Catholic Public Domain Version

Genesis 2:13-22 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

13. And the name of the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through all the land of Ethiopia.

14. Truly, the name of the third river is the Tigris; it advances opposite the Assyrians. But the fourth river, it is the Euphrates.

15. Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him.

16. And he instructed him, saying: "From every tree of Paradise, you shall eat.

17. But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death."

18. The Lord God also said: "It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself."

19. Therefore, the Lord God, having formed from the soil all the animals of the earth and all the flying creatures of the air, brought them to Adam, in order to see what he would call them. For whatever Adam would call any living creature, that would be its name.

20. And Adam called each of the living things by their names: all the flying creatures of the air, and all the wild beasts of the land. Yet truly, for Adam, there was not found a helper similar to himself.

21. And so the Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam. And when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and he completed it with flesh for it.

22. And the Lord God built up the rib, which he took from Adam, into a woman. And he led her to Adam.