Genesis 2
1 The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
Thus were finished the heavens and the earth and all their host.
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.
Thus God finished, on the seventh day his work which he had made, and 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 therein, rested he from all his work which God, by 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 geneses of the heavens and the earth when they were created, —in the day when Yahweh God made earth and heavens.
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 bush of the field, as yet—was in the earth, and, no herb of the field, as yet had sprung up, —because Yahweh God had not sent rain on the earth, and, man, was there none to till the ground;
6 Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
but, a vapour, went up from the earth, —and watered all the 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.
So then Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in 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 Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, on the east, —and put 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 Yahweh God, caused to spring up, out of the ground, every tree pleasant to the sight and good for food, —and the tree of life, 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.
Now, a river, was coming forth out of Eden, to water the garden, —and, from thence, it 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 one, is Pishon, —the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Havilah, where is gold;
12 (The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
moreover the gold of that land, is good, —there, is the bdellium, and the beryl 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 that which surroundeth all the 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 Hiddekel, the same, is that which goeth in front of Assyria; 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.
So Yahweh God took the man, —and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keep it.
16 The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,
And Yahweh God laid command on the man, saying, —Of every tree of the garden, thou mayest 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 thou eatest thereof, thou shalt 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 Yahweh God said, It is, not good, that the man should remain alone, —I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.
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.
Now Yahweh God had formed from the ground every living thing of the field and every bird of the heavens, which he brought in unto the man, that he might see what he should call it, —and, whatsoever the man should call it—any living soul, that, should 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.
So the man gave names to all the tame-beasts, and to the birds of the heavens, and to all the wild-beasts of the field, —but, for man, had there not been found a helper as his counterpart.
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 Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept, —and he took one of his ribs, and closed up flesh instead thereof.
22 The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.
And Yahweh God builded the rib which he had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her in 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, one, now, is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh! This, one shall be called Woman, for, out of a man, hath this one been 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 cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
And they were both of them naked, the man and his wife, —and put not each other to shame.
