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Moses 3

From Kent P. Jackson, The Book of Moses and the Joseph Smith Translation Manuscripts (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center, 2000), 73-77.

[1] Thus the Heaven and the Earth were finished, and all the host of

them. [2] and on the Seventh day I God ended my work and all things

which I had made and I rested on the Seventh day from all

my work and all things which I had made were finished. And I

<God>[1] saw that they were good. [3] And I, God, blessed the seventh day,

Sanctified it because that in it[2] I had rested from all my

work which I God had created and made. [4] And now Behold I say

unto you that these are the generations of the Heaven

and of the Earth when they were created n the day that I

the Lord God made the Heaven and the Earth [5] and every plant of

the field before it was in the Earth and every herb of the field

before it grew, for I the lord God Created all things of which

I have spoken Spiritually, before they were naturally upon the

face of the Earth, For[3] I the Lord God had not caused it to rain

upon the face of the Earth. and I the Lord God[4] had created all

the Children of men and not yet a man to till the ground,

for in Heaven created I them. And there was not yet flesh

upon the Earth neither in the water neither in the air [6] but I the

Lord God Spake and there went up a mist from the Earth and

watered the whole face of the ground [7] and I the Lord God formed,

man from the dust of the groun and breathed into his nostrils

the breath of life, and man became a living soul the first flesh

upon the Earth the first man also. nevertheless all things were

before created, but Spiritually were they created and made accor-

ding to my word, [8] and I the Lord God planted a Garden eastward

in Eden and there I put the man whom I had formed.

[9] And out of the ground made[5] I the Lord God \[6] to grow \[7] every

tree naturally[8] that is pleasant to the sight of man and man

could behold it and they <it>[9] became also a living soul for[10] it was

spiritual in the day that I created it for it remaineth in the

sphere <in>[11] which I <God>[12] created it \[13] yea, even all things which I

prepared for the use of man and man saw that it was good for

food. and I the Lord God placed <planted>[14] the tree of life also in the midst

of the garden and also the tree of knowledge of good and evil

[10] and <I the Lord God caused>[15] a river went <to go>[16] out of Eden to

            water the garden and from thence

it was parted and became into four heads. [11] and I the Lord God

called the name of the first Pison and it compasseth the whole

land of Havilah[17] where there were[18] <I the Lord>[19] \[20] created much gold

            [12] and the

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Gold of that land was good and there was bdellium and the Onyx stone

[13] And the name of the Second River was called Gihon[21] the same

was it[22] that compasseth[23] the whole land of Ethiopia [14] And the

name of the third River[24] was Hiddekel that was it[25] which[26] goeth

towards[27] the East of Assyria And the fourth River was \[28] Euphra-

tes. [15] And I[29] the Lord God took the man and put him into the

Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it [16] and I[30] the Lord God com-

manded the man saying, Of every tree of the garden thou[31]

mayest[32] freely eat, [17] but of the tree of the[33] knowledge of good

and evil thou[34] shalt[35] not eat of it, \[36] nevertheless, thou[37] mayest[38] choose

for thyself[39], for it is given unto thee[40]. But remember, that

I forbid it[41], for in the day that[42] thou[43] eatest[44] thereof thou[45] shalt[46] sur-

ely die. [18] And I the Lord God said unto mine only Begotten that

it was not good that the man should be alone Where I will make

an[47] help meet[48] for him. [19] and out of the ground I[49] the Lord God

            formed

every beast of the field and every fowl of the air and commanded that

they should be brought <come>[50] unto Adam to see what he would call

            them

and they were also living souls and it was <for I, God,>[51] breathed into

            them the breath

of life and <commanded that>[52] whatsoever[53] Adam called every living

            creature that was <should be>[54]

the name thereof. [20] and Adam gave names to all cattle and to the fowl

of the air and to every beast of the field but <as>[55] for Adam there

was not found an[56] help meet[57] for him. [21] and I, the Lord God, caus-

ed a deep sleep to fall[58] upon Adam, and he slept, and I took one of his

ribs and closed up the flesh in the stead thereof, [22] and the rib which

I, the Lord God had taken from man, made I a woman, and broug-

ht her unto the man. [23] 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 ofm an. [24] Therefore shall a man leave his father and  \[59]

mother and shall[60] cleave unto his wife and they \[61] shall be one flesh.

[25] and they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not asha-

med.

Notes

1. SR: (1851), CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
2. (1851) omits "that in it"
3. (1851) "And"
4. (1851) omits "had not caused...the Lord God"
5. (1851) omits "made"
6. (1851) inserts "made"
7. (1851) inserts "naturally"
8. (1851) omits "naturally"
9. SR: (1851), CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
10. (1851) omits "for"
11. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
12. SR: (1851), CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
13. (1851) inserts "in"
14. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
15. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
16. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
17. 1888 "Hivilah" / 1902 "Havilah", followed by 1902, 1921, 1981
18. (1851) "was"
19. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
20. 1902 inserts "God", followed by 1921, 1981
21. (1851) "Ghihon"
22. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
23. (1851) "compassed"
24. (1851) omits "River"
25. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
26. (1851) "that"
27. CM "toward", followed by IV / 1878 "towards", followed by 1888 / 1902 "toward",       followed by 1921, 1981
28. 1888 inserts "the", followed by 1902, 1921, 1981
29. (LF) omits "I"
30. (LF) omits "I"
31. (LF) "you"
32. (LF) "may"
33. (1851) omits "the"
34. (LF) "you"
35. (LF) "shall"
36. (LF) inserts "neither shall you touch it"
37. (LF) "you"
38. (LF) "may"
39. (LF) "yourself"
40. (LF) "you"
41. (1851) omits "it"
42. IV omits "that", followed by 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
43. (LF) "you"
44. (LF) "eat"
45. (LF) "you"
46. (LF) "shall"
47. OT1 "a", followed by (1851)
48. "help meet": 1878 "help-meet"/1888 "helpmeet", followed by 1902/1921 "help
49. meet", followed by 1981
50. (LF) omits "I"
51. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
52. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
53. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
54. (LF) "whatever"
55. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
56. SR: CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
57. OT1 "a", followed by (1851)
58. "help meet": 187 "help-meet"/ 1888 "helpmeet", followed by 1902/1921 "help
59. meet", followed by 1981
60. (1851) "come"
61. OT1 "his", followed by CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
62. (1851) omits "shall"
63. (1851) inserts "twain"

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