1 I n the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth --

2 t he earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

3 a nd God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.

4 A nd God seeth the light that good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

5 a nd God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.

6 A nd God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'

7 A nd God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which under the expanse, and the waters which above the expanse: and it is so.

8 A nd God calleth to the expanse `Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second.

9 A nd God saith, `Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:' and it is so.

10 A nd God calleth to the dry land `Earth,' and to the collection of the waters He hath called `Seas;' and God seeth that good.

11 A nd God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.

12 A nd the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that good;

13 a nd there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day third.

14 A nd God saith, `Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,

15 a nd they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.

16 A nd God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary -- and the stars -- for the rule of the night;

17 a nd God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

18 a nd to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that good;

19 a nd there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fourth.

20 A nd God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'

21 A nd God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that good.

22 A nd God blesseth them, saying, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:'

23 a nd there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fifth.

24 A nd God saith, `Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind:' and it is so.

25 A nd God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that good.

26 A nd God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

27 A nd God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

28 A nd God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

29 A nd God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

30 a nd to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which breath of life, every green herb for food:' and it is so.

31 A nd God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.