Genesis 1:27-31

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²⁷So God created^(A) mankind^(B) in his own image,^(C)
in the image of God^(D) he created them;
male and female^(E) he created them.^(F)

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(G) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(H) fill the earth^(I) and subdue it. Rule over^(J) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(K)”

²⁹Then 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.^(L) ³⁰And 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^(M) in it—I give every green plant for food.^(N)” And it was so.

³¹God saw all that he had made,^(O) and it was very good.^(P) And there was evening, and there was morning^(Q)—the sixth day.

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Genesis 3:1-4

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The Fall

3 Now the serpent^(A) 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’?^(B)”

²The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,^(C) ³but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”^(D)

⁴“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.^(E)

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