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Chapter 2 |
| 1 | Thus the
heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | 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, |
| 5 | 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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6 | But there went up a mist
from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | And the LORD
God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had
formed. |
| 9 |
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. |
| 10 |
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was
parted, and became into four heads. |
| 11 | 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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And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the
onyx stone. |
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13 | And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same
is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. |
| 14 | 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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15 | 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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| 16 | And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat: |
| 17 | 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. |
| 18 | And the LORD God said, It is not good that
the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. |
| 19 | 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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| 20 | 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. |
| 21 |
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; |
| 22
| 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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23 | 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. |
| 24 | 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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| 25 | And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not
ashamed. |
