1: IN THE beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth.
2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the
deep; and the spirit of G-d hovered over the face of the waters.
3 And G-d said: 'Let there be light' And there was light.
4 And G-d saw the light, that it was good; and G-d divided the light from the
darkness.
5 And G-d called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night And there
was evening and there was morning, one day.
6 And G-d said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let
it divide the waters from the waters'.
7 And G-d made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the
firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
8 And G-d called the firmament Heaven And there was evening and there was
morning, a second day.
9 And G-d said: 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto
one place, and let the dry land appear' And it was so.
10 And G-d called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the
waters called He Seas; and G-d saw that it was good.
11 And G-d said: 'Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and
fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the
earth' And it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and
tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and G-d saw
that it was good.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 And G-d said: 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and
for days and years;
15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light
upon the earth' And it was so.
16 And G-d made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and
the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
17 And G-d set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
earth,
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from
the darkness; and G-d saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 And G-d said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and
let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven'.
21 And G-d created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that
creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl
after its kind; and G-d saw that it was good.
22 And G-d blessed them, saying: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the
waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth'.
23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 And G-d said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind' And it
was so.
25 And G-d made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after
their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and
G-d saw that it was good.
26 And G-d said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let
them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth'.
27 And G-d created man in His own image, in the image of G-d created He him;
male and female created He them.
28 And G-d blessed them; and G-d said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth
upon the earth'.
29 And G-d said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is
upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed--to you it shall be for food;
30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, I have
given every green herb for food' And it was so.
31 And G-d saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good
And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.