1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2#Exod 20.11.#Heb 4.4,10. 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. 3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Man in the Garden of Eden

4These 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, 5and 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. 6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7#1 Cor 15.45. 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. 8And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9#Rev 2.7; 22.2,14. 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.

10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Hav´ilah, where there is gold; 12and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14And 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.

15And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17but 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.

18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. 19And 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. 20And 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. 21And 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. 22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman,#2.23 Heb. Isha. because she was taken out of Man.#2.23 Heb. Ish. 24#Matt 19.5; Mark 10.7,8; 1 Cor 6.16; Eph 5.31. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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Genesis 2

CHAPTER 2

1Therefore heavens and earth be made perfect, and all the ornament of those [or them].

2And God [ful] filled in the seventh day his work which he made; and he rested in the seventh day from all his work which he had made;

3and he blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; for in that day God ceased of all his work which he made of nought, that he should make.

4These be the generations of heaven and of earth, in the day wherein the Lord God made heaven and earth,

5and each little tree of [the] earth before that it sprang out in [the] earth; and he made each herb of the field before that it burgeoned. For the Lord God had not rained on the earth, and no man there was that wrought [or might work] the earth;

6but a well went out of [the] earth, and moisted all the higher part of the earth.

7Therefore the Lord God formed man of the slime of [the] earth, and breathed into his face the breathing of life; and man was made into a living soul.

8Forsooth the Lord God planted at the beginning paradise of liking or the garden of Eden, wherein he set man whom he had formed.

9And the Lord God brought forth of the earth each tree fair in sight, and sweet to eat; also he brought forth the tree of life in the midst of paradise, and the tree of knowing of good and of evil.

10And a river went out from the place of liking or Eden to moist paradise or the garden, which river is parted from thence into four heads.

11The name of the one river is Pishon, that it is that encompasseth all the land of Havilah, where gold cometh forth,

12and the gold of that land is the best, and there is found bdellium, that is, a tree of spicery, and the stone onyx;

13and the name of the second river is Gihon, that it is that encompasseth all the land of Ethiopia;

14forsooth the name of the third river is Tigris, that goeth against Assyrians; soothly the fourth river is that Euphrates.

15Therefore the Lord God took man, and set him in paradise of liking, that he should work and keep it.

16And God commanded to him and said, Eat thou of each tree of paradise;

17forsooth eat thou not of the tree of knowing of good and of evil; for in whatever day thou shalt eat thereof, thou shalt die by death.

18And the Lord God said, It is not good that a man be alone; make we to him an helper like to himself.

19And therefore when all living beasts of [the] earth, and all the volatiles of heaven, were formed of [the] earth, the Lord God brought those [or them] to Adam, that he should see what he should call those [or them]; for all thing that Adam called of living soul, that is the name thereof.

20And Adam called by their names all living things, and all volatiles [of heavens], and all unreasonable beasts of [the] earth. Forsooth to Adam was not found an helper like him.

21Therefore the Lord God sent sleep into Adam, and when he slept, God took one of his ribs, and filled flesh for it.

22And the Lord God builded the rib which he had taken from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.

23And Adam said, This is now a bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; this shall be called virago, for she is taken of man.

24Wherefore a man shall forsake [his] father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be twain [or two] in one flesh.

25Forsooth ever either was naked, that is, Adam and his wife, and they were not ashamed.

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Genesis 2

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