Так было завершено сотворение неба и земли и всего, что есть и обитает там[a].

К седьмому дню Бог закончил труд, который Он совершал, и на седьмой день Он отдыхал от всех Своих дел. Бог благословил седьмой день и сделал его святым, потому что в этот день Он отдыхал от Своего труда, который Он делал и завершил.

Адам и Ева

Вот повествование о небе и земле, когда они были сотворены.

Когда Господь[b] Бог создавал землю и небо, на земле тогда еще не было ни кустарника полевого, ни полевой травы, потому что Господь Бог не посылал на землю дождя, и не было человека, чтобы обрабатывать почву, только поток[c] поднимался из земли и орошал всю ее поверхность, – тогда Господь Бог создал человека из земного праха[d] и вдунул ему в ноздри дыхание жизни[e], и человек стал живым существом.

Затем Господь Бог посадил сад на востоке, в Эдеме, и поселил там человека, которого Он создал. Господь Бог вырастил из земли все виды деревьев – приятных на вид и пригодных для пищи. Посреди же сада росли дерево жизни и дерево познания добра и зла[f].

10 Из Эдема вытекала река, орошавшая сад, а далее она разделялась на четыре потока. 11 Первый называется Пишон: он течет вокруг всей земли Хавила, где есть золото. 12 Золото в той земле хорошее, и еще там есть пахучая смола и оникс. 13 Вторая река называется Гихон, она течет вокруг всей земли Куш[g]. 14 Третья река называется Тигр[h], она течет к востоку от Ашшура[i]. А четвертая река – это Евфрат.

15 Господь Бог поселил человека в Эдемском саду, чтобы он возделывал сад и заботился о нем. 16 Господь Бог заповедал человеку: «Можешь есть плоды с любого дерева в саду, 17 но не ешь с дерева познания добра и зла, потому что в день, когда ты съешь плод с него, ты непременно умрешь»[j].

18 Господь Бог сказал: «Нехорошо человеку быть одному. Я создам ему помощника под стать».

19 Господь Бог создал из земли всех зверей полевых и всех птиц небесных. Затем Он привел их к человеку, чтобы увидеть, как тот их назовет; и как назвал человек каждое живое творение, так и стало ему имя. 20 Так человек дал имена всему скоту, всем птицам небесным и всем полевым зверям.

Но для Адама[k] не нашлось подходящего помощника. 21 Тогда Господь Бог погрузил человека в глубокий сон, и пока тот спал, взял одно из его ребер и закрыл это место плотью. 22 Из ребра, которое Он вынул из человека, Господь Бог создал женщину и привел ее к нему.

23 Человек сказал:

«Вот теперь это кость от костей моих
    и плоть от плоти моей:
она будет называться „женщина“[l],
    потому что была взята от мужчины».

24 Поэтому оставит человек отца и мать и соединится со своей женой, и двое станут одной плотью.

25 И Адам, и его жена были наги, но не испытывали стыда.

Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Букв.: «всего воинства их».
  2. 2:4 Господь – евр.: «ЙГВГ». В данном переводе это имя везде переводится как «Господь», а также «Сущий» (см. Исх. 3:13-15). Это имя, вероятно, означает «Он есть», указывает на активное участие Бога в жизни Своего народа и всего творения, говорит о Его вечном существовании и показывает неизменность Его природы и характера.
  3. 2:6 Или: «туман», «пар».
  4. 2:7 В еврейском тексте игра слов: «человек» («адам») и «земля» («адама»).
  5. 2:7 Или: «дух, дающий жизнь».
  6. 2:9 Или: «познания всего».
  7. 2:13 Возможно, юго-восточная Месопотамия.
  8. 2:14 Евр.: «Хиддекель».
  9. 2:14 Или: «Ассирии».
  10. 2:17 В Писании слово «умереть» используется в двух значениях: 1) плотская смерть человека означает конец жизни человека в этом мире; 2) духовная смерть означает разрыв отношений человека с Создателем и отдаление от Него.
  11. 2:20 Или: «для человека».
  12. 2:23 В еврейском тексте игра слов: «женщина» (евр.: «ишша») и «мужчина» (евр.: «иш»).

The Garden of Eden

Thus the heavens and the earth, and (A)all the host of them, were finished. (B)And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God (C)blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

(D)This is the [a]history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, before any (E)plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not (F)caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man (G)to till the ground; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

And the Lord God formed man of the (H)dust of the ground, and (I)breathed into his (J)nostrils the breath of life; and (K)man became a living being.

Life in God’s Garden

The Lord God planted (L)a garden (M)eastward in (N)Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made (O)every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. (P)The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and (Q)evil.

10 Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts (R)the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good. (S)Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is (T)Hiddekel;[b] it is the one which goes toward the east of [c]Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 Then the Lord God took [d]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to [e]tend and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (U)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it (V)you[f] shall surely (W)die.”

18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; (X)I will make him a helper comparable to him.” 19 (Y)Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and (Z)brought them to [g]Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

21 And the Lord God caused a (AA)deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He [h]made into a woman, (AB)and He (AC)brought her to the man.

23 And Adam said:

“This is now (AD)bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called [i]Woman,
Because she was (AE)taken out of [j]Man.”

24 (AF)Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and (AG)be[k] joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

25 (AH)And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not (AI)ashamed.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:4 Heb. toledoth, lit. generations
  2. Genesis 2:14 Or Tigris
  3. Genesis 2:14 Heb. Ashshur
  4. Genesis 2:15 Or Adam
  5. Genesis 2:15 cultivate
  6. Genesis 2:17 Lit. dying you shall die
  7. Genesis 2:19 Or the man
  8. Genesis 2:22 Lit. built
  9. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ishshah
  10. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ish
  11. Genesis 2:24 Lit. cling

The Seventh Day, God Rests

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and (A)all the host of them. And (B)on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

The Creation of Man and Woman

(C)These are the generations
of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

When no (D)bush of the field[a] was yet in the land[b] and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man (E)to work the ground, and a mist[c] was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— then the Lord God formed the man of (F)dust from the ground and (G)breathed into his (H)nostrils the breath of life, and (I)the man became a living creature. And the Lord God planted a (J)garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. (K)The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, (L)and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of (M)Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is the (N)Tigris, which flows east of Assyria.[d] And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man (O)and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (P)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[e] of it you (Q)shall surely die.”

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; (R)I will make him a helper fit for[f] him.” 19 (S)Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed[g] every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and (T)brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam[h] there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a (U)deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made[i] into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

“This at last is (V)bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
    because she was (W)taken out of Man.”[j]

24 (X)Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:5 Or open country
  2. Genesis 2:5 Or earth; also verse 6
  3. Genesis 2:6 Or spring
  4. Genesis 2:14 Or Asshur
  5. Genesis 2:17 Or when you eat
  6. Genesis 2:18 Or corresponding to; also verse 20
  7. Genesis 2:19 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed
  8. Genesis 2:20 Or the man
  9. Genesis 2:22 Hebrew built
  10. Genesis 2:23 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike