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The Generations of the Heavens and the Earth
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven.
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Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet grown, for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
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Then Yahweh God formed man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and so the man became a living being.
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And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, toward the east; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.
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And out of the ground Yahweh God caused to grow every tree that is desirable in appearance and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Then Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.
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And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may surely eat;
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Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
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And out of the ground Yahweh God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and He brought each to the man to see what he would call it; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.
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So Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
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And Yahweh God fashioned the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
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Adam and Eve Sent Out from the Garden
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
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Then they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God in the midst of the trees of the garden.
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Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
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Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
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And Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than any of the cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life;
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Then Yahweh God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
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Then Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us to know good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat and live forever”—
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therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
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Cain and Abel
Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a man with the help of Yahweh.”
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So it happened in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh of the fruit of the ground.
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Abel, on his part, also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And Yahweh had regard for Abel and for his offering;
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Then Yahweh said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
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Then Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
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And Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is too great to bear!