Genesis, 1

1. In the beginning God created heaven and earth.

1. In the beginning God created the heavens 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. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over 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 that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

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

5. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one 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 separate 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 separated 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 there was evening and there was morning, a 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 heavens be gathered together into 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. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called 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 put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, 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. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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

13. And there was evening and there was morning, a 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 heavens to separate 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 lights in the firmament of the heavens 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 the 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 heavens 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. to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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

19. And there was evening and there was morning, a 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 swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens."

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. So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its 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 birds multiply on the earth."

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

23. And there was evening and there was morning, a 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 living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." 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 beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its 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. Then 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 birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps 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 he created him; male and female he created 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 to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves 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 plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.

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 bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." 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 everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.