Genesis 1:1-12 ▼

1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.

2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God was hovering over the water.

3 Then God said, |Let there be light!| So there was light.

4 God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness.

5 God named the light [day], and the darkness he named [night]. There was evening, then morning-the first day.

6 Then God said, |Let there be a horizon in the middle of the water in order to separate the water.|

7 So God made the horizon and separated the water above and below the horizon. And so it was.

8 God named [what was above] the horizon [sky]. There was evening, then morning-a second day.

9 Then God said, |Let the water under the sky come together in one area, and let the dry land appear.| And so it was.

10 God named the dry land [earth]. The water which came together he named [sea]. God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, |Let the earth produce vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type.| And so it was.

12 The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type. God saw that they were good.