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And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.

And he called his name Noah, saying: 'This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.'

And the LORD said: 'My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.'

And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God.

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, each with his mate; and of the beasts that are not clean two [and two], each with his mate;

And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.

And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him;

And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: 'I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.

And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying:

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.

And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.