Study Desk

Lamech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words. For I killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

If Cain is to be avenged seven times over, then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!

Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, "God has given me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

Then the Lord said, "I will wipe off from the face of the earth mankind, whom I created, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them."

God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.

Then God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

Take with you every kind of food that is eaten; gather it as food for you and for them."

Then the Lord said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before Me in this generation.

The flood continued for 40 days on the earth; the waters increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.

but the dove found no resting place for her foot. She returned to him in the ark because water covered the surface of the whole earth. He reached out and brought her into the ark to himself.

Every living creature will be food for you; as I gave the green plants, I have given you everything.

I will require the life of every animal and every man for your life and your blood. I will require the life of each man's brother for a man's life.

Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in His image.

And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:

Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

They said to each other, "Come, let us make oven-fired bricks." They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar.

And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

The Lord said, "If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Therefore its name is called Babylon, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.