1GOD created the heavens and the earth in the very beginning. 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the water.

3And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament from the waters that were above the firmament; and it was so. 8And God called the firmament Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

9And God said, Let the waters that are under the sky be gathered together in one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so. 10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas; and God saw that it was good. 11And God said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the herb yielding seed after its kind, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, wherein is their seed, upon the earth; and it was so. 12And the earth brought forth vegetation, the herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree hearing fruit, wherein is its seed, after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14Then God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. 15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so. 16And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the smaller light to rule the night; and the stars also. 17And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth, 18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20And God said, Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of the heaven. 21And God created great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth. 23And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24Then 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. 25And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps upon the earth after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26Then 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 cattle, and over all the wild beasts of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild beasts that move upon the earth. 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree which bears fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be for food. 30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food; and it was so. 31And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.