5. no grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land.
6. But streams came up from the ground and watered the earth.
7. The Lord God took a handful of soil and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.
8. The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.
9. The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.