Genesis 1
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1In principio creavit Deus cælum et terram.
1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebræ erant super faciem abyssi: et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas.
2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
3Dixitque Deus: Fiat lux. Et facta est lux.
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
4Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona: et divisit lucem a tenebris.
4And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
5Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6Dixit quoque Deus: Fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum: et dividat aquas ab aquis.
6And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
7Et fecit Deus firmamentum, divisitque aquas, quæ erant sub firmamento, ab his, quæ erant super firmamentum. Et factum est ita.
7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
8Vocavitque Deus firmamentum, Cælum: et factum est vespere et mane, dies secundus.
8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9Dixit vero Deus: Congregentur aquæ, quæ sub cælo sunt, in locum unum: et appareat arida. Et factum est ita.
9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
10Et vocavit Deus aridam Terram, congregationesque aquarum appellavit Maria. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11Et ait: Germinet terra herbam virentem, et facientem semen, et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum juxta genus suum, cujus semen in semetipso sit super terram. Et factum est ita.
11Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
12Et protulit terra herbam virentem, et facientem semen juxta genus suum, lignumque faciens fructum, et habens unumquodque sementem secundum speciem suam. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
12The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
13Et factum est vespere et mane, dies tertius.
13And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14Dixit autem Deus: Fiant luminaria in firmamento cæli, et dividant diem ac noctem, et sint in signa et tempora, et dies et annos:
14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
15ut luceant in firmamento cæli, et illuminent terram. Et factum est ita.
15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
16Fecitque Deus duo luminaria magna: luminare majus, ut præesset diei: et luminare minus, ut præesset nocti: et stellas.
16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
17Et posuit eas in firmamento cæli, ut lucerent super terram,
17God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
18et præessent diei ac nocti, et dividerent lucem ac tenebras. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quartus.
19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
20Dixit etiam Deus: Producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis, et volatile super terram sub firmamento cæli.
20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
21Creavitque Deus cete grandia, et omnem animam viventem atque motabilem, quam produxerant aquæ in species suas, et omne volatile secundum genus suum. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
21So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22Benedixitque eis, dicens: Crescite, et multiplicamini, et replete aquas maris: avesque multiplicentur super terram.
22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
23Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quintus.
23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24Dixit quoque Deus: Producat terra animam viventem in genere suo, jumenta, et reptilia, et bestias terræ secundum species suas. Factumque est ita.
24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
25Et fecit Deus bestias terræ juxta species suas, et jumenta, et omne reptile terræ in genere suo. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum,
25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26et ait: Faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram: et præsit piscibus maris, et volatilibus cæli, et bestiis, universæque terræ, omnique reptili, quod movetur in terra.
26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
27Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam: ad imaginem Dei creavit illum, masculum et feminam creavit eos.
27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28Benedixitque illis Deus, et ait: Crescite et multiplicamini, et replete terram, et subjicite eam, et dominamini piscibus maris, et volatilibus cæli, et universis animantibus, quæ moventur super terram.
28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
29Dixitque Deus: Ecce dedi vobis omnem herbam afferentem semen super terram, et universa ligna quæ habent in semetipsis sementem generis sui, ut sint vobis in escam:
29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
30et cunctis animantibus terræ, omnique volucri cæli, et universis quæ moventur in terra, et in quibus est anima vivens, ut habeant ad vescendum. Et factum est ita.
30And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31Viditque Deus cuncta quæ fecerat, et erant valde bona. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies sextus.
31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
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