Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 And so the whole universe was completed.
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The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working.
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On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working.
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God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
4 And that is how the universe was created. When the Lord God made the universe,
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This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.
5 there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land;
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No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
6 but water would come up from beneath the surface and water the ground.
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but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live.
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Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the East, and there he put the man he had formed.
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Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 He made all kinds of beautiful trees grow there and produce good fruit. In the middle of the garden stood the tree that gives life and the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad.
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Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow 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 the knowledge of good and evil.
10 A stream flowed in Eden and watered the garden; beyond Eden it divided into four rivers.
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A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.
11 The first river is the Pishon; it flows around the country of Havilah
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The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 (Pure gold is found there and also rare perfume and precious stones.)
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and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.
13 The second river is the Gihon; it flows around the country of Cush.
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The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
14 The third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria, and the fourth river is the Euphrates.
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The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 Then the Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and guard it.
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Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 He told him, "You may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden,
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Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:
17 except the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat the fruit of that tree; if you do, you will die the same day."
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but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
18 Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him."
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Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
19 So he took some soil from the ground and formed all the animals and all the birds. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and that is how they all got their names.
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Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
20 So the man named all the birds and all the animals; but not one of them was a suitable companion to help him.
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The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.
21 Then the Lord God made the man fall into a deep sleep, and while he was sleeping, he took out one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh.
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Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
22 He formed a woman out of the rib and brought her to him.
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He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.
23 Then the man said, "At last, here is one of my own kind - Bone taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh. "Woman' is her name because she was taken out of man."
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The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one.
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Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
25 The man and the woman were both naked, but they were not embarrassed.
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They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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