In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth--

And God said, "Let us make humankind in our image and according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth."

So God created humankind in his image, in the likeness of God he created him, male and female he created them.

Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness [was] over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God [was] hovering over the surface of the waters.

And God said, "Let the earth produce green plants [that will] bear seed--fruit trees bearing fruit {in which there is seed}--according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so.

And God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light.

And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven, and over every animal that moves upon the earth."

And God saw everything that he had made and, behold, [it was] very good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a sixth day.

And God said, "Look--I am giving to you every plant [that] bears seed which [is] on the face of the whole earth, and every kind of tree {that bears fruit}. They shall be yours as food."

And God called the vaulted dome "heaven." And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

And God said, "Let there be lights in the vaulted dome of heaven {to separate day from night}, and let them be as signs and for appointed times, and for days and years,

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to {separate light from darkness}. And God saw that [it was] good.

And God said, "Let the waters swarm [with] swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth across the face of the vaulted dome of heaven.

And God saw the light, that [it was] good, and God caused [there to be] a separation between the light and between the darkness.

And God said, "Let there be a vaulted dome in the midst of the waters, and {let it cause a separation between the waters}."

And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kind: cattle and moving things, and wild animals according to their kind." And it was so.

And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

And God said, "Let the waters under heaven be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear." And it was so.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, [the] first day.

And God made two lights, the greater light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night, and the stars.

And there was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

and they shall be as lights in the vaulted dome of heaven to give light on the earth." And it [was] so.

So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature [that] moves, [with] which the waters swarm, according to their kind, and every bird [with] wings according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

And God placed them in the vaulted dome of heaven to give light on the earth

So God made wild animals according to their kind and the cattle according to their kind, and every creeping thing of the earth according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

And the earth brought forth green plants bearing seed according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit {in which there was seed} according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

And to every kind of animal of the earth and to every bird of heaven, and to everything that moves upon the earth in which [there is] life [I am giving] every green plant as food." And it was so.

And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."

So God made the vaulted dome, and he caused a separation between the waters which [were] under the vaulted dome and between the waters which were over the vaulted dome. And it was so.

And God called the dry ground "earth," and he called the collection of the waters "seas." And God saw that [it was] good.