Genesis 2
1 And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;
The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
2 and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.
By the time the seventh day came, God had finished the work he'd done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work he'd been doing.
3 And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.
God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart as holy, because he rested from all the work he'd done in creation.
4 These [are] births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;
This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
5 and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,
Up to this point there were no wild plants or crops growing on the earth, because the Lord God hadn't sent rain, and there was no one to cultivate the ground.
6 and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.
Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
7 And Jehovah God formeth the man — dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.
The Lord God shaped the man Adam from the dust of the ground. He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and Adam became a living being.
8 And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.
9 and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow in the garden, beautiful trees and trees producing fruit that's good to eat. The tree of life was in the middle of the garden, along with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief [rivers];
A river flowed out from Eden to water the garden. From there it split into four branches.
11 the name of the one [is] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold [is],
The first branch was called the Pishon and it flowed through the whole land of Havilah, where gold is found.
12 and the gold of that land [is] good, there [is] the bdolach and the shoham stone;
(The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
13 and the name of the second river [is] Gibon, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
The second branch was called the Gihon and it flowed through the whole land of Cush.
14 and the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel, it [is] that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.
The third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called the Euphrates.
15 And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.
16 And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;
The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,
17 and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it — dying thou dost die.'
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because the day you eat from it you are certain to die.”
18 And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper — as his counterpart.'
Then the Lord God said, “It's not good for Adam to be alone. I will make someone to help him, someone that's like him.”
19 And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that [is] its name.
The Lord God used the ground to make all the wild animals, and all the birds. He took them all to Adam to see what he would call them, and Adam named every living creature.
20 And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper — as his counterpart.
Adam gave names to all the livestock, all the birds, and all the wild animals. But Adam didn't find anyone like him who could help him.
21 And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead.
So the Lord God put Adam into a deep sleep and as he slept the Lord God removed one of Adam's ribs and closed up the place where he took it with body tissue.
22 And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;
The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.
23 and the man saith, 'This [is] the [proper] step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;
“Finally!” said Adam. “Here is bone from my bone and flesh from my flesh. She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.”
24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
This is the reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one being.
25 And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.
Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
