Bible-Story
God Makes A Man
And A Woman
When the Lord God made the heavens and the
earth, there were no plants or grasses growing on the earth. That was because
the Lord God had not sent any rain on the earth. Also, there was nobody to dig
the soil so that plants would grow. But streams of water were coming up from
the earth. The water made all the top of the ground wet.
Then
the Lord God took some soil from the ground and he made a man. He breathed air
into the nose of the man to give him life. So, the man became alive.
The
Lord God planted a garden. It was in the east, in a place called Eden. God took
the man that he made and he put him in the garden. The Lord God made all kinds
of trees grow from the ground there. The trees were beautiful to look at. The
fruit from the trees was good to eat. In the middle of the garden were two
trees. One was the tree that gives life. The other was the tree that gives
knowledge of what is good and what is evil.
A
river began in Eden. It went through the garden and it gave water for the
ground. After that, it separated and it became four rivers. The name of the first river is the Pishon. It
goes through the whole land of Havilah. There is gold in that land. The gold
there is very good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also in Havilah.
The
name of the second river is the Gihon. It goes through the whole land of Cush.
The third river is called the Tigris. It goes along the east side of Assyria.
The fourth river is called the Euphrates.
The
Lord God took the man and he put him in the garden of Eden. God wanted the man
to work in the garden and to take care of it.
Then the Lord God told the man, ‘You may eat the
fruit from any tree in the garden, as much as you like. But you must not eat
any fruit from the tree that gives knowledge of good and evil. If you do eat
fruit from that tree, then you will certainly die that day.’
Then
the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to live
alone. I will make a helper who is right for him.’
The
Lord God took soil from the ground and he made all the animals and birds. Then
he brought them to the man. God wanted to know what names the man would call
them. Whatever the man called each living thing, that became its name. So, the
man gave names to the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to all the other
animals.
But
none of these animals was the right helper for the man. So, the Lord God caused
the man to sleep. While the man was sleeping, God took a rib from the man. Then
he closed up the place and he covered it again with skin. Then the Lord God
took a rib out of the man. He used it to make a woman. He took the woman for
the man to see her.
Then
the man said, ‘Finally, this is someone who is right for me. She has bones that
are taken from my bones. Her body comes from my body. I will call her “woman”
because God used me, a man, to make her.’
Because
of this, when a man marries, he leaves his father and his mother. Instead, God
joins the man and his wife together. The two people become like one body.
The
man and his wife did not wear any clothes but they did not feel ashamed.
