GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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4 This is the account of heaven and earth when they were created, at the time when the LORD God made earth and heaven.
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This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
5 Wild bushes and plants were not on the earth yet because the LORD God hadn't sent rain on the earth. Also, there was no one to farm the land.
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Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,
6 Instead, underground water would come up from the earth and water the entire surface of the ground.
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but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the earth and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.
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Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
8 The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. That's where he put the man whom he had formed.
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Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
9 The LORD God made all the trees grow out of the ground. These trees were nice to look at, and their fruit was good to eat. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil grew in the middle of the garden.
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The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 A river flowed from Eden to water the garden. Outside the garden it divided into four rivers.
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A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
11 The name of the first river is Pishon. This is the one that winds throughout Havilah, where there is gold.
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The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12 (The gold of that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx are also [found] there.)
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(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)
13 The name of the second river is Gihon. This is the one that winds throughout Sudan.
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The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.
14 The name of the third river is Tigris. This is the one that flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
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The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
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