“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Then the Lord God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.

So Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me some of the red stuff – yes, this red stuff – because I’m starving!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.

But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.

Then the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard,

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”

The man said, “The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.”

The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

The Lord regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found.

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh.