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but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food"—and it was done.

but water would come up from beneath the surface and water the ground.

So the man named all the birds and all the animals; but not one of them was a suitable companion to help him.

The man and the woman were both naked, but they were not embarrassed.

But the Lord God called out to the man, "Where are you?"

Later she gave birth to another son, Abel. Abel became a shepherd, but Cain was a farmer.

but he rejected Cain and his offering. Cain became furious, and he scowled in anger.

If you had done the right thing, you would be smiling; but because you have done evil, sin is crouching at your door. It wants to rule you, but you must overcome it."

But the Lord answered, "No. If anyone kills you, seven lives will be taken in revenge." So the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who met him not to kill him.

But the Lord was pleased with Noah.

but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere.

but I will make a covenant with you. Go into the boat with your wife, your sons, and their wives.

Take with you seven pairs of each kind of ritually clean animal, but only one pair of each kind of unclean animal.

and sent out a raven. It did not come back, but kept flying around until the water was completely gone.

but since the water still covered all the land, the dove did not find a place to light. It flew back to the boat, and Noah reached out and took it in.

I will bless those who bless you, But I will curse those who curse you. And through you I will bless all the nations."

But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while.

But because the king had taken Sarai, the Lord sent terrible diseases on him and on the people of his palace.

They had been under the control of Chedorlaomer for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.

The valley was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away from the battle, they fell into the pits; but the other three kings escaped to the mountains.