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So God created humans in his own image. He created them to be like himself. He created them male and female.

God finished the work he was doing, so on the seventh day he rested from his work.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. In this way two people become one.

The man and his wife were naked, but they were not ashamed.

Adam named his wife Eve. He gave her this name because Eve would be the mother of everyone who ever lived.

The Lord God used animal skins and made some clothes for the man and his wife. Then he put the clothes on them.

Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Cain. Eve said, "With the Lord 's help, I have made a man!"

At harvest time, Cain brought a gift to the Lord . He brought some of the food that he grew from the ground, but Abel brought some animals from his flock. He chose some of his best sheep and brought the best parts from them. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift.

But he did not accept Cain and his offering. Cain was sad because of this, and he became very angry.

Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." So they went to the field. Then Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Then the Lord said, "What have you done? You killed your brother and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground. So you will be cursed from this ground.

Cain had sexual relations with his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son named Enoch. Cain built a city and gave the city the same name as his son Enoch.

Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice! You wives of Lamech, listen to me. A man hurt me, so I killed him. I even killed a child for hitting me.

Adam again had sexual relations with his wife, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth. Eve said, "God has given me another son. Cain killed Abel, but now I have Seth."

After Adam was 130 years old, he had another son. This son looked just like Adam. Adam named his son Seth.

Lamech named his son Noah. Lamech said, "We work very hard as farmers because God cursed the ground. But Noah will bring us rest."

The Lord was sorry that he had made people on the earth. It made him very sad in his heart.

This is the history of Noah's family. He was a good man all his life, and he always followed God.

He and his family went into the boat to be saved from the flood. His wife and his sons and their wives were on the boat with him.

On the 17th day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, the springs under the earth broke through the ground, and water flowed out everywhere. The sky also opened like windows and rain poured down. The rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. That same day Noah went into the boat with his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.