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The Message Bible MSG
1 The heavens and the earth and all who live in them were completed.
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Heaven and Earth were finished, down to the last detail.
2 On the sixth day God completed all the work that he had done, and on the seventh day God rested from all the work that he had done.
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By the seventh day God had finished his work. On the seventh day he rested from all his work.
3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all the work of creation.
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God blessed the seventh day. He made it a Holy Day Because on that day he rested from his work, all the creating God had done.
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
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This is the story of how it all started, of Heaven and Earth when they were created.
5 On the day the LORD God made earth and sky—before any wild plants appeared on the earth, and before any field crops grew, because the LORD God hadn't yet sent rain on the earth and there was still no human being to farm the fertile land,
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At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground - God hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground
6 though a stream rose from the earth and watered all of the fertile land—
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(the whole Earth was watered by underground springs) -
7 the LORD God formed the human from the topsoil of the fertile land and blew life's breath into his nostrils. The human came to life.
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God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive - a living soul!
8 The LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east and put there the human he had formed.
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Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it.
9 In the fertile land, the LORD God grew every beautiful tree with edible fruit, and also he grew the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
10 A river flows from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides into four headwaters.
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A river flows out of Eden to water the garden and from there divides into four rivers.
11 The name of the first river is the Pishon. It flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
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The first is named Pishon; it flows through Havilah where there is gold.
12 That land's gold is pure, and the land also has sweet-smelling resins and gemstones.
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The gold of this land is good. The land is also known for a sweet-scented resin and the onyx stone.
13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It flows around the entire land of Cush.
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The second river is named Gihon; it flows through the land of Cush.
14 The name of the third river is the Tigris, flowing east of Assyria; and the name of the fourth river is the Euphrates.
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The third river is named Hiddekel and flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The LORD God took the human and settled him in the garden of Eden to farm it and to take care of it.
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God took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.
16 The LORD God commanded the human, "Eat your fill from all of the garden's trees;
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God commanded the Man, "You can eat from any tree in the garden,
17 but don't eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because on the day you eat from it, you will die!"
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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 Then the LORD God said, "It's not good that the human is alone. I will make him a helper that is perfect for him."
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God said, "It's not good for the Man to be alone; I'll make him a helper, a companion."
19 So the LORD God formed from the fertile land all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky and brought them to the human to see what he would name them. The human gave each living being its name.
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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 human named all the livestock, all the birds in the sky, and all the wild animals. But a helper perfect for him was nowhere to be found.
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The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn't find a suitable companion.
21 So the LORD God put the human into a deep and heavy sleep, and took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh over it.
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God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh.
22 With the rib taken from the human, the LORD God fashioned a woman and brought her to the human being.
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God then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.
23 The human said,
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The Man said, "Finally! Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh! Name her Woman for she was made from Man."
24 "This one finally is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. She will be called a woman because from a man she was taken." This is the reason that a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife, and they become one flesh.
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Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh.
25 The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, but they weren't embarrassed.
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The two of them, the Man and his Wife, were naked, but they felt no shame.