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Holy Bible
21st Century King James Version

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Genesis
one place, and let the dry land appear";
and it was so.
1
In the beginning God created the
10And God called the dry land Earth; and
heaven and the earth.
the gathering together of the waters
called He Seas; and God saw that it was
2And the earth was without form and good.
void, and darkness was upon the face of
the deep. And the Spirit of God moved
11And God said, "Let the earth bring
upon the face of the waters.
forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and
the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind,
3And God said, "Let there be light"; and
whose seed is in itself, upon the earth";
there was light. and it was so.
4And God saw the light, that it was good; 12And the earth brought forth grass, and
and God divided the light from the
herb yielding seed after his kind, and the
darkness.
tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in
itself, after his kind; and God saw that it
5And God called the light Day, and the was good.
darkness He called Night. And the
evening and the morning were the first 13And the evening and the morning were
day. the third day.
6And God said, "Let there be a 14And God said, "Let there be lights in
firmament in the midst of the waters,
the firmament of the heaven to divide
and let it divide the waters from the
the day from the night; and let them be
waters."
for signs and for seasons, and for days
and years;
7And God made the firmament, and
divided the waters which were under the 15and let them be for lights in the
firmament from the waters which were
firmament of the heaven to give light
above the firmament; and it was so. upon the earth"; and it was so.
8And God called the firmament Heaven. 16And God made two great lights: the
And the evening and the morning were
greater light to rule the day, and the
the second day.
lesser light to rule the night. He made
the stars also.
9And God said, "Let the waters under
the heaven be gathered together unto 17And God set them in the firmament of
the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18and to rule over the day and over the over the cattle, and over all the earth
night, and to divide the light from the and over every creeping thing that
darkness. And God saw that it was good. creepeth upon the earth."
19And the evening and the morning were 27So God created man in His own image,
the fourth day. in the image of God created He him;
male and female created He them.
20And God said, "Let the waters bring
forth abundantly the moving creature 28And God blessed them, and God said
that hath life, and fowl that may fly unto them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and
above the earth in the open firmament replenish the earth, and subdue it; and
of heaven." have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over
21And God created great whales and every living thing that moveth upon the
every living creature that moveth, which earth."
the waters brought forth abundantly
after their kind, and every winged fowl 29And God said, "Behold, I have given
after his kind; and God saw that it was you every herb bearing seed which is
good. upon the face of all the earth, and every
tree in which is the fruit of a tree yielding
22And God blessed them, saying, "Be seed; to you it shall be for meat.
fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in
the seas, and let fowl multiply on the 30And to every beast of the earth, and to
earth." every fowl of the air, and to every thing
that creepeth upon the earth wherein
23And the evening and the morning were there is life, I have given every green
the fifth day. herb for meat"; and it was so.
24And God said, "Let the earth bring 31And God saw every thing that He had
forth the living creature after his kind: made, and behold, it was very good.
cattle and creeping thing and beast of And the evening and the morning were
the earth after his kind"; and it was so. the sixth day.
25And God made the beast of the earth 2
after his kind, and cattle after their kind, Thus the heavens and the earth were
and every thing that creepeth upon the finished, and all the host of them.
earth after his kind; and God saw that it
was good. 2And on the seventh day God ended His
work which He had made; and He
26And God said, "Let Us make man in rested on the seventh day from all His
Our image, after Our likeness; and let work which He had made.
them have dominion over the fish of the
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
3And God blessed the seventh day and 12And the gold of that land is good, and
sanctified it, because in it He had rested there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
from all His work which God created and
made. 13And the name of the second river is
Gihon; the same is it that compasseth
4These are the generations of the the whole land of Cush.
heavens and of the earth when they
were created, in the day that the LORD 14And the name of the third river is
God made the earth and the heavens, Hiddekel; that is it which goeth toward
the east of Assyria. And the fourth river
5and before every plant of the field was is Euphrates.
in the earth, and before every herb of
the field grew; for the LORD God had 15And the LORD God took the man and
not caused it to rain upon the earth, and put him into the Garden of Eden to
there was not a man to till the ground. dress it and to keep it.
6But there went up a mist from the earth, 16And the LORD God commanded the
and watered the whole face of the man, saying, "Of every tree of the
ground. garden thou mayest freely eat;
7And the LORD God formed man of the 17but of the tree of the knowledge of
dust of the ground, and breathed into his good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it.
nostrils the breath of life; and man For in the day that thou eatest thereof,
became a living soul. thou shalt surely die."
8And the LORD God planted a garden 18And the LORD God said, "It is not
eastward in Eden, and there He put the good that the man should be alone; I will
man whom He had formed. make him a helper meet for him."
9And out of the ground made the LORD 19And out of the ground the LORD God
God to grow every tree that is pleasant formed every beast of the field, and
to the sight and good for food, the tree every fowl of the air, and brought them
of life also in the midst of the garden, unto Adam to see what he would call
and the tree of knowledge of good and them; and whatsoever Adam called
evil. every living creature, that was the name
thereof.
10And a river went out of Eden to water
the garden, and from thence it was 20And Adam gave names to all cattle,
parted and became four heads. and to the fowl of the air, and to every
beast of the field; but for Adam there
11The name of the first is Pishon; that is was not found a helper meet for him.
it which compasseth the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold.
21And the LORD God caused a deep opened, and ye shall be as gods,
sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; knowing good and evil."
and He took one of his ribs, and closed
up the flesh instead thereof. 6And when the woman saw that the tree
was good for food, and that it was
22And the rib which the LORD God had pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be
taken from man, made He a woman and desired to make one wise, she took of
brought her unto the man. the fruit thereof and ate, and gave also
unto her husband with her; and he ate.
23And Adam said, "This is now bone of
my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she 7And the eyes of them both were
shall be called Woman, because she opened, and they knew that they were
was taken out of Man." naked; and they sewed fig leaves
together, and made themselves things
24Therefore shall a man leave his father to gird about.
and his mother, and shall cleave unto
his wife; and they shall be one flesh. 8And they heard the voice of the LORD
God, walking in the garden in the cool of
25And they were both naked, the man the day. And Adam and his wife hid
and his wife, and were not ashamed. themselves from the presence of the
LORD God amongst the trees of the
garden.
3
Now the serpent was more subtle
9And the LORD God called unto Adam
than any beast of the field which the and said unto him, "Where art thou?"
LORD God had made. And he said unto
the woman, "Yea, hath God said, 'Ye
10And he said, "I heard Thy voice in the
shall not eat of every tree of the
garden, and I was afraid because I was
garden'?"
naked; and I hid myself."
2And the woman said unto the serpent,
11And He said, "Who told thee that thou
"We may eat of the fruit of the trees of
wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree
the garden,
whereof I commanded thee that thou
shouldest not eat?"
3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, God hath said, 'Ye
12And the man said, "The woman whom
shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch
Thou gavest to be with me, she gave
it,lest ye die.'"
me of the tree, and I ate."
4And the serpent said unto the woman,
13And the LORD God said unto the
"Ye shall not surely die;
woman, "What is this that thou hast
done?" And the woman said, "The
5for God doth know that in the day ye serpent beguiled me, and I ate."
eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
14And the LORD God said unto the 22And the LORD God said, "Behold, the
serpent, "Because thou hast done this, man has become as one of Us, to know
thou art cursed above all cattle, and good and evil. And now, lest he put forth
above every beast of the field. Upon thy his hand and take also of the tree of life,
belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou and eat and live for ever"--
eat all the days of thy life.
23therefore the LORD God sent him forth
15And I will put enmity between thee and from the Garden of Eden to till the
the woman, and between thy seed and ground from whence he was taken.
her Seed; It shall bruise thy head, and
thou shalt bruise His heel." 24So He drove out the man; and He
placed at the east of the Garden of
16Unto the woman He said, "I will greatly Eden cherubims and a flaming sword
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception. which turned every way, to keep the
In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; way of the tree of life.
and thy desire shall be to thy husband,
and he shall rule over thee."
4
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and
17And unto Adam He said, "Because
she conceived and bore Cain, and said,
thou hast hearkened unto the voice of
"I have gotten a man from the LORD."
thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of
which I commanded thee, saying, 'Thou
2And she again bore his brother Abel.
shalt not eat of it,' cursed is the ground
And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but
for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it
all the days of thy life. Cain was a tiller of the ground.
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring 3And in process of time it came to pass
that Cain brought of the fruit of the
forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb
of the field. ground an offering unto the LORD.
19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat 4And Abel also brought of the firstlings
of his flock and of the fat thereof. And
bread till thou return unto the ground, for
the LORD had respect unto Abel and to
out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return." his offering;
20And Adam called his wife's name Eve, 5but unto Cain and to his offering He
because she was the mother of all living. had not respect. And Cain was very
wroth, and his countenance fell.
21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the
6And the LORD said unto Cain, "Why art
LORD God make coats of skins, and
clothed them. thou wroth? And why is thy countenance
fallen?
7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be upon Cain, lest any finding him should
accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin kill him.
lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be
his desire, and thou shalt rule over him." 16And Cain went out from the presence
of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of
8And Cain talked with Abel his brother; Nod to the east of Eden.
and it came to pass, when they were in
the field, that Cain rose up against Abel 17And Cain knew his wife, and she
his brother and slew him. conceived and bore Enoch. And he built
a city, and called the name of the city
9And the LORD said unto Cain, "Where after the name of his son, Enoch.
is Abel thy brother?" And he said, "I
know not. Am I my brother's keeper?" 18And unto Enoch was born Irad; and
Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael
10And He said, "What hast thou done? begot Methushael, and Methushael
The voice of thy brother's blood crieth begot Lamech.
unto Me from the ground.
19And Lamech took unto him two wives:
11And now art thou cursed from the the name of the one was Adah, and the
earth, which hath opened her mouth to name of the other Zillah.
receive thy brother's blood from thy
hand. 20And Adah bore Jabal; he was the
father of those who dwell in tents, and of
12When thou tillest the ground, it shall those who have cattle.
not henceforth yield unto thee her
strength. A fugitive and a vagabond 21And his brother's name was Jubal; he
shalt thou be on the earth." was the father of all those who handle
the harp and organ.
13And Cain said unto the LORD, "My
punishment is greater than I can bear. 22And Zillah, she also bore Tubalcain,
an instructor of every artificer in brass
14Behold, Thou hast driven me out this and iron; and the sister of Tubalcain was
day from the face of the earth, and from Naamah.
Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a
fugitive and a vagabond on the earth. 23And Lamech said unto his wives,
And it shall come to pass that every one "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye
who findeth me shall slay me." wives of Lamech, hearken unto my
speech! For I have slain a man for my
15And the LORD said unto him, wounding, and a young man for my hurt.
"Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him 24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
sevenfold." And the LORD set a mark truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold."
25And Adam knew his wife again; and 9And Enosh lived ninety years, and
she bore a son and called his name begot Cainan.
Seth. "For God," said she, "hath
appointed me another seed instead of 10And Enosh lived after he begot Cainan
Abel, whom Cain slew." eight hundred and fifteen years, and
begot sons and daughters.
26And to Seth also there was born a son,
and he called his name Enosh. Then 11And all the days of Enosh were nine
began men to call upon the name of the hundred and five years; and he died.
LORD.
12And Cainan lived seventy years, and
5 begot Mahalaleel.
This is the book of the generations of
Adam. In the day that God created man, 13And Cainan lived after he begot
in the likeness of God made He him. Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty
years, and begot sons and daughters.
2Male and female created He them, and
blessed them and called their name 14And all the days of Cainan were nine
Adam in the day when they were hundred and ten years; and he died.
created.
15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five
3And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot Jared.
years, and begot a son in his own
likeness, after his image, and called his 16And Mahalaleel lived after he begot
name Seth. Jared eight hundred and thirty years,
and begot sons and daughters.
4And the days of Adam after he had
begotten Seth were eight hundred years; 17And all the days of Mahalaleel were
and he begot sons and daughters. eight hundred ninety and five years; and
he died.
5And all the days that Adam lived were
nine hundred and thirty years; and he 18And Jared lived a hundred sixty and
died. two years, and he begot Enoch.
6And Seth lived a hundred and five 19And Jared lived after he begot Enoch
years, and begot Enosh. eight hundred years, and begot sons
and daughters.
7And Seth lived after he begot Enosh
eight hundred and seven years, and 20And all the days of Jared were nine
begot sons and daughters. hundred sixty and two years; and he
died.
8And all the days of Seth were nine
hundred and twelve years; and he died.
21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, 32And Noah was five hundred years old;
and begot Methuselah. and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
22And Enoch walked with God after he
begot Methuselah three hundred years, 6
and begot sons and daughters. And it came to pass, when men
began to multiply on the face of the
23And all the days of Enoch were three earth and daughters were born unto
hundred sixty and five years. them,
24And Enoch walked with God; and he 2that the sons of God saw the daughters
was not, for God took him. of men, that they were fair; and they
took for themselves wives of all whom
25And Methuselah lived a hundred they chose.
eighty and seven years, and begot
Lamech. 3And the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not
always strive with man, for he also is
26And Methuselah lived after he begot flesh; yet his days shall be a hundred
Lamech seven hundred eighty and two and twenty years."
years, and begot sons and daughters.
4There were giants on the earth in those
27And all the days of Methuselah were days; and also after that, when the sons
nine hundred sixty and nine years; and of God came in unto the daughters of
he died. men and they bore children to them, the
same became mighty men who were of
28And Lamech lived a hundred eighty old, men of renown.
and two years, and begot a son.
5And GOD saw that the wickedness of
29And he called his name Noah, saying, man was great in the earth, and that
"This same shall comfort us concerning every imagining of the thoughts of his
our work and toil of our hands, because heart was only evil continually.
of the ground which the LORD hath
cursed." 6And the LORD repented that He had
made man on the earth, and it grieved
30And Lamech lived after he begot Noah Him in His heart.
five hundred ninety and five years, and
begot sons and daughters. 7And the LORD said, "I will destroy man
whom I have created from the face of
31And all the days of Lamech were the earth, both man and beast, and the
seven hundred seventy and seven years; creeping thing and the fowls of the air,
and he died. for I repent that I have made them."