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Then God said, "Let the earth produce plants—some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant." And it happened.

The earth produced plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good.

Then God said, "Let the water be filled with living things, and let birds fly in the air above the earth."

So God created the large sea animals and every living thing that moves in the sea. The sea is filled with these living things, with each one producing more of its own kind. He also made every bird that flies, and each bird produced more of its own kind. God saw that this was good.

Then God said, "Let the earth be filled with animals, each producing more of its own kind. Let there be tame animals and small crawling animals and wild animals, and let each produce more of its kind." And it happened.

So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.

The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Eve said, "With the Lord 's help, I have given birth to a man."

And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.

He had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. At that time Cain was building a city, which he named after his son Enoch.

Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth and said, "God has given me another child. He will take the place of Abel, who was killed by Cain."

After Methuselah was born, Enoch walked with God 300 years more and had other sons and daughters.

Enoch walked with God; one day Enoch could not be found, because God took him.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also later. That was when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of human beings. These women gave birth to children, who became famous and were the mighty warriors of long ago.

He was sorry he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.

This is the family history of Noah. Noah was a good man, the most innocent man of his time, and he walked with God.

Build a boat of cypress wood for yourself. Make rooms in it and cover it inside and outside with tar.

But I will make an agreement with you—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives will all go into the boat.

Also, you must bring into the boat two of every living thing, male and female. Keep them alive with you.

Take with you seven pairs, each male with its female, of every kind of clean animal, and take one pair, each male with its female, of every kind of unclean animal.