And God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

And God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper meet for him.

And the Lord God said unto the serpent, “Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

And unto Adam He said, “Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, ‘Thou shalt not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who handle the harp and organ.

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died.

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years; and he died.

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years.

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died.

that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair; and they took for themselves wives of all whom they chose.

And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

And God said unto Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven; and every thing that is on the earth shall die.

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be food for thee and for them.”