Lillian Kapilivsky

WRJ Voices: B'reishit

Lillian Kapilivsky
October 28, 2016

“B'reishit bara Elohim et ha-shamayim v’et ha-aretz”. G-d creates the world and everything in it in six days and rests on the seventh (1:1-2:3). Adam and Eve are placed in the Garden of Eden, where they eat the forbidden fruit and are subsequently exiled (2:15-3:34). Adam and Eve have two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain kills his brother, Abel (4:1-24). Adam and Eve have another child named Seth. The Torah lists the ten generations from Adam to Noah (4:24-5:32). God regrets having created human beings and decides to destroy everything on earth, but Noah finds favor with God (6:5-6:8).