Genesis 2-3

Revised Geneva Translation

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

² For on the seventh day, God ended His work which He had made. And the seventh day, He rested from all His work which He had made.

³ So God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because on it, He had rested from all His work which God created and made.

⁴ These are the generations of the heavens and of the Earth - when they were created, on the day that the LORD God made the Earth and the heavens -

⁵ and every shrub of the field before it was in the earth; and every plant of the field, before it grew. For the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, nor was there a man to till the ground,

⁶ But a mist went up from the Earth; and watered all the Earth.

⁷ The LORD God also made the man from the dust of the ground and breathed in his face breath of life. And the man was a living soul.

⁸ And the LORD God planted a garden, eastward in Eden. And there He put the man whom He had made.

⁹ For out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree 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 of evil).

¹⁰ And out of Eden went a river to water the garden. And from there it was divided and became four heads.

¹¹ The name of the first, Pishon. The same runs through 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, Gihon. The same runs through the whole land of Cush.

¹⁴ And the name of the third river, Hiddekel. This goes toward the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden, so that he might dress it and keep it.

¹⁶ And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You shall eat freely from every tree of the garden.

¹⁷ “But from the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For on the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.”

¹⁸ Also the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make a perfect mate for him.”

¹⁹ So the LORD God formed from the earth every wild animal, and every bird of the sky; and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. For whatever the man named the living creature, so was its name.

²⁰ Therefore, the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal. But Adam found no perfect mate for himself.

²¹ Therefore, the LORD God caused a heavy sleep to fall upon the man. And he slept. And he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place.

²² And with the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man, he made a woman. And he brought her to the man.

²³ Then the man said, “This, now, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called ‘woman’, because she was taken out of the man.

²⁴ “Therefore, man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife. And they shall be one flesh.”

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

3 Now the serpent was more cunning than any wild animal which the LORD God had made; and he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

² And the woman said to the serpent, “We eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.

³ “But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

⁴ Then the serpent said to the woman, “You shall not die at all.

⁵ “But, God knows that when you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened; and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”6 So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired, to get knowledge) took of the fruit thereof and ate; and also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

⁷ Then, the eyes of them both were opened; and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig tree leaves together and made themselves coverings.

⁸ Afterward, they heard the voice of the LORD God, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God, among the trees of the garden.

⁹ But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”

¹⁰ Who said, “I heard Your voice in the garden and was afraid, because I was naked. Therefore, I hid myself.”

¹¹ And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree whereof I commanded you that you should not eat?”

¹² Then the man said, “The woman, which You gave to be with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”

¹³ And the LORD God said to the woman, “Why have you done this?” And the woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”

¹⁴ Then the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every wild animal. Upon your belly you shall go; and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

¹⁵ “I will also put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He shall break your head and you shall bruise His heel.”

¹⁶ To the woman, He said, “I will greatly increase your sorrows and your conceptions. In sorrow you shall bring forth children. And your desire shall be subject to your husband. And he shall rule over you.”

¹⁷ Also, He said to Adam, “Because you have obeyed the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree (whereof I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’), the earth is cursed for your sake. In sorrow you shall eat from it, all the days of your life.

¹⁸ “Also, it shall bring forth thorns and thistles to you. And you shall eat the herb of the field.

¹⁹ “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, until you return to the earth. For out of it you were taken because you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

²⁰ And the man called his wife’s name “Eve”, because she was the mother of all living.

²¹ Also, to Adam and to his wife, the LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed them.

²² And the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become as one of us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he also put forth his hand and take and eat of the Tree of Life, and live forever…”

²³ Therefore, the LORD God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the earth from where he was taken.

²⁴ Thus, He cast out the man; and at the east side of the Garden of Eden, He set the Cherubims, and the blade of a shaken sword, to keep the way of the Tree of Life.