Genesis 2 - Farmin' & Gardenin'


    Well shucks, the good Lord done finished makin' the heavens and the earth, and all the critters in 'em. On the seventh day, He done took a rest from all His work and blessed that day and made it holy. This here's the story of how the Lord done made the earth and everything in it. 

    See, before there was rain or nothin', the Lord done watered the ground with a mist and made man outta dust from the ground, breathin' life into him. Then He done made a garden in Eden and put the man in it. He made all sorts of trees in that garden, includin' the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. There was a river in that garden that went into four parts, and one of 'em had gold in it. 

    The Lord told the man he could eat from any tree in the garden except the tree of knowledge, warnin' him that if he ate from it, he'd die. The Lord saw that the man was lonely, so He made all sorts of critters and brought 'em to the man to name. But none of 'em was a good match for him, so the Lord put the man in a deep sleep, took one of his ribs, and made a woman out of it. 

    The man called her "woman" 'cause she was taken outta man, and they became husband and wife, not ashamed to be naked around each other.