Genesis 2
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Genesis 2:9-16

9And [in that garden] the Lord God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil.

10Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [branching] rivers.

11The first [river] is named Pishon; it flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12The gold of that land is good; bdellium (a fragrant, valuable resin) and the onyx stone are found there.

13The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the entire land of Cush [in Mesopotamia].

14The third river is named Hiddekel (Tigris); it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15So the Lord God took the man [He had made] and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely (unconditionally) eat [the fruit] from every tree of the garden;

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