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Book of Genesis, Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 of Genesis—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Thus the heavens and the earth and all their army came to their completion.1
  2. And by the seventh day God came to the completion of his work that he had made, and he proceeded to rest[a] on the seventh day from all his work that he had made.2
  3. And God proceeded to bless the seventh day and make it sacred,[b] because on it he has been resting[c] from all his work that God has created for the purpose of making.[d]3
  4. ¶ This is a history[e] of the heavens and the earth in the time of their being created, in the day that Jehovah[f] God[g] made earth and heaven.4
  5. ¶ Now there was as yet no bush of the field found in the earth and no vegetation of the field was as yet sprouting, because Jehovah God had not made it rain5 upon the earth and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
  6. But a mist[h]6 would go up from the earth and it watered the entire surface of the ground.7
  7. ¶ And Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust[i]8 from the ground9 and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life,[j]10 and the man came to be a living soul.[k]11
  8. Further, Jehovah[l] God planted a garden in Eʹden,[m]12 toward the east,[n] and there he put the man whom he had formed.13
  9. Thus Jehovah God made to grow out of the ground every tree desirable to one’s sight and good for food and also the tree of life14 in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.15
  10. ¶ Now there was a river issuing[o] out of Eʹden to water the garden, and from there it began to be parted and it became, as it were, four heads.
  11. The first one’s name is Piʹshon; it is the one encircling the entire land of Havʹi·lah,16 where there is gold.
  12. And the gold of that land is good.17 There also are the bdellium gum18 and the onyx stone.19
  13. And the name of the second river is Giʹhon; it is the one encircling the entire land of Cush.[p]
  14. And the name of the third river is Hidʹde·kel;[q]20 it is the one going to the east of As·syrʹi·a.[r]21 And the fourth river is the Eu·phraʹtes.[s]22
  15. ¶ And Jehovah God proceeded to take the man and settle him in the garden of Eʹden23 to cultivate it and to take care of it.24
  16. And Jehovah God also laid this command upon the man: “From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction.25
  17. But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die.”[t]26
  18. ¶ And Jehovah[u] God went on to say: “It is not good for the man to continue by himself. I am going to make a helper for him, as a complement[v] of him.”27
  19. Now Jehovah God was forming[w] from the ground every wild beast of the field and every flying creature of the heavens, and he began bringing them to the man to see what he would call each one; and whatever the man would call it, each living soul,28 that was its name.29
  20. So the man was calling the names of all the domestic animals and of the flying creatures of the heavens and of every wild beast of the field, but for man there was found no helper[x] as a complement of him.
  21. Hence Jehovah God had a deep sleep30 fall upon the man and, while he was sleeping, he took one of his ribs and then closed up the flesh over its place.
  22. And Jehovah[y] God proceeded to build the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman and to bring her to the man.31
  23. ¶ Then the man said:
    ¶ “This is at last bone of my bones
    ¶ And flesh of my flesh.32
    ¶ This one will be called Woman,[z]
    ¶ Because from man[aa] this one was taken.”33
  24. ¶ That is why a man will leave his father and his mother34 and he must stick to his wife[ab] and they must become one flesh.35
  25. And both of them continued to be naked,36 the man and his wife, and yet they did not become ashamed.37

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “And he proceeded to rest.” Heb., wai·yish·bothʹ. The verb is in the imperfect state denoting incomplete or continuous action, or action in progress. See App 3C.
  2. ^ “And make it sacred.” Or, “and proceeded to sanctify it (treat it as holy).” Heb., wai·qad·deshʹ ʼo·thohʹ; Lat., et sanc·ti·fi·caʹvit ilʹlum. See Ex 31:13 ftn.
  3. ^ Or, “he does rest (desist).” Heb., sha·vathʹ, perfect state. It shows the characteristic of an individual, namely, God, on the seventh day of his creative week. This rendering of sha·vathʹ agrees with the inspired writer’s argument in Heb 4:3-11. See vs 2 ftn.
  4. ^ “Making,” that is, all definite things in heaven and earth.
  5. ^ Or, “These are the historical origins.” Heb., ʼelʹleh thoh·ledhohthʹ, “These are the begettings of”; Gr., hauʹte he biʹblos ge·neʹse·os, “This is the book of origin (source)”; Lat., iʹstae ge·ne·ra·ti·oʹnes, “These are the generations.” Compare Mt 1:1 ftn.
  6. ^ “Jehovah.” Heb., יְהוָה (YHWH, here vowel-pointed as Yehwahʹ), meaning “He Causes to Become” (from Heb., הָוָה [ha·wahʹ, “to become”]); LXXA(Gr.), Kyʹri·os; Syr., Mar·yaʼ; Lat., Doʹmi·nus. The first occurrence of God’s distinctive personal name, יהוה (YHWH); these four Heb. letters are referred to as the Tetragrammaton. The divine name identifies Jehovah as the Purposer. Only the true God could rightly and authentically bear this name. See App 1A.
  7. ^ “Jehovah God.” Heb., Yehwahʹ ʼElo·himʹ. This expression, without the definite Heb. article ha before ʼElo·himʹ, is used 20 times in Ge 1–3. The first occurrence of the expression Yehwahʹ ha·ʼElo·himʹ is in 1Ch 22:1, where it is rendered “Jehovah the [true] God.” See App 1A.
  8. ^ Or, “But a vapor.” Heb., weʼedhʹ; LXX(Gr., pe·geʹ)Vg(Lat., fons)Sy, “fountain,” suggesting an underground fresh-water stream; T, “cloud.”
  9. ^ Or, “clay,” according to the later usage of the Heb. word in pottery making. Heb., ʽa·pharʹ.
  10. ^ “Breath of life.” Heb., nish·mathʹ (from nesha·mahʹ) chai·yimʹ.
  11. ^ “A living soul [breathing creature].” Heb., leneʹphesh chai·yahʹ; Gr., ψυχὴν ζῶσαν (psy·khenʹ zoʹsan, “living soul”); Lat., aʹni·mam vi·venʹtem. See 1:20, 21, 30; 1Co 15:45; App 4A.
  12. ^ “Jehovah.” Heb., Yehwahʹ; LXXP. Oxy. VII.1007. This vellum leaf of the third cent. C.E. abbreviated the Tetragrammaton in vss 8 and 18 by doubling the first letter Yohdh, which was written as a “Z,” with a horizontal line extended through the center of both letters. See App 1C §6.
  13. ^ “A garden [or, park] in Eden.” Heb., gan-beʽEʹdhen (“Eden,” meaning “Pleasure; Delight”); LXXBagster(Gr.), pa·raʹdei·son en E·demʹ; Lat., pa·ra·diʹsum vo·lu·ptaʹtis, “paradise of pleasure.”
  14. ^ “From the beginning,” Vg.
  15. ^ This Heb. participle denotes a continuous stream.
  16. ^ Heb., Kush; LXXVg, “Ethiopia.”
  17. ^ Heb., Chid·deʹqel; LXXVg, “Tigris.”
  18. ^ “Assyria.” Heb., ʼAsh·shurʹ; LXXVg, “Assyrians.”
  19. ^ “Euphrates,” LXXVg; Heb., Pherathʹ.
  20. ^ “You will positively die.” Lit., “dying you [sing.] will die.” Heb., mohth ta·muthʹ; the first reference to death in the Bible. See Eze 3:18 ftn.
  21. ^ See App 1C §6.
  22. ^ Or, “counterpart,” something fitting for him.
  23. ^ In point of time it was still the sixth creative day. The verb “form” in the imperfect here denotes continued, progressive action. See App 3C.
  24. ^ Lit., “he did not find a helper.”
  25. ^ Heb., Yehwahʹ.
  26. ^ Lit., “a female man.” Heb., ʼish·shahʹ.
  27. ^ “From man.” Heb., me·ʼishʹ.
  28. ^ Or, “woman.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ne 9:6; Ps 146:6; Is 42:5; Zc 12:1; Ac 4:24
  2. ^ Ex 31:17; Heb 4:4
  3. ^ Ex 20:11
  4. ^ Is 45:18
  5. ^ Mt 5:45
  6. ^ Jb 36:27
  7. ^ Ps 135:7
  8. ^ Ge 3:19; Ps 103:14; Ec 3:20; 1Co 15:47
  9. ^ Jb 33:6; Is 64:8
  10. ^ Ge 7:22; Jb 27:3; 33:4; Is 42:5; Ac 17:25
  11. ^ Eze 18:4; 1Co 15:45; 1Pe 3:20
  12. ^ Ge 2:15; 3:23; Is 51:3; Eze 28:13
  13. ^ Ge 1:26; Ps 139:14; Ro 9:20
  14. ^ Ge 3:24
  15. ^ Ge 2:17; 3:22
  16. ^ Ge 25:18; 1Sa 15:7
  17. ^ Ge 13:2
  18. ^ Nu 11:7
  19. ^ Ex 25:7; 1Ch 29:2; Jb 28:16
  20. ^ Da 10:4
  21. ^ Ge 10:11; Mc 5:6
  22. ^ Ge 15:18; De 11:24
  23. ^ Ge 3:24; Eze 28:13
  24. ^ Ge 1:28; 2:8; Ps 115:16
  25. ^ Ge 2:9; 3:2; Le 25:19
  26. ^ Ge 3:19; Ps 146:4; Ec 9:5; Eze 18:4; Ro 5:12; 1Co 15:22
  27. ^ Pr 31:11; 1Co 11:9; 1Ti 2:13
  28. ^ Ge 9:10
  29. ^ Ge 1:26; 9:2; Ps 8:6
  30. ^ 1Sa 26:12
  31. ^ Pr 18:22; 19:14; Mr 10:9; 1Ti 2:13
  32. ^ Ge 29:14; Jg 9:2; 2Sa 5:1; 19:12
  33. ^ 1Co 11:8
  34. ^ Ge 24:58; Ps 45:10; Mr 10:7
  35. ^ Pr 5:18; Ml 2:16; Mt 19:5; Ro 7:2; 1Co 6:16; 7:10; Eph 5:31; Heb 13:4
  36. ^ Ge 3:7
  37. ^ Ps 31:17

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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