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And god made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so.

God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.

And he said: let the earth bring forth green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.

To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth, and it was so done.

And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.

And to all beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is life, that they may have to feed upon. And it was so done.

So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.

And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not so be: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him.

So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives of his sons with him.

And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.

So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went forth from Haran.

So Abram removing his tent, came, and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.

And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me; or whether it be not so, that I may know.

Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil.

I have two daughters who, as yet, have not known man; I will bring them out to you, and abuse you them as it shall please you, so that you do no evil to these men, because they are come in under the shadow of my roof.

And them, that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the door.

So Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law that were to have his daughters, and said: Arise: get you out of this place, because the Lord will destroy this city. And he seemed to them to speak as it were in jest.

So the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

And he said of Sara his wife: She is my sister. So Abimelech the king of Gerara sent, and took her.