< Genesis 2 >

1 Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
And the heavens and the earth were finished, and the whole world of them.
2 For in the seuenth day GOD ended his worke which he had made, and the seuenth day he rested from al his worke, which he had made.
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 So God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God had created and made.
And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God began to do.
4 These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heauens,
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 And euery plant of the fielde, before it was in the earth, and euery herbe of the field, before it grewe: for the Lord God had not caused it to raine vpon the earth, neither was there a man to till 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 But a myst went vp from the earth, and watered all the earth.
But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth.
7 The Lord God also made the man of the dust of the grounde, and breathed in his face breath of life, and the man was a liuing soule.
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 And the Lord God planted a garden Eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had made.
And God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom he had formed.
9 (For out of the ground made the Lord God to grow euery tree pleasant to the sight, and good for meate: the tree of life also in the mids of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and of euill.
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 And out of Eden went a riuer to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heads.
And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.
11 The name of one is Pishon: the same compasseth the whole land of Hauilah, where is golde.
The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, where there is gold.
12 And the golde of that land is good: there is Bdelium, and the Onix stone.
And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.
13 And the name of the seconde riuer is Gihon: the same compasseth the whole lande of Cush.
And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 The name also of the third riuer is Hiddekel: this goeth toward the Eastside of Asshur: and the fourth riuer is Perath)
And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe 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 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Thou shalt eate freely of euery tree of 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 of the tree of knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die the death.
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 Also the Lord God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for 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 So the Lord God formed of the earth euery beast of the fielde, and euery foule of the heauen, and brought them vnto the man to see howe he would call them: for howsoeuer the man named the liuing creature, so was the name thereof.
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 The man therefore gaue names vnto all cattell, and to the foule of the heauen, and to euery beast of the fielde: but for Adam founde he not an helpe meete for 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 Therefore the Lord God caused an heauie sleepe to fall vpon the man, and he slept: and he tooke one of his ribbes, and closed vp the flesh in steade thereof.
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 And the ribbe which the Lord God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her to the man.
And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.
23 Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe 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 Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

< Genesis 2 >