Genesis 2
1 The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
And the heavens and the earth were finished, and the whole world of them.
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 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.
3 God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart as holy, because he rested from all the work he'd done in creation.
And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God began to do.
4 This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
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,
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.
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.
6 Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth.
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.
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.
8 The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.
And God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom 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.
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.
10 A river flowed out from Eden to water the garden. From there it split into four branches.
And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.
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 one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, 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 good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.
13 The second branch was called the Gihon and it flowed through the whole land of Cush.
And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 The third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called the Euphrates.
And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.
And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, 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 gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden you may freely eat,
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 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.
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.”
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filled up the flesh instead thereof.
22 The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.
And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.
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 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.
24 This is the reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one being.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
