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In the beginning God 
the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and 
,
darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering
over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was
light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from
the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night."
And there was evening, and there was morning the first day.
And God said, "Let there bean expanse between the waters to 
water from water." So God made the expanse and separated the water 
the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. God called the expanse
"sky." And there was evening, and there was morning, the second day.
And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,
and let 
ground appear." And it was so. God called the dry ground "land," and the
gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was 
.
Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and
trees on the land that bear fruit with 
in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. The land
produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees
bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that
it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning, the third day.
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate
the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and
days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give
light on the earth." And it was so. God made two 
lights - the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern
the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky
to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to
light from darkness. And God saw that it was .
And there was evening, and there was morning, the fourth day.
And God said, "Let the water 
with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse
of the sky." So God
the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which
the water teems, according to their kinds, and every 
bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them
and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the
seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." And there was evening,
and there was morning, the fifth day.
And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their
kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and 
animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. God made the wild
animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds,
and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.
And God saw that it was .
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let
them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock,
over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
So God
man in his own 
,
in the
of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them
and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and
subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over
every living creature that moves on the ground." Then God said, "I give
you every -bearing
plant on the face of the 
earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours
for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air
and all the creatures that move on the ground everything that has the breath
of 
in it give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all that
he had made, and it was very .
And there was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their 
array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing;
so on the seventh day he 
from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because
on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
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