Genesis

Genesis is seo forma boc þære Biblioþēcan and seo forma boc be Moyses þære Ealdan Gecyþnesse. Þæt nama gemǣneþ "gesceapung", "anginn", oþþe "fruma" on Lǣden, forþan þe þes bōc hæfþ þā spell be hū God gesceop heofon and eorþan, manna cyn, and oþre lybbende þing swilce wyrta and dēor.

Ðisse boc telleð hu God gesceap þas woruld and menn, seo costnung, Noe and his earc in þæm miclan flode, and þa Abrahames hiwscipe and his sunu, Isaac, Issace sunu, Iacoba, and se frumscipe þæs Israhelfolc. Geleafa segð ðe Moyse awrāt þeos boc.