CHAPTER 1
Now the earth
was
formless
and void,
and darkness
was over
the surface
of the deep.
And the Spirit
of God
was hovering
over
the surface
of the waters.
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
an expanse
between
the waters,
to
separate
the waters
from the waters.”
And God
said,
“Let the waters
under
the sky
be gathered
into
one
place,
so that the dry land
may appear.”
And it was
so.
God
called
the dry land
“earth,”
and the collection
of waters
He called
“seas.”
And God
saw
that
it was good.
Then God
said,
“Let the earth
bring forth
vegetation,
seed-bearing
plants
and fruit
trees,
each bearing
fruit
with seed
according to its kind.”
And it was
so.
The earth
produced
vegetation,
seed-bearing
plants
according to their kinds
and trees
bearing
fruit
with seed
according to their kinds.
And God
saw
that
it was good.
And God
said,
“Let there be
lights
in the expanse
of the sky
to distinguish
between
day
and
night
and to mark
the seasons
and days
and years,
God
made
two
great
lights:
the greater
light
to rule
the day
and
the lesser
light
to rule
the night.
And He made
the stars as well.
to preside over
the day
and the night,
and to separate
the light
from
the darkness.
And God
saw
that
it was good.
And God
said,
“Let the waters
teem
with living
creatures,
and let birds
fly
above
the earth
in
the open
expanse
of the sky.”
So
God
created
the great
sea creatures
and every
living
thing
that moves,
with which
the waters
teemed
according to their kinds,
and
every
bird
of flight
after its kind.
And God
saw
that
it was good.
Then God
blessed
them
and said,
“Be fruitful
and multiply
and fill
the waters
of the seas,
and let birds
multiply
on the earth.”
And God
said,
“Let the earth
bring forth
living
creatures
according to their kinds:
livestock,
land crawlers,
and wild animals
according to their kinds.”
And it was
so.
God
made
the beasts
of the earth
according to their kinds,
the livestock
according to their kinds,
and
everything
that crawls
upon the earth
according to its kind.
And God
saw
that
it was good.
Then God
said,
“Let Us make
man
in Our image,
after Our likeness,
to rule
over the fish
of the sea
and the birds
of the air,
over the livestock,
and over all
the earth itself
and every
creature
that crawls
upon
it."
So God
created
man
in His own image;
in the image
of God
He created
him;
male
and female
He created
them.
God
blessed
them
and
said
to them,
“Be fruitful
and multiply,
and fill
the earth
and subdue it;
rule
over the fish
of the sea
and the birds
of the air
and every
creature
that crawls
upon
the earth."
Then God
said,
“Behold,
I have given
you
every
seed-bearing
plant
on
the face
of all
the earth,
and
every
tree
whose
fruit
contains
seed.
They will be
yours
for food.
And to every
beast
of the earth
and every
bird
of the air
and every
creature that crawls
upon
the earth—
everything that has
the breath
of life
in it—
I have given every
green
plant
for food.”
And it was
so.
And God
looked upon
all
that
He had made,
and indeed,
it was very
good.
And there was
evening,
and there was
morning—
the sixth
day.