Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep. The Spirit of God moved over the surface of 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 God said, “Let there be light!” and there was light.
And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.
4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.
5 God called the light “day,” and he called the darkness “night.” So there was evening, and then the morning, making day one.
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 said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters to divide the waters.”
And God said, Let there be an expansion in the midst of the waters, and let it divide between waters and waters.
7 So God made an expanse to divide the waters that were above from the waters that were below. And that's what happened.
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 God called the expanse, “sky.” So there was evening, and then the morning, making day two.
And God called the expansion Heaven. And it was evening and it was morning, the second day.
9 God said, “Let the waters below the sky collect together in one place so that the land may appear.” And so it was.
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 God called the land “earth” and the waters “seas.” 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 God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation—plants that produce seeds and trees that produce seeded fruit—each one according to its own kind.” And that's what happened.
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 The earth produced vegetation—plants that produce seeds and trees that produce seeded fruit—each one according to its own kind. 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 So there was evening, and then the morning, making day three.
And it was evening and it was morning, the third day.
14 God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night, and to provide a way to mark seasons, 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 They shall be lights in the sky to shine on the earth.” And that's what happened.
And let them be for lights in the expansion of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 God created two great lights: the larger one in charge of the day, and the smaller one in charge of the night. He created the stars too.
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 God placed these lights in the sky to shine upon the earth,
And God set them in the expansion of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 to be in charge of the day and in charge of the night, and to separate light from darkness. 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 So there was evening, and then the morning, making day four.
And it was evening and it was morning, the fourth day.
20 God said, “Let the waters be full of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the sky.”
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 So God created huge sea creatures and all the living things that swim and fill the waters, each one according to its own kind; and every bird that flies, each one according to its own kind. 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 God blessed them and said, “Reproduce and increase, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”
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 So there was evening, and then the morning, making day five.
And it was evening and it was morning, the fifth day.
24 God said, “Let the land produce living creatures, each one according to its own kind—the livestock, the creatures that run along the ground, and the wild animals, each one according to its own kind.” And that's what happened.
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 God made the wild animals, the livestock, and the creatures that run along the ground, all according to their own kind. 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 God said, “Let us make human beings in our image who are like us. They will have authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over the whole of the earth and every creature that moves on it.”
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 So God created human beings in his own image. He created them in the image of God. He created them male and female.
And God created man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 God blessed them and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth and control it; exercise authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on 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 God said, “Look, I'm giving you as your food every seed-bearing plant anywhere on earth, and every tree that produces fruit with seeds.
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 I'm giving all the green plants to all the land animals, to the birds, and to every creature that moves on the earth—to every living thing.” And that's what happened.
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 God saw everything that he had created, and yes, it was very good. So there was evening, and then the morning, making day six.
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.
