1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was empty and desolate, and darkness was on the surface of the deep, and the spirit of God spread out on the surface of the waters.
3 And God said, “Let light be.” And light was. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated between the light and the darkness. 5 And God called the light “Day,” and the darkness He called “Night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—day one.
6 And God said, “Let an expanse be in the middle of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and the waters.” 7 And God made the expanse, and it separated between the waters which were under the expanse, and the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. 8 And God called the expanse “Heavens”; And there was evening, and there was morning—a second day.
9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land be seen.” And it was so. 10 And God called the dry land “Earth,” and the collection of the waters He called “Seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees making fruit according to their kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 And the earth brought out vegetation, seed-bearing plants according to their kind, and trees making fruit according to their kind, whose seed is in itself. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—a third day.
14 And God said, “Let lights be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for appointed times, and for days and years, 15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights, the great light for the rule of the day, and the small light for the rule of the night—and the stars. 17 And God gave them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—a fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.” 21 And God created the great sea-creatures, and every living creature that crawls, which the waters abound with, according to their kind, and every bird with wings, according to its kind, and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—a fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the earth bring out the living creature according to its kind, livestock and crawling thing, and beast of the earth according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, and the livestock according to its kind, and every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 26 And 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 heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.” 27 And God created the man in His image; in the image of God He created him, a male and a female He created them. 28 And God 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 heavens, and over every living thing that crawls on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Look, I have given to you every seed-bearing plant, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is fruit of a seed-bearing tree, for you it is for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to every crawling thing on the earth, in which is living breath, every green plant is for food.” And it was so. 31 And God saw all that He had done, and look, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.