| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. | 1With this the heavens and the earth were completed, including all of their vast array. |
| 2And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. | 2By the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on everything that he had done. |
| 3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. | 3Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God stopped working on everything that he had been creating. |
| 4This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, | 4These are the records of the universe at its creation. On the day that the LORD God made the earth and skies, |
| 5before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; | 5no shrubs had yet grown in the meadows of the earth and no vegetation had sprouted, because the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there were no human beings to work the ground. |
| 6but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. | 6Instead, an underground stream would arise out of the earth and water the surface of the ground. |
| 7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. | 7So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being. |
| 8The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. | 8The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, toward the east, where he placed the man whom he had formed. |
| 9And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. | 9The LORD God caused every tree that is both beautiful and suitable for food to spring up out of the ground. The tree of life was also in the middle of the garden, along with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. |
| 10Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. | 10A river flows from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides, becoming four branches. |
| 11The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. | 11The name of the first one is Pishon—it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. |
| 12And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. | 12The gold of that land is pure; bdellium and onyx are also found there. |
| 13The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. | 13The name of the second river is Gihon— it winds through the entire land of Cush. |
| 14The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. | 14The third river is named the Tigris— it flows to the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. |
| 15Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. | 15The LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden in order to have him work it and guard it. |
| 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; | 16The LORD God commanded the man: "You may freely eat from every tree of the garden, |
| 17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” | 17but you are not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because you will certainly die during the day that you eat from it." |
| 18And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” | 18Later, the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make the woman to be an authority corresponding to him." |
| 19Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. | 19After the LORD God formed from the ground every wild animal and every bird that flies, he brought each of them to the man to see what he would call it. Whatever the man called each living creature became its name. |
| 20So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. | 20The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds that fly, and to each of earth's animals, but there was not found a strength corresponding to him, |
| 21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. | 21so the LORD God caused a deep sleep to overshadow the man. When the man was asleep, he removed one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh where it had been. |
| 22Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. | 22Then the LORD God formed the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. |
| 23And 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.” | 23So the man exclaimed, "At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. This one will be called 'Woman,' because she was taken from Man." |
| 24Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. | 24(Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.) |
| 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. | 25Even though both the man and his wife were naked, they were not ashamed about it. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
|
