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Verse 1

In the beginning{H7225} God{H430} created{H1254} the heavens{H8064} and{H853} the earth.{H776}

Verse 2

And the earth{H776} was{H1961} waste{H8414} and void;{H922} and darkness{H2822} was upon the face{H6440} of the deep:{H8415} and the Spirit{H7307} of God{H430} moved{H7363} upon{H5921} the face{H6440} of the waters.{H4325}

Verse 3

And God{H430} said,{H559} Let there be{H1961} light:{H216} and there was light.{H216}

Verse 4

And God{H430} saw{H7200} the light,{H216} that{H3588} it was good:{H2896} and God{H430} divided{H914} the light{H216} from{H996} the darkness.{H2822}

Verse 5

And God{H430} called{H7121} the light{H216} Day,{H3117} and the darkness{H2822} he called{H7121} Night.{H3915} And there was evening{H6153} and there was morning,{H1242} one{H259} day.{H3117}

Verse 6

And God{H430} said,{H559} Let there be a firmament{H7549} in the midst{H8432} of the waters,{H4325} and let it divide{H914} the waters{H4325} from the waters.{H4325}

Verse 7

And God{H430} made{H6213} the firmament,{H7549} and divided{H914} the waters{H4325} which{H834} were under{H8478} the firmament{H7549} from the waters{H4325} which{H834} were above{H5921} the firmament:{H7549} and it was so.{H3651}

Verse 8

And God{H430} called{H7121} the firmament{H7549} Heaven.{H8064} And there was evening{H6153} and there was morning,{H1242} a second{H8145} day.{H3117}

Verse 9

And God{H430} said,{H559} Let the waters{H4325} under the heavens{H8064} be gathered together{H6960} unto{H413} one{H259} place,{H4725} and let the dry{H3004} land appear:{H7200} and it was so.

Verse 10

And God{H430} called{H7121} the dry{H3004} land Earth;{H776} and the gathering together{H4723} of the waters{H4325} called{H7121} he Seas:{H3220} and God{H430} saw{H7200} that it was good.{H2896}

Verse 11

And God{H430} said,{H559} Let the earth{H776} put forth{H1876} grass,{H1877} herbs{H6212} yielding{H2232} seed,{H2233} [and] fruit-trees{H6086} bearing{H6213} fruit{H6529} after their kind,{H4327} wherein{H834} is the seed{H2233} thereof, upon the earth:{H776} and it was so.

Verse 12

And the earth{H776} brought forth{H3318} grass,{H1877} herbs{H6212} yielding{H2232} seed{H2233} after their kind,{H4327} and trees{H6086} bearing{H6213} fruit,{H6529} wherein is the seed{H2233} thereof, after their kind:{H4327} and God{H430} saw{H7200} that it was good.{H2896}

Verse 13

And there was evening{H6153} and there was morning,{H1242} a third{H7992} day.{H3117}

Verse 14

And God{H430} said,{H559} Let there be lights{H3974} in the firmament{H7549} of heaven{H8064} to divide{H914} the day{H3117} from the night;{H3915} and let them be for signs,{H226} and for seasons,{H4150} and for days{H3117} and years:{H8141}

Verse 15

and let them be for lights{H3974} in the firmament{H7549} of heaven{H8064} to give light{H215} upon the earth:{H776} and it was so.

Verse 16

And God{H430} made{H6213} the two{H8147} great{H1419} lights;{H3974} the greater{H1419} light{H3974} to rule{H4475} the day,{H3117} and the lesser{H6996} light{H3974} to rule{H4475} the night:{H3915} [he made] the stars{H3556} also.

Verse 17

And God{H430} set{H5414} them in the firmament of heaven{H8064} to give light{H215} upon the earth,{H776}

Verse 18

and to rule{H4910} over the day{H3117} and over the night,{H3915} and to divide{H914} the light{H216} from the darkness:{H2822} and God{H430} saw{H7200} that it was good.{H2896}

Verse 19

And there was evening{H6153} and there was morning,{H1242} a fourth{H7243} day.{H3117}

Verse 20

And God{H430} said,{H559} Let the waters{H4325} swarm{H8317} with swarms{H8317} of living{H2416} creatures,{H5315} and let birds{H5775} fly{H5774} above{H5921} the earth{H776} in the open{H6440} firmament{H7549} of heaven.{H8064}

Verse 21

And God{H430} created{H1254} the great{H1419} sea-monsters,{H8577} and every living{H2416} creature{H5315} that moveth,{H7430} wherewith the waters{H4325} swarmed,{H8317} after their kind,{H4327} and every winged{H3671} bird{H5775} after its kind:{H4327} and God{H430} saw{H7200} that it was good.{H2896}

Verse 22

And God{H430} blessed{H1288} them, saying,{H559} Be fruitful,{H6509} and multiply,{H7235} and fill{H4390} the waters{H4325} in the seas,{H3220} and let birds{H5775} multiply{H7235} on the earth.{H776}

Verse 23

And there was evening{H6153} and there was morning,{H1242} a fifth{H2549} day.{H3117}

Verse 24

And God{H430} said,{H559} Let the earth{H776} bring forth{H3318} living{H2416} creatures{H5315} after their kind,{H4327} cattle,{H929} and creeping things,{H7431} and beasts of the earth{H776} after their kind:{H4327} and it was so.

Verse 25

And God{H430} made{H6213} the beasts{H2416} of the earth{H776} after their kind,{H4327} and the cattle{H929} after their kind,{H4327} and everything that creepeth{H7431} upon the ground{H127} after its kind:{H4327} and God{H430} saw{H7200} that it was good.{H2896}

Verse 26

And God{H430} said,{H559} Let us make{H6213} man{H120} in our image,{H6754} after our likeness:{H1823} and let them have dominion{H7287} over the fish{H1710} of the sea,{H3220} and over the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and over the cattle,{H929} and over all the earth,{H776} and over every creeping thing{H7431} that creepeth{H7430} upon the earth.{H776}

Verse 27

And God{H430} created{H1254} man{H120} in his own image,{H6754} in the image{H6754} of God{H430} created{H1254} he him; male{H2145} and female{H5347} created{H1254} he them.

Verse 28

And God{H430} blessed{H1288} them: and God{H430} said{H559} unto them, Be fruitful,{H6509} and multiply,{H7235} and replenish{H4390} the earth,{H776} and subdue it;{H3533} and have dominion{H7287} over the fish{H1710} of the sea,{H3220} and over the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and over every living thing{H2416} that moveth{H7430} upon the earth.{H776}

Verse 29

And God{H430} said,{H559} Behold,{H2009} I have given{H5414} you every herb{H6212} yielding{H2232} seed,{H2233} which is upon the face{H6440} of all the earth,{H776} and every tree,{H6086} in which is the fruit{H6529} of a tree{H6086} yielding{H2232} seed;{H2233} to you it shall be{H1961} for food:{H402}

Verse 30

and to every beast{H2416} of the earth,{H776} and to every bird{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and to everything that creepeth{H7430} upon the earth,{H776} wherein there is life,{H2416} [I have given] every green{H3418} herb{H6212} for food:{H402} and it was so.

Verse 31

And God{H430} saw{H7200} everything that{H834} he had made,{H6213} and, behold, it was very{H3966} good.{H2896} And there was evening{H6153} and there was morning,{H1242} the sixth{H8345} day.{H3117}

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