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Inspired Version

The

Holy Scriptures

CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

AN INSPIRED REVISION OF THE

AUTHORIZED VERSION

BY JOSEPH SMITH, JUNIOR
GENESIS CHAPTER 1
GENESIS yea, the great waters under the
firmament, from the waters which
CHAPTER 1 were above the firmament; and it
was so, even as I spake.
History of the creation.
11 And I, God, called the
1 And it came to pass, that the Lord firmament heaven. And the
spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, evening and the morning were the
I reveal unto you concerning this second day.
heaven and this earth; write the 12 And I, God, said, Let the waters
words which I speak. under the heaven be gathered
2 I am the Beginning and the End; together unto one place; and it was
the Almighty God. By mine Only so. And I, God, said, Let there be
Begotten I created these things. dry land; and it was so.
3 Yea, in the beginning I created 13 And I, God, called the dry land
the heaven, and the earth upon earth; and the gathering together of
which thou standest. the waters called I the sea.
4 And the earth was without form, 14 And I, God, saw that all things
and void; and I caused darkness to which I had made were good.
come up upon the face of the deep. 15 And I, God, said, Let the earth
5 And my Spirit moved upon the bring forth grass; the herb yielding
face of the waters, for I am God. seed; the fruit tree yielding fruit
6 And I, God, said, Let there be after his kind; and the tree yielding
light, and there was light. fruit, whose seed should be in
7 And I, God, saw the light, and itself, upon the earth; and it was so,
that light was good. And I, God, even as I spake.
divided the light from the darkness. 16 And the earth brought forth
8 And I, God, called the light day, grass; every herb yielding seed
and the darkness I called night. after his kind; and the tree yielding
And this I did by the word of my fruit, whose seed should be in
power; and it was done as I spake. itself, after his kind.
And the evening and the morning 17 And I, God, saw that all things
were the first day. which I had made were good. And
9 And again, I, God, said, Let there the evening and the morning were
be a firmament in the midst of the the third day.
waters; and it was so, even as I 18 And I, God, said, Let there be
spake. And I said, Let it divide the lights in the firmament of the
waters from the waters; and it was heaven, to divide the day from the
done. night; and let them be for signs and
10 And I, God, made the for seasons, and for days and for
firmament, and divided the waters;
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years, and let them be for lights in evening and the morning were the
the firmament of the heaven, to fifth day.
give light upon the earth; and it was 25 And I, God, said, Let the earth
so. bring forth the living creature, after
19 And I, God, made two great his kind; cattle and creeping things,
lights; the greater light to rule the and beasts of the earth, after their
day, and the lesser light to rule the kind; and it was so.
night; and the greater light was the 26 And I, God, made the beasts of
sun, and the lesser light was the the earth, after their kind; and cattle
moon. after their kind; and everything
20 And the stars also were made, which creepeth upon the earth,
even according to my word; and I, after his kind. And I, God, saw that
God, set them in the firmament of all these things were good.
the heaven, to give light upon the 27 And I, God, said unto mine Only
earth; and the sun to rule over the Begotten, which was with me from
day, and the moon to rule over the the beginning, Let us make man in
night, and to divide the light from our image, after our likeness; and it
the darkness. was so.
21 And I, God, saw that all things 28 And I, God, said, Let them have
which I had made were good. And dominion over the fishes of the sea,
the evening and the morning were and over the fowl of the air, and
the fourth day. over the cattle, and over all the
22 And I, God, said, Let the waters earth, and over every creeping
bring forth abundantly, the moving thing that creepeth upon the earth.
creature that hath life, and fowl 29 And I, God, created man in mine
which may fly above the earth, in own image, in the image of mine
the open firmament of heaven. Only Begotten created I him; male
23 And I, God, created great and female created I them.
whales, and every living creature 30 And I, God, blessed them and
that moveth, which the waters said unto them, Be fruitful, and
brought forth abundantly, after their multiply, and replenish the earth,
kind; and every winged fowl, after and subdue it; and have dominion
his kind. over the fish of the sea, and over
24 And I, God, saw that all things the fowl of the air, and over every
which I had created were good; and living thing that moveth upon the
I, God, blessed them, saying, Be earth.
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the 31 And I, God, said unto man,
waters in the sea, and let fowl Behold, I have given you every
multiply in the earth. And the herb, bearing seed, which is upon
GENESIS CHAPTER 2
the face of all the earth; and every were created in the day that I the
tree in the which shall be the fruit Lord God made the heaven and the
of a tree, yielding seed; to you it earth, and every plant of the field
shall be for meat. before it was in the earth, and every
32 And to every beast of the earth, herb of the field before it grew;
and to every fowl of the air, and to 5 For I, the Lord God, created all
everything that creepeth upon the things of which I have spoken spiri-
earth, wherein I grant life, there tually, before they were naturally
shall be given every clean herb for upon the face of the earth; for I, the
meat; and it was so, even as I Lord God, had not caused it to rain
spake. upon the face of the earth.
33 And I, God, saw everything that 6 And I, the Lord God, had created
I had made, and behold, all things all the children of men, and not yet
which I had made were very good. a man to till the ground, for in
And the evening and the morning heaven created I them, and there
were the sixth day. was not yet flesh upon the earth,
neither in the water, neither in the
CHAPTER 2 air;
The history of the creation 7 But I, the Lord God, spake, and
continued -- Marriage instituted -- there went up a mist from the earth,
The day of rest. and watered the whole face of the
ground.
1 Thus the heaven and the earth
8 And I, the Lord God, formed man
were finished, and all the host of
from the dust of the ground, and
them.
breathed into his nostrils the breath
2 And on the seventh day, I, God,
of life; and man became a living
ended my work, and all things
soul; the first flesh upon the earth,
which I had made; and I rested on
the first man also;
the seventh day from all my work;
9 Nevertheless, all things were
and all things which I had made
before created, but spiritually were
were finished. And I, God, saw that
they created and made, according
they were good.
to my word.
3 And I, God, blessed the seventh
10 And I, the Lord God, planted a
day, and sanctified it, because that
garden eastward in Eden; and there
in it I had rested from all my work,
I put the man whom I had formed.
which I, God, had created and
11 And out of the ground, made I,
made.
the Lord God, to grow every tree
4 And now, behold, I say unto you,
naturally, that is pleasant to the
that these are the generations of the
sight of man, and man could behold
heaven, and of the earth, when they
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it, and it became also a living soul; 20 But of the tree of the knowledge
for it was spiritual in the day that I of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
created it; for it remaineth in the of it;
sphere in which I, God, created it; 21 Nevertheless, thou mayest
yea, even all things which I choose for thyself, for it is given
prepared for the use of man; and unto thee; but remember that I
man saw that it was good for food. forbid it;
12 And I, the Lord God, planted the 22 For in the day thou eatest
tree of life also, in the midst of the thereof thou shalt surely die.
garden; and also the tree of 23 And I, the Lord God, said unto
knowledge of good and evil. mine Only Begotten, that it was not
13 And I, the Lord God, caused a good that the man should be alone;
river to go out of Eden, to water the 24 Wherefore, I will make an help
garden; and from thence it was meet for him.
parted, and became into four heads. 25 And out of the ground, I the
14 And I, the Lord God, called the Lord God, formed every beast of
name of the first Pison, and it the field, and every fowl of the air;
compasseth the whole land of and commanded that they should
Havilah, where I, the Lord, created come unto Adam, to see what he
much gold; and the gold of that would call them.
land was good, and there was 26 And they were also living souls;
bdellium, and the onyx stone. for I, God, breathed into them the
15 And the name of the second breath of life, and commanded that
river was called Gihon, the same whatsoever Adam called every
that compasseth the whole land of living creature, that should be the
Ethiopia. name thereof.
16 And the name of the third river 27 And Adam gave names to all
was Hiddekel, that which goeth cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and
toward the east of Assyria. to every beast of the field; but as
17 And the fourth river was for Adam, there was not found an
Euphrates. help meet for him.
18 And I, the Lord God, took the 28 And I, the Lord God, caused a
man, and put him into the garden of deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and
Eden, to dress it, and to keep it. he slept, and I took one of his ribs,
19 And I, the Lord God, and closed up the flesh in the stead
commanded the man, saying, Of thereof; and the rib, which I, the
every tree of the garden thou Lord God had taken from man,
mayest freely eat; made I a woman, and brought her
unto the man.
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29 And Adam said, This I know he should be cast down; and he
now is bone of my bones, and flesh became Satan.
of my flesh. She shall be called 5 Yea, even the devil, the father of
woman, because she was taken out all lies, to deceive, and to blind
of man. men, and to lead them captive at his
30 Therefore shall a man leave his will, even as many as would not
father and his mother, and shall hearken unto my voice.
cleave unto his wife; and they shall 6 And now, the serpent was more
be one flesh. subtle than any beast of the field,
31 And they were both naked, the which I, the Lord God, had made.
man and his wife, and were not 7 And Satan put it into the heart of
ashamed. the serpent, for he had drawn away
many after him; and he sought also
CHAPTER 3 to beguile Eve, for he knew not the
Rebellion of Satan -- Man’s agency, mind of God; wherefore, he sought
temptation and fall. to destroy the world.
8 And he said unto the woman,
1 And I, the Lord God, spake unto
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat
Moses, saying, That Satan whom
of every tree of the garden. And he
thou hast commanded in the name
spake by the mouth of the serpent.
of mine Only Begotten, is the same
9 And the woman said unto the
which was from the beginning;
serpent, We may eat of the fruit of
2 And he came before me, saying,
the trees of the garden; but of the
Behold I, send me, I will be thy
fruit of the tree which thou
Son, and I will redeem all mankind,
beholdest in the midst of the
that one soul shall not be lost, and
garden, God hath said, Ye shall not
surely I will do it; wherefore, give
eat of it, neither shall ye touch it,
me thine honor.
lest ye die.
3 But behold, my beloved Son,
10 And the serpent said unto the
which was my beloved and chosen
woman, Ye shall not surely die; for
from the beginning, said unto me:
God doth know, that in the day ye
Father, thy will be done, and the
eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
glory be thine forever.
opened, and ye shall be as gods,
4 Wherefore, because that Satan
knowing good and evil.
rebelled against me, and sought to
11 And when the woman saw that
destroy the agency of man, which I,
the tree was good for food, and that
the Lord God, had given him; and
it became pleasant to the eyes, and
also that I should give unto him
a tree to be desired to make her
mine own power; by the power of
wise, she took of the fruit thereof,
mine Only Begotten I caused that
GENESIS CHAPTER 3
and did eat; and gave also unto her cattle, and above every beast of the
husband with her, and he did eat. field; upon thy belly shalt thou go,
12 And the eyes of them both were and dust shalt thou eat all the days
opened, and they knew that they of thy life;
had been naked; and they sewed fig 21 And I will put enmity between
leaves together, and made thee and the woman; between thy
themselves aprons. seed and her seed; and he shall
13 And they heard the voice of the bruise thy head, and thou shalt
Lord God, as they were walking in bruise his heel.
the garden, in the cool of the day. 22 Unto the woman, I, the Lord
14 And Adam and his wife went to God, said, I will greatly multiply
hide themselves from the presence thy sorrow, and thy conception; in
of the Lord God, amongst the trees sorrow thou shalt bring forth
of the garden. children, and thy desire shall be to
15 And I, the Lord God, called unto thy husband, and he shall rule over
Adam, and said unto him, Where thee.
goest thou? And he said, I heard 23 And unto Adam, I, the Lord
thy voice, in the garden, and I was God, said, Because thou hast
afraid, because I beheld that I was hearkened unto the voice of thy
naked, and I hid myself. wife, and hast eaten of the fruit of
16 And I, the Lord God, said unto the tree, of which I commanded
Adam, Who told thee that thou thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of
wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the it, cursed shall be the ground for
tree whereof I commanded thee thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of
that thou shouldst not eat, if so thou it all the days of thy life;
shouldst surely die? 24 Thorns also and thistles shall it
17 And the man said, The woman bring forth to thee; and thou shalt
whom thou gavest me, and eat the herb of the field;
commanded that she should remain 25 By the sweat of thy face shalt
with me, she gave me of the fruit of thou eat bread, until thou shalt
the tree, and I did eat. return unto the ground, for thou
18 And I, the Lord God, said unto shalt surely die; for out of it wast
the woman, What is this thing thou taken, for dust thou wast, and
which thou hast done? unto dust shalt thou return.
19 And the woman said, The 26 And Adam called his wife’s
serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. name Eve, because she was the
20 And I, the Lord God, said unto mother of all living; for thus have I,
the serpent, Because thou hast done the Lord God, called the first of all
this, thou shalt be cursed above all women, which are many.
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27 Unto Adam, and also unto his and to have dominion over all the
wife, did I, the Lord God, make beasts of the field, and to eat his
coats of skins, and clothed them. bread by the sweat of his brow, as I,
28 And I, the Lord God, said unto the Lord had commanded him, and
mine Only Begotten, Behold, the Eve also, his wife, did labor with
man is become as one of us, to him.
know good and evil; and now, lest 2 And Adam knew his wife, and
he put forth his hand, and partake she bare unto him sons and
also of the tree of life, and eat, and daughters, and they began to
live forever; multiply, and to replenish the earth.
29 Therefore, I, the Lord God, will 3 And from that time forth, the sons
send him forth from the garden of and daughters of Adam began to
Eden, to till the ground from divide, two and two, in the land,
whence he was taken; and to till the land, and to tend
30 For, as I, the Lord God, liveth, flocks; and they also begat sons and
even so my words cannot return daughters.
void, for, as they go forth out of my 4 And Adam called upon the name
mouth, they must be fulfilled. of the Lord, and Eve also, his wife;
31 So I drove out the man, and I and they heard the voice of the
placed at the east of the garden of Lord, from the way towards the
Eden, cherubim, and a flaming garden of Eden, speaking unto
sword, which turned every way, to them, and they saw him not; for
keep the way of the tree of life. they were shut out from his
32 (And these are the words which presence.
I spake unto my servant Moses. 5 And he gave unto them
And they are true, even as I will. commandments, that they should
33 And I have spoken them unto worship the Lord their God; and
you. See thou show them unto no should offer the firstlings of their
man, until I command you, except flocks for an offering unto the
they that believe.) Amen. Lord.
6 And Adam was obedient unto the
CHAPTER 4 commandments of the Lord. And
Sons and daughters born to Adam - after many days, an angel of the
- Offering of sacrifices -- Lord appeared unto Adam, saying,
Redemption declared -- Satan Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto
estranges man from God. the Lord? And Adam said unto
him, I know not, save the Lord
1 And it came to pass, that after I,
commanded me.
the Lord God, had driven them out,
that Adam began to till the earth,
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7 And then the angel spake, saying, things known unto their sons and
This thing is a similitude of the their daughters.
sacrifice of the Only Begotten of 13 And Satan came among them,
the Father, which is full of grace saying, I am also a son of God, and
and truth; he commanded them, saying,
8 Wherefore, thou shalt do all that Believe it not. And they believed it
thou doest, in the name of the Son. not; and they loved Satan more
And thou shalt repent, and call than God. And men began from
upon God, in the name of the Son that time forth to be carnal, sensual
for evermore. and devilish.
9 And in that day, the Holy Ghost
fell upon Adam, which beareth CHAPTER 5
record of the Father and the Son, Satan estranges man from God --
saying, I am the Only Begotten of Salvation preached -- Birth of Cain
the Father from the beginning, and Abel -- Secret combinations --
henceforth and forever; that, as Abel slain, Cain cursed -- Secrets
thou hast fallen, thou mayest be revealed by Lamech’s wives -- The
redeemed, and all mankind, even as earth cursed.
many as will.
1 And the Lord God called upon
10 And in that day Adam blessed
men, by the Holy Ghost, every-
God, and was filled, and began to
where, and commanded them that
prophesy concerning all the
they should repent;
families of the earth; saying,
2 And as many as believed in the
Blessed be the name of God, for,
Son, and repented of their sins,
because of my transgression my
should be saved. And as many as
eyes are opened, and in this life I
believed not, and repented not,
shall have joy, and again, in the
should be damned. And the words
flesh I shall see God.
went forth out of the mouth of God,
11 And Eve, his wife, heard all
in a firm decree, wherefore they
these things and was glad, saying,
must be fulfilled.
Were it not for our transgression,
3 And Adam ceased not to call
we never should have had seed, and
upon God; and Eve also his wife.
never should have known good and
4 And Adam knew Eve his wife,
evil, and the joy of our redemption,
and she conceived and bare Cain,
and the eternal life which God
and said, I have gotten a man from
giveth unto all the obedient.
the Lord; wherefore he may not
12 And Adam and Eve blessed the
reject his words. But, behold, also
name of God; and they made all
Cain hearkened not saying, Who is
the Lord, that I should know him?
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5 And she again conceived, and from Cain, for he rejected the
bare his brother Abel. And Abel greater counsel, which was had
hearkened unto the voice of the from God; and this is a cursing
Lord. And Abel was a keeper of which I will put upon thee, except
sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the thou repent.
ground. 11 And Cain was wroth, and
6 And Cain loved Satan more than listened not any more to the voice
God. And Satan commanded him, of the Lord, neither to Abel his
saying, Make an offering unto the brother, who walked in holiness
Lord. And in process of time it before the Lord.
came to pass, that Cain brought of 12 And Adam also, and his wife,
the fruit of the ground an offering mourned before the Lord, because
unto the Lord. of Cain and his brethren.
7 And Abel, he also brought, of the 13 And it came to pass, that Cain
firstlings of his flock, and of the fat took one of his brother’s daughters
thereof; and the Lord had respect to wife, and they loved Satan more
unto Abel, and to his offering, but than God.
unto Cain, and to his offering, he 14 And Satan said unto Cain,
had not respect. Swear unto me by thy throat, and if
8 Now Satan knew this, and it thou tell it thou shalt die; and swear
pleased him. And Cain was very thy brethren by their heads, and by
wroth, and his countenance fell. the living God, that they tell it not;
9 And the Lord said unto Cain, for if they tell it they shall surely
Why art thou wroth? Why is thy die; and this that thy father may not
countenance fallen? If thou doest know it; and this day I will deliver
well thou shalt be accepted, and if thy brother Abel into thine hands.
thou doest not well, sin lieth at the 15 And Satan swear unto Cain, that
door; and Satan desireth to have he would do according to his
thee, and except thou shalt hearken commands. And all these things
unto my commandments, I will were done in secret.
deliver thee up, and it shall be unto 16 And Cain said, Truly I am
thee according to his desire; and Mahan, the master of this great
thou shalt rule over him, for from secret, that I may murder and get
this time forth thou shalt be the gain. Wherefore Cain was called
father of his lies. Master Mahan; and he gloried in
10 Thou shalt be called Perdition, his wickedness.
for thou wast also before the world, 17 And Cain went into the field,
and it shall be said in time to come, and Cain talked with Abel his
that these abominations were had brother; and it came to pass, that