Genesis
Chapter 1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth; the earth was waste and void; darkness covered the abyss, and the spirit of God was stirring above the waters.
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good. God separated the light from the darkness, calling the light Day and the darkness Night. And there was evening and morning, the first day.
Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters to divide the waters.” And so it was. God made the firmament, dividing the waters that were below the firmament from those that were above it. God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and morning, the second day.
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place and let the dry land appear.” And so it was. God called the dry land Earth and the assembled waters Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed bearing plants and all kinds of fruit trees that bear fruit containing their seed.” And so it was. The earth brought forth vegetation, every kind of seed-bearing plant and all kinds of trees that bear fruit containing their seed. Good saw that it was good. And there was evening and morning, the third day.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from night; let them serve as signs for the fixing of seasons, days, and years; let them serve as lights in the firmament of the heavens to shed light upon the earth.” So it was. God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the smaller one to rule the night, and he made the stars. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to shed light upon the earth, to rule the day and the night and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. And there was evening and morning, the forth day.
Then God said, “Let the waters abound with life, and above the earth let winged creatures fly below the firmament of the heavens.” And so it was. God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of living, swimming creatures with which the waters abound and all kinds of winged birds. God saw that it was good, and God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and morning, the fifth day.
Go said, “Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living creatures: cattle, crawling creatures and wild animals.” And so it was. God made all kinds of wild beasts, every kind of cattle, and every kind of creature crawling on the ground. And God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let us make mankind in our image and likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, over all the wild animals and every creature that crawls on the earth.”
God created man in his image. In the image of God he created him. Male and female he created them.
Then God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle and all the animals that crawl on the earth.” God also said, “See, I give you every seed-bearing plant on the earth and every tree which has seed-bearing fruit to be your food. To every wild animal of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to every creature that crawls on the earth and has the breath of life, I give green plants for food.” And so it was. God saw that all he had made was very good. And there was evening and morning, the sixth day.