The First Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Genesis
1
1 In
the beginning, God
created the
heavens and the
earth.
2 The earth
was formless and
empty. Darkness
was on the
surface of the
deep and God’s
Spirit was
hovering over the
surface of the
waters.
3 God said, “Let
there be light,”
and there
was light.
4 God saw
the light, and saw
that it was
good. God divided the light
from the darkness.
5 God called
the light “day”,
and the darkness
he called “night”.
There was evening
and there was
morning, the first
day.
6 God said, “Let
there be an
expanse in the
middle of the
waters, and let
it divide the
waters from the
waters.”
7 God made
the expanse,
and divided the
waters which were
under the expanse
from the waters
which were above
the expanse; and
it was so.
8 God
called the
expanse “sky”.
There was evening
and there was
morning, a second
day.
9 God
said, “Let the
waters under the
sky be gathered
together to one
place, and let
the dry land
appear;” and it
was so.
10 God called
the dry
land “earth”, and
the gathering
together of the
waters he
called “seas”. God
saw that it
was good.
11 God said,
“Let the earth
yield grass, herbs
yielding seeds,
and fruit trees
bearing fruit
after their kind,
with their seeds
in it, on
the earth;” and it
was so.
12 The earth
yielded grass,
herbs yielding
seed after their
kind, and trees
bearing fruit,
with their seeds
in it, after
their kind; and God
saw that it
was good.
13 There
was evening and
there was morning,
a third day.
14 God said,
“Let there be
lights in the
expanse of the
sky to divide the
day from the
night; and let
them be for signs
to mark seasons,
days, and years;
15 and
let them be
for lights in
the expanse of
the sky to
give light on
the earth;” and
it was so.
16 God made
the two great
lights: the
greater light to
rule the day,
and the lesser
light to rule
the night. He
also made the
stars.
17 God
set them in
the expanse of
the sky to
give light to the
earth,
18 and
to rule over
the day and
over the night,
and to divide
the light from the
darkness. God saw
that it was
good.
19 There
was evening and
there was morning,
a fourth day.
20 God said,
“Let the waters
abound with living
creatures, and let
birds fly above
the earth in
the open expanse
of the sky.”
21 God created
the large sea
creatures and
every living
creature that
moves, with which
the waters swarmed,
after their kind,
and every winged
bird after its
kind. God saw that
it was good.
22 God blessed
them, saying, “Be
fruitful, and
multiply, and fill
the waters in
the seas, and let
birds multiply on
the earth.”
23 There
was evening and
there was morning,
a fifth day.
24 God said,
“Let the earth
produce living
creatures after
their kind, livestock,
creeping things,
and animals of
the earth after
their kind;” and
it was so.
25 God made
the animals of
the earth after
their kind, and
the livestock after
their kind, and
everything that
creeps on
the ground after
its kind. God saw
that it was
good.
26 God said,
“Let’s make man in
our image, after
our likeness. Let
them have dominion
over the fish
of the sea,
and over the
birds of the
sky, and over
the livestock, and
over all the
earth, and over
every creeping
thing that creeps
on the earth.”
27 God created
man in his own
image. In God’s
image he created
him; male and
female he created
them.
28 God
blessed them.
God said to them,
“Be fruitful,
multiply, fill the
earth, and subdue
it. Have dominion
over the fish
of the sea,
over the birds
of the sky,
and over every
living thing that
moves on the
earth.”
29 God said,
“Behold,
I have given
you every herb
yielding seed,
which is on
the surface of
all the earth, and
every tree,
which bears fruit
yielding seed. It
will be your food.
30 To
every animal of
the earth, and
to every bird
of the sky,
and to everything
that creeps on
the earth, in
which there is
life, I have given
every green herb
for food;” and it
was so.
31 God saw
everything that he
had made, and,
behold, it was
very good. There
was evening and
there was morning,
a sixth day.