God created the world. He had not made
it rain yet, so mist came up from the
ground to water the earth. There was no
man to work the ground. God made the
first man out of dust. Then God breathed
into the man’s nostrils and the man
began to breathe!
God planted a garden in Eden. In the
middle of the garden God placed the
tree of life. The tree of knowledge of
good and evil was in the garden too.
A river watered the beautiful garden.
God placed Adam there to care for the garden. God made the
animals and birds and let Adam name them.
God knew Adam needed
a helper. But there was no helper found for him. So God caused Adam
to sleep. He took one of Adam’s ribs and made a woman. When Adam
saw her, he knew she would be his helper. Her name was Eve.
God gave Adam and Eve one command. “You can eat from any tree
in the garden except for one,” God said. “You must not eat from the tree
of knowledge of good and evil. If you eat the fruit, you will die.”
The serpent in the garden was cunning and did not fear God. He told
Eve she would not die if she ate the fruit from the tree God said not to
eat. Eve knew what God had commanded, but she made the choice to
disobey God. She took some of the fruit and ate it.
Then she gave some
to her husband Adam. He took the fruit and ate it too. Right away they
knew they disobeyed God. They were ashamed and sewed fig leaves
together to cover themselves because they had no clothes on. They
hid from God. God called out to Adam and Eve. He asked them what
they had done. Adam and Eve blamed each other and the serpent. God
punished each of them. God told Adam and Eve they would have to
leave the garden. But God still loved them. He made clothes for them
from animal skins.
