Bereshit, בְּרֵאשִׁית

Passages

Torah: Genesis 2:20 - 3:21
Gospel: John 1:29 - 1:34

Torah — Genesis 2:20 - 3:21

2:20 And the man gave names to every domesticated animal and to the birds of heaven and to all the wild animals. But for the man there was not found a helper as his counterpart.

2:21 And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. While he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh where it had been.

2:22 And Yahweh God fashioned the rib which he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.

2:23 And the man said, “She is now bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh; she shall be called ‘Woman,’ for she was taken from man.”

2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.

2:25 And the man and his wife, both of them, were naked, and they were not ashamed.

3:1 The Fall Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God indeed say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

3:2 The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

3:3 but from the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat from it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die’.”

3:4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You shall not surely die.

3:5 For God knows that on the day you both eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you both shall be like gods, knowing good and evil.”

3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave it also to her husband with her, and he ate.

3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed together fig leaves and they made for themselves coverings.

3:8 Then they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden at the windy time of day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.

3:9 And Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

3:10 And he replied, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid because I am naked, so I hid myself.”

3:11 Then he asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I forbade you to eat?”

3:12 And the man replied, “The woman whom you gave to be with me—she gave to me from the tree and I ate.”

3:13 Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

3:14 Then Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you will be cursed more than any domesticated animal and more than any wild animal. On your belly you shall go and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

3:15 And I will put hostility between you and between the woman, and between your offspring and between her offspring; he will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel.”

3:16 To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bear children. And to your husband shall be your desire. And he shall rule over you.”

3:17 And to Adam he said, “Because you listened to the voice of your wife and you ate from the tree from which I forbade you to eat, the ground shall be cursed on your account. In pain you shall eat from it all the days of your life.

3:18 And thorns and thistles shall sprout for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.

3:19 By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

3:20 And the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all life.

3:21 And Yahweh God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skin, and he clothed them.

2:20 So the man gave names to all of the livestock. He gave names to all of the birds of the air. And he gave names to all of the wild animals. But Adam didn’t find a helper that was right for him.

2:21 So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of his ribs. He closed up the opening that was in his side.

2:22 Then the Lord God made a woman. He made her from the rib he had taken out of the man. And he brought her to him.

2:23 The man said, “Her bones have come from my bones. Her body has come from my body. She will be named ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of a man.”

2:24 That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two of them will become one.

2:25 The man and his wife were both naked. They didn’t feel any shame.

3:1 Adam and Eve Fall Into Sin The serpent was more clever than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. The serpent said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat the fruit of any tree that is in the garden’?”

3:2 The woman said to the serpent, “We can eat the fruit of the trees that are in the garden.

3:3 But God did say, ‘You must not eat the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden. Do not even touch it. If you do, you will die.’”

3:4 “You can be sure that you won’t die,” the serpent said to the woman.

3:5 “God knows that when you eat the fruit of that tree, you will know things you have never known before. You will be able to tell the difference between good and evil. You will be like God.”

3:6 The woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good to eat. It was also pleasing to look at. And it would make a person wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. And he ate it.

3:7 Then both of them knew things they had never known before. They realized they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made clothes for themselves.

3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking in the garden. It was the coolest time of the day. They hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

3:9 But the Lord God called out to the man. “Where are you?” he asked.

3:10 “I heard you in the garden,” the man answered. “I was afraid. I was naked, so I hid.”

3:11 The Lord God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten the fruit of the tree I commanded you not to eat?”

3:12 The man said, “It was the woman you put here with me. She gave me some fruit from the tree. And I ate it.”

3:13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me. That’s why I ate the fruit.”

3:14 So the Lord God spoke to the serpent. He said, “Because you have done this, “I am putting a curse on you. You are cursed more than all of the livestock and all of the wild animals. You will crawl on the ground. You will eat dust all of the days of your life.

3:15 I will put hatred between you and the woman. Your children and her children will be enemies. Her son will crush your head. And you will crush his heel.”

3:16 The Lord God said to the woman, “I will greatly increase your pain when you give birth. You will be in pain when you have children. You will long for your husband. And he will rule over you.”

3:17 The Lord God said to Adam, “You listened to your wife. You ate the fruit of the tree that I commanded you about. I said, ‘You must not eat its fruit.’ “So I am putting a curse on the ground because of what you did. All the days of your life you will have to work hard to get food from the ground.

3:18 You will eat the plants of the field, even though the ground produces thorns and thistles.

3:19 You will have to work hard and sweat a lot to produce the food you eat. You were made out of the ground. And you will return to it. You are dust. So you will return to it.”

3:20 Adam named his wife Eve. She would become the mother of every living person.

3:21 The Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife to wear.

Gospel — John 1:29 - 1:34

1:29 On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

1:30 This one is the one about whom I said, ‘After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’

1:31 And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water.”

1:32 And John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and remaining upon him.

1:33 And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, ‘The one upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him—this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

1:34 And I have seen and testify that this one is the Chosen One of God.

Passages

Torah — Genesis 2:20 - 3:21

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Gospel — John 1:29 - 1:34

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