1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth "and no plant had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,6 but streams "came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.7 Then the LORD God formed a man "from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.9 The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground —trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin "and onyx are also there.)13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. [^5]14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die."18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam "no suitable helper was found.21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs "and then closed up the place with flesh.22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib "he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man."24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

1 فأكملت السموات والارض وكل جندها.2 وفرغ الله في اليوم السابع من عمله الذي عمل. فاستراح في اليوم السابع من جميع عمله الذي عمل.3 وبارك الله اليوم السابع وقدسه. لانه فيه استراح من جميع عمله الذي عمل الله خالقا4 هذه مبادئ السموات والارض حين خلقت. يوم عمل الرب الاله الارض والسموات5 كل شجر البرية لم يكن بعد في الارض وكل عشب البرية لم ينبت بعد. لان الرب الاله لم يكن قد امطر على الارض. ولا كان انسان ليعمل الارض.6 ثم كان ضباب يطلع من الارض ويسقي كل وجه الارض.7 وجبل الرب الاله آدم ترابا من الارض. ونفخ في انفه نسمة حياة. فصار آدم نفسا حيّة.8 وغرس الرب الاله جنّة في عدن شرقا. ووضع هناك آدم الذي جبله.9 وأنبت الرب الاله من الارض كل شجرة شهية للنظر وجيدة للأكل. وشجرة الحياة في وسط الجنة وشجرة معرفة الخير والشر.10 وكان نهر يخرج من عدن ليسقي الجنة. ومن هناك ينقسم فيصير اربعة رؤوس.11 اسم الواحد فيشون. وهو المحيط بجميع ارض الحويلة حيث الذهب.12 وذهب تلك الارض جيد. هناك المقل وحجر الجزع.13 واسم النهر الثاني جيحون. وهو المحيط بجميع ارض كوش.14 واسم النهر الثالث حدّاقل. وهو الجاري شرقي اشور. والنهر الرابع الفرات15 وأخذ الرب الاله آدم ووضعه في جنة عدن ليعملها ويحفظها.16 واوصى الرب الاله آدم قائلا من جميع شجر الجنة تأكل اكلا.17 واما شجرة معرفة الخير والشر فلا تأكل منها. لانك يوم تأكل منها موتا تموت.18 وقال الرب الاله ليس جيدا ان يكون آدم وحده. فاصنع له معينا نظيره.19 وجبل الرب الاله من الارض كل حيوانات البرية وكل طيور السماء. فاحضرها الى آدم ليرى ماذا يدعوها. وكل ما دعا به آدم ذات نفس حية فهو اسمها.20 فدعا آدم باسماء جميع البهائم وطيور السماء وجميع حيوانات البرية. واما لنفسه فلم يجد معينا نظيره.21 فاوقع الرب الاله سباتا على آدم فنام. فأخذ واحدة من اضلاعه وملأ مكانها لحما.22 وبنى الرب الاله الضلع التي اخذها من آدم امرأة واحضرها الى آدم.23 فقال آدم هذه الآن عظم من عظامي ولحم من لحمي. هذه تدعى امرأة لانها من امرء اخذت.24 لذلك يترك الرجل اباه وامه ويلتصق بامرأته ويكونان جسدا واحدا.25 وكانا كلاهما عريانين آدم وامرأته وهما لا يخجلان