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Genesis 1:1—2:3

At da very Start

At da very start da Göd Man med the heevens an da aert. Da aert hed nae shape tae it an der wis naethin in it. Hit was joost a mass o watter happit aboot i da mirk. Da speerit o da Göd Man gied aboot apo da watter.

Dan da Göd Man spak, ‘Lat wis hae licht.’ An da licht cam an he caad it day. An da Göd Man saa dat it wis göd; an da Göd Man pairtit da licht fae da mirk. Da Göd Man said dat da licht wis day, an da mirk wis nicht. An der wis da mirknen an da rivin o da dim, day wan. An da Göd Man wis plaesed.

An da Göd Man said, ‘Lat wis pit da heevens abön an da aert below, an mak a space atween dem. An da space we’ll caa da lift.’ So cam da mirknen an da rivin o da dim, da nixt day.

An da Göd Man said, ‘Lat wis pit some grund among dis watter, an da grund we’ll caa da laand, an da watter ’ll be da sea.’ An he wis plaesed wi whit he hed dön.

An da Göd Man said, ‘Lat wis hae aa menner o things dat sproot fae da grund, plants an flooers an trees, wi fruit an seed ta cast ati da aert.’ An da Göd Man saa dat it wis göd. An der wis da mirknen an da rivin o da dim, da third day.

Dan da Göd Man said, ‘Lat wis pit lichts i da lift fir nicht an day, fir da months, fir da voar an hairst, an da settin oot o time. Lat da lichts brichten up da aert – da sun be day an da mön an starns be nicht.’ So he set dem i da heevens – day an nicht, licht an mirk. An he wis plaesed wi whit he hed dön. So cam da mirknen an da rivin o da dim, da fort day.

An da Göd Man said, ‘We’ll pit fish ati da watter, an fools i da lift.’ An der wis aa kind o craetirs i da deep an aa kind o fleein things i da lift. An da Göd Man gied dem his blissins an mair an mair cam till da sea an da lift wir foo. An da Göd Man saa dat it wis göd. An der wis da mirknen an da rivin o da dim, da fifth day.

Dan da Göd Man said, ‘Noo we’ll mak baests fir da laand. Some ta herd an some ta geng wild.’ An he med aa kinds o dem. An he wis plaesed wi whit he hed dön.

Dan da Göd Man said, ‘We’ll need some-ean ta look efter aa dis. Some-ean a bit lik mysel – wi a haert an mind an carin joost lik me.’ So he med humans – men an weemin an he gied dem his blissins. He med dem so dat dey cood hae bairns, an so dat dir bairns hed bairns as weel. An he gied dem pooer ower aa dat he hed med so dat dey wid tak care o it, an enjoy it an hae healt an strent. An he wis plaesed wi whit he hed med. So cam da mirknen an da rivin o da dim, da sixth day.

Aert an da lift wir noo med an foo o livin things. An haein dön it aa i da space o six days da Göd Man took paece on da seeventh. Dis wis ta be a speecial day – a day o paece ta tak pleasure i Göd’s mak an ta mind on da wan wha hed med it aa.