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Genesis 2
New International Version

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(A)

2 By the seventh day(B) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.(C) 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(D) because on it he rested(E) from all the work of creating(F) that he had done.

### Adam and Eve

4 This is the account(G) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,(H) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,(I) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth(J) and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed(K) a man[c](L) from the dust(M) of the ground(N) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(O) of life,(P) and the man became a living being.(Q)

8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(R) and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees(S) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life(T) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(U)

10 A river(V) watering the garden flowed from Eden;(W) from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,(X) where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[d](Y) and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.[e] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris;(Z) it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.(AA)

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden(AB) to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;(AC) 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,(AD) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(AE)

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”(AF)

19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals(AG) and all the birds in the sky.(AH) He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called(AI) each living creature,(AJ) that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam[f] no suitable helper(AK) was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(AL) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[g] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[h](AM) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;(AN)
she shall be called(AO) ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.(AP)”

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(AQ) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(AR)

25 Adam and his wife were both naked,(AS) and they felt no shame.

#### Footnotes

1. Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
2. Genesis 2:6 Or mist
3. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).
4. Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls
5. Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia
6. Genesis 2:20 Or the man
7. Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
8. Genesis 2:22 Or part

#### Cross references

1. Genesis 2:1 : Dt 4:19; 17:3; 2Ki 17:16; 21:3; Ps 104:2; Isa 44:24; 45:12; 48:13; 51:13
2. Genesis 2:2 : Dt 5:14
3. Genesis 2:2 : ver 2-3; Ex 20:11; 31:17; 34:21; Jn 5:17; Heb 4:4*
4. Genesis 2:3 : Ex 16:23; 20:10; 23:12; 31:15; 35:2; Lev 23:3; Ne 9:14; Isa 58:13; Jer 17:22
5. Genesis 2:3 : Ps 95:11; Heb 4:1-11
6. Genesis 2:3 : S Ge 1:1
7. Genesis 2:4 : Ge 5:1; 6:9; 10:1; 11:10, 27; 25:12, 19; 36:1, 9; 37:2
8. Genesis 2:4 : Ge 1:1; Job 38:8-11
9. Genesis 2:5 : Ge 1:11
10. Genesis 2:5 : Job 38:28; Ps 65:9-10; Jer 10:13
11. Genesis 2:7 : Isa 29:16; 43:1, 21; 44:2
12. Genesis 2:7 : S Ge 1:27
13. Genesis 2:7 : Ge 3:19; 18:27; Job 4:19; 10:9; 17:16; 34:15; Ps 90:3; Ecc 3:20; 12:7
14. Genesis 2:7 : Ge 3:23; 4:2; Ps 103:14; Jer 18:6; 1Co 15:47
15. Genesis 2:7 : S Ge 1:2; Job 27:3; Isa 2:22
16. Genesis 2:7 : S Ge 1:30; Isa 42:5; Ac 17:25
17. Genesis 2:7 : Job 12:10; 32:8; 33:4; 34:14; Ps 104:29; Isa 57:16; Eze 37:5; 1Co 15:45*
18. Genesis 2:8 : ver 10, 15; Ge 3:23, 24; 4:16; 13:10; Isa 51:3; Eze 28:13; 31:9, 16; 36:35; Joel 2:3
19. Genesis 2:9 : Eze 31:8
20. Genesis 2:9 : Ge 3:22, 24; Pr 3:18; 11:30; S Rev 2:7
21. Genesis 2:9 : Eze 47:12
22. Genesis 2:10 : Nu 24:6; Ps 46:4; Eze 47:5
23. Genesis 2:10 : S ver 8
24. Genesis 2:11 : Ge 10:7; 25:18
25. Genesis 2:12 : Nu 11:7
26. Genesis 2:14 : Ge 41:1; Da 10:4
27. Genesis 2:14 : Ge 15:18; 31:21; Ex 23:31; Nu 22:5; Dt 1:7; 11:24; Jos 1:4; 2Sa 8:3; 1Ki 4:21; 2Ki 23:29; 24:7; 1Ch 5:9; 18:3; 2Ch 35:20; Jer 13:4; 46:2; 51:63; S Rev 9:14
28. Genesis 2:15 : S ver 8
29. Genesis 2:16 : Ge 3:1-2
30. Genesis 2:17 : Ge 3:11, 17
31. Genesis 2:17 : Ge 3:1, 3; 5:5; 9:29; Dt 30:15, 19; Jer 42:16; Eze 3:18; S Ro 5:12; S 6:23
32. Genesis 2:18 : Pr 31:11; 1Co 11:9; 1Ti 2:13
33. Genesis 2:19 : Ps 8:7
34. Genesis 2:19 : S Ge 1:20
35. Genesis 2:19 : S Ge 1:5
36. Genesis 2:19 : Ge 1:24
37. Genesis 2:20 : Ge 3:20; 4:1
38. Genesis 2:21 : Ge 15:12; 1Sa 26:12; Job 33:15
39. Genesis 2:22 : 1Co 11:8, 9, 12; 1Ti 2:13
40. Genesis 2:23 : Ge 29:14; Eph 5:28-30
41. Genesis 2:23 : S Ge 1:5
42. Genesis 2:23 : 1Co 11:8
43. Genesis 2:24 : Mal 2:15
44. Genesis 2:24 : Mt 19:5*; Mk 10:7-8*; 1Co 6:16*; Eph 5:31*
45. Genesis 2:25 : Ge 3:7, 10-11; Isa 47:3; La 1:8

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