Genesis 2

¹And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

²And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

³And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

⁴These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.

⁵And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;

⁶but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

⁷And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

⁸And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

⁹And out of the ground made Jehovah 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 the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.

¹¹The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

¹²and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

¹³And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

¹⁴And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

¹⁵And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

¹⁶And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

¹⁷but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

¹⁸And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

¹⁹And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

²⁰And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.

²¹And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

²²and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

²³And the man 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.

²⁴Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

²⁵And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 2

¹Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

²And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

³Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

⁴This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

⁵Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

⁶But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

⁷Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

⁸And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

⁹Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

¹¹The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

¹²And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

¹³The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

¹⁴The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

¹⁵Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

¹⁶And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

¹⁷but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

¹⁸The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

¹⁹And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

²⁰The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

²¹So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

²²And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

²³And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

²⁴For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

²⁵And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.