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And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,

And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more smite all living flesh as I have done.

And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.

He that sheds man’s blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.

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

And the Lord God said to Noe, This is the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations.

And God said to Noe, This is the sign of the covenant, which I have made between me and all flesh, which is upon the earth.

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant.

May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Sem, and let Chanaan be his servant.

He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord.

And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram’s wife.

And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zogora.

But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;

And Melchisedec king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God.

And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,

and blessed be the most high God who delivered thine enemies into thy power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all.

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,

And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.