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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.
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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 H8064 and the earth H776 were finished H3615 (8792), and all the host of them H6635.
[2] And on the seventh H7637 day H3117 God H430 ended H3615 (8762) his work H4399 which he had made H6213 (8804); and he rested H7673 (8799) on the seventh H7637 day H3117 from all his work H4399 which he had made H6213 (8804).
[3] And God H430 blessed H1288 (8762) the seventh H7637 day H3117, and sanctified H6942 (8762) it: because H3588 that in it he had rested H7673 (8804) from all his work H4399 which God H430 created H1254 (8804) and made H6213 (8800).
[4] These H428 [are] the generations H8435 of the heavens H8064 and of the earth H776 when they were created H1254 (8736), in the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 God H430 made H6213 (8800) the earth H776 and the heavens H8064,
[5] And every plant H7880 of the field H7704 before H2962 it was in the earth H776, and every herb H6212 of the field H7704 before H2962 it grew H6779 (8799): for H3588 the LORD H3068 God H430 had not H3808 caused it to rain H4305 (8689) upon the earth H776, and [there was] not H369 a man H120 to till H5647 (8800) the ground H127.
[6] But there went up H5927 (8799) a mist H108 from H4480 the earth H776, and watered H8248 (8689) the whole face H6440 of the ground H127.
[7] And the LORD H3068 God H430 formed H3335 (8799) man H120 [of] the dust H6083 of H4480 the ground H127, and breathed H5301 (8799) into his nostrils H639 the breath H5397 of life H2416; and man H120 became a living H2416 soul H5315.
[8] And the LORD H3068 God H430 planted H5193 (8799) a garden H1588 eastward H6924 in Eden H5731; and there H8033 he put H7760 (8799) the man H120 whom H834 he had formed H3335 (8804).
[9] And out H4480 of the ground H127 made H6779 the LORD H3068 God H430 to grow H6779 (8686) every tree H6086 that is pleasant H2530 (8737) to the sight H4758, and good H2896 for food H3978; the tree H6086 of life H2416 also in the midst H8432 of the garden H1588, and the tree H6086 of knowledge H1847 of good H2896 and evil H7451.
[10] And a river H5104 went out H3318 (8802) of Eden H5731 to water H8248 (8687) the garden H1588; and from thence it was parted H6504 (8735), and became into four H702 heads H7218.
[11] The name H8034 of the first H259 [is] Pison H6376: that H1931 [is] it which compasseth H5437 (8802) the whole land H776 of Havilah H2341, where H834 [there is] gold H2091;
[12] And the gold H2091 of that H1931 land H776 [is] good H2896: there [is] bdellium H916 and the onyx H7718 stone H68.
[13] And the name H8034 of the second H8145 river H5104 [is] Gihon H1521: the same [is] it that compasseth H5437 (8802) the whole land H776 of Ethiopia H3568.
[14] And the name H8034 of the third H7992 river H5104 [is] Hiddekel H2313: that [is] it which goeth toward H1980 (8802) the east H6926 of Assyria H804. And the fourth H7243 river H5104 [is] Euphrates H6578.
[15] And the LORD H3068 God H430 took H3947 (8799) the man H120, and put him H3240 (8686) into the garden H1588 of Eden H5731 to dress H5647 (8800) it and to keep H8104 (8800) it.
[16] And the LORD H3068 God H430 commanded H6680 (8762) the man H120, saying H559 (8800), Of every tree H6086 of the garden H1588 thou mayest freely H398 (8800) eat H398 (8799):
[17] But of the tree H6086 of the knowledge H1847 of good H2896 and evil H7451, thou shalt not eat H398 (8799) of it: for in the day H3117 that thou eatest H398 (8800) thereof thou shalt surely H4191 (8800) die H4191 (8799).
[18] And the LORD H3068 God H430 said H559 (8799), [It is] not good H2896 that the man H120 should be H1961 (8800) alone; I will make H6213 (8799) him an help meet H5828 for him.
[19] And out of the ground H127 the LORD H3068 God H430 formed H3335 (8799) every beast H2416 of the field H7704, and every fowl H5775 of the air H8064; and brought H935 (8686) [them] unto Adam H120 to see H7200 (8800) what he would call H7121 (8799) them: and whatsoever Adam H120 called H7121 (8799) every living H2416 creature H5315, that H1931 [was] the name thereof H8034.
[20] And Adam H120 gave H7121 (8799) names H8034 to all cattle H929, and to the fowl H5775 of the air H8064, and to every beast H2416 of the field H7704; but for Adam H120 there was not found H4672 (8804) an help meet H5828 for him.
[21] And the LORD H3068 God H430 caused H5307 a deep sleep H8639 to fall H5307 (8686) upon Adam H121, and he slept H3462 (8799): and he took H3947 (8799) one H259 of his ribs H6763, and closed up H5462 (8799) the flesh H1320 instead thereof;
[22] And the rib H6763, which the LORD H3068 God H430 had taken H3947 (8804) from man H120, made H1129 (8799) he a woman H802, and brought H935 (8686) her unto the man H120.
[23] And Adam H120 said H559 (8799), This H2063 [is] now H6471 bone H6106 of my bones H6106, and flesh H1320 of my flesh H1320: she H2063 shall be called H7121 (8735) Woman H802, because she H2063 was taken H3947 (8795) out of Man H376.
[24] Therefore H3651 shall a man H376 leave H5800 (8799) his father H1 and his mother H517, and shall cleave H1692 (8804) unto his wife H802: and they shall be one H259 flesh H1320.
[25] And they were both H8147 naked H6174, the man H120 and his wife H802, and were not ashamed H954 (8709).
Young’s Literal Translation
Genesis 2 (YLT)
[1] And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;
[2] and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.
[3] And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.
[4] These are births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God’s making earth and heavens;
[5] and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,
[6] and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.
[7] And Jehovah God formeth the man-dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.
[8] And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
[9] and Jehovah God causeth 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 knowledge of good and evil.
[10] And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief rivers;
[11] the name of the one is Pison, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold is,
[12] and the gold of that land is good, there is the bdolach and the shoham stone;
[13] and the name of the second river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
[14] and the name of the third river is Hiddekel, it is that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat.
[15] And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.
[16] And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, ‘Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;
[17] and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it-dying thou dost die.’
[18] And Jehovah God saith, ‘Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper-as his counterpart.’
[19] And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that is its name.
[20] And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper-as his counterpart.
[21] And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead.
[22] And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;
[23] and the man saith, ‘This is the proper step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!’ for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;
[24] therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
[25] And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.