Genesis 1:1-8 ▼

1 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth —

2 and the earth was without form or shape, with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind sweeping over the waters—

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

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

5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” Evening came, and morning followed—the first day.

6 Then God said: Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other.

7 God made the dome, and it separated the water below the dome from the water above the dome. And so it happened.

8 God called the dome “sky.” Evening came, and morning followed—the second day.