People Before Adam

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

Cain left Yahweh’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.

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 in its place. — read the full passage →

The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

Yahweh’s word came to me again, saying, — read the full passage →

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

Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. — read the full passage →

Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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 in its place.

This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens. — read the full passage →

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

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

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

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no one.

But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together.”

and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.

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 ruler over all the land of Egypt.

All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.

The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

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