Genesis 2
1 Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Therfor heuenes and erthe ben maad perfit, and al the ournement of tho.
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 fillide in the seuenthe dai his werk which he made; and he restide in the seuenthe dai fro al his werk which he hadde maad;
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 he blesside the seuenthe dai, and halewide it; for in that dai God ceesside of al his werk which he made of nouyt, that he schulde make.
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,
These ben the generaciouns of heuene and of erthe, in the day wherynne the Lord God made heuene and erthe,
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 ech litil tre of erthe bifore that it sprong out in erthe; and he made ech erbe of the feeld bifore that it buriownede. For the Lord God had not reyned on erthe, and no man was that wrouyte erthe;
6 But a myst went vp from the earth, and watered all the earth.
but a welle stiede out of the erthe, and moistide al the hiyere part of erthe.
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.
Therfor the Lord God formede man of the sliym of erthe, and brethide in to his face the brething of lijf; and man was maad in to a lyuynge soule.
8 And the Lord God planted a garden Eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had made.
Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settide man whom he hadde 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 the Lord God brouyte forth of the erthe ech tre fair in siyt, and swete to ete; also he brouyte forth the tre of lijf in the middis of paradis, and the tre of kunnyng of good and of yuel.
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 ryuer yede out fro the place of likyng to moyste paradis, which ryuer is departid fro thennus in to foure heedis.
11 The name of one is Pishon: the same compasseth the whole land of Hauilah, where is golde.
The name of the o ryuer is Fyson, thilke it is that cumpassith al the lond of Euilath, where gold cometh forth,
12 And the golde of that land is good: there is Bdelium, and the Onix stone.
and the gold of that lond is the beste, and there is foundun delium, that is, a tree of spicerie, and the stoon onychyn;
13 And the name of the seconde riuer is Gihon: the same compasseth the whole lande of Cush.
and the name to the secounde ryuer is Gyon, thilke it is that cumpassith al the loond of Ethiopie;
14 The name also of the third riuer is Hiddekel: this goeth toward the Eastside of Asshur: and the fourth riuer is Perath)
forsothe the name of the thridde ryuer is Tigris, thilke goith ayens Assiriens; sotheli the fourthe ryuer is thilke Eufrates.
15 Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe it.
Therfor the Lord God took man, and settide hym in paradis of likyng, that he schulde worche and kepe it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Thou shalt eate freely of euery tree of the garden,
And God comaundide to hym and seide, Ete thou of ech tre of paradis;
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.
forsothe ete thou not of the tre of kunnyng of good and of yuel; for in what euere dai thou schalt ete therof, thou schalt die bi deeth.
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 seide, It is not good that a man be aloone, make we to hym an help lijk to hym silf.
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.
Therfor whanne alle lyuynge beestis of erthe, and alle the volatils of heuene weren formed of erthe, the Lord God brouyte tho to Adam, that he schulde se what he schulde clepe tho; for al thing that Adam clepide of lyuynge soule, thilke is the name therof.
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 clepide bi her names alle lyuynge thingis, and alle volatils, and alle vnresonable beestis of erthe. Forsothe to Adam was not foundun an helpere lijk hym.
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.
Therfore the Lord God sente sleep in to Adam, and whanne he slepte, God took oon of hise ribbis, and fillide fleisch for it.
22 And the ribbe which the Lord God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her to the man.
And the Lord God bildide the rib which he hadde take fro Adam in to a womman, and brouyte hir 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 seide, This is now a boon of my boonys, and fleisch of my fleisch; this schal be clepid virago, `for she is takun of man.
24 Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
Wherfor a man schal forsake fadir and modir, and schal cleue to his wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Forsothe euer eithir was nakid, that is, Adam and his wijf, and thei weren not aschamed.
