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 ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day he rested after all his work of creating.

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

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 of 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. And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground.

6. Instead, water flowed out of the ground and watered all the surface of the soil.

6. But there went up a mist 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. And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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 eastward in Eden; 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 made the LORD 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 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. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

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] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth 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: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.

13. The second river is named the Gihon, and this winds all through the land of Cush.

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

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] Hiddekel: that [is] it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] Euphrates.

15. Yahweh God took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden to cultivate and take care of it.

15. And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to 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, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

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, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

18. Yahweh God said, 'It is not right that the man should be alone. I shall make him a helper.'

18. And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet 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. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.

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. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet 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. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

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 man, made he a woman, and brought her unto 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. And Adam 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.

24. This is why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes attached to his wife, and they become one flesh.

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

25. Now, both of them were naked, the man and his wife, but they felt no shame before each other.

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