Genesis 2
1 The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
And so the heavens and the earth were completed, with all their adornment.
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 on the seventh day, God fulfilled his work, which he had made. And on the seventh day he rested from all his work, which he had accomplished.
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 he blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. For in it, he had ceased from all his work: the work whereby God created whatever he should make.
4 This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
These are the generations of heaven and earth, when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made heaven and 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 sapling of the field, before it would rise up in the land, and every wild plant, before it would germinate. For the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the land.
6 Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
But a fountain ascended from the earth, irrigating the entire surface of the land.
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 then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and 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.
Now the Lord God had planted a Paradise of enjoyment from the beginning. In it, he placed 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 from the soil the Lord God produced every tree that was beautiful to behold and pleasant to eat. And even the tree of life was in the midst of Paradise, 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.
And a river went forth from the place of enjoyment so as to irrigate Paradise, which is divided from there 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 one is the Phison; it is that which runs through all the land of Hevilath, where gold is born;
12 (The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is found bdellium and the onyx stone.
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 the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the 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.
Truly, the name of the third river is the Tigris; it advances opposite the Assyrians. But the fourth river, it is the Euphrates.
15 The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.
Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him.
16 The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,
And he instructed him, saying: “From every tree of Paradise, you shall 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 from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death.”
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. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”
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.
Therefore, the Lord God, having formed from the soil all the animals of the earth and all the flying creatures of the air, brought them to Adam, in order to see what he would call them. For whatever Adam would call any living creature, that would be 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.
And Adam called each of the living things by their names: all the flying creatures of the air, and all the wild beasts of the land. Yet truly, for Adam, there was not found a helper similar 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 so the Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam. And when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and he completed it with flesh for it.
22 The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.
And the Lord God built up the rib, which he took from Adam, into a woman. And he led 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: “Now this is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. This one shall be called woman, because she was taken from man.”
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 shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
Now they were both naked: Adam, of course, and his wife. And they were not ashamed.
