⁴ These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth:

⁵ And every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.

⁶ But a spring rose out of the earth, watering all the surface of the earth.

⁷ And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

⁸ And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.

⁹ And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰ And a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.

¹¹ The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.

¹² And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.

¹³ And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.

¹⁴ And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

¹⁵ And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of pleasure, to dress it, and to keep it.

¹⁶ And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:

¹⁷ But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

¹⁸ And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.

¹⁹ And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.

3 My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.

² For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.

³ Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:

⁴ And thou shalt find grace and good understanding before God and men.

⁵ Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.

⁶ In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.

⁷ Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:

⁸ For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.

⁹ Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits:

¹⁰ And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.

¹¹ My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:

¹² For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.

¹³ Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:

¹⁴ The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:

¹⁵ She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.

¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.

¹⁷ Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.