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So God created manin his own image;he created him in the image of God;he created them male and female.

On the seventh day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested from all his work of creation.

Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place.

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

Both the man and his wife were naked, yet felt no shame.

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

I will put hostility between you and the woman,and between your offspring and her offspring.He will strike your head,and you will strike his heel.

The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.

The Lord God made clothing from skins for the man and his wife, and he clothed them.

The man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have had a male child with the Lord’s help.”

She also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.

And Abel also presented an offering—some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,

but he did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.

His brother was named Jubal; he was the father of all who play the lyre and the flute.

Lamech said to his wives:

Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”