Genesis 1:1–11

THE CREATION

1In the beginning^a God created the heavens and the earth.^Ab

²Now the earth was formless and empty,^c darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.^{d 3}Then God said, “Let there be light,”^e and there was light. ⁴God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. ⁵God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.

⁶Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.”^{f 7}So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse.^g And it was so. ⁸God called the expanse “sky.”^B Evening came and then morning: the second day.

⁹Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place,^h and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. ¹⁰God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of the water he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. ¹¹Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.”ⁱ And it was so.