¶ In the beginning¹ God² created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without³ form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit⁴ of God moved upon the face of the waters.

¶ And God⁵ said, Let⁶ there be light: and there was light.

And God saw the light, that⁷ it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness⁸.

And God called the light Day, and⁹ the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were¹⁰ the first day.

¶ And God said, Let there¹¹ be a firmament¹² in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And God made the firmament, and divided¹³ the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above¹⁴ the firmament: and it¹⁵ was so.

And God¹⁶ called the firmament Heaven. And the evening¹⁷ and the morning were the second day.

¶¹⁸And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

¶ And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw¹⁹ that it was good.

And God said, Let the²⁰ earth bring forth grass²¹, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

And the earth²² brought forth grass, and herb²³ yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

¶ And God said, Let there²⁴ be lights²⁵ in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let²⁶ them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule²⁷ the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also²⁸.

²⁹And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

³⁰And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

¶ And God said, Let the waters³¹ bring forth abundantly the moving³² creature that hath life³³, and fowl that may fly³⁴ above the earth in the open firmament³⁵ of heaven.

And God created great³⁶ whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought³⁷ forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw³⁸ that it was good.

³⁹And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

¶ And God said, Let⁴⁰ the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle⁴¹, and creeping thing⁴², and beast of the earth⁴³ after his kind: and it was so.

⁴⁴And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

¶ And God said, Let us⁴⁵ make man⁴⁶ in our⁴⁷ image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion⁴⁸ over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

So God created man in his own image, in the image⁴⁹ of God created he him; male⁵⁰ and female created he them.

⁵¹And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth⁵² upon the earth.

¶ And God said, Behold, I have⁵³ given you every herb bearing⁵⁴ seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you⁵⁵ it shall be for meat.

¶⁵⁶And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life⁵⁷, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good⁵⁸. And the⁵⁹ evening and the morning were the sixth day.