Genesis 2:7-25
New American Standard Bible
7 Then the Lord God formed the man of (A)dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the (B)man became a living [a]person. 8 The Lord God planted a (C)garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9 Out of the ground the Lord God caused (D)every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; (E)the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Now a (F)river [b]flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [c]rivers. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it [d]flows around the whole land of (G)Havilah, where there is gold. 12 The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there as well. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it [e]flows around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is [f](H)Tigris; it [g]flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the [h](I)Euphrates.
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. 16 The Lord God (J)commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not [i]eat, for on the day that you eat from it (K)you will certainly die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; (L)I will make him a helper [j]suitable for him.” 19 (M)And out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the sky, and (N)brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field, but for [k]Adam there was not found (O)a helper [l]suitable for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a (P)deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 And the Lord God [m]fashioned into a woman (Q)the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
“(R)At last this is bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
[n]She shall be called [o]‘woman,’
Because [p]she was taken out of [q]man.”
24 (S)For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 (T)And the man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Genesis 2:7 Or soul
- Genesis 2:10 Lit was going out
- Genesis 2:10 Lit heads
- Genesis 2:11 Lit surrounds
- Genesis 2:13 Lit is the one surrounding
- Genesis 2:14 Heb Hiddekel
- Genesis 2:14 Lit is the one going
- Genesis 2:14 Heb Perath
- Genesis 2:17 Lit eat from it
- Genesis 2:18 Lit corresponding to
- Genesis 2:20 Or man
- Genesis 2:20 Lit corresponding to
- Genesis 2:22 Lit built
- Genesis 2:23 Lit This one
- Genesis 2:23 Heb ishshah
- Genesis 2:23 Lit This one
- Genesis 2:23 Heb ish
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