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 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. And I, the Lord God, called the name of the first Pison, and it compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there was created much gold; and the gold of that land was good, and there was bdelium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river was called Ghihon: the same was it that compassed the whole land of Ethiopia. And the name of the third was Hiddekel; that was it that goeth towards the east of Assyria. And the fourth river was Euphrates.

And I, the Lord God, took the Man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it, and to keep it. And I, the Lord God, commanded the Man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat, but of the tree of 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, for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 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 a help meet for him.

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 be brought unto Adam, to see what he would call them: and they were also living souls, and it was breathed into them, the breath of life: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 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 a help meet for him. And I, the Lord God, caused a deep sleep to come upon Adam, and he slept: and I took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in the stead thereof; and the rib which I, the Lord God, had taken from Man, made I a Woman, and brought her unto the Man. 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. Therefore shall a Man leave his father and mother, and cleave unto his Wife: and they twain shall be one flesh: and they were both naked, the Man and his Wife, and were not ashamed.

And I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying, that Satan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the beginning, and he came before me, saying, behold me; send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it: wherefore give me thine honour. But, behold, my Beloved Son, which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said unto me; Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine for ever. Where­fore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I hould give unto him mine own power, by the power of mine Only Begotten; I caused that he should be cast down, and he became Satan, yea, even the Devil, the father of all lies, to deceive, and to blind men, and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken unto my voice. And now the