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GENESIS
The words of God which He spoke unto Moses at a time when Moses was caught up into an exceedingly high mountain. And he saw God face to face, and he talked with Him, and the glory of God was upon him, therefore, he could endure His presence. And God spoke unto Moses, saying, Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty and Endless is my name, for I am without beginning of days or end of years. And is this not endless? And behold, you are my son. Wherefore look, and I will show you the workmanship of my hands, but not all. For my works are without end and also my words, for they never cease....
And it came to pass that the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, Behold, I reveal unto you concerning this heaven and this earth. Write the words which I speak.
I am the beginning and the end, the Almighty God. By my Only Begotten I created these things. Yea, in the beginning I organized the Heaven and the Earth upon which you stand. And the Earth was empty and desolate. And I caused darkness to come up upon the face of the deep. And my Spirit moved upon the face of the waters, for I am God.
And I, God, said, Let there be light, and there was light. And I, God, saw the light, and that light was...
A revelation concerning Adam after he had been driven out of the garden of Eden
And it came to pass that after I, the Lord God, had driven them out, that Adam began to till the Earth, and to have dominion over all the beasts of the field, and to eat his bread by the sweat of the brow as I, the Lord, had commanded him. And Eve also, his wife, did labor with him. And Adam knew his wife and she bore unto him sons and daughters, and they began to multiply and to replenish the earth. And from that time forth, the sons and daughters of Adam began to divide two and two in the land, and to till the...
And it came to pass that Enoch journeyed in the land among the people. And as he journeyed, the Spirit of God descended out of heaven and abided upon him. And he heard a voice from heaven saying, Enoch my son, prophesy unto this people and say unto them, Repent. For the Lord declares: I am angry with this people and my fierce anger is kindled against them, for their hearts have waxed hard, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes cannot see afar off. And for these many generations, even since the day that I created them, have they gone astray, and have denied me, and have sought...
And it came to pass that Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was not taken, that the covenants of the Lord might be fulfilled which He made to Enoch. For He truly covenanted with Enoch that Noah should be of the fruit of his loins. And it came to pass that Methuselah prophesied that from his loins should spring all the kingdoms of the earth (through Noah). And he took glory unto himself.
And there came forth a great famine into the land and the Lord cursed the Earth with a severe curse and many of the inhabitants thereof died.
And it came to pass that Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years...
The genealogy of Noah and so forth, etc.
Now these were the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And unto them were sons born after the flood.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, Madai and Javan, and Tubal and Meshech and Tyrus. And these are the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan: Eleshah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands, everyone after the same tongue after their families in their nations.
And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. And the sons of Cush: Seba...
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get yourself out of your country and from your kindred and from your father’s house unto a land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless you and curse them that curse you. And in you shall the families of the earth be blessed.
So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all...
A son born to Abraham, etc., Abraham and Abimelech made a covenant, etc.
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said. And the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken by the mouth of his angels, for Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which the angels of God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore unto him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. And Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born unto him. And Sarah said, God has made me...
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel, the Syrian of Paddanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife that she might bear children because she was barren. And the Lord was entreated of him and Rebekah his wife conceived. And the children struggled together within her womb. And she said, If I am with child, why is it this way with me? And she went to inquire of the Lord. And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in your womb and two...
Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, and Basemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth. And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz, and Basemath bore Reuel, and Oholibamah bore Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance which he...
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger in the land of Canaan. And this is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him and could not...
And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, and Job, and Shimron. And the sons of...