Genesis 1:1-2:4a
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was
a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind
from God swept over the face of the waters.
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was
a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind
from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be
light"; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God
separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning,
the first day.
And God said, "Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it
separate the waters from the waters." So God made the dome and separated
the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the
dome. And it was so. God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and
there was morning, the second day.
And God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one
place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. God called the dry
land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas.
And God saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the earth put forth
vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth
that bear fruit with the seed in it." And it was so. The earth brought
forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every
kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good.
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
And God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the
day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days
and years, and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light
upon the earth." And it was so. God made the two great lights — the
greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night — and
the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the
earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light
from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening
and there was morning, the fourth day.
And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and
let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky." So God created
the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every
kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind.
And God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and
multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the
earth." And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind:
cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind."
And it was so. God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and
the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of
every kind. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our
likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals
of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."
So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;*
male and female he created them.
God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and
fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea
and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon
the earth." God said, "See, I have given you every plant yielding seed
that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its
fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and
to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth,
everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for
food." And it was so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed,
it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth
day.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude.
And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he
rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. So God
blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all
the work that he had done in creation.
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were
created.
