Genesis 1

The Beginning

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.H7225H430H1254H853H8064H853H7762Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.H776H1961H8414H922H2822H6440H8415H7307H430H7363H5921H6440H43253And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.H430H559H1961H216H2164God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.H430H7200H853H216H3588H2896H430H914H996H216H996H28225God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.H430H7121H216H3117H2822H7121H3915H6153H1242H259H31176And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water."H430H559H7549H8432H4325H914H4325H43257So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so.H430H6213H7549H914H4325H834H8478H7549H4325H834H5921H7549H36518God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.H430H7121H7549H8064H6153H1242H8145H31179And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so.H430H559H4325H8064H6960H413H259H4725H3004H720010God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.H430H7121H3004H776H4723H4325H7121H3220H430H7200H289611Then 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.H430H559H776H1876H1877H6212H2232H2233H6529H6086H6213H6529H4327H834H2233H77612The 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.H776H3318H1877H6212H2232H2233H4327H6086H6213H6529H2233H4327H430H7200H289613And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.H6153H1242H7992H311714And 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,H430H559H3974H7549H8064H914H3117H3915H226H4150H3117H814115and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.H3974H7549H8064H215H77616God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.H430H6213H8147H1419H3974H1419H3974H4475H3117H6996H3974H4475H3915H355617God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth,H430H5414H7549H8064H215H77618to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.H4910H3117H3915H914H216H2822H430H7200H289619And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.H6153H1242H7243H311720And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."H430H559H4325H8317H8318H2416H5315H5775H5774H5921H776H6440H7549H806421So 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.H430H1254H1419H8577H2416H5315H7430H4325H8317H4327H3671H5775H4327H430H7200H289622God 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."H430H1288H559H6509H7235H4390H4325H3220H5775H7235H77623And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.H6153H1242H2549H311724And 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.H430H559H776H3318H2416H5315H4327H929H7431H2416H776H432725God 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.H430H6213H2416H776H4327H929H4327H7431H127H4327H430H7200H289626Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."H430H559H6213H120H6754H1823H7287H1710H3220H5775H8064H929H776H7431H7430H77627So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.H430H1254H120H6754H6754H430H1254H2145H5347H125428God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."H430H1288H430H559H6509H7235H4390H776H3533H7287H1710H3220H5775H8064H2416H7430H77629Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.H430H559H2009H5414H6212H2232H2233H6440H776H6086H6529H6086H2232H2233H1961H40230And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.H2416H776H5775H8064H7430H776H2416H5315H3418H6212H40231God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.H430H7200H834H6213H3966H2896H6153H1242H8345H3117