When no  bush of the field   was yet in the land   and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the  Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man  to work the ground,
ወኵሉ ፡ ኀመልማለ ፡ [ሐቅል ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ይኩን ፡ በምድር ፡ ወኵሉ ፡ ኀመልማለ ፡] ምድር ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ይብቈል ፡ እስመ ፡ ኢያዝነመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ይትፈጠር ፡ እጓለ ፡ እመሕያው ።