For the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.

יֵ֣צֶר לֵ֧ב הָאָדָ֛ם רַ֖ע מִנְּעֻרָ֑י

God

Genesis 8:21

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Topic

Original sin Human nature

Speaker

God

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 8:21).

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Brontë, Emily, [published as Ellis Bell]. Wuthering Heights. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847, ch. 11.

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Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights, edited by Alexandra Lewis. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, ch. 11.

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God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 1:5).

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The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

Genesis 2:18

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Source
Genesis The Bible
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 2:18).