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Desta forma, terminou a criação do céu e da Terra, e todo o seu exército celestial.

No sétimo dia, Deus tinha completado a sua obra e nesse sétimo dia Deus descansou de toda a obra que tinha vindo a fazer. Deus abençoou o sétimo dia e declarou que esse dia seria santo, pois foi quando repousou de toda a sua obra da criação.

Adão e Eva

Esta é a história da criação, quando o Senhor Deus fez os céus e a Terra.

Ainda não havia vegetação, nem semente que desabrochasse da terra, porque o Senhor Deus ainda não mandara chuva, nem tão-pouco havia seres humanos que cultivassem a terra. Contudo, subia uma nascente de água da terra que irrigava o solo.

Então o Senhor Deus formou o corpo do homem com o pó da terra e insuflou nele um sopro de vida; e o homem tornou-se um ser vivo.

Plantou também o Senhor Deus um jardim, no Éden, para os lados do oriente; e colocou nesse jardim o homem que tinha criado. Fez brotar daquela terra toda a espécie de belas árvores que davam belíssimos frutos. No centro do jardim estava a árvore da vida, assim como também a árvore da consciência, que dá a conhecer o bem e o mal.

10 Havia ali um rio que nascia no Éden e que atravessava o jardim para o regar, separando-se depois em quatro braços. 11 Um destes era o Pisom, que atravessa toda a terra de Havila, onde há ouro. 12 O ouro dessa terra é de fina qualidade, assim como pedras preciosas, como o bdélio e a pedra de ónix. 13 O segundo braço do rio é chamado Giom e percorre a terra de Cuche. 14 O terceiro é o Tigre, que corre para oriente da Assíria. O quarto é o Eufrates.

15 O Senhor Deus pôs o homem no jardim do Éden para que o guardasse, cultivasse e cuidasse dele. 16 E deu-lhe o seguinte aviso: “Podes comer de toda a árvore que está no jardim, 17 exceto da árvore da consciência; porque o seu fruto é o do conhecimento do bem e do mal. Se comeres desse fruto, ficas condenado a morrer.”

18 O Senhor Deus achou que não era bom que o homem vivesse sozinho e decidiu arranjar-lhe uma companheira que vivesse com ele.

19-20 O Senhor Deus modelou também, com a terra, toda a espécie de animais e de aves e trouxe-os ao homem para ver como lhes chamaria. E pelo nome que lhes deu, ficaram a ser chamados.

Contudo, para si próprio o homem não encontrou uma companheira que lhe conviesse. 21 Então o Senhor Deus fez o homem cair num profundo sono; tomou-lhe um dos lados e tornou a fechar a carne nesse lugar. 22 Dessa costela o Senhor Deus fez uma mulher e trouxe-a ao homem.

23 “Esta sim!”, exclamou Adão.
“Esta é parte dos meus ossos e da minha carne.
O seu nome será mulher.
Pois foi tirada do homem!”[a]

24 Assim, o homem deve deixar o pai e a sua mãe, para se unir com a sua mulher, e serão os dois como um só.

25 Ora acontecia que ambos, o homem e a mulher, estavam nus; mas nenhum deles se sentia envergonhado com isso.

Footnotes

  1. 2.23 A palavra mulher, em hebraico, é ichá, que é a forma feminina de ich, a palavra para homem.

Assim terminou a criação do céu, e da terra, e de tudo o que há neles. No sétimo dia Deus acabou de fazer todas as coisas e descansou de todo o trabalho que havia feito. Então abençoou o sétimo dia e o separou como um dia sagrado, pois nesse dia ele acabou de fazer todas as coisas e descansou. E foi assim que o céu e a terra foram criados.

O jardim do Éden

Quando o Senhor Deus fez o céu e a terra, não haviam brotado nem capim nem plantas, pois o Senhor ainda não tinha mandado chuvas, e não havia ninguém para cultivar a terra. Mas da terra saía uma corrente de água que regava o chão. Então, do pó da terra, o Senhor formou o ser humano. O Senhor soprou no nariz dele uma respiração de vida, e assim ele se tornou um ser vivo.

Depois o Senhor Deus plantou um jardim na região do Éden, no Leste, e ali pôs o ser humano que ele havia formado. O Senhor fez com que ali crescessem árvores lindas de todos os tipos, que davam frutas boas de se comer. No meio do jardim ficava a árvore que dá vida e também a árvore que dá o conhecimento do bem e do mal.

10 No Éden nascia um rio que regava o jardim e que, saindo dali, se dividia, formando quatro rios. 11 O primeiro é o Pisom, que rodeia a região de Havilá, onde há ouro. 12 O ouro dessa região é puro, e ali também há um perfume raro e pedras preciosas. 13 O segundo rio se chama Giom; ele dá volta por toda a região de Cuche. 14 O terceiro rio é o Tigre, que passa a leste da Assíria. E o quarto rio é o Eufrates.

15 Então o Senhor Deus pôs o homem no jardim do Éden, para cuidar dele e nele fazer plantações. 16 E o Senhor deu ao homem a seguinte ordem:

— Você pode comer as frutas de qualquer árvore do jardim, 17 menos da árvore que dá o conhecimento do bem e do mal. Não coma a fruta dessa árvore; pois, no dia em que você a comer, certamente morrerá.

18 Depois o Senhor disse:

— Não é bom que o homem viva sozinho. Vou fazer para ele alguém que o ajude como se fosse a sua outra metade.

19 Depois que o Senhor Deus formou da terra todos os animais selvagens e todas as aves, ele os levou ao homem para que pusesse nome neles. E eles ficaram com o nome que o homem lhes deu. 20 Ele pôs nomes nas aves e em todos os animais domésticos e selvagens. Mas para Adão não se achava uma ajudadora que fosse como a sua outra metade.

21 Então o Senhor Deus fez com que o homem caísse num sono profundo. Enquanto ele dormia, Deus tirou uma das suas costelas e fechou a carne naquele lugar. 22 Dessa costela o Senhor formou uma mulher e a levou ao homem. 23 Então o homem disse:

“Agora sim!
Esta é carne da minha carne
e osso dos meus ossos.
Ela será chamada de ‘mulher’
porque Deus a tirou do homem.”

24 É por isso que o homem deixa o seu pai e a sua mãe para se unir com a sua mulher, e os dois se tornam uma só pessoa.

25 Tanto o homem como a sua mulher estavam nus, mas não sentiam vergonha.

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(A)

By the seventh day(B) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.(C) Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(D) because on it he rested(E) from all the work of creating(F) that he had done.

Adam and Eve

This is the account(G) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,(H) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,(I) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth(J) and there was no one to work the ground, but streams[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. Then the Lord God formed(K) a man[c](L) from the dust(M) of the ground(N) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(O) of life,(P) and the man became a living being.(Q)

Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(R) and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees(S) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life(T) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(U)

10 A river(V) watering the garden flowed from Eden;(W) from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,(X) where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[d](Y) and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.[e] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris;(Z) it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.(AA)

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden(AB) to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;(AC) 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,(AD) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(AE)

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”(AF)

19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals(AG) and all the birds in the sky.(AH) He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called(AI) each living creature,(AJ) that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam[f] no suitable helper(AK) was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(AL) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[g] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[h](AM) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;(AN)
she shall be called(AO) ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.(AP)

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(AQ) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(AR)

25 Adam and his wife were both naked,(AS) and they felt no shame.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
  2. Genesis 2:6 Or mist
  3. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).
  4. Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls
  5. Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia
  6. Genesis 2:20 Or the man
  7. Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
  8. Genesis 2:22 Or part

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

The Garden of Eden

Thus the heavens and the earth, and (A)all the host of them, were finished. (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. 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.

(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, 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; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

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

The Lord God planted (L)a garden (M)eastward in (N)Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 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

  1. Genesis 2:4 Heb. toledoth, lit. generations
  2. Genesis 2:14 Or Tigris
  3. Genesis 2:14 Heb. Ashshur
  4. Genesis 2:15 Or Adam
  5. Genesis 2:15 cultivate
  6. Genesis 2:17 Lit. dying you shall die
  7. Genesis 2:19 Or the man
  8. Genesis 2:22 Lit. built
  9. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ishshah
  10. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ish
  11. Genesis 2:24 Lit. cling