Genesis 2
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 2 of 50
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
People & Context
Completes creation, rests and sanctifies the seventh day, plants Eden, forms the man, and makes woman.
The man formed from dust, given the breath of life; placed in Eden to work it and names the creatures.
The woman built from the man's rib and brought to him; called Woman, taken out of man.
Timeline
God finishes His work, rests, and blesses and sanctifies the seventh day.
Genesis 2:1-3Jehovah 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 2:7-14Man 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.
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