Now [in Haran] the LORD had said to Abram, “Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you.
GOD’S CALL AND PROMISE TO ABRAM
GOD’S CALL AND PROMISE TO ABRAM
People of the World where are you going? Turn back to God! Back to your faithful principles!
GOD’S CALL AND PROMISE TO ABRAM
Now [in Haran] the LORD had said to Abram, “Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you.
BABEL AND CONFUSION OF TONGUES
They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the LORD instructed].”
ALL THE NATIONS DESCENDED FROM NOAH
These are the records of the generations (descendants) of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and the sons born to them after the flood all nations Descended from Noah.
NOAH’S DESCENDANTS HIS THREE SONS
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth.
GOD’S COVENANT WITH NOAH
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
THE GREAT FLOOD SUBSIDES
The Great Flood Subsides. And God remembered and thought kindly of Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind blow over the land, and the waters receded.
THE CREATION OF MAN AND WOMAN THE FALL
The Creation of Man and Woman. Then the LORD God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].
THE SEVENTH DAY BLESSED AND SET APART
So God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it [as His own, that is, set it apart as holy from other days], because in it He rested from all His work which He had created and done.
THE CREATION OF THE WOLRD DAY FIVE AND DAY SIX
God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
God’s day started in the evening and ended the following day just before Sunset.
And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.