1:1 In the beginning 1 God 2 created 3 the heavens and the earth. 4
1:2 Now 5 the earth 6 was without shape and empty, 7 and darkness 8 was over the surface of the watery deep, 9 but the Spirit of God 10 was moving 11 over the surface 12 of the water. 13 1:3 God said, 14 “Let there be 15 light.” 16 And there was light! 1:4 God saw 17 that the light was good, 18 so God separated 19 the light from the darkness. 1:5 God called 20 the light “day” and the darkness 21 “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day. 22
1:6 God said, “Let there be an expanse 23 in the midst of the waters and let it separate water 24 from water. 1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. 25 It was so. 26 1:8 God called the expanse “sky.” 27 There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
1:9 God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place 28 and let dry ground appear.” 29 It was so. 1:10 God called the dry ground “land” 30 and the gathered waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.
1:11 God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: 31 plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, 32 and 33 trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” It was so. 1:12 The land produced vegetation – plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good. 1:13 There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.
1:14 God said, “Let there be lights 34 in the expanse 35 of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs 36 to indicate seasons and days and years, 1:15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so. 1:16 God made two great lights 37 – the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also. 38 1:17 God placed the lights 39 in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth, 1:18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. 40 God saw that it was good. 1:19 There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.
1:20 God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms 41 of living creatures and let birds fly 42 above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 1:21 God created the great sea creatures 43 and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good. 1:22 God blessed them 44 and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” 45 1:23 There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.
1:24 God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” 46 It was so. 1:25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.
1:26 Then God said, “Let us make 47
humankind 48 in our image, after our likeness, 49 so they may rule 50 over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, 51 and over all the creatures that move 52 on the earth.”
1:27 God created humankind 53 in his own image,
in the image of God he created them, 54
male and female he created them. 55
1:28 God blessed 56 them and said 57 to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! 58 Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.” 59 1:29 Then God said, “I now 60 give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 61 1:30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give 62 every green plant for food.” It was so.
1:31 God saw all that he had made – and it was very good! 63 There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
1:1 In the beginning 64 God 65 created 66 the heavens and the earth. 67
1:2 Now 68 the earth 69 was without shape and empty, 70 and darkness 71 was over the surface of the watery deep, 72 but the Spirit of God 73 was moving 74 over the surface 75 of the water. 76 1:3 God said, 77 “Let there be 78 light.” 79 And there was light! 1:4 God saw 80 that the light was good, 81 so God separated 82 the light from the darkness. 1:5 God called 83 the light “day” and the darkness 84 “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day. 85
1:6 God said, “Let there be an expanse 86 in the midst of the waters and let it separate water 87 from water. 1:7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. 88 It was so. 89 1:8 God called the expanse “sky.” 90 There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
1:9 God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place 91 and let dry ground appear.” 92 It was so. 1:10 God called the dry ground “land” 93 and the gathered waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.
1:11 God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: 94 plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, 95 and 96 trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” It was so. 1:12 The land produced vegetation – plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good. 1:13 There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.
1:14 God said, “Let there be lights 97 in the expanse 98 of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs 99 to indicate seasons and days and years, 1:15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so. 1:16 God made two great lights 100 – the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also. 101 1:17 God placed the lights 102 in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth, 1:18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. 103 God saw that it was good. 1:19 There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.
1:20 God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms 104 of living creatures and let birds fly 105 above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 1:21 God created the great sea creatures 106 and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good. 1:22 God blessed them 107 and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” 108 1:23 There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.
1:24 God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” 109 It was so. 1:25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.
1:26 Then God said, “Let us make 110
humankind 111 in our image, after our likeness, 112 so they may rule 113 over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, 114 and over all the creatures that move 115 on the earth.”
1:27 God created humankind 116 in his own image,
in the image of God he created them, 117
male and female he created them. 118
1:28 God blessed 119 them and said 120 to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! 121 Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.” 122 1:29 Then God said, “I now 123 give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 124 1:30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give 125 every green plant for food.” It was so.
1:31 God saw all that he had made – and it was very good! 126 There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.