Genesis 2

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Thus heaven and earth were completed with al their array.	1 And so the heavens and the earth were completed, with all their adornment.
2 On the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing. He rested on the seventh dayafter al the work he had been doing.	2 And on the seventh day, God fulfilled his work, which he had made. And on the seventh day he rested from all his work, which he had accomplished.
3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day he rested after al his work ofcreating.	3 And he blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. For in it, he had ceased from all his work: the work whereby God created whatever he should make.
4 Such was the story of heaven and earth as they were created. At the time when Yahweh God madeearth and heaven	4 These are the generations of heaven and earth, when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made heaven and earth,
5 there was as yet no wild bush on the earth nor had any wild plant yet sprung up, for Yahweh God hadnot sent rain on the earth, nor was there any man to til the soil.	5 and every sapling of the field, before it would rise up in the land, and every wild plant, before it would germinate. For the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the land.
6 Instead, water flowed out of the ground and watered al the surface of the soil.	6 But a fountain ascended from the earth, irrigating the entire surface of the land.
7 Yahweh God shaped man from the soil of the ground and blew the breath of life into his nostrils, andman became a living being.	7 And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
8 Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, which is in the east, and there he put the man he hadfashioned.	8 Now the Lord God had planted a Paradise of enjoyment from the beginning. In it, he placed the man whom he had formed.
9 From the soil, Yahweh God caused to grow every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, withthe tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.	9 And from the soil the Lord God produced every tree that was beautiful to behold and pleasant to eat. And even the tree of life was in the midst of Paradise, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 A river flowed from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided to make four streams.	10 And a river went forth from the place of enjoyment so as to irrigate Paradise, which is divided from there into four heads.
11 The first is named the Pishon, and this winds al through the land of Havilah where there is gold.	11 The name of one is the Phison; it is that which runs through all the land of Hevilath, where gold is born;
12 The gold of this country is pure; bdel ium and cornelian stone are found there.	12 and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is found bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 The second river is named the Gihon, and this winds all through the land of Cush.	13 And the name of the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the land of Ethiopia.
14 The third river is named the Tigris, and this flows to the east of Ashur. The fourth river is theEuphrates.	14 Truly, the name of the third river is the Tigris; it advances opposite the Assyrians. But the fourth river, it is the Euphrates.
15 Yahweh God took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden to cultivate and take care of it.	15 Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him.
16 Then Yahweh God gave the man this command, 'You are free to eat of al the trees in the garden.	16 And he instructed him, saying: “From every tree of Paradise, you shall eat.
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you are not to eat; for, the day you eat of that, youare doomed to die.'	17 But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death.”
18 Yahweh God said, 'It is not right that the man should be alone. I shal make him a helper.'	18 The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”
19 So from the soil Yahweh God fashioned al the wild animals and al the birds of heaven. These hebrought to the man to see what he would call them; each one was to bear the name the man would give it.	19 Therefore, the Lord God, having formed from the soil all the animals of the earth and all the flying creatures of the air, brought them to Adam, in order to see what he would call them. For whatever Adam would call any living creature, that would be its name.
20 The man gave names to al the cattle, al the birds of heaven and all the wild animals. But no helpersuitable for the man was found for him.	20 And Adam called each of the living things by their names: all the flying creatures of the air, and all the wild beasts of the land. Yet truly, for Adam, there was not found a helper similar to himself.
21 Then, Yahweh God made the man fal into a deep sleep. And, while he was asleep, he took one of hisribs and closed the flesh up again forthwith.	21 And so the Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam. And when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and he completed it with flesh for it.
22 Yahweh God fashioned the rib he had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man.	22 And the Lord God built up the rib, which he took from Adam, into a woman. And he led her to Adam.
23 And the man said: This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh! She is to be cal edWoman, because she was taken from Man.	23 And Adam said: “Now this is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. This one shall be called woman, because she was taken from man.”
24 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes attached to his wife, and they becomeone flesh.	24 For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.
25 Now, both of them were naked, the man and his wife, but they felt no shame before each other.	25 Now they were both naked: Adam, of course, and his wife. And they were not ashamed.