Genesis 1:1–11

¹In the beginning of God’s preparing the heavens and the earth— ²the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness is on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters.

³And God saith, ‘Let light be;’ and light is. ⁴And God seeth the light that it is good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness, ⁵and God calleth to the light ‘Day,’ and to the darkness He hath called ‘Night;’ and there is an evening, and there is a morning—day one.

⁶And God saith, ‘Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.’ ⁷And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which are under the expanse, and the waters which are above the expanse: and it is so. ⁸And God calleth to the expanse ‘Heavens;’ and there is an evening, and there is a morning—day second.

⁹And God saith, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:’ and it is so. ¹⁰And God calleth to the dry land ‘Earth,’ and to the collection of the waters He hath called ‘Seas;’ and God seeth that it is good. ¹¹And God saith, ‘Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed is in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:’ and it is so.