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Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth-everything that has the breath of life in it-I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.

Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die."

The LORD God also said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper."

The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

And the man said: "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for out of man she was taken."

For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

"For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

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.

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground-because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return."

And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

Then Lamech said to his wives: "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

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

So the LORD said, "I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth-every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air-for I am grieved that I have made them."

And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

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