The Literal Meaning of Genesis (continued)
NOTES
Let us make for him a helper like himself." ciamus illi adiutorium secundum ipsum.
19. And again God formed from the earth all the beasts of the field and all the birds of heaven and brought them to Adam to see what he would
19. Et finxit Deus adhuc de terra omnes bestias agri et omnia volatilia caeli et adduxit illa ad Adam ut videret quid vocaret illa; et omne quodcumque illud vocavit Adam animam vivam, hoc est nomen illius.
call them. And whatever Adam called
a living creature, that is its name.
20. And Adam gave names to all the
20. Et vocavit Adam nomina omnibus pecoribus et omnibus volatilibus cattle and to all the birds of heaven and to all the beasts of the field. But caeli et omnibus bestiis agri. Adae autem non est inventus adiutor similis for Adam there was not found a helper like himself. ipsi.
21. And God cast Adam into an ecstasy, and as Adam slept, God took one of his ribs and in its place put
21. Et iniecit Deus mentis alienationem super Adam, et obdormivit, et sumsit unam de costis eius et adimplevit carnem in locum eius. flesh.
22. And the Lord God made the rib which He took from Adam into a woman and brought her to Adam.
22. Et aedificavit Dominus Deus costam quam accepit de Adam in mulierem, et adduxit eam ad Adam.
23. And Adam said, "This now is bone of my bones and flesh of my
23. Et dixit Adam: Hoc nunc os ex ossibus meis et caro de carne mea; haec vocabitur mulier quoniam ex flesh; she shall be called Woman because she has been taken out of the Man. viro suo sumta est.
24. Et propter hoc relinquet homo patrem et matrem et conglutinabitur ad uxorem suam, et erunt duo in carne una.
24. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall be two in one flesh."
25, Et erant ambo nudi Adam et mu-
25. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed. lier eius et non pudebat illos.
CHAPTER 3
1, Serpens autem erat prudentissimus omnium bestiarum quae sunt super terram quas fecit Dominus Deus. Et dixit serpens mulieri: Quid quia dixit Deus: Non edetis ab omni ligno paradisi?
1. Now the serpent was the most subtle of all the wild creatures which the Lord God had made on the earth. And the serpent said to the woman, "Why did God say, 'You shall not eat of every tree in paradise'?"
2. Et dixit mulier serpenti: A fructu
2. And the wontan said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of trees that are in Paradise; . ligni quod est in paradiso edemus;