^aIn the beginning ^bGod ^ccreated the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was a ^1aformless and desolate emptiness, and ^bdarkness was over the ²surface of the deep, and ^cthe Spirit of God ^dwas hovering over the ³surface of the waters. 3 Then ^aGod said, “¹Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was ^agood; and God ^bseparated the light from the darkness. 5 ^aGod called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And ^bthere was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 Then God said, “Let there be ¹an ^aexpanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 God made the ¹expanse, and separated ^athe waters that were below the ²expanse from the waters ^bthat were above the ³expanse; and it was so. 8 God called the ¹expanse “heaven.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 Then God said, “^aLet the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let ^bthe dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land “earth,” and the ^agathering of the waters He called “seas”; and God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout ^1avegetation, ²plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to ³their kind ⁴with seed in them”; and it was so. 12 The earth produced ¹vegetation, ²plants yielding seed according to ³their kind, and trees bearing fruit ⁴with seed in them, according to ⁵their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 Then God said, “Let there be ^1alights in the ^2bexpanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and they shall ³serve as ^csigns and for ^dseasons, and for days and years; 15 and they ¹shall serve as lights in the ²expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 God made the two great lights, the ^agreater light ¹to govern the day, and the lesser light ²to govern the night; He made ^bthe stars also. 17 ^aGod placed them in the ¹expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and ¹to ^agovern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20 Then God said, “Let the waters ¹teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth ²in the open ³expanse of the heavens.” 21 And God created ^athe 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. 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24 ^aThen God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to ¹their kind: livestock and crawling things and animals of the earth according to ²their kind”; and it was so. 25 God made the ^aanimals of the earth according to ¹their kind, and the livestock according to ²their kind, and everything that crawls on the ground according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “¹Let ^aUs make ^bmankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and ²let them ^crule 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.” 27 So God created man ^ain His own image, in the image of God He created him; ^bmale and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “^aBe 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 ¹moves on the earth.” 29 Then God said, “Behold, ^aI have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the ¹surface of all the earth, and every tree ²which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30 and ^ato every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that ¹moves on the earth ²which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. 31 And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very ^agood. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

^aIn the beginning ^bGod ^ccreated the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was ^1aformless and void, and ^bdarkness was over the ²surface of the deep, and ^cthe Spirit of God ^dwas ³moving over the ⁴surface of the waters. 3 Then ^aGod said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was ^agood; and God ^bseparated the light from the darkness. 5 ^aGod called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And ^bthere was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 Then God said, “Let there be ¹an ^aexpanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 God made the ¹expanse, and separated ^athe waters which were below the ²expanse from the waters ^bwhich were above the ³expanse; and it was so. 8 God called the ¹expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 Then God said, “^aLet the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let ^bthe dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 God called the dry land earth, and the ^agathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout ^1avegetation, ²plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after ³their kind ⁴with seed in them”; and it was so. 12 The earth brought forth ¹vegetation, ²plants yielding seed after ³their kind, and trees bearing fruit ⁴with seed in them, after ⁵their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 Then God said, “Let there be ^1alights in the ^2bexpanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for ^csigns and for ^dseasons and for days and years; 15 and let them be for ¹lights in the ²expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 God made the two ¹great lights, the ^agreater ²light ³to govern the day, and the lesser ⁴light ⁵to govern the night; He made ^bthe stars also. 17 ^aGod placed them in the ¹expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and ¹to ^agovern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20 Then God said, “Let the waters ¹teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth ²in the open ³expanse of the heavens.” 21 God created ^athe 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. 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24 ^aThen God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after ¹their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after ²their kind”; and it was so. 25 God made the ^abeasts of the earth after ¹their kind, and the cattle after ²their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let ^aUs make ^bman in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them ^crule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ¹sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man ^ain His own image, in the image of God He created him; ^bmale and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “^aBe fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ¹sky and over every living thing that ²moves on the earth.” 29 Then God said, “Behold, ^aI have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the ¹surface of all the earth, and every tree ²which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30 and ^ato every beast of the earth and to every bird of the ¹sky and to every thing that ²moves on the earth ³which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. 31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very ^agood. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.