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And Adam had sex with his wife; and she bore a son, and named him Seth. For, [she said], God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.

And Adam lived 130 years, and begot [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and named him Seth:

And Yahweh said, My spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh: and his days shall be 120 years.

And Yahweh 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 Yahweh that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, [and] perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.

Of every clean beast you shall take to you seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:

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 very same 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 to 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 to him into the ark.

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

And Yahweh smelled the sweet savor; and Yahweh said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground anymore for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite anymore everything living, as I have done.

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.

Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God he made man.

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

and he drank of the wine, and was drunk. And he was uncovered inside his tent.

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

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

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A slave of slaves he shall be to his brothers.

And he said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his slave.