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4 ¶ And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain and said, I have gained a man by the LORD.
2 And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a pastor of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 ¶ And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground a present unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD looked upon Abel and his present,
5 but he did not look upon Cain and his present. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 ¶ Then the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest good, it shall certainly be accepted; and if thou doest not good, sin lies at the door. And his desire shall be unto thee, but thou must rule over him.
8 ¶ And Cain talked with Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him.
9 ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not, Am I my brother’s keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother’s blood cries unto me from the ground.
11 And now thou art cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
12 when thou tillest the ground, from now on it shall not yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13 ¶ And Cain said unto the LORD, My iniquity is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I hide; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass that anyone that finds me shall slay me.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16 ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; and he built a city and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad, and Irad begat Mehujael, and Mehujael begat Methusael, and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 ¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and of those who have cattle.
21 And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the harp and organ.
22 And Zillah also bore Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
23 ¶ And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech, for I shall slay a man for my wound and a young man for my hurt;
24 if Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy times seven.
25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth; for God, said she, has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
5 ¶ This is the book of the descendants of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God;
2 male and female created he them and blessed them and called their name Man, in the day when they were created.
3 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth:
4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters;
5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
6 ¶ And Seth lived one hundred and five years and begat Enos.
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years and begat sons and daughters;
8 and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
9 And Enos lived ninety years and begat Cainan,
10 and Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years and begat sons and daughters;
11 and all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel;
13 and Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years and begat sons and daughters;
14 and all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years and begat Jared;
16 and Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years and begat sons and daughters;
17 and all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety-five years and he died.
18 And Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years and he begat Enoch;
19 and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years and begat sons and daughters;
20 and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, and he died.
21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty-five years and begat Methuselah;
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years and begat sons and daughters;
23 and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
25 ¶ And Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and begat Lamech;
26 and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years and begat sons and daughters;
27 and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, and he died.
28 ¶ And Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years and begat a son;
29 and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety-five years and begat sons and daughters;
31 and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6 ¶ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them,
2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair, and they took for themselves wives of all whom they chose.
3 ¶ And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for certainly he is flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
4 ¶ There were giants in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore sons to them, the same became mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 ¶ And the LORD repented of having made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast and the animals and the fowls of the air; for I repent of having made them.
8 ¶ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 ¶ The earth corrupted itself before God, and the earth filled itself with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
13 ¶ And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of cedar trees; rooms shalt thou make in the ark and shalt reconcile it within and without covering it over with pitch. {Heb. ransom or atonement}
15 And this is the fashion of which thou shalt make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the spirit of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee I will establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife and thy sons’ wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind and of beasts after their kind, of every animal of the earth after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee and for them.
22 ¶ Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
2 ¶ Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? We have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he asked them where the Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea, for thus it is written by the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda, for out of thee shall come a Leader that shall shepherd my people Israel.
7 Then Herod, calling the wise men unto him secretly, understood of them with diligence the time of the appearing of the star;
8 and sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go there and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again that I may come and worship him also.
9 ¶ When they had heard the king, they departed; and, behold, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until it arrived and stood over where the young child was.
10 Seeing the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 And entering into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother; and falling down, they worshipped him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.
12 And being warned by divine revelation in dreams that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13 ¶ And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in dreams, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and remain there until I bring thee word, for Herod will seek the young child to kill him.
14 And awaking, he took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt
15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 ¶ Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had understood of the wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping and great mourning, Rachel was weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they perished.
19 ¶ But when Herod was dead, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in dreams to Joseph in Egypt,
20 saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother and go into the land of Israel, for they are dead who sought the death of the young child.
21 And he arose and took the young child and his mother and came into the land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus reigned in Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; notwithstanding, being warned by divine revelation in dreams, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee,
23 and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophets, that he shall be called a Nazarene.
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