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Verse 1

And the heavens{H8064} and the earth{H776} were finished,{H3615} and all the host of them.{H6635}

Verse 2

And on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} God{H430} finished{H3615} his work{H4399} which he had made;{H6213} and he rested{H7673} on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} from all his work{H4399} which he had made.{H6213}

Verse 3

And God{H430} blessed{H1288} the seventh{H7637} day,{H3117} and hallowed{H6942} it; because{H3588} that in it he rested{H7673} from all his work{H4399} which God{H430} had created{H1254} and made.{H6213}

Verse 4

These{H428} are the generations{H8435} of the heavens{H8064} and of the earth{H776} when they were created,{H1254} in the day{H3117} that Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} made{H6213} earth{H776} and heaven.{H8064}

Verse 5

And no plant{H7880} of the field{H7704} was yet{H2962} in the earth,{H776} and no herb{H6212} of the field{H7704} had yet{H2962} sprung up;{H6779} for{H3588} Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} had not{H3808} caused it to rain{H4305} upon the earth:{H776} and there was not{H369} a man{H120} to till{H5647} the ground;{H127}

Verse 6

but there went up{H5927} a mist{H108} from{H4480} the earth,{H776} and watered{H8248} the whole face{H6440} of the ground.{H127}

Verse 7

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} formed{H3335} man{H120} of the dust{H6083} of{H4480} the ground,{H127} and breathed{H5301} into his nostrils{H639} the breath{H5397} of life;{H2416} and man{H120} became a living{H2416} soul.{H5315}

Verse 8

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} planted{H5193} a garden{H1588} eastward,{H6924} in Eden;{H5731} and there{H8033} he put{H7760} the man{H120} whom{H834} he had formed.{H3335}

Verse 9

And out{H4480} of the ground{H127} made{H6779} Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} to grow{H6779} every tree{H6086} that is pleasant{H2530} to the sight,{H4758} and good{H2896} for food;{H3978} the tree{H6086} of life{H2416} also in the midst{H8432} of the garden,{H1588} and the tree{H6086} of the{H1847} knowledge of good{H2896} and evil.{H7451}

Verse 10

And a river{H5104} went out{H3318} of Eden{H5731} to water{H8248} the garden;{H1588} and from thence it was parted,{H6504} and became four{H702} heads.{H7218}

Verse 11

The name{H8034} of the first{H259} is Pishon:{H6376} that{H1931} is it which compasseth{H5437} the whole land{H776} of Havilah,{H2341} where{H834} there is gold;{H2091}

Verse 12

and the gold{H2091} of that{H1931} land{H776} is good:{H2896} there is bdellium{H916} and the onyx{H7718} stone.{H68}

Verse 13

And the name{H8034} of the second{H8145} river{H5104} is Gihon:{H1521} the same is it that compasseth{H5437} the whole land{H776} of Cush.{H3568}

Verse 14

And the name{H8034} of the third{H7992} river{H5104} is Hiddekel:{H2313} that is it which goeth in front{H1980} of{H6926} Assyria.{H804} And the fourth{H7243} river{H5104} is the Euphrates.{H6578}

Verse 15

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} took{H3947} the man,{H120} and put him{H3240} into the garden{H1588} of Eden{H5731} to dress{H5647} it and to keep{H8104} it.

Verse 16

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} commanded{H6680} the man,{H120} saying,{H559} Of every tree{H6086} of the garden{H1588} thou mayest freely{H398} eat:{H398}

Verse 17

but of the tree{H6086} of the knowledge{H1847} of good{H2896} and evil,{H7451} thou shalt not eat{H398} of it: for in the day{H3117} that thou eatest{H398} thereof thou shalt surely{H4191} die.{H4191}

Verse 18

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} said,{H559} It is not good{H2896} that the man{H120} should be{H1961} alone; I will make{H6213} him a help meet{H5828} for him.

Verse 19

And out of the ground{H127} Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} formed{H3335} every beast{H2416} of the field,{H7704} and every bird{H5775} of the heavens;{H8064} and brought{H935} them unto the man to see{H7200} what he would call{H7121} them: and whatsoever the man{H120} called{H7121} every living{H2416} creature,{H5315} that{H1931} was the name thereof.{H8034}

Verse 20

And the man{H120} gave{H7121} names{H8034} to all cattle,{H929} and to the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and to every beast{H2416} of the field;{H7704} but for man{H120} there was not found{H4672} a help meet{H5828} for him.

Verse 21

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} caused{H5307} a deep sleep{H8639} to fall{H5307} upon the man,{H121} and he slept;{H3462} and he took{H3947} one{H259} of his ribs,{H6763} and closed up{H5462} the flesh{H1320} instead thereof:

Verse 22

and the rib,{H6763} which Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} had taken{H3947} from the man,{H120} made{H1129} he a woman,{H802} and brought{H935} her unto the man.{H120}

Verse 23

And the man{H120} said,{H559} This{H2063} is now{H6471} bone{H6106} of my bones,{H6106} and flesh{H1320} of my flesh:{H1320} she{H2063} shall be called{H7121} Woman,{H802} because she{H2063} was taken{H3947} out of Man.{H376}

Verse 24

Therefore{H3651} shall a man{H376} leave{H5800} his father{H1} and his mother,{H517} and shall cleave{H1692} unto his wife:{H802} and they shall be one{H259} flesh.{H1320}

Verse 25

And they were both{H8147} naked,{H6174} the man{H120} and his wife,{H802} and were not ashamed.{H954}

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