Bereshit (Genesis): In the Beginning

“In Bereshit (Genesis): In the Beginning (Torah • Book 1 of 24), the Hebrew Scriptures illuminate covenant, wisdom (Chokhmah), and moral responsibility: Creation of the cosmos ('Let there be light'), the image of God in humanity (Tzelem Elohim), and the patriarchal covenants of Abraham, Isaac, Sarah, Rebecca, Jacob, and Joseph.”

“It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.”

“She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.”

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.”

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul.”

“And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”

“But let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”

“Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death... Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.”