Then the man said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;This one at last<n id="1" /> is bone of my bonesp> <p class="poetry">and flesh of my flesh;p> <p class="poetry">this one will be called<n id="2" /> &#8216;woman,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">for she was taken out of<n id="3" /> man.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the <sc>Lordsc> God moving about<n id="1" /> in the orchard at the breezy time<n id="2" /> of the day, and they hid<n id="3" /> from the <sc>Lordsc> God among the trees of the orchard.

When he drove<n id="1" /> the man out, he placed on the eastern side<n id="2" /> of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries<n id="3" /> who used the flame of a whirling sword<n id="4" /> to guard the way to the tree of life.p>

the sons of God<n id="1" /> saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

<p class="bodytext">But the <sc>Lordsc> saw<n id="1" /> that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination<n id="2" /> of the thoughts<n id="3" /> of their minds<n id="4" /> was only evil<n id="5" /> all the time.<n id="6" />

And all living things<n id="1" /> that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

And the <sc>Lordsc> smelled the soothing aroma<n id="1" /> and said<n id="2" /> to himself,<n id="3" /> &#8220;I will never again curse<n id="4" /> the ground because of humankind, even though<n id="5" /> the inclination of their minds<n id="6" /> is evil from childhood on.<n id="7" /> I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.p>

And the <sc>Lordsc> God said, &#8220;Now<n id="1" /> that the man has become like one of us,<n id="2" /> knowing<n id="3" /> good and evil, he must not be allowed<n id="4" /> to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">The Nephilim<n id="1" /> were on the earth in those days (and also after this)<n id="2" /> when the sons of God were having sexual relations with<n id="3" /> the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children.<n id="4" /> They were the mighty heroes<n id="5" /> of old, the famous men.<n id="6" />p>

So the <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8220;I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth &#8211; everything from humankind to animals,<n id="1" /> including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.&#8221;p>