1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2. And 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.

3. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

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,

5. And 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.

6. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7. 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.

8. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9. 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 knowledge of good and evil.

10. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

11. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14. 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.

15. And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17. 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.

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.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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;

22. And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23. 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.

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

25. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

1. Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the hoste of them.

2. And on the seuenth day God ended his worke, which hee had made: And he rested on the seuenth day from all his worke, which he had made.

3. And God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God created and made.

4. These are the generations of the heauens, & of the earth, when they were created; in the day that the LORD God made the earth, and the heauens,

5. And euery plant of the field, before it was in the earth, and euery herbe of the field, before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to raine vpon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

6. But there went vp a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, & breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a liuing soule.

8. And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow euery 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 euill.

10. And a riuer went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and became into foure heads.

11. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Hauilah, where there is gold.

12. And the gold of that land is good: There is Bdellium and the Onix stone.

13. And the name of the second riuer is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14. And the name of the third riuer is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the East of Assyria: and the fourth riuer is Euphrates.

15. And the LORD God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dresse it, and to keepe it.

16. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of euery tree of the garden thou mayest freely eate.

17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.

18. And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him an helpe meet for him.

19. And out of þe ground the LORD God formed euery beast of the field, and euery foule of the aire, and brought them vnto Adam, to see what he would call them: and whatsoeuer Adam called euery liuing creature, that was the name thereof.

20. And Adam gaue names to all cattell, and to the foule of the aire, and to euery beast of the fielde: but for Adam there was not found an helpe meete for him.

21. And the LORD God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and hee slept; and he tooke one of his ribs, and closed vp the flesh in stead thereof.

22. And the rib which the LORD God had taken from man, made hee a woman, & brought her vnto the man.

23. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shalbe called woman, because shee was taken out of man.

24. Therefore shall a man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue vnto his wife: and they shalbe one flesh.

25. And they were both naked, the man & his wife, and were not ashamed.

1 == Ps 33:6

 

II == Ex20:11 ; 31:17 ; Deut 5:14 ; Heb 4:4

 

III == Neh 9:14 ; Isa 58:13

 

IV == Gen 1:1 ; Ps 90:1-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VII == Gen 3:19 , 23 ; 7:22 ; Job 33:4 ; Ps 103:14 ; Ecct 12:7 ; Isa 2:22 ; 64:8 Acts 17:25

 

VIII == Gen 2:15 ; ; 3:24 ; 4:16 ; 13:10 ; 2nd Kings19:12 ; Isa 51:3 ; Ezek 27:23 ; 28:13 ; Joel 2:3

IX == Gen 1:17 ; 3:22 ; Prov 3:18 ; 11:30 ; Ezek 31:8 ; Rev 2:7 ; 22:2 , 14,

 

XI == Gen 25:18

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIV == Dan 10:4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XVII ==Gen 1:9 ; 3:1 , 3 , 11 , 17 , 19 ; Rom 6:23 ; 1st Cor 15:56 ; James 1:15 ; 1st John 5:16 ; Rom 5:12

 

XVIII == Gen 3:12 ; 1st Cor 11:9 ; 1st Tim 2:13 ; 1st Cor 11:9

XIX == Gen 1:20 , 24 ; Ps 8:6

 

 

XXI == Gen 15:12 ; 1st Sam 26:12 , 21

 

 

 

XXII == Prov 18:22 ; Heb 13:4 ; 1st Tim 2:13

XXIII == Gen 29:14 ; Judg 9:2 ; 2nd Sam 5:1 ; 19:13 ; 1st Cor 11:8 ; Eph 5:30

XXIV == Gen 31:15 ; Ps 45:10 ; Mt 19:5 ; MK 10:7-8 ; 1st Cor 6:16 ; Eph 5:31

XXV == Gen 3:7 , 10-11 ; Ex 32:25 ; Isa 47:3

1. Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed.

2 Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken.

3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation.

4 Such is the story of the heavens and the earth at their creation. At the time when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens - 

5 while as yet there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had sent no rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the soil,

6 but a stream was welling up out of the earth and was watering all the surface of the ground - 

7 the LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.

8 Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and he placed there the man whom he had formed.

9 Out of the ground the LORD God made various trees grow that were delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.

10 A river rises in Eden to water the garden; beyond there it divides and becomes four branches.

11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it is the one that winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12 The gold of that land is excellent; bdellium and lapis lazuli are also there.

13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it is the one that winds all through the land of Cush.

14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it is the one that flows east of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it.

16 The LORD God gave man this order: "You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden

17 except the tree of knowledge of good and bad. From that tree you shall not eat; the moment you eat from it you are surely doomed to die."

18 The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him."

19 So the LORD God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them; whatever the man called each of them would be its name.

20 The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all the wild animals; but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man.

21 So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.

22 The LORD God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man,

23 the man said: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one shall be called 'woman,' for out of 'her man' this one has been taken."

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.

25 The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame.

v 1-3. Everything God intended to create was done. He rested on the seventh day, not because He was tired from his activity, but to sanctify it, and set it apart for a pattern to man. It later became a sign to Israel.

 

v 2. This is first mention of LORD as Jehovah (right after the creation of man), the self existent One who reveals Himself to man in redemptive activity.

 

 

v 5,6. With the vapor barrier surrounding the earth, there would have been a uniform temperature with no cold or warm fronts to cause rain. The rising mists would make the world a giant terrarium until the flood changed things.

 

 

v 7. Man was carefully crafted from the soil, but it was the breath of God that made him a spiritual being.

 

v 8. Eden means pleasure, a delight.

 

v 9. Every tree there was special but these two trees will come up v 17 & chap. 3.

 

 

v 10-14. There was abundant water and mineral deposits. Notice that the river did not enter the garden, but flowed out of it like a huge spring. Compare to the river flowing from the presence of God near the altar and under the right side of the threshold at the east of the temple in the millennium. It parts and becomes two heads, one going to the Dead Sea, the other to the Mediterranean Sea, Ezek. 47:1-12. It is very possible that this river flowed from the presence of God in the garden, out the east entrance on the right side of the cherubim, and became the heads of the four rivers. Christ, the water of life, is at the right side of God.
Probably all these rivers were obliterated by the flood. The Euphrates and Hiddekel (Tigris) were familiar words and possibly used to rename the new water channels in the Babylonian area.

 

v 15-17. Man was not given difficult work, but interesting things to keep him busy and content. The only restriction was to not eat of the fruit of this tree or he would die.

 

 

 

 

v 18-20. Just as the Lord had pairs of animals line up to come on the ark, those nearby filed before Adam. (Not fish or creeping things) He probably named by categories, not those later developed. With his super intelligence, he may have named ten a minute, finishing in five hours or so. While Adam was naming animals he may have observed they were all paired, male and female, but the Lord initiated the subject of a helper fit for him.

 

 

v 21. This was the first anesthetic and surgery, the woman being formed, not the head to be over him or the foot to be under him, but from a rib, close to his heart. The word “rib” might be more properly translated “side”, although the effect is similar. As God opened the side of Adam to form his bride, Christ’s side was opened at the cross and his bride, the Church is still being formed. Adam was in deep sleep and the work was all done by the Lord. The work of salvation for us was all done by Him.

 

v 22-25. The Lord performed the first marriage ceremony. Home is God’s priority. Husbands and wives are partners in raising a family. Rules: Always male and female, they leave father and mother, they were never to divorce (Jesus quotes verse 24 in Mt. 19:5,6), they become one flesh complementing each other’s life. In their sinless condition they were totally innocent and unaware of nudity. Also the thought of being clothed in a glory compare with transfiguration of Christ, Luke, 9:29-31.