Common English Bible

Genesis 2:11-18 Common English Bible (CEB)

11. The name of the first river is the Pishon. It flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12. That land’s gold is pure, and the land also has sweet-smelling resins and gemstones.

13. The name of the second river is the Gihon. It flows around the entire land of Cush.

14. The name of the third river is the Tigris, flowing east of Assyria; and the name of the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15. The Lord God took the human and settled him in the garden of Eden to farm it and to take care of it.

16. The Lord God commanded the human, "Eat your fill from all of the garden’s trees;

17. but don’t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because on the day you eat from it, you will die!"

18. Then the Lord God said, "It’s not good that the human is alone. I will make him a helper that is perfect for him."