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The LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."

God saw the eretz, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the eretz.

God said to Noach, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the eretz is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the eretz.

Take with you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to you; and it will be for food for you, and for them.

The LORD said to Noach, "Come with all of your household into the teivah, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the eretz for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."

but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the teivah; for the waters were on the surface of the whole eretz. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the teivah.

The LORD smelled the sweet savor. The LORD said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you.

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

"As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,

God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the eretz.

To `Ever were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the eretz divided. His brother's name was Yoktan.

They said one to another, "Come, let's make brick, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

There was a famine in the land. Avram went down into Mitzrayim to sojourn there, for the famine was sore in the land.

Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."

He dealt well with Avram for her sake. He had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.

Avram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.