When EXIS Began (Gen 1: 1-23, 2:8 - 3:7, 4: 1-18)

When EXIS began to create us – we being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a spirit from EXIS flowing through – EXIS said, "Let there be light";  and there was light.  EXIS perceived that the light was good, and EXIS separated the light from the darkness.  EXIS called the light Day, and the darkness Night.  And there was evening and there was morning, day one.

     HOME said, "Let there be elements in the midst of space, that they may separate bodies from space."  HOME made the elements, and they separated the spheres that were below the elements from the space which was above the elements.  And it was so.  HOME called the elements Sky.  And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

     QIYA said, "Let the water below the sky be gathered into one area, that the dry land may appear."  And it was so.  QIYA called the dry land Earth, and the gathering of waters Sea.  QIYA perceived that this was good.  QIYA said, "Let the soil sprout vegetation:  seed-bearing plants, fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it."  And it was so.  The earth brought forth vegetation:  seed-bearing plants of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it.  QIYA perceived that this was good.  And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

     SELA said, "Let there be bodies in the expanse of the sky to separate day from night;  they shall serve as signs for the set times – the days and the years;  and they shall serve as points in the expanse of the sky to enlighten the earth."  And it was so.  SELA made the greatest body to dominate the day and the lesser bodies to dominate the night.  SELA set them in the expanse of the sky to illuminate the earth with perspective, to dominate the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness.  SELA perceived that this was good.  And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

     QIYA said, "Let the water bring forth swarms of living creatures to include even birds that fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."  Thus were created the great sea creatures, and from them all the living creatures of every kind.  Water brought forth life in swarms, including even the winged birds of every kind.  And QIYA perceived that this was good.  QIYA blessed them, saying, "Be fertile and increase, fill the water in the sea and the air across the earth."  And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Where is paradise and what grows there?

Who keeps us away?