1 WYC Therfor heuenes and erthe ben maad perfit, and al the ournement of tho. BSB BSB: Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 WYC And God fillide in the seuenthe dai his werk which he made; and he restide in the seuenthe dai fro al his werk which he hadde maad; BSB BSB: And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
3 WYC and he blesside the seuenthe dai, and halewide it; for in that dai God ceesside of al his werk which he made of nouyt, that he schulde make. BSB BSB: Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
5 WYC and ech litil tre of erthe bifore that it sprong out in erthe; and he made ech erbe of the feeld bifore that it buriownede. For the Lord God had not reyned on erthe, and no man was that wrouyte erthe; BSB BSB: Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
6 WYC but a welle stiede out of the erthe, and moistide al the hiyere part of erthe. BSB BSB: But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
8 WYC Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settide man whom he hadde formed. BSB BSB: And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
9 WYC And the Lord God brouyte forth of the erthe ech tre fair in siyt, and swete to ete; also he brouyte forth the tre of lijf in the middis of paradis, and the tre of kunnyng of good and of yuel. BSB BSB: Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 WYC And a ryuer yede out fro the place of likyng to moyste paradis, which ryuer is departid fro thennus in to foure heedis. BSB BSB: Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
11 WYC The name of the o ryuer is Fyson, thilke it is that cumpassith al the lond of Euilath, where gold cometh forth, BSB BSB: The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12 WYC and the gold of that lond is the beste, and there is foundun delium, that is, a tree of spicerie, and the stoon onychyn; BSB BSB: And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
13 WYC and the name to the secounde ryuer is Gyon, thilke it is that cumpassith al the loond of Ethiopie; BSB BSB: The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
14 WYC forsothe the name of the thridde ryuer is Tigris, thilke goith ayens Assiriens; sotheli the fourthe ryuer is thilke Eufrates. BSB BSB: The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 WYC Therfor the Lord God took man, and settide hym in paradis of likyng, that he schulde worche and kepe it. BSB BSB: Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
17 WYC forsothe ete thou not of the tre of kunnyng of good and of yuel; for in what euere dai thou schalt ete therof, thou schalt die bi deeth. BSB BSB: but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
20 WYC And Adam clepide bi her names alle lyuynge thingis, and alle volatils, and alle vnresonable beestis of erthe. Forsothe to Adam was not foundun an helpere lijk hym. BSB BSB: The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 WYC Therfore the Lord God sente sleep in to Adam, and whanne he slepte, God took oon of hise ribbis, and fillide fleisch for it. BSB BSB: So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
22 WYC And the Lord God bildide the rib which he hadde take fro Adam in to a womman, and brouyte hir to Adam. BSB BSB: And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
23 WYC And Adam seide, This is now a boon of my boonys, and fleisch of my fleisch; this schal be clepid virago, `for she is takun of man. BSB BSB: And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
25 WYC Forsothe euer eithir was nakid, that is, Adam and his wijf, and thei weren not aschamed. BSB BSB: And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.