Verse 9
Genesis 2:9
New Living Translation
9
The LORD God (Elohim) made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground — trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּצְמַ֞ח יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ מִן הָ֣/אֲדָמָ֔ה כָּל עֵ֛ץ נֶחְמָ֥ד לְ/מַרְאֶ֖ה וְ/ט֣וֹב לְ/מַאֲכָ֑ל וְ/עֵ֤ץ הַֽ/חַיִּים֙ בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ הַ/גָּ֔ן וְ/עֵ֕ץ הַ/דַּ֖עַת ט֥וֹב וָ/רָֽע
English Translation
And the LORD God caused to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed.
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On the seventh day God (Elohim) had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work.
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And God (Elohim) blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested...
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4
This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. <b>The Man and Woman in Eden</b> W...
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neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the LORD God (Elohim) had not yet sent...
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6
Instead, springs came up from the ground and watered all the land.
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7
Then the LORD God (Elohim) formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of lif...
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8
Then the LORD God (Elohim) planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had...
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9
The LORD God (Elohim) made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground — trees that were beautiful an...
10
A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.
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11
The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.
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12
The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there.
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The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush.
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14
The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called...
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15
The LORD God (Elohim) placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.
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16
But the LORD God (Elohim) warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden —
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except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”
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Then the LORD God (Elohim) said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who i...
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19
So the LORD God (Elohim) formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. H...
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20
He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still th...
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21
So the LORD God (Elohim) caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the LORD God...
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22
Then the LORD God (Elohim) made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
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“At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone,<br>and flesh from my flesh!<br>She wil...
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24
This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are unit...
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25
Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.
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