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APPENDIX 2 THE OLD LATIN TEXT OF GENESIS
USED BY AUGUSTINE
CHAPTER 1
1. In principio fecit Deus caelum et terram.
1. In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
2. The earth was invisible and formless, and darkness was over the abyss. And the Spirit of God was stirring above the water.
2. Terra erat invisibilis et incomposita, et tenebrae erant super abyssum. Et Spiritus Dei superferebatur super aquam.
3. Et dixit Deus, Fiat lux; et facta
3. And God said, "'Let there be light," and light was made. est lux.
4. Vidit Deus lucem quia bona est;
4. God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. et divisit Deus inter lucem et tenebras.
5. Et vocavit Deus lucem diem et tenebras noctem, et facta est vespera
5. And God called the light Day and the darkness Night, and evening was made and morning made, one day. et factum est mane dies unus.
6. And God said, '"'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the water from the water." And so it was done.
6. Et dixit Deus, Fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum et sit dividens inter aquam et aquam: et sic est factum.
7. Et fecit Deus firmamentum et
7. And God made the firmament, and God divided the water that was below the firmament from the water that was above the firmament. divisit Deus inter aquam quae erat infra firmamentum, et inter aquam quae erat super firmamentum.
8. And God called the firmament Heaven. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
8. Et vocavit Deus firmamentum caelum. Et vidit Deus quia bonum est. Et facta est vespera, et factum est mane, dies secundus.
9. Et dixit Deus: Congregetur aqua quae est sub caelo in congregationem unam, et adpareat arida. Et factum
9. And God said, ''Let the water that is under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And so it was est sic. Et congregata est aqua quae