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Genesis 2 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife

God rests on the seventh day and blesses it. Man is formed from the dust and placed in Eden; Eve is made from his rib, and the two become one flesh.

21 of 25 verses connected · 27 talks · 54 verse-to-talk connections

Come, Follow Me 2026Week 3 · January 12–18

Genesis 2

  1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (2 connected talks)
  2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. (3 connected talks)
  3. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. (4 connected talks)
  4. These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
  5. And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
  6. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
  7. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (2 connected talks)
  8. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. (1 connected talk)
  9. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. (1 connected talk)
  10. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. (1 connected talk)
  11. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; (1 connected talk)
  12. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. (1 connected talk)
  13. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. (1 connected talk)
  14. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. (1 connected talk)
  15. And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (1 connected talk)
  16. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: (1 connected talk)
  17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. (1 connected talk)
  18. And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. (6 connected talks)
  19. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
  20. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. (1 connected talk)
  21. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; (2 connected talks)
  22. And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. (2 connected talks)
  23. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. (6 connected talks)
  24. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (15 connected talks)
  25. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. (1 connected talk)

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