{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:18:33.927Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it: because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And 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 the knowledge of good and evil."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found an help meet for him."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"and the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And the man 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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 2 (ERV)","markdown":"[Genesis 2](https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/2 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}