Genesis 26:7Douay-Rheims
And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister; for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would like him because of her beauty.
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God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.
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And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:10
And a river went out the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.
Genesis 2:24
Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.