In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the  fountains of the great deep burst forth, and  the windows of the heavens were opened.
አመ ፡ ኮነ ፡ ፯፻ወ፩ዓመተ ፡ ሕይወቱ ፡ ለኖኅ ፡ በካልእ ፡ ወርኅ ፡ በዐሡሩ ፡ ወሰኑዩ ፡ ለጽልመት ፡ በይእቲ ፡ ዕለት ፡ ተሠጠ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ቀላያት ፡ ወተርኅወ ፡ አስራበ ፡ ሰማይ ።