Genesis · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Genesis 2 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και συνετελέσθησαν ο ουρανός και η γη και πάσα η στρατιά αυτών.
1 The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
2 Και είχε συντετελεσμένα ο Θεός εν τη ημέρα τη εβδόμη τα έργα αυτού, τα οποία έκαμε· και ανεπαύθη την ημέραν την εβδόμην από πάντων των έργων αυτού, τα οποία έκαμε.
2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
3 Και ευλόγησεν ο Θεός την ημέραν την εβδόμην και ηγίασεν αυτήν· διότι εν αυτή ανεπαύθη από πάντων των έργων αυτού, τα οποία έκτισε και έκαμεν ο Θεός.
3 God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
4 Αύτη είναι η γένεσις του ουρανού και της γης, ότε εκτίσθησαν αυτά, καθ' ην ημέραν εποίησε Κύριος ο Θεός γην και ουρανόν,
4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
5 και πάντα τα φυτά του αγρού, πριν γείνωσιν επί της γης, και πάντα χόρτον του αγρού, πριν βλαστήση· διότι δεν είχε βρέξει Κύριος ο Θεός επί της γης, και άνθρωπος δεν ήτο διά να εργάζηται την γήν·
5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
6 ο ατμός δε ανέβαινεν από της γης και επότιζε παν το πρόσωπον της γης.
6 but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 Και έπλασε Κύριος ο Θεός τον άνθρωπον από χώματος εκ της γης. και ενεφύσησεν εις τους μυκτήρας αυτού πνοήν ζωής, και έγεινεν ο άνθρωπος εις ψυχήν ζώσαν.
7 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 Και εφύτευσε Κύριος ο Θεός παράδεισον εν τη Εδέμ κατά ανατολάς και έθεσεν εκεί τον άνθρωπον, τον οποίον έπλασε.
8 Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 Και Κύριος ο Θεός έκαμε να βλαστήση εκ της γης παν δένδρον ώραίον εις την όρασιν και καλόν εις την γεύσιν· και το ξύλον της ζωής εν μέσω του παραδείσου και το ξύλον της γνώσεως του καλού και του κακού.
9 Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Ποταμός δε εξήρχετο εκ της Εδέμ διά να ποτίζη τον παράδεισον· και εκείθεν εμερίζετο εις τέσσαρας κλάδους.
10 A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.
11 Το όνομα του ενός, Φισών· ούτος είναι ο περικυκλόνων πάσαν την γην Αβιλά· όπου ευρίσκεται το χρυσίον·
11 The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 το δε χρυσίον της γης εκείνης είναι καλόν· εκεί είναι το βδέλλιον και ο λίθος ο ονυχίτης.
12 and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.
13 Και το όνομα του ποταμού του δευτέρου, Γιών· ούτος είναι ο περικυκλόνων πάσαν την γην Χούς.
13 The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
14 Και το όνομα του ποταμού του τρίτου, Τίγρις· ούτος είναι ο ρέων προς ανατολάς της Ασσυρίας. Ο δε ποταμός ο τέταρτος, ούτος είναι ο Ευφράτης.
14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 Και έλαβε Κύριος ο Θεός τον άνθρωπον και έθεσεν αυτόν εν τω παραδείσω της Εδέμ διά να εργάζηται αυτόν και να φυλάττη αυτόν.
15 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
16 Προσέταξε δε Κύριος ο Θεός εις τον Αδάμ λέγων, Από παντός δένδρου του παραδείσου ελευθέρως θέλεις τρώγει,
16 Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
17 από δε του ξύλου της γνώσεως του καλού και του κακού δεν θέλεις φάγει απ' αυτού· διότι καθ' ην ημέραν φάγης απ' αυτού, θέλεις εξάπαντος αποθάνει.
17 but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
18 Και είπε Κύριος ο Θεός, Δεν είναι καλόν να ήναι ο άνθρωπος μόνος· θέλω κάμει εις αυτόν βοηθόν όμοιον με αυτόν.
18 Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
19 Έπλασε δε Κύριος ο Θεός εκ της γης πάντα τα ζώα του αγρού και πάντα τα πετεινά του ουρανού, και έφερεν αυτά προς τον Αδάμ, διά να ίδη πως να ονομάση αυτά· και ό,τι όνομα ήθελε δώσει ο Αδάμ εις παν έμψυχον, τούτο να ήναι το όνομα αυτού.
19 Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
20 Και έδωκεν ο Αδάμ ονόματα εις πάντα τα κτήνη και εις τα πτηνά του ουρανού και εις πάντα τα ζώα του αγρού· εις δε τον Αδάμ δεν ευρίσκετο βοηθός όμοιος με αυτόν.
20 The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.
21 Και επέβαλε Κύριος ο Θεός έκστασιν επί τον Αδάμ, και εκοιμήθη· και έλαβε μίαν εκ των πλευρών αυτού και έκλεισε με σάρκα τον τόπον αυτής.
21 Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
22 Και κατεσκεύασε Κύριος ο Θεός την πλευράν, την οποίαν έλαβεν από του Αδάμ, εις γυναίκα και έφερεν αυτήν προς τον Αδάμ.
22 Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
23 Και είπεν ο Αδάμ, Τούτο είναι τώρα οστούν εκ των οστέων μου και σαρξ εκ της σαρκός μου· αύτη θέλει ονομασθή ανδρίς, διότι εκ του ανδρός αύτη ελήφθη.
23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
24 Διά τούτο θέλει αφήσει ο άνθρωπος τον πατέρα αυτού και την μητέρα αυτού, και θέλει προσκολληθή εις την γυναίκα αυτού· και θέλουσιν είσθαι οι δύο εις σάρκα μίαν.
24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
25 Ήσαν δε και οι δύο γυμνοί, ο Αδάμ και η γυνή αυτού, και δεν ησχύνοντο.
25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Adam
Formed from the dust by God's own hand, the father of all who live.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 1–5
Eve
The first woman, formed from Adam and named "the mother of all living."
Cited in the guide: Genesis 2-4
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 31:17; Exodus 20:11; Psalm 33:6; Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 45:18
- 2 Hebrews 4:4; Exodus 31:17; Deuteronomy 5:14; Exodus 20:8–11; Exodus 23:12
- 3 Leviticus 23:3; Mark 2:27; Ezekiel 20:12; Exodus 31:13–17; Luke 23:56
- 4 Genesis 5:1; Revelation 1:8; Exodus 15:3; Genesis 1:4; Genesis 36:1
- 5 Genesis 3:23; Job 5:10; Hebrews 6:7; Genesis 4:2; Job 38:26–28
- 7 Ecclesiastes 12:7; 1 Corinthians 15:45; Job 33:4; Isaiah 64:8; Acts 17:25
- 8 Genesis 3:24; Ezekiel 28:13; Genesis 13:10; 2 Kings 19:12; Genesis 4:16
- 9 Genesis 3:22; Revelation 2:7; Revelation 22:14; Revelation 22:2; Ezekiel 47:12
- 10 Revelation 22:1; Psalm 46:4
- 11 Genesis 25:18; Genesis 10:29; 1 Samuel 15:7; Genesis 10:7
- 12 Ezekiel 28:13; Job 28:16; Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13; Numbers 11:7
- 13 Genesis 10:6; Isaiah 11:11
- 14 Daniel 10:4; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 10:22; Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 11:24
- 15 Psalm 128:2; Genesis 2:8; Ephesians 4:28; Genesis 2:2
- 16 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Timothy 4:4; 1 Timothy 6:17; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:1–2
- 17 Romans 6:23; James 1:15; Genesis 3:19; 1 Corinthians 15:56; Galatians 3:10
- 18 Ecclesiastes 4:9–12; Proverbs 18:22; 1 Peter 3:7; 1 Corinthians 11:7–12; Ruth 3:1
- 19 Psalm 8:4–8; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 1:20–26; Genesis 9:2; Genesis 6:20
- 20 Genesis 2:18
- 21 Genesis 15:12; Job 4:13; Job 33:15; 1 Samuel 26:12; Daniel 8:18
- 22 1 Corinthians 11:8–9; 1 Timothy 2:13; Hebrews 13:4; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:14
- 23 Ephesians 5:28–30; 1 Corinthians 11:8–9; 2 Samuel 5:1; Judges 9:2; Genesis 29:14
- 24 Matthew 19:3–9; Ephesians 5:28–31; Mark 10:6–12; Romans 7:2; 1 Peter 3:1–7
- 25 Genesis 3:7; Genesis 3:10–11; Romans 10:11; Jeremiah 17:13; Joel 2:26
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Envy has alienated wives from their husbands, and changed that saying of our father Adam, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh." Envy and strife have overthrown great cities and rooted up mighty nations.
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And hereby, in Thy Word, not the depth of the sea, but the earth parted from the bitterness of the waters, bringeth forth not the creeping and flying creature that hath life, but the living soul itself. For now hath it no longer need of baptism, as the heathen have, and as itself had when it was covered with the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
As then Moses calleth it the book of heaven and earth, although he hath not discoursed of heaven and earth only, but also of all things that are in the midst thereof; so also this man hath named his book from that which is the sum of all the great things done.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Go to the first book of the Scripture, which even you receive; And God formed man of the dust of the ground.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)