The Literal Meaning of Genesis
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earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, all the cattle, all the earth, and all the creatures that crawl on the earth." 29. God also said, "See, I have given you every seed-bearing plant bearing terram, et dominamini eius, et principamini piscium maris, et volatilium caeli, et omnium pecorum, et omnis terrae, et omnium reptilium repentium super terram.
29. Et dixit Deus: Ecce dedi vobis omne pabulum seminale, seminans semen quod est super omnem terram, its seed over all the earth, and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit. These will be food for you, et omne lignum quod habet in se fructum seminis seminalis. Vobis erit ad escam,
30. for all the wild animals of the
30. et omnibus bestiis terrae, et omnibus volatilibus caeli, et omni reptili repenti super terram quod habet in earth, for all the birds of the air, and for every creature that crawls on the earth and has the breath of life; every green plant I give you for food." And se spiritum vitae; et omne pabulum viride in escam. Et factum est sic. so it was done.
31. And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and morning, the sixth day.
31. Et vidit Deus omnia quae fecit, et
ecce bona valde. Et facta est vespera,
et factum est mane, dies sextus.
CHAPTER 2
1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their array.
1. Et consummata sunt caelum et terra et omnis ornatus eorum.
2. And on the sixth day God finished the works He had made, and God rested on the seventh day from
2. Et consummavit Deus in die sexto opera sua quae fecit, et requievit Deus die septimo ab omnibus operibus suis quae fecit. all the works He had made.
3. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the works He had begun.
3. Et benedixit Deus diem septimum et sanctificavit eum, quia in ipso requievit ab omnibus operibus suis quae inchoavit Deus facere.
4. This is the book of the creation of heaven and earth. When day was made, God made heaven and earth
4. Hic est liber creaturae caeli et terrae. Cum factus est dies, fecit Deus caelum et terram
5. et omne viride agri antequam es-
5. and every green thing of the field before it appeared above the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang forth. For God had not rained upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the earth. set super terram, et omne fenum agri antequam exortum est. Non enim pluerat Deus super terram, et homo non erat qui operaretur terram.