Genesis 1

¹ In the beginningbeginning^◦ GodGod createdcreated the heavensheavens and the earthearth.

² And the earthearth was a void and emptiness^◦, and darknessdarkness was on the facesfaces^* of the abyss. And the Spirit of GodSpirit of God brooded^* upon the facesfaces of the waters.

³ And GodGod saidsaid, Let there be lightlight, and there was lightlight.

⁴ And GodGod sawsaw the lightlight, that it was goodgood; and GodGod distinguished between the lightlight and the darknessdarkness.

⁵ And GodGod calledcalled the lightlight DayDay, and the darknessdarkness He calledcalled NightNight. And there was eveningevening, and there was morningmorning, the first^◦ DayDay.

⁶ And GodGod saidsaid, Let there be an expanseexpanse in the midstmidst of the waters, and let there be a distinguishing between waters as·​·to the waters.

⁷ And GodGod made the expanseexpanse, and distinguished between the waters which were from underunder the expanseexpanse and the waters which were from upon the expanseexpanse; and it was so.

⁸ And GodGod calledcalled the expanseexpanse HeavensHeavens. And there was eveningevening, and there was morningmorning, the second dayday.

⁹ And GodGod saidsaid, Let the waters underunder the heavensheavens be gathered·​·together^◦ to^▵ oneone placeplace, and let what is dry appear; and it was so.

¹⁰ And what was dry, GodGod calledcalled LandLand, and the gathering·​·together^◦ of the waters He calledcalled SeasSeas; and GodGod sawsaw that it was goodgood.

¹¹ And GodGod saidsaid, Let the landland cause the sprout to sprout·​·forth, the herbherb seeding seedseed, and the fruitfruit treetree making fruitfruit according·​·to^▵ its kind, in which is its seedseed, upon the landland; and it was so.

¹² And the landland brought·​·forth the sprout, the herbherb seeding seedseed after its kind, and the treetree making fruitfruit, whose seedseed was in itself, after its kind; and GodGod sawsaw that it was goodgood.

¹³ And there was eveningevening, and there was morningmorning, the third daythird day.

¹⁴ And GodGod saidsaid, Let there be^* lightslights in the expanseexpanse of the heavensheavens, to distinguish between the dayday and the nightnight; and let them be for signssigns, and for seasons, and for daysdays, and for years.

¹⁵ And let them be for lightslights in the expanseexpanse of the heavensheavens to give·​·lightlight on the earthearth; and it was so.

¹⁶ And GodGod made the twotwo great lightsgreat lights, the greatergreater lightlight to rule the dayday, and the lesser lightlight to rule the nightnight; and the stars.

¹⁷ And GodGod putput^◦ them in the expanseexpanse of the heavensheavens, to givegive·​·light on the earthearth;

¹⁸ and to rule in the dayday, and in the nightnight, and to distinguish between the lightlight and the darknessdarkness; and GodGod sawsaw that it was goodgood.

¹⁹ And there was eveningevening, and there was morningmorning, the fourthfourth dayday.

²⁰ And GodGod saidsaid, Let the waters cause the crawling thing^*, the livingliving soulsoul, to crawl; and let the fowlfowl flyfly above the earthearth on the facesfaces of the expanseexpanse of the heavensheavens.

²¹ And GodGod createdcreated the greatgreat whaleswhales, and every livingliving soulsoul that creeps, which the waters caused to crawl after their kinds, and every wingedwinged fowlfowl after its kind; and GodGod sawsaw that it was goodgood.

²² And GodGod blessedblessed them, saying, Be·​·fruitfulfruitful and multiplymultiply, and fillfill the waters in the seasseas, and the fowlfowl shall be multiplied in the earthearth.

²³ And there was eveningevening, and there was morningmorning, the fifth dayday.

²⁴ And GodGod saidsaid, Let the landland bring·​·forth the livingliving soulsoul after its kind; the beastbeast, and the creeping thing, and the wild·​·animalanimal of the landland, after its kind; and it was so.

²⁵ And GodGod made the wild·​·animalanimal of the landland after its kind, and the beastbeast after its kind, and every creeping thing on the groundground^* after its kind; and GodGod sawsaw that it was goodgood.

²⁶ And GodGod saidsaid, Let usus make man in our imageimage, according·​·to our likeness; and let them have·​·dominion over^◦ the fish of the seasea, and over^◦ the fowlfowl of the heavensheavens, and over^◦ the beastbeast, and over^◦ all the earthearth, and over^◦ every creeping thing that creeps on the earthearth.

²⁷ And GodGod createdcreated man in His ownown imageimage, in the imageimage of GodGod He createdcreated him; male and femalemale and female He createdcreated them.

²⁸ And GodGod blessedblessed them, and GodGod saidsaid to them, Be·​·fruitfulfruitful, and multiplymultiply, and fillfill the earthearth, and subdue her; and have·​·dominion over^◦ the fish of the seasea, and over^◦ the fowlfowl of the heavensheavens, and over^◦ every livingliving·​·thing that creeps on the earthearth.

²⁹ And GodGod saidsaid, Behold, I givegive to you every herbherb seeding seedseed which is on the facesfaces of all the earthearth, and every treetree in which is fruitfruit; the treetree seeding seedseed, to you it shall be for foodfood;

³⁰ and to every wild·​·animal of the landland, and to every fowlfowl of the heavensheavens, and to everything that creeps on the earthearth in which^◦ is a livingliving soulsoul, every green^◦ herbherb shall be for food; and it was so.

³¹ And GodGod sawsaw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very goodgood. And there was eveningevening, and there was morningmorning, the sixthsixth dayday.