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Genesis 2:4-6
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 2:4-6
Contemporary English Version
4 That's how God created the heavens and the earth.
The Garden of Eden
When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth, 5 no grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land. 6 But streams[a] came up from the ground and watered the earth.
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- 2.6 streams: Or “mist.”
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