Genesis 1:1–11

The Creation

¹In the beginning God created heaven and earth. 

²The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God was hovering over the water. 

³Then God said, “Let there be light!” So there was light. ⁴God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness. ⁵God named the light day, and the darkness he named night. There was evening, then morning—the first day. 

⁶Then God said, “Let there be a horizon in the middle of the water in order to separate the water.” ⁷So God made the horizon and separated the water above and below the horizon. And so it was. ⁸God named ⸤what was above⸥ the horizon sky. There was evening, then morning—a second day. 

⁹Then God said, “Let the water under the sky come together in one area, and let the dry land appear.” And so it was. ¹⁰God named the dry land earth. The water which came together he named sea. God saw that it was good. ¹¹Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type.” And so it was.