Genesis 1:1–11

The History of Creation

1In the ^abeginning ^bGod created the heavens and the earth. ²The earth was ^cwithout form, and void; and darkness ¹was on the face of the deep. ^dAnd the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

^3eThen God said, ^f“Let there be ^glight”; and there was light. ⁴And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. ⁵God called the light Day, and the ^hdarkness He called Night. ²So the evening and the morning were the first day.

⁶Then God said, ⁱ“Let there be a ³firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” ⁷Thus God made the firmament, ^jand divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were ^kabove the firmament; and it was so. ⁸And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

⁹Then God said, ^l“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and ^mlet the dry land appear”; and it was so. ¹⁰And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

¹¹Then God said, “Let the earth ⁿbring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the ^ofruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so.