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This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
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No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
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Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
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Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
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Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
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Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
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Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
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Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
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Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
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They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among 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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Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
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Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
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Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
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Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of 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 till the ground from which he was taken.
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The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.”
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As time passed, Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.
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Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,
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Yahweh said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
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Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
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Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.