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And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in.

But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.

Then God said to Noah,

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

"Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,

And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:

When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."

God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."

He also said, "Blessed be the Lord , the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant.

May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant."

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.)

And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand to the Lord , God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,

But Abram said, "O Lord God , what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"

But he said, "O Lord God , how am I to know that I shall possess it?"

So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, "You are a God of seeing," for she said, "Truly here I have seen him who looks after me."

When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,

Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him,