Genesis 1
1 In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the Spirit of God was brought over the waters.
And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God was waving over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light.” And light became.
And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.
And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.
5 And he called the light, ‘Day,’ and the darknesses, ‘Night.’ And it became evening and morning, one day.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And it was evening and it was morning, the first day.
6 God also said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.”
And God said, Let there be an expansion in the midst of the waters, and let it divide between waters and waters.
7 And God made a firmament, and he divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament. And so it became.
And God made the expansion, and divided between the waters which were under the expansion and the waters which were above the expansion: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament ‘Heaven.’ And it became evening and morning, the second day.
And God called the expansion Heaven. And it was evening and it was morning, the second day.
9 Truly God said: “Let the waters that are under heaven be gathered together into one place; and let the dry land appear.” And so it became.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land be visible: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land, ‘Earth,’ and he called the gathering of the waters, ‘Seas.’ And God saw that it was good.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And he said, “Let the land spring forth green plants, both those producing seed, and fruit-bearing trees, producing fruit according to their kind, whose seed is within itself, over all the earth.” And so it became.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, herbs yielding seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, in which its seed is upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the land brought forth green plants, both those producing seed, according to their kind, and trees producing fruit, with each having its own way of sowing, according to its species. And God saw that it was good.
And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees yielding fruit, in which its seed is after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And it became evening and the morning, the third day.
And it was evening and it was morning, the third day.
14 Then God said: “Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven. And let them divide day from night, and let them become signs, both of the seasons, and of the days and years.
And God said, Let there be lights in the expansion of the heaven to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years;
15 Let them shine in the firmament of heaven and illuminate the earth.” And so it became.
And let them be for lights in the expansion of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights: a greater light, to rule over the day, and a lesser light, to rule over the night, along with the stars.
And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
17 And he set them in the firmament of heaven, to give light over all the earth,
And God set them in the expansion of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 and to rule over the day as well as the night, and to divide light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
And to rule by day and by night, and to divide between the light and the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And it became evening and morning, the fourth day.
And it was evening and it was morning, the fourth day.
20 And then God said, “Let the waters produce animals with a living soul, and flying creatures above the earth, under the firmament of heaven.”
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly moving creatures that have life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open expansion of the heaven.
21 And God created the great sea creatures, and everything with a living soul and the ability to move that the waters produced, according to their species, and all the flying creatures, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And he blessed them, saying: “Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea. And let the birds be multiplied above the land.”
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply on the earth.
23 And it became evening and morning, the fifth day.
And it was evening and it was morning, the fifth day.
24 God also said, “Let the land produce living souls in their kind: cattle, and animals, and wild beasts of the earth, according to their species.” And so it became.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their species, and the cattle, and every animal on the land, according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And he said: “Let us make Man to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the earth.”
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and they shall have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
And God created man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and he said, “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said: “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant upon the earth, and all the trees that have in themselves the ability to sow their own kind, to be food for you,
And God said, Behold I have given unto you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree on which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.
30 and for all the animals of the land, and for all the flying things of the air, and for everything that moves upon the earth and in which there is a living soul, so that they may have these on which to feed.” And so it became.
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heaven, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.
31 And God saw everything that he had made. And they were very good. And it became evening and morning, the sixth day.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And it was evening and it was morning, the sixth day.
