Genesis 1:11-31

11Then God said, “Let the earth sprout 12vegetation, 3plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to 4their kind 5with seed in them”; and it was so. 12The earth produced 6vegetation, 7plants yielding seed according to 8their kind, and trees bearing fruit 9with seed in them, according to 10their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14Then God said, “Let there be 1112lights in the 1314expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and they shall 15serve as 16signs and for 17seasons, and for days and years; 15and they 18shall serve as lights in the 19expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16God made the two great lights, the 20greater light 21to govern the day, and the lesser light 22to govern the night; He made 23the stars also. 1724God placed them in the 25expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18and 26to 27govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20Then God said, “Let the waters 28teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth 29in the open 30expanse of the heavens.” 21And God created 31the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to 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.” 23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

2432Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to 33their kind: livestock and crawling things and animals of the earth according to 34their kind”; and it was so. 25God made the 35animals of the earth according to 36their kind, and the livestock according to 37their kind, and everything that crawls on the ground according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26Then God said, “38Let 39Us make 40mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and 41let them 42rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.” 27So God created man 43in His own image, in the image of God He created him; 44male and female He created them. 28God blessed them; and God said to them, “45Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that 46moves on the earth.” 29Then God said, “Behold, 47I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the 48surface of all the earth, and every tree 49which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30and 50to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that 51moves on the earth 52which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. 31And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very 53good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.