The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to work the soil and take care of the garden.
You will get what you work for. You will enjoy the Lord’s blessings, and all will go well for you.
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the East, in a place named Eden. He put the man he made in that garden.
Whoever has been stealing must stop it and start working. They must use their hands for doing something good. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor.
God finished the work he was doing, so on the seventh day he rested from his work.
I have not tried to hide my sins as some people do. I have never hidden my guilt.
The name of the third river was Tigris. This river flowed east of Assyria. The fourth river was the Euphrates.
The Lord God gave him this command: “You may eat from any tree in the garden.