Genesis 1:1-8 ▼

1 In the beginning, God created the universe.

2 When the earth was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters,

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

4 God saw that the light was beautiful. He separated the light from the darkness,

5 calling the light |day,| and the darkness |night.| The twilight and the dawn were day one.

6 Then God said, |Let there be a canopy between bodies of water, separating bodies of water from bodies of water!|

7 So God made a canopy that separated the water beneath the canopy from the water above it. And that is what happened:

8 God called the canopy |sky.| The twilight and the dawn were the second day.