| 2:1 | The heavens and the earth* were completed with everything that was in them.* |
| 2:2 | By* the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing,* and he ceased* on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing. |
| 2:3 | God blessed the seventh day and made it holy* because on it he ceased all the work that he* had been doing in creation.* |
| 2:4 | This is the account* of the heavens and the earth* when they were created – when the Lord God* made the earth and heavens.* |
| 2:5 | Now* no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field* had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.* |
| 2:6 | Springs* would well up* from the earth and water* the whole surface of the ground.* |
| 2:7 | The Lord God formed* the man from the soil of the ground* and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,* and the man became a living being.* |
| 2:8 | The Lord God planted an orchard* in the east,* in Eden;* and there he placed the man he had formed.* |
| 2:9 | The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil,* every tree that was pleasing to look at* and good for food. (Now* the tree of life* and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil* were in the middle of the orchard.) |
| 2:10 | Now* a river flows* from Eden* to water the orchard, and from there it divides* into four headstreams.* |
| 2:11 | The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through* the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. |
| 2:12 | (The gold of that land is pure;* pearls* and lapis lazuli* are also there). |
| 2:13 | The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through* the entire land of Cush.* |
| 2:14 | The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria.* The fourth river is the Euphrates. |
| 2:15 | The Lord God took the man and placed* him in the orchard in* Eden to care for it and to maintain it.* |
| 2:16 | Then the Lord God commanded* the man, “You may freely eat* fruit* from every tree of the orchard, |
| 2:17 | but* you must not eat* from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when* you eat from it you will surely die.”* |
| 2:18 | The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.* I will make a companion* for him who corresponds to him.”* |
| 2:19 | The Lord God formed* out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would* name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. |
| 2:20 | So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam* no companion who corresponded to him was found.* |
| 2:21 | So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep,* and while he was asleep,* he took part of the man’s side* and closed up the place with flesh.* |
| 2:22 | Then the Lord God made* a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. |
| 2:23 | Then the man said, “This one at last* is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called* ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of* man.”* |
| 2:24 | That is why* a man leaves* his father and mother and unites with* his wife, and they become a new family.* |
| 2:25 | The man and his wife were both naked,* but they were not ashamed.* |
Genesis 2 - NET Bible [draft]
