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Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

Yahweh said, "My spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."

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.

Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.

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

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

but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.

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

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

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

Whoever sheds man's blood, by man will his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man.

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

He drank of the wine, and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

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

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

He said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants will he be to his brothers."

He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be his servant.

God enlarge Japheth, Let him dwell in the tents of Shem; Let Canaan be his servant."