Genesis 2
1 The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
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 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
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 history of 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.
This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till 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 a mist went 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 The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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 The LORD 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 Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life 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 A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, 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: it flows through 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. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.
(The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
13 The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
The second branch was called the Gihon and it flowed through the whole land of Cush.
14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
The third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called the Euphrates.
15 The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.
16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,
17 but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; 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 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to 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 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became 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 The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to 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 The LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its 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 The LORD God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, 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 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she 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 they will be 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 The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
