The Message

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            <div class="label">2</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Heaven and Earth were finished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.2.1"><span class="content">down to the last detail.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="label">2-4</span><span class="content">By the seventh day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="content">God had finished his work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="content">On the seventh day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="content">he rested from all his work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="content">God blessed the seventh day.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="content">He made it a Holy Day</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="content">Because on that day he rested from his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="content">all the creating God had done.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="content">This is the story of how it all started,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="content">of Heaven and Earth when they were created.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Adam and Eve</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4" data-usfm="GEN.2.2+GEN.2.3+GEN.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5 v6 v7" data-usfm="GEN.2.5+GEN.2.6+GEN.2.7"><span class="label">5-7</span><span class="content">At the time </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground&#8212;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> hadn&#8217;t yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)&#8212;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God </span></span><span class="content">formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive&#8212;a living soul!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5 v6 v7" data-usfm="GEN.2.5+GEN.2.6+GEN.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8 v9" data-usfm="GEN.2.8+GEN.2.9"><span class="label">8-9</span><span class="content">Then </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8 v9" data-usfm="GEN.2.8+GEN.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10 v11 v12 v13 v14" data-usfm="GEN.2.10+GEN.2.11+GEN.2.12+GEN.2.13+GEN.2.14"><span class="label">10-14</span><span class="content">A river flows out of Eden to water the garden and from there divides into four rivers. The first is named Pishon; it flows through Havilah where there is gold. The gold of this land is good. The land is also known for a sweet-scented resin and the onyx stone. The second river is named Gihon; it flows through the land of Cush. The third river is named Hiddekel and flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10 v11 v12 v13 v14" data-usfm="GEN.2.10+GEN.2.11+GEN.2.12+GEN.2.13+GEN.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16 v17" data-usfm="GEN.2.16+GEN.2.17"><span class="label">16-17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> commanded the Man, &#8220;You can eat from any tree in the garden, except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don&#8217;t eat from it. The moment you eat from that tree, you&#8217;re dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16 v17" data-usfm="GEN.2.16+GEN.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="GEN.2.18+GEN.2.19+GEN.2.20"><span class="label">18-20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;It&#8217;s not good for the Man to be alone; I&#8217;ll make him a helper, a companion.&#8221; So </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn&#8217;t find a suitable companion.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20" data-usfm="GEN.2.18+GEN.2.19+GEN.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21 v22" data-usfm="GEN.2.21+GEN.2.22"><span class="label">21-22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21 v22" data-usfm="GEN.2.21+GEN.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="GEN.2.23+GEN.2.24+GEN.2.25"><span class="label">23-25</span><span class="content">The Man said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="GEN.2.23+GEN.2.24+GEN.2.25"><span class="content">&#8220;Finally! Bone of my bone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="GEN.2.23+GEN.2.24+GEN.2.25"><span class="content">flesh of my flesh!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="GEN.2.23+GEN.2.24+GEN.2.25"><span class="content">Name her Woman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="GEN.2.23+GEN.2.24+GEN.2.25"><span class="content">for she was made from Man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="GEN.2.23+GEN.2.24+GEN.2.25"><span class="content">Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23 v24 v25" data-usfm="GEN.2.23+GEN.2.24+GEN.2.25"><span class="content">The two of them, the Man and his Wife, were naked, but they felt no shame.</span></span></div>
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Heaven and Earth were finished,
down to the last detail.

By the seventh day
God had finished his work.
On the seventh day
he rested from all his work.
God blessed the seventh day.
He made it a Holy Day
Because on that day he rested from his work,
all the creating God had done.

This is the story of how it all started,
of Heaven and Earth when they were created.

At the time GOD made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground—GOD hadn’t yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)—GOD formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
Then GOD planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. GOD made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
A river flows out of Eden to water the garden and from there divides into four rivers. The first is named Pishon; it flows through Havilah where there is gold. The gold of this land is good. The land is also known for a sweet-scented resin and the onyx stone. The second river is named Gihon; it flows through the land of Cush. The third river is named Hiddekel and flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
GOD took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.
GOD commanded the Man, “You can eat from any tree in the garden, except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don’t eat from it. The moment you eat from that tree, you’re dead.”
GOD said, “It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion.” So GOD formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn’t find a suitable companion.
GOD put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. GOD then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.

The Man said,
“Finally! Bone of my bone,
flesh of my flesh!
Name her Woman
for she was made from Man.”
Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh.
The two of them, the Man and his Wife, were naked, but they felt no shame.

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