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Genesis 2 Majority Standard Bible
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1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
1 Y FUERON acabados los cielos y la tierra, y todo su ornamento.
2 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
2 Y acabó Dios en el día séptimo su obra que hizo, y reposó el día séptimo de toda su obra que había hecho.
3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
3 Y bendijo Dios al día séptimo, y santificólo, porque en él reposó de toda su obra que había Dios criado y hecho.
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
4 Estos son los orígenes de los cielos y de la tierra cuando fueron criados, el día que Jehová Dios hizo la tierra y los cielos,
5 Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
5 Y toda planta del campo antes que fuese en la tierra, y toda hierba del campo antes que naciese: porque aun no había Jehová Dios hecho llover sobre la tierra, ni había hombre para que labrase la tierra;
6 But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
6 Mas subía de la tierra un vapor, que regaba toda la faz de la tierra.
7 Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
7 Formó, pues, Jehová Dios al hombre del polvo de la tierra, y alentó en su nariz soplo de vida; y fué el hombre en alma viviente.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
8 Y había Jehová Dios plantado un huerto en Edén al oriente, y puso allí al hombre que había formado.
9 Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
9 Y había Jehová Dios hecho nacer de la tierra todo árbol delicioso á la vista, y bueno para comer: también el árbol de vida en medio del huerto, y el árbol de ciencia del bien y del mal.
10 Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
10 Y salía de Edén un río para regar el huerto, y de allí se repartía en cuatro ramales.
11 The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
11 El nombre del uno era Pisón: éste es el que cerca toda la tierra de Havilah, donde hay oro:
12 And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
12 Y el oro de aquella tierra es bueno: hay allí [también] bdelio y piedra cornerina.
13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
13 El nombre del segundo río es Gihón: éste es el que rodea toda la tierra de Etiopía.
14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
14 Y el nombre del tercer río es Hiddekel: éste es el que va delante de Asiria. Y el cuarto río es el Eufrates.
15 Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
15 Tomó, pues, Jehová Dios al hombre, y le puso en el huerto de Edén, para que lo labrara y lo guardase.
16 And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
16 Y mandó Jehová Dios al hombre, diciendo: De todo árbol del huerto comerás;
17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
17 Mas del árbol de ciencia del bien y del mal no comerás de él; porque el día que de él comieres, morirás.
18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
18 Y dijo Jehová Dios: No es bueno que el hombre esté solo; haréle ayuda idónea para él.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
19 Formó, pues, Jehová Dios de la tierra toda bestia del campo, y toda ave de los cielos, y trájolas á Adam, para que viese cómo les había de llamar; y todo lo que Adam llamó á los animales vivientes, ese es su nombre.
20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
20 Y puso Adam nombres á toda bestia y ave de los cielos y á todo animal del campo: mas para Adam no halló ayuda que [estuviese] idónea para él.
21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
21 Y Jehová Dios hizo caer sueño sobre Adam, y se quedó dormido: entonces tomó una de sus costillas, y cerró la carne en su lugar;
22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
22 Y de la costilla que Jehová Dios tomó del hombre, hizo una mujer, y trájola al hombre.
23 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
23 Y dijo Adam: Esto es ahora hueso de mis huesos, y carne de mi carne: ésta será llamada Varona, porque del varón fué tomada.
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
24 Por tanto, dejará el hombre á su padre y á su madre, y allegarse ha á su mujer, y serán una sola carne.
25 And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
25 Y estaban ambos desnudos, Adam y su mujer, y no se avergonzaban.
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Adam
Formed from the dust by God's own hand, the father of all who live.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 1–5
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- 1 Exodus 31:17; Exodus 20:11; Psalm 33:6; Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 45:18
- 2 Hebrews 4:4; Exodus 31:17; Deuteronomy 5:14; Exodus 20:8–11; Exodus 23:12
- 3 Leviticus 23:3; Mark 2:27; Ezekiel 20:12; Exodus 31:13–17; Luke 23:56
- 4 Genesis 5:1; Revelation 1:8; Exodus 15:3; Genesis 1:4; Genesis 36:1
- 5 Genesis 3:23; Job 5:10; Hebrews 6:7; Genesis 4:2; Job 38:26–28
- 7 Ecclesiastes 12:7; 1 Corinthians 15:45; Job 33:4; Isaiah 64:8; Acts 17:25
- 8 Genesis 3:24; Ezekiel 28:13; Genesis 13:10; 2 Kings 19:12; Genesis 4:16
- 9 Genesis 3:22; Revelation 2:7; Revelation 22:14; Revelation 22:2; Ezekiel 47:12
- 10 Revelation 22:1; Psalm 46:4
- 11 Genesis 25:18; Genesis 10:29; 1 Samuel 15:7; Genesis 10:7
- 12 Ezekiel 28:13; Job 28:16; Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13; Numbers 11:7
- 13 Genesis 10:6; Isaiah 11:11
- 14 Daniel 10:4; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 10:22; Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 11:24
- 15 Psalm 128:2; Genesis 2:8; Ephesians 4:28; Genesis 2:2
- 16 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Timothy 4:4; 1 Timothy 6:17; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:1–2
- 17 Romans 6:23; James 1:15; Genesis 3:19; 1 Corinthians 15:56; Galatians 3:10
- 18 Ecclesiastes 4:9–12; Proverbs 18:22; 1 Peter 3:7; 1 Corinthians 11:7–12; Ruth 3:1
- 19 Psalm 8:4–8; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 1:20–26; Genesis 9:2; Genesis 6:20
- 20 Genesis 2:18
- 21 Genesis 15:12; Job 4:13; Job 33:15; 1 Samuel 26:12; Daniel 8:18
- 22 1 Corinthians 11:8–9; 1 Timothy 2:13; Hebrews 13:4; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:14
- 23 Ephesians 5:28–30; 1 Corinthians 11:8–9; 2 Samuel 5:1; Judges 9:2; Genesis 29:14
- 24 Matthew 19:3–9; Ephesians 5:28–31; Mark 10:6–12; Romans 7:2; 1 Peter 3:1–7
- 25 Genesis 3:7; Genesis 3:10–11; Romans 10:11; Jeremiah 17:13; Joel 2:26
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