^26 (A)Then God said, “And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild,^[a] large and small.”

Adam and Eve Are Sent Out of the Garden

^22 (A)Then the Lord God said, “Now these human beings have become like one of us and have knowledge of what is good and what is bad.^[a] They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever.”

⁷ Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other.”