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People on earth did what God said was evil, and violence was everywhere.

When God saw that everyone on the earth did only evil,

Noah did everything that God commanded him.

came to Noah. They went into the boat in groups of two, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.

One male and one female of every living thing came, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

God destroyed from the earth every living thing that was on the land—every man, animal, crawling thing, and bird of the sky. All that was left was Noah and what was with him in the boat.

But God remembered Noah and all the wild and tame animals with him in the boat. He made a wind blow over the earth, and the water went down.

Then God said to Noah,

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord . He took some of all the clean birds and animals, and he burned them on the altar as offerings to God.

Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Have many children; grow in number and fill the earth.

"Whoever kills a human being will be killed by a human being, because God made humans in his own image.

Then God said to Noah and his sons,

And God said, "This is the sign of the agreement between me and you and every living creature that is with you.

So God said to Noah, "The rainbow is a sign 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 Japheth live in Shem's tents, and may Canaan be their slave."

Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was a priest for God Most High

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

And we praise God Most High, who has helped you to defeat your enemies." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything he had brought back from the battle.

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