Genesis 1

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

²The 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.

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

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

⁵God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

⁶God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

⁷God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

⁸God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.

¹⁰God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.

¹¹God 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.

¹²The 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.

There was evening and there was morning, a third day.