⁷ Then the Lord God formed^(A) a man^[a](B) from the dust^(C) of the ground^(D) and breathed into his nostrils the breath^(E) of life,^(F) and the man became a living being.^(G)

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

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

¹⁵ The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden^(R) to work it and take care of it. ¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;^{(S) 17} but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,^(T) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”^(U)

³ But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ,^(A) and the head of the woman is man,^[a](B) and the head of Christ is God.^(C)

²³ For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,^(A) his body, of which he is the Savior.

⁵ For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God^(A) used to adorn themselves.^(B) They submitted themselves to their own husbands, ⁶ like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord.^(C) You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.