Genesis 1

CHAPTER 1

Creation

^1aIn the beginning ^bGod ^ccreated the heavens and the earth.

²And the earth was ^1aformless and void, and ^bdarkness was over the ²surface of the deep, and ^cthe Spirit of God ^dwas hovering over the ³surface of the waters.

³Then ^aGod said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

⁴And God saw that the light was ^agood; and God ^bseparated the light from the darkness.

^5aAnd God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And ^bthere was evening and there was morning, one day.

⁶Then God said, “Let there be ¹an ^aexpanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

⁷So God made the ¹expanse and separated ^athe waters which were below the ²expanse from the waters ^bwhich were above the ³expanse; and it was so.

⁸And God called the ¹expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹Then God said, “^aLet the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let ^bthe dry land appear”; and it was so.

¹⁰And God called the dry land earth, and the ^agathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.

¹¹Then God said, “Let the earth sprout ^1avegetation, ²plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after ³their kind ⁴with seed in them”; and it was so.

¹²And the earth brought forth ¹vegetation, ²plants yielding seed after ³their kind, and trees bearing fruit ⁴with seed in them, after ⁵their kind; and God saw that it was good.

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

¹⁴Then God said, “Let there be ^1alights in the ^2bexpanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for ^csigns and for ^dseasons and for days and years;

¹⁵and let them be for ¹lights in the ²expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

¹⁶So God made the two ¹great lights, the ^agreater ²light ³to rule the day, and the lesser ⁴light ⁵to rule the night, and also ^bthe stars.

^17aAnd God placed them in the ¹expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

¹⁸and ¹to ^arule the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

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

²⁰Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth ¹across the face of the ²expanse of the heavens.”

²¹And God created ^athe great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

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

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

^24aThen God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after ¹their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after ²their kind”; and it was so.

²⁵God made the ^abeasts of the earth after ¹their kind, and the cattle after ²their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

²⁶Then God said, “Let ^aUs make ^bman in Our image, according to Our likeness, so that they will have ^cdominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ¹sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

²⁷And God created man ^ain His own image, in the image of God He created him; ^bmale and female He created them.

²⁸God blessed them, and God said to them, “^aBe fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ¹sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.”

²⁹Then God said, “Behold, ^aI have given to you every plant yielding seed that is on the ¹surface of all the earth, and every tree ²which has the fruit of the tree yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

³⁰and ^ato every beast of the earth and to every bird of the ¹sky and to every thing that creeps on the earth ²which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.

³¹And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very ^agood. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.