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Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind." And it was so.

The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

And God said, "Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky."

So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man's ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man," she said.

while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.

And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, "God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."

And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

So the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years."

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and afterward as well, when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark-you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

And you are to bring two of every living thing into the ark-male and female-to keep them alive with you.

You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,