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Genesis 2:12-22

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12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.
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.
14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
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.
17 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.”
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.
18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable 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.
19 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.
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.
20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
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;
21 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 ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
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