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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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

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11n 1 Chr. 3:15, 16 o Esth. 2:6; Jer. 24:1; 27:20

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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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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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 eve-ning and there was morning, the second day.

9 And God said, g “Let the waters under the

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I N T R O D U C T I O N TO G E N E S I S

AUTHOR, DATE, AND RECIPIENTS

Traditionally, Moses is considered to have been the author of Genesis and the rest of the Pentateuch (see Num. 33:2; Deut. 31:24; John 5:46). Of course, Moses lived much later than the events of Genesis. Presum ably, stories were passed down about those earlier events, and Moses brought them all together.

The first audience would have been the Israelites Moses led through the wilderness. For readers today, Genesis is an essential introduction to the rest of the Bible. It is rightly called the book of beginnings.

THEME

The theme of Genesis is creation, sin, and re-creation. God made the world very good, but first cursed it and then destroyed it in the flood because of man’s disobedience. The new world after the flood was also spoiled by human sin (ch. 11). God chose Abraham for a special purpose. Through his family, all nations would be blessed (12:1–3). God’s purpose will eventually be fulfilled through Abraham’s descendants (ch. 49).

KEY THEMES

1. The Lord God commissions human beings to be his representatives on earth. They are to take care of the earth and govern the other creatures (1:1–2:25).

2. Instead of acting as God’s representatives on earth, the first man and woman—Adam and Eve—listen to the serpent and follow his advice. Their disobedience has devastating results for all mankind and for the entire created world (3:1–24; 6:5–6).

3. God graciously announces that Eve’s offspring will free humanity from the serpent’s control (3:15). Genesis then begins tracing the history of one family that will become the people of Israel. This family has a special relationship with God and will become a source of blessing to fallen humanity (12:1–3).

4. As a result of Adam’s disobedience, his unique relationship with the ground degenerates, resulting in hard work and later in flood and famine. But the special family descending from Adam also brings relief from the difficulties (3:17–19; 5:29; 50:19–21).

5. While Eve’s punishment centers on pain in bearing children (3:16), women play an essential role in continuing the unique family line. With God’s help, even barrenness is overcome (11:30; 21:1–7; 25:21; 38:1–30).

6. The corruption of human nature causes families to be torn apart (4:1–16; 13:5–8; 25:22–23; 27:41–45; 37:2–35). Although Genesis shows the reality of family conflicts, individual members of the chosen family can also help resolve those conflicts (13:8–11; 33:1–11; 45:1–28; 50:15–21).

7. The wicked are exiled from Eden and scattered throughout the earth (3:22–24; 4:12–16; 11:9), but God is kind to his chosen people and promises them a land of their own (12:1–2, 7; 15:7–21; 28:13–14; 50:24).

8. God is prepared to destroy almost the entire human race because of its corruption (6:7, 11–12; 18:17–33), but he still wants his world to be populated by righteous people (1:28; 9:1; 15:1–5; 35:11).

Creation Call of Abraham

Israel goes to Egypt

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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


1:1–11:26 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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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.

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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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between good and evil begins in Genesis. A major strand in the master story of the

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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 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.


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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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. 8and 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.” 9after 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. 11and 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. 12and 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.” 14and 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.”

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 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.”

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.” 21and 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. 23and he went and lived in a city called Naza

reth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: “he shall be called a Nazarene.”

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

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 baptism, 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. 9and 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.”

The Baptism of Jesus13 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. 16and when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him,2 and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “this is my beloved Son,3 with whom I am well pleased.”

The Temptation of Jesus

4 f then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2and

after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3and the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these

1 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness 2 Some manuscripts omit to him 3 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved 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 f For 4:1-11 see parallels Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1-13

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stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written,

a “ ‘ Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the

mouth of God.’ ”

5 then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,

b “ ‘ he will command his angels concerning you,’

and

“ ‘ On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ”

7 Jesus said to him, “again it is written, c ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ” 8again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9and he said to him, “all these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written,

d “ ‘ You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’ ”

11 then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry12 Now when he heard that John had been

arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. 13and leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

15 e “ the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,

the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

16 the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and

shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”

17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Jesus Calls the First Disciples18 f while walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw

two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19and he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21and going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and

John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds23and he went throughout all Galilee, teaching

in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them. 25and great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

The Sermon on the Mount

5 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples

came to him.

The Beatitudes2and he opened his mouth and taught them,

saying:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the

kingdom of heaven.4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall

be comforted.5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit

the earth.6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for

righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall re

ceive mercy.8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall

see God.9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall

be called sons1 of God.10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for

righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Salt and Light13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has

lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

14 “You are the light of the world. a city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

1 Greek huioi; see preface a Deut. 8:3 b Ps. 91:11, 12 c Deut. 6:16 d Deut. 6:13 e Isa. 9:1, 2 f For 4:18-22 see parallel Mark 1:16-20

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Gene 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


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 domin-ion 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.”


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.

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.

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G e n e s i s 2 :4 G e n e s i s 5:22 3

1 Or against 2 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living 3 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten 4 Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]? 5 Or against 6 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field 7 Or My guilt is too great to bear 8 Nod means wandering 9 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed

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 12 Hebrew wind 13 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11 14 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis

he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

16 To the woman he said,

“ I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for1 your husband, and he shall 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 of which I commanded you, ‘ You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of

your life;18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for

you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

20 The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.2 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23 there-fore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

Cain and Abel

4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she con-ceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten3

a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. 6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted?4

And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for5 you, but you must rule over it.”

8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother.6 And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your broth-er’s blood is crying to me from the ground. 11 And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” 13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.7 14 Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” 15 Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him. 16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod,8 east of Eden.

17 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. 19 And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. 22 Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

23 Lamech said to his wives:

“ Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.24 If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”

25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed9 for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.” 26 To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Adam’s Descendants to Noah

5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the

likeness of God. 2 Male and female he created them,

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 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. 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 actually say, ‘You10 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 the tree was to be desired to make one wise,11 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 cool12 of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the pres-ence 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?”13 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 I will put enmity between you and the

woman, and between your offspring14 and her off-

spring;

G e n e s i s 2 :4 G e n e s i s 5:22 3

1 Or against 2 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living 3 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten 4 Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]? 5 Or against 6 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field 7 Or My guilt is too great to bear 8 Nod means wandering 9 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed

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 12 Hebrew wind 13 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11 14 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis

he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

16 To the woman he said,

“ I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for1 your husband, and he shall 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 of which I commanded you, ‘ You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of

your life;18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for

you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

20 The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.2 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23 there-fore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

Cain and Abel

4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she con-ceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten3

a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. 6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted?4

And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for5 you, but you must rule over it.”

8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother.6 And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your broth-er’s blood is crying to me from the ground. 11 And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” 13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.7 14 Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” 15 Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him. 16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod,8 east of Eden.

17 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. 19 And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. 22 Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

23 Lamech said to his wives:

“ Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.24 If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”

25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed9 for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.” 26 To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Adam’s Descendants to Noah

5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the

likeness of God. 2 Male and female he created them,

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.



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 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


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 actually say, ‘You10 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 the tree was to be desired to make one wise,11 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 cool12 of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the pres-ence 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?”13 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.”


“ 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 I will put enmity between you and the

woman, and between your offspring14 and her off-

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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.


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.


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.


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.



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


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.”


“ 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 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.


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.


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.



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


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.”


“ 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

Gene 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.





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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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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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.

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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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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.


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.


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.


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.


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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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.


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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.

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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.


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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-

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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.








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The Beginning of Creation

1 In the beginning, God created the heav-ens and the earth. 2fThe earth was with-

out form and void, and darkness was over theface of the deep. And the Spirit of God washovering over the face of the waters.The Six Days of Creation

3fAnd God said, “Let there be light,” andthere was light. 4fAnd God saw that the lightwas good. And God separated the light fromthe darkness. 5fGod called the light Day, andthe darkness he called Night. And there wasevening and there was morning, the first day.

6fAnd God said, “Let there be an expanse1

in the midst of the waters, and let it separatethe waters from the waters.”7fAnd God madethe expanse and separated the waters thatwere under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.8fAnd God called the expanse Heaven.2 Andthere was evening and there was morning, thesecond day.

9fAnd God said, “Let the waters under theheavens be gathered together into one place,and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.10fGod called the dry land Earth,3 and thewaters that were gathered together he calledSeas. And God saw that it was good.

11fAnd God said, “Let the earth sprout veg-etation, plants4 yielding seed, and fruit treesbearing fruit in which is their seed, eachaccording to its kind, on the earth.” And itwas so. 12fThe earth brought forth vegetation,plants yielding seed according to their ownkinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is theirseed, each according to its kind. And Godsaw that it was good.13fAnd there was eveningand there was morning, the third day.

14fAnd God said, “Let there be lights in theexpanse of the heavens to separate the dayfrom the night. And let them be for signs andfor seasons,5 and for days and years,15fand letthem be lights in the expanse of the heavensto give light upon the earth.” And it was so.16fAnd God made6 the two great lights—thegreater light to rule the day and the lesserlight to rule the night—and the stars. 17fAndGod set them in the expanse of the heavensto give light on the earth, 18fto rule over the

day and over the night, and to separate thelight from the darkness. And God saw that itwas good.19fAnd there was evening and therewas morning, the fourth day.

20fAnd God said, “Let the waters swarmwith swarms of living creatures, and let birds7

fly above the earth across the expanse of theheavens.”21fSo God created the great sea crea-tures and every living creature that moves,with which the waters swarm, according totheir kinds, and every winged bird accordingto its kind. And God saw that it was good.22fAnd God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitfuland multiply and fill the waters in the seas,and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23fAndthere was evening and there was morning, thefifth day.

24fAnd God said, “Let the earth bring forthliving creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts ofthe earth according to their kinds.” And itwas so. 25fAnd God made the beasts of theearth according to their kinds and the live-stock according to their kinds, and everythingthat creeps on the ground according to itskind. And God saw that it was good.

26fThen God said, “Let us make man8 inour image, after our likeness. And let themhave dominion over the fish of the sea andover the birds of the heavens and over thelivestock and over all the earth and over everycreeping 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.

28fAnd God blessed them. And God said tothem, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill theearth and subdue it and have dominion overthe fish of the sea and over the birds of theheavens and over every living thing thatmoves on the earth.” 29fAnd God said,“Behold, I have given you every plant yieldingseed that is on the face of all the earth, andevery tree with seed in its fruit. You shall havethem for food. 30fAnd to every beast of theearth and to every bird of the heavens and toeverything that creeps on the earth, every-thing that has the breath of life, I have given

1 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20 2 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 3 Or Land; also verses 11, 12, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30; 2:1 4 Or small plants; alsoverses 12, 29 5 Or appointed times 6 Or fashioned 7 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19-20 8 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind andbecomes the proper name Adam

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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.


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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.



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.




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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

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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.


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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.




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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


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.




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.


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.


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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

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.

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7eProv. 8:27-29 fPs. 148:4

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16kDeut. 4:19; Ps. 136:7-9

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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.


1 In the a beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was b with-out form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of

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6And God said, d “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 e separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were f 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, 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.

11And 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. 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 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. 16And 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. 17And 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. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

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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.


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


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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.


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

Genesis


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.


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

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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 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



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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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





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 the trespass of one 2 Or the act of righteousness of one 3 El-bethel means God of Bethel 4 Allon-bacuth means oak of weeping 5 Or had appeared 6 Hebrew El Shaddai 7 Hebrew from your loins 8 Or about two hours’ distance 9 Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength 10 Benjamin means son of the right hand

1 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac son; also verse 14 2 Hebrew the River

much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. 17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

18 Therefore, as one trespass1 led to condem-nation for all men, so one act of righteousness2 leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedi-ence the many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

F e b r u a r y 3

Genesis 35–36

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God

who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.

5And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, 7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel,3 because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother. 8And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.4

9 God appeared5 to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall

be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11And God said to him, “I am God Almighty:6 be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.7 12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” 13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance8 from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another son.” 18And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;9 but his father called him Benjamin.10 19 So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), 20 and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this day. 21 Israel jour-neyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben

went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concu-bine. And Israel heard of it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali. 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. 28 Now the days of Isaac were 180 years. 29And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

36:1 These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 2 Esau took his wives from the Ca -naanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daugh-ter1 of Zibeon the Hivite, 3 and Basemath, Ish-mael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his house-hold, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock. 8 So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)

9 These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 (Timna was a concu-bine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife. 13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. 14 These are the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

15 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, 16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. 17 These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. 18 These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: the chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna. 23 These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father. 25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 27 These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. 28 These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 29 These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, chief by chief in the land of Seir.

31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites. 32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah. 33 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. 34 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 35 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith. 36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 37 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates2 reigned in his place. 38 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 39 Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and

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1 Or the trespass of one 2 Or the act of righteousness of one 3 El-bethel means God of Bethel 4 Allon-bacuth means oak of weeping 5 Or had appeared 6 Hebrew El Shaddai 7 Hebrew from your loins 8 Or about two hours’ distance 9 Ben-oni could mean son of my sorrow, or son of my strength 10 Benjamin means son of the right hand

1 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac son; also verse 14 2 Hebrew the River

much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. 17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

18 Therefore, as one trespass1 led to condem-nation for all men, so one act of righteousness2 leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedi-ence the many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

F e b r u a r y 3

Genesis 35–36

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God

who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.” 4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree that was near Shechem.

5And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, 7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel,3 because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother. 8And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.4

9 God appeared5 to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall

be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11And God said to him, “I am God Almighty:6 be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.7 12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” 13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance8 from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another son.” 18And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;9 but his father called him Benjamin.10 19 So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), 20 and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this day. 21 Israel jour-neyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben

went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concu-bine. And Israel heard of it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali. 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. 28 Now the days of Isaac were 180 years. 29And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

36:1 These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 2 Esau took his wives from the Ca -naanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daugh-ter1 of Zibeon the Hivite, 3 and Basemath, Ish-mael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his house-hold, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together. The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock. 8 So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)

9 These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 (Timna was a concu-bine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife. 13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. 14 These are the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

15 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, 16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. 17 These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. 18 These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: the chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna. 23 These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father. 25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 27 These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. 28 These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 29 These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, chief by chief in the land of Seir.

31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites. 32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah. 33 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. 34 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 35 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith. 36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 37 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates2 reigned in his place. 38 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 39 Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, 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

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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 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was with


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.


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

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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.


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.


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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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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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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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.


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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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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he book of the geneal

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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

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Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5

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Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed

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the king.

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and asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and

Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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in this way. when his mother Mary had been

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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

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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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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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EL SANTO EVANGELIO SEGÚN

SAN MATEO

1 Libro de la genealogía de Jesucristo, hijo de David, hijo de Abraham.

¶ 2 Abraham engendró a Isaac, Isaac a Jacob, y Jacob a Judá y a sus hermanos.

3 Judá engendró de Tamar a Fares y a Zara, Fares a Esrom, y Esrom a Aram.

4 Aram engendró a Aminadab, Aminadab a Naasón, y Naasón a Salmón.

5 Salmón engendró de Rahab a Booz, Booz engen-dró de Rut a Obed, y Obed a Isaí.

6 Isaí engendró al rey David, y el rey David engen-dró a Salomón de la que fue mujer de Urías.

7 Salomón engendró a Roboam, Roboam a Abías, y Abías a Asa.

8 Asa engendró a Josafat, Josafat a Joram, y Joram a Uzías.

9 Uzías engendró a Jotam, Jotam a Acaz, y Acaz a Ezequías. 10 Ezequías engendró a Manasés, Manasés a Amón, y Amón a Josías.

11 Josías engendró a Jeconías y a sus hermanos, en el tiempo de la deportación a Babilonia.¶ 12 Después de la deportación a Babilonia, Jeconías engendró a Salatiel, y Salatiel a Zorobabel.

13 Zorobabel engendró a Abiud, Abiud a Eliaquim, y Eliaquim a Azor. 14 Azor engendró a Sadoc, Sadoc a Aquim, y Aquim a Eliud. 15 Eliud engendró a Eleazar, Eleazar a Matán, Matán a Jacob; 16 y Jacob engendró a José, marido de María, de la cual nació Jesús, llamado el Cristo.¶ 17 De manera que todas las generaciones desde Abraham hasta David son catorce; desde David hasta la deportación a Babilonia, catorce; y desde la depor-tación a Babilonia hasta Cristo, catorce.

¶ 18 El nacimiento de Jesucristo fue así: Estando des-posada María su madre con José, antes que se junta-sen, se halló que había concebido del Espíritu Santo.

19 José su marido, como era justo, y no quería infamarla, quiso dejarla secretamente.

ThE GOSpEL ACCORDING TO

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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 broth-ers, 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, 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.¶ 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.

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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.


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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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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.

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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.


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

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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.

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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.


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CHIlDRen’s bIble

Hardcover, Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Hardcover, Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

CHRIsTmAs oUTReACH neW TesTAmenT

Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

ComPACT bIble

TruTone, Avocado, Frame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

TruTone, Charcoal, Crown Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

TruTone, Chestnut, Crown Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

TruTone, Chestnut, Diamond Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

TruTone, Cranberry, Filigree Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

TruTone, Deep Blue, Waves Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

TruTone, Granite, Quotation Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

TruTone, Olive, Celtic Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

TruTone, Orange, Track Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

TruTone, Purple, Paisley Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

TruTone, Slate, Birds Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

TruTone, Wild Rose, Floral Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

ComPACT neW TesTAmenT WITH PsAlms AnD PRoVeRbs

TruTone, Navy Blue, Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

TruTone, Plum, Frame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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DAIlY ReADInG bIble

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

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Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

enGlIsH-GReek ReVeRse InTeRlIneAR neW TesTAmenT

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

esV GRoW! bIble

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

TruTone, Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

TruTone, Purple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

esV sTUDenT sTUDY bIble

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

TruTone, Brown/Blue, Arrow Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

TruTone, Brown/Pink, Arc Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

TruTone, Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

TruTone, Taupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

esV sTUDY bIble

Bonded/Cloth, Brown/Slate, Portfolio Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Bonded Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Bonded Leather, Black/Saddle, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Bonded Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cowhide, Brown/Chestnut, Portfolio Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cowhide, Deep Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Genuine Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Premium Calfskin Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Premium Calfskin Leather, Cordovan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TruTone, Brown, Engraved Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Portfolio Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TruTone, Brown/Purple, Iris Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TruTone, Chocolate/Rose, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TruTone, Classic Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TruTone, Mahogany, Trellis Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TruTone, Navy, Angle Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TruTone, Navy/Tan, Band Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TruTone, Walnut/Taupe, Core Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

esV sTUDY bIble, lARGeR PRInT


Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

TruTone, Walnut, Frame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

esV sTUDY bIble, PeRsonAl sIze


Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Portfolio Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

TruTone, Chocolate/Blue, Ivy Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

TruTone, Olive, Celtic Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Cloth over Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Genuine Leather over Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

G

GeRmAn/enGlIsH PARAllel bIble

Hardcover, Dark Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

GIAnT PRInT bIble

Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

TruTone, Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

GIfT & AWARD bIble

Imitation Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Imitation Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

GIfT bIble

TruTone, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

TruTone, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

TruTone, Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

TruTone, Pink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

GlobAl sTUDY bIble

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

TruTone, Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

GReek-enGlIsH neW TesTAmenT

Cloth over Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

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CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

HeAR THe WoRD AUDIo neW TesTAmenT

CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

HebReW-enGlIsH olD TesTAmenT

Cloth over Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

J

joURnAlInG bIble

Antique Floral Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Bonded Leather, Mocha, Threshold Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Natural Leather, Brown, Flap with Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Original, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

TruTone, Raspberry/Chocolate, Flourish Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

L

lARGe PRInT bIble

Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

TruTone, Black/Spruce, Garland Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

TruTone, Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Portfolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

TruTone, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

lARGe PRInT ComPACT bIble

Bonded Leather with Snap, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

TruTone, Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

TruTone, Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

TruTone, Navy/Taupe, Curve Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

TruTone, Olive, Celtic Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

TruTone, Ruby, Bloom Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

lARGe PRInT THInlIne RefeRenCe bIble


Top Grain Leather, Brown, Black letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

TruTone, Burgundy, Celtic Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

TruTone, Tan/Forest, Core Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

lITeRARY sTUDY bIble

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

TruTone, Brown/Parchment, Archive Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

m

mACARTHUR sTUDY bIble, esV, THe

Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Premium Calfskin Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

TruTone, Black/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

TruTone, Blue/Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

TruTone, Brown/Crimson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

TruTone, Forest/Tan, Portfolio Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

TruTone, Natural Brown, Woodcut Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

TruTone, Olive, Woodcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

N

neW ClAssIC RefeRenCe bIble


Genuine Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Premium Calfskin, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Stripe Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

TruTone, Brown/Tan, Tree Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

TruTone, Chestnut, Filigree Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

o

one YeAR® bIble

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

osWAlD CHAmbeRs DeVoTIonAl bIble

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

TruTone, Navy/Tan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

oUTReACH bIble

Paperback, Blue Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Paperback, Classic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Paperback, Contemporary Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Paperback, Graphite Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

oUTReACH neW TesTAmenT

Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

P

PeRsonAl sIze RefeRenCe bIble


Lambskin, Deep Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

TruTone, Berry, Quilt Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

TruTone, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

TruTone, Brown, CrossWeave Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37


TruTone, Cool Mint, Ivy Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

TruTone, Graphite, Stitch Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

TruTone, Mahogany, Trellis Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

TruTone, Navy, Cascade Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

TruTone, Plum, Wildflower Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

PeW AnD WoRsHIP bIble

Hardcover, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32


Hardcover, Navy Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

PeW AnD WoRsHIP bIble, lARGe PRInT

Hardcover, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32


Hardcover, Navy Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

PoCkeT neW TesTAmenT

TruTone, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

PUlPIT bIble

Bonded Leather over Board, Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

S

seek AnD fInD bIble

Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

TruTone, Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

TruTone, Lavender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

sHARe THe GooD neWs oUTReACH bIble

Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

sHARe THe GooD neWs oUTReACH neW TesTAmenT

Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

sInGle ColUmn joURnAlInG bIble

Natural Leather, Brown, Flap with Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Original, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Original, Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

sInGle ColUmn leGACY bIble


Top Grain Leather, Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

TruTone, Brown/Saddle, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

TruTone, Burgundy, Frame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

TruTone, Chocolate/Blue, Paisley Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

sPAnIsH/enGlIsH PARAllel bIble

Hardcover, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

sToRY esV bIble, THe

Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

t

THInlIne bIble

Bonded Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Bonded Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Genuine Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Green, Antique Floral Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Premium Calfskin Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Premium Calfskin Leather, Cordovan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

TruTone, Black/Charcoal, Crescent Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

TruTone, Black/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Portfolio Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Charcoal, Celtic Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23


TruTone, Chestnut, Diamond Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Chocolate/Blue, Paisley Band Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Cool Mint, Ivy Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Cordovan/Saddle, CrossStitch Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Cranberry, Filigree Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Ebony/Berry, Bouquet Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Forest/Tan, Trail Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Mahogany, Trellis Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Navy/Tan, Band Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Nutmeg, Filigree Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Royal Blue, Celtic Cross Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, SkyBlue, Ivy Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

TruTone, Wild Rose, Floral Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

u

Ubs GReek neW TesTAmenT

Genuine Leather, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Top Grain Leather, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

V

VAlUe PeW bIble

Hardcover, Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Hardcover, Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Hardcover, Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

VAlUe THInlIne bIble

TruTone, Chestnut, Filigree Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

TruTone, Midnight, Flame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

VeRse-bY-VeRse RefeRenCe bIble


TruTone, Brown/Cordovan, Timeless Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

TruTone, Burgundy, Frame Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

VInTAGe THInlIne bIble

Cowhide, Black, Hemisphere Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Cowhide, Black/Chestnut, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Cowhide, Brown/Burgundy, Timeless Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Cowhide, Chestnut, Hemisphere Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

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