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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 2, Verse 5

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These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
King James Version
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground.
American Standard Version
And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;
New English Translation
Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
World English Bible
No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
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But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
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And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
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The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;
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And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.
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And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
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And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: that [is] it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] Euphrates.
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And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.