3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4
God saw that the light was good, and He separated
the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the
darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was
morningthe first day.
6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to
separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and separated
the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it
was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky." And there was
evening, and there was morningthe second day.
9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one
place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God called the
dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas."
And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing
plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it,
according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 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. 13 And there was
evening, and there was morningthe third day.
14 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, 15 and let them be lights in the
expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16
God made two great lightsthe greater light to govern the day and
the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17
God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth,
18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from
darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And
there was evening, and there was morningthe fourth day.
20 And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let
birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." 21 So God
created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving
thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and
every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that
it was good. 22 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." 23 And there was evening, and there
was morningthe fifth day.
24 And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according
to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground,
and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. 25
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
good.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very
good. And there was evening, and there was morningthe
sixth day.
