GENESIS Chapter 2
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2:1 And so the
whole universe was completed. |
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2:2 By the seventh
day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. |
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2:3 He blessed the
seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had
completed his creation and stopped working. |
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2:4 And that is
how the universe was created. When the LORD God made the universe, |
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2:5 there were no
plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any
rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land; |
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2:6 but water
would come up from beneath the surface and water the ground. |
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2:7 Then the LORD
God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed
life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live. |
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2:8 Then the LORD
God planted a garden in Eden, in the East, and there he put the man he had
formed. |
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2:9 He made all
kinds of beautiful trees grow there and produce good fruit. In the middle of
the garden stood the tree that gives life and the tree that gives knowledge
of what is good and what is bad. |
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2:10 A stream
flowed in Eden and watered the garden; beyond Eden it divided into four
rivers. |
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2:11 The first
river is the Pishon; it flows around the country of
Havilah. |
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2:12 (Pure gold is
found there and also rare perfume and precious stones.) |
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2:13 The second
river is the Gihon; it flows around the country of
Cush. |
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2:14 The third
river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria,
and the fourth river is the Euphrates. |
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2:15 Then the LORD
God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and guard it. |
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2:16 He told him,
"You may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden, |
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2:17 except the
tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat
the fruit of that tree; if you do, you will die the same day." |
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2:18 Then the LORD
God said, "It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a
suitable companion to help him." |
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2:19 So he took
some soil from the ground and formed all the animals and all the birds. Then
he brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and that is how
they all got their names. |
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2:20 So the man
named all the birds and all the animals; but not one of them was a suitable
companion to help him. |
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2:21 Then the LORD
God made the man fall into a deep sleep, and while he was sleeping, he took
out one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh. |
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2:22 He formed a
woman out of the rib and brought her to him. |
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2:23 Then the man
said, "At last, here is one of my own kind--- Bone taken from my bone,
and flesh from my flesh. 'Woman' is her name because
she was taken out of man." |
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2:24 That is why a
man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become
one. |
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2:25 The man and
the woman were both naked, but they were not embarrassed. |
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