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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A gentle answer turns away wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="content">but a harsh word stirs up anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="content">but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are everywhere,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="content">keeping watch on the wicked and the good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The soothing tongue is a tree of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="content">but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A fool spurns a parent&#8217;s discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The house of the righteous contains great treasure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="content">but the income of the wicked brings ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The lips of the wise spread knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="content">but the hearts of fools are not upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the sacrifice of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="content">but the prayer of the upright pleases him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the way of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="content">but he loves those who pursue righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="content">the one who hates correction will die.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Death and Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content"> lie open before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="content">how much more do human hearts!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Mockers resent correction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="content">so they avoid the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A happy heart makes the face cheerful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="content">but heartache crushes the spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The discerning heart seeks knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="content">but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All the days of the oppressed are wretched,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="content">but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Better a little with the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="content">than great wealth with turmoil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Better a small serving of vegetables with love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="content">than a fattened calf with hatred.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="content">but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="content">but the path of the upright is a highway.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.15.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A wise son brings joy to his father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="content">but a foolish man despises his mother.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Folly brings joy to one who has no sense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="content">but whoever has understanding keeps a straight course.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Plans fail for lack of counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="content">but with many advisers they succeed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.15.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A person finds joy in giving an apt reply&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="content">and how good is a timely word!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.15.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The path of life leads upward for the prudent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="content">to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tears down the house of the proud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="content">but he sets the widow&#8217;s boundary stones in place.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.15.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests the thoughts of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="content">but gracious words are pure in his sight.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.15.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The greedy bring ruin to their households,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">but the one who hates bribes will live.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.15.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The heart of the righteous weighs its answers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.15.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is far from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="content">but he hears the prayer of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.15.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Light in a messenger&#8217;s eyes brings joy to the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="content">and good news gives health to the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.15.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Whoever heeds life-giving correction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="content">will be at home among the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.15.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="content">but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Wisdom&#8217;s instruction is to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.15.33"><span class="content">and humility comes before honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">To humans belong the plans of the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="content">but from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes the proper answer of the tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All a person&#8217;s ways seem pure to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="content">but motives are weighed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Commit to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> whatever you do,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="content">and he will establish your plans.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> works out everything to its proper end&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="content">even the wicked for a day of disaster.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests all the proud of heart.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="content">Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="content">through the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> evil is avoided.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes pleasure in anyone&#8217;s way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="content">he causes their enemies to make peace with them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Better a little with righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">than much gain with injustice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In their hearts humans plan their course,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> establishes their steps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The lips of a king speak as an oracle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="content">and his mouth does not betray justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Honest scales and balances belong to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="content">all the weights in the bag are of his making.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Kings detest wrongdoing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="content">for a throne is established through righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Kings take pleasure in honest lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="content">they value the one who speaks what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A king&#8217;s wrath is a messenger of death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">but the wise will appease it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When a king&#8217;s face brightens, it means life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">How much better to get wisdom than gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="content">to get insight rather than silver!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The highway of the upright avoids evil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="content">those who guard their ways preserve their lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.16.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Pride goes before destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="content">a haughty spirit before a fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">than to share plunder with the proud.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">whoever speaks prudently finds what is good</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">and blessed is the one who trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The wise in heart are called discerning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="content">and gracious words promote instruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">words make a person persuasive</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="content">but folly brings punishment to fools.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="content">and their lips promote instruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent / and make their lips persuasive</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.16.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Gracious words are a honeycomb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="content">sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.16.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">There is a way that appears to be right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="content">but in the end it leads to death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.16.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The appetite of laborers works for them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="content">their hunger drives them on.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.16.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">A scoundrel plots evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="content">and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.16.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A perverse person stirs up conflict,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="content">and a gossip separates close friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.16.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A violent person entices their neighbor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="content">and leads them down a path that is not good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.16.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="content">whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.16.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Gray hair is a crown of splendor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="content">it is attained in the way of righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.16.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Better a patient person than a warrior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="content">one with self-control than one who takes a city.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.16.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.16.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The lot is cast into the lap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.16.33"><span class="content">but its every decision is from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 15</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who may dwell in your sacred tent?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="content">Who may live on your holy mountain?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The one whose walk is blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">who does what is righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">who speaks the truth from their heart;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">whose tongue utters no slander,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">who does no wrong to a neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">and casts no slur on others;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who despises a vile person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">but honors those who fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">who keeps an oath even when it hurts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">and does not change their mind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who lends money to the poor without interest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">Whoever does these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.15.5"><span class="content">will never be shaken.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 16</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Keep me safe, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="content">for in you I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I say to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;You are my Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="content">apart from you I have no good thing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I say of the holy people who are in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="content">&#8220;They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">or take up their names on my lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you alone are my portion and my cup;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="content">you make my lot secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="content">surely I have a delightful inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who counsels me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="content">even at night my heart instructs me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I keep my eyes always on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="content">With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="content">my body also will rest secure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="content">nor will you let your faithful</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">holy</span></span></span><span class="content"> one see decay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You make known to me the path of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="content">you will fill me with joy in your presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="content">with eternal pleasures at your right hand.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Beginning</span></div><div class="pi"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be light,&#8221; and there was light. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God called the light &#8220;day,&#8221; and the darkness he called &#8220;night.&#8221; And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the first day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God called the vault &#8220;sky.&#8221; And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the second day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">God called the dry ground &#8220;land,&#8221; and the gathered waters he called &#8220;seas.&#8221; And God saw that it was good.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the third day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">God made two great lights&#8212;the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the fourth day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">God blessed them and said, &#8220;Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the fifth day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:26 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">the earth</span></span></span><span class="content"> and over all the creatures that move along the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So God created mankind in his own image,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">in the image of God he created them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">male and female he created them.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">God blessed them and said to them, &#8220;Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground&#8212;everything that has the breath of life in it&#8212;I give every green plant for food.&#8221; And it was so.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the sixth day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="pi"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Adam and Eve</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God made the earth and the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">land</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 6</span></span></span><span class="content"> and no plant had yet sprung up, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">but streams</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">mist</span></span></span><span class="content"> came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God formed a man</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">man </span><span class="ft"><span class="tl">(adam)</span> sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">ground </span><span class="ft"><span class="tl">(adamah)</span>; it is also the name </span><span class="fqa">Adam </span><span class="ft">(see verse 20).</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground&#8212;trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">good; pearls</span></span></span><span class="content"> and onyx are also there.) </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Possibly southeast Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God commanded the man, &#8220;You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said, &#8220;It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.2.20"><span class="content">But for Adam</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the man</span></span></span><span class="content"> no suitable helper was found. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man&#8217;s ribs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">took part of the man&#8217;s side</span></span></span><span class="content"> and then closed up the place with flesh. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God made a woman from the rib</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">part</span></span></span><span class="content"> he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The man said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="content">&#8220;This is now bone of my bones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="content">and flesh of my flesh;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="content">she shall be called &#8216;woman,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="content">for she was taken out of man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God had made. He said to the woman, &#8220;Did God really say, &#8216;You must not eat from any tree in the garden&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The woman said to the serpent, &#8220;We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">but God did say, &#8216;You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;You will not certainly die,&#8221; the serpent said to the woman. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God among the trees of the garden. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God called to the man, &#8220;Where are you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And he said, &#8220;Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The man said, &#8220;The woman you put here with me&#8212;she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said to the woman, &#8220;What is this you have done?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.3.13"><span class="content">The woman said, &#8220;The serpent deceived me, and I ate.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said to the serpent, &#8220;Because you have done this,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed are you above all livestock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">and all wild animals!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">You will crawl on your belly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">and you will eat dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">all the days of your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And I will put enmity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">between you and the woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">and between your offspring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seed</span></span></span><span class="content"> and hers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">he will crush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">strike</span></span></span><span class="content"> your head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">and you will strike his heel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To the woman he said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">&#8220;I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">with painful labor you will give birth to children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">Your desire will be for your husband,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">and he will rule over you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">To Adam he said, &#8220;Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, &#8216;You must not eat from it,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is the ground because of you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">through painful toil you will eat food from it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">all the days of your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">It will produce thorns and thistles for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.3.18"><span class="content">and you will eat the plants of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">By the sweat of your brow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">you will eat your food</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">until you return to the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">since from it you were taken;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">for dust you are</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">and to dust you will return.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Adam</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The man</span></span></span><span class="content"> named his wife Eve,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:20 </span><span class="fq">Eve </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fqa">living.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because she would become the mother of all the living.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God said, &#8220;The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">placed in front</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Cain and Abel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Adam</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The man</span></span></span><span class="content"> made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:1 </span><span class="fq">Cain </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">brought forth </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">acquired.</span></span></span><span class="content"> She said, &#8220;With the help of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> I have brought forth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">have acquired</span></span></span><span class="content"> a man.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.4.2"><span class="content">Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And Abel also brought an offering&#8212;fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looked with favor on Abel and his offering, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Cain, &#8220;Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now Cain said to his brother Abel, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go out to the field.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:8 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text does not have </span><span class="fq">&#8220;Let&#8217;s go out to the field.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Cain, &#8220;Where is your brother Abel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.4.9"><span class="content">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;Am I my brother&#8217;s keeper?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;What have you done? Listen! Your brother&#8217;s blood cries out to me from the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother&#8217;s blood from your hand. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Cain said to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;My punishment is more than I can bear. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;Not so</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Very well</span></span></span><span class="content">; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.&#8221; Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So Cain went out from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s presence and lived in the land of Nod,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:16 </span><span class="fq">Nod </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">wandering </span><span class="ft">(see verses 12 and 14).</span></span></span><span class="content"> east of Eden.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His brother&#8217;s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who instructed all who work in</span></span></span><span class="content"> bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain&#8217;s sister was Naamah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Lamech said to his wives,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.4.23"><span class="content">&#8220;Adah and Zillah, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.4.23"><span class="content">wives of Lamech, hear my words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.4.23"><span class="content">I have killed a man for wounding me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.4.23"><span class="content">a young man for injuring me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">If Cain is avenged seven times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.24"><span class="content">then Lamech seventy-seven times.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:25 </span><span class="fq">Seth </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fq">granted</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> saying, &#8220;God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.4.26"><span class="content">At that time people began to call on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to proclaim</span></span></span><span class="content"> the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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