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parent_n gen._n 3._o the_o lord_n exaamine_v the_o matter_n and_o say_v unto_o the_o serpent_n because_o thou_o have_v do_v thus_o thou_o be_v accurse_v unto_o the_o woman_n i_o will_v great_o increase_v thy_o sorrow_n unto_o adam_n because_o thou_o have_v obey_v the_o voice_n of_o thy_o wife_n and_o have_v eat_v of_o the_o tree_n whereof_o i_o command_v thou_o say_v thou_o shall_v not_o eat_v of_o it_o curse_v be_v the_o earth_n for_o thy_o sake_n thus_o deal_v he_o with_o the_o whole_a world_n gen._n 6.5_o when_o the_o lord_n see_v that_o the_o wickedness_n of_o man_n be_v great_a in_o the_o earth_n and_o all_o the_o imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o his_o heart_n be_v only_o evil_a &_o that_o continual_o therefore_o v._o 7_o i_o will_v destroy_v from_o the_o earth_n the_o man_n who_o i_o have_v create_v etc._n etc._n thus_o deal_v he_o with_o nation_n ezech._n 18.2_o the_o father_n have_v eat_v the_o sour_a grape_n and_o the_o child_n tooth_n be_v set_v on_o edge_n this_o 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