¶ Thus¹ the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host² of them.

And on³ the seventh day God⁴ ended his work which he had made; and he rested⁵ on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

And God blessed⁶ the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made⁷.

¶ These are the generations⁸ of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD⁹ God made the earth and the heavens,

And every plant¹⁰ of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not¹¹ caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till¹² the ground.

But there went up a mist¹³ from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

And the LORD God formed man¹⁴ of the dust¹⁵ of the ground, and breathed¹⁶ into his nostrils¹⁷ the breath of life; and man became a living¹⁸ soul.

¶ And the LORD God planted a garden¹⁹ eastward²⁰ in Eden; and there he put the²¹ man whom he had formed.

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every²² tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life²³ also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge²⁴ of good and evil.

¶ And a river²⁵ went out of Eden²⁶ to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah²⁷, where there is gold;

And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium²⁸ and the onyx²⁹ stone.

And the name of the second river is Gihon³⁰: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia³¹.

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel³²: that is it which goeth toward the east of³³ Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates³⁴.

And the LORD God took the man³⁵, and put³⁶ him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

¶ And the LORD God³⁷ commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat³⁸:

But of the tree³⁹ of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die⁴⁰.

¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good⁴¹ that the man should be alone; I will⁴² make him an help meet for him⁴³.

And out⁴⁴ of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought⁴⁵ them unto Adam⁴⁶ to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

¶ And Adam gave names to⁴⁷ all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

¶⁴⁸And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made⁴⁹ he a woman, and brought⁵⁰ her unto the man.

And Adam said, This is now bone⁵¹ of my bones, and flesh⁵² of my flesh: she shall be called Woman⁵³, because she was taken⁵⁴ out of Man⁵⁵.

Therefore shall a man leave⁵⁶ his father and his mother, and shall cleave⁵⁷ unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh⁵⁸.

And they were both naked⁵⁹, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed⁶⁰.