Rung 1 of 8
The story
What happens, plainly.
In six days Hashem makes the world: light and darkness, the waters above and below, dry land and seas, plants, the sun and moon, fish and birds, animals, and finally humankind in the divine image. On the seventh day Hashem rests, and blesses the day and makes it holy. Adam is placed in the garden of Eden and told not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the woman is built from his side. The serpent persuades her to eat, she gives to Adam, and they are sent out of the garden, with cherubim and a turning, fiery sword guarding the way to the tree of life. Kayin kills his brother Hevel. Ten generations pass from Adam to Noach, the earth fills with wickedness, and Hashem regrets having made humankind, but Noach finds favor in Hashem's eyes.