Genesis - Chapter 2
4 These are the generations of the heaven
and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God
made earth and heaven. 5 No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and
no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused
it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground;
6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face
of the ground. 7 Then 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
soul. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there
He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the LORD
God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;
the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the
garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads. 11 The name
of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold; 12 and the gold of that land is good; there
is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is
Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush. 14 And the
name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east
of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 15 And the LORD God
took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep
it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest
thereof thou shalt surely die.' 18 And the LORD God said: 'It is not good
that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.' 19
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and
every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would
call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that
was to be the name thereof. 20 And the man gave names to all cattle, and
to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam
there was not found a help meet for him. 21 And the LORD God caused a
deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his
ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof. 22 And the rib,
which the LORD God had taken from the man, made He a woman, and brought
her unto the man. 23 And the man 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.' 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they
were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Chapter 3
1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the
field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: 'Yea, hath
God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?' 2 And the woman
said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may
eat; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden,
God hath said: Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest
ye die.' 4 And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die;
5 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall
be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.' 6 And when
the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight
to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she
took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband
with her, and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and
they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and
made themselves girdles. 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking
in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid
themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the
garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where
art thou?' 10 And he said: 'I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was
afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.' 11 And He said: 'Who told
thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded
thee that thou shouldest not eat?' 12 And the man said: 'The woman whom
Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.' 13
And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And
the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.' 14 And the LORD
God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou
from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy
belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their
heel.' {S} 16 Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain
and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire
shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.'
17 And unto Adam He said: 'Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice
of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying:
Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt
thou eat of it all the days of thy life. 18 Thorns also and thistles shall
it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. 19 In
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the
ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust
shalt thou return.' 20 And the man called his wife's name Eve; because
she was the mother of all living. 21 And the LORD God made for Adam and
for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the LORD God said: 'Behold, the man is become as one of us, to
know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also
of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.' 23 Therefore the LORD
God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence
he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of
the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every
way, to keep the way to the tree of life.
Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, ©
1985, The Jewish Publication Society with the permission of the publisher,
The Jewish Publication Society