JCR - Comp. JPS, Targums Onkelos, Palestinian, Jerusalem

Comparison of Pentateuch:
Jewish Publication Society 1917
Targums Onkelos,
Jonathan Ben Uzziel/Palestinian,
Jerusalem Fragments

Genesis
Chapter 2

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Genesis 1 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targums TOC Genesis 3

GENESIS 2:1
JPS 2:1 And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
ONK 2:1 And the heavens and the earth and all their host were completed.
PAL 2:1 And the creatures of the heavens and earth, and all the hosts of them, were completed.

GENESIS 2:2
JPS 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
ONK 2:2 And the Lord finished in the Seventh Day His work which He had wrought, and rested in the Seventh Day from all His work which He had wrought.
PAL 2:2 And the Lord had finished by the Seventh Day the work which He had wrought, and the ten formations which He had created between the suns;⁽⁵⁾ and He rested the Seventh Day from all His works which He had performed.

GENESIS 2:3
JPS 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
ONK 2:3 And the Lord blessed the Seventh Day and made it holy, because in it He rested from all His work which the Lord had created to make.
PAL 2:3 And the Lord blessed the Seventh Day more than all the days of the week, and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His works which the Lord had created and had willed to make.

GENESIS 2:4
JPS 2:4 These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
ONK 2:4 These are the memorials⁽⁹⁾ 9. Toledath, "recitals, history." of the heavens and the earth, when they were created in the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
PAL 2:4 These are the geneses of the heavens and earth when they were created in the day that the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

GENESIS 2:5
JPS 2:5 No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground;
ONK 2:5 And all trees of the field were not yet in the earth, and every herb of the field had not yet sprung up, because the Lord God had not caused rain to come upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
PAL 2:5 And all the trees of the field were not as yet in the earth, and all the herbs of the field had not as yet germinated, because the Lord God had not made it to rain upon the earth, and man was not to cultivate the ground.

GENESIS 2:6
JPS 2:6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
ONK 2:6 And a mist⁽¹⁰⁾ 10. Or, "cloud." ascended from the earth, and moistened all the face of the ground.
PAL 2:6 But a cloud of glory descended from the throne of glory, and was filled with waters from the ocean, and afterward went up from the earth, and gave rain to come down and water all the face of the ground.

GENESIS 2:7
JPS 2:7 Then 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.
ONK 2:7 And the Lord God created Adam from dust of the ground, and breathed upon his face the breath of lives, and it became in Adam a Discoursing Spirit.
PAL 2:7 And the Lord God created man in two formations; and took dust from the place of the house of the sanctuary,⁽⁶⁾ 6. Mount Moriah. Compare chapter 4:23. and from the four winds of the world, and mixed from all the waters of the world, and created him red, black, and white; and breathed into his nostrils the inspiration⁽⁷⁾ 7. Nishmetha. of life, and there was in the body of Adam the inspiration of a speaking spirit,⁽⁸⁾ 8. Leruach memallela. unto the illumination of the eyes and the hearing of the ears.
JER 2:7 And Adam became a soul of life.

GENESIS 2:8
JPS 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.
ONK 2:8 And the Lord God planted a garden in a region of pleasantness⁽¹¹⁾ in the time of the beginning, and He made to dwell there the man whom He had created.
PAL 2:8 And a garden from the Eden of the just was planted by the Word of the Lord God before the creation of the world, and He made there to dwell the man when He had created him.

GENESIS 2:9
JPS 2:9 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 the knowledge of good and evil.
ONK 2:9 And the Lord God caused to grow from the earth every tree desirable to look upon, and good for food, and the Tree of Life (Lives) in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of whose fruit they who eat know between good and evil.
PAL 2:9 And the Lord God made to grow from the ground every tree that was desirable to behold and good to eat, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, whose height was a journey of five hundred years, and the tree of whose fruit they who ate would distinguish between good and evil.
JER 2:9 And the tree of knowledge, of which any one who ate would distinguish between good and evil.

GENESIS 2:10
JPS 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
ONK 2:10 And a river went forth from Eden to water the garden,⁽¹²⁾ 12. Samaritan Version, "Paradise." and from thence it was divided and became four heads of rivers⁽¹³⁾ 13. Samaritan Version, "islands." (or four chief rivers).
PAL 2:10 And a river went forth from Eden, to water the garden, and from thence was separated, and became four heads of rivers (or four chief rivers).

GENESIS 2:11
JPS 2:11 The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
ONK 2:11 The name of the first is Pishon,⁽¹⁴⁾ that which encompasseth all the land of Havilah, where is gold;
PAL 2:11 The name of the first is Phishon; that is it which compasseth all the land of Hindiki, where there is gold.

GENESIS 2:12
JPS 2:12 and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
ONK 2:12 and the gold of that land is good; there is bedalcha and burilla-stones.
PAL 2:12 And the gold of that land is choice. There is the bedilcha, and the precious stones of byrils.

GENESIS 2:13
JPS 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
ONK 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gichon,⁽¹⁵⁾ 15. Samaritan Version, "Askoph." which encompasseth all the land of Kush.⁽¹⁶⁾ 16. Samaritan Version, "Chophin."
PAL 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gichon; that is it which encompasseth all the land of Koosh.

GENESIS 2:14
JPS 2:14 And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
ONK 2:14 And the name of the third river is Digelath,⁽¹⁷⁾ 17. Samaritan Version, "Kephlosah." which goeth to the east of Athur.⁽¹⁸⁾ And the fourth river is Pherat.
PAL 2:14 And the name of the third river is Diglath; that is it which goeth to the east of Athoor. And the fourth river is Pherath.

GENESIS 2:15
JPS 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
ONK 2:15 And the Lord God took Adam and placed him in the garden of Eden to culture it and keep it.
PAL 2:15 And the Lord God took the man from the mountain of worship, where he had been created, and made him dwell in the garden of Eden, to do service in the law, and to keep its commandments.
JER 2:15 And the Lord God took the man, and made him dwell in the garden of Eden; and set him to do service in the law, and to keep it.

GENESIS 2:16
JPS 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;
ONK 2:16 And the Lord God commanded Adam, saying, Of every tree of the garden eating thou mayest eat;
PAL 2:16 And the Lord God commanded Adam, saying, Of every tree of the garden eating thou mayest eat.

GENESIS 2:17
JPS 2:17 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.'
ONK 2:17 but of the tree of whose fruit they who eat know between good and evil thou shalt not eat; for in the day that thou eatest of it dying thou shalt die.⁽¹⁹⁾
PAL 2:17 But of the tree of whose fruit they who eat (become) wise to know between good and evil, thou shalt not eat: for in the day that thou eatest thou wilt be guilty of death.

GENESIS 2:18
JPS 2:18 And the LORD God said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.'
ONK 2:18 And the Lord God said, It is not right that Adam should be solitary; I will make for him a helper as for his sake (or, as suited to him: Hebrew, kenegdo, as his counterpart).
PAL 2:18 And the Lord God said, It is not right that Adam should be sleeping alone: I will make unto him a wife who may be a helper before him.
JER 2:18 I will make for him a yoke-fellow, going forth with him.

GENESIS 2:19
JPS 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof.
ONK 2:19 And the Lord God created from the earth every beast of the field and every fowl of the heavens, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call him; and every (name by) which Adam called the living animal, that was its name.
PAL 2:19 And the Lord God created from the earth every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and brought them to Adam, to see by what name he would call it. And whatever Adam called the living animal, that was its name.

GENESIS 2:20
JPS 2:20 And the man 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 a help meet for him.
ONK 2:20 And Adam called the name of all cattle, and of the fowl of the heaven, and of every beast of the field; but to Adam was not found a helper as for him.
PAL 2:20 And Adam called the names of all cattle, and all fowl of the heavens, and all beasts of the field. But for Adam was not found as yet a helper before him.
JER 2:20 And for Adam was not found a yoke-fellow going forth with him.

GENESIS 2:21
JPS 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof.
ONK 2:21 And the Lord God threw a sleep upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and filled with flesh in place thereof;
PAL 2:21 And the Lord God threw a deep slumber upon Adam, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, it was the thirteenth rib of the right side, and closed it up with flesh.

GENESIS 2:22
JPS 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.
ONK 2:22 and the Lord God builded the rib which He took from Adam into Woman, and He brought her unto Adam.
PAL 2:22 And the Lord God builded the rib which he had taken from Adam into a woman; and He brought her to Adam.

GENESIS 2:23
JPS 2:23 And the man 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.'
ONK 2:23 And Adam said, This now (this time) is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because from her husband this was taken.
PAL 2:23 And Adam said, This time, and not again, is woman created from man. Thus, because she is created from me, (she is) bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh. This it is fit to call Woman, because from man she was taken.

GENESIS 2:24
JPS 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
ONK 2:24 Therefore shall a man forsake the couch (beth mishkeb, the sleeping-house) of his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be of one flesh.
PAL 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave, and be separate from the house of the bed of his father and of his mother, and shall consociate with his wife, and both of them shall be one flesh.
JER 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave the house of the bed of his father and his mother

GENESIS 2:25
JPS 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
ONK 2:25 And they were both naked, Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed.
PAL 2:25 And both of them were wise, Adam and his wife; but they were not faithful (or truthful) in their glory.
JER 2:25 And they knew not what is shame.

Genesis 1 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targums TOC Genesis 3

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GENESIS 2:1
JPS	2:1	And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
ONK	2:1	And the heavens and the earth and all their host were completed.
PAL	2:1	And the creatures of the heavens and earth, and all the hosts of them, were completed.

GENESIS 2:2
JPS	2:2	And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
ONK	2:2	And the Lord finished in the Seventh Day His work which He had wrought, and rested in the Seventh Day from all His work which He had wrought.
PAL	2:2	And the Lord had finished by the Seventh Day the work which He had wrought, and the ten formations which He had created between the suns;⁽⁵⁾ and He rested the Seventh Day from all His works which He had performed.

GENESIS 2:3
JPS	2:3	And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
ONK	2:3	And the Lord blessed the Seventh Day and made it holy, because in it He rested from all His work which the Lord had created to make.
PAL	2:3	And the Lord blessed the Seventh Day more than all the days of the week, and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His works which the Lord had created and had willed to make.

GENESIS 2:4
JPS	2:4	These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven.
ONK	2:4	These are the memorials⁽⁹⁾ 9. Toledath, "recitals, history." of the heavens and the earth, when they were created in the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
PAL	2:4	These are the geneses of the heavens and earth when they were created in the day that the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

GENESIS 2:5
JPS	2:5	No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground;
ONK	2:5	And all trees of the field were not yet in the earth, and every herb of the field had not yet sprung up, because the Lord God had not caused rain to come upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
PAL	2:5	And all the trees of the field were not as yet in the earth, and all the herbs of the field had not as yet germinated, because the Lord God had not made it to rain upon the earth, and man was not to cultivate the ground.

GENESIS 2:6
JPS	2:6	but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
ONK	2:6	And a mist⁽¹⁰⁾ 10. Or, "cloud." ascended from the earth, and moistened all the face of the ground.
PAL	2:6	But a cloud of glory descended from the throne of glory, and was filled with waters from the ocean, and afterward went up from the earth, and gave rain to come down and water all the face of the ground.

GENESIS 2:7
JPS	2:7	Then 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.
ONK	2:7	And the Lord God created Adam from dust of the ground, and breathed upon his face the breath of lives, and it became in Adam a Discoursing Spirit.
PAL	2:7	And the Lord God created man in two formations; and took dust from the place of the house of the sanctuary,⁽⁶⁾ 6. Mount Moriah. Compare chapter 4:23. and from the four winds of the world, and mixed from all the waters of the world, and created him red, black, and white; and breathed into his nostrils the inspiration⁽⁷⁾ 7. Nishmetha. of life, and there was in the body of Adam the inspiration of a speaking spirit,⁽⁸⁾ 8. Leruach memallela. unto the illumination of the eyes and the hearing of the ears.
JER	2:7	And Adam became a soul of life.

GENESIS 2:8
JPS	2:8	And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.
ONK	2:8	And the Lord God planted a garden in a region of pleasantness⁽¹¹⁾ in the time of the beginning, and He made to dwell there the man whom He had created.
PAL	2:8	And a garden from the Eden of the just was planted by the Word of the Lord God before the creation of the world, and He made there to dwell the man when He had created him.

GENESIS 2:9
JPS	2:9	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 the knowledge of good and evil.
ONK	2:9	And the Lord God caused to grow from the earth every tree desirable to look upon, and good for food, and the Tree of Life (Lives) in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of whose fruit they who eat know between good and evil.
PAL	2:9	And the Lord God made to grow from the ground every tree that was desirable to behold and good to eat, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, whose height was a journey of five hundred years, and the tree of whose fruit they who ate would distinguish between good and evil.
JER	2:9	And the tree of knowledge, of which any one who ate would distinguish between good and evil.

GENESIS 2:10
JPS	2:10	And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
ONK	2:10	And a river went forth from Eden to water the garden,⁽¹²⁾ 12. Samaritan Version, "Paradise." and from thence it was divided and became four heads of rivers⁽¹³⁾ 13. Samaritan Version, "islands." (or four chief rivers).
PAL	2:10	And a river went forth from Eden, to water the garden, and from thence was separated, and became four heads of rivers (or four chief rivers).

GENESIS 2:11
JPS	2:11	The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
ONK	2:11	The name of the first is Pishon,⁽¹⁴⁾ that which encompasseth all the land of Havilah, where is gold;
PAL	2:11	The name of the first is Phishon; that is it which compasseth all the land of Hindiki, where there is gold.

GENESIS 2:12
JPS	2:12	and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
ONK	2:12	and the gold of that land is good; there is bedalcha and burilla-stones.
PAL	2:12	And the gold of that land is choice. There is the bedilcha, and the precious stones of byrils.

GENESIS 2:13
JPS	2:13	And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
ONK	2:13	And the name of the second river is Gichon,⁽¹⁵⁾ 15. Samaritan Version, "Askoph." which encompasseth all the land of Kush.⁽¹⁶⁾ 16. Samaritan Version, "Chophin."
PAL	2:13	And the name of the second river is Gichon; that is it which encompasseth all the land of Koosh.

GENESIS 2:14
JPS	2:14	And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
ONK	2:14	And the name of the third river is Digelath,⁽¹⁷⁾ 17. Samaritan Version, "Kephlosah." which goeth to the east of Athur.⁽¹⁸⁾ And the fourth river is Pherat.
PAL	2:14	And the name of the third river is Diglath; that is it which goeth to the east of Athoor. And the fourth river is Pherath.

GENESIS 2:15
JPS	2:15	And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
ONK	2:15	And the Lord God took Adam and placed him in the garden of Eden to culture it and keep it.
PAL	2:15	And the Lord God took the man from the mountain of worship, where he had been created, and made him dwell in the garden of Eden, to do service in the law, and to keep its commandments.
JER	2:15	And the Lord God took the man, and made him dwell in the garden of Eden; and set him to do service in the law, and to keep it.

GENESIS 2:16
JPS	2:16	And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;
ONK	2:16	And the Lord God commanded Adam, saying, Of every tree of the garden eating thou mayest eat;
PAL	2:16	And the Lord God commanded Adam, saying, Of every tree of the garden eating thou mayest eat.

GENESIS 2:17
JPS	2:17	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.'
ONK	2:17	but of the tree of whose fruit they who eat know between good and evil thou shalt not eat; for in the day that thou eatest of it dying thou shalt die.⁽¹⁹⁾
PAL	2:17	But of the tree of whose fruit they who eat (become) wise to know between good and evil, thou shalt not eat: for in the day that thou eatest thou wilt be guilty of death.

GENESIS 2:18
JPS	2:18	And the LORD God said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.'
ONK	2:18	And the Lord God said, It is not right that Adam should be solitary; I will make for him a helper as for his sake (or, as suited to him: Hebrew, kenegdo, as his counterpart).
PAL	2:18	And the Lord God said, It is not right that Adam should be sleeping alone: I will make unto him a wife who may be a helper before him.
JER	2:18	I will make for him a yoke-fellow, going forth with him.

GENESIS 2:19
JPS	2:19	And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof.
ONK	2:19	And the Lord God created from the earth every beast of the field and every fowl of the heavens, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call him; and every (name by) which Adam called the living animal, that was its name.
PAL	2:19	And the Lord God created from the earth every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and brought them to Adam, to see by what name he would call it. And whatever Adam called the living animal, that was its name.

GENESIS 2:20
JPS	2:20	And the man 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 a help meet for him.
ONK	2:20	And Adam called the name of all cattle, and of the fowl of the heaven, and of every beast of the field; but to Adam was not found a helper as for him.
PAL	2:20	And Adam called the names of all cattle, and all fowl of the heavens, and all beasts of the field. But for Adam was not found as yet a helper before him.
JER	2:20	And for Adam was not found a yoke-fellow going forth with him.

GENESIS 2:21
JPS	2:21	And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof.
ONK	2:21	And the Lord God threw a sleep upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and filled with flesh in place thereof;
PAL	2:21	And the Lord God threw a deep slumber upon Adam, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, it was the thirteenth rib of the right side, and closed it up with flesh.

GENESIS 2:22
JPS	2:22	And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man.
ONK	2:22	and the Lord God builded the rib which He took from Adam into Woman, and He brought her unto Adam.
PAL	2:22	And the Lord God builded the rib which he had taken from Adam into a woman; and He brought her to Adam.

GENESIS 2:23
JPS	2:23	And the man 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.'
ONK	2:23	And Adam said, This now (this time) is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because from her husband this was taken.
PAL	2:23	And Adam said, This time, and not again, is woman created from man. Thus, because she is created from me, (she is) bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh. This it is fit to call Woman, because from man she was taken.

GENESIS 2:24
JPS	2:24	Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
ONK	2:24	Therefore shall a man forsake the couch (beth mishkeb, the sleeping-house) of his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be of one flesh.
PAL	2:24	Therefore a man shall leave, and be separate from the house of the bed of his father and of his mother, and shall consociate with his wife, and both of them shall be one flesh.
JER	2:24	Therefore a man shall leave the house of the bed of his father and his mother

GENESIS 2:25
JPS	2:25	And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
ONK	2:25	And they were both naked, Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed.
PAL	2:25	And both of them were wise, Adam and his wife; but they were not faithful (or truthful) in their glory.
JER	2:25	And they knew not what is shame.