1On the third day, Elohim (God) planted the garden in the east of the earth, on the border of the world eastward, beyond which, towards the sun-rising, one finds nothing but water, that encompasses the whole world, and reaches to the borders of heaven.
2And to the north of the garden there is a sea of water, clear and pure to the taste, unlike anything else; so that, through the clearness thereof, one may look into the depths of the earth.
3And when a man washes himself in it, he becomes clean of the cleanness thereof, and white of its whiteness--even if he were dark.