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Louis Segond 1910
L'Eternel Dieu dit: Il n'est pas bon que l'homme soit seul; je lui ferai une aide semblable à lui.
KJV
And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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