| Chapter 2 |
1 | And the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished. |
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. |
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. |
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, |
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. |
6 | But a mist went up from the earth, and moistened the whole surface of the ground. |
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. |
8 | And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed. |
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. |
10 | And a river went out of Eden, to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four main streams. |
11 | The name of the one is Pison: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is. |
12 | And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and the onyx stone are there. |
13 | And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds 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. |
15 | And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it. |
16 | And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat; |
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. |
18 | And Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
22 | And Jehovah Elohim built the rib that he had taken from Man into a woman; and brought her to Man. |
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. |
24 | Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. |
25 | And they were both naked, Man and his wife, and were not ashamed. |