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Genesis 2:4 — compare English translations

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    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,
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    These the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens,

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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