Genesis, 2
1. Thus heaven and earth were completed with all their array.
1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2. On the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing. He rested on the seventh day after all the work he had been doing.
2. And 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.
3. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day he rested after all his work of creating.
3. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation.
4. Such was the story of heaven and earth as they were created. At the time when Yahweh God made earth and heaven
4. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5. there was as yet no wild bush on the earth nor had any wild plant yet sprung up, for Yahweh God had not sent rain on the earth, nor was there any man to till the soil.
5. when 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 upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground;
6. Instead, water flowed out of the ground and watered all the surface of the soil.
6. but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground --
7. Yahweh God shaped man from the soil of the ground and blew the breath of life into his nostrils, and man became a living being.
7. then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
8. Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned.
8. And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9. From the soil, Yahweh God caused to grow every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
9. And out of the ground the LORD God made 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.
10. A river flowed from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided to make four streams.
10. A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.
11. The first is named the Pishon, and this winds all through the land of Havilah where there is gold.
11. The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12. The gold of this country is pure; bdellium and cornelian stone are found there.
12. and the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.
13. The second river is named the Gihon, and this winds all through the land of Cush.
13. The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Cush.
14. The third river is named the Tigris, and this flows to the east of Ashur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
14. And the name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15. Yahweh God took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden to cultivate and take care of it.
15. The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
16. Then Yahweh God gave the man this command, 'You are free to eat of all the trees in the garden.
16. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you are not to eat; for, the day you eat of that, you are doomed to die.'
17. but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die."
18. Yahweh God said, 'It is not right that the man should be alone. I shall make him a helper.'
18. Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."
19. So from the soil Yahweh God fashioned all the wild animals and all the birds of heaven. These he brought to the man to see what he would call them; each one was to bear the name the man would give it.
19. So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
20. The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of heaven and all the wild animals. But no helper suitable for the man was found for him.
20. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.
21. Then, Yahweh God made the man fall into a deep sleep. And, while he was asleep, he took one of his ribs and closed the flesh up again forthwith.
21. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh;
22. Yahweh God fashioned the rib he had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man.
22. and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
23. And the man said: This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh! She is to be called Woman, because she was taken from Man.
23. Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
24. This is why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes attached to his wife, and they become one flesh.
24. Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.
25. Now, both of them were naked, the man and his wife, but they felt no shame before each other.
25. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.
