GENESIS

A detailed woodcut illustration depicts the Creation. In the upper celestial realm, God the Father appears within a radiant light, surrounded by clouds and cherubim. Below, in the Garden of Eden, various animals are present, including an elephant, a lion, a camel, a stag, and numerous birds. In the center, Adam and Eve stand near the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, around which a serpent is coiled.

CHAPTER 1

1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
2The earth was invisible original: "աներևոյթ" - without form and unready, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the waters.
3And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
4And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, one day.
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And it was so.
7And God made the firmament, and God separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament.
8And God called the firmament Heaven. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning, the second day.
9And God said, Let the waters which are under the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. And the waters which were under the heavens were gathered into their places, and the dry land appeared.
10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering of the waters he called Seas; and God saw that it was good.
11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, yielding seed after its kind and after its likeness, and fruit-bearing trees, yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, after its kind, after its likeness, upon the earth. And it was so.
12And the earth brought forth grass, yielding seed which is upon all the earth, and fruit-bearing wood, yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, after its kind, upon the earth. And God saw that it was good.
13And there was evening, and there was morning, the third day.
14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens, for light upon the earth, and to divide between the day and between the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.
15And let them be for light in the firmament of the heavens to shine upon the earth. And it was so.
16And God made the two great lights: the greater light for the rule of the day, and the lesser light for the rule of the night; and the stars.

NOTES

The title of this book, Genesis, is missing from our copy, as it is in others. Except for some that have: Book of Genesis, or Book of Creations. But the manuscript indicates in the bottom margin of each page our copy's example, which is in the following: Genesis. Comparable to the titles of other books in the daily readings.
CH. 1 (7) Some: And God made the firmament; and separated...

17And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light to the earth.
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19And there was evening, and there was morning, the fourth day.
20And God said, Let the waters bring forth creeping creatures of living breath, and winged birds upon the earth according to the firmament of the heavens. And it was so.
21And God made great whales, and every living creeping creature, which the waters brought forth after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind.
22And God saw that they were good. And God blessed them and said, Increase and multiply, and fill the waters which are in the seas, and let the birds multiply upon the earth.
23And there was evening, and there was morning, the fifth day.
24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living breath after its kind: four-footed animals, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind. And it was so.
25And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and all the creeping things of the earth after their kind. And God saw that they were good.
26And God said, Let us make man after our image and after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the cattle, and all the earth, and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth.
27And God made man in his own image; in the image of God he made him; male and female he made them.
28And God blessed them and said, Increase and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and all the cattle, and all the earth, and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth.
29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself fruit of seed-yielding, it shall be for you for food.
30And to all the beasts of the earth, and to all the birds of the heavens, and to all the creeping things that creep upon the earth that have living breath, and all green herbs.

between the waters that were under. (8) In some it is missing: Heaven. And God saw that it was good. (11) In our Latin [versions] is placed: The herb of grass. consistent with others in the source text. (12) Some add: Seed after its kind and after its likeness, which is upon. (17) Some: To be lights for the earth. (21) Some: And every winged bird after its kind. (26) Some: And let him have dominion over the fish of the sea. (29) In others is missing: Seed after its kind and after its likeness, which is upon. (29) Others: And every tree which.