Genesis 2:7-25

7Then the Lord God formed man of 1dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and 2man became a living 3being. 8The Lord God planted a 4garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow 5every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; 6the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10Now a 7river 8flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four 9rivers. 11The name of the first is Pishon; it 10flows around the whole land of 11Havilah, where there is gold. 12The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13The name of the second river is Gihon; it 12flows around the whole land of Cush. 14The name of the third river is 1314Tigris; it 15flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the 1617Euphrates.

15Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. 16The Lord God 18commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not 19eat, for in the day that you eat from it 20you will surely die.”

18Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; 21I will make him a helper 22suitable for him.” 1923Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the 24sky, and 25brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the 26sky, and to every beast of the field, but for 27Adam there was not found 28a helper 29suitable for him. 21So the Lord God caused a 30deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22The Lord God 31fashioned into a woman 32the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23The man said, “33This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; 34She shall be called 35Woman, Because 36she was taken out of 37Man.” 2438For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 2539And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.