Book | Chapter | Verse | Text |
Genesis |
2 |
1 |
So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. |
Genesis |
2 |
2 |
On the seventh day, having finished his task, God rested from all his work. |
Genesis |
2 |
3 |
And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from his work of creation. |
Genesis |
2 |
4 |
This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the LORD God made the heavens and the earth, |
Genesis |
2 |
5 |
there were no plants or grain growing on the earth, for the LORD God had not sent any rain. And no one was there to cultivate the soil. |
Genesis |
2 |
6 |
But water came up out of the ground and watered all the land. |
Genesis |
2 |
7 |
And the LORD God formed a man's body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person. |
Genesis |
2 |
8 |
Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had created. |
Genesis |
2 |
9 |
And the LORD God planted all sorts of trees in the garden--beautiful trees that produced delicious fruit. At the center of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. |
Genesis |
2 |
10 |
A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches. |
Genesis |
2 |
11 |
One of these branches is the Pishon, which flows around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found. |
Genesis |
2 |
12 |
The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there. |
Genesis |
2 |
13 |
The second branch is the Gihon, which flows around the entire land of Cush. |
Genesis |
2 |
14 |
The third branch is the Tigris, which flows to the east of Asshur. The fourth branch is the Euphrates. |
Genesis |
2 |
15 |
The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and care for it. |
Genesis |
2 |
16 |
But the LORD God gave him this warning: "You may freely eat any fruit in the garden |
Genesis |
2 |
17 |
except fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat of its fruit, you will surely die." |
Genesis |
2 |
18 |
And the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion who will help him." |
Genesis |
2 |
19 |
So the LORD God formed from the soil every kind of animal and bird. He brought them to Adam to see what he would call them, and Adam chose a name for each one. |
Genesis |
2 |
20 |
He gave names to all the livestock, birds, and wild animals. But still there was no companion suitable for him. |
Genesis |
2 |
21 |
So the LORD God caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep. He took one of Adam's ribs and closed up the place from which he had taken it. |
Genesis |
2 |
22 |
Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib and brought her to Adam. |
Genesis |
2 |
23 |
"At last!" Adam exclaimed. "She is part of my own flesh and bone! She will be called `woman,' because she was taken out of a man." |
Genesis |
2 |
24 |
This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. |
Genesis |
2 |
25 |
Now, although Adam and his wife were both naked, neither of them felt any shame. |