This book describes the begin of the earth and of the heavens above it; also their upheaving and decorating. – It hath two chapters.
Creating of the earth and the heavens, 3. their
upheaving from the earth.
1:1 At the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
1:2 And the heavens were so low above the earth that humans were not able to walk uprightly and they had to crawl on four limbs like beasts.
1:3 And God saw that it was bad.
1:4 Then God said: Be there a wide space between the heavens and the earth and divide the heavens from the earth.
1:5 And the Lady put her right hand on the heavens and made that wide space between the heavens and the earth, and divided the heavens from the earth. And it was so.
1:6 And God saw that it was good.
Creating of stars, 3. their names. 12. Decorating
of heavens.
2:1 And so the heavens are upheaved farther from the earth in the day when the Lady put her right hand on the heavens.
2:2 And where Lady's fingers touched the heavens, there came into being stars.
2:3 And the name of one star is Thuban or Alpha of the Dragon; it was created by her thumb.
2:4 It is the one around which the sky formerly revolved.
2:5 And the name of the second star is Edasich or Jota of the Dragon; it was created by her index finger.
2:6 And the name of the third star is Theta of the Dragon; it was created by her middle finger.
2:7 And the name of the fourth star is Aldhibain or Eta of the Dragon; it was created by her ring finger.
2:8 And the fifth star is Aldhibah or Zeta of the Dragon.
2:9 And the stars created by her wrist are Gamma and Beta of the Lesser Bear.
2:10 And so she had seven stars under her right hand. (John 1:16)
2:11 And God saw the stars, that they were beautiful.
2:12 And God said again: Be there more images made of stars on the heavens to be signs of the events that shall happen. And it was so.