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And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,
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In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord.
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But the Lord said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
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If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord.
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The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
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Noah and the Flood
This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
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He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
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Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
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Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
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And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
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Abram Rescues Lot
At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim,
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But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.”
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Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
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Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
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Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
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By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.
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Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”
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Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
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The Treaty at Beersheba
At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.
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And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
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Abraham Tested
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
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The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time
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Nahor’s Sons
Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:
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He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.
