¹في البدء خلق الله السموات والارض.

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

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

²And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters

³وقال الله ليكن نور فكان نور.

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

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

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

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

⁵And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

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

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

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

⁷And 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.

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

⁸And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

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

⁹And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

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

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

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

¹¹And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

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

¹²And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.

¹³وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما ثالثا

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁷وجعلها الله في جلد السماء لتنير على الارض

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

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

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

¹⁹وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما رابعا

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

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

²⁰And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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

²¹And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

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

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

²³وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما خامسا

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

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

²⁴And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

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

²⁵And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

²⁶وقال 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.

²⁶And 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 heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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

²⁷And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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

²⁸And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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

²⁹And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:

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

³⁰and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.

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

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