Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat;
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And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou dost eat of it thou shalt surely die.
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
18 And the LORD God said, <em>It is</em> not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
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The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought <em>them</em> unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living soul, that <em>was</em> its name.
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Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
20 And the man gave names to every beast, and <em>to the</em> fowl of the heavens, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a help meet for him.
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So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his sides and closed up the flesh in its place;
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So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
22 and the LORD God built <em>that</em> which he had taken from the side of the man into a woman and brought her unto the man.
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Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 And the man said, This <em>is</em> now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman 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 shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.
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That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
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Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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