Alright, today's favorite Bible reading is going to be about Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden.
This is found in Genesis chapter 2 and chapter 3.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
And on the seventh day God ended his work, which he had made.
And he rested on the seventh day from all his work, which he had made.
And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from
all his work, which God created and made.
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the
day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field before
it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew.
For the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to
till the ground.
But they went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he
had formed.
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight,
and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge
of good and evil.
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and
became into four heads.
The name of the first is Pison, that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah,
where there is gold.
And the gold of that land is Good, there is Delium, and the onyx stone.
And the name of the second river is Gihon, the same is it that compasseth the whole land
of Ethiopia.
And the name of the third river is Hiddikel, that is it which goeth toward the east of
Assyria.
And the fourth river is Euphrates.
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to
keep it.
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely
eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it.
For in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone.
I will make him and help meet for him.
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of
the air, and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them.
And whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of
the field.
But for Adam there was not found and help meet for him.
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam.
And he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her
unto the man.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.
She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,
and they shall be one flesh.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the
garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden,
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall
not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall
be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did
eat.
And gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.
And they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.
And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees
of the garden.
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and
I hid myself.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?
Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and
I did eat.
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done?
And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed
above all cattle, and above every beast of the field, upon thy belly shalt thou go, and
dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed,
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, and sorrow
thou shalt bring forth children, and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule
over thee.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten
of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed is the ground
for thy sake, and sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the
field.
And the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground.
For out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothe them.
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to no good and evil.
And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live
forever, therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground
from whence he was taken.
So he drove out the man, and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims,
and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life.