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Genesis 5:1–2

Genesis 5:1–23 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 1 In the day that God created
- B 1 man (Adam),
  - C 1 in the likeness of God made he him;
    - D 2 Male and female created he them;
  - C' 2 and blessed them,
- B' 2 and called their name Adam,
A' 2 in the day when they were created.