Genesis 2
GEN 2:1 And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;
GEN 2:2 and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and
ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.
GEN 2:3 And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath
ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.
GEN 2:4 These `are' births of the heavens and of the earth in their being
prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;
GEN 2:5 and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field
yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there
is not to serve the ground,
GEN 2:6 and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of
the ground.
GEN 2:7 And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth
into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.
GEN 2:8 And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth
there the man whom He hath formed;
GEN 2:9 and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable
for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the
garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
GEN 2:10 And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence
it is parted, and hath become four chief `rivers';
GEN 2:11 the name of the one `is' Pison, it `is' that which is surrounding the
whole land of the Havilah where the gold `is',
GEN 2:12 and the gold of that land `is' good, there `is' the bdolach and the
shoham stone;
GEN 2:13 and the name of the second river `is' Gibon, it `is' that which is
surrounding the whole land of Cush;
GEN 2:14 and the name of the third river `is' Hiddekel, it `is' that which is
going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.
GEN 2:15 And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden
of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.
GEN 2:16 And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of
the garden eating thou dost eat;
GEN 2:17 and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it,
for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'
GEN 2:18 And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to
him an helper -- as his counterpart.'
GEN 2:19 And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and
every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth
call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that `is' its name.
GEN 2:20 And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the
heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an
helper -- as his counterpart.
GEN 2:21 And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he
sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead.
GEN 2:22 And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man
into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;
GEN 2:23 and the man saith, `This `is' the `proper' step! bone of my bone, and
flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been
taken;
GEN 2:24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved
unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
GEN 2:25 And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not
ashamed of themselves.
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