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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.
Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
"But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.
"Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man.
I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies' land; then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
"I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
"And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.
"Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
'But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments,
And God said: "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
'And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee; they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues.
I also will do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
'And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.
So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.
Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
"But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.
"Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man.
I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies' land; then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
"I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
"And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.
"Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
'But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments,
And God said: "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
'And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee; they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues.
I also will do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
'And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.