When God began to create heaven and earth --
the earth being unformed and void, with
darkness over the surface of the deep and
a wind from God sweeping over the water --
God said, "Let there be light"; and there
was light. 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, a first day.
God said, "Let there be an expanse in
the midst of the water, that it may
separate water from water." God made
the expanse, and it separated the water which
was below the expanse from the water
which was above the expanse. And it was so.
God called the expanse Sky. And there
was evening and there was morning,
a second day.
God said, "Let the water below the sky
be gathered into one area, that the dry
land may appear." And it was so. God
called the dry land Earth, and the gathering
of waters He called Seas. And God saw that
this was good. And God said, "Let the earth
sprout vegetation: seed-bearing plants,
fruit trees of every kind on earth that
bear fruit with the seed in it." And it was
so. The earth brought forth vegetation: seed-
bearing plants of every kind, and trees of
every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it.
And God saw that this was good. And there
was evening and there was morning, a third day.
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse
of the sky to separate day from night; they
shall serve as signs for the set times -- the
days and the years; and they shall serve as
lights in the expanse of the sky to shine
upon the earth." And it was so. God made
the two great lights, the greater light to dominate
the day and the lesser light to dominate the night,
and the stars. And God set them in the expanse
of the sky to shine upon the earth, to dominate
the day and the night, and to separate light from
darkness. And God saw that this was good.
And there was evening and there was morning,
a fourth day.
God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms
of living creatures, and birds that fly above
the earth across the expanse of the sky."
God created the great sea monsters, and all the
living creatures of every kind that creep, which
the waters brought forth in swarms, and all the
winged birds of every kind. And God saw that
this was good. God blessed them, saying,
"Be fertile and increase, fill the waters in
the seas, and let the birds increase on the
earth." And there was evening and there was
morning, a fifth day.
God said, "Let the earth bring forth every
kind of living creature: cattle, creeping
things, and wild beasts of every kind."
And it was so. God made wild beasts of every
kind and cattle of every kind, and all kinds
of creeping things of the earth. And God saw
that this was good. And God said, "Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness.
They shall rule the fish of the sea, the
birds of the sky, the cattle, the whole earth,
and all the creeping things that creep on
earth." And God created man 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 fertile and
increase, fill the earth and master it; and
rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky,
and all the living things that creep on the
earth."
God said, "See, I give you every seed-
bearing plants that is upon all the earth,
and every tree that has seed-bearing
fruit; they shall be yours for food. And to all
the animals on land, and to all the birds
of the sky, and to everything that creeps
on earth, in which there is the breath
of life [I give] all the green plants for food."
And it was so. And God saw all that He had made,
and found it very good. And there was evening
and there was morning, the sixth day.
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