueno. 19 Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día cuarto.
GENESIS
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was without form and void, and dark-ness 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 heav-ens 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 yield-ing seed according to their own kinds, and trees bear-ing 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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 heav-ens 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.
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20 Dijo Dios: Produzcan las aguas seres vivientes, y aves que vuelen sobre la tierra, en la abierta expansión de los cielos. 21 Y creó Dios los grandes monstruos marinos, y todo ser viviente que se mueve, que las aguas produje-ron según su género, y toda ave alada según su especie. Y vio Dios que era bueno.
22 Y Dios los bendijo, diciendo: Fructificad y mul-tiplicaos, y llenad las aguas en los mares, y multiplí-quense las aves en la tierra. 23 Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día quinto.
¶ 24 Luego dijo Dios: Produzca la tierra seres vivien-tes según su género, bestias y serpientes y animales de la tierra según su especie. Y fue así.
25 E hizo Dios animales de la tierra según su género, y ganado según su género, y todo animal que se arrastra sobre la tierra según su especie. Y vio Dios que era bueno.¶ 26 Entonces dijo Dios: Hagamos al hombre a nues-tra imagen, conforme a nuestra semejanza; y señoree en los peces del mar, en las aves de los cielos, en las bestias, en toda la tierra, y en todo animal que se arrastra sobre la tierra.
27 Y creó Dios al hombre a su imagen, a imagen de Dios lo creó; varón y hembra los creó.
28 Y los bendijo Dios, y les dijo: Fructificad y mul-tiplicaos; llenad la tierra, y sojuzgadla, y señoread en los peces del mar, en las aves de los cielos, y en todas las bestias que se mueven sobre la tierra.
¶ 29 Y dijo Dios: He aquí que os he dado toda planta que da semilla, que está sobre toda la tierra, y todo árbol en que hay fruto y que da semilla; os serán para comer. 30 Y a toda bestia de la tierra, y a todas las aves de los cielos, y a todo lo que se arrastra sobre la tierra, en que hay vida, toda planta verde les será para comer. Y fue así. 31 Y vio Dios todo lo que había hecho, y he aquí que era bueno en gran manera. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día sexto.
2 Fueron, pues, acabados los cielos y la tierra, y todo el ejército de ellos.
2 Y acabó Dios en el día séptimo la obra que hizo; y reposó el día séptimo de toda la obra que hizo.
3 Y bendijo Dios al día séptimo, y lo santificó, porque en él reposó de toda la obra que había hecho en la creación.
¶ 4 Estos son los orígenes de los cielos y de la tierra cuando fueron creados, el día que Jehová Dios hizo la tierra y los cielos,
¶ 20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 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 liv-ing 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 accord-ing 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heav-ens 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 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.
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.
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5 y toda planta del campo antes que fuese en la tierra, y toda hierba del campo antes que naciese; porque Jehová Dios aún no había hecho llover sobre la tierra, ni había hombre para que labrase la tierra, 6 sino que subía de la tierra un vapor, el cual regaba toda la faz de la tierra. 7 Entonces Jehová Dios formó al hombre del polvo de la tierra, y sopló en su nariz aliento de vida, y fue el hombre un ser viviente.¶ 8 Y Jehová Dios plantó un huerto en Edén, al oriente; y puso allí al hombre que había formado.
9 Y Jehová Dios hizo nacer de la tierra todo árbol delicioso a la vista, y bueno para comer; también el árbol de vida en medio del huerto, y el árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal.
10 Y salía de Edén un río para regar el huerto, y de allí se repartía en cuatro brazos. 11 El nombre del uno era Pisón; éste es el que rodea toda la tierra de Havila, donde hay oro;
12 y el oro de aquella tierra es bueno; hay allí tam-bién bedelio y ónice. 13 El nombre del segundo río es Gihón; éste es el que rodea toda la tierra de Cus. 14 Y el nombre del tercer río es Hidekel; éste es el que va al oriente de Asiria. Y el cuarto río es el Eufrates.¶ 15 Tomó, pues, Jehová Dios al hombre, y lo puso en el huerto de Edén, para que lo labrara y lo guardase. 16 Y mandó Jehová Dios al hombre, diciendo: De todo árbol del huerto podrás comer; 17 mas del árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal no comerás; porque el día que de él comieres, ciertamente morirás.¶ 18 Y dijo Jehová Dios: No es bueno que el hombre esté solo; le haré ayuda idónea para él.
19 Jehová Dios formó, pues, de la tierra toda bestia del campo, y toda ave de los cielos, y las trajo a Adán para que viese cómo las había de llamar; y todo lo que Adán llamó a los animales vivientes, ese es su nombre. 20 Y puso Adán nombre a toda bestia y ave de los cielos y a todo ganado del campo; mas para Adán no se halló ayuda idónea para él. 21 Entonces Jehová Dios hizo caer sueño profundo sobre Adán, y mientras éste dormía, tomó una de sus costillas, y cerró la carne en su lugar. 22 Y de la costilla que Jehová Dios tomó del hom-bre, hizo una mujer, y la trajo al hombre.
23 Dijo entonces Adán: Esto es ahora hueso de mis huesos y carne de mi carne; ésta será llamada Varona,1 porque del varón2 fue tomada.
24 Por tanto, dejará el hombre a su padre y a su madre, y se unirá a su mujer, y serán una sola carne.
¶ 5 When no bush of the field1 was yet in the land2 and no small plant of 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 mist3 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, say-ing, “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 eat4 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 for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of 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 Adam7 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 made8 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.”9
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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20 Dijo Dios: Produzcan las aguas seres vivientes, y aves que vuelen sobre la tierra, en la abierta expansión de los cielos. 21 Y creó Dios los grandes monstruos marinos, y todo ser viviente que se mueve, que las aguas produje-ron según su género, y toda ave alada según su especie. Y vio Dios que era bueno.
22 Y Dios los bendijo, diciendo: Fructificad y mul-tiplicaos, y llenad las aguas en los mares, y multiplí-quense las aves en la tierra. 23 Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día quinto.
¶ 24 Luego dijo Dios: Produzca la tierra seres vivien-tes según su género, bestias y serpientes y animales de la tierra según su especie. Y fue así.
25 E hizo Dios animales de la tierra según su género, y ganado según su género, y todo animal que se arrastra sobre la tierra según su especie. Y vio Dios que era bueno.¶ 26 Entonces dijo Dios: Hagamos al hombre a nues-tra imagen, conforme a nuestra semejanza; y señoree en los peces del mar, en las aves de los cielos, en las bestias, en toda la tierra, y en todo animal que se arrastra sobre la tierra.
27 Y creó Dios al hombre a su imagen, a imagen de Dios lo creó; varón y hembra los creó.
28 Y los bendijo Dios, y les dijo: Fructificad y mul-tiplicaos; llenad la tierra, y sojuzgadla, y señoread en los peces del mar, en las aves de los cielos, y en todas las bestias que se mueven sobre la tierra.
¶ 29 Y dijo Dios: He aquí que os he dado toda planta que da semilla, que está sobre toda la tierra, y todo árbol en que hay fruto y que da semilla; os serán para comer. 30 Y a toda bestia de la tierra, y a todas las aves de los cielos, y a todo lo que se arrastra sobre la tierra, en que hay vida, toda planta verde les será para comer. Y fue así. 31 Y vio Dios todo lo que había hecho, y he aquí que era bueno en gran manera. Y fue la tarde y la mañana el día sexto.
2 Fueron, pues, acabados los cielos y la tierra, y todo el ejército de ellos.
2 Y acabó Dios en el día séptimo la obra que hizo; y reposó el día séptimo de toda la obra que hizo.
3 Y bendijo Dios al día séptimo, y lo santificó, porque en él reposó de toda la obra que había hecho en la creación.
¶ 4 Estos son los orígenes de los cielos y de la tierra cuando fueron creados, el día que Jehová Dios hizo la tierra y los cielos,
¶ 20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds7 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 liv-ing 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 accord-ing 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 man8 in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heav-ens 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 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.
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.
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5 y toda planta del campo antes que fuese en la tierra, y toda hierba del campo antes que naciese; porque Jehová Dios aún no había hecho llover sobre la tierra, ni había hombre para que labrase la tierra, 6 sino que subía de la tierra un vapor, el cual regaba toda la faz de la tierra. 7 Entonces Jehová Dios formó al hombre del polvo de la tierra, y sopló en su nariz aliento de vida, y fue el hombre un ser viviente.¶ 8 Y Jehová Dios plantó un huerto en Edén, al oriente; y puso allí al hombre que había formado.
9 Y Jehová Dios hizo nacer de la tierra todo árbol delicioso a la vista, y bueno para comer; también el árbol de vida en medio del huerto, y el árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal.
10 Y salía de Edén un río para regar el huerto, y de allí se repartía en cuatro brazos. 11 El nombre del uno era Pisón; éste es el que rodea toda la tierra de Havila, donde hay oro;
12 y el oro de aquella tierra es bueno; hay allí tam-bién bedelio y ónice. 13 El nombre del segundo río es Gihón; éste es el que rodea toda la tierra de Cus. 14 Y el nombre del tercer río es Hidekel; éste es el que va al oriente de Asiria. Y el cuarto río es el Eufrates.¶ 15 Tomó, pues, Jehová Dios al hombre, y lo puso en el huerto de Edén, para que lo labrara y lo guardase. 16 Y mandó Jehová Dios al hombre, diciendo: De todo árbol del huerto podrás comer; 17 mas del árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal no comerás; porque el día que de él comieres, ciertamente morirás.¶ 18 Y dijo Jehová Dios: No es bueno que el hombre esté solo; le haré ayuda idónea para él.
19 Jehová Dios formó, pues, de la tierra toda bestia del campo, y toda ave de los cielos, y las trajo a Adán para que viese cómo las había de llamar; y todo lo que Adán llamó a los animales vivientes, ese es su nombre. 20 Y puso Adán nombre a toda bestia y ave de los cielos y a todo ganado del campo; mas para Adán no se halló ayuda idónea para él. 21 Entonces Jehová Dios hizo caer sueño profundo sobre Adán, y mientras éste dormía, tomó una de sus costillas, y cerró la carne en su lugar. 22 Y de la costilla que Jehová Dios tomó del hom-bre, hizo una mujer, y la trajo al hombre.
23 Dijo entonces Adán: Esto es ahora hueso de mis huesos y carne de mi carne; ésta será llamada Varona,1 porque del varón2 fue tomada.
24 Por tanto, dejará el hombre a su padre y a su madre, y se unirá a su mujer, y serán una sola carne.
¶ 5 When no bush of the field1 was yet in the land2 and no small plant of 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 mist3 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, say-ing, “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 eat4 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 for5 him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed6 every beast of 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 Adam7 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 made8 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.”9
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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The Gospel AccordinG To
MATThew
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus christ, the son of david, the son of Abraham.
¶ 2 Abraham was the father of isaac, and isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of perez and Zerah by Tamar, and perez the father of hezron, and hezron the father of ram,1 4 and ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of nahshon, and nahshon the father of salmon, 5 and salmon the father of Boaz by rahab, and Boaz the father of obed by ruth, and obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of david the king.¶ And david was the father of solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and solomon the father of rehoboam, and rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,2 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of hezekiah, 10 and hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,3 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.¶ 12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of shealtiel,4 and shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of eliakim, and eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of eliud, 15 and eliud the father of eleazar, and eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,
dAs eVAnGeliUM nAch MATThÄUs
Jesu Stammbaum(Lk 3,23-38)
1 dies ist das Buch von der Geschichte Jesu christi, des sohnes davids, des sohnes
Abrahams.¶ 2 Abraham zeugte isaak. isaak zeugte Jakob. Jakob zeugte Juda und seine Brüder.
3 Juda zeugte perez und serach mit der Tamar. perez zeugte hezron. hezron zeugte ram. 4 ram zeugte Amminadab. Amminadab zeugte nachschon. nachschon zeugte salmon.
5 salmon zeugte Boas mit der rahab. Boas zeugte obed mit der rut. obed zeugte isai.
6 isai zeugte den König david.¶ david zeugte salomo mit der Frau des Uria. 7 salomo zeugte rehabeam. rehabeam zeugte Abija. Abija zeugte Asa.
8 Asa zeugte Joschafat. Joschafat zeugte Joram. Joram zeugte Usija.
9 Usija zeugte Jotam. Jotam zeugte Ahas. Ahas zeugte hiskia.
10 hiskia zeugte Manasse. Manasse zeugte Amon. Amon zeugte Josia.
11 Josia zeugte Jojachin und seine Brüder um die Zeit der babylonischen Gefangenschaft.
¶ 12 nach der babylonischen Gefangenschaft zeugte Jojachin schealtiël. schealtiël zeugte serubbabel. 13 serubbabel zeugte Abihud. Abihud zeugte eljakim. eljakim zeugte Asor.
14 Asor zeugte Zadok. Zadok zeugte Achim. Achim zeugte eliud.
15 eliud zeugte eleasar. eleasar zeugte Mattan. Mattan zeugte Jakob.
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
MATTHEWIntroductionThe Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as Israel’s Messiah. The account alternates between Jesus’ activities of healing and casting out demons, and major blocks of his teaching, including the Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5–7), the Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13), and the Olivet Discourse (chs. 24–25). The Sermon on the Mount includes the Beatitudes (5:3-12) and the Lord’s Prayer (6:5-15). The book closes with the Great Commission (28:18-20). A recurring theme is the con-flict between Jesus and the religious leaders, culminating in his pronouncement of “seven woes” upon them (ch. 23). As do all four Gospel accounts, Matthew focuses on Christ’s three-year ministry and his death and resurrection. Matthew probably wrote his Gospel in the 50s or 60s A.D.
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of ] Βίβλος 1 ] ] γενέσεως 2 ] Ἰησοῦ 3 Χριστοῦ 4 ] υἱοῦ 5 ] Δαυὶδ 6 ] υἱοῦ 7 ]
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Abraham. ¶ 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Ἀβραάμ 8 Ἀβραὰμ 1 ἐγέννησεν 2 ‹ τὸν 3 Ἰσαάκ 4› δὲ 6 Ἰσαὰκ 5 ἐγέννησεν 7 Abraam Abraam egennēsen ton Isaak de Isaak egennēsen NGSM NNSM VF3SAIA RASM NASM C NNSM VF3SAIA 11 11 1080 3588 2464 1161 2464 1080
Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his‹ τὸν 8 Ἰακώβ 9› δὲ 11 Ἰακὼβ 10 ἐγέννησεν 12 ‹ τὸν 13 Ἰούδαν 14› καὶ 15 αὐτοῦ 18 ton Iakōb de Iakōb egennēsen ton Ioudan kai autou RASM NASM C NNSM VF3SAIA RASM NASM C PPGSM 3588 2384 1161 2384 1080 3588 2455 2532 846
brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by ‹ τοὺς 16 ἀδελφοὺς 17› δὲ 2 Ἰούδας 1 ἐγέννησεν 3 ‹ τὸν 4 Φάρες 5› καὶ 6 ‹ τὸν 7 Ζάρα 8› ἐκ 9 tous adelphous de Ioudas egennēsen ton Phares kai ton Zara ek RAPM NAPM C NNSM VF3SAIA RASM NASM C RASM NASM EG 3588 80 1161 2455 1080 3588 5329 2532 3588 2196 1537
Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of ‹ τῆς 10 Θαμάρ 11› δὲ 13 Φάρες 12 ἐγέννησεν 14 ‹ τὸν 15 Ἑσρώμ 16› δὲ 18 Ἑσρὼμ 17 ἐγέννησεν 19 tēs Thamar de Phares egennēsen ton Hesrōm de Hesrōm egennēsen RGSF NGSF C NNSM VF3SAIA RASM NASM C NNSM VF3SAIA 3588 2283 1161 5329 1080 3588 2074 1161 2074 1080
Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of ‹ τὸν 20 Ἀράμ 21› δὲ 2 Ἀρὰμ 1 ἐγέννησεν 3 ‹ τὸν 4 Ἀμιναδάβ 5› δὲ 7 Ἀμιναδὰβ 6 ἐγέννησεν 8 ton Aram de Aram egennēsen ton Aminadab de Aminadab egennēsen RASM NASM C NNSM VF3SAIA RASM NASM C NNSM VF3SAIA 3588 689 1161 689 1080 3588 284 1161 284 1080
Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon‹ τὸν 9 Ναασσών 10› δὲ 12 Ναασσὼν 11 ἐγέννησεν 13 ‹ τὸν 14 Σαλμών 15› δὲ 2 Σαλμὼν 1 ton Naassōn de Naassōn egennēsen ton Salmōn de Salmōn RASM NASM C NNSM VF3SAIA RASM NASM C NNSM 3588 3476 1161 3476 1080 3588 4533 1161 4533
the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed ἐγέννησεν 3 ‹ τὸν 4 Βόες 5› ἐκ 6 ‹ τῆς 7 Ῥαχάβ 8› δὲ 10 Βόες 9 ἐγέννησεν 11 ‹ τὸν 12 Ἰωβὴδ 13› egennēsen ton Boes ek tēs Rhachab de Boes egennēsen ton Iōbēd VF3SAIA RASM NASM EG RGSF NGSF C NNSM VF3SAIA RASM NASM 1080 3588 1003-vl 1537 3588 4477 1161 1003-vl 1080 3588 5601
by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of ἐκ 14 ‹ τῆς 15 Ῥούθ 16› δὲ 18 Ἰωβὴδ 17 ἐγέννησεν 19 ‹ τὸν 20 Ἰεσσαί 21› δὲ 2 Ἰεσσαὶ 1 ἐγέννησεν 3 ek tēs Rhouth de Iōbēd egennēsen ton Iessai de Iessai egennēsen EG RGSF NGSF C NNSM VF3SAIA RASM NASM C NNSM VF3SAIA 1537 3588 4503 1161 5601 1080 3588 2421 1161 2421 1080
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The Creation of the World
1 In the beginning, God created the heav-ens and the earth. 2 The earth was with-
out 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 sep-arate 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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
G e n e s i s
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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 6 Or appointed times
The Creation of the World
1 In the beginning, God created the heav-ens and the earth. 2 The earth was with-
out 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 sep-arate 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 lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons,6 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
G e n e s i s
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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 6 Or appointed times
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_KATA MAUUAIONa
1 BiÂblow geneÂsevw ÆIhsoyÄ XristoyÄ yiëoyÄ DayiÁd yiëoyÄIII1
ÆAbraa m.2 ÆAbraaÁ m eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIsaa k, ÆIsaaÁ k deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen
toÁ n ÆIakv b, ÆIakvÁ b deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIoy dan kaiÁ toyÁ waÆ delfoyÁ w ayÆ toyÄ, 3 ÆIoy daw deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n Fa rew kaiÁtoÁ n cZa ra eÆ k thÄw Uama r, Fa rew deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ nëEsrv m, ëEsrvÁ m deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆAra m, 4 ÆAraÁ m deÁ eÆ ge n-nhsen toÁ n ÆAminada b, ÆAminadaÁ b deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n Naas-sv n, NaassvÁ n deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n Salmv n, 5 SalmvÁ n deÁeÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n cBoÂew eÆ k thÄw ëRaxa b, cBoÂew deÁ eÆ ge nnhsentoÁ n ÆIvbhÁ d eÆ k thÄw ëRoy u, ÆIvbhÁ d deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIessaiÂ,6 ÆIessaiÁ deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n DayiÁd toÁ n basileÂa.
DayiÁd deÁ ] eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n SolomvÄna eÆ k thÄw toyÄ OyÆ -riÂoy, 7 SolomvÁ n deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ëRoboa m, ëRoboaÁ m deÁeÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n c ÆAbia , c ÆAbiaÁ deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n d ÆAsa f,8 d ÆAsaÁ f deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIvsafa t, ÆIvsafaÁ t deÁ eÆ ge nnh-sen toÁ n ÆIvra m, ÆIvraÁ m deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆOziÂan, 9 ÆOziÂawdeÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIvaua m, ÆIvauaÁ m deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ nc ÆAxa z, c ÆAxaÁ z deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ëEzekiÂan, 10 ëEzekiÂaw deÁeÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n cManasshÄ, dManasshÄw deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ nc¹ÆAmv w, c¹ÆAmvÁ w deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIvsiÂan, 11 ÆIvsiÂaw deÁ
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Jos2,1 H11,31! · Rth4,13-17
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1 BiÂblow geneÂsevw ÆIhsoyÄ XristoyÄ yiëoyÄ DayiÁd yiëoyÄIII1
ÆAbraa m.2 ÆAbraaÁ m eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIsaa k, ÆIsaaÁ k deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen
toÁ n ÆIakv b, ÆIakvÁ b deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIoy dan kaiÁ toyÁ waÆ delfoyÁ w ayÆ toyÄ, 3 ÆIoy daw deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n Fa rew kaiÁtoÁ n cZa ra eÆ k thÄw Uama r, Fa rew deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ nëEsrv m, ëEsrvÁ m deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆAra m, 4 ÆAraÁ m deÁ eÆ ge n-nhsen toÁ n ÆAminada b, ÆAminadaÁ b deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n Naas-sv n, NaassvÁ n deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n Salmv n, 5 SalmvÁ n deÁeÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n cBoÂew eÆ k thÄw ëRaxa b, cBoÂew deÁ eÆ ge nnhsentoÁ n ÆIvbhÁ d eÆ k thÄw ëRoy u, ÆIvbhÁ d deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIessaiÂ,6 ÆIessaiÁ deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n DayiÁd toÁ n basileÂa.
DayiÁd deÁ ] eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n SolomvÄna eÆ k thÄw toyÄ OyÆ -riÂoy, 7 SolomvÁ n deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ëRoboa m, ëRoboaÁ m deÁeÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n c ÆAbia , c ÆAbiaÁ deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n d ÆAsa f,8 d ÆAsaÁ f deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIvsafa t, ÆIvsafaÁ t deÁ eÆ ge nnh-sen toÁ n ÆIvra m, ÆIvraÁ m deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆOziÂan, 9 ÆOziÂawdeÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIvaua m, ÆIvauaÁ m deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ nc ÆAxa z, c ÆAxaÁ z deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ëEzekiÂan, 10 ëEzekiÂaw deÁeÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n cManasshÄ, dManasshÄw deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ nc¹ÆAmv w, c¹ÆAmvÁ w deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIvsiÂan, 11 ÆIvsiÂaw deÁ
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¶ 1,3 cZare P¹ B mae • 5 cbis Booz K L G D f 1.13 565. 700. 892. 1241. 1424. (W 579) Mlat m Boow C 33 g1* m txt P¹ a B l 844. l 2211 k co • 6 ]o basileyw C K L W D 33. 565.892. 1241. 1424. l 844. l 2211 M lat syh m txt P¹ a B G f 1.13 579. 700 g1 k vgmss sys.c.p co• 7/8 cbis Abioyd f 13 it syhmg l dbis Asa K L W G D 33. 565. 579. 892. 1241. 1424 M (a) fff1 vg sy m txt P¹vid a B C f 1.13 700. l 844. l 2211 it syhmg co • 9 cbis Axaw a1 (Axaz Axawa*) C 1424c g1* (k) q mae boms m txt B K L W G D U f 1.13 33. 565. 700. 892. 1241. 1424*.l 844. l 2211 M lat • 10 cManasshn D 1424. l 844. l 2211 l dManassh a1 B l c¹bisAmvn K L W f 13 565. 579. 700. 892. 1241. 1424. l 844. l 2211 M lat sy mae m txt a B C GD U f 1 33 it vgmss sa bo
Gn2,4; 5,1 · 18 · 9,27!
2-17: L3,23-38 · 1Chr1,34 · Gn25,26; · 29,35
3-6a: Rth4,12.18-221Chr2,4s.9 · Gn38,12-304-6a: 1Chr2,10-12.15
Jos2,1 H11,31! · Rth4,13-17
1Sm17,12
6b-11: 1Chr3,5.10-16 ·2Sm11,3s; 12,24
3Esr1,32
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_KATA MAUUAIONa
1 BiÂblow geneÂsevw ÆIhsoyÄ XristoyÄ yiëoyÄ DayiÁd yiëoyÄIII1
ÆAbraa m.2 ÆAbraaÁ m eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIsaa k, ÆIsaaÁ k deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen
toÁ n ÆIakv b, ÆIakvÁ b deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIoy dan kaiÁ toyÁ waÆ delfoyÁ w ayÆ toyÄ, 3 ÆIoy daw deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n Fa rew kaiÁtoÁ n cZa ra eÆ k thÄw Uama r, Fa rew deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ nëEsrv m, ëEsrvÁ m deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆAra m, 4 ÆAraÁ m deÁ eÆ ge n-nhsen toÁ n ÆAminada b, ÆAminadaÁ b deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n Naas-sv n, NaassvÁ n deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n Salmv n, 5 SalmvÁ n deÁeÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n cBoÂew eÆ k thÄw ëRaxa b, cBoÂew deÁ eÆ ge nnhsentoÁ n ÆIvbhÁ d eÆ k thÄw ëRoy u, ÆIvbhÁ d deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIessaiÂ,6 ÆIessaiÁ deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n DayiÁd toÁ n basileÂa.
DayiÁd deÁ ] eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n SolomvÄna eÆ k thÄw toyÄ OyÆ -riÂoy, 7 SolomvÁ n deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ëRoboa m, ëRoboaÁ m deÁeÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n c ÆAbia , c ÆAbiaÁ deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n d ÆAsa f,8 d ÆAsaÁ f deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIvsafa t, ÆIvsafaÁ t deÁ eÆ ge nnh-sen toÁ n ÆIvra m, ÆIvraÁ m deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆOziÂan, 9 ÆOziÂawdeÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIvaua m, ÆIvauaÁ m deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ nc ÆAxa z, c ÆAxaÁ z deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ëEzekiÂan, 10 ëEzekiÂaw deÁeÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n cManasshÄ, dManasshÄw deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ nc¹ÆAmv w, c¹ÆAmvÁ w deÁ eÆ ge nnhsen toÁ n ÆIvsiÂan, 11 ÆIvsiÂaw deÁ
Inscriptio: _eyaggelion kata Matuaion (Mauuaion W 565) D K W G D f 13 33. 565.700. 892. 1424 M bo m agion eyaggelion kata Matuaion f 1 (boms) m arxh syn uev toykata Matuaion eyaggelioy 1241 m ek toy kata Matuaion L m − a* B* m txt a1 B1
¶ 1,3 cZare P¹ B mae • 5 cbis Booz K L G D f 1.13 565. 700. 892. 1241. 1424. (W 579) Mlat m Boow C 33 g1* m txt P¹ a B l 844. l 2211 k co • 6 ]o basileyw C K L W D 33. 565.892. 1241. 1424. l 844. l 2211 M lat syh m txt P¹ a B G f 1.13 579. 700 g1 k vgmss sys.c.p co• 7/8 cbis Abioyd f 13 it syhmg l dbis Asa K L W G D 33. 565. 579. 892. 1241. 1424 M (a) fff1 vg sy m txt P¹vid a B C f 1.13 700. l 844. l 2211 it syhmg co • 9 cbis Axaw a1 (Axaz Axawa*) C 1424c g1* (k) q mae boms m txt B K L W G D U f 1.13 33. 565. 700. 892. 1241. 1424*.l 844. l 2211 M lat • 10 cManasshn D 1424. l 844. l 2211 l dManassh a1 B l c¹bisAmvn K L W f 13 565. 579. 700. 892. 1241. 1424. l 844. l 2211 M lat sy mae m txt a B C GD U f 1 33 it vgmss sa bo
Gn2,4; 5,1 · 18 · 9,27!
2-17: L3,23-38 · 1Chr1,34 · Gn25,26; · 29,35
3-6a: Rth4,12.18-221Chr2,4s.9 · Gn38,12-304-6a: 1Chr2,10-12.15
Jos2,1 H11,31! · Rth4,13-17
1Sm17,12
6b-11: 1Chr3,5.10-16 ·2Sm11,3s; 12,24
3Esr1,32
1 Greek Aram; also verse 4 2 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling of Asa; some manuscripts Asa; also verse 8 3 Amos is probably an alternate spelling of Amon; some manuscripts Amon; twice in this verse
T h e G o s p e l A c c o r d i n G T o
M A T T h e w
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,1 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,2 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,3 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah
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CHIlDRen’s bIble
Hardcover, Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Hardcover, Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CHRIsTmAs oUTReACH new TesTAmenT
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
ComPACT bIble
TruTone, Avocado, Frame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
TruTone, Charcoal, Crown Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
TruTone, Chestnut, Crown Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
TruTone, Chestnut, Diamond Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
TruTone, Deep Blue, Waves Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
TruTone, Goldenrod, Emblem Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
TruTone, Granite, Quotation Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
TruTone, Olive, Celtic Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
TruTone, Orange, Track Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
TruTone, Purple, Paisley Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
TruTone, Slate, Birds Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
TruTone, Walnut, Weathered Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
TruTone, Wild Rose, Floral Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
ComPACT new TesTAmenT wITH PsAlms AnD PRoVeRbs
TruTone, Navy Blue, Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
TruTone, Plum, Frame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
D
DAIlY ReADInG bIble
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
E
eConomY bIble
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
enGlIsH-GReek ReVeRse InTeRlIneAR new TesTAmenT
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
esV GRow! bIble
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
TruTone, Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
TruTone, Purple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
esV sTUDenT sTUDY bIble
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
TruTone, Brown/Blue, Arrow Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
TruTone, Brown/Pink, Arc Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
TruTone, Chocolate/Coral, Sash Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
TruTone, Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
TruTone, Taupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
TruTone, Walnut, Weathered Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
esV sTUDY bIble
Bonded/Cloth, Hardcover, Brown/Slate, Portfolio Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bonded Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bonded Leather, Black/Saddle, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bonded Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cowhide, Brown/Chestnut, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cowhide, Deep Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Genuine Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Premium Calfskin Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Premium Calfskin Leather, Cordovan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TruTone, Brown, Engraved Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Portfolio Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TruTone, Brown/Purple, Iris Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TruTone, Chocolate/Rose, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TruTone, Mahogany, Trellis Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TruTone, Navy, Angle Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TruTone, Navy/Tan, Band Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TruTone, Walnut/Taupe, Core Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
esV sTUDY bIble, lARGeR PRInT
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
TruTone, Walnut, Frame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
esV sTUDY bIble, PeRsonAl sIze
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Portfolio Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
TruTone, Chocolate/Blue, Ivy Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
TruTone, Deep Brown, Ornate Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
TruTone, Deep Brown/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
TruTone, Olive, Celtic Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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foUR HolY GosPels, THe
Cloth over Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Genuine Leather over Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
G
GeRmAn/enGlIsH PARAllel bIble
Hardcover, Dark Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
GIAnT PRInT bIble
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
TruTone, Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
TruTone, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
GIfT & AwARD bIble
Imitation Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Imitation Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
GIfT bIble
TruTone, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
TruTone, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
TruTone, Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
TruTone, Pink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
GlobAl sTUDY bIble
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
TruTone, Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
GosPel TRAnsfoRmATIon bIble
Bonded Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bonded Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Calfskin, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Genuine Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TruTone, Brown/Navy, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TruTone, Brown/Saddle, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
GosPel of JoHn
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
GReek-enGlIsH new TesTAmenT
Cloth over Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
h
HeAR THe woRD AUDIo bIble
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
HeAR THe woRD AUDIo new TesTAmenT
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
HebRew-enGlIsH olD TesTAmenT
Cloth over Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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JoURnAlInG bIble
Antique Floral Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bonded Leather, Mocha, Threshold Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Natural Leather, Brown, Flap with Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Original, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
TruTone, Coffee, Pathway Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
TruTone, Raspberry/Chocolate, Flourish Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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lARGe PRInT bIble
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
TruTone, Black/Spruce, Garland Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
TruTone, Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Portfolio Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
TruTone, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
TruTone, Coffee/Goldenrod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
lARGe PRInT ComPACT bIble
Bonded Leather with Magnet Closure, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
TruTone, Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
TruTone, Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
TruTone, Navy/Taupe, Curve Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
TruTone, Olive, Celtic Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
TruTone, Ruby, Bloom Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
lARGe PRInT THInlIne RefeRenCe bIble
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Top Grain Leather, Brown, Black Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
TruTone, Burgundy, Celtic Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
TruTone, Tan/Forest, Core Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
TruTone, Tan, Ornament Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
TruTone, Walnut/Slate, Crossband Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
lITeRARY sTUDY bIble
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
TruTone, Brown/Parchment, Archive Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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mACARTHUR DRAwInG neAR DeVoTIonAl bIble
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
TruTone, Charcoal/Sage, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
mACARTHUR sTUDY bIble
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Premium Calfskin Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
TruTone, Black/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
TruTone, Blue/Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
TruTone, Brown/Crimson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
TruTone, Forest/Tan, Portfolio Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
TruTone, Natural Brown, Woodcut Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
TruTone, Olive, Woodcut Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
mACARTHUR sTUDY bIble, PeRsonAl sIze
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
TruTone, Chocolate/Walnut, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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new ClAssIC RefeRenCe bIble
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Genuine Leather, Black, Black Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Genuine Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Premium Calfskin Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Stripe Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
TruTone, Brown/Tan, Tree Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
TruTone, Chestnut, Filigree Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
o
omeGA THInlIne RefeRenCe bIble
Goatskin, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
one YeAR® bIble
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
oswAlD CHAmbeRs DeVoTIonAl bIble
TruTone, Navy/Tan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
oUTReACH bIble
Paperback, Blue Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Paperback, Classic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Paperback, Contemporary Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Paperback, Graphite Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
oUTReACH new TesTAmenT
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
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PeRsonAl RefeRenCe bIble
TruTone, Berry, Floral Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
TruTone, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
TruTone, Brown, Antique Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
TruTone, Brown, Engraved Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
TruTone, Coffee/Goldenrod, Bouquet Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
TruTone, Dark Brown/Teal, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
TruTone, Deep Brown/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
TruTone, Navy/Chestnut, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Pew AnD woRsHIP bIble
Hardcover, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Hardcover, Dark Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Hardcover, Navy Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Pew AnD woRsHIP bIble, lARGe PRInT
Hardcover, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Hardcover, Dark Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Hardcover, Navy Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
PoCkeT new TesTAmenT wITH PsAlms AnD PRoVeRbs
TruTone, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
PUlPIT bIble
Bonded Leather over Board, Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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seek AnD fInD bIble
Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
TruTone, Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
TruTone, Lavender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
sHARe THe GooD news™ oUTReACH bIble
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
sHARe THe GooD news™ oUTReACH new TesTAmenT
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
sInGle ColUmn HeRITAGe bIble
Calfskin, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
TruTone, Brown/Burgundy, Band Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
TruTone, Deep Brown, Ornate Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
sInGle ColUmn JoURnAlInG bIble
Natural Leather, Brown, Flap with Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Original, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Original, Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
TruTone, Brown, Window Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
sInGle ColUmn leGACY bIble
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Top Grain Leather, Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
TruTone, Brown/Saddle, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
TruTone, Burgundy, Frame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
TruTone, Chocolate/Blue, Paisley Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
sPAnIsH/enGlIsH PARAllel bIble
Hardcover, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
sToRY esV bIble, THe
Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
T
THInlIne bIble
Bonded Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Bonded Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Genuine Leather, Black, Black Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Green, Antique Floral Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Premium Calfskin Leather, Black, Black Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Premium Calfskin Leather, Cordovan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
TruTone, Black/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Portfolio Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Brown, Window Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Charcoal, Celtic Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Charcoal, Crown Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Chestnut, Diamond Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Chocolate/Blue, Paisley Band Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Chocolate/Goldenrod, Emblem Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Cordovan/Saddle, CrossStitch Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Cranberry, Filigree Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Ebony/Berry, Bouquet Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Navy/Tan, Band Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Nutmeg, Filigree Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Royal Blue, Celtic Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, SkyBlue, Ivy Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TruTone, Wild Rose, Floral Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
u
Ubs GReek new TesTAmenT
Genuine Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Top Grain Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
UlTRATHIn bIble
Top Grain Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
TruTone, Brown, Antique Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
TruTone, Chocolate/Blue, Garden Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
TruTone, Deep Brown/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
V
VAlUe CHURCH AnD Pew bIble
Hardcover, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hardcover, Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hardcover, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
VAlUe THInlIne bIble
TruTone, Chestnut, Filigree Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
TruTone, Midnight, Flame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
VeRse-bY-VeRse RefeRenCe bIble
Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
TruTone, Brown/Saddle, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
TruTone, Burgundy, Frame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
VInTAGe THInlIne bIble
Cowhide, Black, Hemisphere Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cowhide, Black/Chestnut, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cowhide, Brown/Burgundy, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cowhide, Chestnut, Hemisphere Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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