⁵ before any ^(A)plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not ^(B)caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man ^(C)to till the ground; ⁶ but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

Life in God’s Garden

⁸ The Lord God planted ^(A)a garden ^(B)eastward in ^(C)Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. ⁹ And out of the ground the Lord God made ^(D)every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. ^(E)The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and ^(F)evil.