אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him)

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the…

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse;…

God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.

God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.

God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their…

The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after…

God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to…

God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made…

God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the…

God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their…

God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the…

God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the…

God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on…

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over…

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish…

God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree,…

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth…

On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he…

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.

This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh…

No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused…

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a…

Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the…

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man…

Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh…

Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God…

but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall…

for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves…

Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”

Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal…

Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.

Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand,…

Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child…

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.

After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and…

Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had…

This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah…

The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will…

Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.

went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then Yahweh shut him in.

God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass…

God spoke to Noah, saying,

God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.

Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with…

The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every…

God said to Noah, “This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the…

He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.

May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”

Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an…

I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an…

God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their…

God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.

Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant…

When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among…

When God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow,…

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman…

God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld…

Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me.…

Abraham prayed to God. So God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.

Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all…

God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you,…

God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.

God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.

At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you…

Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son.…

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son.…

Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.

They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound…

He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not…

“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold…

I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son…

Yahweh, the God of heaven—who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who…

He said, “Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth…

I came today to the spring, and said, ‘Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go—

I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right…

After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.

Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with…

Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because Yahweh your God gave me…

God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you…

He dreamed and saw a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God were…

Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will…

He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of…

Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to…

so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,

then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give…

Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the…

Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name…

Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.

God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.

Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.”…

God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”

and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my…

Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.

Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.

The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’

For all the riches which God has taken away from our father are ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has…

God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either…

It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that…

Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”

Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For…

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have…

If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is…

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of…

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children…

Jacob said, “Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have…

Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He…

He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you…

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify…

They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob…

They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.

He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the…

God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named…

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and…

God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.

No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife.…

They said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.” Joseph said to them, “Don’t…

Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”

Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

That is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my…

The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.

He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned…

He said, “Peace be to you. Don’t be afraid. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks.…

He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of…

Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity…

Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and…

Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “God has made me lord of all Egypt.…

Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.

God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”

He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great…

Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I…

Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”

He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my…

He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’”…

Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to…

Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land…

Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones…