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Genesis 2:11-17 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

11. The name of one is the Phison; it is that which runs through all the land of Hevilath, where gold is born;

12. and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is found bdellium and the onyx stone.

13. And the name of the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the land of Ethiopia.

14. Truly, the name of the third river is the Tigris; it advances opposite the Assyrians. But the fourth river, it is the Euphrates.

15. Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him.

16. And he instructed him, saying: "From every tree of Paradise, you shall eat.

17. But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death."

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