Genesis 2
1 The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
Then the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the living things that filled them.
2 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.
On the seventh day God came to the end of his work which he had done, and so he rested on the seventh day from all his work.
3 God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart as holy, because he rested from all the work he'd done in creation.
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he rested from all his work which he had done in his creation.
4 This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
These were the events concerning the heavens and the earth, when they were created, on the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
5 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.
No bush of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
6 Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
But a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 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.
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being.
8 The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.
Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 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.
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. This included the tree of life that was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 A river flowed out from Eden to water the garden. From there it split into four branches.
A river went out of Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became four rivers.
11 The first branch was called the Pishon and it flowed through the whole land of Havilah, where gold is found.
The name of the first is Pishon. It is the one which flows throughout the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12 (The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
The gold of that land is good. There are also bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 The second branch was called the Gihon and it flowed through the whole land of Cush.
The name of the second river is Gihon. This one flows throughout the whole land of Cush.
14 The third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called the Euphrates.
The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Ashur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.
Yahweh God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and to maintain it.
16 The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,
Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “From every tree in the garden you may freely eat.
17 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.”
But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not eat, for on the day that you eat from it, you will surely die.”
18 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.”
Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
19 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.
Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the sky. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
20 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.
The man gave names to all the livestock, to all the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field. But for the man himself there was found no helper suitable for him.
21 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.
Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, so the man slept. Yahweh God took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh where he took the rib.
22 The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.
With the rib that Yahweh God had taken from the man, he made a woman and brought her to the man.
23 “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.”
The man said, “This time, this one is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of man.”
24 This is the reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one being.
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, he will be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
They were both naked, the man and his wife, but were not ashamed.
