KJV Bible MWP Genesis 1:1 - 3:24

GENESIS Chapters 1- 3 KJV Bible (1769 Edition) Modern Words Paraphrase (MWP) Copyright (c) 2007 David A. Wagner.

Genesis Chapter 1

(1:1) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (1:2) And the earth was without form, and vacant; and darkness was upon the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the surface of the waters.

(1:3) And God said, “Let there be light:” and there was light. (1:4) And God saw the light, that it was good: And God divided the light from the darkness. (1:5) And God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

(1:6) And God said, "Let there be an atmosphere in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." (1:7) And God made the atmosphere, and divided the waters that were under the atmosphere from the waters that were above the atmosphere: And it was so. (1:8) And God called the atmosphere heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

(1:9) And God said, “Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear:” And it was so. (1:10) And God called the dry land earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he seas: And God saw that it was good. (1:11) And God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb producing seed, and the fruit tree producing fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth:” And it was so. (1:12) And the earth brought forth grass, and herb producing seed after his kind, and the tree producing fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: And God saw that it was good. (1:13) And the evening and the morning were the third day.

(1:14) And God said, “Let there be lights in the atmosphere of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: (1:15) And let them be for lights in the atmosphere of the heaven to give light upon the earth:” And it was so. (1:16) And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also. (1:17) And God set them in the atmosphere of the heaven to give light upon the earth, (1:18) And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. (1:19) And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

(1:20) And God said, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open atmosphere of heaven.” (1:21) And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: And God saw that it was good. (1:22) And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.” (1:23) And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

(1:24) And God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and animal of the earth after his kind:” And it was so. (1:25) And God made the animals of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps upon the earth after his kind: And God saw that it was good. (1:26) And God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

(1:27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (1:28) And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

(1:29) And God said, “See, I have given you every herb producing seed, which is upon the surface of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed; to you it will be for food. (1:30) And to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food:” And it was so.

(1:31) And God saw everything that he had made, and, see, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis Chapter 2

(2:1) Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (2:2) And on the seventh day God ended his work that he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had made. (2:3) And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work that God created and made.

(2:4) These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, (2:5) And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate the ground. (2:6) But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground. (2:7) And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

(2:8) And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. (2:9) And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

(2:10) And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became into four rivers. (2:11) The name of the first is Pishon: that is it that encompasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; (2:12) And the gold of that land is good: there is aromatic resin and the onyx stone. (2:13) And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that encompasses the whole land of Cush. (2:14) And the name of the third river is Tigris: that is it that goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

(2:15) And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it. (2:16) And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: (2:17) But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you will not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of the tree you will surely die.”

(2:18) And the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a companion designed for him.” (2:19) And out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was the name of the animal. (2:20) And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for Adam there was not found a companion suitable for him. (2:21) And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: And he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead of the rib; (2:22) And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her to the man. (2:23) And Adam said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: She will be called woman, because she was taken out of man.” (2:24) Therefore will a man leave his father and his mother, and will cleave to his wife: and they will be one flesh. (2:25) And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis Chapter 3

(3:1) Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Yes, has God said, ‘You will not eat of every tree of the garden?’” (3:2) And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: (3:3) But of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You will not eat of it, neither will you touch it, should you die.’” (3:4) And the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die: (3:5) For God does know that in the day you eat of the tree, then your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods, knowing good and evil.” (3:6) And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of the tree, and did eat, and gave also to her husband with her; and he did eat. (3:7) And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

(3:8) And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. (3:9) And the Lord God called to Adam, and said to him, “Where are you?” (3:10) And he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” (3:11) And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” (3:12) And the man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.” (3:13) And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.”

(3:14) And the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every animal of the field; upon your belly will you go, and dust will you eat all the days of your life: (3:15) And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your descendants and her descendants; it will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

(3:16) To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you will bring forth children; and your desire will be to your husband, and he will rule over you.”

(3:17) And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You will not eat of it:’ Cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow will you eat of it all the days of your life; (3:18) Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field; (3:19) In the sweat of your face will you eat bread, until you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: For dust you are, and to dust will you return.”

(3:20) And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. (3:21) To Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

(3:22) And the Lord God said, “See, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil: And now, should he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:” (3:23) Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from where he was taken. (3:24) So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword that turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.