Genesis 2

New King James Version

The Garden of Eden

2 Thus the heavens and the earth, and^(A)all the host of them, were finished.^2 (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.³ 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.

^4 (D)Thisisthe^[a]history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that theLordGod made the earth and the heavens,⁵ before any^(E)plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For theLordGod had not^(F)caused it to rain on the earth, andthere wasno man^(G)to till the ground;⁶ but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

⁷ And theLordGod formed manofthe^(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

⁸ TheLordGod planted^(L)a garden^(M)eastward in^(N)Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.⁹ And out of the ground theLordGod made^(O)every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.^(P)The tree of lifewasalso 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 firstisPishon; itisthe one which skirts^(R)the whole land of Havilah, wherethere isgold.¹² And the gold of that landisgood.^(S)Bdellium and the onyx stonearethere.¹³ The name of the second riverisGihon; itisthe one which goes around the whole land of Cush.¹⁴ The name of the third riveris^(T)Hiddekel;^[b]itisthe one which goes toward the east of^[c]Assyria. The fourth riveristhe Euphrates.

¹⁵ Then theLordGod took^[d]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to^[e]tend and keep it.¹⁶ And theLordGod 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 theLordGod said, “It isnot good that man should be alone;^(X)I will make him a helper comparable to him.”^19 (Y)Out of the ground theLordGod formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and^(Z)broughtthemto^[g]Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, thatwasits 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 theLordGod 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 theLordGod had taken from man He^[h]made into a woman,^(AB)and He^(AC)brought her to the man.

²³ And Adam said:

^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.