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1 So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created.
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1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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The Seventh Day
2 By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested. 
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2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
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3 God blessed the seventh day and made it special because on that day he rested from his work.
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3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.  created...: Heb. created to make
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4 That's how God created the heavens and the earth.
The Garden of Eden
When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,
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4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
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5 no grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land.
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5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
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6 But streams f 2.6 streams: Or “mist.” came up from the ground and watered the earth.
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6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. there...: or, a mist which went up from, etc.
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7 The Lord God took a handful of soil and made a man. g 2.7 man: In Hebrew “man” comes from the same word as “soil.” God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing. 2.7 Ws 15.8
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7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground
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8 The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.
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8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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9 The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.
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9 And out of the ground made the LORD God 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 knowledge of good and evil.
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10 From Eden a river flowed out to water the garden, then it divided into four rivers.
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10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
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11 The first one is the Pishon River that flows through the land of Havilah,
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11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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12 where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found.
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12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
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13 The second is the Gihon River that winds through Ethiopia. h 2.13 Ethiopia: The Hebrew text has “Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.
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13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. Ethiopia: Heb. Cush
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14 The Tigris River that flows east of Assyria is the third, and the fourth is the Euphrates River.
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14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. toward...: or, eastward to Assyria
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15 The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it.
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15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. the man: or, Adam
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16 But the Lord told him, “You may eat fruit from any tree in the garden,
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16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: thou...: Heb. eating thou shalt eat
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17 except the one that has the power to let you know the difference between right and wrong. If you eat any fruit from that tree, you will die before the day is over!”
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17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. thou shalt surely...: Heb. dying thou shalt die
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18 The Lord God said, “It isn't good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him.”
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18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet...: Heb. as before him
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19-20 So the Lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names.
None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.
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19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man
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21 So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,
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21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
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22 the Lord made a woman out of the rib.
The Lord God brought her to the man,
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22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. made: Heb. builded
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23 and the man exclaimed,
“Here is someone like me!
She is part of my body,
my own flesh and bones.
She came from me, a man.
So I will name her Woman!” i 2.23 a man ... woman: In Hebrew the words “man” and “woman” are similar.
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23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish
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24 That's why a man will leave his own father and mother. He marries a woman, and the two of them become like one person.
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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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25 Although the man and his wife were both naked, they were not ashamed.
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25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
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