“1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them. 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. 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.”
“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, 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.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of
the ground. 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.”
“8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he
put the man whom he had formed. 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. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the
garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11
The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the
whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold; 12 And the gold of that
land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone. 13 And the name
of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the
whole land of Ethiopia. 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. 15 And the LORD God took the man, and put
him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”
“16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat: 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.”
“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. 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. 20 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
an help meet for him.”
“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; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he
a woman, and brought her unto the man. 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. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his
father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be
one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were
not ashamed.” (Genesis 2:1-25 AV)
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