7. And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
8. And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.
9. And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10. And a river went out the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.
11. The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.
12. And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.
13. And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia
14. And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15. And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep it.
16. And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:
17. But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat, for in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.
18. And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.