1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . 2And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep : and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters .
The Six Days of Creation
3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness . 5And God called the light Day , and the darkness he called Night . And there was evening and there was morning , one day . 6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters , and let it divide the waters from the waters . 7And God made the firmament , and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so . 8And God called the firmament Heaven . And there was evening and there was morning , a second day . 9And God said , Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place , and let the dry land appear : and it was so . 10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good . 11And God said , Let the earth put forth grass , herbs yielding seed , and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind , wherein is the seed thereof , upon the earth: and it was so . 12And the earth brought forth grass , herbs yielding seed after their kind , and trees bearing fruit , wherein is the seed thereof , after their kind : and God saw that it was good . 13And there was evening and there was morning , a third day . 14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs, and for seasons , and for days and years : 15and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so . 16And 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 . 17And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth , 18and to rule over the day and over the night , and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good . 19And there was evening and there was morning , a fourth day . 20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures , and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven . 21And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth , wherewith the waters swarmed , after their kind , and every winged bird after its kind : and God saw that it was good . 22And God blessed them , saying, Be fruitful , and multiply , and fill the waters in the seas , and let birds multiply on the earth. 23And there was evening and there was morning , a fifth day . 24And God said , Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind , cattle, and creeping things , and beasts of the earth after their kind : and it was so . 25And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind , and the cattle after their kind , and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind : and God saw that it was good .
The Creation of Humanity
26And 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 heavens , and over the cattle, and over all the earth , and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth . 27And God created man in his own image , in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them . 28And 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 birds of the heavens , and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth . 29And God said, Behold , I have given you every herb yielding seed , which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree , in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for food: 30and to every beast of the earth , and to every bird of the heavens , and to everything that creepeth upon the earth , wherein there is life , I have given every green herb for food: and it was so .
The Sabbath Rest
31And God saw everything that he had made , and , behold , it was very good . And there was evening and there was morning , the sixth day .