Genesis 2
1 That is the way God created the heavens and the earth.
Thus were finished the heavens and the earth and all their host.
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.
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 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 God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, —because therein, rested he from all his work which God, by creating, had 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 geneses of the heavens and the earth when they were created, —in the day when Yahweh God made earth and heavens.
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.
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 Instead, mist rose up from the ground, so that it watered the surface of the ground.
but, a vapour, went up from the earth, —and watered all the face of the ground.
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.
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 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 Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, on the east, —and put there the 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 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 from Eden to provide water for the park/garden. Outside of Eden, the river divided into four rivers.
Now, a river, was coming forth out of Eden, to water the garden, —and, from thence, it parted, and became 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 Pishon, —the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Havilah, where is gold;
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.
moreover the gold of that land, is good, —there, is the bdellium, and the beryl 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 Gihon, —the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Cush,
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 Hiddekel, the same, is that which goeth in front of Assyria; 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.
So Yahweh God took the man, —and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till 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 Yahweh God laid command on the man, saying, —Of every tree of the garden, thou mayest eat;
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 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 Yahweh God said, It is, not good, that the man should remain alone, —I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.
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.
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 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.
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 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].
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 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 Yahweh God builded the rib which he had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her in unto the man.
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 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 [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.
For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25 Although the man and his wife were naked, they were not ashamed about that.
And they were both of them naked, the man and his wife, —and put not each other to shame.
