Genesis 1:3–31

³Then God said, “Let there be light,” ^gand there was light. ⁴God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. ⁵God called the light “day,” and He called the darkness “night.” Evening came and then morning: the first day.

⁶Then God said, “Let there be an expanse ^hbetween the waters, separating water from water.” ⁱ⁷So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. ^jAnd it was so. ⁸God called the expanse “sky.” ^kEvening came and then morning: the second day.

⁹Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, ^land let the dry land appear.” And it was so. ¹⁰God called the dry land “earth,” and He called the gathering of the water “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.” ^mAnd it was so. ¹²The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. ¹³Evening came and then morning: the third day.

¹⁴Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs ⁿfor festivals ^oand for days and years. ^p15They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so. ¹⁶God made the two great lights—the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night—as well as the stars. ^q17God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth, ¹⁸to dominate the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. ^rAnd God saw that it was good. ¹⁹Evening came and then morning: the fourth day.

²⁰Then God said, “Let the water swarm with ^sliving creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” ²¹So God created the large sea-creatures ^tand every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, ^uaccording to their kinds. He also created every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²²So God blessed them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” ^v23Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.

²⁴Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. ²⁵So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

²⁶Then God said, “Let Us ^wmake man in Our image, according to Our likeness. ^xThey will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, ^yand the creatures that crawl ^zon the earth.” ^a

²⁷So God created man in His own image;

He created him in the image of God;

He created them male and female. ^b

²⁸God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, ^cand subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls ^don the earth.” ²⁹God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This food will be for you, ^e30for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth—everything having the breath of life in it. I have given every green plant for food.” ^fAnd it was so. ³¹God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. ^gEvening came and then morning: the sixth day.