Genesis - Chapter 2 Ch. 2 - Genesis

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[1]  Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

[2]  And on the seventh day God ended 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 sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. ¶

[4]  These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

[5]  And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

[6]  But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

[7]  And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. ¶

[8]  And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

[9]  And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

[10]  And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became into four heads.

[11]  The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

[12]  And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

[13]  And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasses the whole land of Ethiopia.

[14]  And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

[15]  And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

[16]  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:

[17]  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die. ¶

[18]  And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

[19]  And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

[20]  And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

[21]  And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

[22]  And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her to the man.

[23]  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of 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 shall join to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

[25]  And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.