17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (A)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[a] of it you (B)shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; (C)I will make him a helper fit for[b] him.” 19 (D)Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed[c] every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and (E)brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:17 Or when you eat
  2. Genesis 2:18 Or corresponding to; also verse 20
  3. Genesis 2:19 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed

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