Génesis 2
Dios Habla Hoy
2 El cielo y la tierra, y todo lo que hay en ellos, quedaron terminados. 2 El séptimo día terminó Dios lo que había hecho, y descansó. 3 Entonces bendijo el séptimo día y lo declaró día sagrado, porque en ese día descansó de todo su trabajo de creación. 4 Ésta es la historia de la creación del cielo y de la tierra.
El hombre en el jardín de Edén
Cuando Dios el Señor hizo el cielo y la tierra, 5 aún no había plantas ni había brotado la hierba, porque Dios el Señor todavía no había hecho llover sobre la tierra, ni había nadie que la trabajara. 6 Sin embargo, de la tierra salía agua que regaba todo el terreno. 7 Entonces Dios el Señor formó al hombre de la tierra misma, y sopló en su nariz y le dio vida. Así el hombre se convirtió en un ser viviente.
8 Después Dios el Señor plantó un jardín en la región de Edén, en el oriente, y puso allí al hombre que había formado. 9 Hizo crecer también toda clase de árboles hermosos que daban fruto bueno para comer. En medio del jardín puso también el árbol de la vida y el árbol del conocimiento del bien y del mal.
10 En Edén nacía un río que regaba el jardín, y que de allí se dividía en cuatro. 11 El primero se llamaba Pisón, que es el que da vuelta por toda la región de Havilá, donde hay oro. 12 El oro de esa región es fino, y también hay resina fina y piedra de ónice. 13 El segundo río se llamaba Guihón, y es el que da vuelta por toda la región de Cus. 14 El tercero era el río Tigris, que es el que pasa al oriente de Asiria. Y el cuarto era el río Éufrates.
15 Cuando Dios el Señor puso al hombre en el jardín de Edén para que lo cultivara y lo cuidara, 16 le dio esta orden: «Puedes comer del fruto de todos los árboles del jardín, 17 menos del árbol del bien y del mal. No comas del fruto de ese árbol, porque si lo comes, ciertamente morirás.»
18 Luego, Dios el Señor dijo: «No es bueno que el hombre esté solo. Le voy a hacer alguien que sea una ayuda adecuada para él.» 19-20 Y Dios el Señor formó de la tierra todos los animales y todas las aves, y se los llevó al hombre para que les pusiera nombre. El hombre les puso nombre a todos los animales domésticos, a todas las aves y a todos los animales salvajes, y ese nombre se les quedó. Sin embargo, ninguno de ellos resultó ser la ayuda adecuada para él. 21 Entonces Dios el Señor hizo caer al hombre en un sueño profundo y, mientras dormía, le sacó una de las costillas y le cerró otra vez la carne. 22 De esa costilla Dios el Señor hizo una mujer, y se la presentó al hombre, 23 el cual, al verla, dijo:
«¡Ésta sí que es de mi propia carne y de mis propios huesos! Se va a llamar “mujer”, porque Dios la sacó del hombre.»
24 Por eso el hombre deja a su padre y a su madre para unirse a su esposa, y los dos llegan a ser como una sola persona.
25 Tanto el hombre como su mujer estaban desnudos, pero ninguno de los dos sentía vergüenza de estar así.
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.
Genesis 2
New King James Version
The Garden of Eden
2 Thus the heavens and the earth, and (A)all the host of them, were finished. 2 (B)And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God (C)blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
4 (D)This is the [a]history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5 before any (E)plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not (F)caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man (G)to till the ground; 6 but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the Lord God formed man of the (H)dust of the ground, and (I)breathed into his (J)nostrils the breath of life; and (K)man became a living being.
Life in God’s Garden
8 The Lord God planted (L)a garden (M)eastward in (N)Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made (O)every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. (P)The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and (Q)evil.
10 Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts (R)the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good. (S)Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is (T)Hiddekel;[b] it is the one which goes toward the east of [c]Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 Then the Lord God took [d]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to [e]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 (U)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it (V)you[f] shall surely (W)die.”
18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; (X)I will make him a helper comparable to him.” 19 (Y)Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and (Z)brought them to [g]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 (AA)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 [h]made into a woman, (AB)and He (AC)brought her to the man.
23 And Adam said:
“This is now (AD)bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called [i]Woman,
Because she was (AE)taken out of [j]Man.”
24 (AF)Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and (AG)be[k] joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25 (AH)And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not (AI)ashamed.
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:4 Heb. toledoth, lit. generations
- Genesis 2:14 Or Tigris
- Genesis 2:14 Heb. Ashshur
- 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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