3. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. He rested on it. After he had created everything, he rested from all of the work he had done.
4. Here is the story of the heavens and the earth when they were created. The Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
5. At that time, bushes had not appeared on the earth. Plants had not come up in the fields. The Lord God had not sent rain on the earth. And there wasn't any man to work the ground.
6. But streams came up from the earth. They watered the whole surface of the ground.
7. Then the Lord God formed a man. He made him out of the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into him. And the man became a living person.
8. The Lord God had planted a garden in the east. It was in Eden. There he put the man he had formed.
9. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground. Their fruit was pleasing to look at and good to eat. The tree that gives life forever was in the middle of the garden. The tree that gives the ability to tell the difference between good and evil was also there.
10. A river watered the garden. It flowed from Eden. From there it separated into four other rivers.
11. The name of the first river is the Pishon. It winds through the whole land of Havilah. Gold is found there.
12. The gold of that land is good. Onyx and sweet-smelling resin are also found there.