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¶ The halowyng of the Sabboth the Chapitre afore repe∣ted. The foure cloudes of paradise: The settynge of than in paradise: The tree of knowledge forbydden. The creacion of Eua: The institution of mariage.
CAPI. II.
THe heuen also and the earth were finys∣shed, [unspec A] and all the hoost of them. And in the seuenth daye god ended his worke, which he had made. * 1.1 And in the seuenth day he rested from all his worke whiche he had made. And God blessed the seuenth day, and sayntified it, bycause that in it he had rested from all his worke, whiche God created to make. These are the generacions of the he∣nens and of the earth when they were crea∣ted in the daye when the Lorde God made the earth, and the heuens, and euery plant of the felde, before it was in the earth, and euery herbe of the feld, before it grew. For the lorde god had not caused it to rayne vpō the earth, neyther was there a man to tyll the ground. And there went vp a myst from the exth, and watred the hoole face of the grounde.
The Lorde God also * shope man, euen dust of the grounde, & brethed in to his nose∣thyrls the breth of lyfe, & Adam was made a lyuyng soule. Moreouer the lorde god plan∣ted a garden in Eden from the east and there he put man, whome he had made. Also out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe, euery tree that was pleasaunt to the syght, & cōmodious for meate. And the * 1.2 tree of lyfe, and the tree of knowledge of good & of euyl, was in the myddes of the garden.
And out of Eden there went forth a ryuer to water the garden. And from thence it was deuyded, & became in to foure heades. The name of one is * 1.3 Pison. The same is it that cōpasseth the hole lande of Hauilah, where is golde. And the golde of that lande is good. There is also Bidelliū, and the stoone Oni∣chinus. The name of the seconde ryuer, is Gihon, the same is it that cōpasseth the hole lande of Ethiopis. The name of the thyrde ryuer is Hydekel, and it goeth towarde the east syde of Assyria. And the fourth ryuer is [unspec C] Euphrates. And so the lord god toke Adam, and put hym in to the garden of Eden, that he myght dresse and kepe it. And the Lorde God cōmaunded Adam, sayenge: Eatynge, thou shalte eate of euery tree of the garden. But of the tree of knowledge of good & euyl, thou shalt not eate of it. For in what day soe∣uer thou eatest therof, thou shalte dye the death. And agayne, the Lorde God sayde. It is not good that Adam shulde be alone, I wyll make hym an helpe / whiche maye be present with hym. And so out of the grounde shope the Lorde god euery beast of the felde, and euery foule of the ayre, and brought it vnto the man: that he myght se, how he wold call it. For lykewyse as man him selfe named euery lyuynge thynge, euen so was the name therof. Man hym selfe, therfore named [unspec D] the names vnto all catell, and foule of the ayre, and to euery beast of the felde: And for man founde he not an helpe, that myght be present with hym. The Lorde God also cau∣sed a slomber to fall vpon Adam, & he slepte. And he toke one of his rybbes, and closed vp the fleshe in steade therof. And the ryb which the Lorde God had taken from man / * 1.4 made he a woman, and brought her vnto the man. And the man sayde. This is nowe boone of my bones / and flesshe of my flesshe, she shall be called woman, bycause she was taken out of man. For this cause shall a man leaue his father, and his mother, and shall be ioyned with his wyfe / and they * 1.5 shall become one flesshe. And they were bothe naked, the man I say / and his wyfe, and were not ashamed.