The Literal Meaning of Genesis (continued)
APPENDIX 2
6. Fons autem ascendebat de terra
6. But a spring rose out of the earth and watered all the face of the earth. et inrigabat omnem faciem terrae.
7. Et finxit Deus hominem pulverem de terra et insufflavit in faciem eius flatum vitae. Et factus est homo in animam viventem.
7. And God formed man of dust from the earth and breathed into his face the breath of life. And man was made a living being.
8. Et plantavit Deus paradisum in Eden ad orientem et posuit ibi hominem quem finxerat.
8. And God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
9. Et eiecit Deus adhuc de terra omne lignum pulchrum ad aspectum
9. And again from the earth God made 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. et bonum ad escam, et lignum vitae in medio paradiso, et lignum scientiae dinoscendi bonum et malum.
10. Flumen autem exiit de Eden, quod inrigabat paradisum et inde divisum est in quattuor partes.
10. And a river which watered Paradise went out of Eden, and from there it was divided into four parts.
11. Ex his uni nomen est Phison; hoc
11. The name of one is Phison; this est quod circuit totam terram Evilat, ubi est aurum; is the one that flows around all the land of Evilat, where there is gold;
12. and the gold of that land is good, and carbuncle and emerald are found there.
12. aurum autem terrae illius bonum, et ibi est carbunculus et lapis prasinus.
13. And the name of the second river
13. Et nomen flumini secundo Geon; hoc est quod circuit totam terram Aethiopiam. is Geon: it is the one that flows around the whole land of Ethiopia.
14. And the name of the third river
14. Flumen autem tertium Tigris; hoc est quod fluit contra Assyrios. Flumen autem quartum Euphrates. is Tigris, which flows by the land of the Assyrians. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15. Et sumsit Dominus Deus hominem quem fecit et posuit eum in paradiso ut operaretur et custodiret.
15. And the Lord God took the man whom He made and placed him in Paradise to cultivate and guard it (or him).
16. And the Lord God commanded Adam, saying, "You may eat of every
16. Et praecepit Dominus Deus Adae, dicens: Ab omni ligno quod est tree that is in Paradise; in paradiso escae edes;
17. but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat. In the day that you eat of it you shall
17. de ligno autem cognoscendi bonum et malum non manducabitis de illo. Qua die autem ederitis ab eo, morte moriemini. dies:
18. Et dixit Dominus Deus: Non bonum est esse hominem solum; fa-
18. And the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone.