God told Enoch how He built the world in six days — and how it all went wrong.
On the third day, He planted paradise and enclosed it with flaming angel-guards. On the fourth, He set the great lights in the heavenly circles — stars on the uppermost ring, sun and moon below, each constellation in its appointed station. On the fifth, He commanded the sea to bring forth fish and birds and every creeping thing.
On the sixth day, He created Adam.
Not from one substance. From seven.
His flesh — from the earth. His blood — from dew. His eyes — from the sun. His bones — from stone. His intelligence — from the swiftness of angels and from cloud. His veins and hair — from the grass of the earth. His soul — from God's own breath and from the wind.
Seven natures He gave him: hearing to the flesh, sight to the eyes, smell to the soul, touch to the veins, taste to the blood, endurance to the bones, and enjoyment to the intelligence. Adam was small in greatness and great in smallness — a creature made from both the visible and the invisible, bearing within him both death and life. God placed him on earth as a second angel — honorable, glorious, appointed to rule over all creation.
God named him from the four directions: east, west, south, north — Adam. He showed him two paths: light and darkness. Good and evil. "This is good, and that is bad," God said, "so that I may learn whether he loves Me or hates Me."
Then God put Adam to sleep and took a rib from his body and created Eve — and death entered the world through her.
God placed them in the Garden of Eden. He opened the heavens so Adam could see the angels singing. But Satanael — the angel who had been cast from heaven — understood what God was doing. He saw that Adam was lord of the earth. He conceived a plan against him. He entered the garden and seduced Eve, though he did not touch Adam.
And God's response was measured. He cursed not the man. Not the earth. Not the creatures. He cursed only ignorance — only the evil fruit of man's works. And He said to Adam: "Earth you are, and to the earth you shall return. But I will not destroy you. I will take you back."
Adam spent only five and a half hours in paradise before everything changed. Then God blessed the seventh day — the Sabbath — and rested from all His works (Genesis 2:2-3).