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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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That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
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Cain and Abel
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.”
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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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Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
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A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram.
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He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
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Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
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Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
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The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.
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So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
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They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.
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a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”
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Judah and Tamar
At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.
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Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done? Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?”
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The Birth of Moses
Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman,
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“If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.
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“If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible.
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If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death.
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Social Responsibility
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.
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“If a man or woman has a sore on their head or chin,
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“When a man or woman has white spots on the skin,
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“A man who has lost his hair and is bald is clean.
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“‘When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean.
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“‘When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
