Then God said,  “Let us make man   in our image,  after our likeness. And  let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
ወይቤ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ንግበር ፡ ሰብአ ፡ በአርአያነ ፡ ወበአምሳሊነ ፡ ወይኰንን ፡ ዐሣተ ፡ ባሕር ፡ ወአራዊተ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወአዕዋፈ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወእንስሳሂ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ወአራዊተ ፡ ዘይትሐወስ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ።