{"book":"Genesis","slug":"genesis","ch":2,"genre":"list","sub":"The First Book of Moses","prev":"genesis/1","next":"genesis/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.","f":[],"h":"The Seventh Day","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on [that] day He rested from all His work.","f":["Cited in Hebrews 4:4"]},{"v":3,"t":"Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on [that day] He rested from all the work of creation that [He] had accomplished.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"This [is] the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made [them].","f":["LORD or GOD, with capital letters, represents the proper name of the God of Israel and the one true God, transliterated from the Hebrew as YHWH; here and throughout the Scriptures."],"h":"Man and Woman in the Garden","style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"Now [no] shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not [yet] sent rain upon the earth, and [there was] no man to cultivate the ground.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.","f":["Or mist"]},{"v":7,"t":"Then the LORD God formed man [from] the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.","f":["Or a living soul; cited in 1 Corinthians 15:45"],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden [were] the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"The name of the first [river] [is] the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there [is] gold.","f":[],"style":"list1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"And the gold of that land [is] pure, [and] bdellium and onyx [are found] there.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"The name of the second river [is] the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":14,"t":"The name of the third river [is] the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river [is the] Euphrates.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"list1","t":"The name of the third river [is] the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria."},{"style":"list1","t":"And the fourth river [is the] Euphrates."}],"style":"list1"},{"v":15,"t":"Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"And the LORD God commanded [him],“ You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"The LORD God also said,“ [It is] not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought [them] to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that [was] its name.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.","f":["Or the man, as in verses 19 and 21"]},{"v":21,"t":"So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of [the man’s] ribs and closed up the area with flesh.","f":["Or took part of the man’s side; similarly in verse 22"],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to [him].","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"And the man said:“ This [is] now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘ woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"And the man said:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ This [is] now bone of my bones"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and flesh of my flesh;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"she shall be called ‘ woman,’"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for out of man she was taken.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.","f":["LXX and the two will become one flesh; cited in Matthew 19:5, Mark 10:7–8, 1 Corinthians 6:16, and Ephesians 5:31"],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}