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I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat;

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

Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him."

Then the Lord God said to the snake, "You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live.

And he said to the woman, "I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him."

And he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you.

And the Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife, and he clothed them.

Then the Lord said, "Why have you done this terrible thing? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground, like a voice calling for revenge.

And Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is too hard for me to bear.

If seven lives are taken to pay for killing Cain, Seventy-seven will be taken if anyone kills me."

After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.

God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.

Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.

Make a roof for the boat and leave a space of 18 inches between the roof and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door in the side.

Take along all kinds of food for you and for them."

Seven days from now I am going to send rain that will fall for forty days and nights, in order to destroy all the living beings that I have made."

and rain fell on the earth for forty days and nights.

The flood continued for forty days, and the water became deep enough for the boat to float.

The water did not start going down for a hundred and fifty days.

and the water gradually went down for 150 days.