Satan’s Accusation of Job 1
1:6 Now the day came when 2 the sons of God 3 came to present themselves before 4 the Lord – and Satan 5 also arrived among them. 1:7 The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” 6 And Satan answered the Lord, 7 “From roving about 8 on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.” 9 1:8 So the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered 10 my servant Job? There 11 is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away 12 from evil.”
1:9 Then Satan answered the Lord, “Is it for nothing that Job fears God? 13 1:10 Have you 14 not made a hedge 15 around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed 16 the work of his hands, and his livestock 17 have increased 18 in the land. 1:11 But 19 extend your hand and strike 20 everything he has, and he will no doubt 21 curse you 22 to your face!”
1:12 So the Lord said to Satan, “All right then, 23 everything he has is 24 in your power. 25 Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” 26 So Satan went out 27 from the presence of the Lord. 28
2:1 The heavens and the earth 1 were completed with everything that was in them. 2 2:2 By 3 the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, 4 and he ceased 5 on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing. 2:3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy 6 because on it he ceased all the work that he 7 had been doing in creation. 8
The Creation of Man and Woman
2:4 This is the account 9 of the heavens and the earth 10 when they were created – when the Lord God 11 made the earth and heavens. 12
2:5 Now 13 no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field 14 had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 15 2:6 Springs 16 would well up 17 from the earth and water 18 the whole surface of the ground. 19