Genesis 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
And so the heavens and the earth were completed, with all their adornment.
2 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 made.
And on the seventh day, God fulfilled his work, which he had made. And on the seventh day he rested from all his work, which he had accomplished.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
And he blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. For in it, he had ceased from all his work: the work whereby God created whatever he should make.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
These are the generations of heaven and earth, when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made heaven and earth,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
and every sapling of the field, before it would rise up in the land, and every wild plant, before it would germinate. For the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the land.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
But a fountain ascended from the earth, irrigating the entire surface of the land.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and 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 formed.
Now the Lord God had planted a Paradise of enjoyment from the beginning. In it, he placed the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
And from the soil the Lord God produced every tree that was beautiful to behold and pleasant to eat. And even the tree of life was in the midst of Paradise, and 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 was parted, and became into four heads.
And a river went forth from the place of enjoyment so as to irrigate Paradise, which is divided from there into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: which goest around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
The name of one is the Phison; it is that which runs through all the land of Hevilath, where gold is born;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is found bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same that goest around the whole land of Cush.
And the name of the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: which floweth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Truly, the name of the third river is the Tigris; it advances opposite the Assyrians. But the fourth river, it is the Euphrates.
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to tend it and to keep it.
Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
And he instructed him, saying: “From every tree of Paradise, you shall eat.
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt surely die.
But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death.”
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was its name.
Therefore, the Lord God, having formed from the soil all the animals of the earth and all the flying creatures of the air, brought them to Adam, in order to see what he would call them. For whatever Adam would call any living creature, that would be its name.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowls of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
And Adam called each of the living things by their names: all the flying creatures of the air, and all the wild beasts of the land. Yet truly, for Adam, there was not found a helper similar to himself.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place;
And so the Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam. And when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and he completed it with flesh for it.
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, he made a woman, and brought her to the man.
And the Lord God built up the rib, which he took from Adam, into a woman. And he led her to Adam.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
And Adam said: “Now this is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. This one shall be called woman, because she was taken from man.”
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Now they were both naked: Adam, of course, and his wife. And they were not ashamed.
