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Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
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A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
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So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
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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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But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
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You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
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The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
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And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
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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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“Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
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So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
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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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(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
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“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
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And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.
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Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.
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And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
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As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
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And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
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So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”
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But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door.
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Abraham and Abimelek
Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,
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I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
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Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
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So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.
