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1 And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.
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Thus HaShomayim and Ha’Aretz were finished, and all the tza’va of them.
2 And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
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And on Yom HaShevi’i Elohim finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the Yom HaShevi’i from all His work which He had made.
3 And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.
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Vayevarech Elohim et Yom HaShevi’i, and set it apart as kadosh: because that in it shavat (He had rested) from all His work which bara Elohim (G-d created) and made.
4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
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These are the toldot of HaShomayim and of Ha’Aretz when they were created, in the Yom that Hashem Elohim made Eretz v’Shomayim,
5 In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.
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And every plant of the sadeh was not yet in ha’aretz, and every herb of the sadeh had not yet yitzmach (sprung up, T.N. Moshiach is Tzemach [Zecharyah 3:8]); for Hashem Elohim had not caused it to rain upon ha’aretz, and there was not an adam (man) la’avod (to till, to work) haadamah (the ground).
6 But a mist went up from the earth, watering all the face of the land.
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But there went up a mist from ha’aretz, and watered the whole face of the adamah.
7 And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
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And Hashem Elohim formed the adam of the aphar min haadamah, and breathed into his nostrils the nishmat chayyim; and the adam became a nefesh chayyah.
8 And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.
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And Hashem Elohim planted a gan (garden) eastward in Eden; and there He put the adam whom He had formed.
9 And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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And out of the adamah made Hashem Elohim to spring up (T.N. see verse 5) kol etz (every tree) that is pleasing to the sight, and tov for food; the Etz HaChayyim (Tree of Life) also in the midst of the gan (garden), and the Etz HaDa’as Tov v’Rah (see 3:22, i.e., representing moral autonomy; contrast Exodus 9:20-21 where the Dvar Hashem is the guide of life, even for Gentiles).
10 And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.
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And a nahar (river) flowed out of Eden to water the gan (garden); and from there it divided, and became four headwaters.
11 The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.
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The shem of the first is Pishon; that is it which winds through the kol eretz Chavilah, where there is zahav;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
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And the zahav of that land is tov; there is [the gemstone] bedolach and the even (gemstone) hashoham [T.N.: this onyx gemstone is used in the construction of the Kohen Gadol’s Bigdei HaKodesh].
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
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And the shem of the second nahar is Gihon; the same is it that winds through kol eretz Cush.
14 And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
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And the shem of the third nahar is Chiddekel (Tigris [see Daniel 10:4]): that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth nahar is Euphrates.
15 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.
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And Hashem Elohim took the adam and put him in the Gan Eden la’avod (to till, to work) it and to be shomer over it.
16 And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:
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And Hashem Elohim commanded the adam, saying, Of every etz of the gan thou mayest freely eat;
17 But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
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But of the Etz HaDa’as Tov v’Rah, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the yom that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him
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And Hashem Elohim said, It is not tov that the adam should be alone; I will make him an ezer (a helper) suitable for him.
19 And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.
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And out of the adamah Hashem Elohim formed every beast of the sadeh, and every oph HaShomayim; and brought them unto the adam to see what he would name them; and whatsoever the adam named kol nefesh chayyah, that was shmo.
20 And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.
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And the adam gave shemot to all behemah, and to the oph HaShomayim, and to every beast of the sadeh; but for Adam there was not found an ezer for him.
21 And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:
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And Hashem Elohim caused a tardemah (deep sleep) to fall upon the adam, and he slept; and He took from one of his tzalelot (sides, ribs), and closed up the basar in the place thereof;
22 And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.
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And the tzela (rib), which Hashem Elohim had taken from the adam, made He an isha, and brought her unto the adam.
23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.
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And the adam said, This is now etzem of my etzem, and basar of my basar; she shall be called Isha, because she was taken out of Ish.
24 For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.
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Therefore shall an ish leave his av and his em, and shall cleave unto his isha: and they shall be basar echad.
25 And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.
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And they were both arummim (naked ones), the adam and his isha, and were not ashamed.
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