Genesis 1

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1 In principio creavit Deus cælum et terram.	1 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,
2 Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebræ erant super faciem abyssi : et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas.	2 the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters.
3 Dixitque Deus : Fiat lux. Et facta est lux.	3 Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
4 Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona : et divisit lucem a tenebris.	4 God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness.
5 Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem : factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.	5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." Thus evening came, and morning followed--the first day.
6 Dixit quoque Deus : Fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum : et dividat aquas ab aquis.	6 Then God said, "Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other." And so it happened:
7 Et fecit Deus firmamentum, divisitque aquas, quæ erant sub firmamento, ab his, quæ erant super firmamentum. Et factum est ita.	7 God made the dome, and it separated the water above the dome from the water below it.
8 Vocavitque Deus firmamentum, Cælum : et factum est vespere et mane, dies secundus.	8 God called the dome "the sky." Evening came, and morning followed--the second day.
9 Dixit vero Deus : Congregentur aquæ, quæ sub cælo sunt, in locum unum : et appareat arida. Et factum est ita.	9 Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear." And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared.
10 Et vocavit Deus aridam Terram, congregationesque aquarum appellavit Maria. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.	10 God called the dry land "the earth," and the basin of the water he called "the sea." God saw how good it was.
11 Et ait : Germinet terra herbam virentem, et facientem semen, et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum juxta genus suum, cujus semen in semetipso sit super terram. Et factum est ita.	11 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it." And so it happened:
12 Et protulit terra herbam virentem, et facientem semen juxta genus suum, lignumque faciens fructum, et habens unumquodque sementem secundum speciem suam. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.	12 the earth brought forth every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw how good it was.
13 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies tertius.	13 Evening came, and morning followed--the third day.
14 Dixit autem Deus : Fiant luminaria in firmamento cæli, et dividant diem ac noctem, et sint in signa et tempora, et dies et annos :	14 Then God said: "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark the fixed times, the days and the years,
15 ut luceant in firmamento cæli, et illuminent terram. Et factum est ita.	15 and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth." And so it happened:
16 Fecitque Deus duo luminaria magna : luminare majus, ut præesset diei : et luminare minus, ut præesset nocti : et stellas.	16 God made the two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the night; and he made the stars.
17 Et posuit eas in firmamento cæli, ut lucerent super terram,	17 God set them in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth,
18 et præessent diei ac nocti, et dividerent lucem ac tenebras. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.	18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw how good it was.
19 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quartus.	19 Evening came, and morning followed--the fourth day.
20 Dixit etiam Deus : Producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis, et volatile super terram sub firmamento cæli.	20 Then God said, "Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky." And so it happened:
21 Creavitque Deus cete grandia, et omnem animam viventem atque motabilem, quam produxerant aquæ in species suas, et omne volatile secundum genus suum. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.	21 God created the great sea monsters and all kinds of swimming creatures with which the water teems, and all kinds of winged birds. God saw how good it was,
22 Benedixitque eis, dicens : Crescite, et multiplicamini, et replete aquas maris : avesque multiplicentur super terram.	22 and God blessed them, saying, "Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth."
23 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quintus.	23 Evening came, and morning followed--the fifth day.
24 Dixit quoque Deus : Producat terra animam viventem in genere suo, jumenta, et reptilia, et bestias terræ secundum species suas. Factumque est ita.	24 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals of all kinds." And so it happened:
25 Et fecit Deus bestias terræ juxta species suas, et jumenta, et omne reptile terræ in genere suo. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum,	25 God made all kinds of wild animals, all kinds of cattle, and all kinds of creeping things of the earth. God saw how good it was.
26 et ait : Faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram : et præsit piscibus maris, et volatilibus cæli, et bestiis, universæque terræ, omnique reptili, quod movetur in terra.	26 Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground."
27 Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam : ad imaginem Dei creavit illum, masculum et feminam creavit eos.	27 God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them.
28 Benedixitque illis Deus, et ait : Crescite et multiplicamini, et replete terram, et subjicite eam, et dominamini piscibus maris, et volatilibus cæli, et universis animantibus, quæ moventur super terram.	28 God blessed them, saying: "Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth."
29 Dixitque Deus : Ecce dedi vobis omnem herbam afferentem semen super terram, et universa ligna quæ habent in semetipsis sementem generis sui, ut sint vobis in escam :	29 God also said: "See, I give you every seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food;
30 et cunctis animantibus terræ, omnique volucri cæli, et universis quæ moventur in terra, et in quibus est anima vivens, ut habeant ad vescendum. Et factum est ita.	30 and to all the animals of the land, all the birds of the air, and all the living creatures that crawl on the ground, I give all the green plants for food." And so it happened.
31 Viditque Deus cuncta quæ fecerat, et erant valde bona. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies sextus.	31 God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed--the sixth day.