“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”

I rashly declared, “All men are liars.”

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Then the Lord God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.

So Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me some of the red stuff – yes, this red stuff – because I’m starving!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

If these men die a natural death, or if they share the fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.

The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.

But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people.

so that mankind might acknowledge your mighty acts, and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.

As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.

As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.

All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach – yet his appetite is never satisfied!

and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

I looked and saw that there were no more people, and that all the birds in the sky had flown away.

The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.

Then the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard,

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”