Genesis 2
1 Thus the
heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. 2And
on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on
the seventh day from all the work that he had done. 3So
God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from
all the work that he had done in creation.
4 These are
the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
Another Account of the Creation
In the day that
the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 5when
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 one to till the ground; 6but
a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the
ground-- 7then the LORD God formed
man from the dust of the ground,a and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being. 8And
the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there
he put the man whom he had formed. 9Out 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 flows out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides and
becomes four branches. 11The name of the first
is Pishon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Havilah, where
there is gold; 12and the gold of that land is
good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13The
name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that flows around the whole
land of Cush. 14The name of the third river is
Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The LORD God took the man and put him
in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 16And
the LORD God commanded the man, "You may freely eat of every
tree of the garden; 17but 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 Then the LORD God
said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper
as his partner." 19So out of the ground the LORD
God formed every animal 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. 20The
man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every
animal of the field; but for the manb there was not found
a helper as his partner. 21So the LORD
God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one
of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22And
the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into
a woman and brought her to the man. 23Then the
man said,
"This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of
my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,c
for out of Mand this one was taken."
24Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to
his wife, and they become one flesh. 25And the
man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.