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Genesis 2:10-24
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 2:10-24
New American Standard Bible
10 Now a (A)river [a]flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [b]rivers. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it [c]flows around the whole land of (B)Havilah, where there is gold. 12 The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there as well. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it [d]flows around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is [e](C)Tigris; it [f]flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the [g](D)Euphrates.
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. 16 The Lord God (E)commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not [h]eat, for on the day that you eat from it (F)you will certainly die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; (G)I will make him a helper [i]suitable for him.” 19 (H)And out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the sky, and (I)brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field, but for [j]Adam there was not found (J)a helper [k]suitable for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a (K)deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 And the Lord God [l]fashioned into a woman (L)the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
“(M)At last this is bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
[m]She shall be called [n]‘woman,’
Because [o]she was taken out of [p]man.”
24 (N)For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
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- Genesis 2:10 Lit was going out
- Genesis 2:10 Lit heads
- Genesis 2:11 Lit surrounds
- Genesis 2:13 Lit is the one surrounding
- Genesis 2:14 Heb Hiddekel
- Genesis 2:14 Lit is the one going
- Genesis 2:14 Heb Perath
- Genesis 2:17 Lit eat from it
- Genesis 2:18 Lit corresponding to
- Genesis 2:20 Or man
- Genesis 2:20 Lit corresponding to
- Genesis 2:22 Lit built
- Genesis 2:23 Lit This one
- Genesis 2:23 Heb ishshah
- Genesis 2:23 Lit This one
- Genesis 2:23 Heb ish
Genesis 2:10-24
New International Version
Genesis 2:10-24
New International Version
10 A river(A) watering the garden flowed from Eden;(B) from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,(C) where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[a](D) and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.[b] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris;(E) it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.(F)
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden(G) to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;(H) 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,(I) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(J)
18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”(K)
19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals(L) and all the birds in the sky.(M) He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called(N) each living creature,(O) that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
But for Adam[c] no suitable helper(P) was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(Q) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[d] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[e](R) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;(S)
she shall be called(T) ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.(U)”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(V) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(W)
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls
- Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia
- Genesis 2:20 Or the man
- Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
- Genesis 2:22 Or part
Genesis 2:10-24
King James Version
Genesis 2:10-24
King James Version
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 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.
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam 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.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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