And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.
And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and put out of their minds the Lord their God, and became servants to the Baals and the Astartes.
And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.
God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.
It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.
And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.
But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.
And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.
And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.
But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.
And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.
And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.
And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining.
But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.
And hearing this, the ten became very angry with James and John.
And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.
And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.
And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.
And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.
And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.
And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled.
And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men.
Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.
And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.
And the cloud was moved from over the Tent; and straight away Miriam became a leper, as white as snow: and Aaron, looking at Miriam, saw that she was a leper.
Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:
And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.
And he will give to the Lord his days of being separate, offering a he-lamb of the first year as an offering for error: but the earlier days will be a loss, because he became unclean.
So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;
And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them.
So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires.
Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.
For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)
The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.
Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became dust and waste.
The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth.
And the sixth let what was in his vessel come out on the great river Euphrates; and it became dry, so that the way might be made ready for the kings from the east.
And the first went, and let what was in his vessel come down on the earth; and it became an evil poisoning wound on the men who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image.
And the second let what was in his vessel come out into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea came to an end.
And the third let what was in his vessel come out into the rivers and the fountains of water; and they became blood.
As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow.
And I saw when the sixth stamp was undone, and there was a great earth-shock; and the sun became black as haircloth, and all the moon became as blood;
And the name of the star is Wormwood: and a third part of the waters became bitter; and a number of men came to their end because of the waters, for they were made bitter.
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The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
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