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In the Beginning
(Genesis Chapters 1-3) |
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In the
Beginning, Kim Jae Im |
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when God
created the heavens and the earth, the earth was
a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the
abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the
waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and
there was light.
God saw how good the light was. God then
separated the light from the darkness. God
called the light "day," and the darkness he
called "night." Thus evening came, and morning
followed--the first day.
Then God
said, "Let there be a dome in the middle of the
waters, to separate one body of water from the
other." And so it happened: God made the dome,
and it separated the water above the dome from
the water below it. God called the dome "the
sky." Evening came, and morning followed--the
second day.
Then God
said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered
into a single basin, so that the dry land may
appear." And so it happened: the water under the
sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry
land appeared. God called the dry land "the
earth," and the basin of the water he called
"the sea." God saw how good it was.
Then God
said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation:
every kind of plant that bears seed and every
kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit
with its seed in it." And so it happened: the
earth brought forth every kind of plant that
bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth
that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw
how good it was. Evening came, and morning
followed--the third day. |
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Then God
said: "Let there be lights in the dome of the
sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark
the fixed times, the days and the years, and
serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky, to
shed light upon the earth." And so it happened:
God made the two great lights, the greater one
to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern
the night; and he made the stars. God set them
in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the
earth, to govern the day and the night, and to
separate the light from the darkness. God saw
how good it was. |
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God Separates Light from Darkness, Rafael |
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Evening came,
and morning followed--the fourth day.
Then God said,
"Let the water teem with an abundance of living
creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath
the dome of the sky." And so it happened: God
created the great sea monsters and all kinds of
swimming creatures with which the water teems, and
all kinds of winged birds. God saw how good it was,
and God blessed them, saying, "Be fertile, multiply,
and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds
multiply on the earth." Evening came, and morning
followed--the fifth day. |
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Man |
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Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds
of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and
wild animals of all kinds." And so it happened: God
made all kinds of wild animals, all kinds of cattle,
and all kinds of creeping things of the earth. God
saw how good it was. Then God said: "Let us make man
in our image, after our likeness. Let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the
air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals
and all the creatures that crawl on the ground."
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Creation, Michelangelo |
God created man in his image; in the divine
image he created him; male and female he created
them. God blessed them, saying: "Be fertile and
multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have
dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of
the air, and all the living things that move on
the earth."
God also said: "See, I give you every
seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every
tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be
your food; and to all the animals of the land,
all the birds of the air, and all the living
creatures that crawl on the ground, I give all
the green plants for food." And so it happened.
God looked at
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everything
he had made, and he found it very good. Evening
came, and morning followed--the sixth day.
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The
Garden of Eden
Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in
the east, and he placed there the man whom he
had formed. Out of the ground the LORD God
made various trees grow that were delightful
to look at and good for food, with the tree of
life in the middle of the garden and the tree
of the knowledge of good and bad.
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A
river rises in Eden to water the garden;
beyond there it divides and becomes four
branches. The name of the first is the
Pishon; it is the one that winds through
the whole land of Havilah, where there is
gold. The gold of that land is excellent;
bdellium and lapis lazuli are also there.
The name of the second river is the Gihon;
it is the one that winds all through the
land of Cush. The name of the third river
is the Tigris; it is the one that flows
east of Asshur. The fourth river is the
Euphrates. The LORD God then took the man
and settled him in the garden of Eden, to
cultivate and care for it.
The LORD God gave man this order: "You are
free to eat from any of the trees of the
garden except the tree of knowledge of
good and bad. From that tree you shall not
eat; the moment you eat from it you are
surely doomed to die." |
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Woman |
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The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be
alone. I will make a suitable partner for him."
So the LORD God formed out of the ground various
wild animals and various birds of the air, and he
brought them to the man to see what he would call
them; whatever the man called each of them would be
its name. The man gave names to all the cattle, all
the birds of the air, and all the wild animals; but
none proved to be the suitable partner for the man.
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So
the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and
while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs
and closed up its place with flesh. The LORD God
then built up into a woman the rib that he had
taken from the man. When he brought her to the
man, the man said: "This one, at last, is bone
of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one
shall be called 'woman,' for out of 'her man'
this one has been taken."
That is why a man leaves his father and mother
and clings to his wife, and the two of them
become one body.
The man and his wife were both naked, yet they
felt no shame. |
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The Serpent
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the
animals that the LORD God had made. The serpent
asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to
eat from any of the trees in the garden?"
The woman answered the serpent: "We may eat of
the fruit of the trees in the garden; it is only
about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the
garden that God said, 'You shall not eat it or
even touch it, lest you die.'"
But the serpent said to the woman: "You
certainly will not die! No, God knows well that
the moment you eat of it your eyes will be
opened and you will be like gods who know what
is good and what is bad."
The woman saw that the tree was good for food,
pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining
wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate
it; and she also gave some to her husband, who
was with her, and he ate it. |
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First Awareness
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they
realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig
leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.
When they heard the sound of the LORD God moving
about in the garden at the breezy time of the day,
the man and his wife hid themselves from the LORD
God among the trees of the garden.
The LORD God then called to the man and asked him,
"Where are you?"
He answered, "I heard you in the garden; but I was
afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself."
Then he asked, "Who told you that you were naked?
You have eaten, then, from the tree of which I had
forbidden you to eat!"
The man replied, "The woman whom you put here with
me--she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."
The LORD God then asked the woman, "Why did you do
such a thing?" The woman answered, "The serpent
tricked me into it, so I ate it."
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Banishment and the First Promise of Redemption |
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Then the LORD God said to the serpent:
"Because you have done this, you shall be
banned from all the animals and from all the
wild creatures; On your belly shall you
crawl, and dirt shall you eat all the days
of your life. I will put enmity between you
and the woman, and between your offspring
and hers; He will strike at your head, while
you strike at his heel." |
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To the woman he said: "I will intensify the
pangs of your childbearing; in pain shall
you bring forth children. Yet your urge
shall be for your husband, and he shall be
your master."
o the man he said: "Because you listened to
your wife and ate from the tree of which I
had forbidden you to eat, "Cursed be the
ground because of you! In toil shall you eat
its yield all the days of your life. Thorns
and thistles shall it bring forth to you, as
you |
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eat of the plants of the field. By the sweat of
your face shall you get bread to eat, Until
you return to the ground, from which you were
taken; For you are dirt, and to dirt you shall
return." |
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The man called his wife Eve, because she became
the mother of all the living. For the man and
his wife the LORD God made leather garments,
with which he clothed them.
Then the LORD God said: "See! The man has become
like one of us, knowing what is good and what is
bad! Therefore, he must not be allowed to put
out his hand to take fruit from the tree of life
also, and thus eat of it and live forever." |
The LORD God therefore banished him from the
garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he
had been taken.
When he expelled the man, he settled him east of
the garden of Eden; and he stationed the
cherubim and the fiery revolving sword, to guard
the way to the tree of life. |
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