[1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [2] The earth
was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and
the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. [3] And God said,
"Let there be light"; and there was light. [4] And God saw that the light
was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. [5] God called the
light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and
there was morning, one day. [6] And God said, "Let there be a firmament in
the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
[7] And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under
the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was
so. [8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and
there was morning, a second day. [9] And God said, "Let the waters under
the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land
appear." And it was so. [10] God called the dry land Earth, and the waters
that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
[11] And God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding
seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according
to its kind, upon the earth." And it was so. [12] The earth brought forth
vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees
bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God
saw that it was good. [13] And there was evening and there was morning, a
third day. [14] And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the
heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and
for seasons and for days and years, [15] and let them be lights in the
firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so. [16]
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and
the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. [17] And God
set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth, [18]
to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the
darkness. And God saw that it was good. [19] And there was evening and
there was morning, a fourth day. [20] And God said, "Let the waters bring
forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across
the firmament of the heavens." [21] So God created the great sea monsters
and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm,
according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And
God saw that it was good. [22] And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful
and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the
earth." [23] And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. [24]
And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to
their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according
to their kinds." And it was so. [25] And God made the beasts of the earth
according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and
everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind. And God saw
that it was good. [26] Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth." [27] So God created man
in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he
created them. [28] And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful
and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the
fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing
that moves upon the earth." [29] And God said, "Behold, I have given you
every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and
every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. [30] And
to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to
everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of
life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so. [31] And God
saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there
was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
