The Lord God planted a (A)garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God caused (B)every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; (C)the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:10 Lit was going out
  2. Genesis 2:10 Lit heads

Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(A) and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees(B) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life(C) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(D)

10 A river(E) watering the garden flowed from Eden;(F) from there it was separated into four headwaters.

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