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Genesis 2:8

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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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  1. Genesis 2:6

    But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

  2. Genesis 2:7

    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.

  3. Genesis 2:9

    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.

  4. Genesis 2:10

    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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