NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible: Holy Bible, New International Version
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Expand your understanding of Scripture and be encouraged on your spiritual journey with best-selling Christian author Pastor Max Lucado.
The Lucado Encouraging Word Bible is an exhilarating experience. As you read, you’ll uncover a saga of suspense and intrigue. Flip over a few pages and find poetry and romance. Turn the pages again and read tales of clashing conquerors, brave shepherds, and a captivating Carpenter. Chronicles of faith, miracles, misdeeds, and good deeds. Kings, queens, peasants—the uncommon and the commonplace. Mystery, suspense, intrigue, drama, humor, poetry, romance…it’s all in these pages. Stories of real people, with real problems, real joys, and a real Savior. All of that, plus some distinctive features will help you see that what happened on these pages is still happening today—that the truths of old are truths for our age.
Features include:
- 98 “People of the Word” articles encourage believers through the lessons learned by people throughout the Bible
- 691 “For Your Journey” marginal notes mix masterful storytelling with biblical context to lead you into a deeper walk with the Lord
- 115 “Jesus Through the Bible,” and “Growing in Christ” articles provide both inspiration and practical lessons to build you up
- 30-day personal or group Bible study enriches your knowledge of the Bible
- “God Cares for You” and “Growing Up Spiritually” verses are subject-specific and provide another resource in your study of the Bible
- “Where to turn when . . . ” Scripture reference list means you can always find a biblical answer to the challenges you face
- Dotted margin space for journaling or taking notes
- Bible book introductions contain a brief outline of the book and an introduction written by Max Lucado
- Bible reading plan
- Full-color maps
- Clear and readable NIV Comfort Print® 9-point type size
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NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible - Thomas Nelson
The
Lucado
Encouraging Word
Bible
Max Lucado
General Editor
www.ThomasNelson.com
The Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, New International Version
Copyright © 2020 by Thomas Nelson
Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson.
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Contents
How to Use This eBible
Before You Begin . . . A Word from Max Lucado
Abbreviations
Introduction
Articles Index
Bible Reading Plan
Preface to the New International Version
Old Testament Table of Contents
New Testament Table of Contents
More Encouragement for Spiritual Growth
Going Deeper Studies
God Cares for You Verses
Growing Up Spiritually Verses
Where to Turn When
Scripture List
Acknowledgments
Full-Color Maps
OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50
Exodus
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40
Leviticus
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27
Numbers
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36
Deuteronomy
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34
Joshua
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24
Judges
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21
Ruth
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
1 Samuel
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31
2 Samuel
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24
1 Kings
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
2 Kings
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25
1 Chronicles
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29
2 Chronicles
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36
Ezra
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Nehemiah
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
Esther
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Job
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42
Psalms
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150
Proverbs
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31
Ecclesiastes
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
Song of Songs
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
Isaiah
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66
Jeremiah
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52
Lamentations
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Ezekiel
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48
Daniel
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
Hosea
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
Joel
1 | 2 | 3
Amos
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Obadiah
1
Jonah
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Micah
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
Nahum
1 | 2 | 3
Habakkuk
1 | 2 | 3
Zephaniah
1 | 2 | 3
Haggai
1 | 2
Zechariah
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
Malachi
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28
Mark
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
Luke
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24
John
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21
Acts
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28
Romans
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
1 Corinthians
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
2 Corinthians
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
Galatians
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Ephesians
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Philippians
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Colossians
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
1 Thessalonians
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
2 Thessalonians
1 | 2 | 3
1 Timothy
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
2 Timothy
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Titus
1 | 2 | 3
Philemon
1
Hebrews
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
James
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
1 Peter
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
2 Peter
1 | 2 | 3
1 John
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
2 John
1
3 John
1
Jude
1
Revelation
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
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Before You Begin . . .
A Word from Max Lucado, General Editor
A discouragement conspiracy is afoot. Companies spend billions of dollars to convince us that we are deficient and inadequate. To sell face cream, they tell us that our faces are wrinkled. To sell new clothes, they pronounce that our clothes are out of fashion. To sell hair color, they must persuade us that our hair is dingy. Marketing companies deploy the brightest minds and deepest pockets of our generation to convince us that we are chubby, smelly, ugly, and out-of-date. We are under attack!
We can relate to the two cows grazing in a pasture when a milk truck drove by. On the side of the truck were the words Pasteurized, homogenized, standardized, vitamin A added.
Noticing this, one cow said to the other, Makes you kind of feel inadequate, doesn’t it?
Inadequacy indwells a billion hearts.
But God has an antidote—his Word. His cure for the weary heart is a fresh dose of truth from the Bible. He is the God of all comfort
(2Co 1:3). Other translations say encouragement.
Jesus encourages us as well. May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father encourage you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say
(2Th 2:16–17 NCV).
When Jesus introduces the Holy Spirit to us in John 14–16, he calls him the paraklétos, the noun form of the very word for encouragement.
Scripture encourages us. For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope
(Ro 15:4).
The saints in heaven encourage us. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us
(Heb 12:1). A multitude of God’s children is urging you on. Like spectators in the stands, a crowd of witnesses applauds from the heavens, calling on you to finish strong.
The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Scriptures, the saints. God places a premium on encouragement.
Perhaps you could use some? Life has a way of pulling us under. But God has a way of pulling us up. His way is his Word. Let God give you what you need.
Let him give you his encouraging Word.
I would like to dedicate this project to a lifelong hero of mine, Charles Swindoll. For decades of writing, preaching, and leading, thank you, Chuck.
—Max Lucado
Abbreviations
Book abbreviations used in the notes and articles:
OT = Old Testament
NT = New Testament
Introduction
The Lucado Encouraging Word Bible is an exhilarating experience. As you read, you’ll uncover a saga of suspense and intrigue. Flip over a few pages and find poetry and romance. Turn the pages again and read tales of clashing conquerors, brave shepherds, and a captivating Carpenter. Chronicles of faith, miracles, misdeeds, and good deeds. Kings, queens, peasants—the uncommon and the commonplace. Mystery, suspense, intrigue, drama, humor, poetry, romance . . . it’s all in these pages. Stories of real people, with real problems, real joys, and a real Savior. All of that, plus some distinctive features, will help you see that what happened on these pages is still happening today—that the truths of old are truths for our age.
To enrich your study, this Bible has some unique features. These tools will help expand your understanding of Scripture and provide you encouragement in your spiritual journey.
For Your Journey
You’ll notice encouraging devotional notes throughout this Bible. Each of these notes contains a Situation, Observation, Inspiration, and Application section.
The Situation gives a quick look into the context of the chapter; it answers the question, What’s going on in this passage?
The Observation goes beneath the action to explain the point of the action: What truth or lesson is noticeable in the action of these people?
The Inspiration takes a point or lesson found in the chapter and amplifies it. Excerpted from the writings of Max Lucado, these inspirations extend the main point and give it a contemporary message that will be useful in your private devotion or for sharing with a group.
The Application brings the message home and helps you ask the right questions: How can I use what I’ve learned in this chapter? Is there anything about my life that I should change based on what I’ve learned?
People of the Word
Follow the journeys of others from long ago in this feature of nearly one hundred bios of people found or mentioned throughout the Bible. In these articles, you’ll see their struggles, triumphs, and God’s hand in their lives. These character studies will provide encouragement as you face various circumstances in your life.
Consider
Studies
Throughout the text you will discover Bible studies to help you consider
various situations you might be confronted with. Use the Articles Index in the front of this Bible to locate specific topics of interest.
Jesus Through the Bible
The Jesus Through the Bible articles are helpful tools for understanding how the Bible truly is one story—the story of God’s plan of salvation as fulfilled through his Son, Jesus Christ. These notes help you discover the presence and attributes of Jesus Christ throughout the Old and New Testaments. For example, observe how Jesus is foreshadowed as our high priest in the book of Exodus and how his title as Lamb of God can be seen in Leviticus.
Growing in Christ
The Growing in Christ articles help you walk through God’s plan of salvation as it unfolds through the Old Testament and is fully revealed with the birth, life, and ministry of Jesus in the New Testament. This series of short articles will also help you explore the path of discipleship. Let the questions found at the end of each article help prompt you in your growth in Christ.
Going Deeper Studies
These short devotions will help you ponder your faith and will answer some of the hard questions that may be on your mind. The studies cover a variety of topics, such as how to know that you’re saved, how to pray, how to face temptation, and much more.
God Cares for You Verses
These verses reveal more about who Jesus is and what he did for you. They will help you personalize God’s message and draw closer to your Savior.
Growing Up Spiritually Verses
These verses cover topics of spiritual growth such as your daily walk with God, listening to him, and forgiving others.
Where to Turn When
Scripture List
This list leads you to relevant verses for many of life’s complicated questions and situations.
—Karen Davis Hill, Executive Editor for Max Lucado
A Word of Thanks
From the General Editor, Max Lucado
You’re reading the work of a small army of professionals who spent a couple of years producing The Lucado Encouraging Word Bible. This project would not have been completed (or even begun) without the steadfast diligence of my Editorial Assistant, Karen Hill. She tirelessly poured over each and every page. Thank you, Karen. In addition, my deepest gratitude to Daniel Marrs and Jill Smith for shepherding this project all along the way; Jenna Lucado Bishop, Ashley Riggs, Christopher Hudson, and Len Woods for editorial and creative contributions, and a host of proofreaders and designers for creating a readable, beautiful, encouraging Bible.
Articles Index
People of the Word | Consider
Studies | Jesus Through the Bible | Growing in Christ
People of the Word
A Blind Man
Abigail
Abraham
Absalom
Achan
Adam and Eve
Ananias
Ananias and Sapphira
Andrew
Anna
Barabbas
Barnabas
Bartimaeus
Bathsheba
Cain and Abel
Caleb
Cornelius
Daniel
David
Deborah
Doubting Dad
Elijah
Elisha
Emmaus Road Disciples
Epaphroditus
Esther
Gabriel
Gadarene Demoniac
Gideon
Hannah
Hezekiah
Hosea and Gomer
Isaiah
Jacob
Jairus
James, Brother of Jesus
Jehoram
Jehoshaphat
Jeremiah
Job
John
John the Baptist
Jonah
Jonathan
Joseph
Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph, Father of Jesus
Joshua
Josiah
Judas
Lazarus
Luke
Lunch Boy
Lydia
Malchus
Manasseh
Martha
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Bethany
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Matthew
Mephibosheth
Moses
Naomi and Ruth
Nathan
Nathanael
Nehemiah
Nicodemus
Noah
Paul
Pharisees
Philip
Pilate
Priscilla and Aquila
Rahab
Samuel
Sarah
Saul
Simeon
Simon of Cyrene
Simon the Leper
Solomon
Stephen the Martyr
The Man Blind from Birth
The Magi
The Older Brother
The Paralytic and His Friends
The Prodigal Son
The Rich Young Ruler
The Roman Centurion
The Shunammite Woman
The Thankful Leper
The Twelve
The Woman at the Well
The Woman Who Washed Jesus’ Feet
The Woman with the Issue of Blood
Thomas
Zacchaeus
Consider
Studies
Abundant Life
Adopted
Almighty God
Anger of God
Approach the Throne
Bitterness
Bride of Christ
Brokenness
Change
Choice
Confession
Contentment
Details
Disappointment
Extending God’s Grace
Family
Fear
Fruit of the Spirit
God Listens
God’s Presence
God’s Workmanship
Good Enough?
Grief
Grudges
Guilt
Habits
Healing
Heaven (1)
Heaven (2)
Impossibilities
Jesus Prayed
Jesus’ Compassion
Money
New Creation
Old Wounds
Peace
Power
Prayer
Righteousness
Rivalry
Salvation
Second Chances
Tithing
Truth
Unity
Usefulness
Vengeance
Where Is God?
Jesus Through the Bible
Jesus: Grace Before the Cross
Jesus: Restorer of Hope
Jesus: Our Redeemer and Deliverer
Jesus: The One Who Gave Himself for Us
Jesus: A Personal Shepherd Provides His Presence and Rest
Jesus: The Lamb of God
Jesus: The Perfect Priest
Jesus: He Became a Curse for Us
Jesus: Commander of the Lord’s Army
Jesus: Authority and Power
Jesus: One Who Washes Our Feet
Jesus: The Shepherd Who Knows Your Name
Jesus: The Sinless Savior
Jesus: Our Physician
Jesus: Mediator Between God and Men
Jesus: The Good Shepherd Who Tends to His Sheep
Jesus: Immanuel, God With Us
Jesus: The Son of Man
Jesus: The One Who Takes Away Our Shame
Jesus: The Bread of Life
Jesus: The Invitation
Jesus: The Coming King
Jesus: He Came As One of Us
Jesus: The One Who Accepts Us
Jesus: Our Hope and Comfort
Jesus: The Foundation of the Church
Jesus: The Compassionate One
Jesus: The Son of God
Jesus: The One Who Kept His Focus
Jesus: Master of God’s Domain
Jesus: Whoever Believes
Jesus: The Resurrection and the Life
Jesus: His Special Clothing
Jesus: The Power of God
Jesus: The Name That Saves
Jesus: The Judge of the Living and the Dead
Jesus: A God of Everlasting Love
Jesus: We Are One in Him
Jesus: He Became Our Sin
Jesus: The Final Payment
Jesus: The Savior
Jesus: He Is Truth
Jesus: More Than a Carpenter
Jesus: The One Who Endured
Jesus: The One Who Understands Us
Jesus: The True God, Our Source
Jesus: The One Who Stands at the Door
Jesus: King of Kings
Growing in Christ
Telling the Truth
The Blood of Christ
The Lord Is Holy
Jesus Became Sin for Us
Hearing God’s Voice
Confessed Sin Releases Joy
Extending Grace to Others
The One Who Can Save You From Your Enemies
Obedience to Jesus Leads to Success
God Speaks to Us
Trusting God With Your Fears
Guarding Our Hearts
Peace with God Through Christ
Seeing Ourselves as God Sees Us
God Speaks Our Language
God Does What Is Best
Don’t Keep a List of Wrongs
Your Thoughts Run Your Life
A Living Hope
Bible Reading Plan
God’s Word is his personal message of love to you today. The best way to grow as a Christian and get to know God in a more personal way is to spend time in his Word. Here is a plan for you if you want to read through the entire Bible in one year.
Read three (3) chapters each day, Monday through Saturday, and five (5) chapters on Sunday.
Genesis
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Exodus
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Leviticus
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ☐ 11 ☐ 12 ☐ 13 ☐ 14 ☐ 15 ☐ 16 ☐ 17 ☐ 18 ☐ 19 ☐ 20 ☐ 21 ☐ 22 ☐ 23 ☐ 24 ☐ 25 ☐ 26 ☐ 27
Numbers
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Deuteronomy
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Joshua
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ☐ 11 ☐ 12 ☐ 13 ☐ 14 ☐ 15 ☐ 16 ☐ 17 ☐ 18 ☐ 19 ☐ 20 ☐ 21 ☐ 22 ☐ 23 ☐ 24
Judges
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Ruth
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4
1 Samuel
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2 Samuel
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1 Kings
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2 Kings
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1 Chronicles
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2 Chronicles
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Ezra
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Nehemiah
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ☐ 11 ☐ 12 ☐ 13
Esther
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
Job
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Psalms
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Proverbs
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Ecclesiastes
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Song of Songs
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8
Isaiah
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Jeremiah
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Lamentations
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5
Ezekiel
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Daniel
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Hosea
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ☐ 11 ☐ 12 ☐ 13 ☐ 14
Joel
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3
Amos
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9
Obadiah
☐ 1
Jonah
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4
Micah
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7
Nahum
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3
Habakkuk
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3
Zephaniah
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3
Haggai
☐ 1 ☐ 2
Zechariah
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ☐ 11 ☐ 12 ☐ 13 ☐ 14
Malachi
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4
Matthew
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ☐ 11 ☐ 12 ☐ 13 ☐ 14 ☐ 15 ☐ 16 ☐ 17 ☐ 18 ☐ 19 ☐ 20 ☐ 21 ☐ 22 ☐ 23 ☐ 24 ☐ 25 ☐ 26 ☐ 27 ☐ 28
Mark
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ☐ 11 ☐ 12 ☐ 13 ☐ 14 ☐ 15 ☐ 16
Luke
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John
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Acts
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Romans
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1 Corinthians
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2 Corinthians
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Galatians
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6
Ephesians
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6
Philippians
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4
Colossians
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4
1 Thessalonians
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5
2 Thessalonians
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3
1 Timothy
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6
2 Timothy
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4
Titus
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3
Philemon
☐ 1
Hebrews
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ☐ 11 ☐ 12 ☐ 13
James
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5
1 Peter
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5
2 Peter
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3
1 John
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5
2 John
☐ 1
3 John
☐ 1
Jude
☐ 1
Revelation
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Preface to the New International Version
The goal of the New International Version (NIV) is to enable English-speaking people from around the world to read and hear God’s eternal Word in their own language. Our work as translators is motivated by our conviction that the Bible is God’s Word in written form. We believe that the Bible contains the divine answer to the deepest needs of humanity, sheds unique light on our path in a dark world and sets forth the way to our eternal well-being. Out of these deep convictions, we have sought to recreate as far as possible the experience of the original audience—blending transparency to the original text with accessibility for the millions of English speakers around the world. We have prioritized accuracy, clarity and literary quality with the goal of creating a translation suitable for public and private reading, evangelism, teaching, preaching, memorizing and liturgical use. We have also sought to preserve a measure of continuity with the long tradition of translating the Scriptures into English.
The complete NIV Bible was first published in 1978. It was a completely new translation made by over a hundred scholars working directly from the best available Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts. The translators came from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, giving the translation an international scope. They were from many denominations and churches—including Anglican, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Brethren, Christian Reformed, Church of Christ, Evangelical Covenant, Evangelical Free, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, Wesleyan and others. This breadth of denominational and theological perspective helped to safeguard the translation from sectarian bias. For these reasons, and by the grace of God, the NIV has gained a wide readership in all parts of the English-speaking world.
The work of translating the Bible is never finished. As good as they are, English translations must be regularly updated so that they will continue to communicate accurately the meaning of God’s Word. Updates are needed in order to reflect the latest developments in our understanding of the biblical world and its languages and to keep pace with changes in English usage. Recognizing, then, that the NIV would retain its ability to communicate God’s Word accurately only if it were regularly updated, the original translators established the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT). The Committee is a self-perpetuating group of biblical scholars charged with keeping abreast of advances in biblical scholarship and changes in English and issuing periodic updates to the NIV. The CBT is an independent, self-governing body and has sole responsibility for the NIV text. The Committee mirrors the original group of translators in its diverse international and denominational makeup and in its unifying commitment to the Bible as God’s inspired Word.
In obedience to its mandate, the Committee has issued periodic updates to the NIV. An initial revision was released in 1984. A more thorough revision process was completed in 2005, resulting in the separately published TNIV. The updated NIV you now have in your hands builds on both the original NIV and the TNIV and represents the latest effort of the Committee to articulate God’s unchanging Word in the way the original authors might have said it had they been speaking in English to the global English-speaking audience today.
Translation Philosophy
The Committee’s translating work has been governed by three widely accepted principles about the way people use words and about the way we understand them.
First, the meaning of words is determined by the way that users of the language actually use them at any given time. For the biblical languages, therefore, the Committee utilizes the best and most recent scholarship on the way Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek words were being used in biblical times. At the same time, the Committee carefully studies the state of modern English. Good translation is like good communication: one must know the target audience so that the appropriate choices can be made about which English words to use to represent the original words of Scripture. From its inception, the NIV has had as its target the general English-speaking population all over the world, the International
in its title reflecting this concern. The aim of the Committee is to put the Scriptures into natural English that will communicate effectively with the broadest possible audience of English speakers.
Modern technology has enhanced the Committee’s ability to choose the right English words to convey the meaning of the original text. The field of computational linguistics harnesses the power of computers to provide broadly applicable and current data about the state of the language. Translators can now access huge databases of modern English to better understand the current meaning and usage of key words. The Committee utilized this resource in preparing the 2011 edition of the NIV. An area of especially rapid and significant change in English is the way certain nouns and pronouns are used to refer to human beings. The Committee therefore requested experts in computational linguistics at Collins Dictionaries to pose some key questions about this usage to its database of English—the largest in the world, with over 4.4 billion words, gathered from several English-speaking countries and including both spoken and written English. (The Collins Study, called The Development and Use of Gender Language in Contemporary English,
can be accessed at http://www.thenivbible.com/about-the-niv/about-the-2011-edition/.) The study revealed that the most popular words to describe the human race in modern U.S. English were humanity,
man
and mankind.
The Committee then used this data in the updated NIV, choosing from among these three words (and occasionally others also) depending on the context.
A related issue creates a larger problem for modern translations: the move away from using the third-person masculine singular pronouns—he/him/his
—to refer to men and women equally. This usage does persist in some forms of English, and this revision therefore occasionally uses these pronouns in a generic sense. But the tendency, recognized in day-to-day usage and confirmed by the Collins study, is away from the generic use of he,
him
and his.
In recognition of this shift in language and in an effort to translate into the natural English that people are actually using, this revision of the NIV generally uses other constructions when the biblical text is plainly addressed to men and women equally. The reader will encounter especially frequently a they,
their
or them
to express a generic singular idea. Thus, for instance, Mark 8:36 reads: What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?
This generic use of the distributive
or singular
they/them/their
has been used for many centuries by respected writers of English and has now become established as standard English, spoken and written, all over the world.
A second linguistic principle that feeds into the Committee’s translation work is that meaning is found not in individual words, as vital as they are, but in larger clusters: phrases, clauses, sentences, discourses. Translation is not, as many people think, a matter of word substitution: English word x in place of Hebrew word y. Translators must first determine the meaning of the words of the biblical languages in the context of the passage and then select English words that accurately communicate that meaning to modern listeners and readers. This means that accurate translation will not always reflect the exact structure of the original language. To be sure, there is debate over the degree to which translators should try to preserve the form
of the original text in English. From the beginning, the NIV has taken a mediating position on this issue. The manual produced when the translation that became the NIV was first being planned states: If the Greek or Hebrew syntax has a good parallel in modern English, it should be used. But if there is no good parallel, the English syntax appropriate to the meaning of the original is to be chosen.
It is fine, in other words, to carry over the form of the biblical languages into English—but not at the expense of natural expression. The principle that meaning resides in larger clusters of words means that the Committee has not insisted on a word-for-word
approach to translation. We certainly believe that every word of Scripture is inspired by God and therefore to be carefully studied to determine what God is saying to us. It is for this reason that the Committee labors over every single word of the original texts, working hard to determine how each of those words contributes to what the text is saying. Ultimately, however, it is how these individual words function in combination with other words that determines meaning.
A third linguistic principle guiding the Committee in its translation work is the recognition that words have a spectrum of meaning. It is popular to define a word by using another word, or gloss,
to substitute for it. This substitute word is then sometimes called the literal
meaning of a word. In fact, however, words have a range of possible meanings. Those meanings will vary depending on the context, and words in one language will usually not occupy the same semantic range as words in another language. The Committee therefore studies each original word of Scripture in its context to identify its meaning in a particular verse and then chooses an appropriate English word (or phrase) to represent it. It is impossible, then, to translate any given Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek word with the same English word all the time. The Committee does try to translate related occurrences of a word in the original languages with the same English word in order to preserve the connection for the English reader. But the Committee generally privileges clear natural meaning over a concern with consistency in rendering particular words.
Textual Basis
For the Old Testament the standard Hebrew text, the Masoretic Text as published in the latest edition of Biblia Hebraica, has been used throughout. The Masoretic Text tradition contains marginal notations that offer variant readings. These have sometimes been followed instead of the text itself. Because such instances involve variants within the Masoretic tradition, they have not been indicated in the textual notes. In a few cases, words in the basic consonantal text have been divided differently than in the Masoretic Text. Such cases are usually indicated in the textual footnotes. The Dead Sea Scrolls contain biblical texts that represent an earlier stage of the transmission of the Hebrew text. They have been consulted, as have been the Samaritan Pentateuch and the ancient scribal traditions concerning deliberate textual changes. The translators also consulted the more important early versions. Readings from these versions, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the scribal traditions were occasionally followed where the Masoretic Text seemed doubtful and where accepted principles of textual criticism showed that one or more of these textual witnesses appeared to provide the correct reading. In rare cases, the translators have emended the Hebrew text where it appears to have become corrupted at an even earlier stage of its transmission. These departures from the Masoretic Text are also indicated in the textual footnotes. Sometimes the vowel indicators (which are later additions to the basic consonantal text) found in the Masoretic Text did not, in the judgment of the translators, represent the correct vowels for the original text. Accordingly, some words have been read with a different set of vowels. These instances are usually not indicated in the footnotes.
The Greek text used in translating the New Testament has been an eclectic one, based on the latest editions of the Nestle-Aland/United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament. The translators have made their choices among the variant readings in accordance with widely accepted principles of New Testament textual criticism. Footnotes call attention to places where uncertainty remains.
The New Testament authors, writing in Greek, often quote the Old Testament from its ancient Greek version, the Septuagint. This is one reason why some of the Old Testament quotations in the NIV New Testament are not identical to the corresponding passages in the NIV Old Testament. Such quotations in the New Testament are indicated with the footnote (see Septuagint).
Footnotes and Formatting
Footnotes in this version are of several kinds, most of which need no explanation. Those giving alternative translations begin with Or
and generally introduce the alternative with the last word preceding it in the text, except when it is a single-word alternative. When poetry is quoted in a footnote a slash mark indicates a line division.
It should be noted that references to diseases, minerals, flora and fauna, architectural details, clothing, jewelry, musical instruments and other articles cannot always be identified with precision. Also, linear measurements and measures of capacity can only be approximated (see the Table of Weights and Measures). Although Selah, used mainly in the Psalms, is probably a musical term, its meaning is uncertain. Since it may interrupt reading and distract the reader, this word has not been kept in the English text, but every occurrence has been signaled by a footnote.
As an aid to the reader, sectional headings have been inserted. They are not to be regarded as part of the biblical text and are not intended for oral reading. It is the Committee’s hope that these headings may prove more helpful to the reader than the traditional chapter divisions, which were introduced long after the Bible was written.
Sometimes the chapter and/or verse numbering in English translations of the Old Testament differs from that found in published Hebrew texts. This is particularly the case in the Psalms, where the traditional titles are included in the Hebrew verse numbering. Such differences are indicated in the footnotes at the bottom of the page. In the New Testament, verse numbers that marked off portions of the traditional English text not supported by the best Greek manuscripts now appear in brackets, with a footnote indicating the text that has been omitted (see, for example, Matthew 17:[21]).
Mark 16:9–20 and John 7:53–8:11, although long accorded virtually equal status with the rest of the Gospels in which they stand, have a questionable standing in the textual history of the New Testament, as noted in the bracketed annotations with which they are set off. A different typeface has been chosen for these passages to indicate their uncertain status.
Basic formatting of the text, such as lining the poetry, paragraphing (both prose and poetry), setting up of (administrative-like) lists, indenting letters and lengthy prayers within narratives and the insertion of sectional headings, has been the work of the Committee. However, the choice between single-column and double-column formats has been left to the publishers. Also the issuing of red-letter
editions is a publisher’s choice—one that the Committee does not endorse.
The Committee has again been reminded that every human effort is flawed—including this revision of the NIV. We trust, however, that many will find in it an improved representation of the Word of God, through which they hear his call to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and to service in his kingdom. We offer this version of the Bible to him in whose name and for whose glory it has been made.
The Committee on Bible Translation
The Old Testament
The Book of
Genesis
Introduction
So there you are, a teenager at your grandparents’ house. You don’t really want to be there, but it’s one of those family things and so you’re there.
You sit politely and act like you are listening as your folks and grandparents talk. Then your grandmother says something that catches your attention. She refers to your great-grandfather and the trip he made to America from the old country.
What?
you ask.
Grandma smiles, knowing that at some point we all wonder about our origin and here you are wondering about yours.
She unravels a tale of your family escaping persecution and settling in eastern Virginia. Next she invites you into her room, where she opens a large chest that has sat at the foot of her bed for as long as you can remember. A rush of cedar and mothballs fills the room.
Thought you might like to see this,
she explains, handing you a black-and-white photo in a large walnut frame. It’s your great-grandpa.
The only thing stiffer than his collar is his expression. Here is his father,
she hands you another photo, one of a cowboy wearing a wide-brimmed hat, riding a horse.
Piece by piece, the chest tells its family tales. Soon you find yourself lost in a floor covered with old wedding gowns, photo albums, diplomas, and bronzed baby shoes. And before you leave, you find yourself the owner of something precious—a heritage. An ancestry. A beginning. An origin.
You know that you are a part of a family tree. You aren’t an isolated pond, but rather a part of a river winding through a great canyon.
You leave a richer person. Knowing where you came from says much about where you are going.
Perhaps that’s why the first book of the Bible is a book of beginnings. God wants us to know from where we came. Learning that will teach us much about the place we are going.
About this Book
Author:
Moses
Date Written:
c. 1500 BC
Key Themes:
• In the ultimate act of creativity, God formed the sky and earth out of nothing.
• Sin entered the world through the wrong choices of the very first humans.
• Back in the Garden of Eden, God set into motion a plan for our redemption.
• God made a covenant with Abraham, to bless him and make him a blessing to all people. Jesus is the fulfillment of that promise.
Key People:
Adam, Eve, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Esau, Joseph
Key Verse:
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth
(Ge 1:1).
Contents:
I. Beginning of the World 1:1–11:32
II. Abraham 12:1–25:34
III. Isaac and Jacob 26:1–36:43
IV. Joseph and His Brothers 37:1–50:26
Genesis 1
The Beginning
¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ²Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. For Your Journey
³And God said, Let there be light,
and there was light. ⁴God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. ⁵God called the light day,
and the darkness he called night.
And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
⁶And God said, Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.
⁷So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. ⁸God called the vault sky.
And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
⁹And God said, Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.
And it was so. ¹⁰God called the dry ground land,
and the gathered waters he called seas.
And God saw that it was good.
¹¹Then God said, Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.
And it was so. ¹²The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. ¹³And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
¹⁴And God said, Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, ¹⁵and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.
And it was so. ¹⁶God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. ¹⁷God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, ¹⁸to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
²⁰And God said, Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.
²¹So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²²God blessed them and said, Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.
²³And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
²⁴And God said, Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.
And it was so. ²⁵God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
²⁶Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,a and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
²⁷So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
²⁸God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.
²⁹Then God said, I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. ³⁰And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.
And it was so.
³¹God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
Genesis 2
¹Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
²By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. ³Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Adam and Eve
⁴This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. For Your Journey Consider: Choice
⁵Now no shrub had yet appeared on the eartha and no plant had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, ⁶but streamsb came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. ⁷Then the LORD God formed a manc from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
⁸Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. ⁹The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
¹⁰A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. ¹¹The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. ¹²(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resind and onyx are also there.) ¹³The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.e ¹⁴The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
¹⁵The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. ¹⁶And the LORD God commanded the man, You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; ¹⁷but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.
¹⁸The LORD God said, "It