In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters

And God said, let there be light, and there was light

God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from darkness

God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. And there was evening, and there was morning— the first day

And God said, let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water

So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so

God called the vault sky and there was evening, and there was morning— the second day

And God said, let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear. And it was so

God called the dry ground land and gathered waters he called sea. And God saw that it was good

Then God said, let the land produce vegetation. Seed bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds. And it was so

The land produce vegetation: plants bearing seed according to to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good

And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day

And God said,let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years

An let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth. And it was so

God made two great lights the greater light to govern the day and the lesser to govern the night he also made the stars

God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth

To govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good

And there was evening, and there was morning— the fourth day

And God said, let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky

So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it according to their kinds and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good

God blessed them and said, be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas and let the birds increase on the earth

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day

And God said let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground and the wild animals each according to its kind. And it was so

God made the wild animals according to their kinds the livestock according to their kinds and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good

Then God said let us make mankind in our image and our likeness so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky over the livestock and all the wild animals and over all the creatures that move along the ground

So God created mankind in his own image in the image of God he created them make and female he created them

God blessed them and said to them be fruitful and increase in number fill the earth and subdue it rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground

Then God said I give you every seed bearing plant on the face of the earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it they would be yours for food

And to all the beast of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground everything that has the breath of life in it I give every green plant for food. And it was so

God saw all that he had made and it was very good. And it was evening and there was morning— the sixth day