Genesis 2:15-25
English Standard Version
15 The Lord God took the man (A)and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (B)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[a] of it you (C)shall surely die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; (D)I will make him a helper fit for[b] him.” 19 (E)Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed[c] every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and (F)brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam[d] there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a (G)deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made[e] into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
“This at last is (H)bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was (I)taken out of Man.”[f]
24 (J)Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
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- Genesis 2:17 Or when you eat
- Genesis 2:18 Or corresponding to; also verse 20
- Genesis 2:19 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed
- Genesis 2:20 Or the man
- Genesis 2:22 Hebrew built
- Genesis 2:23 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike
Genesis 2:15-25
New American Standard Bible
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 (A)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 [a]eat, for on the day that you eat from it (B)you will certainly die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; (C)I will make him a helper [b]suitable for him.” 19 (D)And out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the sky, and (E)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 [c]Adam there was not found (F)a helper [d]suitable for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a (G)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 [e]fashioned into a woman (H)the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
“(I)At last this is bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
[f]She shall be called [g]‘woman,’
Because [h]she was taken out of [i]man.”
24 (J)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 (K)And the man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.
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- 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
Genesis 2:15-25
New King James Version
15 Then the Lord God took [a]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to [b]tend and 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 (A)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it (B)you[c] shall surely (C)die.”
18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; (D)I will make him a helper comparable to him.” 19 (E)Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and (F)brought them to [d]Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.
21 And the Lord God caused a (G)deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He [e]made into a woman, (H)and He (I)brought her to the man.
23 And Adam said:
“This is now (J)bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called [f]Woman,
Because she was (K)taken out of [g]Man.”
24 (L)Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and (M)be[h] joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25 (N)And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not (O)ashamed.
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- Genesis 2:15 Or Adam
- Genesis 2:15 cultivate
- Genesis 2:17 Lit. dying you shall die
- Genesis 2:19 Or the man
- Genesis 2:22 Lit. built
- Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ishshah
- Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ish
- Genesis 2:24 Lit. cling
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