Creation of all things

1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

1:2The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

1:3God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

1:4God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

1:5God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

1:6God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

1:7God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

1:8God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

1:9God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.

1:10God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.

1:11God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.

1:12The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.