1In the beginning1 God created2 the heavens3 and the earth.4
2Now the earth was formless1 and empty,2 darkness was over the surface of the deep,3 and the Spirit of God4 was hovering5 over the waters.
3And God said,1 “Let there be light,” and there was light.2
4God saw that the light was good,1 and he separated the light from the darkness.2
5God called1 the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”2 And there was evening, and there was morning3 —the first day.
6And God said,1 “Let there be a vault2 between the waters3 to separate water from water.”
7So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.1 And it was so.2
8God called1 the vault “sky.”2 And there was evening, and there was morning3 —the second day.
9And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,1 and let dry ground2 appear.” And it was so.3
10God called1 the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters2 he called “seas.”3 And God saw that it was good.4
11Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:1 seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.2 ” And it was so.3
12The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds1 and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.2
13And there was evening, and there was morning1 —the third day.
14And God said, “Let there be lights1 in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,2 and let them serve as signs3 to mark sacred times,4 and days and years,5
15and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.1
16God made two great lights—the greater light1 to govern2 the day and the lesser light to govern3 the night.4 He also made the stars.5
17God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
18to govern the day and the night,1 and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.2
19And there was evening, and there was morning1 —the fourth day.
20And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,1 and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”2
21So God created1 the great creatures of the sea2 and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,3 according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.4 And God saw that it was good.5
22God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”1
23And there was evening, and there was morning1 —the fifth day.
24And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures1 according to their kinds:2 the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.3
25God made the wild animals1 according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.2 And God saw that it was good.3
26Then God said, “Let us1 make mankind2 in our image,3 in our likeness,4 so that they may rule5 over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,6 over the livestock and all the wild animals,a and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27So God created1 mankind2 in his own image,3 in the image of God4 he created them; male and female5 he created them.6
28God blessed them and said to them,1 “Be fruitful and increase in number;2 fill the earth3 and subdue it. Rule over4 the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.5 ”
29Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.1
30And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life1 in it—I give every green plant for food.2 ” And it was so.
31God saw all that he had made,1 and it was very good.2 And there was evening, and there was morning3 —the sixth day.