¹ في البدء خلق الله السموات والارض.

² وكانت الارض خربة وخالية وعلى وجه الغمر ظلمة وروح الله يرف على وجه المياه.

³ وقال الله ليكن نور فكان نور.

⁴ وراى الله النور انه حسن. وفصل الله بين النور والظلمة.

⁵ ودعا الله النور نهارا والظلمة دعاها ليلا. وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما واحدا

⁶ وقال الله ليكن جلد في وسط المياه. وليكن فاصلا بين مياه ومياه.

⁷ فعمل الله الجلد وفصل بين المياه التي تحت الجلد والمياه التي فوق الجلد. وكان كذلك.

⁸ ودعا الله الجلد سماء. وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما ثانيا

⁹ وقال الله لتجتمع المياه تحت السماء الى مكان واحد ولتظهر اليابسة. وكان كذلك.

¹⁰ ودعا الله اليابسة ارضا. ومجتمع المياه دعاه بحارا. ورأى الله ذلك انه حسن.

¹¹ وقال الله لتنبت الارض عشبا وبقلا يبزر بزرا وشجرا ذا ثمر يعمل ثمرا كجنسه بزره فيه على الارض. وكان كذلك.

¹² فاخرجت الارض عشبا وبقلا يبزر بزرا كجنسه وشجرا يعمل ثمرا بزره فيه كجنسه. ورأى الله ذلك انه حسن.

¹³ وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما ثالثا

¹⁴ وقال الله لتكن انوار في جلد السماء لتفصل بين النهار والليل. وتكون لآيات واوقات وايام وسنين.

¹⁵ وتكون انوارا في جلد السماء لتنير على الارض. وكان كذلك.

¹⁶ فعمل الله النورين العظيمين. النور الاكبر لحكم النهار والنور الاصغر لحكم الليل. والنجوم.

¹⁷ وجعلها الله في جلد السماء لتنير على الارض

¹⁸ ولتحكم على النهار والليل ولتفصل بين النور والظلمة. ورأى الله ذلك انه حسن.

¹⁹ وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما رابعا

²⁰ وقال الله لتفض المياه زحافات ذات نفس حية وليطر طير فوق الارض على وجه جلد السماء.

²¹ فخلق الله التنانين العظام وكل ذوات الانفس الحية الدبّابة التي فاضت بها المياه كاجناسها وكل طائر ذي جناح كجنسه. ورأى الله ذلك انه حسن.

²² وباركها الله قائلا اثمري واكثري واملإي المياه في البحار. وليكثر الطير على الارض.

²³ وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما خامسا

²⁴ وقال الله لتخرج الارض ذوات انفس حية كجنسها. بهائم ودبابات ووحوش ارض كاجناسها. وكان كذلك.

²⁵ فعمل الله وحوش الارض كاجناسها والبهائم كاجناسها وجميع دبابات الارض كاجناسها. ورأى الله ذلك انه حسن.

²⁶ وقال الله نعمل الانسان على صورتنا كشبهنا. فيتسلطون على سمك البحر وعلى طير السماء وعلى البهائم وعلى كل الارض وعلى جميع الدبابات التي تدب على الارض.

²⁷ فخلق الله الانسان على صورته. على صورة الله خلقه. ذكرا وانثى خلقهم.

²⁸ وباركهم الله وقال لهم اثمروا واكثروا واملأوا الارض واخضعوها وتسلطوا على سمك البحر وعلى طير السماء وعلى كل حيوان يدبّ على الارض.

²⁹ وقال الله اني قد اعطيتكم كل بقل يبزر بزرا على وجه كل الارض وكل شجر فيه ثمر شجر يبزر بزرا. لكم يكون طعاما.

³⁰ ولكل حيوان الارض وكل طير السماء وكل دبّابة على الارض فيها نفس حية اعطيت كل عشب اخضر طعاما. وكان كذلك

³¹ ورأى الله كل ما عمله فاذا هو حسن جدا. وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما سادسا

¹ The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.

² On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

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

⁴ This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

⁵ No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

⁶ but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.

⁷ Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

⁸ Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

⁹ Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰ A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.

¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

¹² and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.

¹³ The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.

¹⁴ The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

¹⁵ Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

¹⁶ Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;

¹⁷ but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."

¹⁸ Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."

¹⁹ Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

²⁰ The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.

²¹ Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

²² He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.

²³ The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of man."

²⁴ Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

²⁵ They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.