| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. | 1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. |
| 2And 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. | 2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. |
| 3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. | 3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. |
| 4This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, | 4These 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, |
| 5before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; | 5And 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. |
| 6but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. | 6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. |
| 7And 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 being. | 7And 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. |
| 8The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. | 8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. |
| 9And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. | 9And 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. |
| 10Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. | 10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. |
| 11The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. | 11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; |
| 12And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. | 12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. |
| 13The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. | 13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. |
| 14The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. | 14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. |
| 15Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. | 15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. |
| 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; | 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: |
| 17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” | 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. |
| 18And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” | 18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. |
| 19Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. | 19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. |
| 20So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. | 20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. |
| 21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. | 21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; |
| 22Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. | 22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. |
| 23And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” | 23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. |
| 24Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. | 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. |
| 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. | 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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