14 And the name of the [third] river is [a]Hiddekel: this goeth toward the East side of [b]Ashshur: and the fourth river is [c]Parah)

15 ¶ Then the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might [d]dress it, and keep it.

16 And the Lord God [e]commanded the man, saying, [f]Thou shalt eat freely of every tree of the garden,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:14 Or, Tigris.
  2. Genesis 2:14 Or, Assyria.
  3. Genesis 2:14 Or, Euphrates.
  4. Genesis 2:15 God would not have man idle, though as yet there was no need to labor.
  5. Genesis 2:16 So that man might know there was a sovereign Lord, to whom he owed obedience.
  6. Genesis 2:16 Hebrew, eating thou shalt eat of.

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