Genesis 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Therfor heuenes and erthe ben maad perfit, and al the ournement of tho.
2 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
And God fillide in the seuenthe dai his werk which he made; and he restide in the seuenthe dai fro al his werk which he hadde maad;
3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
and he blesside the seuenthe dai, and halewide it; for in that dai God ceesside of al his werk which he made of nouyt, that he schulde make.
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
These ben the generaciouns of heuene and of erthe, in the day wherynne the Lord God made heuene and erthe,
5 Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
and ech litil tre of erthe bifore that it sprong out in erthe; and he made ech erbe of the feeld bifore that it buriownede. For the Lord God had not reyned on erthe, and no man was that wrouyte erthe;
6 But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
but a welle stiede out of the erthe, and moistide al the hiyere part of erthe.
7 Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Therfor the Lord God formede man of the sliym of erthe, and brethide in to his face the brething of lijf; and man was maad in to a lyuynge soule.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settide man whom he hadde formed.
9 Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
And the Lord God brouyte forth of the erthe ech tre fair in siyt, and swete to ete; also he brouyte forth the tre of lijf in the middis of paradis, and the tre of kunnyng of good and of yuel.
10 Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
And a ryuer yede out fro the place of likyng to moyste paradis, which ryuer is departid fro thennus in to foure heedis.
11 The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
The name of the o ryuer is Fyson, thilke it is that cumpassith al the lond of Euilath, where gold cometh forth,
12 And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
and the gold of that lond is the beste, and there is foundun delium, that is, a tree of spicerie, and the stoon onychyn;
13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
and the name to the secounde ryuer is Gyon, thilke it is that cumpassith al the loond of Ethiopie;
14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
forsothe the name of the thridde ryuer is Tigris, thilke goith ayens Assiriens; sotheli the fourthe ryuer is thilke Eufrates.
15 Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
Therfor the Lord God took man, and settide hym in paradis of likyng, that he schulde worche and kepe it.
16 And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
And God comaundide to hym and seide, Ete thou of ech tre of paradis;
17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
forsothe ete thou not of the tre of kunnyng of good and of yuel; for in what euere dai thou schalt ete therof, thou schalt die bi deeth.
18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
And the Lord God seide, It is not good that a man be aloone, make we to hym an help lijk to hym silf.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
Therfor whanne alle lyuynge beestis of erthe, and alle the volatils of heuene weren formed of erthe, the Lord God brouyte tho to Adam, that he schulde se what he schulde clepe tho; for al thing that Adam clepide of lyuynge soule, thilke is the name therof.
20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
And Adam clepide bi her names alle lyuynge thingis, and alle volatils, and alle vnresonable beestis of erthe. Forsothe to Adam was not foundun an helpere lijk hym.
21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
Therfore the Lord God sente sleep in to Adam, and whanne he slepte, God took oon of hise ribbis, and fillide fleisch for it.
22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
And the Lord God bildide the rib which he hadde take fro Adam in to a womman, and brouyte hir to Adam.
23 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
And Adam seide, This is now a boon of my boonys, and fleisch of my fleisch; this schal be clepid virago, `for she is takun of man.
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Wherfor a man schal forsake fadir and modir, and schal cleue to his wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.
25 And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
Forsothe euer eithir was nakid, that is, Adam and his wijf, and thei weren not aschamed.
