| 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. |
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6 | But there went up a mist from the earth, and
watered the whole face of the ground. |
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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. |
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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. |