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Genesis 2
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2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(A)

2 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) 3 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

4 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.

5 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, 6 but streams[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 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)

8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(R) and there he put the man he had formed. 9 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
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Genesis 2
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The Seventh Day, God Rests

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and (A)all the host of them. 2 And (B)on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

The Creation of Man and Woman

4 (C)These are the generations
of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

5 When no (D)bush of the field[a] was yet in the land[b] and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man (E)to work the ground, 6 and a mist[c] was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of (F)dust from the ground and (G)breathed into his (H)nostrils the breath of life, and (I)the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a (J)garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. (K)The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, (L)and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of (M)Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is the (N)Tigris, which flows east of Assyria.[d] And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man (O)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 (P)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[e] of it you (Q)shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; (R)I will make him a helper fit for[f] him.” 19 (S)Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed[g] every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and (T)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[h] there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a (U)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[i] into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

“This at last is (V)bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
    because she was (W)taken out of Man.”[j]

24 (X)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.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:5 Or open country
  2. Genesis 2:5 Or earth; also verse 6
  3. Genesis 2:6 Or spring
  4. Genesis 2:14 Or Asshur
  5. Genesis 2:17 Or when you eat
  6. Genesis 2:18 Or corresponding to; also verse 20
  7. Genesis 2:19 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed
  8. Genesis 2:20 Or the man
  9. Genesis 2:22 Hebrew built
  10. Genesis 2:23 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike
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Génesis 2
Palabra de Dios para Todos

2 El cielo, la tierra y todo
    lo que hay en ellos quedaron terminados.
2 En el séptimo día, Dios cesó
    todo el trabajo que había hecho en la creación.
3 Bendijo el séptimo día y lo declaró día santo
    porque cesó ese día todo el trabajo que había hecho en la creación.

Comienzo de la humanidad

4 Esa es la historia de la creación del cielo y la tierra.[a] La siguiente es la historia de lo que ocurrió después que el SEÑOR Dios hizo los cielos y la tierra. 5 Aun no se cultivaba ninguna planta ni crecía ninguna hierba silvestre en los campos porque el SEÑOR Dios no había hecho llover sobre la tierra y no había ningún ser humano que trabajara la tierra. 6 Pero salía agua de ella y rociaba todo el suelo. 7 El SEÑOR Dios formó al hombre[b] tomando polvo de la tierra, sopló en su nariz aliento de vida y el hombre se convirtió en un ser viviente.

8 Luego el SEÑOR Dios plantó un jardín en el Edén[c], en el oriente[d] y allí puso al hombre que había formado. 9 El SEÑOR Dios hizo que del suelo creciera toda clase de árboles hermosos de frutos comestibles y deliciosos. El árbol de la vida se encontraba en medio del jardín y allí también estaba el árbol del conocimiento del bien y del mal.

10 Un río del Edén regaba el jardín. Este río recibía agua de cuatro ríos distintos. 11 El primero se llamaba Pisón y corría por toda la región de Javilá[e], donde hay oro. 12 El oro de esa región es de buena calidad, y también hay bedelio[f] y ónice. 13 El segundo río se llamaba Guijón y corría por toda la región de Cus[g]. 14 El tercer río se llamaba Tigris y corría por el oriente de Asiria. El cuarto río era el Éufrates.[h]

15 El SEÑOR Dios tomó al hombre y lo puso en el jardín del Edén para que lo cultivara y lo cuidara. 16 Luego el SEÑOR Dios le ordenó al hombre: «Puedes comer libremente de cualquier árbol en el jardín, 17 pero no debes comer del árbol del conocimiento del bien y del mal porque el día que lo hagas, sin duda morirás».

En buena compañía

18 Entonces el SEÑOR Dios dijo: «No le hace bien al hombre estar solo, haré a un ser capaz de ayudarlo y que sea como él».

19 Entonces el SEÑOR Dios formó de la tierra a todos los animales del campo y a todas las aves del cielo. Los llevó al hombre para ver cómo los iba a llamar y con ese nombre se quedó cada ser viviente. 20 El hombre le dio nombre a todos los animales domésticos, a todas las aves del cielo y a todos los animales silvestres; pero ninguno de ellos resultó capaz de formar pareja con él para ayudarlo. 21 Entonces el SEÑOR Dios hizo que el hombre durmiera profundamente y mientras dormía le quitó una parte de su costado y rellenó esa parte con carne. 22 Después, de esa parte de su costado el SEÑOR Dios hizo una mujer y se la llevó al hombre. 23 El hombre dijo:

«¡Al fin! ¡Esta es hueso de mis huesos
    y carne de mi carne!
La llamaré “mujer”[i],
    porque fue sacada del hombre».

24 Por esa razón el hombre deja a su papá y a su mamá, se une a su esposa y los dos se convierten en un solo ser.[j]

25 Tanto el hombre como la mujer estaban desnudos, pero ninguno de los dos se avergonzaba por eso.

Footnotes

  1. 2:4 Esa es […] la tierra o Esa es la historia de cómo nacieron el cielo y la tierra.
  2. 2:7 hombre En hebreo la pronunciación de las palabras hombre y suelo es muy parecida.
  3. 2:8 Edén Palabra hebrea que significa delicia (ver Is 51:3; Ez 31:8-9).
  4. 2:8 oriente Generalmente se refiere al área entre los ríos Tigris y Éufrates que queda en el oriente, cerca del Golfo Pérsico.
  5. 2:11 Javilá Nombre que tenía la región ubicada a lo largo de la costa occidental de la península Arábica.
  6. 2:12 bedelio Resina costosa y de olor dulce.
  7. 2:13 Cus Usualmente se refiere a Etiopía, un país en África al lado del mar Rojo, pero aquí se refiere a la región al nororiente del río Tigris.
  8. 2:14 Tigris, Éufrates Los dos ríos más grandes de Babilonia y Asiria.
  9. 2:23 mujer En hebreo la palabra mujer se forma de la palabra hombre, algo así como tomar la palabra varón y formar la palabra varona.
  10. 2:24 y los dos […] ser o y los dos forman una familia.
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