1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought … Read more
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: … Read more
1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it … Read more
1 Au commencement, Dieu créa les cieux et la terre. 2 La terre était informe et vide: il y avait des ténèbres à la surface de l’abîme, et l’esprit de Dieu se mouvait au-dessus des eaux. 3 Dieu dit: Que la lumière soit! Et la lumière fut. 4 Dieu vit que la lumière était bonne; et Dieu sépara la … Read more
Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ dídá ayé 1 Ní ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ohun gbogbo Ọlọ́run dá àwọn ọ̀run àti ayé. 2 Ayé sì wà ní rúdurùdu, ó sì ṣófo, òkùnkùn sì wà lójú ibú omi, Ẹ̀mí Ọlọ́run sì ń rábàbà lójú omi. 3 Ọlọ́run sì wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí ìmọ́lẹ̀ kí ó wà,” ìmọ́lẹ̀ sì wà. 4 Ọlọ́run rí i pé ìmọ́lẹ̀ náà dára, ó sì ya … Read more
¹Na mbu Chineke kere elu-igwe na uwa.²Uwa we buru ihe tọb͕ọrọ n’efu na ihe tọb͕ọrọ nkití; ọchichiri di kwa n’elu ob͕u-miri: Mọ Chineke nērughari kwa n’elu miri.³Chineke we si, Ka ihè di: ìhè we di.⁴Chineke we hu ìhè ahu, na ọ di nma: Chineke we kpa ókè n’etiti ìhè ahu na ọchichiri ahu.⁵Chineke we kpọ … Read more
The Creation of the World 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the … Read more
The Beginning 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and … Read more
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And … Read more