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Noah did everything God commanded him.

went into the boat with Noah. These animals went into the boat in groups of two, male and female, just as God commanded.

All these animals went into the boat in groups of two, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind Noah.

In this way God wiped the earth clean—he destroyed every living thing on the earth—every human, every animal, everything that crawls, and every bird. All that was left was Noah and his family and the animals that were with him in the boat.

But God did not forget about Noah. God remembered him and all the animals that were with him in the boat. God made a wind blow over the earth, and all the water began to disappear.

Then God said to Noah,

Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord . Noah took some of all the clean birds and some of all the clean animals and burned them on the altar as a gift to God.

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Have many children. Fill the earth with your people.

"God made humans to be like himself. So whoever kills a person must be killed by another person.

Then God said to Noah and his sons,

And God said, "I will give you something to prove that I made this promise to you. It will continue forever to show that I have made an agreement with you and every living thing on earth.

So God said to Noah, "This rainbow is proof of the agreement that I made with all living things on earth."

Noah also said, "May the Lord , the God of Shem, be praised! May Canaan be Shem's slave.

May God give more land to Japheth. May God live in Shem's tents, and may Canaan be their slave."

Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High, also went to meet Abram. He brought bread and wine.

He blessed Abram and said, "Abram, may you be blessed by God Most High, the one who made heaven and earth.

And we praise God Most High, who helped you defeat your enemies." Abram gave Melchizedek one-tenth of everything he had taken during the battle.

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I promise to the Lord , the God Most High, the one who made heaven and earth.

After all these things happened, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision. God said, "Abram, don't be afraid. I will defend you and give you a great reward."

But Abram said, "Lord God , there is nothing you can give me that will make me happy, because I have no son. My slave Eliezer from Damascus will get everything I own after I die."