## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 2

###### Onkelos Genesis 2:1
[Onkelos Genesis 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:1)

וְאִשְׁתַּכְלָלוּ שְׁמַיָּא וְאַרְעָא וְכָל חֵילֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The heavens and the earth were completed, and [so were] all their conglomerations.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:2
[Onkelos Genesis 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:2)

וְשֵׁיצֵי יְיָ בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה עֲבִדְתֵּהּ דִּי עֲבָד וְנַח בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה מִכָּל עֲבִדְתֵּהּ דִּי עֲבָד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elohim completed by the seventh day His work which He had made, and He abstained on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:3
[Onkelos Genesis 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:3)

וּבָרִיךְ יְיָ יָת יוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה וְקַדִּישׁ יָתֵהּ אֲרֵי בֵהּ נַח מִכָּל עֲבִדְתֵּהּ דִּי בְרָא יְיָ לְמֶעְבַּד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elohim blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, for on it He abstained from all His work, which Elohim had created to do.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:4
[Onkelos Genesis 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:4)

אִלֵּין תּוּלְדַת שְׁמַיָּא וְאַרְעָא כַּד אִתְבְּרִיאוּ בְּיוֹמָא דִּי עֲבַד יְיָ אֱלֹהִים אַרְעָא וּשְׁמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day when Adonoy Elohim made earth and heaven.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:5
[Onkelos Genesis 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:5)

וְכֹל אִילָנֵי חַקְלָא עַד לָא הֲווּ בְאַרְעָא וְכָל עִסְבָּא דְחַקְלָא עַד לָא צְמָח אֲרֵי לָא **אָחִית** מִטְרָא יְיָ אֱלֹהִים עַל אַרְעָא וְאֱנַשׁ לֵית לְמִפְלַח יָת אַדְמְתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
All the plants of the field were not yet on the earth, and all the herbal vegetation of the field had not yet sprouted, for Adonoy Elohim had not brought rain [**down**] upon the earth, and there was [yet] no man to work the soil.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:6
[Onkelos Genesis 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:6)

וַעֲנָנָא הֲוָה סָלֵיק מִן אַרְעָא וְאַשְׁקֵי יָת כָּל אַפֵּי אַדְמְתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A mist rose up from the earth, and it watered the entire surface of the soil.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:7
[Onkelos Genesis 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:7)

וּבְרָא יְיָ אֱלֹהִים יָת אָדָם עַפְרָא מִן אַדְמְתָא וּנְפַח בְּאַפּוֹהִי נִשְׁמְתָא דְחַיֵּי וַהֲוַת בְּאָדָם לְרוּחַ **מְמַלְלָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy Elohim then formed the man, dust from the ground, and He blew into his nostrils the breath of life. And so man became a living [**speaking**] soul.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:8
[Onkelos Genesis 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:8)

וּנְצִיב יְיָ אֱלֹהִים גִּינְתָא בְעֵדֶן מִלְּקַדְמִין וְאַשְׁוֵי תַמָּן יָת אָדָם דִּי בְרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy Elohim planted a garden in Eden, to the east, and there He placed the man He had formed.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:9
[Onkelos Genesis 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:9)

וְאַצְמַח יְיָ אֱלֹהִים מִן אַרְעָא כָּל אִילַן דִּמְרַגֵּג לְמֶחֱזֵי וְטַב לְמֵיכַל וְאִילַן חַיָּא בִּמְצִיעוּת גִּינְתָא וְאִילַן **דְּאָכְלִין פֵּירוֹהִי** חַכִּימִין בֵּין טַב לְבִישׁ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy Elohim made grow out of the soil every tree that is pleasant to look at, and good for [producing] food; the Tree of Life in the middle of the Garden, and the Tree (of) [**from which the fruit if eaten gives**] Knowledge [of what is] good and evil.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:10
[Onkelos Genesis 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:10)

וְנַהֲרָא הֲוָה נָפִיק מֵעֵדֶן לְאַשְׁקָאָה יָת גִּינְתָא וּמִתַּמָּן יִתְפָּרִשׁ וַהֲוֵי לְאַרְבְּעָה רֵישֵׁי נַהֲרִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A river went out of Eden to water the Garden, and from there it separated and became four headwaters.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:11
[Onkelos Genesis 2:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:11)

שׁוּם חָד פִּישׁוֹן הוּא מַקִּיף יָת כָּל אֲרַע דַּחֲוִילָה דִּי תַמָּן דַּהֲבָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The name of the first is Pishon which surrounds all the land of Chavilah, where there is gold.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:12
[Onkelos Genesis 2:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:12)

וְדַהֲבָא דְאַרְעָא הַהִיא טָב תַּמָן בְּדָלְחָא וְאַבְנֵי בוּרְלָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The gold of that land is good. Also found there is bdellium and onyx stones.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:13
[Onkelos Genesis 2:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:13)

וְשׁוּם נַהֲרָא תִנְיָנָא גִּיחוֹן הוּא מַקִּיף יָת כָּל אַרְעָא דְכוּשׁ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The name of the second river is Gichon. It surrounds all the land of Kush.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:14
[Onkelos Genesis 2:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:14)

וְשׁוּם נַהֲרָא תְּלִיתָאָה **דִּיגְלַת** הוּא מְהַלֵּךְ לְמַדִּינְחָא דְאַתּוּר וְנַהֲרָא רְבִיעָאָה הוּא פְרָת:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The name of the third river is Chidekel[**Diglas**], which flows to the east of Ashur. The fourth river is P’ras.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:15
[Onkelos Genesis 2:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:15)

וּדְבַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים יָת אָדָם וְאַשְׁרֵיהּ בְּגִינְתָא דְעֵדֶן לְמִפְלְחַהּ וּלְמִטְרַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy Elohim took the man, and put him in the Garden of Eden, to work it and to preserve it.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:16
[Onkelos Genesis 2:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:16)

וּפַקִּיד יְיָ אֱלֹהִים עַל אָדָם לְמֵימָר מִכֹּל אִילַן גִּינְתָא מֵיכַל תֵּיכוּל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy Elohim commanded the man, saying, You may certainly eat from every tree in the Garden.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:17
[Onkelos Genesis 2:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:17)

וּמֵאִילָן **דְּאָכְלִין פֵּירוֹהִי חַכִּימִין** בֵּין טַב לְבִישׁ לָא תֵיכוּל מִנֵּהּ אֲרֵי בְּיוֹמָא דְתֵיכוּל מִנֵּהּ מֵימַת תְּמוּת:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But from the Tree (of) [**from which the fruit if eaten gives**] Knowledge of what is good and evil, you shall not eat from it, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:18
[Onkelos Genesis 2:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:18)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים לָא **תַקִּין** לְמֶהֱוֵי אָדָם בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי אַעֲבֵד לֵהּ סְמַךְ לְקִבְלֵהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy Elohim said, It is not good [**fitting**] for the man to be alone. I will make a helper for him.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:19
[Onkelos Genesis 2:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:19)

וּבְרָא יְיָ אֱלֹהִים מִן אַרְעָא כָּל חֵוַת בְּרָא וְיָת כָּל עוֹפָא דִּשְׁמַיָּא וְאַיְתֵהּ לְוַת אָדָם לְמֶחֱזֵי מַה יִּקְרֵי לֵהּ וְכֹל דִּי הֲוָה קָרֵי לֵהּ אָדָם נַפְשָׁא חַיְתָא הוּא שְׁמֵהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy Elohim formed from the ground, every beast of the field, and every bird of the heaven, and brought them to the man, to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called [each] living creature, that is its name.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:20
[Onkelos Genesis 2:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:20)

וּקְרָא אָדָם שְׁמָהָן לְכָל בְּעִירָא וּלְעוֹפָא דִּשְׁמַיָּא וּלְכָל חֵוַת בְּרָא וּלְאָדָם לָא אַשְׁכַּח סָמֵךְ לְקִבְלֵהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The man gave names to every animal, to the birds of the heaven, and to every beast of the field, but the man did not find a helper for himself.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:21
[Onkelos Genesis 2:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:21)

וּרְמָא יְיָ אֱלֹהִים שִׁינְתָא עַל אָדָם וּדְמֵךְ וּנְסִיב חֲדָא מֵעִלְעוֹהִי **וּמְלֵי** בִשְׂרָא תְּחוֹתַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy Elohim caused unconsciousness to fall upon the man and he slept. He took one of his ribs and closed over [**filled**] flesh in its place.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:22
[Onkelos Genesis 2:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:22)

וּבְנָא יְיָ אֱלֹהִים יָת עִלְעָא דִּנְסִיב מִן אָדָם לְאִתְּתָא וְאַיְתַהּ לְוַת אָדָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy Elohim built the rib that He took from the man into a woman, and He brought her to the man.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:23
[Onkelos Genesis 2:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:23)

וַאֲמַר הָאָדָם הֲדָא זִמְנָא גַּרְמָא מִגַּרְמַי וּבִסְרָא מִבִּסְרִי לְדָא יִתְקְרֵי אִתְּתָא אֲרֵי **מִבַּעְלָא** נְסִיבָא דָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The man said: This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called Woman, for from Man [**husband**] was she taken.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:24
[Onkelos Genesis 2:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:24)

עַל כֵּן יִשְׁבּוֹק גְּבַר **בֵּית מִשְׁכְּבֵי** אַבוּהִי וְאִמֵּהּ וְיִדְבַּק בְּאִתְּתֵהּ וִיהוֹן לְבִסְרָא חָד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Therefore, a man shall leave [**the house where**] his father and his mother [**sleep**], and cling to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.


###### Onkelos Genesis 2:25
[Onkelos Genesis 2:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/2:25)

וַהֲווֹ תַרְוֵיהוֹן עַרְטִילָאִין אָדָם וְאִתְּתֵהּ וְלָא מִתְכַּלְמִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.