Genesis 2:4-9

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Adam and Eve

⁴This is the account^(A) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,^(B) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

⁵Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth^[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,^(C) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth^(D) and there was no one to work the ground, ⁶but streams^[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. ⁷Then the Lord God formed^(E) a man^[c]^(F) from the dust^(G) of the ground^(H) and breathed into his nostrils the breath^(I) of life,^(J) and the man became a living being.^(K)

⁸Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;^(L) and there he put the man he had formed. ⁹The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees^(M) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life^(N) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.^(O)

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Footnotes

Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
Genesis 2:6 Or mist
Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

Job 38:4-11

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⁴“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?^(A)
    Tell me, if you understand.^(B)
⁵Who marked off its dimensions?^(C) Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line^(D) across it?
⁶On what were its footings set,^(E)
    or who laid its cornerstone^(F)—
⁷while the morning stars^(G) sang together^(H)
    and all the angels^[a]^(I) shouted for joy?^(J)

⁸“Who shut up the sea behind doors^(K)
    when it burst forth from the womb,^(L)
⁹when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,^(M)
¹⁰when I fixed limits for it^(N)
    and set its doors and bars in place,^(O)
¹¹when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;^(P)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?^(Q)

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Footnotes

Job 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God

John 1:1-5

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The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word,^(A) and the Word was with God,^(B) and the Word was God.^(C) ²He was with God in the beginning.^(D) ³Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.^(E) ⁴In him was life,^(F) and that life was the light^(G) of all mankind. ⁵The light shines in the darkness,^(H) and the darkness has not overcome^[a] it.^(I)