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And God created the man in His own image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

And on the seventh day God completed His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because He rested from all His work on it, which God had created to make.

And Jehovah God formed the man out of dust from the ground, and blew into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh underneath.

Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they shall become one flesh.

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.

And they heard the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the middle of the trees of the garden.

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

And the man called the name of his wife, Eve; because she became the mother of all living.

And Jehovah God made coats of skin for the man and his wife, and clothed them.

And Jehovah God said, Behold! The man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand and also take from the Tree of Life, and eat, and live forever,

And the man knew his wife Eve. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah.

And she continued to bear his brother, Abel. And Abel became a shepherd of flocks. And Cain became a tiller of the ground.

And Abel brought, he also, from the firstlings of his flocks, even from their fat. And Jehovah looked to Abel and to his offering.

And He did not look to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed greatly with anger, and his face fell.

And Cain talked with his brother Abel. And it happened as they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him.

And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and he called the name of the city according to the name of his son, Enoch.

And the name of his brother was Jubal; he was the father of all those playing the harp and the organ.

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech; listen to my words; for I have killed a man because of my wound, and a young man because of my hurt.