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But the Lord God warned him, "You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—

He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.

Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.

Then he said to the woman, "I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you."

but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.

You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master."

But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!

But Noah found favor with the Lord .

But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede.

But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside.

But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.

But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.

But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.

But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children.

One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram's wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran's child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.

But the Lord sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.

But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord .

For twelve years they had been subject to King Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.