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God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. So there was evening, and there was morning, one day.

and God called the dome Sky. So there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

So there was evening, and there was morning, a third day.

So there was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.

God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that creeps, so that the water swarmed with all kinds of them, and there was every kind of winged bird; and God saw that it was good.

So there was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

So God created humankind in his own image; in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.

God saw everything that he had made, and indeed it was very good. So there was evening, and there was morning, a sixth day.

On the seventh day God was finished with his work which he had made, so he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy; because on that day God rested from all his work which he had created, so that it itself could produce.

Then Adonai , God, formed a person from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that he became a living being.

So from the ground Adonai , God, formed every wild animal and every bird that flies in the air, and he brought them to the person to see what he would call them. Whatever the person would call each living creature, that was to be its name.

(S: iii) So the person gave names to all the livestock, to the birds in the air and to every wild animal. But for Adam there was not found a companion suitable for helping him.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together to make themselves loincloths.

They heard the voice of Adonai , God, walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, so the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Adonai , God, among the trees in the garden.

He answered, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself."

Adonai , God, said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman answered, "The serpent tricked me, so I ate."

So he drove the man out, and he placed at the east of the garden of ‘Eden the k'ruvim and a flaming sword which turned in every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

Adonai said to Kayin, "Why are you angry? Why so downcast?

Adonai answered him, "Therefore, whoever kills Kayin will receive vengeance sevenfold," and Adonai put a sign on Kayin, so that no one who found him would kill him.