THE HISTORY OF MOSES ON THE CREATION of Adam and Eve, described FROM THE FIRST AND Second chapter of the book of Genesis: and here arranged in that order in which it will be expounded in this fourth book of the Commentaries.1
HISTORIA MOSIS DE CREATIONE Adami et Evae, EX CAPITE PRIMO ET Secundo libri Geneseos descripta: et eo ordine hic disposita, quo ordine in hoc quarto Commentariorum libro exponetur.
And God saw that it was good, [and] said, Let us make man to our image and likeness: let him rule over the fishes of the sea and the birds of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping thing that moves on the earth. [Ch. 1, v. 26] The Lord God therefore formed man from the slime of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life: and man became a living soul. [Ch. 2, v. 7] The Lord God therefore took man, and placed him in the paradise of pleasure, to work and to keep it; [15] and He commanded him, saying, Of every tree of paradise eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil eat not: [16] for in whatever day you eat of it, you shall die the death. [17] The Lord God also said, It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like to himself. [18] The Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he had fallen asleep, He took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it. [21] And the Lord God built the rib which He had taken from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam. [22] And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. [23] Wherefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh. [24] [Ch. 1] God created man[...]2
Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum, ait, Faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram: praesit piscibus maris et volatilibus caeli, et bestiis, universaeque terrae, omnique reptili quod movetur in terra. [Cap. 1, vers. 26] Formavit igitur Dominus Deus hominem de limo terrae, et inspiravit in faciem eius spiraculum vitae: et factus est homo in animam viventem. [Cap. 2, vers. 7] Tulit ergo Deus hominem, et posuit eum in paradiso voluptatis, ut operaretur et custodiret illum: [15] praecepitque ei dicens, Ex omni ligno paradisi comede, de ligno autem scientiae boni et mali ne comedas: [16] in quocunque enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris. [17] Dixit quoque Dominus Deus, Non est bonum hominem esse solum: Faciamus ei adiutorium simile sibi. [18] Immisit Dominus Deus soporem in Adam: cumque obdormisset, tulit unam de costis eius, et replevit carnem pro ea. [21] Et aedificavit Dominus Deus costam quam tulerat de Adam in mulierem, et adduxit eam ad Adam. [22] Dixitque Adam, Hoc nunc os ex ossibus meis, et caro de carne mea: haec vocabitur virago, quoniam de viro sumpta est. [23] Quamobrem relinquet homo patrem suum et matrem, et adhaerebit uxori suae: et erunt duo in carne una. [24] [Cap. 1] Creavit Deus hominem[...]
[...God created] man to his own image and likeness; to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. 28. And God blessed them, and said, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it: and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth. 29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your food, 30. and to all the living creatures of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is a living soul, that they may have to feed upon: and it was so done. And they were both naked, to wit Adam and his wife: and they were not ashamed.3
[...creavit Deus] hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem suam, ad imaginem Dei creavit illum: masculum et faeminam creavit eos. 28. Benedixitque illis Deus, et ait, Crescite et multiplicamini, et replete terram et subiicite 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 semet ipsis sementem generis sui, 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, ut habeant ad vescendum: et factum est ita. Erat autem uterque nudus, Adam scilicet et uxor eius: et non erubescebant.
Translator’s notes
- Heading for the running lemma of Book IV: the **compiled Scripture pericope** on the creation of Adam and Eve, drawn from Genesis chapters 1 and 2 and rearranged into the order in which Pererius will expound it. The continuous text (with marginal verse-references) follows. ↩
- The compiled Scripture pericope (the running lemma for Book IV), drawn from Genesis 1–2 and arranged in expository order with marginal verse-numbers: **Gen 1:26** ("Let us make man to our image," dominion); **2:7** (formed from the slime, the breath of life, "a living soul"); **2:15–17** (placed in Paradise; the command and prohibition; "you shall die the death"); **2:18** ("not good for man to be alone"); **2:21–22** (the deep sleep, the rib, the woman built and brought to Adam); **2:23** ("bone of my bones... she shall be called *virago*/woman"); **2:24** ("leave father and mother... two in one flesh"); then back to **1:27** ("God created man..."). Continues onto next page (catchword "hominem"; signature Y). Resume PDF 395 with "...hominem ad imaginem suam..." (Gen 1:27). ↩
- Continuation of the compiled creation-pericope begun on the preceding page. Margins: 'Vers. 27' against the imago-Dei verse; 'Ex capite 2, Vers. 25' against the closing 'Erat autem uterque nudus...non erubescebant' (Gen 2:25), gathered here at the head of the discussion of man's creation. ↩