Bible verses about "creation" | WestSaxon1175

¹⁶ God lufede middan-eard swa þæt he sealde hys akennedan sune þæt nan ne for-wurðe þe on hine ge-lefð. Ac habbe þt eche lyf. ¹⁷ Ne sende god hys sune on middan-earde þæt he demde midden-earde. ac þt middan-eard sy ge-haled þurh hyne.

¹ [Note: In principio erat uerbum. Her onginð þæt god-spell þe Iohannes se godspellere ge-wrat on pathmos þam eiglande. ] On anginne ærest wæs word. & þæt word wæs mid gode. & god wæs þt word. ² þæt wæs on fruman mid gode. ³ ealle þyng wæren ge-worhte þurh hyne. & nan þyng næs ge-worht butan hym.