The book of Genesis was originally written in Hebrew as was the most part of the Old Testament.Only the book of Ezra and Daniel were originally written in Aramaic. The Targum Onkelos is the Jewish Aramaic translation of the Torah,the five books of Moses ,the first five books of the Hebrew Bible ,the Pentateuch (from Greek). Targum means translation and Onkelos was the author,a Roman national who converted to Judaism. The Syriac Aramaic translation of Genesis 1:1 from the Peshitta Tanakh. ܒܪܵܫܝܼܬܼ ܒܪ݂ܵܐ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܝܵܬܼ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܘܝܵܬܼ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ brashyutu briaʾ ʾalahaʾ yatu shmayaʾ wyatu ʾarʿaʾ Jewish Palestinian Aramaic מן ריש הווית מימרה ומימרה הוות לות אלהה ואלהה הו מימרה׃ הדין הווה מן ריש לות אלהה׃ כולה בה אתעבד ולבר מנה כולם אתעבד מה דאתעבד׃ mn ryš hwwyt mymrh wmymrh hwwt lwt ʾlhh wʾlhh hw mymrh hdyn hwwh mn ryš lwt ʾlhh kwlh bh ʾtʿbd wlbr mnh kwlm ʾtʿbd mh dʾtʿbd Genesis 1:1–6 in Aramaic (a part of Genesis 1:7 also got room: ”and God made the vault”: ...