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Genesis 2: 8-11: The Second Chapter Of Genesis

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God does not work because He has to, in fact working energizes Him more than anything! He could have created the world with the snap of his fingers, but he took time to create his masterpiece because he found delight in it. The second chapter of Genesis also shows that God not only works on his masterpiece to create it, but continues to work on it to provide for it. In Genesis 2:8-10 it shows that God did not just supply the earth with an eternal amount of food, but he provided sources like the Garden of Eden and the four dividing rivers to feed that garden and make the harvest plentiful. God even provided the earth with people to carry out His will for it. God created Adam from soil, Eve from Adam's rib and they were commanded to "fill the
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