and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."--Genesis 1:
27,28.

[31]We are all interested in knowing how Jehovah created the first man,
Adam. "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living
soul." (Genesis 2:7) God did not give man a soul separate and distinct
from the man. The word soul means being; living, breathing creature.
Every man _is_ a soul. No man _has_ a soul. Every living creature is a
soul. God called all moving creatures that have life souls. (See Genesis
1:20, _margin_) He designates various animals as souls.--Numbers 31:28.

[32]Jehovah then made a beautiful home for man, which is designated in
the Bible as Eden--a garden, a beautiful park. Everything in Eden was
perfect, because all the works of Jehovah are perfect. (Deuteronomy
32:4) "And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he
put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God
to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the
tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge
of good and evil. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the
garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."--Genesis 2: 8,9,15.

[33]God next gave to man a law to govern him. He told him what he might
do and what he might not do; and informed him that a violation of this
law would bring death upon him. "And the Lord God commanded the man,
saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; 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."--Genesis 2:16,
17.