The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The First Book of Moses, Called GenesisGenesis 2
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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. |
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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. Heb. 4.4, 10 |
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: Ex. 20.11 because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. |
Man in the Garden of Eden | |
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¶ 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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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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But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. |
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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. 1 Cor. 15.45 |
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And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. |
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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 Rev. 2.7 ; 22.2, 14 also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. |
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¶ 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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The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Hav’ilah, where there is gold; |
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and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. |
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And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. |
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And the name of the third river is Hid’dekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphra’tes. |
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¶ And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. |
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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: |
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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. |
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¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. |
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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. |
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And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him. |
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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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And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. |
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And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, 1 because she was taken out of Man. 2 |
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Mt. 19.5 · Mk. 10.7, 8 · 1 Cor. 6.16 · Eph. 5.31 |
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And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. |
Note 1. Heb. Isha. [ back ] Note 2. Heb. Ish. [ back ]
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