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Genesis 2:4-6
Good News Translation
Genesis 2:4-6
Good News Translation
4 And that is how the universe was created.
The Garden of Eden
When the Lord[a] God made the universe, 5 there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land; 6 but water would come up from beneath the surface and water the ground.
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- Genesis 2:4 Where the Hebrew text has Yahweh, traditionally transliterated as Jehovah, this translation employs Lord with capital letters, following a usage which is widespread in English versions.
Genesis 2:4-6
New International Version
Genesis 2:4-6
New International Version
Adam and Eve
4 This is the account(A) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,(B) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,(C) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth(D) and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
- Genesis 2:6 Or mist
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