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Chapter 2
Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed.
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On the seventh day God completed the work he had been doing; he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken.
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To the man he said: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, You shall not eat from it, Cursed is the ground because of you! In toil you shall eat its yield all the days of your life.
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Then the Lord said: My spirit shall not remain in human beings forever, because they are only flesh. Their days shall comprise one hundred and twenty years.
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God said to Noah: I see that the end of all mortals has come, for the earth is full of lawlessness because of them. So I am going to destroy them with the earth.
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Preparation for the Flood. Make yourself an ark of gopherwood, equip the ark with various compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
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Of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal, and of every kind of thing that crawls on the ground, two of each will come to you, that you may keep them alive.
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Noah complied; he did just as God had commanded him.
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Noah complied, just as the Lord had commanded.
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two by two, male and female came to Noah into the ark, just as God had commanded him.
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Those that entered were male and female; of all creatures they came, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.
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He waited yet another seven days and then released the dove; but this time it did not come back.
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Fear and dread of you shall come upon all the animals of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon all the creatures that move about on the ground and all the fishes of the sea; into your power they are delivered.
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God said: This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you and every living creature with you for all ages to come:
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They said to one another, “Come, let us mold bricks and harden them with fire.” They used bricks for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
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Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky, and so make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered all over the earth.”
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Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that no one will understand the speech of another.
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In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.
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and he asked, “Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She answered, “I am running away from my mistress, Sarai.”
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Now that you have come to your servant, let me bring you a little food, that you may refresh yourselves; and afterward you may go on your way.” “Very well,” they replied, “do as you have said.”
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that I must go down to see whether or not their actions are as bad as the cry against them that comes to me. I mean to find out.
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he said, “Please, my lords, come aside into your servant’s house for the night, and bathe your feet; you can get up early to continue your journey.” But they replied, “No, we will pass the night in the town square.”
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I have two daughters who have never had sexual relations with men. Let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.”
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So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had contracted marriage with his daughters. “Come on, leave this place,” he told them; “the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
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As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, “Come on! Take your wife with you and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”