Bible: Romans 2:28-29; 4:13-17; 9:6-8

2:28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh, 2:29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart 1  by the Spirit 2  and not by the written code. 3  This person’s 4  praise is not from people but from God.

4:13 Then Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment 1  is too great to endure! 2  4:14 Look! You are driving me off the land 3  today, and I must hide from your presence. 4  I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.” 4:15 But the Lord said to him, “All right then, 5  if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” 6  Then the Lord put a special mark 7  on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down. 8  4:16 So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, 9  east of Eden.

The Beginning of Civilization

4:17 Cain had marital relations 10  with his wife, and she became pregnant 11  and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after 12  his son Enoch.

9:6 “Whoever sheds human blood, 1 

by other humans 2 

must his blood be shed;

for in God’s image 3 

God 4  has made humankind.”

9:7 But as for you, 5  be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”

9:8 God said to Noah and his sons, 6 

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