1 A nd the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

وَهَكَذا أُكْمِلَتِ السَّماواتُ وَالأرْضُ وَكُلُّ ما فِيهِا.

2 A nd on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

وَفِي اليَوْمِ السّابِعِ، فَرَغَ اللهُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ الَّذِي أنجَزَهُ. وَفِي اليَوْمِ السّابِعِ اسْتَراحَ مِنْ كُلِّ عَمَلِهِ الَّذِي أنجَزَهُ.

3 A nd God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

وبارَكَ اللهُ اليَوْمَ السّابِعَ. وَأعلَنَ أنَّهُ مُخَصَّصٌ لَهُ، لِأنَّهُ اسْتَراحَ فِيهِ مِنْ خَلْقِ العَالَمِ وَما فيهِ.

4 T hese are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.

هَذِهِ هِيَ قِصَّةُ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضِ عِنْدَما خُلِقَتا، يَوْمَ صَنَعَ اللهُ الأرْضَ وَالسَّماواتِ:

5 A nd no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;

لَمْ يَكُنْ أيُّ عُشْبٍ مِنْ أعْشابِ الحُقُولِ قَدْ نَما بَعْدُ عَلَى الأرْضِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ نَباتُ الحَقلِ قَدْ بَرْعَمَ، لأنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ أرْسَلَ مَطَراً عَلَى الأرْضِ بَعْدُ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ إنْسانٌ يَفلَحُ التُّرْبَةَ.

6 b ut there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

لَكِنْ كانَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الأرْضِ جَدْوَلٌ يَسْقِي كُلَّ سَطْحِ التُّرْبَةِ.

7 A nd Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

ثُمَّ شَكَّلَ اللهُ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ تُرابِ الأرْضِ، وَنَفَخَ فِي أنفِهِ نَفَسَ الحَياةِ، فَصارَ الرَّجُلُ نَفْساً حَيَّةً.

8 A nd Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

ثُمَّ زَرَعَ اللهُ حَدِيقَةً فِي عَدَنٍ، فِي المَشْرِقِ. وَهُناكَ وَضَعَ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي شَكَّلَهُ.

9 A nd out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

وَأنْبَتَ اللهُ مِنَ الأرْضِ كُلَّ شَجَرَةٍ جَمِيلَةٍ وَصالِحَةٍ لِلأكلِ. وَكانَتْ فِي وَسَطِ الحَدِيقَةِ شَجَرَةُ الحَياةِ، وَأيضاً الشَّجَرَةُ الَّتِي تُعْطِي التَّميِيزَ بَينَ الخَيرِ وَالشَّرِّ.

10 A nd a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.

وَكانَ نَهْرٌ يَجْرِي عَبْرَ عَدَنٍ لِيَسْقِيَ الحَدِيقَةَ. وَكانَ النَّهْرُ يَنْقَسِمُ إلَى أرْبَعَةِ فُرُوعٍ.

11 T he name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

اسْمُ الأوَّلِ فِيشُونُ. وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَجْرِي حَولَ أرْضِ الحَوِيلَةِ كُلِّها، حَيثُ الذَّهَبُ.

12 a nd the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

وَالذَّهَبُ هُناكَ مِنْ نَوْعِيَّةٍ جَيِّدَةٍ. وَهُناكَ أفْخَرُ العُطُورِ وَأحْجارُ العَقيقِ.

13 A nd the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

وَاسْمُ الثّانِي جِيحُونُ. وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَجْرِي حَولَ أرْضِ كُوشٍ كُلِّها.

14 A nd the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

وَاسْمُ الثّالِثِ دِجلَةَ. وَهُوَ يَجْرِي شَرقِيَّ أشُّورَ. وَالرّابِعُ الفُراتُ.

15 A nd Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

وَأخَذَ اللهُ الرَّجُلَ وَوَضَعَهُ فِي حَدِيقَةِ عَدَنٍ لِيَفلَحَها وَيَعْتَنِيَ بِها.

16 A nd Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

وَأوْصَى اللهُ الرَّجُلَ فَقالَ: «لَكَ أنْ تَأْكُلَ ما تَشاءُ مِنْ كُلِّ أشْجارِ الحَدِيقَةِ.

17 b ut of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

أمّا الشَّجَرَةُ الَّتِي تُعْطِي التَّمْيِيزَ بَينَ الخَيرِ وَالشَّرِّ، فَلا تَأْكُلْ مِنْها. لأنَّكَ حِينَ تَأْكُلُ مِنْها، مَوتاً تَمُوتُ.» أوّلُ امْرأة

18 A nd Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ: «لَيسَ حَسَناً أنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ وَحِيداً. لِهَذا سَأصْنَعُ لَهُ مُعِيناً مِثلَهُ.»

19 A nd out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

فَشَكَّلَ اللهُ مِنَ التُّرابِ كُلَّ حَيوانٍ فِي الحُقُولِ وَكُلَّ طَيرٍ فِي الهَواءِ. ثُمَّ أحضَرَها كُلَّها إلَى الرَّجُلِ لِيَرَى ماذا سَيُسَمِّي كُلَّ واحِدٍ مِنْها. وَمَهْما كانَ الاسْمُ الَّذِي أطلَقَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ كائِنٍ حَيٍّ، فَذاكَ صارَ اسْمَهُ.

20 A nd the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.

فَسَمَّى الرَّجُلُ كُلَّ المَواشِيَ، وَطُيُورَ السَّماءِ، وَكُلَّ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ. لَكِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ بَينَها مَنْ هُوَ مِثلُهُ مُعيناً لَهُ.

21 A nd Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

فَأغْرَقَ اللهُ الرَّجُلَ فِي نَوْمٍ عَمِيقٍ. وَبَينَما هُوَ نائِمٌ، أخَذَ اللهُ ضِلْعاً مِنْ أضلاعِهِ، وَأغلَقَ الجِلْدَ مَكانَها.

22 a nd the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

ثُمَّ صَنَعَ اللهُ مِنَ الضِّلْعِ الَّتِي أخَذَها مِنَ الرَّجُلِ امْرأةً. وَقَدَّمَها لَهُ.

23 A nd the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

فَقالَ الرَّجُلُ: «أخيراً! هَذِهِ عَظْمٌ مِنْ عِظامِي وَلَحْمٌ مِنْ لَحْمِي! سَأُسَمِّي هَذِهِ ‹امْرأةً› لِأنَّها أُخِذَتْ مِنِ امْرِئٍ.»

24 T herefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

لِذَلِكَ يَتْرُكُ الرَّجُلُ أباهُ وَأُمَّهُ، وَيَلتَصِقُ بِزَوْجَتِهِ، فَيَصِيرانِ جَسَداً واحِداً.

25 A nd they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

وَكانَ الرَّجُلُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ كِلاهُما عُرْيانَينِ. وَلَكِنَّهُما لَمْ يَكُونا يَخجَلانِ.