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God blessed the seventh day and made it special because on that day he rested from his work.

So the Lord God said to the snake: "Because of what you have done, you will be the only animal to suffer this curse— For as long as you live, you will crawl on your stomach and eat dirt.

The Lord said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate fruit from that tree. And so, the ground will be under a curse because of what you did. As long as you live, you will have to struggle to grow enough food.

The man Adam named his wife Eve because she would become the mother of all who live.

Adam and Eve had a son. Then Eve said, "I'll name him Cain because I got him with the help of the Lord ."

And so, I'll put you under a curse. Because you killed Abel and made his blood run out on the ground, you will never be able to farm the land again.

Adam and his wife had another son. They named him Seth, because they said, "God has given us a son to take the place of Abel, who was killed by his brother Cain."

Lamech said, "I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort, as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the Lord has put under a curse."

The Lord told Noah: Take your whole family with you into the boat, because you are the only one on this earth who pleases me.

Shem's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. He was the older brother of Japheth and the ancestor of the tribes of Eber. Shem was the ancestor of Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram was the ancestor of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arpachshad was the father of Shelah and the grandfather of Eber, whose first son was named Peleg, because it was during his time that tribes divided up the earth. Eber's second son was Joktan. Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. Their land reached from Mesha in the direction of Sephar, the hill country in the east.

he said: These people are working together because they all speak the same language. This is just the beginning. Soon they will be able to do anything they want.

So the people had to stop building the city, because the Lord confused their language and scattered them all over the earth. That's how the city of Babel got its name.

I will bless anyone who blesses you, but I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you.

When the Egyptians see how lovely you are, they will murder me because I am your husband. But they won't kill you.

The king was good to Abram because of Sarai, and Abram was given sheep, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.

Because of Sarai, the Lord struck the king and everyone in his palace with terrible diseases.

Now walk back and forth across the land, because I am giving it to you.

Four generations later, your descendants will return here and take this land, because only then will the people who live here be so sinful that they deserve to be punished.

I will give you a son, who will be called Ishmael, because I have heard your cry for help. And later I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all.

I will always keep the promise I have made to you and your descendants, because I am your God and their God.