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    Genesis 2

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    Adam names the livestock, the birds, and every beast, only for the grand catalogue to end with the quiet discovery that none of them is a suitable helper. The solution arrives by way of a rib.

    The seventh day and the man from dustvv. 1–7

    The heavens and earth are completed, and God rests on the seventh day, blessing it and making it holy. Before shrubs or plants have appeared, springs rise from the earth; then the LORD God forms the man from dust and breathes life into him. A remarkably small ingredient list produces a living being.

    Eden, its trees, and its remarkably well-watered bordersvv. 8–17

    The LORD God plants a garden in Eden and places the man there, among trees pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle stand the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Then comes an unexpectedly exact piece of landscape writing: one river leaves Eden, divides into four, passes through Havilah and Cush, runs by Assyria as the Tigris, and includes the Euphrates. The man is given work in the garden and permission to eat freely, with one tree excepted and death attached to the exception.

    The catalogue of creatures and the woman from a ribvv. 18–25

    The LORD God declares that the man should not be alone, and brings the beasts and birds to him for naming. Adam names the lot, but the exercise produces no suitable helper. So the man is put into a deep sleep, a rib is taken, and a woman is made from it and brought to him. He answers with bone, flesh, and a new name; the chapter ends with the man and his wife naked and entirely unashamed.

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    1. Gen 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

    2. Gen 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

    3. Gen 2:3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

    4. Gen 2:4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

    5. Gen 2:5Now 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.

    6. Gen 2:6But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

    7. Gen 2:7Then 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.

    8. Gen 2:8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

    9. Gen 2:9Out 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.

    10. Gen 2:10Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

    11. Gen 2:11The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

    12. Gen 2:12And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

    13. Gen 2:13The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

    14. Gen 2:14The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

    15. Gen 2:15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

    16. Gen 2:16And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

    17. Gen 2:17but 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.”

    18. Gen 2:18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

    19. Gen 2:19And 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.

    20. Gen 2:20The 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.

    21. Gen 2:21So 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.

    22. Gen 2:22And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

    23. Gen 2:23And 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.”

    24. Gen 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

    25. Gen 2:25And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

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    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 285 passages were voted onto 24 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 24Matthew 19:3–9Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
    • 24Ephesians 5:28–31In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
    • 18Ecclesiastes 4:9–12Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
    • 24Mark 10:6–12However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
    • 7Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
    • 7Job 33:4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
    • 24Romans 7:2For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
    • 71 Corinthians 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
    • 7Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
    • 18Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
    • 241 Peter 3:1–7Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
    • 181 Corinthians 11:7–12A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
    • 181 Peter 3:7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
    • 17Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
    • 7Acts 17:25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
    • 15Psalms 128:2For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

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