| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. | 1So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. |
| 2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. | 2On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. |
| 3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished. | 3And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation. |
| 4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them. | 4This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. The Man and Woman in Eden When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, |
| 5Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. | 5neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the LORD God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil. |
| 6But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. | 6Instead, springs came up from the ground and watered all the land. |
| 7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. | 7Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person. |
| 8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed. | 8Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. |
| 9Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. | 9The LORD God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. |
| 10Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters: | 10A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches. |
| 11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. | 11The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found. |
| 12And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there. | 12The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there. |
| 13The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush. | 13The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush. |
| 14The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. | 14The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates. |
| 15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. | 15The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. |
| 16And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, | 16But the LORD God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden— |
| 17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.” | 17except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.” |
| 18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.” | 18Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” |
| 19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. | 19So the LORD God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. |
| 20The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. | 20He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him. |
| 21So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh. | 21So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the LORD God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. |
| 22And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. | 22Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. |
| 23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.” | 23“At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’” |
| 24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. | 24This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. |
| 25And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed. | 25Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame. |
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