Genesis 1:3-31

3Then 1God said, “2Let there be light”; and there was light. 4God saw that the light was 3good; and God 4separated the light from the darkness. 55God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And 6there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6Then God said, “Let there be 7an 8expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7God made the 9expanse, and separated 10the waters that were below the 11expanse from the waters 12that were above the 13expanse; and it was so. 8God called the 14expanse “heaven.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9Then God said, “15Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let 16the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10And God called the dry land “earth,” and the 17gathering of the waters He called “seas”; and God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, “Let the earth sprout 1819vegetation, 20plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to 21their kind 22with seed in them”; and it was so. 12The earth produced 23vegetation, 24plants yielding seed according to 25their kind, and trees bearing fruit 26with seed in them, according to 27their 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 2829lights in the 3031expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and they shall 32serve as 33signs and for 34seasons, and for days and years; 15and they 35shall serve as lights in the 36expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16God made the two great lights, the 37greater light 38to govern the day, and the lesser light 39to govern the night; He made 40the stars also. 1741God placed them in the 42expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18and 43to 44govern 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 45teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth 46in the open 47expanse of the heavens.” 21And God created 48the 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.

2449Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to 50their kind: livestock and crawling things and animals of the earth according to 51their kind”; and it was so. 25God made the 52animals of the earth according to 53their kind, and the livestock according to 54their kind, and everything that crawls on the ground according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26Then God said, “55Let 56Us make 57mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and 58let them 59rule 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 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 sky and over every living thing that 63moves on the earth.” 29Then God said, “Behold, 64I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the 65surface of all the earth, and every tree 66which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30and 67to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that 68moves on the earth 69which 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 70good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.