Study Desk

God saw that the light was good, so he divided the light from the darkness.

So God made the air and placed some of the water above the air and some below it.

Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear." And it happened.

So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day and made the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

So God created the large sea animals and every living thing that moves in the sea. The sea is filled with these living things, with each one producing more of its own kind. He also made every bird that flies, and each bird produced more of its own kind. God saw that this was good.

God blessed them and said, "Have many young ones so that you may grow in number. Fill the water of the seas, and let the birds grow in number on the earth."

So God made the wild animals, the tame animals, and all the small crawling animals to produce more of their own kind. God saw that this was good.

So God created human beings in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female.

So the sky, the earth, and all that filled them were finished.

By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.

From the ground God formed every wild animal and every bird in the sky, and he brought them to the man so the man could name them. Whatever the man called each living thing, that became its name.

So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply, and while he was asleep, God removed one of the man's ribs. Then God closed up the man's skin at the place where he took the rib.

So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.

The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Then, it was as if their eyes were opened. They realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made something to cover themselves.

The man answered, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."

The man said, "You gave this woman to me and she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."

Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Then God said to the man, "You listened to what your wife said, and you ate fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat. "So I will put a curse on the ground, and you will have to work very hard for your food. In pain you will eat its food all the days of your life.

So the Lord God forced Adam out of the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.