12. The gold of that land is good. Onyx and sweet-smelling resin are also found there.
13. The name of the second river is the Gihon. It winds through the whole land of Cush.
14. The name of the third river is the Tigris. It runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15. The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden. He put him there to work its ground and to take care of it.
16. The Lord God gave the man a command. He said, "You can eat the fruit of any tree that is in the garden.
17. But you must not eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you do, you can be sure that you will die."
18. The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him."
19. The Lord God had formed all of the wild animals. He had also formed all of the birds of the air. He had made all of them out of the ground. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give them. And the name the man gave each living creature became its name.
20. So the man gave names to all of the livestock. He gave names to all of the birds of the air. And he gave names to all of the wild animals. But Adam didn't find a helper that was right for him.
21. So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of his ribs. He closed up the opening that was in his side.
22. Then the Lord God made a woman. He made her from the rib he had taken out of the man. And he brought her to him.
23. The man said, "Her bones have come from my bones. Her body has come from my body. She will be named 'woman,' because she was taken out of a man."