In the beging God made heaven and earth. The earth was invisible and unfinished and the darkness was over the deep. The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water. Then God said, “Let there be light” and there was light. God saw the light it was good and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day the darkness He called Night and there was evening and morning one day. Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water and let it divide the water from the water” and it was so. Thus God made the firmament and God divided the water under the firmament from the water above the firmament. So God called the firmament Heaven and God saw that it was good and there was evening and morning the second day. Then God said, “Let the water under heaven be gathered together into one place and let the dry land appear” and it was so. The water under heaven was gathered into its places and the dry land appeared. So God called the dry land Earth and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas and God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and likeness. Let the fruit tree bear fruit whose seed is in itself according to its kind on earth.” It was so. Thus the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and likeness. The fruit tree bore fruit whose seed is in itself according to its kind on earth. God saw that it was good so evening and moring were the thid day.

Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night. Let them be for signs and seasons and for days and years. Let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light on the earth.” And it was so. Thus God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So evening and morning were the fourth day. Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of heaven.” So God made great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” So evening and morning were the fifth day.

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the beasts of the earth according to their kind, cattle according to their kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of heaven, and over the cattle, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God made man; in the image of God He made him; male and female He made them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of heaven, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of heaven, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food.” And it was so. Then God saw everything He made, and indeed it was very good. So evening and morning were the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the adornment of them, were finished. And on the sixth day God finished His works which He made, and He rested on the seventh day from all His works which He made. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His works God began to make.