2:1 So the heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them.¹ 2:2 By² the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing;³ and he rested⁴ on the seventh day from all the work that he had been doing. 2:3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,⁵ because on it he ceased from all the work that he had been doing in creation.⁶

2:4 This is the account of⁷ the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God⁸ made the earth and the heavens.⁹

2:5 Before¹⁰ any shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and before any plant of the field¹¹ sprang up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to work the ground,¹² 2:6 but¹³ water¹⁴ would well up¹⁵ from the earth and water¹⁶ the whole surface of the ground.¹⁷ 2:7 The LORD God formed¹⁸ the man from the dust of the ground,¹⁹ and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,²⁰ and the man became a living being.²¹

2:8 The LORD God planted²² a garden in the east,²³ in Eden;²⁴ and there he placed²⁵ the man he had formed.²⁶ 2:9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow²⁷ from the soil,²⁸ every tree that was pleasing to the eye²⁹ and good for food. Now³⁰ the tree of life³¹ and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil³² were in the middle of the garden.

2:10 Now³³ a river flowed out from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided³⁴ into four headstreams.³⁵ 2:11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it is that which goes through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 2:12 (The gold of that land is pure;³⁶ pearls³⁷ and lapis lazuli³⁸ are also there). 2:13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it runs through³⁹ the entire land of Cush.⁴⁰ 2:14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur.⁴¹ And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

2:15 The LORD God took⁴² the man and settled him⁴³ in the garden in⁴⁴ Eden to care for and keep it.⁴⁵ 2:16 Then the LORD God commanded⁴⁶ the man, saying, “From every tree of the garden you may freely eat;⁴⁷ 2:17 but⁴⁸ from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you must not eat,⁴⁹ for when you eat from it you will surely die.”⁵⁰

2:18 The LORD God said,⁵¹ “It is not good for the man to be alone.⁵² I will make a helper⁵³ who corresponds to him.”⁵⁴ 2:19 The LORD God had formed⁵⁵ out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would⁵⁶ name them; and whatever the man called each living creature,⁵⁷ that was its name. 2:20 So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air and the living creatures of the field. But for Adam⁵⁸ there was not found⁵⁹ a helper who corresponded to him. 2:21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep,⁶⁰ and while he was asleep,⁶¹ he took part of the man’s side⁶², and closed up the place with flesh.⁶³ 2:22 Then the LORD God made⁶⁴ a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 2:23 Then the man said,

“This one at last⁶⁵ is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called⁶⁶ ‘woman,’
for from man she was taken.”⁶⁷

2:24 That is why⁶⁸ a man leaves⁶⁹ his father and mother and unites with⁷⁰ his wife, and they become a new family.⁷¹ 2:25 The man and his wife were both naked,⁷² and they were not ashamed.⁷³