Study Desk

And God made the beasts of the earth according to its kind, and cattle according to its kind, and all creepers of the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

And God said, let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

And God created the man in His own image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the seas, and over birds of the heavens, and over all beasts creeping on the earth.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant seeding seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree seeding seed; it shall be food for you.

And God saw everything that He had made and behold, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning the sixth day.

And on the seventh day God completed His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because He rested from all His work on it, which God had created to make.

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that Jehovah God was making earth and heavens.

And every shrub of the field was not yet on the earth, and every plant of the field had not yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

And Jehovah God formed the man out of dust from the ground, and blew into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And Jehovah God planted a garden in Eden to the east; and He put the man whom He had formed there.

And out of the ground Jehovah God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The Tree of Life was also in the middle of the garden; also the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden, to work it and to keep it.

And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Eating you may eat of every tree in the garden;

And Jehovah God said, It is not good, the man being alone. I will make a helper suited to him.

And Jehovah God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the heavens out of the ground. And He brought them to the man, to see what he would call it. And all which the man might call it, each living soul, that was its name.

And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh underneath.

And Jehovah God formed the rib which He had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man.

And the serpent was cunning above every animal of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said to the woman, Is it true that God has said, You shall not eat from any tree of the garden?