New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-17
OLD TESTAMENT REVISION.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT ON MANY PASSAGES.

SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGEs-ItiH
FIELDS OF CONTROVERSY SILL REMAIN.
The first chapter of the Book of Genesis, ac-
eording to the Revised Version of the Old les
lament, was sent by special cable dispatch to
THE TRIBUNE on Friday night, but all OF 1t
arrived too late for the first edition and part
of il too late even for the second. 1t Will De
found complete below. and is OF special value
as q connected example of the character OF the
Revision:
THE FIRST CHAPTER OF GENESIS.
now THE NEW ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION OF
THE WORLD READS.
lBY CABLE THE TRBUNEl
JoypoN. Nav 16.-The following is the first
cbapter of Genesis according to the Revised YER
sion The notation Of the verses follows that OF lhe
authorized version for the sake OF COMPARISON
Though the new version will be printed IN para
graphs with the verse numbers ID the margin:
/ In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was
upon the face deep And the Spirit OF Goo moVeu
upon the face OF the waters
2 And God said: Let there be light: and there was
light ga
A. And God saw the Hight that It was goOa; ana 1ou
divided the hight from the darkness
x And God called the light day and the darkness he
called night And there was evening and there was
morning, one day.
g. And God said, let there be
armament in the midst OF the waters anu leu IL '''
the waters from the waters
= And cod made the armament, and divided the
waters which were under the ornament from the
waters which above the ornament ana IL was So
g. And God called the armament heaven; and there
was evening and there was morning. second day
o. And God said Lot the waters under the heaven De
gathered together place. and let the dry land
appear: and 1t was so.
TO- And God called the dry land earth;
and the gathering togeherof the waters called e Seas
and God saw that it good.
IL And God said Let the earth put forth grass, herb
yielding ard fruit tree bearing fruit after It's KIND
wherein is the seed thereof upon the earth: and 1t
wac
~ And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding
seed after its kind bearing fruit wherein Is the
seed thereof after its kind and God saw that it was
good.
third day
IA And God said: Let there be light in the armament
of the heaven to divide the day from the nights and let
them be for signs and for seasons, and for days. and
years.
15 And let them be for lights in the armament Of the
heaven to give light upon the earth and it was So
16. And God made the two great lights the greater
light to rule the day. and the lesser light to rule the
night he made the stars also.
~ And God set them in the armament Of the heaven
10 give hight upon the earth.
1s And to rule tho day and
pyer the highland to divide the light from the dkheSs
and God saw that It was good.
49, And there was evening and there was morning,
fourth day.
90 And God said Let the waters bring forth abund-
antly the moving that hath e and let fowl ny
above the earth in the open armament OF heaven
81. And God created the great sea monsters, ana
every living creature that moveth, which the waters
brought forth abundantly their kinds and every
winged fowl after its kind and God saw that it was
good
d. And God blessed them saying, Be fruitful and
multiply and fill the in the seas and let fowl
multiply III the earth.
% And there was evening and there was morning. d
fifth day.
"a And God said Let the earth bring forth the living
creature after its kind cattle and creeping thing and
beast OF the earth after its kind: and it was so.
o. And God the beast OF the earth after its kind
and the cattle after their kind and thing that
ereepeh upon the ground after its kind and God saw
that it was good.
26. And God said: Let make man in our image
after our likeness and let them have dominion over the
fish of the sea- and over fowl of the air and over the
CATTLE and all the Garth. aud over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
o. And God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him. male and female created
he them.
% And God blessed them, and God said unto them
Be fruitful and multiply and repenish the earth ana
sutdue it, and have dominion the fish OF the sea,
ana over the fowl of the air. and every living thing
that moveth upon the earth.
% And God said Behold have given you every herb
welding seed whchis upon Of all the earth, and
every tree in the which is the fruit Of tree yielding
seed; to yeu it shall be for meat.
80 And to every OF the earth and to every fowl
OF the air. everything that creepeth upon the
earth wherein there is life have given every green
herb for meat: and 1t was so.
81 And God saw everything that he had made, and,
behold. it very good. Aud there was evening and
there was morning, the sixth day.