Genesis 2Genesis2

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1. The Seventh Day

   (Exodus 16:22–30; Hebrews 4:1–11)

2. 1LSVAnd the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;BSBBSB: Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
3. 2LSVand God completes by the seventh day His work which He has made, and ceases by the seventh day from all His work which He has made.BSBBSB: And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
4. 3LSVAnd God blesses the seventh day, and sanctifies it, for in it He has ceased from all His work which God had created for making.BSBBSB: 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.

5. Man and Woman in the Garden

6. 4LSVThese are the generations of the heavens and of the earth in their being created, in the day of YHWH God’s making the earth and the heavens;BSBBSB: This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
7. 5LSVand no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouts, for YHWH God has not rained on the earth, and there is not a man to serve the ground,BSBBSB: 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.
8. 6LSVand a mist goes up from the earth, and has watered the whole face of the ground.BSBBSB: But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
9. 7LSVAnd YHWH God forms the man—dust from the ground, and breathes into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becomes a living creature.BSBBSB: Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
10. 8LSVAnd YHWH God plants a garden in Eden, at the east, and He sets there the man whom He has formed;BSBBSB: And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
11. 9LSVand YHWH God causes 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 the Knowledge of Good and Evil.BSBBSB: 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.
12. 10LSVAnd a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from there it is parted, and has become four chief rivers;BSBBSB: Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
13. 11LSVthe name of the first is Pison, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Havilah where the gold is,BSBBSB: The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
14. 12LSVand the gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the shoham stone are there;BSBBSB: And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
15. 13LSVand the name of the second river is Gihon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;BSBBSB: The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
16. 14LSVand the name of the third river is Hiddekel, it is that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is the Euphrates.BSBBSB: The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
17. 15LSVAnd YHWH God takes the man, and causes him to rest in the Garden of Eden, to serve it and to keep it.BSBBSB: Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
18. 16LSVAnd YHWH God lays a charge on the man, saying, “From every tree of the garden eating you eat;BSBBSB: And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
19. 17LSVbut from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, you do not eat from it, for in the day of your eating from it—dying you die.”BSBBSB: 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. 18LSVAnd YHWH God says, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I make him a helper as his counterpart.”BSBBSB: The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
21. 19LSVAnd YHWH God forms from the ground every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens, and brings them to the man, to see what he calls it; and whatever the man calls a living creature, that is its name.BSBBSB: And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
22. 20LSVAnd the man calls names to all the livestock, and to bird of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man a helper has not been found as his counterpart.BSBBSB: 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.
23. 21LSVAnd YHWH God causes a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he sleeps, and He takes one of his ribs, and closes up flesh in its stead.BSBBSB: 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.
24. 22LSVAnd YHWH God builds up the rib which He has taken out of the man into a woman, and brings her to the man;BSBBSB: And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
25. 23LSVand the man says, “This at last! Bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!” For this is called Woman, for this has been taken from Man;BSBBSB: 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.”
26. 24LSVtherefore a man leaves his father and his mother, and has cleaved to his wife, and they have become one flesh.BSBBSB: For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
27. 25LSVAnd both of them are naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.BSBBSB: And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.