Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all atheir hosts. 2 And on athe seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and bHe rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created in making it.
The Generations of the Heavens and the Earth
4 aThese are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in bthe day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven. 5 aNow no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet grown, bfor Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 6 But a stream would rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then Yahweh God formed man of adust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and so the bman became a living being. 8 And Yahweh God planted a agarden in Eden, toward the east; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground Yahweh God caused to grow aevery tree that is bdesirable in appearance and good for food; cthe tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Now a ariver went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that went around the whole land of aHavilah, where there is gold. 12 Now the gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that went around the whole land of Cush. 14 And the name of the third river is aTigris; it is the one that went east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the bEuphrates.
15 Then Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. 16 And Yahweh God acommanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may surely eat; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat from it; for in the day that you eat from it ayou will surely die.”
18 Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; aI will make him a helper suitable for him.” 19 aAnd out of the ground Yahweh God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and He bbrought each to the man to see what he would call it; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20 And the man gave names to all the cattle and to the birds of the sky and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found aa helper suitable for him. 21 So Yahweh God caused a adeep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 And Yahweh God fashioned athe rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
“aThis one finally is bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
This one shall be called Woman,
Because this one was taken out of Man.”
24 aTherefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 aAnd the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
Adam and Eve Sent Out from the Garden
Now athe serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “aFrom the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat from it, and you shall not touch it, lest you die.’” 4 aAnd the serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! 5 For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and ayou will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 aThen the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, so she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they aknew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.
8 Then they heard the sound of aYahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, band the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God in the midst of the trees of the garden. 9 Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, “aWhere are you?” 10 And he said, “aI heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 aAnd the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “aThe serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 And Yahweh God said to the serpent,
“aBecause you have done this,
Cursed are you more than any of the cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you will go,
And bdust you will eat
All the days of your life;
15 And I will put aenmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
bHe shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.”
16 To the woman He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain and conception,
In pain you will abear children;
Your desire will be for your husband,
And bhe will rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
aCursed is the ground because of you;
bIn pain you will eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall agrow for you;
And you will eat the plants of the field;
19 By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you areturn to the ground,
Because bfrom it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
20 Now the man called his wife’s name aEve, because she was the mother of all the living. 21 Then Yahweh God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
22 Then Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of aUs to know good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand and take also from bthe tree of life and eat and live forever”— 23 therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. 24 So aHe drove the man out; and at the beast of the garden of Eden He stationed the ccherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to dthe tree of life.