Genesis 1:1–14

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

²Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

³And God said, “Let there be light,”^a and there was light. ⁴And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. ⁵God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.”

And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day.^b

⁶And God said, “Let there be an expanse^c between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” ⁷So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. ⁸God called the expanse “sky.”

And there was evening, and there was morning — the second day.

⁹And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. ¹⁰God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

¹¹Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. ¹²The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

¹³And there was evening, and there was morning — the third day.

¹⁴And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.