Genesis 2:4-17

Genesis 2:4-17

[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.  [8] And the LORD  God  planted  a garden  eastward  in Eden;  and there  he put  the man  whom  he had formed.  [9] And out  of the ground  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.  [10] And a river  went out  of Eden  to water  the garden;  and from thence it was parted,  and became into four  heads.  [11] The name  of the first  is Pison:  that  is it which compasseth  the whole land  of Havilah,  where  there is gold;  [12] And the gold  of that  land  is good:  there is bdellium  and the onyx  stone.  [13] And the name  of the second  river  is Gihon:  the same is it that compasseth  the whole land  of Ethiopia.  [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.  [15] And the LORD  God  took  the man,  and put him  into the garden  of Eden  to dress  it and to keep  [16] And the LORD  God  commanded  the man,  saying,  Of every tree  of the garden  thou mayest freely  [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 

What does Genesis 2:4-17 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The differences between Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 and Genesis 2:4-25 have led many literary critics of the Bible to insist that two different writers composed these sections. But the similarities between these sections argue for a common writer. [1]