~ A Garden in the East ~

Now the Lord God had planted a garden
in the east, in Eden;
and there He put the man he had formed.
And the Lord God made all kinds of trees
grow out of the ground --
trees that were pleasing to the eye
and good for food.
In the middle of the garden were
the tree of life
and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

The Lord God took the man
and put him in the Garden of Eden
to work it and take care of it.
And the Lord God commanded the man,
"You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
but you must not eat from
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
for when you eat of it
you will surely die."

(Genesis 2:8-9, 15-18)