King James Version
The Book of Genesis
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| 1 | Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. |
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And on the 1seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and 2he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
1 Exod 31:17
2 Heb 4:4 |
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And God 1blessed 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. |
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But there went up a mist from the earth, and 1watered the whole face of the ground.
1 Psa 65:9
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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; 1and man became a living soul.
1 1st Cor 15:45
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And the LORD God planted a 1garden 2eastward 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 1tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the 2tree 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. |
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The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of 1Havilah, 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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And the name of the third river is 1Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
1 Dan 10:4
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| 15 | 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 1tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
1 Gen 3:2
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| 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. |
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And the LORD God caused a 1deep 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 1brought her unto the man. |
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And Adam said, This is now 1bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. |
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1Therefore 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. |
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