Genesis 2:9-19

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.
10 A river flowed from Eden to water the garden. Outside the garden it divided into four rivers.
11 The name of the first river is Pishon. This is the one that winds throughout Havilah, where there is gold.
12 (The gold of that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx are also [found] there.)
13 The name of the second river is Gihon. This is the one that winds throughout Sudan.
14 The name of the third river is Tigris. This is the one that flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to farm the land and to take care of it.
16 The LORD God commanded the man. He said, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden.
17 But you must never eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because when you eat from it, you will certainly die."
18 Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him."
19 The LORD God had formed all the wild animals and all the birds out of the ground. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called each creature became its name.
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