In The Beginning, God Created... - በቀዳሚ ፡ ገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ።

A text identified as part of the Beta Israel Secondary Canon by Dr. Steven Kaplan.
A Beta Israel liturgical work attributed to Abba Sabra, with possible Christian Ethiopian antecedents.

Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Baqadami gabra igzi'abher (In The Beginning, God Created...) - in Ge'ez	በቀዳሚ ፡ ገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ። ዐይን: Margaret Hayon, 2004. Text begins p. 79.	Manuscript "A": copied by Abba Ta'amno Radday (owned by Qes Buruk Elyas. Base text for Hayon's edition); Manuscript "B": Faitlovitch ms. 25; Manuscript "C": Faitlovitch ms. 26 (p: 7); Manuscript "D": copied by Qes Sahilu.

Significantly related biblical texts:

The Book of Genesis.

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