Genesis 2
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Genesis 2:8-15

8The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

9The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)

10Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams.

11The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12(The gold of that land is pure; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there).

13The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush.

14The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

15The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.

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