And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia (2:13)

And 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)

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it (2:15)

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: (2:16)

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 (2:17)

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)

And 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)

And 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)

And 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; (2:21)

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. (2:22) com1

And 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)

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh (2:24)

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

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