Cursed is the Serpent
Genesis 3
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(v. 14-15) "So the LORD God said to the snake, 'Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all the wild or domestic animals. You will crawl on your belly. You will be the lowest of animals as long as you live. I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other. I will make your descendants and her descendants hostile toward each other. He will crush your head and you will bruise his heel.' "
Animal Names
Genesis 2
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(v. 19-20) "The LORD God had formed all the wild animals and all the birds out of the ground. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called each creature became its name. So the man named all the domestic animals, all the birds, and all the wild animals."
The Great Flood
Genesis 7
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(v. 12) "and rain came pouring down on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights." (v. 19) "The water rose very high above the earth. It covered all the high mountains everywhere under the sky." (v. 24) "The floodwaters were on the earth for 150 days."
Only Mortal
Genesis 6
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(v. 3) "Then the LORD said, 'My Spirit will struggle with humans forever, because they are flesh and blood. They will live 120 years.' " (v. 5-6) "The LORD saw how evil humans become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil. The LORD was sorry that he made humans on the earth, and he was heartbroken."
900 Years Old?
Genesis 5
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(v. 4) "After Adam became the father of Seth, he lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters." (v. 20) "Jared lived a total of 962 years; then he died." (v. 27) "Methuselah lived a total of 969 years; then he died."
Adam and Eve's Other Children
Genesis 4
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(v. 13-15) "But Cain said to the LORD, 'My punishment is more than I can stand! You have forced me off this land today. I have to hide from you and become a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth. Now anyone who finds me will kill me!' So the LORD said to him, 'Not so! Anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.' The LORD gave Cain a sign so that anyone meeting him would not kill him."
Prayer of Faith
James 5
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(v. 13-15) "If any of you are having trouble, pray. If you are happy, sing psalms. If you are sick, call for the church leaders. Have them pray for you and anoint you with olive oil in the name of the Lord. (Prayers offered in faith will save those who are sick, and the Lord will cure them.) If you have sinned, you will be forgiven.
That's Not Yours!
1 Kings 21
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(v. 3-4) "Naboth told Ahab, 'The LORD has forbidden me to give you what I inherited from my ancestors.' Resentful and upset, Ahab went home because of what Naboth from Jezreel had told him. So Ahab lay on the couch, turned his face from everyone, and refused to eat." (v. 7) "His wife Jezebel said to him, 'Aren't you king of Israel? Get up, eat, and cheer up. I'll give you the vineyard belonging to Naboth from Jezreel.' " (v. 13) "The two good-for-nothing men came in and sat opposite him. In front of the people, these men accused Naboth of cursing God and the king. So the people stoned him to death outside the city."
