^{8 (J)} And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. ^{9 (J)} And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

^{10 (J)} A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. ^{11 (J)} The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. ^{12 (J)} And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. ^{13 (J)} The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. ^{14 (J)} And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.