Genesis 2:4-25

Legacy Standard Bible

The Generations of the Heavens and the Earth

^4 (A)These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in ^(B)the day that ^[a]Yahweh God made earth and heaven. ^5 (C)Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet grown, ^(D)for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to ^[b]cultivate the ground. ⁶ But a ^[c]stream would rise from the earth and water the whole ^[d]surface of the ground. ⁷ Then Yahweh God formed man of ^(E)dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and so the ^(F)man became a living ^[e]being. ⁸ And Yahweh God planted a ^(G)garden in Eden, toward the east; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. ⁹ And out of the ground Yahweh God caused to grow ^(H)every tree that is ^(I)desirable in appearance and good for food; ^(J)the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰ Now a ^(K)river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four ^[f]rivers. ¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that ^[g]went around the whole land of ^(L)Havilah, where there is gold. ¹² Now the gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. ¹³ And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that ^[h]went around the whole land of Cush. ¹⁴ And the name of the third river is ^[i](M)Tigris; it is the one that went east of ^[j]Asshur. And the fourth river is the ^[k](N)Euphrates.

¹⁵ Then Yahweh God took the man and ^[l]set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. ¹⁶ And Yahweh God ^(O)commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may surely eat; ¹⁷ but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat from it; for in the day that you eat from it ^(P)you will surely die.”

¹⁸ Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; ^(Q)I will make him a helper ^[m]suitable for him.” ^19 (R)And out of the ground Yahweh God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the ^[n]sky, and He ^(S)brought each to the man to see what he would call it; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. ²⁰ And the man gave names to all the cattle and to the birds of the ^[o]sky and to every beast of the field; but for ^[p]Adam there was not found ^(T)a helper ^[q]suitable for him. ²¹ So Yahweh God caused a ^(U)deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. ²² And Yahweh God ^[r]fashioned ^(V)the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman, and He brought her to the man. ²³ Then the man said,

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