1 I n the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

¶ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2 T he earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

And the earth was without order, and empty; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 T hen God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

¶ And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.

4 G od saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

And God saw that the light was good, and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 G od called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

And God called the light Day and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 T hen God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 G od made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

And God made a firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.

8 G od called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

And God called the firmament Heavens. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 T hen God said, “ Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.

10 G od called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called 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 T hen God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth green grass, herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its nature, whose seed is in itself upon the earth; and it was so.

12 T he earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

And the earth brought forth green grass and herb yielding seed after its kind and the tree yielding fruit whose seed was in itself, according to its nature; and God saw that it was good.

13 T here was evening and there was morning, a third day.

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 T hen God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;

¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for appointed times and for days and years;

15 a nd let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

16 G od made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.

And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.

17 G od placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth

18 a nd to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

and to rule over the day and over the night and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

19 T here was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 T hen God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”

¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth great quantities of creatures with living souls and fowl that may fly above the earth upon the face of the firmament of the heavens.

21 G od created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

And God created the great dragons and every living soul that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their nature, and every winged fowl after its nature; and God saw that it was good.

22 G od blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 T here was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 T hen 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.

¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living soul after its nature, beasts and serpents and animals of the earth after its nature; and it was so.

25 G od made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

And God made the beast of the earth after its kind and cattle after their kind and every thing that moves upon the earth after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26 T hen God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule 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.”

¶ And 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 fowl of the air and over the beasts and over all the earth and over every serpent that moves upon the earth.

27 G od created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 G od blessed them; and God said to them, “ Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing 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 air and over every beast that moves upon the earth.

29 T hen God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every grass bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.

30 a nd to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.

And to every beast of the earth and to every fowl of the air and to every thing that moves upon the earth, in which there is a living soul, I have given all green grass for food; and it was so.

31 G od saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.