< Genesis 2 >

1 And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.
The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
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.
By the time the seventh day came, God had finished the work he'd done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work he'd been doing.
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.
God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart as holy, because he rested from all the work he'd done in creation.
4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
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.
Up to this point there were no wild plants or crops growing on the earth, because the Lord God hadn't sent rain, and there was no one to cultivate the ground.
6 But a mist went up from the earth, watering all the face of the land.
Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
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.
The Lord God shaped the man Adam from the dust of the ground. He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and Adam 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.
The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.
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.
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow in the garden, beautiful trees and trees producing fruit that's good to eat. The tree of life was in the middle of the garden, along with 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.
A river flowed out from Eden to water the garden. From there it split into four branches.
11 The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.
The first branch was called the Pishon and it flowed through the whole land of Havilah, where gold is found.
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
(The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
The second branch was called the Gihon and it flowed 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 third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called 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.
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.
16 And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:
The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in 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, because the day you eat from it you are certain to 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
Then the Lord God said, “It's not good for Adam to be alone. I will make someone to help him, someone that's like him.”
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.
The Lord God used the ground to make all the wild animals, and all the birds. He took them all to Adam to see what he would call them, and Adam named every living creature.
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.
Adam gave names to all the livestock, all the birds, and all the wild animals. But Adam didn't find anyone like him who could help him.
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 put Adam into a deep sleep and as he slept the Lord God removed one of Adam's ribs and closed up the place where he took it with body tissue.
22 And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.
The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.
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.
“Finally!” said Adam. “Here is bone from my bone and flesh from my flesh. She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.”
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.
This is the reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one being.
25 And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.
Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.

< Genesis 2 >