And so the heavens and the earth were completed, and all (A)their heavenly [a]lights. By (B)the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and (C)He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created [b]and made.

The Creation of Man and Woman

[c](D)This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in (E)the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. (F)Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, (G)for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to [d]cultivate the ground. But a [e]mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole [f]surface of the ground. Then the Lord God formed the man of (H)dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the (I)man became a living [g]person. The Lord God planted a (J)garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God caused (K)every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; (L)the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 Now a (M)river [h]flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [i]rivers. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it [j]flows around the whole land of (N)Havilah, where there is gold. 12 The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there as well. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it [k]flows around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is [l](O)Tigris; it [m]flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the [n](P)Euphrates.

15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:1 Lit host i.e., sun, stars, etc.
  2. Genesis 2:3 Lit to make
  3. Genesis 2:4 Lit These are the generations
  4. Genesis 2:5 Lit work, serve
  5. Genesis 2:6 Or flow
  6. Genesis 2:6 Lit face of
  7. Genesis 2:7 Or soul
  8. Genesis 2:10 Lit was going out
  9. Genesis 2:10 Lit heads
  10. Genesis 2:11 Lit surrounds
  11. Genesis 2:13 Lit is the one surrounding
  12. Genesis 2:14 Heb Hiddekel
  13. Genesis 2:14 Lit is the one going
  14. Genesis 2:14 Heb Perath

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