Genesis 1:1–11

The Creation

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

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

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

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

^5aGod 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.”

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

⁸God 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.

¹⁰God 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.