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Then God made the wild animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that moves upon the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Then God said, "Let Us make man like Us and let him be head over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every thing that moves on the ground."

And God made man in His own likeness. In the likeness of God He made him. He made both male and female.

And God wanted good to come to them, saying, "Give birth to many. Grow in number. Fill the earth and rule over it. Rule over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Then God said, "See, I have given you every plant that gives seeds that is on the earth, and every tree that has fruit that gives seeds. They will be food for you.

God saw all that He had made and it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

On the seventh day God ended His work which He had done. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Then God honored the seventh day and made it holy, because in it He rested from all His work which He had done.

This is the story of the heavens and the earth when they were made, in the day the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Now no bush of the field was yet on the earth. And no plant of the field had started to grow. For the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth. And there was no man to work the ground.

Then the Lord God made man from the dust of the ground. And He breathed into his nose the breath of life. Man became a living being.

The Lord God planted a garden to the east in Eden. He put the man there whom He had made.

And the Lord God made to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasing to the eyes and good for food. And He made the tree of life grow in the center of the garden, and the tree of learning of good and bad.

Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work the ground and care for it.

The Lord God told the man, "You are free to eat from any tree of the garden.

Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper that is right for him."

Out of the ground the Lord God made every animal of the field and every bird of the sky. He brought them to the man to find out what he would call them. And whatever the man called a living thing, that was its name.

So the Lord God put the man to sleep as if he were dead. And while he was sleeping, He took one of the bones from his side and closed up the place with flesh.

The Lord God made woman from the bone which He had taken from the man. And He brought her to the man.

Now the snake was more able to fool others than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say that you should not eat from any tree in the garden?"