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Ukudalwa

IEkuqaleni uNkulunkulu wadala

izulu nomhlaba. ^Umhlaba wawuyihlane elingenalutho;

uNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi kuhle. ^^Kwaba ngukuhlwa, kwaba ngukusa, usuku Iwesithathu. 14 UNkulunkulu wathi: "Makube khona emkhathini wezulu izinkanyiso
ezahlukanisa imini nobusuku, zibe yizibonakaliso zezinkathi, nezezinsuku, nezeminyaka, ^^zibe yizinkanyiso

kwakungubumnyama phezu kotwa,

kepha
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uMoya kaNkulunkulu wehla

wathi:

wenyuka phezu kwamanzi.

UNkulunkulu

"Makube

khona ukukhanya," kwaba khona ukukhanya. ^UNkulunkulu wabona ukukhanya ukuthi kuhle; uNkulunkulu
wahlukanisa ukukhanya

nobumnyama.

^UNkulunkulu wabiza ukukhanya ngokuthi imini; ubumnyama wabubiza ngokuthi ubusuku. Kwaba ngukuhlwa, kwaba ngukusa, usuku lokuqala.
6

emkhathini wezulu zokukhanyisa emhlabeni," kwaba njalo. ^^UNkulunkulu wazenza izinkanyiso ezimbili ezinkulu, inkanyiso enkulu ukuba ibuse imini, nenkanyiso encane ukuba ibuse ubusuku, kanye
nezinkanyezi. ^^UNkulunkulu wazifaka emkhathini wezulu ukuba zikhanyise emhlabeni, ^^zibuse imini nobusuku, zahlukanise ukukhanya nobumnyama. UNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi kuhle.

UNkulunkulu

wathi:

"Makube

khona umkhathi phakathi kwamanzi^ kwahlukaniswe amanzi namanzi." "^UNkulunkulu wenza umkhathi, wahlukanisa amanzi aphansi komkhathi namanzi aphezu komkhathi; kwaba njalo. ^UNkulunkulu wabiza umkhathi ngokuthi izulu. Kwaba ngukuhlwa, kwaba ngukusa, usuku Iwesibili.
9

aphansi kwezulu

UNkulunkulu wathi: "Amanzi mawaqoqekele

ndawonye, kubonakale umhlabathi owomileyo," kwaba njalo. ^^Okomileyo uNkulunkulu wakubiza ngokuthi umhlaba, nokuqoqeka kwamanzi wakubiza ngokuthi ulwandle; uNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi kuhle. ^^UNkulunkulu wathi: "Umhlaba mawuveze utshani, nemifino ethela imbewu, nemithi yezithelo ethela izithelo ngezinhlobo zayo, ekuyo imbewu yayo, emhlabeni," kwaba njalo. ^^Umhlaba wawusuveza utshani nemifino ethela imbewu ngezinhlobo
zayo, nemithi ethela izithelo

^^Kwaba ngukuhlwa, kwaba ngukusa, usuku Iwesine. 20 UNkulunkulu wathi: "Amanzi mawagcwale uswebezane Iwezilwane eziphilayo, kundize izinyoni phezu komhlaba emkhathini wezulu." ^^UNkulunkulu wadala imikhomo emikhulu nezilwane zonke eziphilayo ezihambayo, amanzi agcwala zona ngezinhlobo zazo, nezinyoni zonke
ezinamaphiko ngezinhlobo zazo.

UNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi

kuhle.

^^UNkulunkulu wazibusisa, wathi: "Zalani, nande, nigcwalise amanzi aselwandle, nezinyoni zande emhlabeni." 23Kwaba ngukuhlwa, kwaba ngukusa, usuku Iwesihlanu. 24 UNkulunkulu wathi: "Umhlaba

mawuveze

izilwane eziphilayo

ngezinhlobo zazo, izinkomo, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo, nezilo zomhlaba ngezinhlobo zazo," kwaba

ngezinhlobo zayo, ekuyo

imbewu

yayo;

^^UNkulunkulu wazenza izilo zomhlaba ngezinhlobo zazo, nezinkomo

njalo.
1:2: 2

1:1:

AmaH.33:6; 90:2; 104:2; 136:5; Joh.

51:15
1:22:

1:3;

Kol. 1:16; Heb. 11:3

Kor. 4:6

1:6: Jer. 10:12;

1:7: Isaya 40:22; 42:5;

44:24

1:9:

AmaH.

33:7

1:14: Jer. 31:35

Gen. 8:17

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ngezinhlobo zazo, nezilwanyana zonke ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni ngezinhlobo zazo. UNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi
kuhle.

^^UNkulunkulu wathi: "Masenze

abantu ngomfanekiso wethu, basifuze^ babuse phezu kwezinhlanzi zolwandle, nezinyoni zezulu^ nezinkomo, nomhlaba wonke^ nezilwanyana zonke ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni." 27 UNkulunkulu wamdala umuntu ngomfanekiso wakhe; wamdala ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu; wabadala
owesilisa nowesifazane.

kwezulu nomhlaba ekudalweni kwakho mhla ujehova uNkulunkulu ewenza umhlaba nezulu. ^Kwakungakabikho sihlahla endle, namifino yayingakamili emhlabathini, ngokuba ujehova uNkulunkulu wayengakanisi imvula emhlabeni, kungakabikho muntu wokulima umhlabathi. ^Kepha kwenyuka inkungu ivela emhlabathini, yanisela ubuso bonke bomhlaba. ^Ujehova uNkulunkulu wambumba umuntu ngomhlabathi, waphefumulela emakhaleni akhe umoya wokuphila;
kanjalo umuntu ophilayo.

28 UNkulunkulu wababusisa; uNkulunkulu wathi kubo: "Zalani, nande, nigcwalise umhlaba^ niwunqobe, nibuse phezu kwezinhlanzi zolwandle,
nezinyoni zezulu, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni. ^^UNkulunkulu wathi: "Bhekani, ngiyaninika yonke imifino ethela imbewu, esemhlabeni wonke^ nemithi yonke okukuyo izithelo zomuthi oveza
'

waba umphefumulo

Insimu yase-Edene
8

Ujehova uNkulunkulu watshala

amenzileyo.

insimu e-Edene ngasempumalanga;

wambeka khona umuntu

imbewu, kube ngukudla kwenu.

^^Kepha zonke izilwane zomhlaba^
nezinyoni zonke zezulu^ nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni, eziphefumulayo, zona nginike yonke

kwaba ^^UNkulunkulu wabona konke akwenzileyo; bheka, kwakukuhle kakhulu. Kwaba ngukuhlwa, kwaba ngukusa, usuku Iwesithupha.
imifino eluhlaza ibe ngukudla/'
njalo.

^Ujehova uNkulunkulu wahlumisa emhlabathini imithi yonke ebukekayo, emihle, edliwayo, nomuthi wokuphila phakathi nensimu, nomuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi. 10 E-Edene kwavela umfula owamanzisa insimu; wahlukana khona, waba yizimbaxa ezine. ^^Eyokuqala inegama lokuthi iPishoni; yiyo ezungeza
izwe lonke laseHavila, lapho kukhona igolide. ^^Lihle igolide lalelo zwe. Kukhona nenhlaka yebedola"*" netshe leshohamu* lapho. ^^Igama leyesibili linguGihoni; yiyo ezungeza lonke izwe laseKushe. ^^Igama leyesithathu linguHidekeli; yiyo egobhoza ngasempumalanga kwase-Asiriya. Eyesine ingu-Ewufrathe. 15 Ujehova uNkulunkulu

Usuku Iwesikhombisa

2Kwase kupheleliswa izulu nomhlaba

kanye nombuthano wakho wonke.
2 UNkulunkulu waqeda ngosuku Iwesikhombisa imisebenzi yakhe
abeyenzile;

waphumula ngosuku

Iwesikhombisa emisebenzini yakhe yonke abeyenzile. ^UNkulunkulu wabusisa usuku Iwesikhombisa,

walungcwelisa, ngokuba ngalolo suku waphumula emisebenzini

yonke abeyidalile uNkulunkulu,

wayenza. 4 Lokhu kungumlando wokudalwa

wayesemthatha umuntu, wambeka ensimini yase-Edene ukuba ayilime, ayigcine. ^Ujehova uNkulunkulu wamyala umuntu, wathi: "Ungadla kuyo yonke imithi yensimu ngokuthanda kwakho, ^^kepha ungadli kuwo umuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi, ngokuba mhla udla kuwo uyakufa
^

nokufa."

1:29: Gen. 9:3 1:27: Gen. 9:6; Ef. 4:24; Kol. 3:10 1:26: AmaH. 8:5; Heb. 2:6 2:7: 1 Kor. 15:45,47 1:30: Isaya 11:6 2:2: Eks. 20:11; 31:17; Dm. 5:14; Heb. 4:4

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Ukudalwa kowesifazane 18 UJehova uNkulunkulu wathi: "Akukuhle ukuba umuntu ahlale yedwa. Ngizakumenzela umsizi onjengaye." 19 UJehova uNkulunkulu wabumba ngomhlabathi zonke izilwane zasendle nezinyoni zonke zezulu, waziyisa kumuntu ukuba abone ukuthi umuntu angaziqamba ngokuthini, ukuze kuthi^ njengalokhu umuntu eziqamba zonke izilwane eziphilayo, lokhu kube ngamagama azo. ^^Umuntu waziqamba amagama zonke izinkomo, nezinyoni
zezulu, nezilwane zasendle.

"Aniyikufa nokufa; ^kepha uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi mhla nizidla, kuyakuvuleka amehlo enu, nibe njengoNkulunkulu, nikwazi okuhle nokubi." 6 Owesifazane ebona ukuthi umuthi ulungele ukudliwa, nokuthi uyabukeka

emehlweni, nokuthi umuthi

unxanelekile ekuhlakaniphiseni, wathatha izithelo zawo, wadla, wanika nendoda yakhe kanye naye, nayo yadla. ^Ayesevuleka amehlo abo bobabili, babona ukuthi bahamba ze; bathunga amaqabunga omkhiwane, bazenzela
izibhinco.

Kepha

umuntu akatholelwanga umsizi onjengaye. ^^ UJehova uNkulunkulu wamehlisela umuntu ubuthongo

obunzima;, walala; wayesethatha olunye Iwezimbambo zakhe, wavala indawo

8 Base bezwa izwi likajehova uNkulunkulu ehamba ensimini kusihlwa ngokuphola kwelanga; u-Adamu

nomkakhe bacasha ebusweni bukajehova uNkulunkulu phakathi

kwemithi yensimu. ^Kepha uJehova

ngenyama. ^^UJehova uNkulunkulu wakha owesifazane ngobambo

kumuntu, wamyisa kumuntu. 23 Wayesethi umuntu: "Lo useyithambo lamathambo ami nenyama yenyama yami; uyakubizwa ngokutiii indodakazi, ngokuba uthathwe endodeni." ^^Ngalokho indoda
abeluthathile

uNkulunkulu wambiza u-Adamu, wathi kuye: "Uphi na?" 10 Wadii: "Ngizwe izwi lakho ensimini, ngesaba ngokuba ngihamba
ze;

ngalokho ngacasha."

11

Khona

wathi:

"Ngubani

iyakushiya uyise nonina, inamathele

uhamba ze na? Udlile kulowo muthi engakuyala ngawo ukuthi ungadli kuwo na?" 12 U-Adamu wathi: "Owesifazane,
owakutshela ukuthi

kumkayo; bayakuba nyamanye.

25 Babehamba ze bobabili, u-Adamu"*" nomkakhe, bengenamahloni.

owangipha yena ukuba abe nami,

unginikile

kuwo umuthi, ngadla." 13 UJehova uNkulunkulu wathi kowesifazane: "Yini lokhu okwenzileyo

Ukuwela esonweni
yayinobuqili kunazo zonke izilwane zasendle abezenzile uJehova uNkulunkulu. Yathi kowesifazane: "Ngempela uNkulunkulu ushilo yini ukuthi: 'Ningadli emithini
yasensimini,' na?" 2 Owesifazane wathi enyokeni:

3Inyoka

na?" Owesifazane wathi: "Inyoka ingikhohlisile, ngadla." 14 UJehova uNkulunkulu wathi enyokeni: "Njengokuba usukwenzile lokho, uqalekisiwe phakathi kwezilwane zonke naphakathi l^azo zonke izilwane
zasendle; uzakuhamba ngesisu sakho, udle uthuli izinsuku zonke zokuhamba

"Singadla izithelo zemithi yasensimini, %epha ngezithelo zomuthi ophakathi nensimu uNkulunkulu ushilo ukuthi:
'Ningazidli, ningazithinti
ningafi.'

kwakho. ^^Ngizakubeka ubutha phakathi

kwakho nowesifazane, naphakadii

kwenzalo yakho nenzalo yakhe. Yona iyakuchoboza ikhanda lakho, wena uyakulimaza isithende sayo." ^^Wathi

ukuba

4 Inyoka yathi kowesifazane:

2:18:

Shum. 4:9

2:22:

Kor. 11:8;
1

3:1: Joh. 8:44

3:6: 2 Kor. 11:3;

2:24: Math. 19:5; Mark. 10:7; Ef. 5:31 1 Thim. 2:13 Thim. 2:14 3:15: Rom. 16:20; Heb. 2:14; 1 Joh. 3:8 3:16:

Ef. 5:22

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kowesifazane: "Ngizakukubangela ubuhlungu obukhulu ekukhulelweni kwakho; uyakubeletha abantwana ngobuhlungu. Ukunxanela kwakho kuyakuba sendodeni yakho; yona

iyakukubusa." 17 Wayesethi ku-Adamu: "Njengokuba ulalele izwi lomkakho, wadla kulowo muthi engakuyala ngawo ukuthi ungadli kuwo^ ngalokho umhlabathi uqalekisiwe ngenxa yakho. Uyakudla kuwo ngokukhathazeka zonke izinsuku zokuhamba kwakho. ^^Uyakukuvezela ameva namakhakhasi^ wena udle imifino yasendle. ^^Ngesithukuthuku sobuso bakho uyakudla isinkwa sakho^ uze ubuyele emhlabathinij lokhu wathathwa kuwo; ngokuba ungumhlabathi^ uyakuphenduka umhlabathi."

20 U-Adamu wamqamba umkakhe igama lokuthi u-Eva^* ngokuba waba ngunina wabo bonke abaphilayo. 21 UJehova uNkulunkulu wabenzela

u-Adamu nomkakhe

iziphuku^

wabembathisa. 22 UJehova uNkulunkulu wathi: "Bheka^ u-Adamu usenjengomunye wethu, uyakwazi okuhle nokubi; kepha manje makangeluli isandla sakhe^, athathe nakuwo umuthi wokuphila^ adle, aphile kuze kube phakade." ^^UJehova uNkulunkulu wammukisa ensimini yase-Edene ukuba alime umhlabathi athathwe kuwo.

^^Wamxosha u-Adamu, wabeka ngasempumalanga kwensimu

yase-Edene amakherubi* kanye

nenkemba yelangabi
ephenduphendukayo,
emthini wokuphila.
ilinde indlela eya

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