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As Given In The Endowment Ceremony Compared To The Biblical Account

Day One

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ELOHIM:
Jehovah, Michael, see: yonder is matter unorganized, go ye down and organize it into a world like unto the other worlds we have hereunto formed. Call your labors the First Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH:
It shall be done Elohim. Come Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL:
We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH:
Michael, see: here is matter unorganized. We will organize it into a world like unto other worlds we have heretofore formed. We will call our labors the First Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL:
We will return and report our labors of the First Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH:
Elohim, we have done as thou hast commanded, and have called our labors the First Day.

ELOHIM:
It is well.

The Bible

Genesis 1:1-5
1 IN the beginning God created* the heaven and the earth.
(LDS teachings say that the gods only reorganized matter to form the earth.)

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Hebrews 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Day Two

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ELOHIM:
Jehovah, Michael, go down again. Gather the waters together and cause the dry land to appear. The great waters call ye seas, and the dry land call ye earth. Form mountains and hills, great rivers and small streams, to beautify and give variety to the face of the earth. Call your labors the Second Day, bring me word.

JEHOVAH:
It shall be done, Elohim. Come Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL:
We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH:
Michael, we will gather the waters together and cause the dry land to appear. The great waters we will call seas, and the dry land we will call earth. We will form mountains and hills, great rivers and small streams to beautify and give variety to the face of the earth. We will call our labors the Second Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL:
We will return and report our labors of the Second Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH:
Elohim, we have done as thou hast commanded, and have called our labors the Second Day.

ELOHIM:
It is well.

The Bible

Genesis 1:6-8
6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Day Three

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ELOHIM:
Jehovah, Michael, return again to the earth that you have organized. Divide the light from the darkness. Call the light "day," and the darkness "night." Cause the lights on the firmament to appear; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. Cause the stars also to appear and give light to the earth, the same as with other worlds heretofore created. Call your labors the Third Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH:
It shall be done, Elohim. Come Michael, let us return again to the earth that we have organized.

MICHAEL:
We will return, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH:
Michael, we will divide the light from the darkness, and call the light "day," and the darkness "night." We will cause the lights in the firmament to appear, the greater to rule the day, and the lesser to rule the night. We will cause the stars also to appear and give light to the earth; the same as with other worlds heretofore created. We will call our labors the Third Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL:
We will return and report our labors of the Third Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH:
Elohim, we have done as thou hast commanded, and have called our labors the Third Day.

ELOHIM:
It is well.

The Bible

Genesis 1:9-13
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Day Four

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ELOHIM:
Jehovah, Michael, return and place seeds of all kinds in the earth that they may spring forth as grass, flowers, shrubbery, trees, and all manner of vegetation; each bearing seed in itself after its own kind. Call your labors the Fourth day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH:
It shall be done, Elohim. Come Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL:
We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH:
Michael, we will place seeds of all kinds in the earth that they may spring forth as grass, flowers, shrubbery, trees, and all manner of vegetation. We will call our labors the Fourth Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL:
We will return and report our labors of the Fourth Day, Jehovah.

The Bible

Genesis 1:14-19
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Day Five

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ELOHIM:
Jehovah, Michael, now that the earth is formed, divided and beautified, and vegetation is growing thereon, return and place all manner of life upon the earth. Command the beasts, the fowls, the fishes, the insects, all creeping things, and other forms of animal life to multiply in their respective elements, each after its kind, and every kind of vegetation to multiply in its sphere, that every form of life may fill the measure of its creation, and have joy therein. Call your labors the Fifth Day, and bring me word.

JEHOVAH:
It shall be done, Elohim. Come Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL:
We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH:
Michael, now that the earth is formed, divided and beautified, and vegetation is growing thereon, we will place beasts upon the land: the elephant, the lion, the tiger, the bear, the horse, and all other kinds of animals; fowls in the air in all their varieties, fishes of all kinds, in the waters, and insects and all manner of animal life upon the earth. We will command the beasts, the fowls, the fishes, the insects, all creeping things, and other forms of animal life to multiply in their respective elements, each after its kind, and every kind of vegetation to multiply in its sphere, that every form of life may fill the measure of its creation, and have joy therein. We will call our labors the Fifth Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL:
It is well, Jehovah. Now that the earth is formed with vegetation growing thereon, and provided with all manner of life, it is glorious and beautiful.

JEHOVAH:
It is, Michael.

MICHAEL:
Let us return and report our labors of the Fifth Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH:
Elohim, we have done as thou hast commanded, and have called our labors the Fifth Day.

ELOHIM:
It is well.

The Bible

Genesis 1:20-23
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Day Six

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JEHOVAH:
It is not good for man to be alone, Elohim.

ELOHIM:
We will cause a deep sleep to come upon this man whom we have formed, and we will take from his side a rib from which we will form a woman to be a companion and helpmeet for him.

The Bible

Genesis 2:18, 21-22
18 And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

NARRATOR:
Brethren and sisters, this is Michael, who helped form the earth. When he awakens from the sleep which Elohim and Jehovah have caused to come upon him, he will be known as Adam, and having forgotten all, will have become a little child. Brethren, close your eyes as if you were asleep.

ELOHIM:
Adam, awake and arise.

NARRATOR:
All the brethren will please arise. 

ELOHIM:
Adam, here is a woman whom we have formed and whom we give unto you to be a companion and helpmeet for you. What will you call her?

ADAM:
Eve.

ELOHIM:
Why will you call her Eve?

ADAM:
Because she is the mother of all living.

Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

ELOHIM:
That is right, Adam; because she is the mother of all living. We have organized for you this earth, and have planted a garden, eastward in Eden. We will place you in the garden and we will there command you to multiply and replenish the earth, that you may have joy and rejoicing in your posterity. Jehovah, introduce Adam and Eve into the garden which we have prepared for them.

Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

JEHOVAH:
It shall be done, Elohim.

NARRATOR:
We now go with Adam and Eve into the garden. The brethren will now be seated.

ELOHIM:
Adam, Eve, we have created this earth, and have placed upon it all kinds of vegetation and animal life. We have commanded all these to multiply in their own sphere and element. We give you dominion over all these things, and make you, Adam, Lord over the whole earth, and all things on the face thereof. We now command you to multiply and replenish the earth, that you may have joy and rejoicing in your posterity. We have also planted for you this garden, wherein we have placed all manner of fruits, flowers, and vegetation. Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat, but of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil thou shalt not eat; nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee. But, remember that I forbid it, for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Remember these commandments which we have given unto you. Now, go to, dress this garden, take good care of it, be happy and have joy therein. We shall go away, but we shall visit you again and give you further instructions.

Genesis 2:16-17
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

LUCIFER:
Well, Adam, you have a new world here.

ADAM:
A new world?

LUCIFER:
Yes, a new world, patterned after the old one where you used to live.

ADAM:
I know nothing about any other world.

LUCIFER:
Oh, I see, your eyes are not yet opened. You have forgotten everything. You must eat some of the fruit of that tree.

LUCIFER:
Adam, here is some of the fruit of this tree. It will make you wise.

ADAM:
I will not partake of that fruit. Father told me that in the day I should partake of it I should surely die.

LUCIFER:
You shall not surely die but shall be as the Gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:4-5
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

ADAM:
I will not partake of it.

LUCIFER:
Oh you will not? Well, we shall see.

LUCIFER:
Eve, here is some of the fruit of that tree. It will make you wise. It is delicious to the taste and very desirable.

EVE:
Who are you?

LUCIFER:
I am your brother.

EVE:
You, my brother, and come here to persuade me to disobey Father?

LUCIFER:
I have said nothing about Father. I want you to eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, that your eyes may be opened, for that is the way Father gained his knowledge. You must eat of this fruit so as to comprehend that everything has its opposite: good and evil, virtue and vice, light and darkness, health and sickness, pleasure and pain--thus your eyes will be opened and you will have knowledge.

Genesis 3:4-5
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

EVE:
Is there no other way?

LUCIFER:
There is no other way.

EVE:
Then I will partake.

Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

LUCIFER:
There, now go and get Adam to partake.

EVE:
Adam, here is some of the fruit of that tree. It is delicious to the taste and very desirable.

ADAM:
Eve, do you know what fruit that is?

EVE:
Yes, it is the fruit of the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

ADAM:
I cannot partake of it. Do you not know that Father commanded us not to partake of the fruit of that tree?

EVE:
Do you intend to obey all of Father's commandments?

ADAM:
Yes, all of them.

EVE:
Do you not remember that Father commanded us to multiply and replenish the earth? I have partaken of this fruit and by so doing shall be cast out, and you will be left a lone man in the garden of Eden.

ADAM:
Eve, I see that this must be. I will partake that man may be.

The Book of Mormon
This is placed here to show the relation of Mormon teaching in the temple as compared with the Book of Mormon. This teaching is NOT Biblical and can only be found in Mormon theology.

2 Nephi 2:24
24
But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things.

25 Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.

LUCIFER:
That is right.

EVE:
It is better for us to pass through sorrow that we may know the good from the evil.

EVE:
I know thee now. Thou art Lucifer, he who was cast out of Father's presence for rebellion.

LUCIFER:
Yes, you are beginning to see already.

ADAM:
What is that apron you have on?

LUCIFER:
It is an emblem of my power and Priesthoods.

ADAM:
I am looking for Father to come down to give us further instructions.

LUCIFER:
Oh, you are looking for Father to come down, are you?

ELOHIM:
Jehovah, we promised Adam and Eve that we would visit them and give them further instructions. Come, let us go down.

JEHOVAH:
We will go down, Elohim.

ADAM:
I hear their voices, they are coming.

LUCIFER:
See, you are naked. Take some fig leaves and make you aprons. Father will see your nakedness. Quick! Hide

Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

ADAM:
Come, let us hide.

Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

NARRATOR:
Brethren and sisters, put on your aprons.

ELOHIM:
Adam ... Adam! ... Adam!! Where art thou?

Genesis 3:9
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou?

ADAM:
I heard thy voice and hid myself, because I was naked.

Genesis 3:10
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.

ELOHIM:
Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou partaken of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, of which we commanded thee not to partake?

Genesis 3:11
And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

ADAM:
The woman thou gavest me, and commanded that she should remain with me, she gave me of the fruit of the tree, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

ELOHIM:
Eve, what is this that thou hast done?

Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done?…

EVE:
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:13
…And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

ELOHIM:
Lucifer, what hast thou been doing here?

LUCIFER:
I have been doing that which has been done in other worlds.

ELOHIM:
What is that?

LUCIFER:
I have been giving some of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil to them.

ELOHIM:
Lucifer, because thou hast done this, thou shalt be cursed above all the beasts of the field. Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust thou shalt eat all the days of thy life.

Genesis 3:14
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

LUCIFER:
If thou cursest me for doing the same thing which has been done in other worlds, I will take the spirits that follow me, and they shall possess the bodies thou createst for Adam and Eve!

ELOHIM:
I will place enmity between thee and the seed of the woman. Thou mayest have power to bruise his heal, but he shall have power to crush thy head.

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

LUCIFER:
Then with that enmity I will take the treasure of the earth, and with gold and silver I will buy up armies and navies, false priests who oppress, and tyrants who destroy, and reign with blood and horror on the earth!

ELOHIM:
Depart!

ELOHIM:
Jehovah, let cherubim and a flaming sword be placed to guard the way of the Tree of Life, lest Adam and Eve put forth their hands, and partake of the fruit thereof, and live forever in their sins.

Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

JEHOVAH:
It shall be done, Elohim.

JEHOVAH:
Let cherubim and a flaming sword be placed to guard the way of the Tree of Life, lest Adam and Eve put forth their hands and partake of the fruit thereof, and live forever in their sins. It is done, Elohim.

Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

ELOHIM:
Adam, because thou hast partaken of the forbidden fruit, the earth shall be cursed for thy sake. Instead of producing fruits and flowers spontaneously, it shall bring forth thorns, thistles, briars, and noxious weeds to afflict and torment man. Any by the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread all the days of thy life, for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 3:17-19
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.

Day Seven

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Genesis 2:2-3
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.