Genesis 1:3-31

3Then 1God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4God saw that the light was 2good; and God 3separated the light from the darkness. 54God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And 5there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6Then God said, “Let there be 6an 7expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7God made the 8expanse, and separated 9the waters which were below the 10expanse from the waters 11which were above the 12expanse; and it was so. 8God called the 13expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9Then God said, “14Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let 15the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10God called the dry land earth, and the 16gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, “Let the earth sprout 1718vegetation, 19plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after 20their kind 21with seed in them”; and it was so. 12The earth brought forth 22vegetation, 23plants yielding seed after 24their kind, and trees bearing fruit 25with seed in them, after 26their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14Then God said, “Let there be 2728lights in the 2930expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for 31signs and for 32seasons and for days and years; 15and let them be for 33lights in the 34expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16God made the two 35great lights, the 36greater 37light 38to govern the day, and the lesser 39light 40to govern the night; He made 41the stars also. 1742God placed them in the 43expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18and 44to 45govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20Then God said, “Let the waters 46teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth 47in the open 48expanse of the heavens.” 21God created 49the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

2450Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after 51their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after 52their kind”; and it was so. 25God made the 53beasts of the earth after 54their kind, and the cattle after 55their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26Then God said, “Let 56Us make 57man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them 58rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the 59sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27God created man 60in His own image, in the image of God He created him; 61male and female He created them. 28God blessed them; and God said to them, “62Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the 63sky and over every living thing that 64moves on the earth.” 29Then God said, “Behold, 65I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the 66surface of all the earth, and every tree 67which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30and 68to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the 69sky and to every thing that 70moves on the earth 71which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. 31God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very 72good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.