Genesis 2

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The Seventh Day

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

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

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

²And God finished by the seventh day His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done.

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.

³And God blessed the seventh day, and He sanctified it, because on it He ceased from all His work that God had created for making.

Man and Woman in the Garden

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

⁴These are the generations of the heavens and the earth in their being created, in the day when YHWH God made the earth and the heavens.

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.

⁵And any bush of the field had not yet come to be on the earth, and any plant of the field had not yet sprouted, for YHWH God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and man was not there to work the ground.

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

⁶And a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face 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.^a

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

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

⁸And YHWH God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and He put there the man whom 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.

⁹And YHWH God made sprout from the ground every tree that is pleasing 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.

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

¹⁰And a river went forth from Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided and became four heads:

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

¹¹The name of the one is Pishon; it is the one winding through the whole land of the Havilah, where there is the gold.

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

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

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

¹³And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one winding through the whole land of Cush.

¹⁴The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria.

And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

¹⁴And the name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one going along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river, it is the Euphrates.

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

¹⁵And YHWH God took the man and He caused him to rest in the garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it.

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

¹⁶And YHWH God placed a command upon the man, saying, “From every tree of the garden you may surely eat.

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.”

¹⁷And from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, from it you shall not eat. For in the day of your eating from it, you shall 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.”

¹⁸And YHWH God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.”

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.

¹⁹And YHWH God formed from the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens, and He brought them to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called it—each living soul—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^a no suitable helper was found.

²⁰And the man called names to all the livestock, and to the bird of the heavens, and to every beast of the field. And for the man there was not found a helper as his counterpart.

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^a and closed up the area with flesh.

²¹And YHWH God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept, and He took one from his sides, and He closed up the flesh in its place.

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

²²And YHWH God built the side—which He had taken from the man—into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

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.”

²³And the man said, “This at last is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh; for this shall be called ‘Woman,’ because out of Man this 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.^a

²⁴Upon thus a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

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

²⁵And the two of them were naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.