⁷ And the Lord God formed man of the ^(A)dust of the ground, and ^(B)breathed into his ^(C)nostrils the breath of life; and ^(D)man became a living being.

Life in God’s Garden

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

¹⁰ Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. ¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts ^(K)the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. ¹² And the gold of that land is good. ^(L)Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. ¹³ The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. ¹⁴ The name of the third river is ^(M)Hiddekel;^[a] it is the one which goes toward the east of ^[b]Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

¹⁵ Then the Lord God took ^[c]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to ^[d]tend and keep it. ¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; ¹⁷ but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ^(N)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it ^(O)you^[e] shall surely ^(P)die.”

¹⁸ And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; ^(Q)I will make him a helper comparable to him.” ^19 (R)Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and ^(S)brought them to ^[f]Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

¹⁵ Then the Lord God took ^[a]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to ^[b]tend and keep it. ¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; ¹⁷ but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ^(A)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it ^(B)you^[c] shall surely ^(C)die.”

The Last Enemy Destroyed

²⁰ But now ^(A)Christ is risen from the dead, and has become ^(B)the firstfruits of those who have ^[a]fallen asleep. ²¹ For ^(C)since by man came death, ^(D)by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall ^(E)be made alive.