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and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.
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God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
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God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”
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God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
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Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
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And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
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Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
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The Fall
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
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To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
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Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
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Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear.
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He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created.
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Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
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The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.
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He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
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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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God’s Covenant With Noah
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
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The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.
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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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I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
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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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The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.
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and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.
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The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.”
