page_title: Bible translations into Geʽez
hierarchical_section_title: Bible translations into Geʽez
caption_attribution_description: English: A portion of the Octateuch in Ethiopian, British Library Oriental MS. 480, containing Genesis 29:11-16. This MS. was written in the 15th century, &amp; is part of a library collected by Emperor Theodore at Magdala for an intended church of the Redeemer of the World. It was brought to the U.K. as part of the spoils of the Anglo-Abyssinian War of 1867.
context_page_description: Bible translations into Geʽez, an ancient South Semitic language of the Ethiopic branch, date back to the 6th century at least, making them one of the world's oldest Bible translations.
  The oldest translation of part of the Bible into Geʽez are the Garima Gospels.
context_section_description: Bible translations into Geʽez, an ancient South Semitic language of the Ethiopic branch, date back to the 6th century at least, making them one of the world's oldest Bible translations.
  The oldest translation of part of the Bible into Geʽez are the Garima Gospels.
caption: Genesis in Geʽez
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