In the beginning God created heaven and earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, let there be light. And there was light. And God saw the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. And God called the light day and the darkness night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. And God said, let there be firmament in the midst of the water, and let it separate the water from the water. And it was so. And God made the expanse and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so. And God called the firmament heaven. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. And God said, let the water which is under heaven collect itself together, into one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. And the water under the sky was gathered into its place, and the land appeared. And God called the dry land earth; and the gathering together of the waters he called seas. And God saw that it was good. And God said, let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, in which its seed is in the earth. And it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind and likeness, and the fruit tree yielding fruit with seed in it according to their kinds on earth. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. And God said, let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to illuminate the earth, and to separate the day from the night, and for signs, and times, and days, and years; and let them be lights in the firmament of heaven to Shine, upon the earth. And it was so. And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars; and God set them in the firmament of heaven to Shine upon the earth, and to rule the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day. And God said, let the water bring forth the reptiles, the living soul; and let the birds fly above the earth across the firmament of heaven. And it was so. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters, after their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. And God said, let the earth bring forth the living soul after its kind, cattle, and reptiles, and beasts of the earth after their kind. And it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the earth after his kind. And God saw that it was good. And God said, let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the beasts, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the reptiles on earth. And God created man in His own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 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 beasts, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing, and all the earth, and over every creeping thing of the earth. And God said, behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it shall be for food;
and to all the beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and every creeping, grovel upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food. And it was so. And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
