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    "ocrText": "The serpent deoeiveth Eve.\nIII.-GENESIS.-Iv.\nThe fall of man.\nThe murder of Abel.\nIv.-GENESIS.-v.\nGenerations of Adam.\neastward in Eden; and there he put the man\nwhom he had formed.\nshe took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and\n3 And in process of time it came to pass, that\nson; and he called his name Enos: then began\n9 And out of the ground made the LORD God\ngave also unto her husband with her; and he\nCain brought of the fruit of the ground an offer-\nmen to call upon the name of the LORD.\ndid eat.\nCHAPTER V.\nto grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight\ning unto the LORD.\nand good for food; the tree of life also in the\n7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and\n4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings\nis the book of the generations of Adam.\nmidst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge\nthey knew that they were naked; and they sewed\nof his flock and of the fat thereof. And the\nIn the day that God created man, in the\nof good and evil.\nfig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.\nLORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:\nlikeness of God made he him;\n10 And a river went out of Eden to water the\n8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God\n5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had\n2 Male and female created he them; and\nwalking in the garden in the cool of the day: and\nnot respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his\nblessed them, and called their name Adam, in\ngarden; and from thence it was parted, and be-\nthe day when they were created.\ncame into four heads.\nAdam and his wife hid themselves from the\ncountenance fell.\n11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it\n6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art\nAnd Adam lived an hundred and thirty\npresence of the LORD God amongst the trees of\nthe garden.\nwhich compasseth the whole land of Havilah,\nthou wroth and why is thy countenance fallen\nyears, and begat a son in his own likeness, after\nwhere there is gold;\n9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and\n7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be ac-\nhis image; and called his name Seth:\nsaid unto him, Where art thou?\ncepted and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at\n4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten\n12 And the gold of that land is good: there is\nbdellium and the onyx stone.\n10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the\nthe door. And unto thee shall be his desire,\nSeth were eight hundred years: and he begat\n13 And the name of the second river is Gihon\ngarden, and I was afraid, because I was naked\nand thou shalt rule over him.\nsons and daughters:\nthe same is it that compasseth the whole land of\nand I hid myself.\n8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and\n5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine\nEthiopia.\n11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast\nit came to pass, when they were in the field, that\nhundred and thirty years: and he died.\n14 And the name of the third river is Hidde-\nnaked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I\nCain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew\n6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years,\nand begat Enos:\nkel: that is it which goeth toward the east of\ncommanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?\nhim.\nAssyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.\n12 And the man said, The woman whom thou\nAnd the LORD said unto Cain, Where is\n7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight\n15 And the LORD God took the man, and put\ngavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree,\nAbel thy brother? And he said, I know not:\nhundred and seven years, and begat sons and\nand I did eat.\nAm I my brother's keeper?\ndaughters:\nhim into the garden of Eden to dress it and to\nkeep it.\n13 And the LORD God said unto the woman,\n10 And he said, What hast thou done? the\n8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred\n16 And the LORD God commanded the man,\nWhat is this that thou hast done? And the\nvoice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from\nand twelve years: and he died.\nsaying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest\nwoman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did\n9 I And Enos lived ninety years, and begat\nthe ground.\neat.\n11 And now art thou cursed from the earth,\nCainan:\nfreely eat:\n17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and\n14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent,\nwhich hath opened her mouth to receive thy\n10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight\nevil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that\nBecause thou hast done this, thou art cursed\nbrother's blood from thy hand\nhundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and\nabove all cattle, and above every beast of the\n12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not\ndaughters:\nthou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.\n18 And the LORD God said, It is not good\nfield; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust\nhenceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugi-\n11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred\nthat the man should be alone; I will make him\nshalt thou eat all the days of thy life:\ntive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.\nand five years: and he died.\nan help meet for him.\n15 And I will put enmity between thee and\n13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punish-\n12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and be-\nthe woman, and between thy seed and her seed;\nment is greater than I can bear.\ngat Mahalaleel:\n19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed\nit shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise\n14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day\n13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahala-\nevery beast of the field, and every fowl of the air;\nhis heel.\nfrom the face of the earth; and from thy face\nleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat\nand brought them unto Adam to see what he\nwould call them and whatsoever Adam called\n16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly\nshall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a\nsons and daughters\nevery living creature, that was the name thereof.\nmultiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sor-\nvagabond in the earth; and it shall come to\n14 And all the days of Cainan were nine\nrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy\npass, that every one that findeth me shall slay\nhundred and ten years and he died.\n20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and\ndesire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule\n15 T And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five\nme.\nto the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the\nover thee.\n15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore\nyears, and begat Jared\nfield; but for Adam there was not found an help\n17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou\nwhosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken\n16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared\nmeet for him.\n21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to\nhast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and\non him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark\neight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons\nhast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded\nupon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.\nand daughters:\nfall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one\nthee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is\nAnd Cain went out from the presence of\n17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight\nof his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead\nthereof;\nthe ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou\nthe LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the\nhundred ninety and five years: and he died.\neast of Eden.\n18 I And Jared lived an hundred sixty and\n22 And the rib, which the LORD God had\neat of it all the days of thy life;\ntaken from man, made he a woman, and brought\n18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth\n17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived,\ntwo years, and he begat Enoch:\nto thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;\nand bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and\n19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight\nher unto the man.\n19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat\ncalled the name of the city, after the name of his\nhundred years, and begat sons and daughters\n23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my\nbones, and flesh of my flesh. she shall be called\nbread, till thou return unto the ground; for\nson, Enoch.\n20 And all the days of Jared were nine hun-\nout of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art,\n18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad\ndred sixty and two years: and he died.\nWoman, because she was taken out of Man.\nbegat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael:\n21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years,\n24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and\nand unto dust shalt thou return.\n20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; be-\nand Methusael begat Lamech.\nand begat Methuselah:\nhis mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and\ncause she was the mother of all living.\n19 And Lamech took unto him two wives:\n22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat\nthey shall be one flesh.\n25 And they were both naked, the man and\n21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the\nthe name of the one was Adah, and the name of\nMethuselah three hundred years, and begat sons\nhis wife, and were not ashamed.\nLORD God make coats of skins, and clothed\nthe other Zillah.\nand daughters:\nthem.\n20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father\n23 And all the days of Enoch were three hun-\nCHAPTER III.\nAnd the LORD God said, Behold, the\nof such as dwell in tents, and of such as have\ndred sixty and five years:\nN the serpent was more subtil than any\n24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was\nman is become as one of us, to know good and\ncattle.\nbeast of the field which the LORD God had\nmade. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath\nevil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and\n21 And his brother's name was Jubal he\nnot; for God took him.\ntake also of the tree of life, and eat, and live\nwas the father of all such as handle the harp\n25 T And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty\nGod said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the\nfor ever;\nand organ.\nand seven years, and begat Lamech:\ngarden\n23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth\n22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an\n26 And Methuselah lived after he begat La-\n2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We\nfrom the garden of Eden, to till the ground from\ninstructer of every artificer in brass and iron:\nmech seven hundred eighty and two years, and\nmay eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:\nwhence he was taken,\nand the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.\nbegat sons and daughters:\n3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the\n23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah\n27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine\nmidst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not\n24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at\neat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.\nthe east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a\nand Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech,\nhundred sixty and nine years: and he died.\nflaming sword which turned every way, to keep\nhearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man\n28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty\n4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye\nthe way of the tree of life.\nto my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.\nand two years, and begat a son:\nshall not surely die\n24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly\n29 And he called his name Noah, saying,\n5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat\nCHAPTER IV.\nA\nND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she con-\nLamech seventy and sevenfold.\nThis same shall comfort us concerning our work\nthereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye\n25 And Adam knew his wife again; and\nand toil of our hands, because of the ground\nshall be as gods, knowing good and evil.\nceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have\ngotten a man from the LORD.\nshe bare a son, and called his name Seth : For\nwhich the LORD hath cursed.\n6 And when the woman saw that the tree was\n2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And\nGod, said she, hath appointed me another seed\n30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five\ngood for food, and that it was pleasant to the\neyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,\nAbel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller\ninstead of Abel, whom Cain slew.\nhundred ninety and five years, and begat sons\nof the ground.\n26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a\nand daughters:\n6\n7"
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