Genesis:1-3
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth .
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And the earth was without form ,
and void ;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep .
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters .
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And God said ,
Let there be light :
and there was light .
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And God saw the light ,
that it was good :
and God divided the light from the darkness .
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And God called the light Day ,
and the darkness he called Night .
And the evening and the morning were the first day .
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And God said ,
Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters ,
and let it divide the waters from the waters .
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And God made the firmament ,
and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament :
and it was so .
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And God called the firmament Heaven .
And the evening and the morning were the second day .
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And God said ,
Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place ,
and let the dry land appear :
and it was so .
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And God called the dry land Earth ;
and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas :
and God saw that it was good .
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And God said ,
Let the earth bring forth grass ,
the herb yielding seed ,
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind ,
whose seed is in itself ,
upon the earth :
and it was so .
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And the earth brought forth grass ,
and herb yielding seed after his kind ,
and the tree yielding fruit ,
whose seed was in itself ,
after his kind :
and God saw that it was good .
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And the evening and the morning were the third day .
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And God said ,
Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ;
and let them be for signs ,
and for seasons ,
and for days ,
and years :
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And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth :
and it was so .
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And God made two great lights ;
the greater light to rule the day ,
and the lesser light to rule the night :
he made the stars also .
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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth ,
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And to rule over the day and over the night ,
and to divide the light from the darkness :
and God saw that it was good .
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And the evening and the morning were the fourth day .
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And God said ,
Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life ,
and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven .
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And God created great whales ,
and every living creature that moveth ,
which the waters brought forth abundantly ,
after their kind ,
and every winged fowl after his kind :
and God saw that it was good .
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And God blessed them ,
saying ,
Be fruitful ,
and multiply ,
and fill the waters in the seas ,
and let fowl multiply in the earth .
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And the evening and the morning were the fifth day .
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And God said ,
Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind ,
cattle ,
and creeping thing ,
and beast of the earth after his kind :
and it was so .
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And God made the beast of the earth after his kind ,
and cattle after their kind ,
and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind :
and God saw that it was good .
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And God said ,
Let us make man in our image ,
after our likeness :
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea ,
and over the fowl of the air ,
and over the cattle ,
and over all the earth ,
and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth .
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So God created man in his own image ,
in the image of God created he him ;
male and female created he them .
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And God blessed them ,
and God said unto them ,
Be fruitful ,
and multiply ,
and replenish the earth ,
and subdue it :
and have dominion over the fish of the sea ,
and over the fowl of the air ,
and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth .
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And God said ,
Behold ,
I have given you every herb bearing seed ,
which is upon the face of all the earth ,
and every tree ,
in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ;
to you it shall be for meat .
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And to every beast of the earth ,
and to every fowl of the air ,
and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth ,
wherein there is life ,
I have given every green herb for meat :
and it was so .
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And God saw every thing that he had made ,
and ,
behold ,
it was very good .
And the evening and the morning were the sixth day .
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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished ,
and all the host 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 made .
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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 .
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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 ,
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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 watered the whole face of the ground .
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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 ;
and man became a living soul .
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And the LORD God planted a garden eastward 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 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 .
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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 Havilah ,
where there is gold ;
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And the gold of that land is good :
there is bdellium and the onyx stone .
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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 Hiddekel :
that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria .
And the fourth river is Euphrates .
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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 tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat :
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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 .
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And the LORD God said ,
It is not good that the man should be alone ;
I will make him an help meet for him .
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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 .
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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 deep 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 brought her unto the man .
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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 .
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother ,
and shall cleave unto his wife :
and they shall be one flesh .
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And they were both naked ,
the man and his wife ,
and were not ashamed .
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Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made .
And he said unto the woman ,
Yea ,
hath God said ,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ?
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And the woman said unto the serpent ,
We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden :
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But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden ,
God hath said ,
Ye shall not eat of it ,
neither shall ye touch it ,
lest ye die .
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And the serpent said unto the woman ,
Ye shall not surely die :
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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof ,
then your eyes shall be opened ,
and ye shall be as gods ,
knowing good and evil .
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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food ,
and that it was pleasant to the eyes ,
and a tree to be desired to make one wise ,
she took of the fruit thereof ,
and did eat ,
and gave also unto her husband with her ;
and he did eat .
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And the eyes of them both were opened ,
and they knew that they were naked ;
and they sewed fig leaves together ,
and made themselves aprons .
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And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day :
and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden .
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And the LORD God called unto Adam ,
and said unto him ,
Where art thou ?
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And he said ,
I heard thy voice in the garden ,
and I was afraid ,
because I was naked ;
and I hid myself .
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And he said ,
Who told thee that thou wast naked ?
Hast thou eaten of the tree ,
whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat ?
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And the man said ,
The woman whom thou gavest to be with me ,
she gave me of the tree ,
and I did eat .
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And the LORD God said unto the woman ,
What is this that thou hast done ?
And the woman said ,
The serpent beguiled me ,
and I did eat .
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And the LORD God said unto the serpent ,
Because thou hast done this ,
thou art cursed above all cattle ,
and above every beast of the field ;
upon thy belly shalt thou go ,
and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life :
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And I will put enmity between thee and the woman ,
and between thy seed and her seed ;
it shall bruise thy head ,
and thou shalt bruise his heel .
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Unto the woman he said ,
I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ;
in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ;
and thy desire shall be to thy husband ,
and he shall rule over thee .
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And unto Adam he said ,
Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife ,
and hast eaten of the tree ,
of which I commanded thee ,
saying ,
Thou shalt not eat of it :
cursed is the ground for thy sake ;
in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ;
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Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ;
and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ;
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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread ,
till thou return unto the ground ;
for out of it wast thou taken :
for dust thou art ,
and unto dust shalt thou return .
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And Adam called his wife '
s name Eve ;
because she was the mother of all living .
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Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins ,
and clothed them .
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And the LORD God said ,
Behold ,
the man is become as one of us ,
to know good and evil :
and now ,
lest he put forth his hand ,
and take also of the tree of life ,
and eat ,
and live for ever :
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Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden ,
to till the ground from whence he was taken .
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So he drove out the man ;
and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims ,
and a flaming sword which turned every way ,
to keep the way of the tree of life .
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And Adam knew Eve his wife ;
and she conceived ,
and bare Cain ,
and said ,
I have gotten a man from the LORD .