¹ Således fuldendtes Himmelen og Jorden med al deres Hær.

² På den syvende Dag fuldendte Gud det Værk, han havde udført, og han hvilede på den syvende Dag efter det Værk, han havde udført;

³ og Gud velsignede den syvende Dag og helligede den, thi på den hvilede han efter hele sit Værk, det, Gud havde skabt og udført.

⁴ Det er Himmelens og Jordens Skabelseshistorie. Da Gud HE EN gjorde Jord og Himmel

⁵ dengang fandtes endnu ingen af Markens Buske på Jorden, og endnu var ingen af Markens Urter spiret frem, thi Gud HE EN havde ikke ladet det regne på Jorden, og der var ingen Mennesker til at dyrke Agerjorden,

⁶ men en Tåge vældede op at Jorden og vandede hele Agerjordens Flade

⁷ da dannede Gud HE EN Mennesket af Agerjordens Muld og blæste Livsånde i hans Næsebor, så at Mennesket blev et levende Væsen.

⁸ Derpå plantede Gud HE EN en Have i Eden ude mod Øst, og dem satte han Mennesket, som han havde dannet;

⁹ Og Gud HE EN lod af Agerjorden fremvokse alle Slags Træer, en Fryd at skue og gode til Føde, desuden Livets Træ, der stod midt i Haven. og Træet til Kundskab om godt og ondt.

¹⁰ Der udsprang en Flod i Eden til at vande Haven, og udenfor delte den sig i fire Hovedstrømme.

¹¹ Den ene hedder Pisjon; den løber omkring Landet Havila, hvor der findes Guld

¹² og Guldet i det Land er godt, Bdellium og Sjohamsten.

¹³ Den anden Flod hedder Gihon; den løber omkring Landet Kusj.

¹⁴ Den tredje Flod hedder Hiddekel; den løber østen om Assyrien. Den fjerde Flod er Frat.

¹⁵ Derpå tog Gud HE EN Adam og satte ham i Edens Have til at dyrke og vogte den.

¹⁶ Men Gud HE EN bød Adam: "Af alle Træer i Haven har du Lov at spise,

¹⁷ kun af Træet til Kundskab om godt og ondt må du ikke spise; den Dag du spiser deraf, skal du visselig dø!"

¹⁸ Derpå sagde Gud HE EN: "Det er ikke godt for Mennesket at være ene; jeg vil gøre ham en Medhjælp, som passer til ham!"

¹⁹ Og Gud HE EN dannede af Agerjorden alle Markens Dyr og Himmelens Fugle og førte dem hen til Adam for at se, hvad han vilde kalde dem; thi hvad Adam kaldte de forskellige levende Væsener, det skulde være deres Navn.

²⁰ Adam gav da alt Kvæget, alle Himmelens Fugle og alle Markens Dyr Navne - men til sig selv fandt Adam ingen Medhjælp, der passede til ham.

²¹ Så lod Gud HE EN Dvale falde over Adam, og da han var sovet ind, tog han et af hans ibben og lukkede med Kød i dets Sted;

²² og af ibbenet, som Gud HE EN havde taget af Adam, byggede han en Kvinde og førte hende hen til Adam.

²³ Da sagde Adam: "Denne Gang er det Ben af mine Ben og Kød af mit Kød; hun skal kaldes Kvinde, thi af Manden er hun taget!"

²⁴ Derfor forlader en Mand sin Fader og Moder og holder sig til sin Hustru, og de to bliver eet Kød.

²⁵ Og de var begge nøgne, både Adam og hans Hustru, men de bluedes ikke.

¹ The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.

² On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

³ God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.

⁴ This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

⁵ No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

⁶ but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.

⁷ Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

⁸ Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

⁹ Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰ A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.

¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

¹² and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.

¹³ The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

¹⁴ The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

¹⁵ Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

¹⁶ Yahweh 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, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."

¹⁸ Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."

¹⁹ Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

²⁰ The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.

²¹ Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

²² He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.

²³ The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of man."

²⁴ Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

²⁵ They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.