Chapter 3

God created all things spiritually before they were naturally upon the earth—He created man, the first flesh, upon the earth—Woman is a help meet for man.

1. Thus the

heaven and the earth were finished, and all the

host of them.

2. And on the seventh day I, God, ended my work, and all things which I had made; and I

rested on the

seventh day from all my work, and all things which I had made were finished, and I, God, saw that they were good;

3. And I, God,

blessed the seventh day, and

sanctified it; because that in it I had rested from all my

work which I, God, had created and made.

4. And now, behold, I say unto you, that these are the generations of the heaven and of the earth, when they were

created, in the day that I, the Lord God, made the

heaven and the earth,

5. And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew. For I, the Lord God,

created all things, of which I have spoken,

spiritually, before they were

naturally upon the face of the earth. For I, the Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon the face of the earth. And I, the Lord God, had

created all the children of men; and not yet a man to till the

ground; for in

heaven

created I them; and there was not yet flesh upon the earth, neither in the water, neither in the air;

6. But I, the Lord God, spake, and there went up a

mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7. And I, the Lord God, formed man from the

dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the

breath of life; and

man became a living

soul, the

first flesh upon the earth, the first man also; nevertheless, all things were before created; but spiritually were they created and made according to my word.

8. And I, the Lord God, planted a garden eastward in

Eden, and there I put the man whom I had formed.

9. And out of the ground made I, the Lord God, to grow every tree,

naturally, that is pleasant to the sight of man; and man could behold it. And it became also a

living soul. For it was spiritual in the day that I created it; for it remaineth in the sphere in which I, God, created it, yea, even all things which I prepared for the use of man; and man saw that it was good for food. And I, the Lord God, planted the

tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and also the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

10. And I, the Lord God, caused a river to go out of

Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four

heads.

11. And I, the Lord God, called the name of the first Pison, and it compasseth the whole land of

Havilah, where I, the Lord God, created much gold;

12. And the gold of that land was good, and there was bdellium and the

onyx stone.

13. And the name of the second river was called Gihon; the same that compasseth the whole land of

Ethiopia.

14. And the name of the third river was Hiddekel; that which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river was the Euphrates.

15. And I, the Lord God, took the man, and put him into the Garden of

Eden, to dress it, and to keep it.

16. And I, the Lord God, commanded the man, saying: Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat,

17. But of the tree of the

knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it, nevertheless, thou mayest

choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee; but, remember that I

forbid it, for in the

day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely

die.

18. And I, the Lord God, said unto mine

Only Begotten, that it was not good that the man should be

alone; wherefore, I will make an

help meet for him.

19. And out of the ground I, the Lord God, formed every

beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and commanded that they should come unto Adam, to see what he would call them; and they were also living souls; for I, God, breathed into them the

breath of life, and commanded that whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that should be the name thereof.

20. And Adam gave

names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but as for Adam, there was not found an help meet for him.

21. And I, the Lord God, caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and he slept, and I took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in the stead thereof;

22. And the rib which I, the Lord God, had taken from man, made I a

woman, and brought her unto the man.

23. And

Adam said: This I know now is bone of my bones, and

flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man.

24. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall

cleave unto his

wife; and

they shall be

one flesh.

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