Creation of Man

I, 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. Then I planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there I put the man I formed. I made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And I commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” Then I said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Now I had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. I brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 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. So I caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, I took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then I made a woman from the rib I had taken out of the man, and brought her to the man.The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” This is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.