Chapter 1
In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.
2 And the earth was void and empty, and
darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the
spirit of God moved over the waters.
3 And God said: Be light made. And light
was made.
4 And God saw the light that it was good; and
he divided the light from the darkness.
5 And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning
one day.
6 And God said: Let there be a firmament
made amidst the waters: and let it divide the
waters from the waters.
7 And god made a firmament, and divided
the waters that were under the firmament, from
those that were above the firmament, and it was
so.
8 And God called the firmament, Heaven; and
the evening and morning were the second day.
9 God also said; Let the waters that are under
the heaven, be gathered together into one place:
and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.
10 And God called the dry land, Earth; and
the gathering together of the waters, he called
Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11 And he said: let the earth bring forth green
herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed
in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.
12 And the earth brought forth the green
herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its
kind, and the tree that beareth fruit, having seed
each one according to its kind. And God saw
that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the
third day.
14 And God said: Let there be lights made
in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day
and the night, and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days and years:
15 To shine in the firmament of heaven, and
to give light upon the earth, and it was so done.
16 And God made two great lights: a greater
light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule
the night: and The stars.
17 And he set them in the firmament of heaven
to shine upon the earth.
18 And to rule the day and the night, and to
divide the light and the darkness. And God saw
that it was good.
19 And the evening and morning were the
fourth day.
20 God also said: let the waters bring forth
the creeping creature having life, and the fowl
that may fly over the earth under the firmament
of heaven.
21 And God created the great whales, and
every living and moving creature, which the
waters brought forth, according to their kinds,
and every winged fowl according to its kind. And
God saw that it was good.
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22 And he blessed them, saying: Increase and
multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let
the birds be multiplied upon the earth.
23 And the evening and morning were the fifth
day.
24 And God said: Let the earth bring forth
the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping
things, and beasts of the earth, according to their
kinds. And it was so done.
25 And God made the beasts of the earth
according to their kinds, and cattle, and every
thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind.
And God saw that it was good.
26 And he said: Let us make man to our image
and likeness: and let him have dominion over the
fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the
beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping
creature that moveth upon the earth.
27 And God created man to his own image:
to the image of God he created him: male and
female he created them.
28 And God blessed them, saying: Increase
and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it,
and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls
of the air, and all living creatures that move
upon the earth.
29 And God said: Behold I have given you
every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all
trees that have in themselves seed of their own
kind, to be your meat:
30 And to all beasts of the earth, and to every
fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the
earth, and wherein there is life, that they may
have to feed upon. And it was so done.
31 And God saw all the things that he had
made, and they were very good. And the evening
and morning were the sixth day.