Genesis 2
1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and the whole world of them.
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made.
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 blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God began to do.
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 This [is] the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth,
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
5 and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.
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 there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth.
But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 And God formed the man [of] dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the 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 God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom he had formed.
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
9 And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning 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 proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
11 The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, 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 also is carbuncle and emerald.
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
13 And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
14 And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. 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 whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep 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 a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden you may freely eat,
And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—of it you shall not eat, but in whatever day you eat of it, you shall surely die.
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 that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable 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 God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it.
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 Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all the birds of the sky, and to all the wild beasts of the field, but for Adam there was not found a help like to himself.
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 God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filled up the flesh instead thereof.
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 God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.
And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
23 And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of her husband.
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 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall 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.
And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
