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Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year.

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Today we'll be reading Genesis chapters 1 through 4.

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Alright, let's get started.

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Chapter 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens

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and the earth.

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The earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit

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of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

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Then God said, Let there be light, and there was light, and God saw the light, that it

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was good.

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And God divided the light from the darkness.

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God called the light day, and the darkness He called night.

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So the evening and the morning were the first day.

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Then God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide

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the waters from the waters.

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Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters, which were under the firmament, from

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the waters which were above the firmament.

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And so it was.

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And God called the firmament heaven.

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So the evening and the morning were the second day.

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Then God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let

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the dry land appear.

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And it was so.

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And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called

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seas.

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And God saw that it was good.

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Then God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree

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that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself on the earth.

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And it was so.

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And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and

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the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind.

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And God saw that it was good.

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So the evening and the morning were the third day.

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Then God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, cattle

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and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind.

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And it was so.

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And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind,

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and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind.

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And God saw that it was good.

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Then God said, Let us make man in our image according to our likeness.

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Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the

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cattle, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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So God created man in his own image.

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In the image of God he created him.

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Male and female he created them.

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Then God blessed them.

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And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it.

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Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living

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thing that moves on the earth.

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And God said, See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face

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of the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed.

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To you it shall be food, also to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and

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to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life.

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I have given every green herb for food.

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And it was so.

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Then God saw everything that he had made, and indeed it was very good.

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So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Chapter 2 Thus the heavens and the earth and all the

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host of them were finished.

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And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh

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day from all his work which he had done.

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Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he rested from all his work

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which God had created and made.

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This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that

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the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, before any plant of the field was in the earth

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and before any herb of the field had grown.

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For the Lord God had not caused the terrain on the earth, and there was no man to till

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the ground, but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

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Then the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils

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the breath of life, and man became a living being.

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The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had

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formed, and out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow, that is pleasant to

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the sight and good for food.

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The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge

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of good and evil.

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Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became

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four river heads.

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The name of the first is Pishon.

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It is the one which skirts the whole land of Havila, where there is gold, and the gold

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of that land is good.

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Bdillium and Onyx stone are there.

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The name of the second river is Gihon.

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It is the one which goes around the whole land of Kush.

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The name of the third river is Hideken.

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It is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria.

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The fourth river is the Euphrates.

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Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden, to tend and keep it.

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And the Lord God commanded the man saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely

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eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day

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that you eat of it you shall surely die.

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And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone.

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I will make him a helper comparable to him.

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Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air,

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and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them.

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And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

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So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field.

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But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

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And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept.

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And he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place.

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Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man he made into a woman, and he brought

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her to the man.

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And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.

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She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.

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Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife.

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And they shall become one flesh.

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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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Chapter 3 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast

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of the field which the Lord God had made.

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And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

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Then the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

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but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden.

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God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.

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Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die, for God knows that in the

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day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God knowing good and

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evil.

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So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes,

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and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate.

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She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

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Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked.

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And they soothly figged leaves together, and made themselves coverings.

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And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and

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Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of

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the garden.

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And the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?

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And so he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked,

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and I hid myself.

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And he said, Who told you that you were naked?

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Have you eaten from the fruit of which I commanded you that you should not eat?

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Then the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and

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I ate.

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And the Lord God said to the woman, What is this you have done?

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The woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

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So the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed more than

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all the cattle, and more than every beast of the field.

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On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed.

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He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

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To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception.

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In pain you shall bring forth children.

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Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.

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Then to Adam he said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from

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the fruit of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it.

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Cursed is the ground for your sake.

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In toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life, both thorns and thistles it shall

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bring forth for you.

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And you shall eat the herb of the field.

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In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of

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it you are taken.

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For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

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And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

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Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin and clothed them.

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Then the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil.

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And now lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live

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for ever.

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Therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to till the ground from which

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he was taken.

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So he drove out the man, and he placed Sherebim at the east of the Garden of Eden, and a flaming

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sword which turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

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Chapter 4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived

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and bore Cain, and said, I have acquired a man from the Lord.

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Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel.

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Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit

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of the ground to the Lord.

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Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock, and of their fat.

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And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but he did not respect Cain and his offering.

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And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

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So the Lord God said to Cain, why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?

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If you do well, will you not be accepted?

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And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door, and its desire is for you, but you should

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rule over it.

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Now Cain talked with Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field

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that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

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Then the Lord said to Cain, where is Abel your brother?

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He said, I do not know, am I my brother's keeper?

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And he said, what have you done?

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The voice of your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

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So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's

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blood from your hand.

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When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you.

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A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.

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And Cain said to the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear.

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Surely you have driven me out this day from the face of the ground.

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I shall be hidden from your face.

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I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who

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finds me will kill me.

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And the Lord said to him, therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him

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sevenfold.

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And the Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

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Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east

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of Eden.

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And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch.

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And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.

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To Enoch was born Erad, Erad Mihu-Jael, and Mihu-Jael begot Mithu-Jael, and Mithu-Jael

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begot Lamech.

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Then Lamech took for himself two wives.

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The name of one was Ada, and the name of the second was Zillah.

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When Ada bore Jabal, he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

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His brother's name was Jubal.

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He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute.

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And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubalcain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze

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and iron.

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And the sister of Tubalcain was Nama.

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Then Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Zillah, hear my voice, wives of Lamech, listen to

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my speech, for I have killed a man for wounding me, even a young man for hurting me.

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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.

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And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth.

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For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.

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And as for Seth, to him also a son was born, and he named him Enosh.

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Then men began to call on the name of the Lord.

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I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing you

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again tomorrow to continue on our journey.

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God bless you and have a great day.