The following is an overview of the creation story in Israeli Sign Language and its back-translation into English.
Genesis chapter 1 tells us how God created the world in the beginning.
In the beginning of all things there was deep water without boundaries. Darkness was everywhere. The Spirit of God moved over the waters.
On the first day God made light. God saw the light: it was good! God divided the light from the darkness.
The second day.
On the second day there was endless water everywhere. What did God do? He divided the waters up and down and put a strong arch in the middle. What did God call this arch? The sky. The waters are deep below, under the arch, and the waters are deep above, above the arch.
The third day.
What was the world like on the third day? Here is the firmament. Below it is the great expanse of water. What did God do? He gathered the waters together in one place. The place without water was dry land. God called the dry land ‘earth’. In sign language we make the gesture ‘EARTH’. God called the collection of water ‘seas’. In sign language we make the gesture ‘sea’.
And God made different plants grow from the dry land — herbs, flowers, fruit trees.
The fourth day.
On the fourth day, God made the sun, the moon and the stars. God put the sun and the moon on the firmament. And he put the stars all around the firmament. What are the sun, moon and stars for? They shine down on the earth. Because of the sun, moon and stars, we know when the days and nights are; the months and seasons change.
The fifth day.
On the fifth day, in the depths of the water, God made various sea creatures, large and small, and various fish. And on the earth God made all kinds of birds. The birds fly between the earth and the sky. God blessed the birds and the sea creatures and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply”.
Creation Story Overview in Israeli Sign Language
The sixth day.
On the sixth day, God made various land animals on the earth — large animals, small animals, domestic animals, wild animals, reptiles and insects.
And on the sixth day God made man — male and female. God gave them His face. God blessed man and woman equally. God gave all animals to man. Man is God’s last and most important creation.
Video by Whole Word Institute , originally posted here . Back-translation by Luke Manevich.
