| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. | 1With this the heavens and the earth were completed, including all of their vast array. |
| 2By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. | 2By the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on everything that he had done. |
| 3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. | 3Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God stopped working on everything that he had been creating. |
| 4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven. | 4These are the records of the universe at its creation. On the day that the LORD God made the earth and skies, |
| 5Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. | 5no shrubs had yet grown in the meadows of the earth and no vegetation had sprouted, because the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there were no human beings to work the ground. |
| 6But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. | 6Instead, an underground stream would arise out of the earth and water the surface of the ground. |
| 7Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. | 7So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being. |
| 8The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. | 8The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, toward the east, where he placed the man whom he had formed. |
| 9Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing 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. | 9The LORD God caused every tree that is both beautiful and suitable for food to spring up out of the ground. The tree of life was also in the middle of the garden, along with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. |
| 10Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers. | 10A river flows from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides, becoming four branches. |
| 11The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. | 11The name of the first one is Pishon—it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. |
| 12The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. | 12The gold of that land is pure; bdellium and onyx are also found there. |
| 13The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush. | 13The name of the second river is Gihon— it winds through the entire land of Cush. |
| 14The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. | 14The third river is named the Tigris— it flows to the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. |
| 15Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. | 15The LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden in order to have him work it and guard it. |
| 16The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; | 16The LORD God commanded the man: "You may freely eat from every tree of the garden, |
| 17but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." | 17but you are not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because you will certainly die during the day that you eat from it." |
| 18Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." | 18Later, the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make the woman to be an authority corresponding to him." |
| 19Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. | 19After the LORD God formed from the ground every wild animal and every bird that flies, he brought each of them to the man to see what he would call it. Whatever the man called each living creature became its name. |
| 20The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. | 20The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds that fly, and to each of earth's animals, but there was not found a strength corresponding to him, |
| 21So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. | 21so the LORD God caused a deep sleep to overshadow the man. When the man was asleep, he removed one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh where it had been. |
| 22The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. | 22Then the LORD God formed the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. |
| 23The 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." | 23So the man exclaimed, "At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. This one will be called 'Woman,' because she was taken from Man." |
| 24For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. | 24(Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.) |
| 25And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. | 25Even though both the man and his wife were naked, they were not ashamed about it. |
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