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So Jared lived 962 years, and he died.

So Enoch lived 365 years.

So Methuselah lived 969 years, and he died.

So Lamech lived 777 years, and he died.

So the Lord said, "I will destroy man whom I have made from the land, man and animals, things that move upon the earth and birds of the sky. For I am sorry that I have made them."

The flood came upon the earth for forty days. The water got deeper and raised up the large boat so that it was lifted above the earth.

But the dove found no place to set her foot, so she returned to him in the boat. For the water was still over the earth. So Noah put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the boat with him.

The dove returned to him in the evening. In her mouth was an olive leaf that had just been picked. So Noah knew that the water had gone from the earth.

Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and everything that moves on the earth. So they may give birth and become many upon the earth."

So Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives.

But Shem and Japheth took a coat and laid it upon their shoulders and walked in with their backs toward their father and covered him. Their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father without clothes.

So he said, "May Canaan be cursed! He will be a servant of servants to his brothers."

So Noah lived 950 years, and he died.

He was a powerful animal-killer in the eyes of the Lord. So it is said, "Like Nimrod, a powerful animal-killer in the eyes of the Lord."

So the land of the Canaanite was from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.

Come, let Us go down and mix up their language so they will not understand what each other says."

So the Lord sent them everywhere over the whole earth. And they stopped building the city.

So the name of the city was Babel, because there the Lord mixed up the language of the whole earth. The Lord sent the people everywhere over the whole earth.

And I will make you a great nation. I will bring good to you. I will make your name great, so you will be honored.

So Abram left as the Lord told him to do, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.