Genesis 2:11-21

11 The first is named Pishon; it flows through Havilah where there is gold.
12 The gold of this land is good. The land is also known for a sweet-scented resin and the onyx stone.
13 The second river is named Gihon; it flows through the land of Cush.
14 The third river is named Hiddekel and flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 God took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.
16 God commanded the Man, "You can eat from any tree in the garden,
17 except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don't eat from it. The moment you eat from that tree, you're dead."
18 God said, "It's not good for the Man to be alone; I'll make him a helper, a companion."
19 So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name.
20 The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn't find a suitable companion.
21 God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh.
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