Genesis 1
1 in principio creavit Deus caelum et terram
B'resheet Elohim bara' ·In the beginning of the beginning, God created from nothingness· the heavens and the earth.
2 terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
Earth was tohu v'bohu ·void and chaos·. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and Ruach Elohim ·Spirit of God· was hovering over the surface of the waters.
3 dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
4 et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona et divisit lucem ac tenebras
God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
5 appellavitque lucem diem et tenebras noctem factumque est vespere et mane dies unus
God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first yom ·period of time, day·.
6 dixit quoque Deus fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum et dividat aquas ab aquis
God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
7 et fecit Deus firmamentum divisitque aquas quae erant sub firmamento ab his quae erant super firmamentum et factum est ita
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 vocavitque Deus firmamentum caelum et factum est vespere et mane dies secundus
God called the expanse “shamayim ·sky, heavens·”. There was evening and there was morning, a second yom ·period of time, day·.
9 dixit vero Deus congregentur aquae quae sub caelo sunt in locum unum et appareat arida factumque est ita
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 et vocavit Deus aridam terram congregationesque aquarum appellavit maria et vidit Deus quod esset bonum
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering together of the waters he called “sea”. God saw that it was good.
11 et ait germinet terra herbam virentem et facientem semen et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum iuxta genus suum cuius semen in semet ipso sit super terram et factum est ita
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.
12 et protulit terra herbam virentem et adferentem semen iuxta genus suum lignumque faciens fructum et habens unumquodque sementem secundum speciem suam et vidit Deus quod esset bonum
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
13 factumque est vespere et mane dies tertius
There was evening and there was morning, a third yom ·period of time, day·.
14 dixit autem Deus fiant luminaria in firmamento caeli ut dividant diem ac noctem et sint in signa et tempora et dies et annos
God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons and appointed times, days, and years;
15 ut luceant in firmamento caeli et inluminent terram et factum est ita
and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
16 fecitque Deus duo magna luminaria luminare maius ut praeesset diei et luminare minus ut praeesset nocti et stellas
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 et posuit eas in firmamento caeli ut lucerent super terram
God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
18 et praeessent diei ac nocti et dividerent lucem ac tenebras et vidit Deus quod esset bonum
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 et factum est vespere et mane dies quartus
There was evening and there was morning, a fourth 'yom ·period of time, day·.
20 dixit etiam Deus producant aquae reptile animae viventis et volatile super terram sub firmamento caeli
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.”
21 creavitque Deus cete grandia et omnem animam viventem atque motabilem quam produxerant aquae in species suas et omne volatile secundum genus suum et vidit Deus quod esset bonum
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 benedixitque eis dicens crescite et multiplicamini et replete aquas maris avesque multiplicentur super terram
God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
23 et factum est vespere et mane dies quintus
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth 'yom ·period of time, day·.
24 dixit quoque Deus producat terra animam viventem in genere suo iumenta et reptilia et bestias terrae secundum species suas factumque est ita
God said, “Let the earth produce nefesh chai ·soul living· creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.
25 et fecit Deus bestias terrae iuxta species suas et iumenta et omne reptile terrae in genere suo et vidit Deus quod esset bonum
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 et ait faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram et praesit piscibus maris et volatilibus caeli et bestiis universaeque terrae omnique reptili quod movetur in terra
God said, “Let us make a 'adam ·human· in our image, after our likeness: and let them have authority 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 et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam ad imaginem Dei creavit illum masculum et feminam creavit eos
God created man in his own likeness. In God’s image he created him; zachar ·male· and n'keivah ·female· he created them.
28 benedixitque illis Deus et ait crescite et multiplicamini et replete terram et subicite eam et dominamini piscibus maris et volatilibus caeli et universis animantibus quae moventur super terram
God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and bring it into subjection, subdue it. Have authority over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
29 dixitque Deus ecce dedi vobis omnem herbam adferentem semen super terram et universa ligna quae habent in semet ipsis sementem generis sui ut sint vobis in escam
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 et cunctis animantibus terrae omnique volucri caeli et universis quae moventur in terra et in quibus est anima vivens ut habeant ad vescendum et factum est ita
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 viditque Deus cuncta quae fecit et erant valde bona et factum est vespere et mane dies sextus
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was m'ohd tov ·exceedingly good·. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth 'yom ·period of time, day·.
