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Text -- Genesis 2:4-25 (NET)
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The Creation of Man and Woman
2:4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created – when the Lord God made the earth and heavens .
2:5 Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth , and no plant of the field had yet sprouted , for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth , and there was no man to cultivate the ground .
2:6 Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground .
2:7 The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life , and the man became a living being .
2:8 The Lord God planted an orchard in the east , in Eden ; and there he placed the man he had formed .
2:9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil , every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food . (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard .)
2:10 Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard , and from there it divides into four headstreams .
2:11 The name of the first is Pishon ; it runs through the entire land of Havilah , where there is gold .
2:12 (The gold of that land is pure ; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there ).
2:13 The name of the second river is Gihon ; it runs through the entire land of Cush .
2:14 The name of the third river is Tigris ; it runs along the east side of Assyria . The fourth river is the Euphrates .
2:15 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.
2:16 Then the Lord God commanded the man , “You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard ,
2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil , for when you eat from it you will surely die .”
2:18 The Lord God said , “It is not good for the man to be alone . I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him .”
2:19 The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air . He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature , that was its name .
2:20 So the man named all the animals , the birds of the air , and the living creatures of the field , but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found .
2:21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep , and while he was asleep , he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh .
2:22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man , and he brought her to the man .
2:23 Then the man said , “This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh ; this one will be called ‘woman ,’ for she was taken out of man .”
2:24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife , and they become a new family .
2:25 The man and his wife were both naked , but they were not ashamed .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Eden |
Fall of man |
ANTHROPOLOGY |
Tree of the knowledge of good and evil |
GARDEN |
God |
Creation |
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE APOCRYPHA |
EVOLUTION |
GENESIS, 3 |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
IMPUTATION |
ADAM IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Marriage |
Adam |
Eve |
EVE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
WOMAN |
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
RIVER |
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NET Notes -> Gen 2:4; Gen 2:4; Gen 2:4; Gen 2:4; Gen 2:4; Gen 2:4; Gen 2:5; Gen 2:5; Gen 2:5; Gen 2:5; Gen 2:6; Gen 2:6; Gen 2:6; Gen 2:6; Gen 2:6; Gen 2:7; Gen 2:7; Gen 2:7; Gen 2:7; Gen 2:7; Gen 2:7; Gen 2:8; Gen 2:8; Gen 2:8; Gen 2:8; Gen 2:8; Gen 2:8; Gen 2:9; Gen 2:9; Gen 2:9; Gen 2:9; Gen 2:9; Gen 2:10; Gen 2:10; Gen 2:10; Gen 2:10; Gen 2:10; Gen 2:11; Gen 2:12; Gen 2:12; Gen 2:12; Gen 2:13; Gen 2:13; Gen 2:14; Gen 2:15; Gen 2:15; Gen 2:15; Gen 2:15; Gen 2:16; Gen 2:16; Gen 2:16; Gen 2:17; Gen 2:17; Gen 2:17; Gen 2:17; Gen 2:17; Gen 2:18; Gen 2:18; Gen 2:18; Gen 2:19; Gen 2:19; Gen 2:20; Gen 2:20; Gen 2:21; Gen 2:21; Gen 2:21; Gen 2:21; Gen 2:22; Gen 2:23; Gen 2:23; Gen 2:23; Gen 2:23; Gen 2:23; Gen 2:24; Gen 2:24; Gen 2:24; Gen 2:24; Gen 2:25; Gen 2:25; Gen 2:25
NET Notes: Gen 2:4 See the note on the phrase “the heavens and the earth” in 1:1; the order here is reversed, but the meaning is the same.
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NET Notes: Gen 2:5 The last clause in v. 5, “and there was no man to cultivate the ground,” anticipates the curse and the expulsion from the garden (Gen 3:23...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:6 Here is an indication of fertility. The water would well up from the earth (אֶרֶץ, ’erets) and water all the surfa...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:7 The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being”) is often translated “soul,” but the word usually ...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:8 The perfect verbal form here requires the past perfect translation since it describes an event that preceded the event described in the main clause.
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NET Notes: Gen 2:9 The expression “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” must be interpreted to mean that the tree would produce fruit which, when eaten, g...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:13 Cush. In the Bible the Hebrew word כּוּשׁ (kush, “Kush”) often refers to Ethiopia (so KJV, CEV), but h...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:15 Note that man’s task is to care for and maintain the trees of the orchard. Not until after the fall, when he is condemned to cultivate the soil,...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:16 The word “fruit” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied as the direct object of the verb “eat.” Presumably the only part of...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:17 The Hebrew text (“dying you will die”) does not refer to two aspects of death (“dying spiritually, you will then die physically̶...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:19 The imperfect verb form is future from the perspective of the past time narrative.
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NET Notes: Gen 2:20 Heb “there was not found a companion who corresponded to him.” The subject of the third masculine singular verb form is indefinite. Withou...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:22 The Hebrew verb is בָּנָה (banah, “to make, to build, to construct”). The text states that the Lord Go...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:23 This poetic section expresses the correspondence between the man and the woman. She is bone of his bones, flesh of his flesh. Note the wordplay (paron...
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NET Notes: Gen 2:24 Heb “and they become one flesh.” The perfect with vav consecutive carries the same habitual or characteristic nuance as the preceding verb...
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