In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
And the earth was without form
and void
and darkness was upon the face of the deep
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
And God said
Let there be light
and there was light
And God saw the light
that it was good
and God divided the light from the darkness
And God called the light Day
and the darkness he called Night
And the evening and the morning were the first day
And God said
Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters
and let it divide the waters from the waters
And God made the firmament
and divided the waters
which were under the firmament
from the waters which were above the firmament
and it was so
And God called the firmament Heaven
And the evening and the morning were the second day
And 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 saw that it was good
And God said
Let the earth bring forth grass, 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 earth brought forth grass
and herb 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 there be lights in the firmament of the heaven 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 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 rule the day
and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven 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 the evening and the morning were the fourth day
And God said
Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that hath life
and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven
And God created great whales
and every living creature that moveth
which the water brought forth abundantly after their kind
and every winged fowl after his 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 fowl multiply in the earth
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day
And God said
Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind
cattle, and creeping things
and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so
And 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 us make man in our image
after our likeness: and let them have dominion 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 image of God created he him
male and female created he them
And 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 moveth upon the earth
And God said
Behold
I have given you every herb bearing 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 you it shall be for meat
And 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 life
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 good
And the evening and the morning were the sixth day
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished
and all the host of them
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made
And God blessed the seventh day
and sanctified it
because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created
in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth
and every herb of the field before it grew
for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth
and there was not a man to till the ground.
But there went up a mist from the earth
and watered the whole face of the ground
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life
and man became a living soul
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden
and there he put the man whom he had formed
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight
and good for food
the tree of life also in the midst of the garden
and the tree of knowledge of good and evil
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden
and from thence it was parted
and became into four heads
The name of the first is Pison
that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah
where there is gold
And the gold of that land is good
there is bdellium and the onyx stone
And the name of the second river is Gihon
the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel
that is it which goeth ∥toward the east of Assyria
And the fourth river is Euphrates
And the Lord God took ∥the man
and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it
And the Lord God commanded the man
saying
Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
thou shalt not eat of it
for in the day that thou eatest thereof †thou shalt surely die
And the Lord God said
It is not good that the man should be alone
I will make him an help meet for him
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field
and every fowl of the air
and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them
and whatsoever Adam called every living creature
that was the name thereof
And Adam gave names to all cattle
and to the fowl of the air
and to every beast of the field
