GENESIS 1:1-23 [42.153, 42.723 {660, 972}]

Genesis 1:1-10 [42.153, 42.723 {660, 972} Top Fragment]

1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2 And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

3 Then God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

4 And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

5 And God...... called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 Then God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

8 And God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 Then God said, Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.

10 .................. And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

{Missing between the fragments}

1:11 Then God said, Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with seed in them, on the earth; and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:13-22 [42.153, 42.723 {660, 972} Bottom Fragment]

1:13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 Then God {written above the line} said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth; and it was so.

16 And God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.

17 And God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

18 and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20 Then God said, Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.

21 And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.


Key to the English Text Reconstructions

SIMILARITIES: Regular = MT yes, DSS yes; Italics = MT yes, DSS probable; Small Type = MT yes, DSS hole

DIFFERENCES: Italics/Bold (Blue) = MT yes, DSS no; Underline/Bold (Red) = DSS yes, MT no; Underline (Purple) = DSS probable, MT no

OTHER: .... = blank space, apparently with no writing; $ = present in NASB, but missing in MT; % = correction of NASB to make it reflect MT; Phrase in {brackets} = explanation.

ABBREVIATIONS: MT = Masoretic Text (1,000 years old); DSS = Dead Sea Scrolls (2,000 years old); NASB = New American Standard Bible, a literal English Bible translation