¹ Ο δε Κυριος ειπε προς τον Αβραμ, Εξελθε εκ της γης σου, και εκ της συγγενειας σου, και εκ του οικου του πατρος σου, εις την γην την οποιαν θελω σοι δειξει·

² και θελω σε καμει εις εθνος μεγα· και θελω σε ευλογησει, και θελω μεγαλυνει το ονομα σου· και θελεις εισθαι εις ευλογιαν·

³ και θελω ευλογησει τους ευλογουντας σε, και τους καταρωμενους σε θελω καταρασθη· και θελουσιν ευλογηθη εν σοι πασαι αι φυλαι της γης.

⁴ Και υπηγεν ο Αβραμ, καθως ειπε προς αυτον ο Κυριος· και μετ' αυτου υπηγε και ο Λωτ· ο δε Αβραμ ητο ηλικιας εβδομηκοντα πεντε ετων, οτε εξηλθεν απο Χαρραν.

⁵ Και ελαβεν ο Αβραμ Σαραν την γυναικα αυτου, και Λωτ τον υιον του αδελφου αυτου, και παντα τα υπαρχοντα αυτων οσα ειχον αποκτησει, και τους ανθρωπους τους οποιους ειχον αποκτησει εν Χαρραν, και εξηλθον δια να υπαγωσιν εις την γην Χανααν· και ηλθον εις την γην Χανααν.

⁶ Και διεπερασεν ο Αβραμ την γην εκεινην εως του τοπου Συχεμ, εως της δρυος Μορεχ· οι δε Χαναναιοι τοτε κατωκουν εν τη γη ταυτη.

⁷ Και εφανη ο Κυριος εις τον Αβραμ και ειπεν, Εις το σπερμα σου θελω δωσει την γην ταυτην. Και ωκοδομησεν εκει θυσιαστηριον εις τον Κυριον, οστις εφανη εις αυτον.

⁸ Και εκειθεν μετεβη προς το ορος, το κατα ανατολας της Βαιθηλ, και εστησε την σκηνην αυτου εχων την Βαιθηλ προς δυσμας και την Γαι προς ανατολας· και ωκοδομησεν εκει θυσιαστηριον εις τον Κυριον, και επεκαλεσθη το ονομα του Κυριου.

⁹ Και μετεσκηνωσεν ο Αβραμ, οδοιπορων και προχωρων προς μεσημβριαν.

¹⁰ Εγεινε δε πεινα εν τη γη ταυτη· και κατεβη ο Αβραμ εις την Αιγυπτον δια να παροικηση εκει· διοτι η πεινα ητο βαρεια εν τη γη.

¹¹ Και οτε επλησιαζε να εισελθη εις την Αιγυπτον, ειπε προς Σαραν την γυναικα αυτου, Ιδου, γνωριζω οτι εισαι γυνη ευειδης·

¹² θελει συμβη λοιπον, ωστε καθως σε ιδωσιν οι Αιγυπτιοι, θελουσιν ειπει, Γυνη αυτου ειναι αυτη· και θελουσι φονευσει εμε, σε δε θελουσι φυλαξει ζωσαν.

¹³ Ειπε λοιπον, οτι εισαι αδελφη μου, δια να γεινη καλον εις εμε εξ αιτιας σου, και να φυλαχθη η ζωη μου δια σε.

¹⁴ Και οτε εισηλθεν ο Αβραμ εις την Αιγυπτον, ειδον οι Αιγυπτιοι την γυναικα οτι ητο ωραια σφοδρα.

¹⁵ Και οι αρχοντες του Φαραω ειδον αυτην, και επηνεσαν αυτην προς τον Φαραω· και εληφθη η γυνη εις την οικιαν του Φαραω.

¹⁶ Τον δε Αβραμ μετεχειρισθησαν καλως δι' αυτην· και ειχε προβατα και βοας και ονους και δουλους και δουλας και ονους θηλυκας και καμηλους.

¹⁷ Και επεφερεν ο Κυριος επι τον Φαραω και επι τον οικον αυτου πληγας μεγαλας εξ αιτιας Σαρας της γυναικος του Αβραμ.

¹⁸ Εκαλεσε δε ο Φαραω τον Αβραμ, και ειπε, Τι ειναι τουτο, το οποιον εκαμες εις εμε; δια τι δεν μ' εφανερωσας οτι αυτη ειναι γυνη σου;

¹⁹ δια τι ειπας, Αδελφη μου ειναι αυτη; και ελαβον αυτην εις εμαυτον δια γυναικα· και τωρα, ιδου η γυνη σου· λαβε αυτην, και υπαγε.

²⁰ Και διωρισεν ο Φαραω ανθρωπους εις αυτον· και συμπροεπεμψαν αυτον, και την γυναικα αυτου και παντα οσα ειχε.

¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

² Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

³ God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

⁴ God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

⁵ God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.

⁶ God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

⁷ God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

⁸ God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹ God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.

¹⁰ God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

¹¹ God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.

¹² The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

¹³ There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

¹⁴ God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky 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 expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

¹⁶ God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

¹⁷ God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

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

¹⁹ There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰ God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."

²¹ God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

²² God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

²³ There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

²⁴ God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.

²⁵ God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

²⁶ God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

²⁷ God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.

²⁸ God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

²⁹ God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

³⁰ To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.

³¹ God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.