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Genesis 2:4-6
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Genesis 2:4-6
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
Another Account of the Creation
In the day that the Lord[a] 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 one to till the ground; 6 but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground—
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- Genesis 2:4 Heb YHWH, as in other places where ‘Lord’ is spelled with capital letters (see also Ex 3.14–15 with notes).
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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