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Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

The Seventh Day: God Rests

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

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Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

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Adam and Eve

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

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The Creation of Man

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

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Now no shrub had yet appeared on the eartha and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,

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And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

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but streamsb came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

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But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

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Then the Lord God formed a manc from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

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And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.

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The Planting of the Garden

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground — trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

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A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.

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And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

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The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

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The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

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(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resind and onyx are also there.)

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And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

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The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.e

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And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

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The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

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The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

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The Forbidden Fruit

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;

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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

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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.”

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Adam Names the Animals

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

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Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

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And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

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So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
But for Adamf no suitable helper was found.

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And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

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So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribsg and then closed up the place with flesh.

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The Creation of Woman

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

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Then the Lord God made a woman from the ribh he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

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And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

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The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”

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And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

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That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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Genesis 2

Genesis 2