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So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
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By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
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Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
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The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
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The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
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So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
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That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
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Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
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When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
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Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
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The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
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And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
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Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
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The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
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And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
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So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
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Cain and Abel
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.”
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Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
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And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
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but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
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Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
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But the Lord said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
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Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
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Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
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His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.
