Genesis 1

In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.

But the earth was invisible and unformed, and darkness was above the abyss, and a spirit of God was being carried along above the water.

And God said, "Let there be light." And there was light.

And God saw the light, that it was good; and God separated between the light and between the darkness.

And God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. And there was evening and there was morning, day one.

And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be separating between water and water." And it was so.

And God made the firmament, and God separated between the water that was below the firmament and between the water that was above the firmament.

And God called the firmament heaven. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

And God said, "Let the water that is below the heaven be gathered into one gathering, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. And the water that was below the heaven was gathered into their gatherings, and the dry land appeared.

And God called the dry land earth, and the systems of the waters he called seas. And God saw that it was good.

And God said, "Let the earth put forth herbage of grass, sowing seed according to kind and according to likeness, and a fruitful tree making fruit whose seed is in it according to kind, upon the earth." And it was so.

And the earth brought forth herbage of grass, sowing seed according to kind and according to likeness, and a fruitful tree making fruit whose seed is in it according to kind, upon the earth. And God saw that it was good.

And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

And God said, "Let there be luminaries in the firmament of the heaven for the illumination of the earth, to separate between the day and between the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years,

and let them be for illumination in the firmament of the heaven so as to shine upon the earth." And it was so.

And God made the two great luminaries: the greater luminary for rulings of the day and the lesser luminary for rulings of the night, and the stars.

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven so as to shine upon the earth,

and to rule the day and the night and to separate between the light and between the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

And God said, "Let the waters bring forth creeping things of living souls, and birds flying above the earth along the firmament of the heaven." And it was so.

And God made the great sea monsters and every soul of living creeping creatures which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to kind. And God saw that they were good.

And God blessed them, saying, "Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply upon the earth."

And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

And God said, "Let the earth bring forth a living soul according to kind: quadrupeds and creeping things and wild animals of the earth according to kind." And it was so.

And God made the wild animals of the earth according to kind and the cattle according to kind and all the creeping things of the earth according to their kind. And God saw that they were good.

And God said, "Let us make humankind according to our image and according to likeness, and let them rule the fish of the sea and the birds of the heaven and the cattle and all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth."

And God made humankind; according to the image of God he made him; male and female he made them.

And God blessed them, saying, "Increase and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule the fish of the sea and the birds of the heaven and all the cattle and all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth."

And God said, "Look, I have given to you every seed-bearing herbage sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself fruit of sowable seed; to you it shall be for food,

and to all the wild animals of the earth and to all the birds of the heaven and to every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth which has in itself a soul of life, every green herbage for food." And it was so.

And God saw all the things that he had made, and look, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.