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So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
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When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
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The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
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Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
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Cain and Abel
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.”
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Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
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The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
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Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
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Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
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To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
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Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
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Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me.
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Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
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When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.
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After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
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When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
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After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
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But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.
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Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
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“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.
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And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
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I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
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I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
