1 A nd the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished.

وَهَكَذا أُكْمِلَتِ السَّماواتُ وَالأرْضُ وَكُلُّ ما فِيهِا.

2 A nd God had finished on the seventh day 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 on it he rested from all his work which God had created in making it.

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

4 T hese are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,

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

5 a nd every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no 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 a mist went up from the earth, and moistened the whole surface of the ground.

لَكِنْ كانَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الأرْضِ جَدْوَلٌ يَسْقِي كُلَّ سَطْحِ التُّرْبَةِ.

7 A nd Jehovah Elohim formed Man, 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 Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put 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 Jehovah Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; and the tree of life, 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 main streams.

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

11 T he name of the one is Pison: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is.

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

12 A nd the gold of that land is good; bdellium and the onyx stone are there.

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

13 A nd the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds 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 flows forward toward Asshur. And the fourth river, that is Euphrates.

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

15 A nd Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.

وَأخَذَ اللهُ الرَّجُلَ وَوَضَعَهُ فِي حَدِيقَةِ عَدَنٍ لِيَفلَحَها وَيَعْتَنِيَ بِها.

16 A nd Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt 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 of it thou shalt certainly die.

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

18 A nd Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.

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

19 A nd out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its name.

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 Man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but as for Adam, he found no helpmate, his like.

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

21 A nd Jehovah Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall upon Man; and he slept. And he took one of his ribs and closed up flesh in its stead.

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

22 A nd Jehovah Elohim built the rib that he had taken from Man into a woman; and brought her to Man.

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

23 A nd Man said, This time it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because this was taken out of a 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 cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

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

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

وَكانَ الرَّجُلُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ كِلاهُما عُرْيانَينِ. وَلَكِنَّهُما لَمْ يَكُونا يَخجَلانِ.