Genesis 2:9-17
New American Standard Bible
9 Out of the ground the Lord God caused (A)every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; (B)the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Now a (C)river [a]flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [b]rivers. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it [c]flows around the whole land of (D)Havilah, where there is gold. 12 The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there as well. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it [d]flows around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is [e](E)Tigris; it [f]flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the [g](F)Euphrates.
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. 16 The Lord God (G)commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not [h]eat, for on the day that you eat from it (H)you will certainly die.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Genesis 2:10 Lit was going out
- Genesis 2:10 Lit heads
- Genesis 2:11 Lit surrounds
- Genesis 2:13 Lit is the one surrounding
- Genesis 2:14 Heb Hiddekel
- Genesis 2:14 Lit is the one going
- Genesis 2:14 Heb Perath
- Genesis 2:17 Lit eat from it
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