Genesis 2:4-7; 18-25 NIV
4 This is the account of the heavens and the
earth when they were created.
When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens-
5 and no shrub of the field had
yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung
up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no
man to work the ground,
6 but streams came up from the
earth and watered the whole surface of the ground-
7 the LORD God formed the man
from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life, and the man became a living being.
18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone.
I will make a helper suitable for him."
19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the
beasts of the field and all the birds 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.
20 So the man gave names to all
the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.
But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 So the LORD God caused the
man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took
one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.
22 Then the LORD God made a
woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her
to the man.
23 The man said,
"This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called 'woman,'
for she was taken out of man."
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and
be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no
shame.
