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World English Bible

Genesis 2 (WEBP)

[1] The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
[2] On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
[3] God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
[4] This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
[5] No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
[6] but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
[7] Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
[8] Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
[9] Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
[10] A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.
[11] The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
[12] and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.
[13] The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
[14] The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
[15] Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
[16] Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
[17] but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
[18] Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
[19] Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
[20] The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.
[21] Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
[22] Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
[23] The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
[24] Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
[25] The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:4 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Genesis 2:12 or, aromatic resin
Genesis 2:18 or, suitable for, or appropriate for.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 2 (KJVS)

[1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, () and all the host of them.
[2] And on the seventh day God ended () his work which he had made; () and he rested () on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. ()
[3] And God blessed () the seventh day, and sanctified () it: because that in it he had rested () from all his work which God created () and made. ()
[4] These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, () in the day that the Lord God made () the earth and the heavens,
[5] and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: () for the Lord God had not caused it to rain () upon the earth, and there was not a man to till () the ground.
[6] But there went up () a mist from the earth, and watered () the whole face of the ground.
[7] And the Lord God formed () man of the dust of the ground, and breathed () into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
[8] And the Lord God planted () a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put () the man whom he had formed. ()
[9] And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow () every tree that is pleasant () to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
[10] And a river went out () of Eden to water () the garden; and from thence it was parted, () and became into four heads.
[11] The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth () the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
[12] and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
[13] And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth () the whole land of Ethiopia.
[14] And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward () the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
[15] And the Lord God took () the man, and put him () into the garden of Eden to dress () it and to keep () it.
[16] And the Lord God commanded () the man, saying, () Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely () eat: ()
[17] but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat () of it: for in the day that thou eatest () thereof thou shalt surely () die. ()
[18] And the Lord God said, () It is not good that the man should be () alone; I will make () him an help meet for him.
[19] And out of the ground the Lord God formed () every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought () them unto Adam to see () what he would call () them: and whatsoever Adam called () every living creature, that was the name thereof.
[20] And Adam gave () names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found () an help meet for him.
[21] And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall () upon Adam, and he slept: () and he took () one of his ribs, and closed up () the flesh instead thereof;
[22] and the rib, which the Lord God had taken () from man, made () he a woman, and brought () her unto the man.
[23] And Adam said, () This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called () Woman, because she was taken () out of Man.
[24] Therefore shall a man leave () his father and his mother, and shall cleave () unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
[25] And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. ()

Genesis 2:3 Heb. created to make
Genesis 2:6 Or, a mist which went up from
Genesis 2:7 Heb. dust of the ground
Genesis 2:13 Heb. Cush
Genesis 2:14 Or, Eastward to Assyria
Genesis 2:15 Or, Adam
Genesis 2:16 Heb. eating thou shalt eat
Genesis 2:17 Heb. dying thou shalt die
Genesis 2:18 Heb. as before him
Genesis 2:19 Or, the man
Genesis 2:20 Heb. called
Genesis 2:22 Heb. built

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 2 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () συνετελέσθησαν () ὁ () οὐρανὸς () καὶ () ἡ () γῆ () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () κόσμος () αὐτῶν. ()
[2] Καὶ () συνετέλεσεν () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () ἕκτῃ () τὰ () ἔργα () αὐτοῦ, () ἃ () ἐποίησεν, () καὶ () κατέπαυσεν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () ἑβδόμῃ () ἀπὸ () πάντων () τῶν () ἔργων () αὐτοῦ, () ὧν () ἐποίησεν. ()
[3] Καὶ () ηὐλόγησεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὴν () ἡμέραν () τὴν () ἑβδόμην () καὶ () ἡγίασεν () αὐτήν, () ὅτι () ἐν () αὐτῇ () κατέπαυσεν () ἀπὸ () πάντων () τῶν () ἔργων () αὐτοῦ, () ὧν () ἤρξατο () ὁ () θεὸς () ποιῆσαι. ()
[4] Αὕτη () ἡ () βίβλος () γενέσεως () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () γῆς, () ὅτε () ἐγένετο, () ᾗ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐποίησεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () οὐρανὸν () καὶ () τὴν () γῆν ()
[5] καὶ () πᾶν () χλωρὸν () ἀγροῦ () πρὸ () τοῦ () γενέσθαι () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () πάντα () χόρτον () ἀγροῦ () πρὸ () τοῦ () ἀνατεῖλαι· () οὐ () γὰρ () ἔβρεξεν () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν, () καὶ () ἄνθρωπος () οὐκ () ἦν () ἐργάζεσθαι () τὴν () γῆν, ()
[6] πηγὴ () δὲ () ἀνέβαινεν () ἐκ () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () ἐπότιζεν () πᾶν () τὸ () πρόσωπον () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἔπλασεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () ἄνθρωπον () χοῦν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () ἐνεφύσησεν () εἰς () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () πνοὴν () ζωῆς, () καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () εἰς () ψυχὴν () ζῶσαν. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἐφύτευσεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () παράδεισον () ἐν () Εδεμ κατὰ () ἀνατολὰς () καὶ () ἔθετο () ἐκεῖ () τὸν () ἄνθρωπον, () ὃν () ἔπλασεν. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐξανέτειλεν () ὁ () θεὸς () ἔτι () ἐκ () τῆς () γῆς () πᾶν () ξύλον () ὡραῖον () εἰς () ὅρασιν () καὶ () καλὸν () εἰς () βρῶσιν () καὶ () τὸ () ξύλον () τῆς () ζωῆς () ἐν () μέσῳ () τῷ () παραδείσῳ () καὶ () τὸ () ξύλον () τοῦ () εἰδέναι () γνωστὸν () καλοῦ () καὶ () πονηροῦ. ()
[10] Ποταμὸς () δὲ () ἐκπορεύεται () ἐξ () Εδεμ ποτίζειν () τὸν () παράδεισον· () ἐκεῖθεν () ἀφορίζεται () εἰς () τέσσαρας () ἀρχάς. ()
[11] Ὄνομα () τῷ () ἑνὶ () Φισων· οὗτος () ὁ () κυκλῶν () πᾶσαν () τὴν () γῆν () Ευιλατ, ἐκεῖ () οὗ () ἐστιν () τὸ () χρυσίον· ()
[12] τὸ () δὲ () χρυσίον () τῆς () γῆς () ἐκείνης () καλόν· () καὶ () ἐκεῖ () ἐστιν () ὁ () ἄνθραξ () καὶ () ὁ () λίθος () ὁ () πράσινος.
[13] Καὶ () ὄνομα () τῷ () ποταμῷ () τῷ () δευτέρῳ () Γηων· οὗτος () ὁ () κυκλῶν () πᾶσαν () τὴν () γῆν () Αἰθιοπίας.
[14] Καὶ () ὁ () ποταμὸς () ὁ () τρίτος () Τίγρις· οὗτος () ὁ () πορευόμενος () κατέναντι () Ἀσσυρίων. Ὁ () δὲ () ποταμὸς () ὁ () τέταρτος, () οὗτος () Εὐφράτης. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () ἄνθρωπον, () ὃν () ἔπλασεν, () καὶ () ἔθετο () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῷ () παραδείσῳ () ἐργάζεσθαι () αὐτὸν () καὶ () φυλάσσειν. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τῷ () Αδαμ () λέγων () Ἀπὸ () παντὸς () ξύλου () τοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () παραδείσῳ () βρώσει () φάγῃ, ()
[17] ἀπὸ () δὲ () τοῦ () ξύλου () τοῦ () γινώσκειν () καλὸν () καὶ () πονηρόν, () οὐ () φάγεσθε ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ· () ᾗ () δ’ () ἂν () ἡμέρᾳ () φάγητε () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ, () θανάτῳ () ἀποθανεῖσθε. ()
[18] Καὶ () εἶπεν κύριος () ὁ () θεός () Οὐ () καλὸν () εἶναι () τὸν () ἄνθρωπον () μόνον· () ποιήσωμεν () αὐτῷ () βοηθὸν () κατ’ () αὐτόν. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἔπλασεν () ὁ () θεὸς () ἔτι () ἐκ () τῆς () γῆς () πάντα () τὰ () θηρία () τοῦ () ἀγροῦ () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () πετεινὰ () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () ἤγαγεν () αὐτὰ () πρὸς () τὸν () Αδαμ () ἰδεῖν, () τί () καλέσει () αὐτά, () καὶ () πᾶν, () ὃ () ἐὰν () ἐκάλεσεν () αὐτὸ () Αδαμ () ψυχὴν () ζῶσαν, () τοῦτο () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () Αδαμ () ὀνόματα () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () κτήνεσιν () καὶ () πᾶσι () τοῖς () πετεινοῖς τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () πᾶσι () τοῖς () θηρίοις () τοῦ () ἀγροῦ, () τῷ () δὲ () Αδαμ () οὐχ () εὑρέθη () βοηθὸς () ὅμοιος () αὐτῷ. () —
[21] καὶ () ἐπέβαλεν () ὁ () θεὸς () ἔκστασιν () ἐπὶ () τὸν () Αδαμ, () καὶ () ὕπνωσεν· καὶ () ἔλαβεν () μίαν () τῶν () πλευρῶν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀνεπλήρωσεν () σάρκα () ἀντ’ () αὐτῆς. ()
[22] Καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τὴν () πλευράν, () ἣν () ἔλαβεν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () Αδαμ, () εἰς () γυναῖκα () καὶ () ἤγαγεν () αὐτὴν () πρὸς () τὸν () Αδαμ. ()
[23] Καὶ () εἶπεν Αδαμ () Τοῦτο () νῦν () ὀστοῦν () ἐκ () τῶν () ὀστέων μου () καὶ () σὰρξ () ἐκ () τῆς () σαρκός () μου· () αὕτη () κληθήσεται () γυνή, () ὅτι () ἐκ () τοῦ () ἀνδρὸς () αὐτῆς () ἐλήμφθη () αὕτη. ()
[24] Ἕνεκεν () τούτου () καταλείψει () ἄνθρωπος () τὸν () πατέρα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὴν () μητέρα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () προσκολληθήσεται () πρὸς () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἔσονται () οἱ () δύο () εἰς () σάρκα () μίαν. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἦσαν () οἱ () δύο () γυμνοί, () ὅ () τε () Αδαμ () καὶ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ᾐσχύνοντο.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.