So the Lord God expelled him ¹  from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

At the designated time ¹  Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering ²  to the Lord.

But the Lord said, “What have you done? ¹  The voice ²  of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³ 

Then Noah ¹  sent out a dove ²  to see if the waters had receded ³  from the surface of the ground.

I will bless those who bless you, ¹  but the one who treats you lightly ²  I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another ³  by your name.”

The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. ¹ 

“The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” ¹ 

(Now the man Moses was very humble, ¹  more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

When he had finished ¹  speaking ²  all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

anything that crawls ¹  on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth. ² 

Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.

Your children ¹  will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Your children ¹  will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

The king had them cast in earth foundries ¹  in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty ¹  to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed ¹  at Riblah in the territory ²  of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.

Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land. ¹ 

The king had them cast in earthen foundries ¹  in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.