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Genesis 2:4-25 (AMP)

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⁴ This is the history of the heavens and of the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens-- ⁵ When no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the ground, ⁶ But there went up a mist (fog, vapor) from the land and watered the whole surface of the ground-- ⁷ Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being. ⁸ And the Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden ; and there He put the man whom He had formed (framed, constituted). ⁹ And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight or to be desired--good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life also in the center of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity. ¹⁰ Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four heads. ¹¹ The first is named Pishon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. ¹² The gold of that land is of high quality; bdellium (pearl?) and onyx stone are there. ¹³ The second river is named Gihon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Cush. ¹⁴ The third river is named Hiddekel ; it is the one flowing east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. ¹⁵ And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it. ¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; ¹⁷ But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die. ¹⁸ Now the Lord God said, It is not good (sufficient, satisfactory) that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him. ¹⁹ And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast and living creature of the field and every bird of the air and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them; and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was its name. ²⁰ And Adam gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him. ²¹ And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs or a part of his side and closed up the flesh. ²² And the rib or part of his side which the Lord God had taken from the man He built up and made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. ²³ Then Adam said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of a man. ²⁴ Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. ²⁵ And the man and his wife were both naked and were not embarrassed or ashamed in each other's presence.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 4) Family / Marriage / Husband / Wife - Leave parents and they will become one flesh

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 17) What is the punishment of sin? You must not eat from the tree; when you eat of it you will surely die
(v. 18) Is marriage approved or dissaproving? It is not good for the man to be alone

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 7) Genesis 2 - Creation & Recreation Recap (2011-10-02)
(v. 15) Genesis 2 - Creation & Recreation Recap (2011-10-02)
(v. 15) A Man Embraces Responsibility (2013-09-12)
(v. 16) Teach Us To Pray - Sin and Transgression (2008-09-13)
(v. 16) Genesis 2 - Creation & Recreation Recap (2011-10-02)
(v. 17) Teach Us To Pray - Sin and Transgression (2008-09-13)
(v. 17) Genesis 2 - Creation & Recreation Recap (2011-10-02)
(v. 19) Genesis 2 - Creation & Recreation Recap (2011-10-02)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 16) Sermon: Chosen to become one (2015-02-22)
(v. 17) Bible Talk: The Fall of Man (2006-04-18)
(v. 17) Sermon: Chosen to become one (2015-02-22)
(v. 18) Sermon: Chosen to become one (2015-02-22)
(v. 20) Devotional: 2015 Marriage Retreat (2015-02-21)
(v. 21) Devotional: 2015 Marriage Retreat (2015-02-21)
(v. 22) Devotional: 2015 Marriage Retreat (2015-02-21)
(v. 23) Devotional: 2015 Marriage Retreat (2015-02-21)
(v. 24) Devotional: 2015 Marriage Retreat (2015-02-21)
(v. 25) Devotional: 2015 Marriage Retreat (2015-02-21)

Definition(s):
Eden (Ee-den): pleasure; delight
Hiddekel (Hid-e-kell):