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This is an excerpt from the Endowment ordinance
conducted in the Temple before changes were
again introduced in 1990. Believed to be inspired
knowledge directly from God, it details the
co-creation of the earth by Jesus (Jehovah) and
Adam (Michael), and is too sacred to be included
in the standard works. It was considered to be a
restored, complete account of Genesis.

The First Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, see: yonder is
matter unorganized, go ye down and organize
it into a world like unto the worlds that we
have hereunto formed. Call your labors the
First Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done Elohim. Come
Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, see: here is matter
unorganized. We will organize it into a world
like unto worlds that we have heretofore
formed. We will call our labors the First Day,
and return and report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors on the First Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have been down as
thou hast commanded, and have organized a
world like unto the worlds that we have
heretofore formed, and we have called out
labors the First Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Third Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, return again to
the earth that you have organized. Divide the
light from the darkness. Call the light "day",
and the darkness "night." Cause the lights on
the firmament to appear; the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night. Cause the stars also to appear and give
light to the earth, the same as with other
worlds heretofore created. Call your labors
the Third Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us return again to the earth that
we have organized.

MICHAEL: We will return again, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, we will divide the light
from the darkness, and we will call the light
"day," and the darkness "night". We will cause
the lights in the firmament to appear, the
greater to rule the day, and the lesser to rule
the night. We will cause the stars also to
appear and give light to the earth; the same as
with worlds heretofore created. We will call
our labors the Third Day, and return and
report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors of the Third Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have been down as
thou hast commanded, and have divided the
light from the darkness, and have called the
light "day" and the darkness "night". We have
caused the lights in the firmament to appear;
the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night. We have caused the
stars also to appear and give light to the earth,
the same as with worlds heretofore created.
We have called our labors the Third Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Second Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, go down again.
Gather the waters together and cause the dry
land to appear. The great waters call ye seas,
and the dry land call ye earth. Form mountains
and hills, great rivers and small streams, to
beautify and give variety to the face of the
earth. When you have done this, call your
labors the Second Day, bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, we will gather the waters
together and cause the dry land to appear.
The great waters we will call seas, and the dry
land we will call earth. We will form mountains
and hills, great rivers and small streams to
beautify and give variety to the face of the
earth. We will call our labors the Second Day,
and return and report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors on of the Second Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have been down as
thou hast commanded, and have gathered the
waters together, and have caused the dry
lands to appear. The great waters we have
called seas, and the dry land we have called
earth. We have formed mountains and hills,
great rivers, and small streams, to beautify and
give variety to the face of the earth; and we
have called our labors the Second Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Third Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, return again to
the earth that you have organized. Divide the
light from the darkness. Call the light "day",
and the darkness "night." Cause the lights on
the firmament to appear; the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night. Cause the stars also to appear and give
light to the earth, the same as with other
worlds heretofore created. Call your labors
the Third Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us return again to the earth that
we have organized.

MICHAEL: We will return again, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, we will divide the light
from the darkness, and we will call the light
"day," and the darkness "night". We will cause
the lights in the firmament to appear, the
greater to rule the day, and the lesser to rule
the night. We will cause the stars also to
appear and give light to the earth; the same as
with worlds heretofore created. We will call
our labors the Third Day, and return and
report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors of the Third Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have been down as
thou hast commanded, and have divided the
light from the darkness, and have called the
light "day" and the darkness "night". We have
caused the lights in the firmament to appear;
the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night. We have caused the
stars also to appear and give light to the earth,
the same as with worlds heretofore created.
We have called our labors the Third Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Fourth Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, return again.
Place seeds of all kinds in the earth that they
may spring forth as grass, flowers, shrubbery,
trees, and all manner of vegetation; each
bearing seed in itself after its own kind, as on
the world we have heretofore created. Call
your labors the Fourth day, and bring me
word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, we will place seeds of all
kinds in the earth that they may spring forth as
grass, flowers, shrubbery, trees, and all
manner of vegetation; each bearing seed in
itself after its own kind, as on the worlds we
have heretofore created. We will call our
labors the Fourth Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors of the Fourth Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have been down as
thou hast commanded, and have placed seeds
of all kinds in the earth that they may spring
forth as grass, flowers, shrubbery, trees, and
all manner of vegetation; each bearing seed in
itself, after its own kind, as on the worlds we
have heretofore created; and we have called
our labors the Fourth Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Third Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, return again to
the earth that you have organized. Divide the
light from the darkness. Call the light "day",
and the darkness "night." Cause the lights on
the firmament to appear; the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night. Cause the stars also to appear and give
light to the earth, the same as with other
worlds heretofore created. Call your labors
the Third Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us return again to the earth that
we have organized.

MICHAEL: We will return again, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, we will divide the light
from the darkness, and we will call the light
"day," and the darkness "night". We will cause
the lights in the firmament to appear, the
greater to rule the day, and the lesser to rule
the night. We will cause the stars also to
appear and give light to the earth; the same as
with worlds heretofore created. We will call
our labors the Third Day, and return and
report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors of the Third Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have been down as
thou hast commanded, and have divided the
light from the darkness, and have called the
light "day" and the darkness "night". We have
caused the lights in the firmament to appear;
the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night. We have caused the
stars also to appear and give light to the earth,
the same as with worlds heretofore created.
We have called our labors the Third Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Fifth Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, now that the
earth is formed, divided and beautified, and
vegetation is growing thereon, return and
place beasts upon the land: the elephant, the
lion, the tiger, the bear, the horse, and all
other kinds of animals; fowls in the air in all
their varieties, fishes of all kinds in the waters,
and insects and all manner of animal life upon
the earth. Command the beasts, the fowls, the
fishes, the insects, all creeping things, and
other forms of animal life to multiply in their
respective elements, each after its kind, and
every kind of vegetation to multiply it its
sphere, that every form of life may fill the
measure of its creation, and have joy therein.
Call your labors the Fifth Day, and bring me
word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, now that the earth is
formed, divided and beautified, and vegetation
is growing thereon, we will place all beasts
upon the land: the elephant, the lion, the tiger,
the bear, the horse, and all other kinds of
animals; fowls in the air in all their varieties,
fishes of all kinds in the waters, and insects and
all manner of animal life upon the earth. We
will command the beasts, the fowls, the fishes,
the insects, all creeping things, and other forms
of animal life to multiply in their respective
elements, each after its kind, and every kind of
vegetation to multiply in its sphere, that every
form of life may fill the measure of its creation,
and have joy therein. We will call our labors
the Fifth Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL: It is well, Jehovah. Now that the
earth is formed, divided an beautified with
vegetation growing thereon, and provided
with animal life, it is glorious and beautiful.

JEHOVAH: It is, Michael.

MICHAEL: Let us return and report our labors
of the Fifth Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have been down as
thou hast commanded; we have placed beasts
upon the land: the elephant, the lion, the tiger,
the bear, the horse, and all other kinds of
animals; in the waters, and insects, and all
manner of animal life upon the earth. We have
commanded the beasts, the fowls, the fishes,
the insects, all creeping things, and other forms
of animal life to multiply in their respective
elements, each after its kind, and every kind of
vegetation to multiply in its sphere, that every
form of life may fill the measure of its creation,
and have joy therein. We have called our
labors the Fifth Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Sixth Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, is man found upon
the earth?

JEHOVAH: Man is not found on the earth,
Elohim.

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, then let us go
down and form man in our own likeness and in
our own image, male and female, and put into
him his spirit, and let us give him dominion
over the beasts, the fishes, and the birds, and
make him lord over the earth, and over all
things on the face of the earth. We will plant
for him a garden, eastward in Eden, and place
him in it to tend and cultivate it, that he may be
happy, and have joy therein. We will
command him to multiply and replenish the
earth, that he may have joy in his posterity.
We will place before him the Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil, and we will
allow Lucifer, our common enemy, whom we
have thrust out to tempt him, and to try him,
that he may know by his own experience the
good from the evil. If he yields to temptation
we will give unto him The Law of Sacrifice,
and we will provide a savior for him, as we
counseled in the beginning, that man may be
brought forth by the power of the redemption
and the resurrection, and come again into our
presence, and with us partake of Eternal Life
and exultation. We will call this the sixth day,
and we will rest from our labors for a season.
Come, let us go down.

JEHOVAH: We will go down, Elohim.

(The film now shows a scene of a lush, tropical
area. A thick mist rises from the earth.)

ELOHIM: Jehovah, see the earth that we have
formed. There is no man to till and take care of
it. We are here to form man in our own
likeness and in our own image.

JEHOVAH: We will do so, Elohim.

(The youthful body of Adam who lies in a
comatose state, is shown from the shoulders up.)

ELOHIM: Jehovah, man is now organized, and
we will put into him his spirit, the breath of
life, that he may become a living soul.

(Light shines on Adam's face, and his chest
expands as he begins to breathe. He stirs, as if
awakening.)

ELOHIM: Jehovah, is it good for man to be
alone?

JEHOVAH: It is not good for man to be alone,
Elohim.

ELOHIM: We will cause a deep sleep to come
upon this man whom we have formed, and we
will take from his side a rib from which we
will form a woman to be a companion and
helpmeet for him.

(Adam lays his head upon the ground as he looses
consciousness.)

NARRATOR: Brethren and sisters, this is
Michael, who helped form the earth. When he
awakens from the sleep which Elohim and
Jehovah have caused to come upon him, he
will be known as Adam, and having forgotten
all, will have become a little child. Brethren,
close your eyes as if you were asleep.

(All male patrons in the room close their eyes.)

ELOHIM: Adam, awake and arise.

(Adam obeys the command, and is shown with
foliage in front of him which conceals his body
from view. The youthful Adam appears to be in
his 20's, is in good physical condition, and is clean
shaven.)

NARRATOR: All the brethren will please arise.

(The male patrons open their eyes and rise from
their seats. An attractive, youthful Eve enters the
scene and stands beside Adam. They are both
shown from the shoulders up.)

ELOHIM: Adam, here is a woman whom we
have formed and whom we give unto you to
be a companion and helpmeet for you. What
will you call her?

ADAM: Eve.

(For the first time, the Gods, Elohim and Jehovah,
are shown. They are two bearded, luminescent,
glorious personages, clothed in flowing white
robes. They appear standing in mid air above and
in front of Adam and Eve, and are surrounded by a
radiant aura of silvery-white light.)

ELOHIM: Why will you call her Eve?

ADAM: Because she is the mother of all living.

ELOHIM: That is right, Adam; because she is
the mother of all living. Adam, we have
organized for you this earth, and have planted
a garden, eastward in Eden. We will place you
in the garden and will there command you to
multiply and replenish the earth, that you may
have joy and rejoicing in your posterity.
Jehovah, introduce Adam into the garden
which we have prepared for him.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim.

This is an excerpt from the Endowment ordinance
currently conducted in the Temple. Believed to be
inspired knowledge directly from God, it details
the co-creation of the earth by Jesus (Jehovah)
and Adam (Michael), and is too sacred to be
included in the standard works. It is considered to
be a restored, complete account of Genesis,
although this is the latest of many revisions.

The First Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, see: yonder is
matter unorganized, go ye down and organize
it into a world like unto the worlds that we
have hereunto formed. Call your labors the
First Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done Elohim. Come
Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, see: here is matter
unorganized. We will organize it into a world
like unto worlds that we have heretofore
formed. We will call our labors the First Day,
and return and report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors on the First Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou
hast commanded, and have called our labors
the First Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Third Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, return again to
the earth that you have organized. Divide the
light from the darkness. Call the light "day",
and the darkness "night." Cause the lights on
the firmament to appear; the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night. Cause the stars also to appear and give
light to the earth, the same as with other
worlds heretofore created. Call your labors
the Third Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us return again to the earth that
we have organized.

MICHAEL: We will return again, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, we will divide the light
from the darkness, and we will call the light
"day," and the darkness "night". We will cause
the lights in the firmament to appear, the
greater to rule the day, and the lesser to rule
the night. We will cause the stars also to
appear and give light to the earth; the same as
with other worlds heretofore created. We will
call our labors the Third Day, and return and
report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors of the Third Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou hast
commanded, and have called our labors the
Third Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Second Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, go down again.
Gather the waters together and cause the dry
land to appear. The great waters call ye seas,
and the dry land call ye earth. Form mountains
and hills, great rivers and small streams, to
beautify and give variety to the face of the
earth. When you have done this, call your
labors the Second Day, bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, we will gather the waters
together and cause the dry land to appear.
The great waters we will call seas, and the dry
land we will call earth. We will form mountains
and hills, great rivers and small streams to
beautify and give variety to the face of the
earth. We will call our labors the Second Day,
and return and report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors of the Second Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou hast
commanded, and have called our labors the
Second Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Third Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, return again to
the earth that you have organized. Divide the
light from the darkness. Call the light "day",
and the darkness "night." Cause the lights on
the firmament to appear; the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night. Cause the stars also to appear and give
light to the earth, the same as with other
worlds heretofore created. Call your labors
the Third Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us return again to the earth that
we have organized.

MICHAEL: We will return again, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, we will divide the light
from the darkness, and we will call the light
"day," and the darkness "night". We will cause
the lights in the firmament to appear, the
greater to rule the day, and the lesser to rule
the night. We will cause the stars also to
appear and give light to the earth; the same as
with other worlds heretofore created. We will
call our labors the Third Day, and return and
report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors of the Third Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou hast
commanded, and have called our labors the
Third Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Fourth Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, return again. and
place seeds of all kinds in the earth that they
may spring forth as grass, flowers, shrubbery,
trees, and all manner of vegetation; each
bearing seed in itself after its own kind. Call
your labors the Fourth day, and bring me
word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, we will place seeds of all
kinds in the earth that they may spring forth as
grass, flowers, shrubbery, trees, and all
manner of vegetation. We will call our labors
the Fourth Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors of the Fourth Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have been down as
thou hast commanded, and have placed seeds
of all kinds in the earth that they may spring
forth as grass, flowers, shrubbery, trees, and
all manner of vegetation; each bearing seed in
itself, after its own kind, as on the worlds we
have heretofore created; and we have called
our labors the Fourth Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Third Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, return again to
the earth that you have organized. Divide the
light from the darkness. Call the light "day",
and the darkness "night." Cause the lights on
the firmament to appear; the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night. Cause the stars also to appear and give
light to the earth, the same as with other
worlds heretofore created. Call your labors
the Third Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us return again to the earth that
we have organized.

MICHAEL: We will return again, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, we will divide the light
from the darkness, and we will call the light
"day," and the darkness "night". We will cause
the lights in the firmament to appear, the
greater to rule the day, and the lesser to rule
the night. We will cause the stars also to
appear and give light to the earth; the same as
with other worlds heretofore created. We will
call our labors the Third Day, and return and
report.

MICHAEL: We will return and report our
labors of the Third Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou hast
commanded, and have called our labors the
Third Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Fifth Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, now that the
earth is formed, divided and beautified, and
vegetation is growing thereon, and all manner
of animal life upon the earth, command the
beasts, the fowls, the fishes, the insects, all
creeping things, and other forms of animal life
to multiply in their respective elements, each
after its kind, and every kind of vegetation to
multiply it its sphere, that every form of life
may fill the measure of its creation, and have
joy therein. Call your labors the Fifth Day, and
bring me word.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come
Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Michael, now that the earth is
formed, divided and beautified, and vegetation
is growing thereon, we will place all beasts
upon the land: the elephant, the lion, the tiger,
the bear, the horse, and all other kinds of
animals; fowls in the air in all their varieties,
fishes of all kinds in the waters, and insects and
all manner of animal life upon the earth. We
will command the beasts, the fowls, the fishes,
the insects, all creeping things, and other forms
of animal life to multiply in their respective
elements, each after its kind, and every kind of
vegetation to multiply in its sphere, that every
form of life may fill the measure of its creation,
and have joy therein. We will call our labors
the Fifth Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL: It is well, Jehovah. Now that the
earth is formed with vegetation growing
thereon, and provided with all manner of life, it
is glorious and beautiful.

JEHOVAH: It is, Michael.

MICHAEL: Let us return and report our labors
of the Fifth Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou hast
commanded, and have called our labors the
Fifth Day.

ELOHIM: It is well.

The Sixth Day

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, is man found upon
the earth?

JEHOVAH: Man is not found on the earth,
Elohim.

ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, then let us go
down and form man in our own likeness and in
our own image, male and female, and put into ,
them their spirits and let us give them
dominion over all things on the face of the
earth. We will plant for them a garden,
eastward in Eden, and place them in it to tend
and cultivate it, that he they may be happy,
and have joy therein. We will command them
to multiply and replenish the earth, that they
may have joy in their posterity. We will place
before them the Tree of Knowledge of Good
and Evil, and we will allow Lucifer, our
common enemy, whom we have thrust out to
tempt them, and to try them, that they may
know by their own experience the good from
the evil. If they yield to temptation we will give
unto them The Law of Sacrifice, and we will
provide a savior for them, as we counseled in
the beginning, that man may be brought forth
by the power of the redemption and the
resurrection, and come again into our
presence, and with us partake of Eternal Life
and exultation. We will call this the sixth day,
and we will rest from our labors for a season.
Come, let us go down.

JEHOVAH: We will go down, Elohim.

(The film now shows a scene of a lush, tropical
area. A thick mist rises from the earth.)

ELOHIM: Jehovah, see the earth that we have
formed. There is no man to till and take care of
it. We are here to form man in our own
likeness and in our own image.

JEHOVAH: We will do so, Elohim.

(The youthful body of Adam who lies in a
comatose state, is shown from the shoulders up.)

ELOHIM: Jehovah, man is now organized, and
we will put into him his spirit, the breath of
life, that he may become a living soul.

(Light shines on Adam's face, and his chest
expands as he begins to breathe. He stirs, as if
awakening.)

ELOHIM: Jehovah, is it good for man to be
alone?

JEHOVAH: It is not good for man to be alone,
Elohim.

ELOHIM: We will cause a deep sleep to come
upon this man whom we have formed, and we
will take from his side a rib from which we
will form a woman to be a companion and
helpmeet for him.

(Adam lays his head upon the ground as he looses
consciousness.)

NARRATOR: Brethren and sisters, this is
Michael, who helped form the earth. When he
awakens from the sleep which Elohim and
Jehovah have caused to come upon him, he
will be known as Adam, and having forgotten
all, will have become a little child. Brethren,
close your eyes as if you were asleep.

(All male patrons in the room close their eyes.)

ELOHIM: Adam, awake and arise.

(Adam obeys the command, and is shown with
foliage in front of him which conceals his body
from view. The youthful Adam appears to be in
his 20's, is in good physical condition, and is clean
shaven.)

NARRATOR: All the brethren will please arise.

(The male patrons open their eyes and rise from
their seats. An attractive, youthful Eve enters the
scene and stands beside Adam. They are both
shown from the shoulders up.)

ELOHIM: Adam, here is a woman whom we
have formed and whom we give unto you to
be a companion and helpmeet for you. What
will you call her?

ADAM: Eve.

(For the first time, the Gods, Elohim and Jehovah,
are shown. They are two bearded, luminescent,
glorious personages, clothed in flowing white
robes. They appear standing in mid air above and
in front of Adam and Eve, and are surrounded by a
radiant aura of silvery-white light.)

ELOHIM: Why will you call her Eve?

ADAM: Because she is the mother of all living.

ELOHIM: That is right, Adam; because she is
the mother of all living. We have organized for
you this earth, and have planted a garden,
eastward in Eden. We will place you in the
garden and we will there command you and
Eve to multiply and replenish the earth, that
you may have joy and rejoicing in your
posterity. Jehovah, introduce Adam and Eve
into the garden which we have prepared for
them.

JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim.

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The Book of Genesis, as found in the King James
Version of the Holy Bible, one of the four standard
works of the LDS church. It is considered to be a
corrupt and incomplete account.

Genesis Chapter 1

1 � IN the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of
the waters.

3 � And God said, Let there be light: and
there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good:
and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And the evening and
the morning were the first day.

6 � And God said, Let there be a firmament in
the midst of the waters, and let it divide the
waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided
the waters which [were] under the firmament
from the waters which [were] above the
firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And
the evening and the morning were the second
day.

9 � And God said, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place,
and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry [land] Earth; and
the gathering together of the waters called he
Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.

4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good:
and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And the evening and
the morning were the first day.

14 � And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from
the night; and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament
of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and
it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the
heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the
night, and to divide the light from the
darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth
grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit
tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is]
in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and]
herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree
yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after
his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the
third day.

14 � And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from
the night; and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament
of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and
it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the
heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the
night, and to divide the light from the
darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the
fourth day.

20 � And God said, Let the waters bring forth
abundantly the moving creature that hath life,
and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every
living creature that moveth, which the waters
brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and
every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw
that [it was] good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful,
and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and
let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the
fifth day.

24 � And God said, Let the earth bring forth
the living creature after his kind, cattle, and
creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his
kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after
his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every
thing that creepeth upon the earth after his
kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

26 � And God said, Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all
the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his [own] image, in
the image of God created he him; male and
female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over every living thing that moveth
upon the earth.

29 � And God said, Behold, I have given you
every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the
face of all the earth, and every tree, in the
which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to
you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to
every fowl of the air, and to every thing that
creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is]
life, [I have given] every green herb for meat:
and it was so.

31 � And God saw every thing that he had
made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the
evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis Chapter 2

1 � THUS the heavens and the earth were
finished, and all the host of them.

2 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.

3 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.

4 � 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,

5 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.

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and
watered the whole face of the ground.

7 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.

8 � And the LORD God planted a garden
eastward in Eden; and there he put the man
whom he had formed.

9 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.

10 And a river went out of Eden to water the
garden; and from thence it was parted, and
became into four heads.

11 The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it
which compasseth the whole land of Havilah,
where [there is] gold;

12 And the gold of that land [is] good: there
[is] bdellium and the onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river [is]
Gihon: the same [is] it that compasseth the
whole land of Ethiopia.

14 And the name of the third river [is]
Hiddekel: that [is] it which goeth toward the
east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is]
Euphrates.

15 And the LORD God took the man, and put
him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to
keep it.

16 � And 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: for in the day
that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

18 � And the LORD God said, [It is] not good
that the man should be alone; I will make him
an help meet for him.

19 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.

20 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 an help
meet for him.

21 � 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;

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had
taken from man, made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man.

23 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.

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.

19 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.

20 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 an help
meet for him.

This book of scripture is said to have been
revealed to Joseph Smith by God and is included
in the Pearl of Great Price, one of the four
standard works of the LDS church. It is considered
to be a restored version of Genesis, pure and
complete in its account.

Moses Chapter 2

1 AND it came to pass that the Lord spake
unto Moses, saying: Behold, I reveal unto you
concerning this heaven, and this earth; write
the words which I speak. I am the Beginning
and the End, the Almighty God; by mine Only
Begotten I created these things; yea, in the
beginning I created the heaven, and the earth
upon which thou standest.

2 And the earth was without form, and void;
and I caused darkness to come up upon the
face of the deep; and my Spirit moved upon
the face of the water; for I am God.

3 And I, God, said: Let there be light; and
there was light.

4 And I, God, saw the light; and that light was
good. And I, God, divided the light from the
darkness.

5 And I, God, called the light Day; and the
darkness, I called Night; and this I did by the
word of my power, and it was done as I spake;
and the evening and the morning were the first
day.

6 And again, I, God, said: Let there be a
firmament in the midst of the water, and it was
so, even as I spake; and I said: Let it divide the
waters from the waters; and it was done;

7 And I, God, made the firmament and divided
the waters, yea, the great waters under the
firmament from the waters which were above
the firmament, and it was so even as I spake.

8 And I, God, called the firmament Heaven;
and the evening and the morning were the
second day.

9 And I, God, said: Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place,
and it was so; and I, God, said: Let there be
dry land; and it was so.

10 And I, God, called the dry land Earth; and
the gathering together of the waters, called I
the Sea; and I, God, saw that all things which I
had made were good.

4 And I, God, saw the light; and that light was
good. And I, God, divided the light from the
darkness.

5 And I, God, called the light Day; and the
darkness, I called Night; and this I did by the
word of my power, and it was done as I spake;
and the evening and the morning were the first
day.

14 And I, God, said: Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven, to divide the day
from the night, and let them be for signs, and
for seasons, and for days, and for years;

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament
of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and
it was so.

16 And I, God, made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night, and the greater light was
the sun, and the lesser light was the moon; and
the stars also were made even according to
my word.

17 And I, God, set them in the firmament of
the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And the sun to rule over the day, and the
moon to rule over the night, and to divide the
light from the darkness; and I, God, saw that
all things which I had made were good;

11 And I, God, said: Let the earth bring forth
grass, the herb yielding seed, the fruit tree
yielding fruit, after his kind, and the tree
yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself
upon the earth, and it was so even as I spake.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, every
herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree
yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself,
after his kind; and I, God, saw that all things
which I had made were good;

13 And the evening and the morning were the
third day.

14 And I, God, said: Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven, to divide the day
from the night, and let them be for signs, and
for seasons, and for days, and for years;

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament
of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and
it was so.

16 And I, God, made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night, and the greater light was
the sun, and the lesser light was the moon; and
the stars also were made even according to
my word.

17 And I, God, set them in the firmament of
the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And the sun to rule over the day, and the
moon to rule over the night, and to divide the
light from the darkness; and I, God, saw that
all things which I had made were good;

19 And the evening and the morning were the
fourth day.

20 And I, God, said: Let the waters bring forth
abundantly the moving creature that hath life,
and fowl which may fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven.

21 And I, God, created great whales, and
every living creature that moveth, which the
waters brought forth abundantly, after their
kind, and every winged fowl after his kind; and
I, God, saw that all things which I had created
were good.

22 And I, God, blessed them, saying: Be
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the
sea; and let fowl multiply in the earth;

23 And the evening and the morning were the
fifth day.

24 And I, God, said: Let the earth bring forth
the living creature after his kind, cattle, and
creeping things, and beasts of the earth after
their kind, and it was so;

25 And I, God, made the beasts of the earth
after their kind, and cattle after their kind, and
everything which creepeth upon the earth
after his kind; and I, God, saw that all these
things were good.

26 And I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten,
which was with me from the beginning: Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness; and
it was so. And I, God, said: Let them have
dominion over the fishes of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 And I, God, created man in mine own
image, in the image of mine Only Begotten
created I him; male and female created I them.

28 And I, God, blessed them, and said unto
them: Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over every living thing that moveth
upon the earth.

29 And I, God, said unto man: Behold, I have
given you every herb bearing seed, which is
upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in
the which shall be the fruit of a tree yielding
seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to
every fowl of the air, and to everything that
creepeth upon the earth, wherein I grant life,
there shall be given every clean herb for meat;
and it was so, even as I spake.

31 And I, God, saw everything that I had
made, and, behold, all things which I had
made were very good; and the evening and the
morning were the sixth day.

Moses Chapter 3

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.

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.

This book of scripture is said to have been
divinely translated from egyptian papyri by Joseph
Smith and is included in the Pearl of Great Price,
one of the four standard works of the LDS church.
It is considered to be a pure and complete
account.

Abraham Chapter 4

1 AND then the Lord said: Let us go down.
And they went down at the beginning, and
they, that is the Gods, organized and formed
the heavens and the earth.

2 And the earth, after it was formed, was
empty and desolate, because they had not
formed anything but the earth; and darkness
reigned upon the face of the deep, and the
Spirit of the Gods was brooding upon the face
of the waters.

3 And they (the Gods) said: Let there be light;
and there was light.

4 And they (the Gods) comprehended the
light, for it was bright; and they divided the
light, or caused it to be divided, from the
darkness.

5 And the Gods called the light Day, and the
darkness they called Night. And it came to
pass that from the evening until morning they
called night; and from the morning until the
evening they called day; and this was the first,
or the beginning, of that which they called day
and night.

6 And the Gods also said: Let there be an
expanse in the midst of the waters, and it shall
divide the waters from the waters.

7 And the Gods ordered the expanse, so that
it divided the waters which were under the
expanse from the waters which were above
the expanse; and it was so, even as they
ordered.

8 And the Gods called the expanse, Heaven.
And it came to pass that it was from evening
until morning that they called night; and it
came to pass that it was from morning until
evening that they called day; and this was the
second time that they called night and day.

9 And the Gods ordered, saying: Let the
waters under the heaven be gathered together
unto one place, and let the earth come up dry;
and it was so as they ordered;

10 And the Gods pronounced the dry land,
Earth; and the gathering together of the
waters, pronounced they, Great Waters; and
the Gods saw that they were obeyed.

4 And they (the Gods) comprehended the
light, for it was bright; and they divided the
light, or caused it to be divided, from the
darkness.

5 And the Gods called the light Day, and the
darkness they called Night. And it came to
pass that from the evening until morning they
called night; and from the morning until the
evening they called day; and this was the first,
or the beginning, of that which they called day
and night.

14 And the Gods organized the lights in the
expanse of the heaven, and caused them to
divide the day from the night; and organized
them to be for signs and for seasons, and for
days and for years;

15 And organized them to be for lights in the
expanse of the heaven to give light upon the
earth; and it was so.

16 And the Gods organized the two great
lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the
lesser light to rule the night; with the lesser
light they set the stars also;

17 And the Gods set them in the expanse of
the heavens, to give light upon the earth, and
to rule over the day and over the night, and to
cause to divide the light from the darkness.

18 And the Gods watched those things which
they had ordered until they obeyed.

11 And the Gods said: Let us prepare the
earth to bring forth grass; the herb yielding
seed; the fruit tree yielding fruit, after his kind,
whose seed in itself yieldeth its own likeness
upon the earth; and it was so, even as they
ordered.

12 And the Gods organized the earth to bring
forth grass from its own seed, and the herb to
bring forth herb from its own seed, yielding
seed after his kind; and the earth to bring forth
the tree from its own seed, yielding fruit,
whose seed could only bring forth the same in
itself, after his kind; and the Gods saw that
they were obeyed.

13 And it came to pass that they numbered
the days; from the evening until the morning
they called night; and it came to pass, from the
morning until the evening they called day; and
it was the third time.

14 And the Gods organized the lights in the
expanse of the heaven, and caused them to
divide the day from the night; and organized
them to be for signs and for seasons, and for
days and for years;

15 And organized them to be for lights in the
expanse of the heaven to give light upon the
earth; and it was so.

16 And the Gods organized the two great
lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the
lesser light to rule the night; with the lesser
light they set the stars also;

17 And the Gods set them in the expanse of
the heavens, to give light upon the earth, and
to rule over the day and over the night, and to
cause to divide the light from the darkness.

18 And the Gods watched those things which
they had ordered until they obeyed.

19 And it came to pass that it was from
evening until morning that it was night; and it
came to pass that it was from morning until
evening that it was day; and it was the fourth
time.

20 And the Gods said: Let us prepare the
waters to bring forth abundantly the moving
creatures that have life; and the fowl, that they
may fly above the earth in the open expanse of
heaven.

21 And the Gods prepared the waters that
they might bring forth great whales, and every
living creature that moveth, which the waters
were to bring forth abundantly after their kind;
and every winged fowl after their kind. And the
Gods saw that they would be obeyed, and that
their plan was good.

22 And the Gods said: We will bless them,
and cause them to be fruitful and multiply, and
fill the waters in the seas or great waters; and
cause the fowl to multiply in the earth.

23 And it came to pass that it was from
evening until morning that they called night;
and it came to pass that it was from morning
until evening that they called day; and it was
the fifth time.

24 And the Gods prepared the earth to bring
forth the living creature after his kind, cattle
and creeping things, and beasts of the earth
after their kind; and it was so, as they had said.

25 And the Gods organized the earth to bring
forth the beasts after their kind, and cattle
after their kind, and every thing that creepeth
upon the earth after its kind; and the Gods saw
they would obey.

26 And the Gods took counsel among
themselves and said: Let us go down and form
man in our image, after our likeness; and we
will give them dominion over the fish of the
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the
cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So the Gods went down to organize man in
their own image, in the image of the Gods to
form they him, male and female to form they
them.

28 And the Gods said: We will bless them.
And the Gods said: We will cause them to be
fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth,
and subdue it, and to have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth.

29 And the Gods said: Behold, we will give
them every herb bearing seed that shall come
upon the face of all the earth, and every tree
which shall have fruit upon it; yea, the fruit of
the tree yielding seed to them we will give it; it
shall be for their meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to
every fowl of the air, and to every thing that
creepeth upon the earth, behold, we will give
them life, and also we will give to them every
green herb for meat, and all these things shall
be thus organized.

31 And the Gods said: We will do everything
that we have said, and organize them; and
behold, they shall be very obedient. And it
came to pass that it was from evening until
morning they called night; and it came to pass
that it was from morning until evening that
they called day; and they numbered the sixth
time.

Abraham Chapter 5

1 AND thus we will finish the heavens and the
earth, and all the hosts of them.

2 And the Gods said among themselves: On
the seventh time we will end our work, which
we have counseled; and we will rest on the
seventh time from all our work which we have
counseled.

3 And the Gods concluded upon the seventh
time, because that on the seventh time they
would rest from all their works which they
(the Gods) counseled among themselves to
form; and sanctified it. And thus were their
decisions at the time that they counseled
among themselves to form the heavens and the
earth.

4 And the Gods came down and formed these
the generations of the heavens and of the
earth, when they were formed in the day that
the Gods formed the earth and the heavens,

5 According to all that which they had said
concerning every plant of the field before it
was in the earth, and every herb of the field
before it grew; for the Gods had not caused it
to rain upon the earth when they counseled to
do them, and had not formed a man to till the
ground.

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and
watered the whole face of the ground.

7 And the Gods formed man from the dust of
the ground, and took his spirit (that is, the
man's spirit), and put it into him; and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life, and man
became a living soul.

8 And the Gods planted a garden, eastward in
Eden, and there they put the man, whose spirit
they had put into the body which they had
formed.

9 And out of the ground made the Gods 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.

10 There was a river running out of Eden, to
water the garden, and from thence it was
parted and became into four heads.

11 And the Gods took the man and put him in
the Garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it.

12 And the Gods commanded the man,
saying: Of every tree of the garden thou
mayest freely eat,

13 But of the tree of knowledge of good and
evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the time that
thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Now
I, Abraham, saw that it was after the Lord's
time, which was after the time of Kolob; for as
yet the Gods had not appointed unto Adam his
reckoning.

14 And the Gods said: Let us make an help
meet for the man, for it is not good that the
man should be alone, therefore we will form
an help meet for him.

20 And out of the ground the Gods 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 should be the
name thereof.

21 And Adam gave names to all cattle, to the
fowl of the air, to every beast of the field; and
for Adam, there was found an help meet for
him.

15 And the Gods caused a deep sleep to fall
upon Adam; and he slept, and they took one of
his ribs, and closed up the flesh in the stead
thereof;

16 And of the rib which the Gods had taken
from man, formed they a woman, and brought
her unto the man.

17 And Adam said: This was bone of my
bones, and flesh of my flesh; now she shall be
called Woman, because she was taken out of
man;

18 Therefore shall a man leave his father and
his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and
they shall be one flesh.

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

20 And out of the ground the Gods 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 should be the
name thereof.

21 And Adam gave names to all cattle, to the
fowl of the air, to every beast of the field; and
for Adam, there was found an help meet for
him.

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