¹In the beginning , God created the heavens and the earth .[#1:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “” (Elohim).]

²The earth was formless and empty . Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters .

³God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

⁴God saw the light, and saw that it was good . God divided the light from the darkness .

⁵God called the light “day ”, and the darkness he called “night ”. There was evening and there was morning , the first day .

⁶God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters , and let it divide the waters from the waters .”

⁷God made the expanse , and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse ; and it was so .

⁸God called the expanse “sky ”. There was evening and there was morning , a second day .

⁹God said , “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place , and let the dry land appear ;” and it was so .

¹⁰God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas ”. God saw that it was good .

¹¹God said , “Let the earth yield grass , herbs yielding seeds , and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind , with their seeds in it , on the earth;” and it was so .

¹²The earth yielded grass , herbs yielding seed after their kind , and trees bearing fruit , with their seeds in it , after their kind ; and God saw that it was good .

¹³There was evening and there was morning , a third day .

¹⁴God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs to mark seasons , days , and years ;

¹⁵and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth ;” and it was so .

¹⁶God made the two great lights : the greater light to rule the day , and the lesser light to rule the night . He also made the stars .

¹⁷God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth ,

¹⁸and to rule over the day and over the night , and to divide the light from the darkness . God saw that it was good .

¹⁹There was evening and there was morning , a fourth day .

²⁰God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures , and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky .”

²¹God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves , with which the waters swarmed , after their kind , and every winged bird after its kind . God saw that it was good .

²²God blessed them , saying, “Be fruitful , and multiply , and fill the waters in the seas , and let birds multiply on the earth.”

²³There was evening and there was morning , a fifth day .

²⁴God said , “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind , livestock, creeping things , and animals of the earth after their kind ;” and it was so .

²⁵God made the animals of the earth after their kind , and the livestock after their kind , and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind . God saw that it was good .

²⁶God said, “Let’s make man in our image , after our likeness . Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea , and over the birds of the sky , and over the livestock, and over all the earth , and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth .”

²⁷God created man in his own image . In God’s image he created him ; male and female he created them .

²⁸God blessed them . God said to them , “Be fruitful , multiply , fill the earth , and subdue it . Have dominion over the fish of the sea , over the birds of the sky , and over every living thing that moves on the earth .”

²⁹God said, “Behold , I have given you every herb yielding seed , which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree , which bears fruit yielding seed . It will be your food.[#1:29 “Behold”, from “”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.]

³⁰To every animal of the earth , and to every bird of the sky , and to everything that creeps on the earth , in which there is life , I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so .

³¹God saw everything that he had made , and , behold , it was very good . There was evening and there was morning , a sixth day .