The Seventh Day (Exodus 16:22–30; Hebrews 4:1–11)
1 CPDV And so the heavens and the earth were completed, with all their adornment. BSB BSB: Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 CPDV And on the seventh day, God fulfilled his work, which he had made. And on the seventh day he rested from all his work, which he had accomplished. BSB BSB: And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
3 CPDV And he blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. For in it, he had ceased from all his work: the work whereby God created whatever he should make. BSB BSB: Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
Man and Woman in the Garden 5 CPDV and every sapling of the field, before it would rise up in the land, and every wild plant, before it would germinate. For the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the land. BSB BSB: Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
6 CPDV But a fountain ascended from the earth, irrigating the entire surface of the land. BSB BSB: But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
8 CPDV Now the Lord God had planted a Paradise of enjoyment from the beginning. In it, he placed the man whom he had formed. BSB BSB: And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
9 CPDV And from the soil the Lord God produced every tree that was beautiful to behold and pleasant to eat. And even the tree of life was in the midst of Paradise, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. BSB BSB: Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 CPDV And a river went forth from the place of enjoyment so as to irrigate Paradise, which is divided from there into four heads. BSB BSB: Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
11 CPDV The name of one is the Phison; it is that which runs through all the land of Hevilath, where gold is born; BSB BSB: The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12 CPDV and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is found bdellium and the onyx stone. BSB BSB: And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
13 CPDV And the name of the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the land of Ethiopia. BSB BSB: The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
14 CPDV Truly, the name of the third river is the Tigris; it advances opposite the Assyrians. But the fourth river, it is the Euphrates. BSB BSB: The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 CPDV Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him. BSB BSB: Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
17 CPDV But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death.” BSB BSB: but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
20 CPDV And Adam called each of the living things by their names: all the flying creatures of the air, and all the wild beasts of the land. Yet truly, for Adam, there was not found a helper similar to himself. BSB BSB: The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 CPDV And so the Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam. And when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and he completed it with flesh for it. BSB BSB: So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
22 CPDV And the Lord God built up the rib, which he took from Adam, into a woman. And he led her to Adam. BSB BSB: And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
23 CPDV And Adam said: “Now this is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. This one shall be called woman, because she was taken from man.” BSB BSB: And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
25 CPDV Now they were both naked: Adam, of course, and his wife. And they were not ashamed. BSB BSB: And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.