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1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude.
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And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.
2 And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.
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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.
3 So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.
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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.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
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These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
5 when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground;
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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.
6 but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground—
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But a mist went up from the earth, watering all the face of the land.
7 then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
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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.
8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.
9 Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree 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.
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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.
10 A river flows out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides and becomes four branches.
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And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.
11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.
12 and the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.
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And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Cush.
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And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
14 The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
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And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
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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.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
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And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die."
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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.
18 Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner."
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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
19 So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
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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.
20 The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner.
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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.
21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
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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:
22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
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And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.
23 Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken."
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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.
24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.
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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.
25 And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.
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And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.
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