¹ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

² And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

³ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

⁵ And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first Day.

⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

⁷ And God 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 God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

⁹ And God 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 God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

¹¹ And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

¹² And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

¹³ And the evening and the morning were the third day.

¹⁴ And God 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 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.

¹⁷ And God 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 God saw that it was good.

¹⁹ And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

²⁰ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

²¹ And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

²² And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

²³ And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

²⁴ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

²⁵ And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

²⁶ And God 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 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God 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 moveth upon the earth.

²⁹ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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 life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

³¹ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

¹ Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.

² Sing to him, Sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

³ Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

⁴ Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

⁵ Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

⁶ you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷ He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.

⁸ He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

⁹ the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,

¹⁰ and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

¹¹ saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;"

¹² when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

¹³ They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

¹⁴ He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

¹⁵ "Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!"

¹⁶ He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

¹⁷ He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

¹⁸ They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,

¹⁹ until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh's word proved him true.

²⁰ The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

²¹ He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;

²² to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³ Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

²⁴ He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

²⁶ He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

²⁷ They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words.

²⁹ He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.

³¹ He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.

³² He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.

³³ He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.

³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,

³⁵ ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground.

³⁶ He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.

³⁷ He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.

³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.

³⁹ He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.

⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

⁴¹ He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

⁴² For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

⁴³ He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing.

⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

⁴⁵ that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!