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1 The
heavens, the earth,
and all their
vast array were
finished.
2 On
the seventh day God
finished his work
which he had
done; and he
rested on the
seventh day from
all his work
which he had
done.
3 God blessed
the seventh day,
and made it
holy, because he
rested in it
from all his
work of creation
which he had
done.
4 This
is the history
of 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.
5 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 on the earth.
There was not
a man to
till the ground,
6 but
a mist went up
from the earth,
and watered the
whole surface of
the ground.
7 The
LORD God formed
man from the
dust of the
ground, and
breathed into
his nostrils the
breath of life;
and man became
a living soul.
8 The
LORD God planted
a garden eastward,
in Eden, and
there he put
the man whom he
had formed.
9 Out
of the ground the
LORD God made
every tree to
grow that is
pleasant to the
sight, and good
for food,
including the tree
of life in
the middle of
the garden and
the tree of
the knowledge of
good and evil.
10 A
river went out
of Eden to
water the garden;
and from there
it was parted,
and became
the source of four
rivers.
11 The
name of the first
is Pishon: it
flows through the
whole land of
Havilah, where
there is gold;
12 and
the gold of
that land is good.
Bdellium
and onyx stone are
also there.
13 The
name of the
second river is
Gihon. It is
the same river
that flows through
the whole land of
Cush.
14 The
name of the
third river is
Hiddekel. This is
the one which
flows in front
of Assyria. The
fourth river is
the Euphrates.
15 The
LORD God took
the man, and
put him into
the garden of
Eden to cultivate
and keep it.
16 The
LORD God commanded
the man, saying, “You
may freely eat of
every tree of
the garden;
17 but
you shall not eat
of the tree
of the knowledge
of good and
evil; for in
the day that
you eat of it,
you will surely
die.”
18 The
LORD God said, “It
is not good
for the man
to be alone.
I will make
him a
helper comparable to
him.”
19 Out
of the ground
the LORD God
formed every
animal of the
field, and every
bird of the
sky, and brought
them to the
man to see
what he would
call them.
Whatever the man
called every
living creature
became its name.
20 The
man gave names
to all livestock,
and to the
birds of the
sky, and to
every animal of
the field; but
for man there
was not found
a helper comparable
to him.
21 The
LORD God caused
the man to
fall into a
deep sleep. As
the man slept,
he took one
of his ribs,
and closed up
the flesh in
its place.
22 The
LORD God made
a woman from the
rib which he
had taken from
the man, and
brought her to
the man.
23 The
man said, “This
is now bone
of my bones,
and flesh of
my flesh. She
will be
called ‘woman,’ because
she was taken
out of Man.”
24 Therefore
a man will
leave his father
and his mother,
and will join with
his wife, and they
will be one
flesh.
25 The man
and his wife were
both naked, and
they were
not ashamed.