2:4 This is the account ¹  of the heavens and the earth ²  when they were created – when the Lord God ³  made the earth and heavens. ⁴ 

2:5 Now ⁵  no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field ⁶  had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. ⁷  2:6 Springs ⁸  would well up ⁹  from the earth and water ¹⁰  the whole surface of the ground. ¹¹  2:7 The Lord God formed ¹²  the man from the soil of the ground ¹³  and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, ¹⁴  and the man became a living being. ¹⁵ 

2:8 The Lord God planted an orchard ¹⁶  in the east, ¹⁷  in Eden; ¹⁸  and there he placed the man he had formed. ¹⁹  2:9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, ²⁰  every tree that was pleasing to look at ²¹  and good for food. (Now ²²  the tree of life ²³  and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ²⁴  were in the middle of the orchard.)

2:10 Now ²⁵  a river flows ²⁶  from Eden ²⁷  to water the orchard, and from there it divides ²⁸  into four headstreams. ²⁹  2:11 The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through ³⁰  the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 2:12 (The gold of that land is pure; ³¹  pearls ³²  and lapis lazuli ³³  are also there). 2:13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through ³⁴  the entire land of Cush. ³⁵  2:14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. ³⁶  The fourth river is the Euphrates.

2:15 The Lord God took the man and placed ³⁷  him in the orchard in ³⁸  Eden to care for it and to maintain it. ³⁹  2:16 Then the Lord God commanded ⁴⁰  the man, “You may freely eat ⁴¹  fruit ⁴²  from every tree of the orchard, 2:17 but ⁴³  you must not eat ⁴⁴  from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when ⁴⁵  you eat from it you will surely die.” ⁴⁶ 

2:18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. ⁴⁷  I will make a companion ⁴⁸  for him who corresponds to him.” ⁴⁹  2:19 The Lord God formed ⁵⁰  out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would ⁵¹  name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 2:20 So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam ⁵²  no companion who corresponded to him was found. ⁵³  2:21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, ⁵⁴  and while he was asleep, ⁵⁵  he took part of the man’s side ⁵⁶  and closed up the place with flesh. ⁵⁷  2:22 Then the Lord God made ⁵⁸  a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 2:23 Then the man said,

“This one at last ⁵⁹  is bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

this one will be called ⁶⁰  ‘woman,’

for she was taken out of ⁶¹  man.” ⁶² 

2:24 That is why ⁶³  a man leaves ⁶⁴  his father and mother and unites with ⁶⁵  his wife, and they become a new family. ⁶⁶  2:25 The man and his wife were both naked, ⁶⁷  but they were not ashamed. ⁶⁸