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1In the beginning God
created the heavens
and the earth.
2The earth was barren,
with no form of life;
it was under a roaring ocean
covered with darkness.
But the Spirit of God
was moving over the water.
3God said, “I command light to shine!” And light started shining.[#2 Macc 7.28; 2 Co 4.6.]
4God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness
5and named the light “Day” and the darkness “Night.” Evening came, then morning—that was the first day.[#1.5 A day was measured from evening to evening.]
6God said, “I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it.”[#2 P 3.5.]
7And that's what happened. God made the dome
8and named it “Sky.” Evening came, then morning—that was the second day.
9God said, “I command the water under the sky to come together in one place, so there will be dry ground.” And that's what happened.
10God named the dry ground “Land,” and he named the water “Ocean.” God looked at what he had done and saw that it was good.
11God said, “I command the earth to produce all kinds of plants, including fruit trees and grain.” And that's what happened.
12The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.
13Evening came, then morning—that was the third day.
14God said, “I command lights to appear in the sky and to separate day from night and to show the time for seasons, special days, and years.
15I command them to shine on the earth.” And that's what happened.
16God made two powerful lights, the brighter one to rule the day and the other to rule the night. He also made the stars.[#1.16 The sun and the moon. But they are not called by their names, because in Old Testament times some people worshiped the sun and the moon as though they were gods.]
17Then God put these lights in the sky to shine on the earth,
18to rule day and night, and to separate light from darkness. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.
19Evening came, then morning—that was the fourth day.
20God said, “I command the ocean to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth.”
21So God made the giant sea monsters and all the living creatures that swim in the ocean. He also made every kind of bird. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.
22Then he gave the living creatures his blessing—he told the ocean creatures to increase and live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to increase everywhere on earth.
23Evening came, then morning—that was the fifth day.
24God said, “I command the earth to give life to all kinds of tame animals, wild animals, and reptiles.” And that's what happened.
25God made every one of them. Then he looked at what he had done, and it was good.
26God said, “Now we will make humans, and they will be like us. We will let them rule the fish, the birds, and all other living creatures.”[#Ws 2.23; Si 17.3,4; 1 Co 11.7.]
27So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women.[#Gn 5.1,2.; #Mt 19.4; Mk 10.6.]
28God gave them his blessing and said:
31God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came, then morning—that was the sixth day.