Genesis Chapter 1

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, 2 but the earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the face of the abyss, and the spirit of the Lord hovered over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light.” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. Then God made a division between the light and the darkness, 5 and God called the light “day” and the darkness he called “night”; then there was an evening and a morning, a first day.

6 Then God said, “Let there be a barrier between the waters; and let there be a space separating the waters above and the waters below”. 7 So God made the barrier separating the waters below the barrier from the waters above it, and so it was. 8 And God called the barrier “heavens”: and there was an evening and a morning, a second day.

9 Then God said “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered to one place and let dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 And God called the dry land “earth” and the gathered waters he called “seas,” and God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, seed bearing plants, and trees, bearing fruit with its seed in it, according to its species on the earth, and so it was. 12 So the earth brought forth vegetation, seed bearing plants, and trees, bearing fruit with its seed in it, according to its species. And God saw that it was good. 13 then there was an evening and a morning, a third day.

14 Then God said, “Let there be luminaries in the barrier of the heavens, to separate the day from the night; and let them indicate signs, and seasons, days, and years. 15 and Let the luminaries in the heavens shine upon the earth.” And so it was. 16 Then God made two great luminaries, the greater one luminary to rule the day, and the lesser one to rule the night, and also the stars. 17 God put them in the barrier of the heavens to shine upon the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 Then there was an evening and a morning, a fourth day.

20 Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and flying creatures to flutter over the earth and against the boundary of the heavens. 21 So God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters teem, according to its species, and every flying creature according to its species. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them saying, “Be fruitful, increase and fill the waters in the sea.” And let the birds increase on the earth. 23 Then there was an evening and a morning, a fifth day.

24 Then God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their species: livestock, and creeping creatures, and wild animals each according to its species.” And so it was. 25 So God made the wild animals according to their species, and the livestock according to their species, and the creeping creatures according to their species. And God saw that it was good. 26 Then God said, “Let us make a humanity in our image and likeness, to govern the fish of the sea, the flying creatures of the heavens, the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creeping creature that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created humanity in his own image. In the image of God He created; with male and female he created humanity. 28 Then God blessed them. And God said to them, “be fruitful, increase and fill the earth and subdue it, govern the fish of the sea, the flying creatures of the heavens, the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creeping creature that creeps on the earth.” 29 Then God said, “See, I have given you every seed bearing plant on the face of the entire earth, and every tree bearing fruit with the seed in it; it will be food to you, 30 and to every living creature on the earth, and to every flying creature of the heavens and to every creeping creature that creeps upon the earth; everything that has life, I have given all vegetation for food.” And so it was. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and saw that it was very good. Then there was an evening and a morning, the sixth day.