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 there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the Lord formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them unto Adam, to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to ever beast of the field. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep fall upon Adam; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib which the Lord God he taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, an flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. And they were both naked, the man an his wife, and were not ashamed.

Now the serpent was more subtle 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? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die. 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.

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thon hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days thy life. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; and in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children. To Adam he said, Cursed is the ground for thy sake, in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life 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.

Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering into the Lord.