In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.  And the earth was unformed and empty, with darkness over the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and light came into being.  God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.  God called the light Day and the darkness Night.  And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”  And God made the expanse and divided the waters which were above the expanse from the waters that were below the expanse, and so it came to pass.  God called the expanse Heaven.  And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

And God said, “Let the waters under heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.”  And so it came to pass.  God called the dry land Earth; and the gathered waters, he called Seas.  And God saw that it was good.

And God said, “Let the earth sprout grass, plant yielding seed, and fruit trees producing fruit in which is their seed, each after its kind, upon the earth.  And so it came to pass.  The earth sprouted grass, plant yielding seed after its kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, after its kind.  And God saw that it was good.  And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.  And let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth. And so it came it pass.

And God fashioned two great lights – the greater light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night; and the stars.  And God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth and 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 there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

And God said, “Let the waters swarm with multitudes of living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth and across the face of the expanse of the heavens.  And God created great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, and with which the waters teem, after its own kind, and every winged bird after its kind.  And God saw that it was good.

And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let birds multiply on the earth.  And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kinds:  cattle, creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kinds, and so it came to pass.  And God created the beasts of the earth after their kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind.  And God saw that it was good.

And God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.  And so God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them:  male and female he created them.

And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it.  And have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant bearing seed which is upon the face of the earth and every tree with seed in its fruit.  To you it shall be for food.  And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to every thing that creeps upon the earth, every thing that has a living soul, I have given every green plant for food.”  And so it came to pass.

And God saw all that he had made, and behold, it was very good.  And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.