Sefer Bereishit

The History of Creation

1:1 BEREISHIT bara et hashamayim ve'et ha'aretz.

IN THE BEGINNING G-d created the heavens and the earth. 2 Veha'aretz hayetah tohu vavohu vechoshech al-penei tehom veruach merachefet al-penei hamayim. The earth was unformed and desolate, and darkness covered the surface of
the deep. The spirit [wind] of Elohim hovered above the surface of the water.

3 Vayomer yehi-or vayehi-or. Elohim said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 Vayar et-ha'or ki-tov vayavdel bein ha'or uvein hachoshech. Elohim saw that the light was good, and Elohim divided the light from the darkness. 5 Vayikra la-or yom velachoshevh kara lailah vayehi-erev vayehi-voker yom echad. Elohim called the light day, and the darkness He called night. It became evening and it became morning, one day. 6 Vayomer yehi rakia betoch hamayim vihi mavdil bein mayim lamayim. Elohim said, "Let there be a canopy in the midst of the waters, and let it divide between waters and waters." 7 Vaya'as et-harakia vayavdel bein hamayim asher mitachat larakia uvein hamayim asher me'al larakia vayehi-chen. Elohim made the canopy, and divided the waters which were beneath the canopy, from the waters which were above the canopy, and it was so. 8 Vayikra la-rakia shamayim vayehi-erev vayehi-voker yom sheni. Elohim called the canopy heaven. 9 Vayomer yikavu hamayim mitachat hashamayim el-makom echad vetera'eh hayabashah vayehi chen. Elohim said, "Let the waters beneath the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dryness, be seen." It was so.

10 Vayikra layabashah eretz ulemikveh hamayim kara yamim vayar ki-tov. Elohim called the dryness, "Earth," and the gathering of waters, He called "Seas," and Elohim saw that it was good. 11 Vayomer tadshe ha'aretz deshe esev mazria zera etz pri oseh peri lemino asher zar'o-vo al-ha'aretz vayehi-chen. Elohim said, "Let the earth sprout grass, seed-yielding herbs, fruit trees bearing fruit of its own kind, with its seed within it, upon the earth." And it was so. 12 Vatotze ha'aretz deshe esev mazria zera leminehu ve'etz oseh pri asher zar'o-vo leminehu vayar ki-tov. The earth brought forth grass, and herbs yielding seed of its kind, and trees bearing fruit which has in it seeds of its kind; and Elohim saw that it was good. 13 Vayehi-erev vayehi-voker yom shlishi. It became evening and it became morning, the third day. 14 Vayomer yehi meorot birekia hashamayim lehavdil bein hayom uvein halailah vehayu leotot ulemoadim uleyamim veshanim. Elohim said, "Let there be lights in the canopy of heaven to divide between the day and the night, and they will serve for signs for seasons, for days and for years. 15 Vehayu li-meorot birekia hashamayim leha'ir al-ha'aretz vayehi-chen. They will be for lights in the canopy of heaven to illuminate the earth." And it was so. 16 Vaya'as et-shenei hameorot hagdolim et-hamaor hagadol le-memshelet hayom ve'et hamaor hakaton le-memshelet halailah ve'et hakochavim. Elohim made the two great lights, the large light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, and the stars. 17 Vayiten otam birekia hashamayim leha'ir al-ha'aretz. Elohim set them in the canopy of the heaven to illuminate the earth, 18 Velimshol bayom uvalailah ulehavdil bein ha'or uvein hachoshech vayar ki-tov. to rule in the day an the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness; and Elohim saw that it was good. 19 Vayehi-erev vayehi-voker yom revi'i. It became evening and it became morning, the fourth day. 20 Vayomer yishretzu hamayim sheretz nefesh chayah ve'of yeofef al-ha'aretz al-penei rekia hashamayim.

said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth, in the open canopy of the heaven."
Elohim

21 Vayivra et-hataninim hagedolim ve'et kol nefesh hachayah haromeset asher shartzu hamayim le-minehem ve'et kol-of kanaf leminehu vayar ki-tov. And thus Elohim created the great whales, and every living creature that creeps, with which the waters teem, of its kind, and every winged bird of its kind; and Elohim saw that it was good. 22 Vayevarekh otam lemor peru urevu umil'u et-hamayim bayamim veha'of yirev ba'aretz. Elohim blessed them saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth." 23 Vayehi-erev vayehi-voker yom chamishi. It became evening and it became morning, the fifth day. 24 Vayomer " totze ha'aretz nefesh chayah leminah behemah varemes vechayeto-eretz leminah vayehi-chen. Elohim said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures, each of its kind, animals [of pasture], creeping things, and beasts of the earth, each to its kind." And it was so. 25 Vaya'as et chayat ha'aretz leminah ve'et habehemah leminah ve'et kol-remes ha'adamah leminehu vayar ki-tov. And thus Elohim made the beasts of the earth, each of its kind, the animals [of pasture] each of its kind, and everything that creeps on the ground, each of its kind, and Elohim saw that it was good. 26 Vayomer na'aseh adam betzalmenu kidemutenu veyirdu bidegat hayam uve'of hashamayim uvabehemah uvechol-ha'aretz uvechol-haremes haromes alha'aretz. Elohim said, "Let us make man in our image, as our likeness, and let him dominate the fish of the sea, the birds of the heaven, the animals, all the earth, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 Vayivra et-ha'adam betzalmo betzelem bara oto zachar unekevah bara otam. And thus Elohim created man in His form. In the form of Elohim, He created them. 28 Vayevarech otam vayomer lahem peru urevu umil'u et-ha'aretz vechiveshuha uredu bidegat hayam uve'of hashamayim uvechol-chayah haromeset alha'aretz. Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth

and subdue it, and dominate the fish of the sea, the birds of the heaven, and every living thing that moves upon the earth." 29 Vayomer hineh natati lachem et-chol-esev zorea zera asher al-penei kolha'aretz ve'et-kol-ha'etz asher-bo feri-etz zorea zara lachem yihyeh le-ochlah. Elohim said, "Behold, I have given to you all seed-yielding herbs that are on the surface of the earth, and every tree that has seed-yielding fruit; to you it shall be for food. 30 Ulechol-chayat ha'aretz ulechol-of hashamayim ulechol romes al-ha'aretz asher-bo nefesh chayah et-kol-yerek esev le'ochlah vayehi-chen. And for every animal of the earth, for every bird of the heaven, and for everything that creeps on the ground, in which there is a living spirit, all vegetational herbs shall be [their] food." And it was so. 31 Vayar et-kol-asher asah vehineh-tov me'od vayehi-erev vayehi-voker yom hashishi. Elohim saw all that He had made, and behold it was very good. It became evening and it became morning, the sixth day.

The Shabbat

2:1 Vayechulu hashamayim veha'aretz vechol-tzeva'am.

The heavens and the earth were completed, and [so were] all their array. 2 Vayechal bayom hashvi'i melachto asher asah vayishbot bayom hashvi'i mikol-melachto asher asah. Elohim completed by the seventh day His work which He had made, and He abstained on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. 3 Vayevarech et-yom hashvi'i vayekadesh oto ki vo shavat mikol-melachto asher-bara la'asot. Elohim blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, for on it He abstained from all His work, which Elohim had created to do. Sheni 4 Eleh toledot hashamayim veha'aretz behibare'am beyom asot YHWH eretz veshamayim. This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day when YHWH Elohim made earth and heaven.

5 Vechol siach hasadeh terem yihyeh va'aretz vechol-esev hasadeh terem yitzmach ki lo himetir YHWH al-ha'aretz ve'adam ayin la'avod et-ha'adamah. All the plants of the fields were not yet on the earth, and all the herbal vegetation of the field had not yet sprouted, for YHWH Elohim had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was [yet] no man to work the soil. 6 Ve'ed ya'aleh min-ha'aretz vehishkah et-kol-penei ha'adamah. A mist rose up from the earth, and it watered the entire surface of the soil. 7 Vayitzer YHWH et-ha'adam afar min-ha'adamah vayipach pe'apav nishmat chayim vayehi ha'adam lenefesh chayah. YHWH Elohim then formed the man, dust from the ground, and He blew into his nostrils the breath of life. And so man became a living soul. 8 Vayita YHWH gan-be'Eden mikedem vayasem sham et-ha'adam asher yatzar. YHWH Elohim planted a garden in Eden, to the east, and there He placed the man He had formed. 9 Vayatzmach YHWH min-ha'adamah kol-etz nechmad lemar'eh vetov lema'achal ve'Etz haChayim betoch hagan ve'Etz haDa'at tov vara. YHWH Elohim made grow out of the soil every tree that is pleasant to look at, and good for [producing] food; the Tree of Life in the middle of the Garden, and the Tree of Knowledge [of what is] good and evil. 10 Venahar yotze me'Eden lehashkot et-hagan umisham yipared vehayah le-arba'ah rashim. A river went out of Eden to water the Garden, and from there it separated and became four headwaters. 11 Shem ha'echad Pishon hu hasovev et kol-eretz haChavilah asher-sham hazahav.
The name of the first is Pishon which surrounds all the land of Chavilah, where there is gold.

12 Uzahav ha'aretz hahi tov sham habedolach ve'even hashoham. The gold of that land is good. Also found there is bdellium and onyx stones. 13 Veshem hanahar hasheni Gichon hu hasovev et kol-eretz Kush. The name of the second river is Gichon. It surrounds all the land of Kush. 14 Veshem hanahar hashlishi Chidekel hu haholekh kidemat Asshur vehanahar ha revi'i hu Ferat. The name of the third river is Chidekel, which flows to the east of Asshur. The fourth river is Perat.

15 Vayikach YHWH et-ha'adam vayanichehu vegan-Eden le'ovdah uleshomrah. YHWH Elohim took the man, and placed him in the Garden of Eden, to work it and to preserve it. 16 Vayetzav YHWH al-ha'adam lemor mikol etz-hagan achol tochel. YHWH Elohim commanded the man, saying, "You may certainly eat from every tree in the Garden. 17 Ume'etz hada'at tov vara lo tochal mimenu ki beyom acholcha mimenu mot tamut. But from the Tree of Knowledge of what is good and evil, you shall not eat from it, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die." 18 Vayomer YHWH lo-tov heyot ha'adam levado e'eseh-lo ezer kenegdo. YHWH Elohim said, "It is not good for the man be alone. I will make a helper for him." 19 Vayitzer YHWH min-ha'adamah kol-chayat hasadeh ve'et kol-of hashamayim vayave el-ha'adam lir'ot mah-yikra-lo vechol asher yikra-lo ha'adam nefesh chayah hu shemo. YHWH Elohim formed from the ground, every beast of the field, and every bird of the heaven, and brought them to the man, to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called [each] living creature, that is its name. Shlishi 20 Vayikra ha'adam shemot lechol-habehemah ule'of hashamayim ulechol chayat hasadeh ule-Adam lo-matza ezer kenegdo. The man gave names to every animal, to the birds of the heaven, and to every beast of the field, but the man did not find a helper for himself. 21 Vayapel HASHEM Elokim tardemah al-ha'adam vayishan vayikach achat mitzal'otav vayisgor basar tachtenah. HASHEM G-d caused unconsciousness to fall upon the man and he slept. He took one of his ribs and closed-over flesh in its place. 22 Vayiven HASHEM Elokim et-hatzela asher-lakach min-ha'adam le'ishah vayevi'eha el-ha'adam. HASHEM G-d built the rib that He took from the man into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23 Vayomer ha'adam zot hapa'am etzem me'atzamay uvasar mibesari lezot yikare ishah ki me'ish lukacha-zot.

The man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called Woman, from from Man was she taken." 24 Al-ken ya'azov-ish et-aviv ve'et imo vedavak be'ishto vehayu levasar echad. Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cling to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 Vayihyu shneihem arumim ha'adam ve'ishto velo yitboshashu. The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.

The Serpent's Enticement

3:1 Vehanachash hayah arum mikol chayat hasadeh asher asah HASHEM Elokim
vayomer el-ha'ishah af ki-amar Elokim lo tochelu mikol etz hagan. The serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which HASHEM G-d made; and it said to the woman, "Did G-d even say that you should not eat from all the trees of the Garden?" 2 Vatomer ha'ishah el-hanachash mipri etz-hagan nochel. The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat from the fruit of the trees of the Garden. 3 Umiperi ha'etz asher betoch-hagan amar Elokim lo tochelu mimenu velo tige'u bo pen temutun. But from the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the Garden, G-d said, 'You shall not eat from it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" 4 Vayomer hanachash el-ha'ishah lo mot temutun. The serpent said to the woman, "You certainly will not die. 5 Ki yodea Elokim ki beyom acholchem mimenu venifkechu eineichem viheyitem ke'Elokim yod'ey tov vara. For G-d knows that on the day you will eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will become as gods, knowing what is good and what is evil." 6 Vatere ha'ishah ki tov ha'etz lema'achal vechi ta'avah-hu la'einayim venechmad ha'etz lehaskil vatikach mipiryo vatochal vatiten gam-le'ishah imah vayochal. The woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was tempting to the eyes, and that the tree was appealing as a means of [obtaining] wisdom. She took of its fruit and she ate, and she also gave it to her husband, and he ate.

7 Vatipakachnah einei shneihem vayede'u ki eirumim hem vayitperu aleh te'enah vaya'asu lahem chagorot. The eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked. They sewed together fig leaves, and amde for themselves loincloths. 8 Vayishme'u et-kol HASHEM Elokim mithalech bagan le-ruach hayom vayitchabe ha'adam ve'ishto mipenei HASHEM Elokim betoch etz hagan. They heard the voice of HASHEM G-d moving in the Garden as the breeze of the day. The man and his wife hid themselves from [the Presence of] HASHEM G-d among the trees of the Garden. 9 Vayikra HASHEM Elokim el-ha'adam vayomer lo ayeka. HASHEM G-d called to the man, and He said, "Where are you?" 10 Vayomer et-kolecha shamati bagan va'ira ki-eyrom anochi va'echave. He said, "I heard Your voice in the Garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself." 11 Vayomer mi higid lecha ki eyrom atah hamin-ha'etz asher tziviticha levilti acholmimenu achalta. And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? From the tree whereof I commanded you not to eat of it, have you eaten?" 12 Vayomer ha'adam ha'ishah asher natatah imadi hi natnah-li min-ha'etz va'ochel. The man said, "The woman that You gave to be with me - she gave me of the tree and I ate." 13 Vayomer HASHEM Elokim la'ishah mah-zot asit vatomer ha'ishah hanachash hishi'ani va'ochel. HASHEM G-d said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" She said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." 14 Vayomer HASHEM Elokim el-hanachash ki asita zot arur atah mikol-habehemah umikol chayat hasadeh al-gechonecha telech ve'afar tochal kol-yemei chayecha. HASHEM G-d said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you from among all animals and beasts of the field. On your belly you shall crawl. And dust you shall eat all the days of your life. 15 Ve'eiva asit beinecha uvein ha'ishah uvein zar'achah uvein zar'ah hu yeshufecha rosh ve'ata teshufenu akev. I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He shall strike you on the head, and you shall strike him on the heel."

16 El-ha'ishah amar harbah arbeh yitzbonech veheronech be'etzev teldi vanim ve'el ishech teshukatech vehu yimshol-bach. To the woman He said, "I will greatly increase your sorrow and your pregnancy. You will give birth to children with pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will dominate you." 17 Ule-Adam amar ki shamata lekol ishtecha vatochal min-ha'etz asher tziviticha lemor lo tochal mimenu arurah ha'adamah ba'avurecha be'itzavon tochelenah kol yemey chayecha. To the man He said, "Because you listened to your wife, and ate from the tree which I commanded you, saying, 'Do not eat from it;' the soil will be cursed because of you. In sorrow you shall eat from it all the days of your life. 18 Vekotz vedardar tatzmiach lach ve'achalta et-esev hasadeh. It will grow thorns and thistles for you; and you will eat the herbs of the field. 19 Beze'at apecha tochal lechem ad shuvecha el-ha'adamah ki mimenah lukachta kiafar atah ve'el-afar tashuv. By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, until you return to the ground for from it [the ground] were you taken. For you are dust and to dust you shall return." 20 Vayikra ha'adam shem ishto Chavah ki hi hayetah em kol-chai. The man called his wife's name Chavah, because she had become the mother of all living. 21 Vaya'as HASHEM Elokim le-Adam ule-ishto kotnot or vayalbishem. HASHEM G-d made for Adam and his wife garments of skin and He clothed them. Revi'i 22 Vayomer HASHEM Elokim hen ha'adam hayah ke'achad mimenu lada'at tov vara ve'ata pen-yishlach yado velakach gam me'Etz haChayim ve'achal vachai le'olam. HASHEM G-d said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us to know [what is] good and [what is] evil. Now he must be prevented from reaching out his hand and also taking from the Tree of Life and eat [from it] and live forever." 23 Vayeshalchehu HASHEM Elokim miGan-Eden la'avod et-ha'adamah asher lukach misham. HASHEM G-d sent him out of the Garden of 'Eden, to till the soil from which he was taken.

24 Vayegaresh et-ha'adam vayashken mikedem legan-Eden et-hakruvim ve'et lahat hacherev hamithapechet lishmor et-derech etz hachayim. He banished the man [from the Garden] and at the east of the Garden of 'Eden He stationed the Keruvim and the flame of the rotating sword, to guard the way to the Tree of Life.

Kayin and Hevel

4:1 Veha'adam yada et-Chavah ishto vatahar vateled et-Kayin vatomer kaniti ish etHASHEM. The man knew his wife, Chavah. She conceived and she gave birth to Kayin, and she said, "I have obtained a man with HASHEM." 2 Vatosef laledet et-achiv et-Havel vayehi-Hevel ro'eh tzon veKayin hayah oved adamah. She gave birth again, to his brother Hevel. Hevel became a shepherd, but Kayin was a worker of the soil. 3 Vayehi miketz yamim vayave Kayin miperi ha'adamah minchah l'HASHEM. In the course of time, Kayin brought some fruit of the soil as an offering to HASHEM. 4 VeHevel hevi gam-hu mibechorot tzono umechelvehen vayisha HASHEM el-Hevel ve'el-minchato. Hevel also brought from the firstborn of his flock, from the best thereof. HASHEM paid regard to Hevel and to his offering. 5 Ve'el-Kayin ve'el-minchato lo sha'ah vayichar le-Kayin me'od vayiplu panav. But to Kayin and his offering He paid no regard. Kayin became very angry and depressed. 6 Vayomer HASHEM el-Kayin lamah charah lach velamah nafelu fanecha. HASHEM said to Kayin, "Why are you angry? Why are you depressed? 7 Halo im-teytiv se'et ve'im lo teytiv lapetach chatat rovetz ve'elecha teshukato ve'atah timshol-bo. Is this not so - if you improve, there is forgiveness, but if you do not improve, sin rests at the entrance. Its desire is unto you, but you can dominate it." 8 Vayomer Kayin el-Hevel achiv vayehi biheyotam basadeh vayakom Kayin el-Hevel achiv vayahargehu.

Kayin said [something] to his brother Hevel, and it happened when they were in the field, that Kayin rose up against his brother, Hevel, and killed him. 9 Vayomer HASHEM el-Kayin ey Hevel achicha vayomer lo yadati hashomer achi anochi. HASHEM then said to Kayin, "Where is your brother, Hevel?" [Kayin] said, "I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?" 10 Vayomer me asita kol demei achicha tzoakim elai min-ha'adamah. He said [to Kayin], "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground. 11 Ve'atah arur atah min-ha'adamah asher patzeta et-piha lakachat et-demei achicha miyadecha. Now you are cursed from the ground that had to open its mouth to accept your brother's blood from your hand. 12 Ki ta'avod et-ha'adamah lo-tosef tet-kocha lach na vanad tihyeh va'aretz. When you work the ground, it will no longer give you of its strength. You will be unsettled, and a wanderer on the earth." 13 Vayomer Kayin el-HASHEM gadol avoni mineso. Kayin said to HASHEM, "MY sin is greater than I can bear." 14 Hen gerashta oti hayom me'al penei ha'adamah umipanecha esater vehayiti na vanad ba'aretz vehayah chol- motze'i yahar'geni. Behold, today You have banished me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I am to be hidden. I am to be unsettled and a wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me, will kill me." 15 Vayomer lo HASHEM lachen kol-horeg Kayin shiv'atayim yukam vayasem HASHEM le-Kayin ot levilti hakot-oto kol-motze'o. HASHEM said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Kayin, revenge will be taken on him [Kayin] sevenfold." HASHEM placed a mark on Kayin, so that whoever would find him would not kill him. 16 Vayetze Kayin milifnei HASHEM vayeshev be'eretz-Nod kid'mat-Eden. Kayin went from the Presence of HASHEM and settled in the land of Nod, east of 'Eden.

The Descendants of Kayin

17 Vayeda Kayin et-ishto vatahar vateled et-Chanoch vayehi boneh ir vayikra shem ha'ir keshem beno Chanoch. Kayin knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Chanoch. [Kayin] was building a city, and he named the city after his son Chanoch. 18 Vayivaled la-Chanoch et-Yirad veYirad yalad et-Mechuyael uMechiyael yalad etMetushael uMetushael yalad et-Lamech. To Chanoch was born 'Irad. 'Irad had a son Mechuyael, Mechuyael had a son Meshushael, and Meshushael, had a son Lemech. Chamishi 19 Vayikach-lo Lemech shtei nashim shem ha'achat Adah veshem hashenit Tzillah. Lemech married two women, the first was named 'Adah, and the name of the second was Tzillah. 20 Vateled Adah et-Yaval hu hayah avi yoshev ohel umikneh. 'Adah gave birth to Yaval. He was the father of those who live in tents, and breed cattle. 21 Veshem achiv Yuval hu hayah avi kol-tofes kinor ve'ugav. His brother's name was Yuval. He was the father of all who handle [play] the harp and flute. 22 VeTzillah gam-hi yaldah et-Tuval Kayin lotesh kol-choresh nechoshet uvarzel va'achot Tuval-kayin Naamah. Tzillah also gave birth to Tuval Kayin, who sharpened everything which cuts copper and iron. The sister of Tuval Kayin was Naamah. Shishi 23 Vayomer Lemech lenashvav Adah veTzillah shma'an koli neshei Lemech ha'azenah imrati ki ish haragti lefitz'i veyeled lechaburati. Lemech said to his wives, "'Adah and Tzillah, hear my voice, wives of Lemech listen to my speech; for I have killed a man by my wounding and a child to my own hurting. 24 Ki shiv'atayim yukam-Kayin veLemech shiv'im veshiv'ah. If Kayin shall be avenged sevenfold, then for Lemech it shall be seventy-seven fold."

25 Vayeda Adam od et-ishto vateled ben vatikra et-shemo Shet ki shat-li Elokim zera acher tachat Hevel ki harago Kayin. Adam knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and named him Shet, "Because G-d has granted me another offspring in place of Hevel, for Kayin had killed him." 26 Ule-Shet gam-hu yulad-ben vayikra et-shemo Enosh az huchal likro beshem HASHEM. To Shet also was born a son, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call [idols] by the name HASHEM.

The Genealogy of Mankind

5:1 Zeh sefer toledot Adam beyom bero Elokim Adam bidemut Elokim asah oto.
This is the book of the history of man. On the day G-d created man. He made him in the likeness of G-d. 2 Zachar unekevah bera'am vayevarech otam vayikra et-shemam Adam beyom hibare'am. Male and female He created them. He blessed them and named them man [Adam] on the day that they were created. 3 Vayechi Adam shloshim ume'at shanah vayoled bidemuto ketzalmo vayikra etshemo Shet. Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and he had a son in his likeness, as his image, and he named him Shet. 4 Vayihyu yemei-Adam acharei holido et-Shet shmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot. The days of Adam after he had Shet were eight hundred years, and he had sons and daughters. 5 Vayihyu kol-yemei Adam asher-chai tzha me'ot shanah ushloshim shanah vayamot. All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. 6 Vayechi-Shet chamesh shanim ume'at shanah vayoled et-Enosh. Shet lived a hundred and five years and he had a son, Enosh. 7 Vayechi-Shet acharei holido et-Enosh sheva shanim ushmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot.

After he had Enosh, Shet lived eight hundred and seven years, and he had sons and daughters. 8 Vayihyu kol-yemei-Shet shtem esreh shanah utsha me'ot shanah vayamot. All the days of Shet were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. 9 Vayechi Enosh tish'im shanah vayoled et-Keinan. Enosh lived ninety years and he had a son, Keinan. 10 Vayechi Enosh acharei holido et-Keinan chamesh esreh shanah ushmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot. After he had Keinan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and he had sons and daughters. 11 Vayihyu kol-yemei Enosh chamesh shanim utesha me'ot shanah vayamot. All the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died. 12 Vayechi Keinan shiv'im shanah vayoled et-Mahalalel. Keinan lived seventy years and he had a son, Mahalalel. 13 Vayechi Keinan acharei holido et-Mahalaleil arba'im shanah ushmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot. After he had Mahalaleil, Keinan lived eight hundred and forty years, and he had sons and daughters. 14 Vayihyu kol-yemei Keynan eser shanim utesha me'ot shanah vayamot. All the days of Keinan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. 15 Vayechi Mahalaleil chamesh shanim veshishim shanah vayoled et-Yered. Mahalaleil lived sixty-five years and he had a son, Yered. 16 Vayechi Mahalaleil acharei holido et-Yered shloshim shanah ushmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot. After he had Yered, Mahalaleil lived eight hundred and thirty years, and he had sons and daughters. 17 Vayihyu kol-yemei Mahalaleil chamesh vetish'im shanah ushmoneh me'ot shanah vayamot. All the days of Mahalaleil were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died. 18 Vayechi-Yered shtayim veshishim shanah ume'at shanah vayoled et-Chanoch. Yered lived one hundred and sixty-two years and he had a son, Chanoch.

19 Vayechi Yered acharei holido et-Chanoch shmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot. After he had Chanoch, Yered lived eight hundred years and he had sons and daughters. 20 Vayihyu kol-yemei Yered shtayim veshishim shanah utesha me'ot shanah vayamot. All the days of Yered were nine hundred sixty-two years, and he died. 21 Vayechi Chanoch chamesh veshishim shanah vayoled et-Metushelach. Chanoch lived sixty-five years and he had a son, Metushelach. 22 Vayithalech Chanoch et-ha'Elokim acharei holido et-Metushelach shlosh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot. Chanoch walked with G-d, after he had Metushelach, [for] three hundred years, and he had sons and daughters. 23 Vayehi kol-yemei Chanoch chamesh veshishim shanah ushlosh me'ot shanah. All the days of Chanoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 Vayithalech Chanoch et-ha'Elokim ve'einenu ki-lakach oto Elokim. Chanoch walked with G-d, and he was no longer [there] for G-d took him. Shevi'i 25 Vayechi Metushelach sheva ushmonim shanah ume'at shanah vayoled et-Lamech. Metushelach lived one hundred and eighty-seven years and he had a son Lemech. 26 Vayechi Metushelach acharei holido et-Lemech shtayim ushmonim shanah ushva me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot. After he had Lemech, Metushelach lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and he had sons and daughters. 27 Vayihyu kol-yemei Metushelach tesha veshishim shanah utsha me'ot shanah vayamot. All the days of Metushelach were nine hundred and sixty-nine, and he died. 28 Vayechi-Lemech shtayim ushmonim shanah ume'at shanah vayoled ben. Lemech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and had a son. 29 Vayikra et-shemo Noach lemor zeh yenachamenu mima'asenu ume'itzvon yadeinu min-ha'adamah asher erarah HASHEM.

He named his son Noach, saying, "This one will bring us rest from our work and the anguish of our hands, from the soil which HASHEM has cursed." 30 Vayechi-Lemech acharei holido et-Noach chamesh vetish'im shanah vachamesh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot. After he had Noach, Lemech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and he had sons and daughters. 31 Vayehi kol-yemei-Lemech sheva veshiv'im shanah ushva me'ot shanah vayamot. All the days of Lemech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died. 32 Vayehi Noach ben-chamesh me'ot shanah vayoled Noach et-Shem et-Cham ve'et Yafet. Noach was five hundred years old, and Noach produced Shem, Cham, and Yafet.

Prelude to the Flood

6:1 Vayehi ki-hechel ha'adam larov al-penei ha'adamah uvanot yuledu lahem.
It came to be when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, that daughters were born to them. 2 Vayir'u bnei ha'elohim et-benot ha'adam ki tovot henah vayikchu lahem nashim mikol asher bacharu. The sons of the rulers saw that the daughters of man were fair and they took for themselves wives from whome every they chose. 3 Vayomer HASHEM lo-yadon ruchi va'adam le'olam beshagam hu vasar vehayu yamav me'ah ve'esrim shanah. HASHEM said, "My spirit will not continue to judge man forever, since he is nothing but flesh. His days shall be a hundred and twenty years." 4 HaNefilim hayu va'aretz bayamim hahem vegam acharei-chen asher yavo'u bnei ha'elohim el-benot ha'adam veyaledu lahem hemah hagiborim asher me'olam anshei hashem. There were giants on the earth in those days, and also later, when the sons of the rulers came to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mightiest ones who ever existed. [They were] men of renown. Maftir

5 Vayar HASHEM ki rabah ra'at ha'adam ba'aretz vechol-yetzer machshevot libo rak ra kol-hayom. HASHEM saw that man's wickedness had increased on the earth, and that every inclination of his heart was only for evil, all day long. 6 Vayinachem HASHEM ki asah et-ha'adam ba'aretz vayit'atzev el-libo. HASHEM regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He grieved in His heart. 7 Vayomer HASHEM emecheh et ha'adam asher-barati me'al penei ha'adamah me'adam ad-behemah ad-remes ve'ad-of hashamayim ki nichamti ki asitim. HASHEM said, "I will obliterate mankind which I have created from the face of the earth, from man to beast, to the creeping things and to the birds of heaven, for I regret that I made them." 8 VeNoach matza chen be'einei HASHEM. But Noach found favor in the eyes of HASHEM. Haftarah Bereishit
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Noach
9 Eleh toldot Noach Noach ish tzaddik tamim hayah bedorotav et-ha'Elokim hithalech Noach. This is the history of Noach. Noach was a righteous man, flawless in his generation; Noach walked with G-d. 10 Vayoled Noach shloshah vanim et-Shem et-Cham ve'et-Yafet. Noach fathered three sons, Shem, Cham and Yafet. 11 Vatishachet ha'aretz lifnei ha'Elokim vatimale ha'aretz chamas. The earth was corrupt before G-d, and the earth was filled with violent crime.

12 Vayar Elokim et-ha'aretz vehineh nishchatah ki-hishchit kol-basar et-darko alha'aretz. and beheld that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.

The Degree of the Flood

13 Vayomer Elokim le-Noach ketz kol-basar ba lefanai ki-male'ah ha'aretz chamas mipeneihem vehineni mashchitam et-ha'aretz. G-d said to Noach, "The end of all flesh has come before Me. The earth is filled with violent crime because of them, and so, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Aseh lecha tevat atzei-gofer kinim ta'aseh et-hatevah vechafarta otah mibayit umichutz bakofer. Make for yourself an ark of cedar wood. Make the ark into compartments and caulk the inside and outside with tar. 15 Vezeh asher ta'aseh otah shelosh me'ot amah orech hatevah chamishim amah rochbah ushloshim amah komatah. This is how you should make it; the ark's length shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits. 16 Tzohar ta'aseh latevah ve'el amah techalenah milmalah ufetach hatevah betzidah tasim tachtim shni'im ushlishim ta'aseha. Make a skylight for the ark, and finish it to one cubit at the top. Place the opening of the ark in its side. Make a lower deck, a second and a third deck. 17 Va'ani hineni mevi et-hamabul mayim al-ha'aretz leshachet kol-basar asher-bo ruach chayim mitachat hashamayim kol-asher ba'aretz yigva. Behold I am bringing the flood waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under the heavens. Everything that is on the land will perish. 18 Vahakimoti et-briti itach uvatah el-hatevah atah uvaneycha ve'ishtecha ushneivaneycha itach. I will establish my covenant with you. You shall go into the ark, you, your sons, your wife and your son's wives, with you. 19 Umikol-hachai mikol-basar shenayim mi-kol tavi el-hatevah lehachayot itach zachar unekevah yihyu. From all living things, from all flesh, two of each shall you bring to the ark, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.

20 Meha'of leminehu umin-habehemah leminah mikol remes ha'adamah leminehu shenayim mikol yavo'u eleicha lehachayot. From the birds of their kind, from the animals of their kind, from every creeping thing of the earth of its kind, two of each will come to you to be kept alive. 21 Ve'atah kach-lecha mikol-ma'achal asher ye'achel ve'asafta eleycha vehayah lecha velahem le'ochlah. You shall take for yourself from all [the] foods that are eaten, and gather it to yourself, and it will be food for you and for them." 22 Vaya'as Noach kechol asher tzivah oto Elokim ken asah. Noach did so. All that he was commanded by G-d, he did. Sheni

The Final Call

7:1 Vayomer HASHEM le-Noach bo-atah vechol-beytcha el-hatevah ki-otcha ra'iti

tzaddik lefanai bador hazeh. HASHEM said to Noach, "Come into the ark, you and your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before Me, in this generation. 2 Mikol habehemah hatehorah tikach-lecha shiv'ah shiv'ah ish ve'ishto uminhabehemah asher lo tehorah hi shnayim ish ve'ishto. Of every [ritually] clean animal, take to yourself seven pairs, male and its mate. Of every animal that is not clean, [take] two, the male and its mate. 3 Gam me'of hashamayim shiv'ah shiv'ah zachar unekevah lechayot zera al-penei chol-ha'aretz. Also of the birds of the heaven, [take] seven pairs, male and female; to keep seed alive upon the face of the earth. 4 Ki le-yamim od shive'ah anochi mametir al-ha'aretz arba'im yom ve'arba'im lailah umachiti et-kol-hayekum asher asiti me'al penei ha'adamah. Because in another seven days I will bring rain on the earth [and it will rain] forty days and forty nights, and I will obliterate every living substance that I have made, from the face of the earth."

5 Vaya'as Noach kechol asher-tzivahu HASHEM. Noach did all that HASHEM commanded him. 6 VeNoach ben-shesh me'ot shanah vehamabul hayah mayim al-ha'aretz. Noach was six hundred years old when the flood waters were on the earth. 7 Vayavo Noach uvanav ve'ishto uneshei-vanav ito el-hatevah mipenei mei hamabul. Noach went in, and his sons, his wife, and his son's wives, with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the Flood. 8 Min-habehemah hatehorah umin-habehemah asher einenah tehorah umin-ha'of vechol asher-romes al-ha'adamah. Of the [ritually] clean animals, and the animals that are not [ritually] clean, of the birds, and of every thing that creeps on the earth. 9 Shenayim shnayim ba'u el-Noach el-hatevah zachar unekevah ka'asher tzivah Elokim et-Noach. Two by two they came to Noach into the ark, male and female, as G-d had commanded Noach. 10 Vayehi leshiv'at hayamim umey hamabul hayu al-ha'aretz. Seven days had passed, and the flood waters were on the earth. 11 Bishnat shesh-me'ot shanah lechaiyei-Noach bachodesh hasheni beshiv'ah-asar yom lachodesh bayom hazeh niveke'u kol-mayenot tehom rabah va'arubot hashamayim niftachu. In the six hundredth year of Noach's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of hte month, on that day, all the wellsprings of the great deep, burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 12 Vayehi hageshem al-ha'aretz arba'im yom ve'arba'im lailah. There was rain on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 Be'etzem hayom hazeh ba Noach veShem-veCham vaYefet beney-Noach ve'eshet Noach usheloshet neshei-vanav itam el-hatevah. On that very day, Noach came along with Shem, Cham, and Yafet, the sons of Noach; Noach's wife and the three wives of his sons, with them, into the ark. 14 Hemah vechol-hachayah leminah vechol-habehemah leminah vechol haremes haromes al-ha'aretz leminehu vechol-ha'of leminehu kol tzipor kol-kanaf. They, and every beast of its kind, and every animal of its kind, and every creeping

thing that creeps on the earth of its kind; and every flying creature of its kind, every bird, every winged creature. 15 Vayavo'u el-Noach el-hatevah shnayim shnayim mikol-habasar asher-bo ruach chayim. They came to Noach, to the ark, two by two of all the flesh in which there was a breath of life. 16 Vehaba'im zachar unekevah mikol-basar ba'u ka'asher tzivah oto Elokim vayisgor HASHEM ba'ado. Those that came were male and female, of all flesh they came, as G-d had commanded him. HASHEM then [protectively] shut him in [the ark.] Shlishi 17 Vayehi hamabul arba'im yom al-ha'aretz vayirbu hamayim vayis'u et-hatevah vataram me'al ha'aretz. There was a Flood on the earth for forty days. The waters increased and lifted the ark, and it rose [high] above the earth. 18 Vayigberu hamayim vayirbu me'od al-ha'aretz vatelech hatevah al-penei hamayim. The waters were powerful and increased greatly over the earth, and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.