Genesis 2

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed.	1 So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.
2 Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken.	2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation.	3 And he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4 Such is the story of the heavens and the earth at their creation. At the time when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens--	4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth:
5 while as yet there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had sent no rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the soil,	5 And every plant of the field before it spring 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.
6 but a stream was welling up out of the earth and was watering all the surface of the ground--	6 But a spring rose out the earth, watering all the surface of the earth.
7 the LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.	7 And 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.
8 Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and he placed there the man whom he had formed.	8 And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.
9 Out of the ground the LORD God made various trees grow that were delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.	9 And 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.
10 A river rises in Eden to water the garden; beyond there it divides and becomes four branches.	10 And a river went out the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.
11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it is the one that winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.	11 The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.
12 The gold of that land is excellent; bdellium and lapis lazuli are also there.	12 And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.
13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it is the one that winds all through the land of Cush.	13 And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia
14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it is the one that flows east of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.	14 And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it.	15 And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep it.
16 The LORD God gave man this order: "You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden	16 And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:
17 except the tree of knowledge of good and bad. From that tree you shall not eat; the moment you eat from it you are surely doomed to die."	17 But 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.
18 The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him."	18 And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.
19 So the LORD God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them; whatever the man called each of them would be its name.	19 And 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.
20 The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all the wild animals; but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man.	20 And 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.
21 So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.	21 Then 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.
22 The LORD God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man,	22 And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.
23 the man said: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one shall be called 'woman,' for out of 'her man' this one has been taken."	23 And 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.
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.	24 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.
25 The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame.	25 And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.