5And every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.

6But a spring rose out the earth, watering all the surface of the earth.

7And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

8And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.

9And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

10And a river went of the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.

11The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.

12And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.

13And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.

14And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to dress it, and keep it.

16And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:

17But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

18And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone; let us make him a help like unto himself.

19And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.

20And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not found a helper like himself.

21Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.

22And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.

23And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.

24Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

25And they were both naked, to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.

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Genesis 2

Shabbat For Rest

1So the heavens and the earth were completed along with their entire array.

2God completed—on the seventh day—His work that He made, and He ceased—on the seventh day—from all His work that He made.

3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, for on it He ceased from all His work that God created for the purpose of preparing.

Humanity in Gan-Eden

4These are the genealogical records of the heavens and the earth when they were created, at the time when Adonai Elohim made land and sky.

5Now no shrub of the field was in the land yet, and no green plants of the field had sprouted yet. For Adonai Elohim had not caused it to rain upon the land, and there was no one to work the ground.

6But a mist came up from the land and watered the whole surface of the ground.

7Then Adonai Elohim formed the man out of the dust from the ground and He breathed into his nostrils a breath of life—so the man became a living being.

8Then Adonai Elohim planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there He put the man whom He had formed.

9Then Adonai Elohim caused to sprout from the ground every tree that was desirable to look at and good for food. Now the Tree of Life was in the middle of the garden, and also the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

10A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became four riverheads.

11The name of the first is Pishon, the one that winds around the whole land of the Havilah, where there is gold.

12The gold of that land is good—bdellium and lapis lazuli stones are also there.

13The name of the second river is Gihon—it winds around the whole land of Cush.

14The name of the third river is Tigris—it runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15Then Adonai Elohim took the man and gave him rest in the Garden of Eden in order to cultivate and watch over it.

16Then Adonai Elohim commanded the man saying, “From all the trees of the garden you are most welcome to eat.

17But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil you must not eat. For when you eat from it, you most assuredly will die!

18Then Adonai Elohim said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let Me make a well-matched helper for him.”

19Adonai Elohim had formed from the ground every animal of the field and every flying creature of the sky, so He brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called them—each living creature—that was its name.

20So the man gave names to all of the livestock, and to the flying creatures of the sky, and to all the animals of the field; but for the man He did not find a well-matched helper for him.

21Adonai Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall on the man and he slept; and He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place.

22Adonai Elohim built the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman. Then He brought her to the man.

23Then the man said, “This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh from my flesh. This one is called woman, for from man was taken this one.”

24This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife; and they become one flesh.

From Innocence to Shame

25Now both of them were naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.

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Genesis 2

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