Genesis 2
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And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; 2 and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made,
and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work
which He hath made. 3 And God blesseth the seventh
day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased
from all His work which God had prepared for making. 4 These [are] births of
the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah (YHWH) (*) God's making
earth and heavens; 5 and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb
of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not
rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground, 6 and a mist
goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole
face of the ground. 7 And Jehovah God formeth the
man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his
nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a
living creature. 8 And Jehovah God planteth a garden
in Eden*, at the
east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
9 and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground
every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in
the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a
river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted,
and hath become four chief [rivers]; 11 the name of the one [is] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole *land of the
Havilah where the gold [is], 12 and the gold of that land [is] good, there [is]
the bdolach* and the shoham* stone;
13 and the name of the second river [is] Gibon, it
[is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush; 14 and the name of the
third river [is] Hiddekel*, it [is] that
which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river
is Phrat*. 15 And
Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest
in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it. 16 And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of the
garden eating thou dost eat; 17 and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil,
thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it--dying thou dost
die.' 18 And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man
to be alone, I do make to him an helper--*as his
counterpart.' 19 And Jehovah God formeth from the
ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and
whatever the man calleth a living creature, that [is]
its name. 20 And the man calleth names to all the
cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man
hath not been found an helper--as his counterpart. 21 And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead. 22 And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into
a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; 23 and the
man saith, `This [is] the [proper] step! bone of my
bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath
this been taken; 24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and
hath cleaved unto his *wife,
and they have become one flesh. 25 And they are both of them naked, the man and
his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.