Genesis 2

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 2 of 50

1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.

2 And on the seventh day God completed His work that He had made. And He ceased on the seventh day from all His work that He had made.

3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, for He ceased from all His work on it, which God had created to bring forth.

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Chapter Summary

1 The first Sabbath, 4 manner of the creation, 8 planting of the Garden of Eden, 10 river out of Eden, 17 tree of knowledge forbidden, 19 naming of the creatures, 21 making of woman and marriage.

Key Hebrew Words

עָפָר֙ dry earth H6083 · TWOT 1664a
קִדְמַ֣ת front H6926 · TWOT 1988a
בָּשָׂ֖ר flesh H1320 · TWOT 291a
גִּיח֑וֹן Gihon H1521 · TWOT 345a
נֶ֥פֶשׁ soul H5315 · TWOT 1395a

People & Context

The Sabbath

God finishes His work, rests, and blesses and sanctifies the seventh day.

Formation of Man and Eden

Jehovah God forms man from dust, breathes life into him, and plants the Garden of Eden with the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and…

The Forbidden Tree and the Naming of Animals

Man is placed in Eden to work and keep it, forbidden from eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. God brings all animals and birds to …

Timeline

The Sabbath

God finishes His work, rests, and blesses and sanctifies the seventh day.

Genesis 2:1-3
Formation of Man and Eden

Jehovah God forms man from dust, breathes life into him, and plants the Garden of Eden with the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. A river flows from Eden and divides into four heads (Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, Euphrates).

Genesis 2:7-14
The Forbidden Tree and the Naming of Animals

Man is placed in Eden to work and keep it, forbidden from eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. God brings all animals and birds to man to name them.

Genesis 2:15-20

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