Liber Genesis

Genesis, chapter 1, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 1 Vulgate

   1 In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram.
   2 Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebrae super faciem abyssi, et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas.
   3 Dixitque Deus: "Fiat lux" Et facta est lux.
   4 Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona et divisit Deus lucem ac tenebras.
   5 Appellavitque Deus lucem Diem et tenebras Noctem. Factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
   6 Dixit quoque Deus: "Fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum et dividat aquas ab aquis"
   7 Et fecit Deus firmamentum divisitque aquas, quae erant sub firmamento, ab his, quae erant super firmamentum. Et factum est ita.
   8 Vocavitque Deus firmamentum Caelum. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies secundus.
   9 Dixit vero Deus: "Congregentur aquae, quae sub caelo sunt, in locum unum, et appareat arida" Factumque est ita.
   10 Et vocavit Deus aridam Terram congregationesque aquarum appellavit Maria. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
   11 Et ait Deus: "Germinet terra herbam virentem et herbam facientem semen et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum iuxta genus suum, cuius semen in semetipso sit super terram" Et factum est ita.
   12 Et protulit terra herbam virentem et herbam afferentem semen iuxta genus suum lignumque faciens fructum, qui habet in semetipso sementem secundum speciem suam. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
   13 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies tertius.
   14 Dixit autem Deus: "Fiant luminaria in firmamento caeli, ut dividant diem ac noctem et sint in signa et tempora et dies et annos,
   15 ut luceant in firmamento caeli et illuminent terram. Et factum est ita.
   16 Fecitque Deus duo magna luminaria: luminare maius, ut praeesset diei, et luminare minus, ut praeesset nocti, et stellas.
   17 Et posuit eas Deus in firmamento caeli, ut lucerent super terram
   18 et praeessent diei ac nocti et dividerent lucem ac tenebras. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
   19 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quartus.
   20 Dixit etiam Deus: "Pullulent aquae reptile animae viventis, et volatile volet super terram sub firmamento caeli"
   21 Creavitque Deus cete grandia et omnem animam viventem atque motabilem, quam pullulant aquae secundum species suas, et omne volatile secundum genus suum. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum;
   22 benedixitque eis Deus dicens: "Crescite et multiplicamini et replete aquas maris, avesque multiplicentur super terram"
   23 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quintus.
   24 Dixit quoque Deus: "Producat terra animam viventem in genere suo, iumenta et reptilia et bestias terrae secundum species suas" Factumque est ita.
   25 Et fecit Deus bestias terrae iuxta species suas et iumenta secundum species suas et omne reptile terrae in genere suo. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
   26 Et ait Deus: "Faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram; et praesint piscibus maris et volatilibus caeli et bestiis universaeque terrae omnique reptili, quod movetur in terra"
   27 Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam; ad imaginem Dei creavit illum; masculum et feminam creavit eos.
   28 Benedixitque illis Deus et ait illis Deus: "Crescite et multiplicamini et replete terram et subicite eam et dominamini piscibus maris et volatilibus caeli et universis animantibus, quae moventur super terram"
   29 Dixitque Deus: "Ecce dedi vobis omnem herbam afferentem semen super terram et universa ligna, quae habent in semetipsis fructum ligni portantem sementem, ut sint vobis in escam
   30 et cunctis animantibus terrae omnique volucri caeli et universis, quae moventur in terra et in quibus est anima vivens, omnem herbam virentem ad vescendum" Et factum est ita.
   31 Viditque Deus cuncta, quae fecit, et ecce erant valde bona. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies sextus.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   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 God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
   5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
   6 ¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
   7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
   8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
   9 ¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
   10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
   11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
   12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
   13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
   14 ¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
   15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
   16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
   17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
   18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
   19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
   20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
   21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
   22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
   23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
   24 ¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
   25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
   26 ¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
   27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
   28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
   29 ¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
   30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
   31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.