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CAP. II.

[verse 1] Therfor parfite ben heuene and erthe, and al the anowrnyng of hem. [verse 2] And God fulfillide in the seuenthe day his werk that he made; and he restide the [in the B.] seuen|eth day fro al werk [his werke B pr. m. werkes D.] that he hadde [Om. E pr. m.] ful|fillid; [verse 3] and he blisside to the seuenthe day, and he halwide it; for in it he had [Om. E pr. m.] sesyd fro al his werk that God shapide that he shulde make. [verse 4] Thes ben the ge|neraciouns of heuene and erthe, whan thei ben fourmed, in the day that the [verse 5] Lord God made heuene and erthe, and ech bushe of the feeld or it were growun in the erthe, and al erbe of regioun bifore that it buriownde. The Lord God for|sothe had not reyned vpon the erthe, and was noo man that myȝte worche the

[verse 6] erthe; but a welle ascendide fro the erthe, watering al the ouermost of the erthe. [verse 7] The Lord God thanne fourmede man of the slyme of the erthe, and spi|ride `in to [in D.] the face of hym an entre of breth of lijf; and maad is man into a soule ȝyuynge lijf. [verse 8] Forsothe the Lord God had plawntid paradise of delice fro bigynnyng, in the which he sette man whom he had fourmed. [verse 9] And the Lord God brouȝte forthe of the erthe eche tree fayre in siȝt, and swete to ete; also the tree of lijf in the mydle of paradys, and a tree of kunnyng of good and of yuel [ylle E.] . [verse 10] And a flood ȝede out of the place of delice to watre paradis, the which fro thens is [verse 11] deuydid in foure hedis; name of [to BDEFH.] the toon Phison, he is that goth abowt al the erthe of Euilath, where growith gold, [verse 12] and the gold of that erthe is best; and ther is foundun bdelyum, and the stoon [verse 13] onychynus; and name to the secounde flood Gyon, he is that gothe abowt al the [verse 14] erthe of Ethiope; name [and name A.] forsothe of the thrid flood Tigrys, he gothe aȝens Assy|rios; the ferthe forsothe flood, he is Eu|frates. [verse 15] Thanne the Lord God toke man, and putte hym in paradis of delice, that he shulde worche and kepe [schuld kepe E pr. m.] it. [verse 16] And he commaundide to hym, seiynge, Of ech tree [verse 17] of paradis ete; of the tree forsothe of kunnyng of good and of yuel ete thow not; in what euer day sotheli thow etist there of [herof BDEFH.] , with deth thow shalt die. [verse 18] The Lord God forsothe seide, It is not good man to be alone; make we to hym help like hym. [verse 19] Fourmed thanne of the moist erthe alle thingis of the erthe hauynge soule, and al volatile of heuene, the Lord God brouȝte hem to Adam, that he shulde se what he shulde clepe hem; al thing forsothe of soule lyuynge that Adam clepid, that is the name of it. [verse 20] And Adam clepide alle thingis hauynge soule, and al [Om. D.] volatile of heuene, and alle beestis of the erthe, bi her names. To Adam

forsothe was not foundun an helper like hym. [verse 21] Thanne send ynne the Lord God slep into Adam, and whanne he was asleep [O slepe BEF.] , he toke oon of his ribbis, and fulfillide flehs for it. [verse 22] And the Lord God edifiede the rib, the which he toke of Adam, into a woman, and brouȝte hir to Adam. [verse 23] And Adam seide, This now boon of my bonys, and flehs of my flehs; this shal be clepid mannus dede, for she is takun of a man. [verse 24] Wherfor a man shal forsake his fadre and modre, and shal draw to hys wijf, and two shal be in o flehs. [verse 25] Either forsothe was nakid, Adam, that is, and his wijf, and thei shameden noȝt.