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创造天地万物

起初, 神创造天地。 地是空虚混沌;深渊上一片黑暗; 神的灵运行在水面上。  神说:“要有光!”就有了光。  神看光是好的,他就把光暗分开了。  神称光为昼,称暗为夜。有晚上,有早晨;这是第一日。

 神说:“众水之间要有穹苍,把水和水分开!”事就这样成了。  神造了穹苍,把穹苍以下的水和穹苍以上的水分开了。  神称穹苍为天。有晚上,有早晨;这是第二日。

 神说:“天下的水要聚在一处,使旱地露出来!”事就这样成了。 10  神称旱地为地,称水的聚处为海。 神看这是好的。 11  神说:“地上要长出青草、结种子的蔬菜和结果子的树木,各从其类,在地上的果子都包着核!”事就这样成了。 12 于是,地上长出了青草和结种子的蔬菜,各从其类;又长出结果子的树木,各从其类,果子都包着核。 神看这是好的。 13 有晚上,有早晨;这是第三日。

14  神说:“在天上穹苍中,要有光体来分昼夜;这些光体要作为记号,定节令、日子和年岁; 15 它们要在天上穹苍中发光,照耀地上!”事就这样成了。 16 于是, 神造了两个大光体,大的管昼,小的管夜;又造了星星。 17  神把这些光体安放在天上穹苍中,照耀地上, 18 管昼夜,分光暗。 神看这是好的。 19 有晚上,有早晨;这是第四日。

20  神说:“水要滋长生物;地上和天空之中,要有雀鸟飞翔!” 21 于是, 神创造了大鱼和在水中滋生各种能活动的生物,各从其类;又创造了各种有翅膀的飞鸟,各从其类。 神看这是好的。 22  神就赐福给牠们,说:“要繁衍增多,充满海洋;雀鸟也要在地上增多!” 23 有晚上,有早晨;这是第五日。

24  神说:“地上要生出活物来,各从其类;牲畜、爬行的动物和地上的野兽,各从其类!”事就这样成了。 25 于是, 神造了地上的野兽,各从其类;牲畜,各从其类;地上各种爬行的动物,各从其类。 神看这是好的。

创造人类

26  神说:“我们要照着我们的形象,按着我们的样式造人;使他们管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟、地上的牲畜,以及全地,和地上所有爬行的生物!” 27 于是, 神照着自己的形象创造人;就是照着 神的形象创造了他;他所创造的有男有女。 28  神就赐福给他们,对他们说:“要繁衍增多,充满这地,征服它;也要管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟和地上所有走动的生物。” 29  神说:“看哪!我把全地上结种子的各样蔬菜,和一切果树上有种子的果子,都赐给你们作食物。 30 至于地上的各种野兽,空中的各种飞鸟,和地上爬行有生命的各种活物,我把一切青草蔬菜赐给牠们作食物。”事就这样成了。 31  神看他所造的一切都很好。有晚上,有早晨;这是第六日。

制定安息日

这样,天地万物都造齐了。 第七日, 神完成了他所作的工;在第七日 神歇了他所作的一切工。  神赐福第七日,把它分别为圣,因为在这一日, 神停了他一切所创造的工,歇息了。

创造男人并设置伊甸园

这是创造天地的起源:耶和华 神造天地的时候, 原野上还没有树木,田间的蔬菜还没有长起来,因为耶和华 神还没有降雨在地上,也没有人耕种土地; 不过有雾气从地面上升,滋润全地。 耶和华 神用地上的尘土造成人形,把生气吹进他的鼻孔里,那人就成了有生命的活人,名叫亚当。 耶和华 神在东方的伊甸,栽了一个园子,把他所造的人放在那里。 耶和华 神使各样的树从地上长起来,能悦人的眼目,也好作食物。园子中间又有生命树,和知善恶树。

10 有一条河从伊甸流出来,灌溉那园子;从那里分支,成了四道河的源头。 11 第一道河名叫比逊,就是环绕哈腓拉全地的,在那里有金子; 12 那地的金子是好的;在那里也有红玉和玛瑙。 13 第二道河名叫基训,就是环绕古实全地的。 14 第三道河名叫底格里斯河(“底格里斯河”原文作“希底结”),就是流向亚述东边的。第四道河就是幼发拉底河(“幼发拉底河”原文作“伯拉河”)。 15 耶和华 神把那人安置在伊甸园里,叫他耕种和看守那园子。 16 耶和华 神吩咐那人说:“园中各样树上的果子,你都可以吃; 17 只是那知善恶树的果子,你不可吃;因为你吃的时候,你必要死。”

创造女人并建立婚姻

18 耶和华 神说:“那人独居不好,我要为他造个和他相配的帮手。” 19 耶和华 神用泥土造了野地的各样野兽,和空中的各样飞鸟,把牠们都带到那人面前,看他给牠们叫甚么名字;那人怎样叫各样有生命的活物,那就是牠的名字。 20 那人就给各样牲畜、空中的雀鸟,和野地的各样走兽起了名字;只是那人没有遇见一个和他相配的帮手。 21 耶和华 神使那人沉睡。他熟睡的时候,耶和华 神取了他的一根肋骨,又使肉在原处复合。 22 然后,耶和华 神用从那人身上所取的肋骨,造了一个女人,带她到那人面前。 23 那人说:

“这是我骨中的骨,

肉中的肉;

她当称为女人,

因她是从男人身上取出来的。”

24 因此人要离开父母,和妻子连合,二人成为一体。 25 那时,夫妻二人赤身露体,彼此都不觉得羞耻。

The Beginning

In the beginning(A) God created(B) the heavens(C) and the earth.(D) Now the earth was formless(E) and empty,(F) darkness was over the surface of the deep,(G) and the Spirit of God(H) was hovering(I) over the waters.

And God said,(J) “Let there be light,” and there was light.(K) God saw that the light was good,(L) and he separated the light from the darkness.(M) God called(N) the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”(O) And there was evening, and there was morning(P)—the first day.

And God said,(Q) “Let there be a vault(R) between the waters(S) to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.(T) And it was so.(U) God called(V) the vault “sky.”(W) And there was evening, and there was morning(X)—the second day.

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,(Y) and let dry ground(Z) appear.” And it was so.(AA) 10 God called(AB) the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters(AC) he called “seas.”(AD) And God saw that it was good.(AE)

11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:(AF) seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.(AG)” And it was so.(AH) 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds(AI) and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.(AJ) 13 And there was evening, and there was morning(AK)—the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights(AL) in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,(AM) and let them serve as signs(AN) to mark sacred times,(AO) and days and years,(AP) 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.(AQ) 16 God made two great lights—the greater light(AR) to govern(AS) the day and the lesser light to govern(AT) the night.(AU) He also made the stars.(AV) 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night,(AW) and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.(AX) 19 And there was evening, and there was morning(AY)—the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,(AZ) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”(BA) 21 So God created(BB) the great creatures of the sea(BC) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,(BD) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.(BE) And God saw that it was good.(BF) 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”(BG) 23 And there was evening, and there was morning(BH)—the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures(BI) according to their kinds:(BJ) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.(BK) 25 God made the wild animals(BL) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.(BM) And God saw that it was good.(BN)

26 Then God said, “Let us(BO) make mankind(BP) in our image,(BQ) in our likeness,(BR) so that they may rule(BS) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(BT) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created(BU) mankind(BV) in his own image,(BW)
    in the image of God(BX) he created them;
    male and female(BY) he created them.(BZ)

28 God blessed them and said to them,(CA) “Be fruitful and increase in number;(CB) fill the earth(CC) and subdue it. Rule over(CD) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.(CE)

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.(CF) 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life(CG) in it—I give every green plant for food.(CH)” And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made,(CI) and it was very good.(CJ) And there was evening, and there was morning(CK)—the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(CL)

By the seventh day(CM) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.(CN) Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(CO) because on it he rested(CP) from all the work of creating(CQ) that he had done.

Adam and Eve

This is the account(CR) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,(CS) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[b] and no plant had yet sprung up,(CT) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth(CU) and there was no one to work the ground, but streams[c] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. Then the Lord God formed(CV) a man[d](CW) from the dust(CX) of the ground(CY) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(CZ) of life,(DA) and the man became a living being.(DB)

Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(DC) and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees(DD) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life(DE) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(DF)

10 A river(DG) watering the garden flowed from Eden;(DH) from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,(DI) where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[e](DJ) and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.[f] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris;(DK) it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.(DL)

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden(DM) to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;(DN) 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,(DO) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(DP)

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”(DQ)

19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals(DR) and all the birds in the sky.(DS) He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called(DT) each living creature,(DU) that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam[g] no suitable helper(DV) was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(DW) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[h] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[i](DX) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;(DY)
she shall be called(DZ) ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.(EA)

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(EB) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(EC)

25 Adam and his wife were both naked,(ED) and they felt no shame.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth
  2. Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
  3. Genesis 2:6 Or mist
  4. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).
  5. Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls
  6. Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia
  7. Genesis 2:20 Or the man
  8. Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
  9. Genesis 2:22 Or part