Genesis 2
1 That is the way God created the heavens and the earth.
So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.
2 By the time it was the seventh day, God had finished the work of creating everything, so he did not work any more on that day.
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
3 God blessed each seventh day, and he set those days apart to be special days, because on the seventh day God did not work any more, after finishing all his work of creating everything.
And he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4 That is how God created the heavens and the earth. God, whose name is Yahweh, made the heavens and the earth.
These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth:
5 At first there were no plants growing, because Yahweh God had not yet caused rain to fall on the ground. Furthermore, there was no one to till the ground for planting crops.
And every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.
6 Instead, mist rose up from the ground, so that it watered the surface of the ground.
But a spring rose out of the earth, watering all the surface of the earth.
7 Then Yahweh God took some soil and formed a man. He breathed into the man’s nostrils his own breath that gives life, and as a result the man became a living person.
And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
8 Yahweh God made a park/garden in a place named Eden, which was east of the land of Canaan, and he put there the man that he had created.
And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.
9 Yahweh God also put there every kind of tree that is beautiful to see and that produced fruit that was good to eat. He also placed in the middle of the park/garden a tree [whose fruit would enable those who ate it] to live forever. He also placed there another tree whose fruit would enable those who ate it to know what actions were good [to do] and what actions were evil [to do].
And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 A river flowed from Eden to provide water for the park/garden. Outside of Eden, the river divided into four rivers.
And a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.
11 The name of the first river is Pishon. That river flows through all the land of Havilah, where there is gold.
The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.
12 That gold (is very pure/has no impurities in it). There is [also a sweet-smelling gum called] bdellium, and valuable stones called onyx.
And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.
13 The name of the second river is Gihon. That river flows through all the land of Cain.
And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.
14 The name of the third river is Tigris. It flows east of [the city of] Asshur. The name of the fourth river is Euphrates.
And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 Yahweh God took the man and put him in Eden park/garden to till/cultivate it and take care of it.
And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to dress it, and to keep it.
16 But Yahweh said to him, “You must not eat the fruit of the tree that will enable you to know what actions are good to do and what actions are evil to do. If you eat any fruit from that tree, on that day your relationship with me will end. But I will permit you to eat the fruit of any of the other trees in the park/garden.”
And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:
But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.
18 Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for this man to be alone. So I will make someone who will be a suitable partner for him.”
And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.
19 Yahweh God had taken some soil and had formed from it all kinds of animals and birds, and he brought them to the man to hear what names he would give them.
And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.
20 Then the man gave names to all the kinds of livestock and birds and wild animals, but none of these creatures was a partner that was suitable for the man.
And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not found a helper like himself.
21 So Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, Yahweh took out one of the man’s ribs. Then he immediately closed the opening in his body [and healed it].
Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.
22 Yahweh then made a woman from the rib that he had taken from the man’s body, and he brought her to the man.
And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.
23 The man exclaimed, “[Wow]! This is truly (someone like me/what I was looking for!) She is truly from my bones and from my flesh. So I will call her woman, because she was taken from me, a 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 man.
24 [The first woman was taken from the man’s body, ] so that is why when a man and a woman marry, they must leave their parents. The man will join very closely to his wife, so that the two of them will be as though they are one person.
Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
25 Although the man and his wife were naked, they were not ashamed about that.
And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.
