¹في البدء خلق الله السموات والارض.

¹In the beginning God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” After “God,” the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet) as a grammatical marker. created the heavens and the earth.

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

²Now 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.

³وقال الله ليكن نور فكان نور.

³God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

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

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

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

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

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

⁶God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle 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.

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

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

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

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

⁹God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to 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.

¹⁰God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas.” 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.

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

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

¹²The earth yielded 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.

¹³وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما ثالثا

¹³There 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.

¹⁴God 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;

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

¹⁵and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

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

¹⁶God 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.

¹⁷وجعلها الله في جلد السماء لتنير على الارض

¹⁷God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to 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. God saw that it was good.

¹⁹وكان مساء وكان صباح يوما رابعا

¹⁹There 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.

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

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

²¹God 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.

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

²²God 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

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

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

²⁴God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals 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.

²⁵God 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.

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.

²⁶God 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.”

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

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

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

²⁸God 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.”

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

²⁹God 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.

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

³⁰To 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.

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

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