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So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture 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 done.
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And he blessed the seventh day , and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
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These are the generations of the heaven and the earth , when they were created , in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth :
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And every plant of the field before it spring up in the earth , and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth ; and there was not a man to till the earth .
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But a spring rose out the earth , watering all the surface of the earth .
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And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life , and man became a living soul .
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And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed .
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And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees , fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise : and the tree of knowledge of good and evil .
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And a river went out the place of pleasure to water paradise , which from thence is divided into four heads .
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The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath , where gold groweth.
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And the gold of that land is very good : there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone .
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And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia
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And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates .
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And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure , to dress it, and keep it.
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And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat :
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But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil , thou shalt not eat . for in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.
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And the Lord God said : It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.
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And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air , brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name .
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And Adam called all the beasts by their names , and all the fowls of the air , and all the cattle of the field : but for Adam there was not found a helper like himself.
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Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam : and when he was fast asleep , he took one of his ribs , and filled up flesh for it.
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And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman : and brought her to Adam.
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And Adam said : This now is bone of my bones , and flesh of my flesh ; she shall be called woman , because she was taken out of man .
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Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother , and shall cleave to his wife : and they shall be two in one flesh .
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And they were both naked : to wit, Adam and his wife : and were not ashamed .