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God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
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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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By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
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but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
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If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”
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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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On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
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Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
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When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.
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Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.
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Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.
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They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.
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The Lord’s Covenant With Abram
After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
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But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
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In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
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I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
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On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.
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Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day.
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Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”
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Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.
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Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
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Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
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He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
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Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
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Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.
