Genesis 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.
The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
2 And on the sixth day God finished his works which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his works which he had made.
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.
3 So God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested on it from all his works which God had created and made.
God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart as holy, because he rested from all the work he'd done in creation.
4 This is the account of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, at the time when God made the earth and the heavens.
This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
5 Now no bush of the field was yet in the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted; for God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there were no people to cultivate the ground,
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.
6 but springs came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
7 And God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
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.
8 And God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.
9 And out of the ground God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it separated and became the source of four rivers.
A river flowed out from Eden to water the garden. From there it split into four branches.
11 The name of the first is Pishon; this is the one which goes around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
The first branch was called the Pishon and it flowed through the whole land of Havilah, where gold is found.
12 and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.
(The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon; it goes around the whole land of Cush.
The second branch was called the Gihon and it flowed through the whole land of Cush.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel; this is the one which flows east of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Perath.
The third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called the Euphrates.
15 And God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and take care of it.
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.
16 And God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
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.”
18 And God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
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.”
19 And out of the ground God formed every tame animal, and every wild animal, and every flying creature of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
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.
20 And the man gave names to all the tame animals, and to all the flying creatures of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.
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.
21 So God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place.
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.
22 And the rib that God had taken from the man he fashioned into a woman and brought her to the man.
The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.
23 And the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because this one was taken out of Man."
“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.”
24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
This is the reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one being.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
