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Moses 2

From Kent P. Jackson, The Book of Moses and the Joseph Smith Translation Manuscripts (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center, 2000), 67-71.

OT page 4 (Moses 2:1-16)

[1] And it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Behold, I reveal unto you concerning this Heaven and this Earth; write the words which I speak, I am the beginning and the end, the Almighty God.

By mine only begotten I created these things, yea, in the beginning I created the Heaven, and the Earth upon which thou standest. [2] and the Earth was without form, and void. And I caused[i] darkness to come up[ii] upon the face of the deep. and my spirit moved upon the face of the water[iii]; for I am God. [3] and I, God, said, Let there be light, and there was light. [4] and I, God, saw the light, and that[iv] light was Good. and I, God,

divided

the light from the darkness. [5] and I, God, called the light day, and the darkness I called night. and this I done[v] <did>[vi] by the word[vii] of my power.

and

it was done as I spake. and the evening and the morning were the first day. [6] And again, I, God, said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water[viii]; and it was so, even as I spake. And I said, Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it was done. [7] and I, God, made the firmament, and divided the waters; yea the great waters, under the firmament, from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so, even as I spake. [8] and[ix] I, God, called the firmament Heaven. and the evening and the[x] morning were the Second day. [9] And I, God, said, Let the waters[xi] under the[xii] Heaven be gathered together unto[xiii] one place, and it was so. and I, God, said, Let there be dry Land, and it was so. [10] and I, God, called the dry land Earth; and the gathering

together

of the waters called I the[xiv] Sea<s>[xv]. And I, God, saw that all things that[xvi] I had made were good. [11] And I, God, said, Let the earth bring forth

grass;

the herb yielding seed; the fruit tree yielding fruit after his

kind; and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself,

upon the Earth; and it was so, even as I spake. [12] and the Earth brought forth grass; every herb yielding seed after his kind; and the tree

yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself, after his[xvii] kind.

And I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good. [13] and

the even-

ing and the morning were the third day. [14] and I, God, said, Let <there>[xviii] be lights in the firmament of the[xix] Heaven, to divide the day from the night: and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and for years; [15]

and let

them be for lights in the firmament of the Heaven, to give light

upon the Earth; and it was so. [16] and I, God, made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night;

and the greater light was the sun, and the lesser light was the moon.

OT2 Page 5 (Moses 2:16-31)

And the stares also[xx] was <were>[xxi] made, even according to my word; [17]

and I,

God, set them in the firmament of the[xxii] Heaven, to give light upon the Earth. [18] and the Sun to rule over the day, and the Moon to rule over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. and I god saw that all things which I had[xxiii] made were good. [19] and the evening and the morning were the fourth day. [20] and I, God, said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly, the[xxiv] moving creature that hath life, and fowl which may fly above the Earth[xxv], in the open firmament of Heaven. [21] and I, God, created great whales; and every living creature that moveth, which the water<s>[xxvi] brought forth abundantly, after their kind; and every winged fowl, after his kind; and I, God, saw that all things which I had[xxvii] created[xxviii] were good; [22] and I, God, blessed them, saying, be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the Seas[xxix], and let fowl multiply in the Earth; [23] and the evening and the morning were the fifth day. [24] and I, God, said, Let the Earth bring forth the living creature, after his kind; cattle, and creeping things[xxx], and beasts[xxxi] of the

Earth, after his <their>[xxxii] kinds[xxxiii];

and it was so. [25] and I, God, made the bests[xxxiv] of the Earth, after his

            <their>[xxxv] kind;

and cattle after their kind; and every thing[xxxvi] which creepeth upon the Earth after his kind. and I, God, saw that all these things were good. [26] and I[xxxvii], \[xxxviii] God, said, unto mine[xxxix] Only Begotten, which[xl] was with me[xli] from the beginning, Let us make man in out \ [xlii] image, after our likeness; and it was so[xliii]. and I[xliv], \[xlv] God, said Let them have dominion over the fishes[xlvi] of the Sea, and over the fowl[xlvii] of the Air, and over the Cattle, and over all the Earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth[xlviii] upon the Earth. [27] and[xlix] I[l], God, created man in mine[li] own image; in the image of mine[lii] Only Begotten created I[liii] him; male and female created I[liv] them. [28] and I[lv], God, blessed them and I[lvi] God[lvii] said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the Earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish[lviii] of the Sea, and over the fowl of the Air, and over every living thing that moveth[lix] upon the Earth. [29] and I[lx], \[lxi] God, said unto man, Behold I have given you every herb bearing Seed, which is upon the face of all the Earth; and every tree in the which shall be[lxii] the fruit of a tree, yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

[30] and to every beast of the Earth, and to every fowl of the Air, and to every thing[lxiii] that creepeth upon the Earth, wherein I grant life, there shall be given every clean herb for meat; and it was so, even as I spake. [31] and I, God, saw every thing[lxiv] that I had made, and Behold all things which I had made were very good.

OT2 Page 6 (Moses 2:31-3:12)

And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Notes

1. . (1851) "created"
2. . (1851) omits "up"
3. . OT1 "waters", followed by (1851)
4. . OT1 "the", followed by (1851)
5. . (1851), CM omit "done", followed by IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
6. . Scribe undetermined : (1851), CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
7. . OT1 "Word"
8. OT1 "waters", followed by (1851)
9. OT1 "And"
10. 1888 omits "the" / 1902 inserts "the", followed by 1921, 1981
11. 1888 "water", followed by 1902 / 1921 "waters", followed by 1981
12. (1851) omits "the"
13. (1851) "into"
14. Scribe undetermined, post-1845 : deletion not in (1851), CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
15. Scribe undetermined, post-1845, corrects to OT1 : not in CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
16. OT1 "which", followed by CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
17. OT1 "its"
18. SR corrects to OT1 : (1851), CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
19. 1888 omits "the" / 1902 inserts "the", followed by 1921, 1981
20. (1851) omits "also"
21. SR : (1851), CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
22. (1851), 1888 omit "the" / 1902 inserts "the", followed by 1921, 1981
23. Not in OT1
24. (1851) "every"
25. (1851) omits "above the Earth"
26. Scribe undetermined corrects to OT1 : (1851), CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
27. 1888 omits "had" / 1902 inserts "had", followed by 1921, 1981
28. (1851) "made"
29. SR : CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
30. OT1 "thing"
31. OT1 "beast"
32. SR : (1851), CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
33. SR corrects to OT1 / CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
34. OT1 "beast"
35. SR : (1851), CM, IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
36. "every thing" : IV "everything" / 1878 "every thing" / 1888 "everything", followed by 1902, 1921, 1981
37. (LF) omits "I"
38. (LF) inserts "the Lord"
39. (LF) "the"
40. (LF) "who"
41. (LF) "him"
42. (1851) inserts "own"
43. (LF) "done"
44. (LF) omits "I"
45. (LF) inserts "the Lord"
46. OT1 "fish", followed by (LF)
47. (1851) "fowls"
48. (LF) "creeps"
49. OT1 "So", followed by (LF)
50. (LF) omits "I"
51. (LF) "his"
52. (LF) "the"
53. (LF) "he"
54. (LF) "he"
55. (LF) omits "I"
56. (LF) omits "I"
57. CM omits "I God", followed by IV, 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981
58. (1851) "fishes"
59. (LF) "moves"
60. (LF) omits "I"
61. (LF) inserts "the Lord"
62. "shall be" : (LF) "is"
63. "every thing" : IV "everything" / 1878 "every thing" / 1888 "everything" / 1902 "every thing" / 1921 "everything", followed by 1981
64. "every thing" : IV "everything", followed by 1878, 1888, 1902, 1921, 1981

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