The Gospel of Genesis
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,
but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)
The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.
The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. 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.
So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
Content source: New International Version of the Holy Bible.
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"And everything that God created was indeed good," man was placed in the garden to take care of the properties that God has created. This was a good intention from God, but man did not utilize this opportunity well, as man committed sin against God. Thanks @reliquary for this updates!
Here refers to the conclusion of the work of the week, the author refers that the work of the week of creation has ended and that the earth is habitable, life has been created, man exercises his dominion over the created, there is food for all, however the role of God has not concluded, the power that sustains the creation works until today
God also rest, here the rest of God means that God refrained from continuing to create by having finished all the work he did, the seventh day: created for the good of the human being, the day of rest was ordained by God and sanctified in the sense that those who observed it would be entitled to divine blessings, thus, God established the week of seven days as part of the universal order
It also highlights the way in which God formed man, a very special moment was when the creator breathed into his nostrils the breath of life "in him was life", and he gave humanity that precious life that only God can give
Likewise, reference is made to the tree of the science of good and evil, which represents human autonomy, that is, to govern oneself and assume an independent position before God in all spheres of life.
In the same way God takes the brilliant idea of seeking help from Adam and creates the most beautiful of the universe hahahaha ... (the woman), this indicates that Adam was not able to achieve all that he was called to be by himself. do, ideal for him denotes complementarity, help is necessary for daily work, procreation, and mutual support and company, then God took one of the ribs of man and formed the woman, the rib was probably selected as a symbolic part of the most intimate of the anatomy of Adam
Here God makes allusion about the marriage between a man and a woman, by representing the woman as the ideal help of man
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was dedicated to testing Adam's faith and obedience to God.
God created humans as moral beings with the ability to freely choose to love and obey their Creator or disobey him and rebel against his will.
At that time Adam was holy, free from sin and lived in perfect communion with God. That harmonious relationship between God and the human race was lost due to the disobedience of Adam and Eve.
One word so heavy in this chapter
Some people are stuck in one spot or struggling all through life because they don't understand the POWER OF RELATIONSHIP, they miss out on certain upgrades and blessings because they fail in keeping or managing relationships.
It is not good for you to be alone.
Be intentional about your relationships, because..
WHEN GOD WANTS TO BLESS A MAN, HE SENDS SOMEONE INTO HIS LIFE