Genesis 1

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2It was the formless and empty earth; darkness covered the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the face of the waters.

3God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

5God called the light day, and the darkness he called night. The afternoon and morning passed; that was the first day.

6Then God said: “Let there be a firmament between the waters that separates water from water.”

7Then God made the firmament and separated the waters below the firmament from those above. And so it was.

8God called the firmament heaven. The afternoon and morning passed; that was the second day.

9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together in one place, and the dry land may appear.” And so it was.

10The dry part God called earth, and the waters he called seas. And God saw that it was good.

11Then God said: “Let the earth be covered with vegetation: plants that bear seeds and trees whose fruits bear seeds according to their species.” And so it was.

12The earth gave rise to vegetation: plants that bear seeds according to their species, and trees whose fruits produce seeds according to their species. And God saw that it was good.

13The afternoon and morning passed; that was the third day.

14God said: “Let there be lights in the expanse of heaven to separate the day from the night. They serve as signs to mark seasons, days and years,

15and serve as lights in the expanse of heaven to give light on the earth.” And so it was.

16God made the two great lights: the greater to rule the day and the lesser to rule the night; He also made the stars.

17God placed them in the expanse of heaven to give light to the earth,

18govern the day and night, and separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

19The afternoon and morning passed; that was the fourth day.

20God also said: “Let the waters be filled with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth, under the expanse of the sky.”

21Thus God created the great aquatic animals and other living beings that inhabit the waters, according to their species; and all birds according to their species. And God saw that it was good.

22Then God blessed them, saying: “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the waters of the seas! And let the birds multiply in the land.”

23The afternoon and morning passed; that was the fifth day.

24And God said: “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, wild animals and the other living creatures of the earth, each according to its kind.” And so it was.

25God made wild animals according to their kinds, livestock according to their kinds, and the rest of the earth according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. Let him have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, over the great animals of all the earth, and over all the small animals that move along the ground.”

27God created man in his image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

28God blessed them and said to them: “Be fertile and multiply! Fill and subdue the earth! Rule over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every animal that moves on the earth.”

29God said: “Behold, I give you every plant that grows on all the earth and produces seeds, and every tree that bears fruit with seeds. They will serve as food for you.

30And I give all plants as food to everything that has the breath of life in it: to all the great animals of the earth, to all the birds of the sky and to all the creatures that move along the ground.” And so it was.

31And God saw everything that he had made, and everything had become very good. The afternoon and morning passed; that was the sixth day.