Genesis 2
Lexham English Bible
2 And heaven[a] and earth[b] and all their array[c] were finished. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and he sanctified[d] it, because on it he rested from all his work of creating that there was to do.[e]
The Generations of Heaven and Earth
4 These are the generations[f] of heaven[g] and earth[h] when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven[i]— 5 before any plant of the field was[j] on earth, and before any plant of the field[k] had sprung up, because Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no human being to cultivate the ground, 6 but a stream would rise from the earth and water the whole face of the ground— 7 when[l] Yahweh God formed the man[m] of dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
8 And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he put the man[n] whom he had formed. 9 And Yahweh God caused to grow every tree that was pleasing to the sight and good for food. And the tree of life was in the midst of the garden, along with[o] the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Now[p] a river flowed out from Eden that watered the garden, and from there it diverged and became four branches. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It went around all the land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stones are there.) 13 And the name of the second is Gihon. It went around all the land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third is Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 And Yahweh God took the man[q] and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it. 16 And Yahweh God commanded the man,[r] saying, “From every tree of the garden you may freely eat,[s] 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[t] from it you shall surely die.”[u]
18 Then[v] Yahweh God said, “it is not good that the man[w] is alone. I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.”[x] 19 And out of the ground Yahweh God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky,[y] and he brought each to the man[z] to see what he would call it. And whatever the man[aa] called that living creature was its name. 20 And the man[ab] gave names[ac] to every domesticated animal and to the birds of heaven[ad] and to all the wild animals.[ae] But for the man there was not found a helper as his counterpart.[af] 21 And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man.[ag] While[ah] he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh where it had been.[ai] 22 And Yahweh God fashioned the rib which he had taken from the man[aj] into a woman and brought her to the man.[ak] 23 And the man[al] said,
“She is now[am] bone from my bones
and flesh from my flesh;
she[an] shall be called ‘Woman,’
for she was taken[ao] from man.”
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh. 25 And the man[ap] and his wife, both of them, were naked, and they were not ashamed.
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:1 Or “the sky”
- Genesis 2:1 Or “the earth”
- Genesis 2:1 Or “host”
- Genesis 2:3 Or “hallowed”
- Genesis 2:3 Literally “which God created to do”
- Genesis 2:4 Or “family records”
- Genesis 2:4 Or “the sky”
- Genesis 2:4 Or “the earth”
- Genesis 2:4 Or “sky”
- Genesis 2:5 Literally “and every plant of the field not yet was”
- Genesis 2:5 Literally “and every plant of the field not yet”
- Genesis 2:7 Or “and”
- Genesis 2:7 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:8 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:9 Or “and”
- Genesis 2:10 Or “And”
- Genesis 2:15 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:16 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:16 Literally “eating you may eat”
- Genesis 2:17 Literally “of your eating”
- Genesis 2:17 Literally “dying you shall die”
- Genesis 2:18 Or “And”
- Genesis 2:18 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:18 Literally “as his opposite”
- Genesis 2:19 Or “the heavens”
- Genesis 2:19 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:19 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:20 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:20 Literally “called names”
- Genesis 2:20 Or “the sky”
- Genesis 2:20 Literally “animals of the earth/land”
- Genesis 2:20 Literally “as his opposite”
- Genesis 2:21 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:21 Or “And”
- Genesis 2:21 Literally “the flesh in the place of it”
- Genesis 2:22 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:22 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:23 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 2:23 Literally “this one the time”
- Genesis 2:23 Literally “this one”
- Genesis 2:23 Literally “this one was taken”
- Genesis 2:25 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
Genesis 2
Common English Bible
2 The heavens and the earth and all who live in them were completed. 2 On the sixth [a] day God completed all the work that he had done, and on the seventh day God rested from all the work that he had done. 3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all the work of creation.[b] 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
World’s creation in the garden
On the day the Lord God made earth and sky— 5 before any wild plants appeared on the earth, and before any field crops grew, because the Lord God hadn’t yet sent rain on the earth and there was still no human being[c] to farm the fertile land, 6 though a stream rose from the earth and watered all of the fertile land— 7 the Lord God formed the human[d] from the topsoil of the fertile land[e] and blew life’s breath into his nostrils. The human came to life. 8 The Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east and put there the human he had formed. 9 In the fertile land, the Lord God grew every beautiful tree with edible fruit, and also he grew the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 A river flows from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first river is the Pishon. It flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 That land’s gold is pure, and the land also has sweet-smelling resins and gemstones. [f] 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It flows around the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris, flowing east of Assyria; and the name of the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The Lord God took the human and settled him in the garden of Eden to farm it and to take care of it. 16 The Lord God commanded the human, “Eat your fill from all of the garden’s trees; 17 but don’t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because on the day you eat from it, you will die!” 18 Then the Lord God said, “It’s not good that the human is alone. I will make him a helper that is perfect for him.” 19 So the Lord God formed from the fertile land all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky and brought them to the human to see what he would name them. The human gave each living being its name. 20 The human named all the livestock, all the birds in the sky, and all the wild animals. But a helper perfect for him was nowhere to be found.
21 So the Lord God put the human into a deep and heavy sleep, and took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh over it. 22 With the rib taken from the human, the Lord God fashioned a woman and brought her to the human being. 23 The human[g] said,
“This one finally is bone from my bones
and flesh from my flesh.
She will be called a woman[h]
because from a man[i] she was taken.”
24 This is the reason that a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife, and they become one flesh. 25 The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, but they weren’t embarrassed.
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:2 LXX, Sam, Syr; MT seventh
- Genesis 2:3 Or from all his work, which God created to do
- Genesis 2:5 Or man (Heb adam)
- Genesis 2:7 Heb adam
- Genesis 2:7 Heb adamah
- Genesis 2:12 Heb uncertain
- Genesis 2:23 Or man (Heb adam)
- Genesis 2:23 Or wife (Heb ishshah)
- Genesis 2:23 Or husband (Heb ish)
Genesis 2
The Message
2 Heaven and Earth were finished,
down to the last detail.
2-4 By the seventh day
God had finished his work.
On the seventh day
he rested from all his work.
God blessed the seventh day.
He made it a Holy Day
Because on that day he rested from his work,
all the creating God had done.
This is the story of how it all started,
of Heaven and Earth when they were created.
Adam and Eve
5-7 At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground—God hadn’t yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)—God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
8-9 Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
10-14 A river flows out of Eden to water the garden and from there divides into four rivers. The first is named Pishon; it flows through Havilah where there is gold. The gold of this land is good. The land is also known for a sweet-scented resin and the onyx stone. The second river is named Gihon; it flows through the land of Cush. The third river is named Hiddekel and flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 God took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.
16-17 God commanded the Man, “You can eat from any tree in the garden, except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don’t eat from it. The moment you eat from that tree, you’re dead.”
18-20 God said, “It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion.” So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn’t find a suitable companion.
21-22 God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.
23-25 The Man said,
“Finally! Bone of my bone,
flesh of my flesh!
Name her Woman
for she was made from Man.”
Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh.
The two of them, the Man and his Wife, were naked, but they felt no shame.
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