² By ^(A)the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and ^(B)He 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 ^[a]and made.

The Creation of Man and Woman

^4 [b](C)This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in ^(D)the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. ^5 (E)Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, ^(F)for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to ^[c]cultivate the ground. ⁶ But a ^[d]mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole ^[e]surface of the ground. ⁷ Then the Lord God formed the man of ^(G)dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the ^(H)man became a living ^[f]person. ⁸ The Lord God planted a ^(I)garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. ⁹ Out of the ground the Lord God caused ^(J)every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; ^(K)the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰ Now a ^(L)river ^[g]flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four ^[h]rivers. ¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon; it ^[i]flows around the whole land of ^(M)Havilah, where there is gold. ¹² The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there as well. ¹³ The name of the second river is Gihon; it ^[j]flows around the whole land of Cush. ¹⁴ The name of the third river is ^[k](N)Tigris; it ^[l]flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the ^[m](O)Euphrates.

¹⁵ Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. ¹⁶ The Lord God ^(P)commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; ¹⁷ but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not ^[n]eat, for on the day that you eat from it ^(Q)you will certainly die.”

¹⁸ Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; ^(R)I will make him a helper ^[o]suitable for him.” ^19 (S)And out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the sky, and ^(T)brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. ²⁰ The man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field, but for ^[p]Adam there was not found ^(U)a helper ^[q]suitable for him. ²¹ So the Lord God caused a ^(V)deep 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 the Lord God ^[r]fashioned into a woman ^(W)the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. ²³ Then the man said,

^24 (Y)For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. ^25 (Z)And the man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.

²³ then he said to them, “This is what the Lord ^[a]meant: ^(A)Tomorrow is a Sabbath observance, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and ^(B)all that is left over ^[b]put aside to be kept until morning.”

⁸ “Remember ^(A)the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

² “^(A)For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, ^(B)a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord; ^(C)whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. ^3 (D)You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”