1 T hus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished.

وَهَكَذا أُكْمِلَتِ السَّماواتُ وَالأرْضُ وَكُلُّ ما فِيهِا.

2 A nd on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

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

3 T hen God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because 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 his is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

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

5 b efore any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God 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 watered the whole face of the ground.

لَكِنْ كانَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الأرْضِ جَدْوَلٌ يَسْقِي كُلَّ سَطْحِ التُّرْبَةِ.

7 A nd the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Life in God’s Garden

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

8 T he Lord 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 the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was 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 N ow a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.

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

11 T he name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts 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. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.

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

13 T he name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.

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

14 T he name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

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

15 T hen the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.

وَأخَذَ اللهُ الرَّجُلَ وَوَضَعَهُ فِي حَدِيقَةِ عَدَنٍ لِيَفلَحَها وَيَعْتَنِيَ بِها.

16 A nd the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may 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 you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

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

18 A nd the Lord God said, “ It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

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

19 O ut of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, 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 S o Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

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

21 A nd the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

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

22 T hen the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

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

23 A nd Adam 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 a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined 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, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

وَكانَ الرَّجُلُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ كِلاهُما عُرْيانَينِ. وَلَكِنَّهُما لَمْ يَكُونا يَخجَلانِ.