Genesis 1:1-8 ▼

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

2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.

6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.”

7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so.

8 God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.