Genesis 2
1 And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
3 And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.
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.
4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
5 In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.
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.
6 But a mist went up from the earth, watering all the face of the land.
But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
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.
8 And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
9 And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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.
10 And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
11 The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
14 And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
16 And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:
And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
17 But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
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.”
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
19 And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.
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.
20 And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.
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.
21 And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:
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.
22 And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.
And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.
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.”
24 For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
25 And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.
And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
