Study Desk

Then God commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places"—and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it.

Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"—and it was done.

So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw.

So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars.

So God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of creatures that live in the water, and all kinds of birds. And God was pleased with what he saw.

So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw.

So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female,

blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.

And so the whole universe was completed.

So he took some soil from the ground and formed all the animals and all the birds. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and that is how they all got their names.

So the man named all the birds and all the animals; but not one of them was a suitable companion to help him.

The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.

As soon as they had eaten it, they were given understanding and realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and covered themselves.

So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden and made them cultivate the soil from which they had been formed.

Then Adam had intercourse with his wife, and she became pregnant. She bore a son and said, "By the Lord 's help I have gotten a son." So she named him Cain.

But the Lord answered, "No. If anyone kills you, seven lives will be taken in revenge." So the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who met him not to kill him.

Adam and his wife had another son. She said, "God has given me a son to replace Abel, whom Cain killed." So she named him Seth.

and said, "From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work"; so he named him Noah.

some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret