Genesis 2, Summary

Genesis 2
Summary
God took rest on the seventh day, blessed it, and “declared it holy” (v. 3). No plants had grown or sprouted as of yet from the ground due to the fact that the LORD had not yet made it rain. At this time, water came up out of the ground and watered the land.
Then, God formed man out of dust, and “breathed the breath of life” (v. 7) into him. By this, man became a living being. The LORD planted a garden in a place called Eden and placed the man there. God caused all trees good to eat to grow there in the garden, including the tree of life, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. A river flowed through Eden, which sustained the garden with water. “And the LORD God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree of the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.’” (v. 16)
The man names all of the animals that God has created. God saw that the man needed a helper, so he put the man to sleep, took out a rib, and formed it into a woman. The chapter closes with the statement that both of them were naked, “yet felt no shame” (v. 25).

Observations and Comments
Why did God rest? Obviously, He did not need to. Was it simply to emphasize the importance of the Sabbath day to the Jews?
The tree of life is mentioned again, in the last book of the Bible (Rev 22:2, 14). It is there described as bearing 12 kinds of fruit, and its leaves as having healing powers.
The man and his wife were naked and without shame because, as of yet, sin had not entered into mankind, and there was nothing to be ashamed of, before God or men.