Genesis 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,
6 but streams[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 Then the Lord God formed a man[c] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; 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, where there is gold.
12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[d] and onyx are also there.)
13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.[e]
14 The name of the third river is the Tigris;it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden 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; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, 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[f] no suitable helper was found.
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[g]and then closed up the place with flesh.
22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[h] 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;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
Footnotes:
- Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
- Genesis 2:6 Or mist
- Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).
- 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
Observation Questions
How were the heavens and the earth completed? (chapter 1-chapter 2:1)
What did God do on the seventh day? (verse 2)
What did God bless in verse 3?
What did God make holy in verse 3?
Who made the earth and the heavens? (verse 4)
Why had no plant yet sprung up or shrub appeared on the earth? (verse 5)
What came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground? (verse 6)
What did the Lord God form man from? (verse 7)
When God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life, what happened? (verse 7)
Where did the Lord God put the man he had formed? (verse 8)
What kind of trees did the Lord God make to grow out of the ground? (verse 9)
What trees were in the middle of the garden? (verse 9)
How many headwaters was the river flowing from Eden separated into? (verse 10)
What is said about the land of Havilah? (verse 11-12)
Why did the Lord God take the man and put him in garden? (verse 15)
What did the Lord God command the man in verse 16-17?
What did the Lord God say about the man's aloneness? (verse 18)
Who did the Lord God say would make a helper suitable for the man? (verse 18)
What did the Lord God form out of the ground? (verse 19)
Who named all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky? (verse 19)
Was a suitable helper found for Adam when the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals? (verse 20)
Who caused the man to fall into a deep sleep? (verse 21)
What did God do when the man was sleeping? (verse 21)
What did the Lord God make from the rib he had taken out of the man? (verse 22)
Who brought the woman to the man? (verse 22)
What did the man say when the woman was brought to him? (verse 22-23)
Why does a man leave his father and mother, is united to his wife, and they become one flesh? (verse 21-24)
Were Adam and his wife both naked? (verse 25)
Did Adam and his wife feel any shame? (verse 25)
Thoughts
Bison means "Changing, extension of the mouth"
Havilah means "That suffers pain, that brings forth"
Gihon means "bursting forth, gushing"
Asher means "happy, blessed"
Euphrates means "that makes fruitful"
When I reached verse 15, my study was interrupted because I received a call from a man named Mark Gardener about some work.
“You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
“It is not good for the man to be alone.
I will make a helper suitable for him.”
"So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;
and while he was sleeping,
he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh."
"Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib
he had taken out of the man,
and he brought her to the man."
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife,
and they become one flesh.
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