Genesis 2 18-20


Adam naming the animals of the world, from the Peterborough Bestiary (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 53, f. 195v, 14th Century)

And YWHH, god, said
‘It is not good for the human to be alone;
I will make for him a helper – as opposite to him.’

And YHWH, god, made from the ground,
all the living things of the field
and all the birds of the heavens.

He brought (them) to the human
to see what he would called
and whatever the human called them
– a living thing –
that was it’s name.

And the human called their names
– for all the livestock
and for the birds of the heavens
and living things of the field
and for Adam
he did not find
a helper
– as opposite to him.

O Lord Jesus Christ,
stay beside me to defend me,
within me to guide me,
before me to lead me,
and above me to bless me,
that with you and in you,
I may live, and move and have my being,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

(unknown)

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