Genesis 2

1And the heavens and the earth were finished, and the whole world of them. 2And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventhday from all his works which he made. 3And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all hisworks which God began to do. 4Thisis the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in whichthe Lord God made the heaven and the earth, 5and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the fieldbefore it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it. 6But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth. 7And God formed the manof dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a livingsoul. 8And God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom he had formed. 9And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and goodfor food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the knowledge of goodand evil. 10And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into fourheads. 11The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, wherethere is gold. 12And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald. 13And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land ofEthiopia. 14And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians.And the fourth river is Euphrates. 15And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight,to cultivate and keep it. 16And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the gardenyou may freely eat, 17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—of it you⌃ shall not eat, but in whateverday you⌃ eat of it, you⌃ shall surely die. 18And the Lord God said,It is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him. 19And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and allthe birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam calledany living creature, that was the name of it. 20And Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all the birds of the sky, and to all thewild beasts of the field, but for Adam there was not found a help like to himself. 21And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filledup the flesh instead thereof. 22And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam. 23And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be calledwoman, because she was taken out of her husband. 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, andthey two shall be one flesh.

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