The Holy Bible, Catholic Public Domain Version

1 The holy Bible Catholic Public Domain Version Original Edition Translated from the Pope Sixtus V and Pope Clement VIII. Latin Vulgate Bible, using the Challoner Douay Version as a guide, in accord with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Translation completed on March 28, 2009. This printing includes the latest errata, through April of 2010. Translated, edited, and published by Ronald L. Conte Jr. 1. saw that it was good. {1:26} And he said: Let us make Man The holy Bible to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of Catholic Public Domain Version the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the Old Testament earth. {1:27} And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he ** The Book of Genesis ** created them. {1:28} And God blessed them, and he said, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and [Genesis 1] {1:1} In the beginning, God created heaven and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying earth.

2 {1:2} But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the spirit upon the earth. {1:29} And God said: Behold, I have given of God was brought over the waters. {1:3} And God said, you every seed-bearing plant upon the earth, and all the trees Let there be light. And light became. {1:4} And God saw that have in themselves the ability to sow their own kind, to the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from be food for you, {1:30} and for all the animals of the land, the darknesses. {1:5} And he called the light, Day,' and the and for all the flying things of the air, and for everything that darknesses, Night.' And it became evening and morning, one moves upon the earth and in which there is a living soul, so day. {1:6} God also said, Let there be a firmament in the that they may have these on which to feed. And so it midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.

3 Became. {1:31} And God saw everything that he had made. {1:7} And God made a firmament, and he divided the waters And they were very good. And it became evening and that were under the firmament, from those that were above morning, the sixth day. the firmament. And so it became. {1:8} And God called the firmament Heaven.' And it became evening and morning, [Genesis 2] {2:1} And so the heavens and the earth were the second day. {1:9} Truly God said: Let the waters that completed, with all their adornment. {2:2} And on the are under heaven be gathered together into one place; and let seventh day, God fulfilled his work, which he had made. And the dry land appear. And so it became. {1:10} And God on the seventh day he rested from all his work, which he had called the dry land, Earth,' and he called the gathering of the accomplished. {2:3} And he blessed the seventh day and waters, Seas.' And God saw that it was good. {1:11} And he sanctified it. For in it, he had ceased from all his work: the said, Let the land spring forth green plants, both those work whereby God created whatever he should make.

4 Producing seed, and fruit-bearing trees, producing fruit {2:4} These are the generations of heaven and earth, when according to their kind, whose seed is within itself, over all they were created, in the day when the Lord God made the earth. And so it became. {1:12} And the land brought heaven and earth, {2:5} and every sapling of the field, before forth green plants, both those producing seed, according to it would rise up in the land, and every wild plant, before it their kind, and trees producing fruit, with each having its own would germinate. For the Lord God had not brought rain way of sowing, according to its species. And God saw that it upon the earth, and there was no man to work the land. was good. {1:13} And it became evening and the morning, {2:6} But a fountain ascended from the earth, irrigating the the third day. {1:14} Then God said: Let there be lights in entire surface of the land. {2:7} And then the Lord God the firmament of heaven. And let them divide day from night, formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into and let them become signs, both of the seasons, and of the his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

5 Days and years. {1:15} Let them shine in the firmament of {2:8} Now the Lord God had planted a Paradise of heaven and illuminate the earth. And so it became. enjoyment from the beginning. In it, he placed the man {1:16} And God made two great lights: a greater light, to rule whom he had formed. {2:9} And from the soil the Lord God over the day, and a lesser light, to rule over the night, along produced every tree that was beautiful to behold and pleasant with the stars. {1:17} And he set them in the firmament of to eat. And even the tree of life was in the midst of Paradise, heaven, to give light over all the earth, {1:18} and to rule and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. {2:10} And a over the day as well as the night, and to divide light from river went forth from the place of enjoyment so as to irrigate darkness. And God saw that it was good. {1:19} And it Paradise, which is divided from there into four heads. became evening and morning, the fourth day. {1:20} And {2:11} The name of one is the Phison; it is that which runs then God said, Let the waters produce animals with a living through all the land of Hevilath, where gold is born.

6 Soul, and flying creatures above the earth, under the {2:12} and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is firmament of heaven. {1:21} And God created the great sea found bdellium and the onyx stone. {2:13} And the name of creatures, and everything with a living soul and the ability to the second river is the Gehon; it is that which runs through move that the waters produced, according to their species, all the land of Ethiopia. {2:14} Truly, the name of the third and all the flying creatures, according to their kind. And God river is the Tigris; it advances opposite the Assyrians. But the saw that it was good. {1:22} And he blessed them, saying: fourth river, it is the Euphrates. {2:15} Thus, the Lord God Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea. And let brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, the birds be multiplied above the land. {1:23} And it so that it would be attended and preserved by him. became evening and morning, the fifth day.

7 {1:24} God also {2:16} And he instructed him, saying: From every tree of said, Let the land produce living souls in their kind: cattle, Paradise, you shall eat. {2:17} But from the tree of the and animals, and wild beasts of the earth, according to their knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in species. And so it became. {1:25} And God made the wild whatever day you will eat from it, you will die a death.. beasts of the earth according to their species, and the cattle, {2:18} The Lord God also said: It is not good for the man to and every animal on the land, according to its kind. And God be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.. 2. {2:19} Therefore, the Lord God, having formed from the soil you. {3:17} Yet truly, to Adam, he said: Because you have all the animals of the earth and all the flying creatures of the listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, air, brought them to Adam, in order to see what he would from which I instructed you that you should not eat, cursed is call them.

8 For whatever Adam would call any living creature, the land that you work. In hardship shall you eat from it, all that would be its name. {2:20} And Adam called each of the the days of your life. {3:18} Thorns and thistles shall it living things by their names: all the flying creatures of the air, produce for you, and you shall eat the plants of the earth. and all the wild beasts of the land. Yet truly, for Adam, there {3:19} By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until was not found a helper similar to himself. {2:21} And so the you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam. And when he was you are, and unto dust you shall return. {3:20} And Adam fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and he completed it with called the name of his wife, Eve,' because she was the flesh for it. {2:22} And the Lord God built up the rib, which mother of all the living. {3:21} The Lord God also made for he took from Adam, into a woman. And he led her to Adam.

9 Adam and his wife garments from skins, and he clothed them. {2:23} And Adam said: Now this is bone from my bones, {3:22} And he said: Behold, Adam has become like one of and flesh from my flesh. This one shall be called woman, us, knowing good and evil. Therefore, now perhaps he may because she was taken from man. {2:24} For this reason, a put forth his hand and also take from the tree of life, and eat, man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall and live in eternity. {3:23} And so the Lord God sent him cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh. away from the Paradise of enjoyment, in order to work the {2:25} Now they were both naked: Adam, of course, and his earth from which he was taken. {3:24} And he cast out wife. And they were not ashamed. Adam. And in front of the Paradise of enjoyment, he placed the Cherubim with a flaming sword, turning together, to [Genesis 3] {3:1} However, the serpent was more crafty than guard the way to the tree of life. any of the creatures of the earth that the Lord God had made.

10 And he said to the woman, Why has God instructed you, [Genesis 4] {4:1} Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who that you should not eat from every tree of Paradise? conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, I have obtained a {3:2} The woman responded to him: From the fruit of the man through God. {4:2} And again she gave birth to his trees which are in Paradise, we eat. {3:3} Yet truly, from the brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a fruit of the tree which is in the middle of Paradise, God has farmer. {4:3} Then it happened, after many days, that Cain instructed us that we should not eat, and that we should not offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth. touch it, lest perhaps we may die. {3:4} Then the serpent {4:4} Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, said to the woman: By no means will you die a death. and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel {3:5} For God knows that, on whatever day you will eat and his gifts.