He Also

He Also

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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And God made two - great lights;

the greater light to rule the day, - and the lesser light to rule the night:

he made the stars also.

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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God - created he him;

male and female created he them.

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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

And to rule over the day - and over the night, - and to divide the light - from the darkness:

and God saw - that it was good.

And the evening - and the morning were the fourth day.

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And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons,

and take the goods to thyself.

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

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And the Lord said unto Abram, - after that Lot was separated from him, - Lift up now thine eyes, - and look from the place where - thou art- northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

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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.

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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For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed - also be numbered.

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That I will not take from - a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing - that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

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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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Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision,

saying,

Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

ISamuel