Genesis 2:1–17

¹And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; ²and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. ³And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

⁴These are births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God’s making earth and heavens; ⁵and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground, ⁶and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground. ⁷And Jehovah God formeth the man—dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

⁸And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed; ⁹and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. ¹⁰And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief rivers; ¹¹the name of the one is Pison, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold is, ¹²and the gold of that land is good, there is the bdolach and the shoham stone; ¹³and the name of the second river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush; ¹⁴and the name of the third river is Hiddekel, it is that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat. ¹⁵And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

¹⁶And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, ‘Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat; ¹⁷and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it—dying thou dost die.’