Genesis, 1

1. In the beginning God created heaven and earth.

1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters.

2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3. God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.

3. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4. God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness.

4. And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5. God called light 'day', and darkness he called 'night'. Evening came and morning came: the first day.

5. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6. God said, 'Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.' And so it was.

6. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7. God made the vault, and it divided the waters under the vault from the waters above the vault.

7. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.

8. God called the vault 'heaven'. Evening came and morning came: the second day.

8. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9. God said, 'Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let dry land appear.' And so it was.

9. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

10. God called the dry land 'earth' and the mass of waters 'seas', and God saw that it was good.

10. And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.

11. God said, 'Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees on earth, bearing fruit with their seed inside, each corresponding to its own species.' And so it was.

11. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12. The earth produced vegetation: the various kinds of seed-bearing plants and the fruit trees with seed inside, each corresponding to its own species. God saw that it was good.

12. And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

13. Evening came and morning came: the third day.

13. And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14. God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicate festivals, days and years.

14. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15. Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth.' And so it was.

15. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16. God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smaller light to govern the night, and the stars.

16. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

17. God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth,

17. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18. to govern the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good.

18. And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.

19. Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.

19. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20. God said, 'Let the waters be alive with a swarm of living creatures, and let birds wing their way above the earth across the vault of heaven.' And so it was.

20. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21. God created great sea-monsters and all the creatures that glide and teem in the waters in their own species, and winged birds in their own species. God saw that it was good.

21. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

22. God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas; and let the birds multiply on land.'

22. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23. Evening came and morning came: the fifth day.

23. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24. God said, 'Let the earth produce every kind of living creature in its own species: cattle, creeping things and wild animals of all kinds.' And so it was.

24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25. God made wild animals in their own species, and cattle in theirs, and every creature that crawls along the earth in its own species. God saw that it was good.

25. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

26. God said, 'Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild animals and all the creatures that creep along the ground.'

26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27. God created man in the image of himself, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.

27. So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28. God blessed them, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven and all the living creatures that move on earth.'

28. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29. God also said, 'Look, to you I give all the seed-bearing plants everywhere on the surface of the earth, and all the trees with seed-bearing fruit; this will be your food.

29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30. And to all the wild animals, all the birds of heaven and all the living creatures that creep along the ground, I give all the foliage of the plants as their food.' And so it was.

30. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31. God saw all he had made, and indeed it was very good. Evening came and morning came: the sixth day.

31. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.