1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.2.3 created…: Heb. created to make
4¶ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.2.6 there…: or, a mist which went up from, etc. 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 soul.2.7 of the dust…: Heb. dust of the ground
8¶ And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9And 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 knowledge of good and evil. 10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.2.13 Ethiopia: Heb. Cush 14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.2.14 toward…: or, eastward to Assyria 15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.2.15 the man: or, Adam
16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:2.16 thou…: Heb. eating thou shalt eat 17But 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.2.17 thou shalt surely…: Heb. dying thou shalt die
18¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.2.18 meet…: Heb. as before him 19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.2.19 Adam: or, the man 20And Adam 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 an help meet for him.2.20 gave: Heb. called
21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.2.22 made: Heb. builded 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.2.23 Woman: Heb. Isha2.23 Man: Heb. Ish 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
1天地万物都造好了。 2第七天，上帝完成了祂的创造之工，就在第七天歇了一切的工。 3上帝赐福给第七天，将其定为圣日，因为祂在这一天歇了祂一切的创造之工。 4这是有关创造天地的记载。
上帝造亚当和夏娃
耶和华上帝创造天地的时候， 5地上还没有草木菜蔬，因为耶和华上帝还没有降雨在地上，土地也没有人耕作， 6但有水从地里涌出，浇灌大地。 7耶和华上帝用地上的尘土造了人，把生命的气息吹进他的鼻孔里，他就成了有生命的人。 8耶和华上帝在东方的伊甸开辟了一个园子，把祂所造的人安置在里面。 9耶和华上帝使地面长出各种树木，它们既好看又能结出可吃的果子。在园子的中间有生命树和分别善恶的树。
10有一条河从伊甸流出来灌溉那园子，又从那里分出四条支流。 11第一条支流叫比逊河，它环绕着哈腓拉全境。那里有金子， 12且是上好的金子，还有珍珠和红玛瑙。 13第二条支流是基训河，它环绕着古实全境。 14第三条支流名叫底格里斯河，它流经亚述的东边。第四条支流是幼发拉底河。
15耶和华上帝把那人安置在伊甸的园子里，让他在那里耕种、看管园子。 16耶和华上帝吩咐那人说：“你可以随意吃园中所有树上的果子， 17只是不可吃那棵分别善恶树的果子，因为你若吃了，当天必死。”
18耶和华上帝说：“那人独自一人不好，我要为他造一个相配的帮手。” 19耶和华上帝用尘土造了各种田野的走兽和空中的飞鸟，把它们带到那人跟前，看他怎么称呼这些动物。他叫这些动物什么，它们的名字就是什么。 20那人给所有的牲畜及田野的走兽和空中的飞鸟都起了名字。可是他找不到一个跟自己相配的帮手。 21耶和华上帝使那人沉睡，然后从他身上取出一根肋骨，再把肉合起来。 22耶和华上帝用那根肋骨造成一个女人，带到那人跟前。 23那人说：
“这才是我的同类，
我骨中的骨，肉中的肉，
要称她为女人，
因为她是从男人身上取出来的。”
24因此，人要离开父母，与妻子结合，二人成为一体。 25当时，他们夫妇二人都赤身露体，并不觉得羞耻。
