1 In the beginning, God created the sky and the land.
2 But the land was ugly and unfinished, darkness covered its depth, and God’s breath moved over its waters.
3 Then God spoke, and He said: ‘May the light come to be.’ So, the light came to be.
4 And God saw that the light was beautiful. Then God brought a division between the light and the darkness.
5 He called the light the daytime and the darkness, the night. So came the evening and the morning of the very first day.
6 And then God spoke, and He said: ‘Let there be a firmament between all the waters... a division of the waters and the waters.’ And that’s what thereafter happened.
7 For God ordered a firmament between the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were over the firmament.
8 Then God called the firmament the sky, and He saw that this too was beautiful. So came the evening and the morning of His day number two.
9 Then God said: ‘Let the waters that are under the skies be brought together so the land can be seen.’ And that’s what thereafter happened.
10 God called the dry space the land and the collected waters the seas… and God saw that this too was beautiful.
11 Then God spoke, and He said: ‘Let the land sprout with pastures of grasses which each bear seeds of its kind and appearance. And let there be fruit trees that bear fruit with seeds, each of its kind and appearance.’ And that’s what thereafter happened.
12 The ground sprouted with pastures of grasses that each bore seeds of its kind and appearance, and the fruit trees bore fruit with their seeds, each of its kind and appearance. And God saw that this too was beautiful.
13 So came the evening and the morning of His day number three.
14 Then God spoke, and He said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the skies to serve as light for the land, to make a division between day and night, and as signs for the days, years, and seasons.
15 Let them serve as sources of lights in the firmament, so as to shine on the ground.’ And that’s what thereafter happened.
16 For God made the two huge sources of light; the greater light to rule over the days, and the lesser light and the stars to be rulers over the nights.
17 Then God assigned them spaces high in the skies so as to shine on the earth...
18 to dominate the days and the nights, and to make the division between light and darkness. Then God saw that it too was beautiful.
19 So came the evening and the morning of His day number four.
20 Then God spoke, and He said: ‘Now, let the waters give birth to living animals that slither, and let there be winged creatures to fly above the earth in the firmament of the skies.’ And that’s what thereafter happened.
21 Then God created the great creatures that would live in the seas... creatures that slither and live in the waters, each according to their own kinds, and all the feathered flying creatures each according to their own kinds. And God saw that this too was beautiful.
22 So God blest them all, and He said: ‘Reproduce and multiply in the waters until you fill up the seas, and let the winged creatures multiply on the earth.’
23 So came the evening and the morning of His day number five.
24 Then God spoke, and He said: ‘Let the land give birth to living creatures, each according to their own kinds… those that travel on their four feet, those that slither and crawl on the ground, and those that are wild on the earth, each according to their own kinds.’ And that’s what thereafter happened.
25 So God made the wild creatures that walk on the ground, each according to their own kinds… along with those that travel in herds, each according to their own kinds… and all that slither and crawl on the ground, each according to their own kinds. And God saw that this too was beautiful.
26 Then God spoke, and He said: ‘Let us make a man in our image and like us, to rule over the creatures that live in the seas, the winged creatures that fly in the skies, the animals that travel in herds, and those that slither and crawl on the ground.’
27 So then, God created mankind. He created mankind in the image of the Gods, as a male and female He made them.
28 Then God blest them and said: ‘Reproduce and now become many… fill the whole earth and control it. Rule over those that live in the seas, the winged creatures that live in skies, the animals that travel in herds, the animals that slither and crawl on the ground, and in fact, the whole earth.’
29 Then God said: ‘Look! I’ve given you all the seed-bearing crops, that you can plant in the ground, as well as all the seed-bearing trees, that you can plant for your food.
30 I have given the green-yellow plants as food for the wild ones walking on the ground, for all the winged creatures flying in the skies, and for all that slither and crawl on the ground… for all have the breath of life.’ And that’s what thereafter happened.
31 Then God viewed all that He’d made, and look! it was all beautiful. So came the evening and the morning of His day number six.