Jan 2 - Genesis 4-6
Genesis
1Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man."2Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.3In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.4But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,5but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.6Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."8Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.9Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"10The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.11Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.12When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."13Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear.14Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."15But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.16So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.17Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.18To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.19Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.20Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.21His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.22Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.23Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me.24If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times."25Adam lay with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, "God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."26Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD.
1This is the written account of Adam's line. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.2He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them "man. "3When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.4After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.5Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.6When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.7And after he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.8Altogether, Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.9When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.10And after he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.11Altogether, Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.12When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.13And after he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.14Altogether, Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.15When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.16And after he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.17Altogether, Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.18When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.19And after he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.20Altogether, Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.21When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.22And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.23Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years.24Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.25When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.26And after he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.27Altogether, Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.28When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.29He named him Noah and said, "He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed."30After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.31Altogether, Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died.32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
1When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.3Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days-and also afterward-when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.5The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.6The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.7So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth-men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air-for I am grieved that I have made them."8But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.10Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.11Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence.12God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.13So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.14So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.15This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.16Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.17I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.18But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark-you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.19You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.20Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.21You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them."22Noah did everything just as God commanded him.