In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was
waste and void; and darkness was upon the deep. And the Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the waters. And God said: Let there be light--and
there was light. And there was evening and there was morning, the first
day.--And God made a vast expanse which he called Heaven. And there was
evening and there was morning, a second day.--And God gathered the
waters into one place, and the dry land appeared. And God said: Let the
earth put forth grass and herbs and trees bearing fruit. And there was
evening and there was morning, a third day.--And God made the two great
lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule
the night. He made the stars also. And there was evening and there was
morning, a fourth day.--And God created the great sea-monsters, and
every creature that lives in the waters, and every fowl that flies under
heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.--And
God made the beasts of the earth, and the cattle, and everything that
creeps upon the ground. And God said: Let us make man in our image, and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of
the heavens, and over everything that lives upon the earth. And God
created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male
and female created He them.
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 rested
on the seventh day from all His work, and He blessed the seventh day and
hallowed it. (Gen. 1.)