6
You made Adam, and for him you made his wife Eve as a helper and support. From the two of them the human race has sprung. You said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; let us make a helper for him like himself.'
7
I now am taking this kinswoman of mine, not because of lust, but with sincerity. Grant that she and I may find mercy and that we may grow old together."
9
Then they went to sleep for the night. But Raguel arose and called his servants to him, and they went and dug a grave,
10
for he said, "It is possible that he will die and we will become an object of ridicule and derision."
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