Bereishit 3:16 - 7:18

16 El-ha'ishah amar harbah arbeh yitzbonech veheronech be'etzev teldi vanim ve'el ishech teshukatech vehu yimshol-bach.
To the woman He said, "I will greatly increase your sorrow and your pregnancy. You will give birth to children with pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will dominate you."

17 Ule-Adam amar ki shamata lekol ishtecha vatochal min-ha'etz asher tziviticha lemor lo tochal mimenu arurah ha'adamah ba'avurecha be'itzavon tochelenah kol yemey chayecha.
To the man He said, "Because you listened to your wife, and ate from the tree which I commanded you, saying, 'Do not eat from it;' the soil will be cursed because of you. In sorrow you shall eat from it all the days of your life.

18 Vekotz vedardar tatzmiach lach ve'achalta et-esev hasadeh.
It will grow thorns and thistles for you; and you will eat the herbs of the field.

19 Beze'at apecha tochal lechem ad shuvecha el-ha'adamah ki mimenah lukachta ki-afar atah ve'el-afar tashuv.
By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, until you return to the ground for from it [the ground] were you taken. For you are dust and to dust you shall return."

20 Vayikra ha'adam shem ishto Chavah ki hi hayetah em kol-chai.
The man called his wife's name Chavah, because she had become the mother of all living.

21 Vaya'as HASHEM Elokim le-Adam ule-ishto kotnot or vayalbishem.
HASHEM G-d made for Adam and his wife garments of skin and He clothed them.

Revi'i

22 Vayomer HASHEM Elokim hen ha'adam hayah ke'achad mimenu lada'at tov vara ve'ata pen-yishlach yado velakach gam me'Etz haChayim ve'achal vachai le'olam.
HASHEM G-d said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us to know [what is] good and [what is] evil. Now he must be prevented from reaching out his hand and also taking from the Tree of Life and eat [from it] and live forever."

23 Vayeshalchehu HASHEM Elokim miGan-Eden la'avod et-ha'adamah asher lukach misham.
HASHEM G-d sent him out of the Garden of 'Eden, to till the soil from which he was taken.

24 Vayegaresh et-ha'adam vayashken mikedem legan-Eden et-hakruvim ve'et lahat hacherev hamithapechet lishmor et-derech etz hachayim.
He banished the man [from the Garden] and at the east of the Garden of 'Eden He stationed the Keruvim and the flame of the rotating sword, to guard the way to the Tree of Life.

Kayin and Hevel

4:1 Veha'adam yada et-Chavah ishto vatahar vateled et-Kayin vatomer kaniti ish et-HASHEM.
The man knew his wife, Chavah. She conceived and she gave birth to Kayin, and she said, "I have obtained a man with HASHEM."

2 Vatosef laledet et-achiv et-Havel vayehi-Hevel ro'eh tzon veKayin hayah oved adamah.
She gave birth again, to his brother Hevel. Hevel became a shepherd, but Kayin was a worker of the soil.

3 Vayehi miketz yamim vayave Kayin miperi ha'adamah minchah l'HASHEM.
In the course of time, Kayin brought some fruit of the soil as an offering to HASHEM.

4 VeHevel hevi gam-hu mibechorot tzono umechelvehen vayisha HASHEM el-Hevel ve'el-minchato.
Hevel also brought from the firstborn of his flock, from the best thereof. HASHEM paid regard to Hevel and to his offering.

5 Ve'el-Kayin ve'el-minchato lo sha'ah vayichar le-Kayin me'od vayiplu panav.
But to Kayin and his offering He paid no regard. Kayin became very angry and depressed.

6 Vayomer HASHEM el-Kayin lamah charah lach velamah nafelu fanecha.
HASHEM said to Kayin, "Why are you angry? Why are you depressed?

7 Halo im-teytiv se'et ve'im lo teytiv lapetach chatat rovetz ve'elecha teshukato ve'atah timshol-bo.
Is this not so - if you improve, there is forgiveness, but if you do not improve, sin rests at the entrance. Its desire is unto you, but you can dominate it."

8 Vayomer Kayin el-Hevel achiv vayehi biheyotam basadeh vayakom Kayin el-Hevel achiv vayahargehu.
Kayin said [something] to his brother Hevel, and it happened when they were in the field, that Kayin rose up against his brother, Hevel, and killed him.

9 Vayomer HASHEM el-Kayin ey Hevel achicha vayomer lo yadati hashomer achi anochi.
HASHEM then said to Kayin, "Where is your brother, Hevel?" [Kayin] said, "I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?"

10 Vayomer me asita kol demei achicha tzoakim elai min-ha'adamah.
He said [to Kayin], "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.

11 Ve'atah arur atah min-ha'adamah asher patzeta et-piha lakachat et-demei achicha miyadecha.
Now you are cursed from the ground that had to open its mouth to accept your brother's blood from your hand.

12 Ki ta'avod et-ha'adamah lo-tosef tet-kocha lach na vanad tihyeh va'aretz.
When you work the ground, it will no longer give you of its strength. You will be unsettled, and a wanderer on the earth."

13 Vayomer Kayin el-HASHEM gadol avoni mineso.
Kayin said to HASHEM, "MY sin is greater than I can bear."

14 Hen gerashta oti hayom me'al penei ha'adamah umipanecha esater vehayiti na vanad ba'aretz vehayah chol- motze'i yahar'geni.
Behold, today You have banished me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I am to be hidden. I am to be unsettled and a wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me, will kill me."

15 Vayomer lo HASHEM lachen kol-horeg Kayin shiv'atayim yukam vayasem HASHEM le-Kayin ot levilti hakot-oto kol-motze'o.
HASHEM said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Kayin, revenge will be taken on him [Kayin] sevenfold." HASHEM placed a mark on Kayin, so that whoever would find him would not kill him.

16 Vayetze Kayin milifnei HASHEM vayeshev be'eretz-Nod kid'mat-Eden.
Kayin went from the Presence of HASHEM and settled in the land of Nod, east of 'Eden.

The Descendants of Kayin

17 Vayeda Kayin et-ishto vatahar vateled et-Chanoch vayehi boneh ir vayikra shem ha'ir keshem beno Chanoch.
Kayin knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Chanoch. [Kayin] was building a city, and he named the city after his son Chanoch.

18 Vayivaled la-Chanoch et-Yirad veYirad yalad et-Mechuyael uMechiyael yalad et-Metushael uMetushael yalad et-Lamech.
To Chanoch was born 'Irad. 'Irad had a son Mechuyael, Mechuyael had a son Meshushael, and Meshushael, had a son Lemech.

Chamishi

19 Vayikach-lo Lemech shtei nashim shem ha'achat Adah veshem hashenit Tzillah.
Lemech married two women, the first was named 'Adah, and the name of the second was Tzillah.

20 Vateled Adah et-Yaval hu hayah avi yoshev ohel umikneh.
'Adah gave birth to Yaval. He was the father of those who live in tents, and breed cattle.

21 Veshem achiv Yuval hu hayah avi kol-tofes kinor ve'ugav.
His brother's name was Yuval. He was the father of all who handle [play] the harp and flute.

22 VeTzillah gam-hi yaldah et-Tuval Kayin lotesh kol-choresh nechoshet uvarzel va'achot Tuval-kayin Naamah.
Tzillah also gave birth to Tuval Kayin, who sharpened everything which cuts copper and iron. The sister of Tuval Kayin was Naamah.

Shishi

23 Vayomer Lemech lenashvav Adah veTzillah shma'an koli neshei Lemech ha'azenah imrati ki ish haragti lefitz'i veyeled lechaburati.
Lemech said to his wives, "'Adah and Tzillah, hear my voice, wives of Lemech listen to my speech; for I have killed a man by my wounding and a child to my own hurting.

24 Ki shiv'atayim yukam-Kayin veLemech shiv'im veshiv'ah.
If Kayin shall be avenged sevenfold, then for Lemech it shall be seventy-seven fold."

25 Vayeda Adam od et-ishto vateled ben vatikra et-shemo Shet ki shat-li Elokim zera acher tachat Hevel ki harago Kayin.
Adam knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and named him Shet, "Because G-d has granted me another offspring in place of Hevel, for Kayin had killed him."

26 Ule-Shet gam-hu yulad-ben vayikra et-shemo Enosh az huchal likro beshem HASHEM.
To Shet also was born a son, and he named him Enosh.  Then men began to call [idols] by the name HASHEM.

The Genealogy of Mankind

5:1 Zeh sefer toledot Adam beyom bero Elokim Adam bidemut Elokim asah oto.
This is the book of the history of man. On the day G-d created man. He made him in the likeness of G-d.

2 Zachar unekevah bera'am vayevarech otam vayikra et-shemam Adam beyom hibare'am.
Male and female He created them. He blessed them and named them man [Adam] on the day that they were created.

3 Vayechi Adam shloshim ume'at shanah vayoled bidemuto ketzalmo vayikra et-shemo Shet.
Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and he had a son in his likeness, as his image, and he named him Shet.

4 Vayihyu yemei-Adam acharei holido et-Shet shmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot.
The days of Adam after he had Shet were eight hundred years, and he had sons and daughters.

5 Vayihyu kol-yemei Adam asher-chai tzha me'ot shanah ushloshim shanah vayamot.
All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

6 Vayechi-Shet chamesh shanim ume'at shanah vayoled et-Enosh.
Shet lived a hundred and five years and he had a son, Enosh.

7 Vayechi-Shet acharei holido et-Enosh sheva shanim ushmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot.
After he had Enosh, Shet lived eight hundred and seven years, and he had sons and daughters.

8 Vayihyu kol-yemei-Shet shtem esreh shanah utsha me'ot shanah vayamot.
All the days of Shet were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

9 Vayechi Enosh tish'im shanah vayoled et-Keinan.
Enosh lived ninety years and he had a son, Keinan.

10 Vayechi Enosh acharei holido et-Keinan chamesh esreh shanah ushmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot.
After he had Keinan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and he had sons and daughters.

11 Vayihyu kol-yemei Enosh chamesh shanim utesha me'ot shanah vayamot.
All the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

12 Vayechi Keinan shiv'im shanah vayoled et-Mahalalel.
Keinan lived seventy years and he had a son, Mahalalel.

13 Vayechi Keinan acharei holido et-Mahalaleil arba'im shanah ushmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot.
After he had Mahalaleil, Keinan lived eight hundred and forty years, and he had sons and daughters.

14 Vayihyu kol-yemei Keynan eser shanim utesha me'ot shanah vayamot.
All the days of Keinan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

15 Vayechi Mahalaleil chamesh shanim veshishim shanah vayoled et-Yered.
Mahalaleil lived sixty-five years and he had a son, Yered.

16 Vayechi Mahalaleil acharei holido et-Yered shloshim shanah ushmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot.
After he had Yered, Mahalaleil lived eight hundred and thirty years, and he had sons and daughters.

17 Vayihyu kol-yemei Mahalaleil chamesh vetish'im shanah ushmoneh me'ot shanah vayamot.
All the days of Mahalaleil were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

18 Vayechi-Yered shtayim veshishim shanah ume'at shanah vayoled et-Chanoch.
Yered lived one hundred and sixty-two years and he had a son, Chanoch.

19 Vayechi Yered acharei holido et-Chanoch shmoneh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot.
After he had Chanoch, Yered lived eight hundred years and he had sons and daughters.

20 Vayihyu kol-yemei Yered shtayim veshishim shanah utesha me'ot shanah vayamot.
All the days of Yered were nine hundred sixty-two years, and he died.

21 Vayechi Chanoch chamesh veshishim shanah vayoled et-Metushelach.
Chanoch lived sixty-five years and he had a son, Metushelach.

22 Vayithalech Chanoch et-ha'Elokim acharei holido et-Metushelach shlosh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot.
Chanoch walked with G-d, after he had Metushelach, [for] three hundred years, and he had sons and daughters.

23 Vayehi kol-yemei Chanoch chamesh veshishim shanah ushlosh me'ot shanah.
All the days of Chanoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

24 Vayithalech Chanoch et-ha'Elokim ve'einenu ki-lakach oto Elokim.
Chanoch walked with G-d, and he was no longer [there] for G-d took him.

Shevi'i

25 Vayechi Metushelach sheva ushmonim shanah ume'at shanah vayoled et-Lamech.
Metushelach lived one hundred and eighty-seven years and he had a son Lemech.

26 Vayechi Metushelach acharei holido et-Lemech shtayim ushmonim shanah ushva me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot.
After he had Lemech, Metushelach lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and he had sons and daughters.

27 Vayihyu kol-yemei Metushelach tesha veshishim shanah utsha me'ot shanah vayamot.
All the days of Metushelach were nine hundred and sixty-nine, and he died.

28 Vayechi-Lemech shtayim ushmonim shanah ume'at shanah vayoled ben.
Lemech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and had a son.

29 Vayikra et-shemo Noach lemor zeh yenachamenu mima'asenu ume'itzvon yadeinu min-ha'adamah asher erarah HASHEM.
He named his son Noach, saying, "This one will bring us rest from our work and the anguish of our hands, from the soil which HASHEM has cursed."

30 Vayechi-Lemech acharei holido et-Noach chamesh vetish'im shanah vachamesh me'ot shanah vayoled banim uvanot.
After he had Noach, Lemech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and he had sons and daughters.

31 Vayehi kol-yemei-Lemech sheva veshiv'im shanah ushva me'ot shanah vayamot.
All the days of Lemech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

32 Vayehi Noach ben-chamesh me'ot shanah vayoled Noach et-Shem et-Cham ve'et Yafet.
Noach was five hundred years old, and Noach produced Shem, Cham, and Yafet.

Prelude to the Flood

6:1 Vayehi ki-hechel ha'adam larov al-penei ha'adamah uvanot yuledu lahem.
It came to be when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, that daughters were born to them.

2 Vayir'u bnei ha'elohim et-benot ha'adam ki tovot henah vayikchu lahem nashim mikol asher bacharu.
The sons of the rulers saw that the daughters of man were fair and they took for themselves wives from whome every they chose.

3 Vayomer HASHEM lo-yadon ruchi va'adam le'olam beshagam hu vasar vehayu yamav me'ah ve'esrim shanah.
HASHEM said, "My spirit will not continue to judge man forever, since he is nothing but flesh. His days shall be a hundred and twenty years."

4 HaNefilim hayu va'aretz bayamim hahem vegam acharei-chen asher yavo'u bnei ha'elohim el-benot ha'adam veyaledu lahem hemah hagiborim asher me'olam anshei hashem.
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also later, when the sons of the rulers came to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mightiest ones who ever existed. [They were] men of renown.

Maftir

5 Vayar HASHEM ki rabah ra'at ha'adam ba'aretz vechol-yetzer machshevot libo rak ra kol-hayom.
HASHEM saw that man's wickedness had increased on the earth, and that every inclination of his heart was only for evil, all day long.

6 Vayinachem HASHEM ki asah et-ha'adam ba'aretz vayit'atzev el-libo.
HASHEM regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He grieved in His heart.

7 Vayomer HASHEM emecheh et ha'adam asher-barati me'al penei ha'adamah me'adam ad-behemah ad-remes ve'ad-of hashamayim ki nichamti ki asitim.
HASHEM said, "I will obliterate mankind which I have created from the face of the earth, from man to beast, to the creeping things and to the birds of heaven, for I regret that I made them."

8 VeNoach matza chen be'einei HASHEM.
But Noach found favor in the eyes of HASHEM.

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Noach

9 Eleh toldot Noach Noach ish tzaddik tamim hayah bedorotav et-ha'Elokim hithalech Noach.
This is the history of Noach. Noach was a righteous man, flawless in his generation; Noach walked with G-d.

10 Vayoled Noach shloshah vanim et-Shem et-Cham ve'et-Yafet.
Noach fathered three sons, Shem, Cham and Yafet.

11 Vatishachet ha'aretz lifnei ha'Elokim vatimale ha'aretz chamas.
The earth was corrupt before G-d, and the earth was filled with violent crime.

12 Vayar Elokim et-ha'aretz vehineh nishchatah ki-hishchit kol-basar et-darko al-ha'aretz.
 and beheld that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.

The Degree of the Flood

13 Vayomer Elokim le-Noach ketz kol-basar ba lefanai ki-male'ah ha'aretz chamas mipeneihem vehineni mashchitam et-ha'aretz.
G-d said to Noach, "The end of all flesh has come before Me. The earth is filled with violent crime because of them, and so, I will destroy them with the earth.

14 Aseh lecha tevat atzei-gofer kinim ta'aseh et-hatevah vechafarta otah mibayit umichutz bakofer.
Make for yourself an ark of cedar wood. Make the ark into compartments and caulk the inside and outside with tar.

15 Vezeh asher ta'aseh otah shelosh me'ot amah orech hatevah chamishim amah rochbah ushloshim amah komatah.
This is how you should make it; the ark's length shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits.

16 Tzohar ta'aseh latevah ve'el amah techalenah milmalah ufetach hatevah betzidah tasim tachtim shni'im ushlishim ta'aseha.
Make a skylight for the ark, and finish it to one cubit at the top. Place the opening of the ark in its side. Make a lower deck, a second and a third deck.

17 Va'ani hineni mevi et-hamabul mayim al-ha'aretz leshachet kol-basar asher-bo ruach chayim mitachat hashamayim kol-asher ba'aretz yigva.
Behold I am bringing the flood waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under the heavens. Everything that is on the land will perish.

18 Vahakimoti et-briti itach uvatah el-hatevah atah uvaneycha ve'ishtecha ushnei-vaneycha itach.
I will establish my covenant with you. You shall go into the ark, you, your sons, your wife and your son's wives, with you.

19 Umikol-hachai mikol-basar shenayim mi-kol tavi el-hatevah lehachayot itach zachar unekevah yihyu.
From all living things, from all flesh, two of each shall you bring to the ark, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.

20 Meha'of leminehu umin-habehemah leminah mikol remes ha'adamah leminehu shenayim mikol yavo'u eleicha lehachayot.
From the birds of their kind, from the animals of their kind, from every creeping thing of the earth of its kind, two of each will come to you to be kept alive.

21 Ve'atah kach-lecha mikol-ma'achal asher ye'achel ve'asafta eleycha vehayah lecha velahem le'ochlah.
You shall take for yourself from all [the] foods that are eaten, and gather it to yourself, and it will be food for you and for them."

22 Vaya'as Noach kechol asher tzivah oto Elokim ken asah.
Noach did so. All that he was commanded by G-d, he did.

Sheni

The Final Call

7:1 Vayomer HASHEM le-Noach bo-atah vechol-beytcha el-hatevah ki-otcha ra'iti tzaddik lefanai bador hazeh.
HASHEM said to Noach, "Come into the ark, you and your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before Me, in this generation.

2 Mikol habehemah hatehorah tikach-lecha shiv'ah shiv'ah ish ve'ishto umin-habehemah asher lo tehorah hi shnayim ish ve'ishto.
Of every [ritually] clean animal, take to yourself seven pairs, male and its mate. Of every animal that is not clean, [take] two, the male and its mate.

3 Gam me'of hashamayim shiv'ah shiv'ah zachar unekevah lechayot zera al-penei chol-ha'aretz.
Also of the birds of the heaven, [take] seven pairs, male and female; to keep seed alive upon the face of the earth.

4 Ki le-yamim od shive'ah anochi mametir al-ha'aretz arba'im yom ve'arba'im lailah umachiti et-kol-hayekum asher asiti me'al penei ha'adamah.
Because in another seven days I will bring rain on the earth [and it will rain] forty days and forty nights, and I will obliterate every living substance that I have made, from the face of the earth."

5 Vaya'as Noach kechol asher-tzivahu HASHEM.
Noach did all that HASHEM commanded him.

6 VeNoach ben-shesh me'ot shanah vehamabul hayah mayim al-ha'aretz.
Noach was six hundred years old when the flood waters were on the earth.

7 Vayavo Noach uvanav ve'ishto uneshei-vanav ito el-hatevah mipenei mei hamabul.
Noach went in, and his sons, his wife, and his son's wives, with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the Flood.

8 Min-habehemah hatehorah umin-habehemah asher einenah tehorah umin-ha'of vechol asher-romes al-ha'adamah.
Of the [ritually] clean animals, and the animals that are not [ritually] clean, of the birds, and of every thing that creeps on the earth.

9 Shenayim shnayim ba'u el-Noach el-hatevah zachar unekevah ka'asher tzivah Elokim et-Noach.
Two by two they came to Noach into the ark, male and female, as G-d had commanded Noach.

10 Vayehi leshiv'at hayamim umey hamabul hayu al-ha'aretz.
Seven days had passed, and the flood waters were on the earth.

11 Bishnat shesh-me'ot shanah lechaiyei-Noach bachodesh hasheni beshiv'ah-asar yom lachodesh bayom hazeh niveke'u kol-mayenot tehom rabah va'arubot hashamayim niftachu.
In the six hundredth year of Noach's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of hte month, on that day, all the wellsprings of the great deep, burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

12 Vayehi hageshem al-ha'aretz arba'im yom ve'arba'im lailah.
There was rain on the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 Be'etzem hayom hazeh ba Noach veShem-veCham vaYefet beney-Noach ve'eshet Noach usheloshet neshei-vanav itam el-hatevah.
On that very day, Noach came along with Shem, Cham, and Yafet, the sons of Noach; Noach's wife and the three wives of his sons, with them, into the ark.

14 Hemah vechol-hachayah leminah vechol-habehemah leminah vechol haremes haromes al-ha'aretz leminehu vechol-ha'of leminehu kol tzipor kol-kanaf.
They, and every beast of its kind, and every animal of its kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth of its kind; and every flying creature of its kind, every bird, every winged creature.

15 Vayavo'u el-Noach el-hatevah shnayim shnayim mikol-habasar asher-bo ruach chayim.
They came to Noach, to the ark, two by two of all the flesh in which there was a breath of life.

16 Vehaba'im zachar unekevah mikol-basar ba'u ka'asher tzivah oto Elokim vayisgor HASHEM ba'ado.
Those that came were male and female, of all flesh they came, as G-d had commanded him. HASHEM then [protectively] shut him in [the ark.]

Shlishi

17 Vayehi hamabul arba'im yom al-ha'aretz vayirbu hamayim vayis'u et-hatevah vataram me'al ha'aretz.
There was a Flood on the earth for forty days. The waters increased and lifted the ark, and it rose [high] above the earth.

18 Vayigberu hamayim vayirbu me'od al-ha'aretz vatelech hatevah al-penei hamayim.
The waters were powerful and increased greatly over the earth, and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.