1 APs 102:25; Is 40:21; John 1:1, 2; Heb 1:10In the beginning BPs 89:11; 90:2; Acts 17:24; Rom 1:20; Heb 11:3God CJob 38:4; Is 42:5; 45:18; Rev 4:11created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was 1Or a waste and emptinessAJer 4:23formless and void, and BJob 38:9darkness was over the 2Lit face ofsurface of the deep, and CPs 104:30; Is 40:13, 14the Spirit of God DDeut 32:11; Is 31:5was 3Or hoveringmoving over the 2Lit face ofsurface of the waters. 3 Then APs 33:6, 9; 2 Cor 4:6God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was APs 145:9, 10good; and God BIs 45:7separated the light from the darkness. 5 APs 74:16God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And BPs 65:8there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 Then God said, “Let there be 1Or a firmamentan AIs 40:22; Jer 10:12; 2 Pet 3:5expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 God made the 1Or firmamentexpanse, and separated AJob 38:8-11the waters which were below the 1Or firmamentexpanse from the waters BPs 148:4which were above the 1Or firmamentexpanse; and it was so. 8 God called the 1Or firmamentexpanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 Then God said, “APs 104:6-9; Jer 5:22; 2 Pet 3:5Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let BPs 24:1, 2; 95:5the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 God called the dry land earth, and the APs 33:7; 95:5; 146:6gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout 1Or grassAPs 65:9-13; 104:14; Heb 6:7vegetation, 2Or herbsplants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after 3Lit itstheir kind 4Lit in which is its seedwith seed in them”; and it was so. 12 The earth brought forth 1Or grassvegetation, 2Or herbsplants yielding seed after 3Lit itstheir kind, and trees bearing fruit 4Lit in which is its seedwith seed in them, after 3Lit itstheir kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 Then God said, “Let there be 1Or luminaries, light-bearersAPs 74:16; 136:7lights in the 2Or firmamentBPs 19:1; 150:1expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for CJer 10:2signs and for DPs 104:19seasons and for days and years; 15 and let them be for 1Or luminaries, light-bearerslights in the 2Or firmamentexpanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 God made the two 1Or luminaries, light-bearersgreat lights, the APs 136:8, 9greater 2Or luminary, light-bearerlight 3Lit for the dominion ofto govern the day, and the lesser 2Or luminary, light-bearerlight 3Lit for the dominion ofto govern the night; He made BJob 38:7; Ps 8:3; Is 40:26the stars also. 17 AJer 33:20, 25God placed them in the 1Or firmamentexpanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and 1Lit for the dominion ofto AJer 31:35govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20 Then God said, “Let the waters 1Or swarmteem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth 2Lit on the face ofin the open 3Or firmamentexpanse of the heavens.” 21 God created APs 104:25-28the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24 AGen 2:19; 6:20; 7:14; 8:19Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after 1Lit itstheir kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after 1Lit itstheir kind”; and it was so. 25 God made the AGen 7:21, 22; Jer 27:5beasts of the earth after 1Lit itstheir kind, and the cattle after 1Lit itstheir kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let AGen 3:22; 11:7Us make BGen 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor 11:7; Eph 4:24; James 3:9man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them CPs 8:6-8rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the 1Lit heavenssky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man AGen 5:1f; 1 Cor 11:7; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10in His own image, in the image of God He created him; BMatt 19:4; Mark 10:6male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “AGen 9:1, 7; Lev 26:9; Ps 127:3, 5Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the 1Lit heavenssky and over every living thing that 2Or creepsmoves on the earth.” 29 Then God said, “Behold, APs 104:14; 136:25I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the 1Lit face ofsurface of all the earth, and every tree 2Lit in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seedwhich has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30 and APs 145:15, 16; 147:9to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the 1Lit heavenssky and to every thing that 2Or creepsmoves on the earth 3Lit in which is a living soulwhich has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. 31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very APs 104:24, 28; 119:68; 1 Tim 4:4good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.