⁵ Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth^[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,^(A) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth^(B) and there was no one to work the ground, ⁶ but streams^[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. ⁷ Then the Lord God formed^(C) a man^[c](D) from the dust^(E) of the ground^(F) and breathed into his nostrils the breath^(G) of life,^(H) and the man became a living being.^(I)

⁸ Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;^(J) and there he put the man he had formed. ⁹ The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees^(K) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life^(L) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.^(M)

¹⁰ A river^(N) watering the garden flowed from Eden;^(O) 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,^(P) where there is gold. ¹² (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin^[d](Q) and onyx are also there.) ¹³ The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.^{[e] 14} The name of the third river is the Tigris;^(R) it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.^(S)

¹⁵ The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden^(T) to work it and take care of it.