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Genesis 2

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Genesis 2 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.

ASV: 1ASV

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

WEB: 2WEB

On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

ASV: 2ASV

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

WEB: 3WEB

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.

ASV: 3ASV

And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

WEB: 4WEB

This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

ASV: 4ASV

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.

WEB: 5WEB

No plant of the field was yet on the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

ASV: 5ASV

And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;

WEB: 6WEB

but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.

ASV: 6ASV

but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

WEB: 7WEB

The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

ASV: 7ASV

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

WEB: 8WEB

The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

ASV: 8ASV

And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

WEB: 9WEB

Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

ASV: 9ASV

And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

WEB: 10WEB

A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.

ASV: 10ASV

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.

WEB: 11WEB

The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

ASV: 11ASV

The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

WEB: 12WEB

and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.

ASV: 12ASV

and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

WEB: 13WEB

The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

ASV: 13ASV

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

WEB: 14WEB

The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

ASV: 14ASV

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

WEB: 15WEB

The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

ASV: 15ASV

And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

WEB: 16WEB

The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

ASV: 16ASV

And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

WEB: 17WEB

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

ASV: 17ASV

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

WEB: 18WEB

The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

ASV: 18ASV

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

WEB: 19WEB

Out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.

ASV: 19ASV

And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

WEB: 20WEB

The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.

ASV: 20ASV

And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.

WEB: 21WEB

The LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

ASV: 21ASV

And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

WEB: 22WEB

The LORD God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

ASV: 22ASV

and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

WEB: 23WEB

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”

ASV: 23ASV

And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

WEB: 24WEB

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

ASV: 24ASV

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

WEB: 25WEB

The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

ASV: 25ASV

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.