Genesis 2
1 The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host 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 on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had 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 hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
4 This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
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.
No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground;
6 Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face 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 of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils 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.
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put 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 out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, 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 out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became 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 first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth 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 good; there is 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 Gihon; the same is it that compasseth 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.
And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. 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.
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to 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 the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest 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, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt 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; I will make him a help meet for 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 out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof.
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 the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.
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 the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof.
22 The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.
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, because she was taken out of 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.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
