The Creation of the World
1. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
2. And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
The First Day
3. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
4. And God saw that the light was good; and God 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 morning — the first day.
The Second Day
6. Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, and let it separate water from water.”
7. So God made the expanse and separated the waters under the expanse from the waters above it. And it was so.
8. And God called the expanse Sky.
And there was evening, and there was morning — the second day.
The Third Day
9. Then God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together 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 sprout vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, each according to its kind.” 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 morning — the third day.
The Fourth Day
14. Then 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 for seasons and for 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 the two great lights — the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night — and also the stars.
17. And God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth,
18. to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness.
And God saw that it was good.
19. And there was evening, and there was morning — the fourth day.
The Fifth Day
20. Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”
21. So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters swarm, 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 multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
23. And there was evening, and there was morning — the fifth day.
The Sixth Day
24. Then God said, “Let the land bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creeping things, 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.
The Creation of Humankind
26. Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the sky, over the livestock and all the earth, and over every creeping thing that crawls on the earth.”
27. So God created humankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
The First Dispensation: Innocency
28. And God blessed them, and God said to them,
“Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every living thing that moves on the earth.”
29. Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree with fruit that has seed in it. They will be yours for food.
30. And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the sky and everything that creeps on the ground, everything that has the breath of life in it, I have given every green plant for food.”
And it was so.
31. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.
And there was evening, and there was morning — the sixth day.
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