Genesis 2
1 The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 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.
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 God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart as holy, because he rested from all the work he'd done in creation.
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 account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens 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 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.
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 Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 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.
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 The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
9 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.
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 A river flowed out from Eden to water the garden. From there it split into four branches.
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
11 The first branch was called the Pishon and it flowed through the whole land of Havilah, where gold is found.
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12 (The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
13 The second branch was called the Gihon and it flowed through the whole land of Cush.
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
14 The third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called the 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 The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
16 The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,
And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
17 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.”
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 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.”
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
19 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented 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 “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.”
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 This is the reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one being.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
