THE STORY OF CREATION

In the beginning
God made the
heavens and the
earth, and while
the earth was still
unformed, God
said, "Let there be
light," and there
was light. And God
saw that the light
was good. Then
God separated the
light from the
darkness. And God
called the light Day
and the darkness
Night. And there
was an evening
and a morning,
making the first
day.
And God said, "Let
there be a sky and
let it divide the
waters that are
below from the
waters that are
above the sky."
And it was done.
And God called the
sky the Heavens.
And there was an
evening and a
morning, making
the second day.
And God said, "Let
the waters under
the heavens be
brought together,
and let the dry
land appear." And
it was done. And
God called the dry
land Earth and the
waters that were
brought together
Seas. And God saw
that it was good.
And God said, "Let
plants and trees
grow from the
earth." And it was
done. And plants
and trees grew
from the earth,
each plant bringing
forth its own kind
of seed and each
tree its own kind
of fruit, and God
saw that it was
good. And there
was an evening
and a morning,
making the third
day.
And God said, "Let
there be lights in
the heavens to
separate the night
from the day. Let
them be signs to
mark the seasons,
the days, and the
years. Let them be
lights in the
heavens to light
the earth." And it
was done. So God
made the two
great lights (the
sun and the moon):
the greater to rule
the day and the
lesser to rule the
night. God made
the stars also and
placed them in the
heavens to throw
light upon the
earth. And God saw
that it was good.
And there was an
evening and a
morning, making
the fourth day.
And God said, "Let
the waters bring
forth many living
creatures and let
birds fly above the
earth and in the
sky." And God
made large sea-
monsters and all
kinds of living
creatures with
which the waters
abound, and all
kinds of birds. And
God saw that it
was good. And he
blessed them,
saying, "Increase
and fill the waters
in the seas, and let
the birds increase
on the earth." And
there was an
evening and a
morning, making
the fifth day.
And God said, "Let
the earth bring
forth all kinds of
living creatures,
cattle and creeping
things and wild
beasts." And it was
done. So God made
all the different
kinds of wild
beasts, and the
cattle, and
everything that
crawls upon the
ground. And God
saw that it was
good.
And God said, "Let
us make man like
ourselves. Let him
rule over the fish
in the sea, the
birds of the sky,
the cattle, the wild
beasts and all the
living things that
crawl upon the
ground." And God
made man like
himself, like God he
made him. He made
them male and
female.
And God blessed
them, and said to
them, "Have
children, increase,
live all over the
earth, and conquer
it; rule over the
fish of the sea, the
birds of the sky,
and over every
living thing that
crawls upon the
ground."
And God said, "See,
to you I give every
plant which grows
on all the earth,
and every tree
which bears fruit
with its own kind
of seed. It shall be
food for you. And
to every wild
beast and to every
bird of the sky and
to every thing that
crawls on the
earth and is alive, I
give every green
herb for food." And
it was done.
And when God saw
everything that he
had made, he saw
that it was very
good. And there
was an evening
and a morning,
making the sixth
day.
And the heavens
and the earth
were finished and
all that there was
in them. And on the
seventh day when
God had finished
the work which he
had done, he
rested from all his
work. And God
blessed the
seventh day and
made it holy, for in
it he rested from
all the work which
he had done.