[1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [2] Now the
earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep.
God`s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. [3] God said,
"Let there be light," and there was light. [4] God saw the light, and saw
that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness. [5] God called
the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and
there was morning, one day. [6] God said, "Let there be an expanse in the
midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." [7] God
made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from
the waters which were above the expanse, and it was so. [8] God called the
expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day. [9] God
said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and
let the dry land appear," and it was so. [10] God called the dry land
Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw
that it was good. [11] God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs
yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its
seed in it, on the earth," and it was so. [12] The earth brought forth
grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with
its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. [13] There
was evening and there was morning, a third day. [14] God said, "Let there
be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let
them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; [15] and let
them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and
it was so. [16] God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule
the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
[17] God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth, [18]
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from
the darkness. God saw that it was good. [19] There was evening and there
was morning, a fourth day. [20] God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms
of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse
of sky." [21] God created the large sea creatures, and every living
creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and
every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good. [22] God
blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in
the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." [23] There was evening and
there was morning, a fifth day. [24] God said, "Let the earth bring forth
living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of
the earth after their kind," and it was so. [25] God made the animals of
the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything
that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good. [26]
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 sky, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth." [27] God created man in his own image. In God`s image
he created him; male and female he created them. [28] God blessed them. God
said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and
subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of
the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." [29] God
said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the
surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed.
It will be your food. [30] To every animal of the earth, and to every bird
of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is
life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so. [31] God saw
everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was
evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
