Genesis 2
1 So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his 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 he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
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 created, in the day that 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 plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.
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 spring rose out of the earth, watering all the surface of the earth.
But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face 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 had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed 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 the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of 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 the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided 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 is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.
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 very good: there is found 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 Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.
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: the same passeth along by 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 man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to dress it, and to keep it.
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
16 And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:
And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.
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 man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.
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 the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is 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 Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not found a helper like 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 Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.
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 Lord God built 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 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 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in 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 they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.
And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
