And God said, 'See, to you I give every plant that yields

seed,

Which is on the surface of all the earth,

And every tree in which is fruit that yields seed.
It shall be food for you.

And to every wild beast and to every bird of the
heavens,

And to everything that crawls on the earth, in which there is life,

I give every green herb for food.'

And it was done.

And when God saw all that he had made,

He perceived that it was very good.

And there was an evening and a morning, making the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.

When on the seventh day God finished the work which

he had done,

He rested on the seventh day from all his work;

And God blessed the seventh day and set it apart,.
For in it he rested from all the creative work which

he had done.

2. THE PROVISIONS FOR MAN'S PHYSICAL, MORAL, AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

At the time when Jehovah made earth and heaven, there were as yet no plants on the earth, and no vegetation had sprung up; for Jehovah had not sent rain upon the earth. There was no man to till the soil; but a mist used to rise from the earth and water all the surface of the ground.

Then Jehovah moulded man out of dust taken from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being. And Jehovah

planted a garden in Eden, far in the East; and from the soil he made grow all kinds of trees that are pleasant to look at and good for food-the tree of life also in the midst of the garden and the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.

Then Jehovah took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to till it and to care for it. He also gave the man this command: 'You may freely eat from every tree of the garden, except from the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil; from this you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you shall surely die.'

Then Jehovah said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make a helper suited to him.' So out of the ground Jehovah formed all the wild beasts and birds, and made them come to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever he called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names

to all cattle and all the wild birds and beasts; but for the man himself there was found no helper suited to him.

Then Jehovah caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. The rib which he had taken from the man Jehovah built up into a woman and caused her to go to the man. Then the man said, 'This now is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. This one shall be called Woman, for from man she was taken.' For this reason a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they two become one.

The man and his wife were both naked, yet felt no shame.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild beast that Jehovah had made, and it said to the woman, 'Has God really commanded, "You shall not eat from every tree of the garden"?' The woman answered, 'We may eat of the fruit of all the trees of the garden; only regarding the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, "You shall not eat from it, nor shall you touch it, for if you do, you shall die. Then the serpent said to the woman, 'You shall not surely die; for God knows that on the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like gods, knowing what is good and what is evil.'

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and attractive to look at and desirable for acquiring wisdom, she took some of its fruit and ate. Then she gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed figleaves together and made girdles for themselves. But when they heard the sound of the footsteps of Jehovah, as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, the man and his wife hid from him among the trees of the garden.

When Jehovah called to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?' he replied, 'I heard the sound of thy footsteps in the garden and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.' Jehovah said, 'Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree from which I forbade you to eat?' The man answered, 'The woman whom thou didst place beside me-she gave me fruit from the tree and I ate.' Jehovah said to the woman, 'What is this that you have done?' The woman replied, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'

Then Jehovah said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, you shall be more accursed than all cattle and all the wild beasts. You shall crawl on your belly and eat dust all your life. I will establish enmity between you and the woman and between your descendants and her descendants. They shall bruise your head, and you shall wound them on the heel.'

To the woman he said, 'I will greatly increase your anguish and pain during your pregnancy; with pain shall you bear children. Your desire for children shall make you subject to your husband, and he shall rule over you.'

But to the man he said, 'Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree from which I forbade you to eat, the ground shall be cursed because of you; as long as you live, you shall earn a living only by painful toil. The ground shall always bring forth thorns and thistles, and you shall eat the herbs of the field. By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return!'

Then Jehovah sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. But Jehovah made garments of skin for the man and his wife, and clothed them.

4. CAIN THE CRIMINAL

Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living beings, and she gave birth to Cain, and she said, 'I have created a man with the help of Jehovah!' She also gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel was a shepherd, but Cain was a farmer.

In the course of time Cain brought some of the

produce of the ground as an offering to Jehovah. Abel too brought some of the choicest animals of his flock and sacrificed their fat pieces. And Jehovah looked with approval on Abel and his offering; but he could not receive Cain and his offering with approval.

Therefore Cain was very angry and his face fell. So Jehovah said to Cain, 'Why are you angry and why do you scowl? If you do what is right and good, will not your offering be accepted? But if you do wrong, sin crouches at the door and the inclination to sin will overcome you, but you should master it.'

Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let us go into the field.' And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother and killed him.

Then Jehovah said to Cain, 'Where is your brother Abel?' He answered, 'I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?' Jehovah said, 'What have you done? Hark! your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. Even now you are cursed by the very ground that has opened to receive your brother's blood from your hand. Whenever you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a vagabond and a wanderer on the earth.'

Then Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is more than I can bear. See, thou hast driven me out to-day from this land, and I shall no longer be able to worship thee; I shall become a vagabond and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.'

But Jehovah said to him, 'If any one kills you, the crime shall be avenged sevenfold.' So Jehovah placed à tribal mark on Cain, to keep any one who found him from killing him. And Cain departed from Jehovah's presence and lived in the land of Wandering.