Genesis 2
1 And the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished.
The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
2 And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had 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 blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because that on it he rested from all his work which God had created in making it.
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 the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,
This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
5 and every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till 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 But a mist went up from the earth, and moistened the whole surface of the ground.
Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
7 And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.
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 Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed.
The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.
9 And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant 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.
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 went out of Eden, to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four main streams.
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: that is it which surrounds the whole land of 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; bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
(The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds 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: that is it which flows forward toward Asshur. And the fourth river, that is Euphrates.
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 Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.
16 And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat;
The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,
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 of it thou shalt certainly 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 Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.
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 out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought [them] to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was 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 Man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but as for Adam, he found no helpmate, his like.
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 Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall upon Man; and he slept. And he took one of his ribs and closed 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 Elohim built the rib that he had taken from Man into a woman; and brought her to Man.
The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.
23 And Man said, This time it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because this was taken out of a man.
“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 shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall 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 were both naked, Man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
