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So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
So
God created man in his own
image,
in the
image of
God he
created him;
male and
female he
created them.
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To the woman he said,
‘I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.’
To the
woman he
said,
“I will
surely multiply your
pain in
childbearing;
in
pain you shall
bring forth children.
Your
desire shall be contrary to your
husband,
but he shall
rule over you.”
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Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
Cain knew his
wife, and she
conceived and
bore Enoch. When he
built a
city, he
called the
name of the
city after the
name of his
son,
Enoch.
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Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, ‘God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.’
And
Adam knew his
wife again, and she
bore a
son and
called his
name Seth, for she said, “
God has
appointed for me
another offspring instead of
Abel,
for Cain killed him.”
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.
At that time people began to call on the name of the
Lord.
To
Seth also a
son was
born, and he
called his
name Enosh. At that
time people
began to
call upon the
name of the
Lord.
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He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them ‘Mankind’ when they were created.
Male and
female he
created them, and he
blessed them and
named them
Man when they were
created.
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After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
The
days of
Adam after he
fathered Seth were
800 years; and he
had other
sons and
daughters.
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After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
Seth lived after he
fathered Enosh 807 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
Enosh lived after he
fathered Kenan 815 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
Kenan lived after he
fathered Mahalalel 840 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
Mahalalel lived after he
fathered Jared 830 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
Jared lived after he
fathered Enoch 800 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
Enoch walked with God after he
fathered Methuselah 300 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
Methuselah lived after he
fathered Lamech 782 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
When
Lamech had
lived 182 years, he
fathered a
son
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After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
Lamech lived after he
fathered Noah 595 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
When
man began to
multiply on the
face of the
land and
daughters were
born to them,
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the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
the
sons of
God saw that the
daughters of
man were
attractive. And they
took as their
wives any they
chose.
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days – and also afterwards – when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
The
Nephilim were on the
earth in those
days, and also
afterward,
when the
sons of
God came in to the
daughters of
man and they
bore children to them.
These were the
mighty men who were of
old, the
men of
renown.
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Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
And
Noah had three sons,
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth.
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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.
But I will
establish my
covenant with you, and you shall
come into the
ark, you,
your sons, your
wife, and your
sons’
wives with you.
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You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
And
of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring
two of every sort
into the
ark to keep them
alive with you. They shall be
male and
female.
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and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
and
seven pairs of the
birds of the
heavens also,
male and
female, to keep their
offspring alive on the
face of
all the
earth.
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And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
And
Noah and his
sons and his
wife and his
sons’
wives with him went
into the
ark to
escape the
waters of the
flood.
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male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.
two and
two,
male and
female, went
into the
ark with
Noah,
as God had
commanded Noah.
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On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
On the very
same day Noah and his sons,
Shem and
Ham and
Japheth, and
Noah’s wife and the
three wives of his
sons with them
entered the
ark,
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The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the
Lord shut him in.
And those that
entered,
male and
female of
all flesh,
went in as God had
commanded him. And the
Lord shut him in.
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‘Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
“
Go out from the
ark,
you and your
wife, and your
sons and your
sons’
wives with you.
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So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
So
Noah went out, and his
sons and his
wife and his
sons’
wives with him.
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Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
And
God blessed Noah and his
sons and
said to them, “Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
earth.
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Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:
Then
God said to
Noah and to his
sons with him,
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The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
The
sons of
Noah who
went forth from the
ark were
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth. (
Ham was the
father of
Canaan.)
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These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.
These three were the
sons of
Noah, and
from these the people of the
whole earth were
dispersed.
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When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,
When
Noah awoke from his
wine and
knew what his
youngest son had
done to him,
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This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
These are the
generations of the
sons of
Noah,
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth.
Sons were
born to them
after the
flood.
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The sons of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
The
sons of
Japheth:
Gomer,
Magog,
Madai,
Javan,
Tubal,
Meshech, and
Tiras.
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The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
The
sons of
Gomer:
Ashkenaz,
Riphath, and
Togarmah.
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The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
The
sons of
Javan:
Elishah,
Tarshish,
Kittim, and
Dodanim.
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The sons of Ham:
Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
The
sons of
Ham:
Cush,
Egypt,
Put, and
Canaan.
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The sons of Cush:
Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka.
The sons of Raamah:
Sheba and Dedan.
The
sons of
Cush:
Seba,
Havilah,
Sabtah,
Raamah, and
Sabteca. The
sons of
Raamah:
Sheba and
Dedan.
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These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
These are the
sons of
Ham, by their
clans, their
languages, their
lands, and their
nations.
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Sons were also born to Shem, whose elder brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
To
Shem also, the
father of
all the
children of
Eber, the
elder brother of
Japheth, children were
born.
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The sons of Shem:
Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
The
sons of
Shem:
Elam,
Asshur,
Arpachshad,
Lud, and
Aram.
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The sons of Aram:
Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.
The
sons of
Aram:
Uz,
Hul,
Gether, and
Mash.
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Two sons were born to Eber:
One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
To
Eber were
born two sons: the
name of the
one was
Peleg for in his
days the
earth was
divided, and his
brother’s name was
Joktan.
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Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
Ophir,
Havilah, and
Jobab;
all these were the
sons of
Joktan.
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These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
These are the
sons of
Shem, by their
clans, their
languages, their
lands, and their
nations.
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These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
These are the
clans of the
sons of
Noah, according to their
genealogies, in their
nations,
and from these the
nations spread abroad on the
earth after the
flood.
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But the
Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
And the
Lord came down to
see the
city and the
tower, which the
children of
man had
built.
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And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Shem lived after he
fathered Arpachshad 500 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Arpachshad lived after he
fathered Shelah 403 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Shelah lived after he
fathered Eber 403 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Eber lived after he
fathered Peleg 430 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Peleg lived after he
fathered Reu 209 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Reu lived after he
fathered Serug 207 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Serug lived after he
fathered Nahor 200 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
And
Nahor lived after he
fathered Terah 119 years and
had other
sons and
daughters.
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Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.
And
Abram and
Nahor took wives. The
name of
Abram’s wife was
Sarai, and the
name of
Nahor’s wife,
Milcah, the
daughter of
Haran the
father of
Milcah and Iscah.
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Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
Terah took Abram his
son and
Lot the
son of
Haran, his
grandson, and
Sarai his
daughter-in-law, his
son Abram’s wife, and they
went forth together from
Ur of the
Chaldeans to
go into the
land of
Canaan, but when they
came to
Haran, they
settled there.
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He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
And
Abram took Sarai his
wife, and
Lot his
brother’s son, and all their
possessions that they had
gathered, and the
people that they had
acquired in
Haran, and they
set out to
go to the
land of
Canaan. When they
came to the
land of
Canaan,
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