Genesis 2:19
17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast 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 slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
- ASV
- And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
- DARBY
- And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought [them] to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its name.
- BLB
- And YHWH God formed from the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens, and He brought [them] to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called it—each living soul—that [was] its name.
- ÅB
- Og Gud Herren hadde dannet av jorden alle dyr på marken og alle fugler under himmelen, og han ledet dem til mennesket for å se hva han ville kalle dem; og som mennesket kalte hver levende skapning, så skulle den hete.
- OTB
- Nå hadde Herren Gud formet alle de ville dyrene og alle fuglene under himmelen av marken. Han førte dem til mannen for å se hva han ville kalle dem; og hva enn mannen kalte hver levende skapning, det var dens navn.
- B1930
- Og Gud Herren hadde dannet av jorden alle dyr på marken og alle fugler under himmelen, og han ledet dem til mennesket for å se hvad han vilde kalle dem; og som mennesket kalte hver levende skapning, så skulde den hete.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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Psalms 8:4–8
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
Read in contextGenesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Read in contextGenesis 1:20–26
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
Read in contextGenesis 9:2
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
Read in contextGenesis 6:20
Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
Read in contextGenesis 2:22–23
And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
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