Genesis:3-4
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Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made .
And he said unto the woman ,
Yea ,
hath God said ,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ?
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And the woman said unto the serpent ,
We may eat of 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 ,
God hath said ,
Ye shall not eat of it ,
neither shall ye touch it ,
lest ye die .
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And the serpent said unto the woman ,
Ye shall not surely die :
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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof ,
then your eyes shall be opened ,
and ye shall be as gods ,
knowing good and evil .
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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food ,
and that it was pleasant to the eyes ,
and a tree to be desired to make one wise ,
she took of the fruit thereof ,
and did eat ,
and gave also unto her husband with her ;
and he did eat .
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And the eyes of them both were opened ,
and they knew that they were naked ;
and they sewed fig leaves together ,
and made themselves aprons .
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And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day :
and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden .
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And the LORD God called unto Adam ,
and said unto him ,
Where art thou ?
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And he said ,
I heard thy voice in the garden ,
and I was afraid ,
because I was naked ;
and I hid myself .
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And he said ,
Who told thee that thou wast naked ?
Hast thou eaten of the tree ,
whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat ?
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And the man said ,
The woman whom thou gavest to be with me ,
she gave me of the tree ,
and I did eat .
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And the LORD God said unto the woman ,
What is this that thou hast done ?
And the woman said ,
The serpent beguiled me ,
and I did eat .
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And the LORD God said unto the serpent ,
Because thou hast done this ,
thou art cursed above all cattle ,
and above every beast of the field ;
upon thy belly shalt thou go ,
and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life :
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And I will put enmity between thee and the woman ,
and between thy seed and her seed ;
it shall bruise thy head ,
and thou shalt bruise his heel .
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Unto the woman he said ,
I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ;
in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ;
and thy desire shall be to thy husband ,
and he shall rule over thee .
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And unto Adam he said ,
Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife ,
and hast eaten of the tree ,
of which I commanded thee ,
saying ,
Thou shalt not eat of it :
cursed is the ground for thy sake ;
in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ;
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Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ;
and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ;
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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread ,
till thou return unto the ground ;
for out of it wast thou taken :
for dust thou art ,
and unto dust shalt thou 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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Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins ,
and clothed them .
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And the LORD God said ,
Behold ,
the man is become as one of us ,
to know good and evil :
and now ,
lest he put forth his hand ,
and take also of the tree of life ,
and eat ,
and live for ever :
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Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden ,
to till the ground from whence he was taken .
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So he drove out the man ;
and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims ,
and a flaming sword which turned every way ,
to keep the way of the tree of life .
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And Adam knew Eve his wife ;
and she conceived ,
and bare Cain ,
and said ,
I have gotten a man from the LORD .
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And she again bare his brother Abel .
And Abel was a keeper of sheep ,
but Cain was a tiller of the ground .
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And in process of time it came to pass ,
that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD .
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And Abel ,
he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof .
And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering :
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But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect .
And Cain was very wroth ,
and his countenance fell .
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And the LORD said unto Cain ,
Why art thou wroth ?
and why is thy countenance fallen ?
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If thou doest well ,
shalt thou not be accepted ?
and if thou doest not well ,
sin lieth at the door .
And unto thee shall be his desire ,
and thou shalt rule over him .
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And Cain talked with Abel his brother :
and it came to pass ,
when they were in the field ,
that Cain rose up against Abel his brother ,
and slew him .
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And the LORD said unto Cain ,
Where is Abel thy brother ?
And he said ,
I know not :
Am I my brother '
s keeper ?
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And he said ,
What hast thou done ?
the voice of thy brother '
s blood crieth unto me from the ground .
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And now art thou cursed from the earth ,
which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother '
s blood from thy hand ;
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When thou tillest the ground ,
it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength ;
a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth .
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And Cain said unto the LORD ,
My punishment is greater than I can bear .
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Behold ,
thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ;
and from thy face shall I be hid ;
and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ;
and it shall come to pass ,
that every one that findeth me shall slay me .
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And the LORD said unto him ,
Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain ,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold .
And the LORD set a mark upon Cain ,
lest any finding him should kill him .
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And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD ,
and dwelt in the land of Nod ,
on the east of Eden .
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And Cain knew his wife ;
and she conceived ,
and bare Enoch :
and he builded a city ,
and called the name of the city ,
after the name of his son ,
Enoch .
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And unto Enoch was born Irad :
and Irad begat Mehujael :
and Mehujael begat Methusael :
and Methusael begat Lamech .
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And Lamech took unto him two wives :
the name of the one was Adah ,
and the name of the other Zillah .
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And Adah bare Jabal :
he was the father of such as dwell in tents ,
and of such as have cattle .
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And his brother '
s name was Jubal :
he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ .
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And Zillah ,
she also bare Tubalcain ,
an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron :
and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah .
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And Lamech said unto his wives ,
Adah and Zillah ,
Hear my voice ;
ye wives of Lamech ,
hearken unto my speech :
for I have slain a man to my wounding ,
and a young man to my hurt .
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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold ,
truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold .
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And Adam knew his wife again ;
and she bare a son ,
and called his name Seth :
For God ,
said she ,
hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel ,
whom Cain slew .
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And to Seth ,
to him also there was born a son ;
and he called his name Enos :
then began men to call upon the name of the LORD .
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This is the book of the generations of Adam .
In the day that God created man ,
in the likeness of God made he him ;