Genesis 2

¹And so the heavens and the earth were completed, with all their adornment.

²And 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.

³And 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.

⁴These are the generations of heaven and earth, when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made heaven and earth,

⁵and 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.

⁶But a fountain ascended from the earth, irrigating the entire surface of the land.

⁷And 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.

⁸Now the Lord God had planted a Paradise of enjoyment from the beginning. In it, he placed the man whom he had formed.

⁹And 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.

¹⁰And a river went forth from the place of enjoyment so as to irrigate Paradise, which is divided from there into four heads.

¹¹The name of one is the Phison; it is that which runs through all the land of Hevilath, where gold is born;

¹²and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is found bdellium and the onyx stone.

¹³And the name of the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the land of Ethiopia.

¹⁴Truly, the name of the third river is the Tigris; it advances opposite the Assyrians. But the fourth river, it is the Euphrates.

¹⁵Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him.

¹⁶And he instructed him, saying: “From every tree of Paradise, you shall eat.

¹⁷But 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.”

¹⁸The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”

¹⁹Therefore, 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.

²⁰And 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.

²¹And 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.

²²And the Lord God built up the rib, which he took from Adam, into a woman. And he led her to Adam.

²³And 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.”

²⁴For 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.

²⁵Now they were both naked: Adam, of course, and his wife. And they were not ashamed.

Genesis 2

¹So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.

²And 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.

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

⁴These 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:

⁵And 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.

⁶But a spring rose out of the earth, watering all the surface of the earth.

⁷And 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.

⁸And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.

⁹And 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.

¹⁰And a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.

¹¹The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.

¹²And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.

¹³And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.

¹⁴And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

¹⁵And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to dress it, and to keep it.

¹⁶And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:

¹⁷But 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.

¹⁸And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.

¹⁹And 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.

²⁰And 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.

²¹Then 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.

²²And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.

²³And 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.

²⁴Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

²⁵And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.