1IN BEGINNING HE CREATED GOD <OBJ.> THE HEAVENS AND <OBJ.> THE EARTH The Creation (John 1:1–5; Hebrews 11:1–3) 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2AND THE EARTH <IT> WAS FORMLESSNESS AND EMPTINESS AND DARKNESS [WAS] OVER [THE] SURFACE OF [THE] DEEP AND [THE] SPIRIT OF GOD [WAS] HOVERING OVER [THE] SURFACE OF THE WATERS 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 HE SAID GOD LET IT BE LIGHT AND THERE WAS LIGHT The First Day 3And God said, “Let there be light,”*NoteCloseCited in 2 Corinthians 4:6 and there was light.
4AND HE SAW GOD <OBJ.> THE LIGHT THAT [IT WAS] GOOD AND HE SEPARATED GOD BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND BETWEEN THE DARKNESS 4And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
5AND HE CALLED GOD <TO> THE LIGHT DAY AND <TO> THE DARKNESS HE CALLED NIGHT AND THERE WAS EVENING AND THERE WAS MORNING DAY ONE 5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning— the first day.*NoteCloseLiterally day one
6AND HE SAID GOD LET IT BE A FIRMAMENT IN [THE] MIDDLE OF THE WATERS AND LET IT BE SEPARATING BETWEEN WATERS TO WATERS The Second Day 6And God said, “Let there be an expanse*NoteCloseOr a canopy or a firmament or a vault; also in verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, and 20 between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
7AND HE MADE GOD <OBJ.> THE FIRMAMENT AND HE SEPARATED BETWEEN THE WATERS WHICH [WERE] FROM UNDER TO THE FIRMAMENT AND BETWEEN THE WATERS WHICH [WERE] FROM <ABOVE> <TO> THE FIRMAMENT AND IT WAS SO 7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
8AND HE CALLED GOD <TO> THE FIRMAMENT HEAVEN AND THERE WAS EVENING AND THERE WAS MORNING A DAY SECOND 8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning— the second day.
9AND HE SAID GOD LET THEM GATHER THE WATERS FROM UNDER THE HEAVENS TO A PLACE ONE AND LET IT APPEAR THE DRY GROUND AND IT WAS SO The Third 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.
10AND HE CALLED GOD <TO> THE DRY GROUND EARTH AND <TO> [THE] COLLECTION OF THE WATERS HE CALLED SEAS AND HE SAW GOD THAT [IT WAS] GOOD 10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11AND HE SAID GOD LET IT SPROUT THE EARTH VEGETATION PLANT[S] [WHICH] BEARS SEED SEED TREE[S] OF FRUIT PRODUCING FRUIT TO KIND ITS WHICH SEED ITS [IS] IN <THE> IT ON THE EARTH AND IT WAS SO 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.
12AND <IT> BROUGHT FORTH THE EARTH VEGETATION PLANT[S] [WHICH] BEARS SEED SEED TO KIND ITS AND TREE[S] PRODUCING FRUIT WHICH SEED ITS [WAS] IN <THE> IT TO KIND ITS AND HE SAW GOD THAT [IT WAS] GOOD 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 A DAY THIRD 13And there was evening, and there was morning— the third day.
14AND HE SAID GOD LET IT BE LUMINARIES IN [THE] FIRMAMENT OF THE HEAVENS TO SEPARATE BETWEEN THE DAY AND BETWEEN THE NIGHT AND THEY WILL BECOME <INTO> SIGNS AND <INTO> APPOINTED TIMES AND <INTO> DAYS AND YEARS The Fourth 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.
15AND THEY WILL BECOME <INTO> LUMINARIES IN [THE] FIRMAMENT OF THE HEAVENS TO GIVE LIGHT ON THE EARTH AND IT WAS SO 15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
16AND HE MADE GOD <OBJ.> [THE] TWO THE LUMINARIES <THE> GREAT <OBJ.> THE LUMINARY <THE> GREAT FOR [THE] DOMINION OF THE DAY AND <OBJ.> THE LUMINARY <THE> SMALL FOR [THE] DOMINION OF THE NIGHT AND <OBJ.> THE STARS 16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
17AND HE SET <OBJ.> THEM GOD IN [THE] FIRMAMENT OF THE HEAVENS TO GIVE LIGHT ON THE EARTH 17God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
18AND TO RULE OVER THE DAY AND OVER THE NIGHT AND TO SEPARATE BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND BETWEEN THE DARKNESS AND HE SAW GOD THAT [IT WAS] GOOD 18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19AND THERE WAS EVENING AND THERE WAS MORNING A DAY FOURTH 19And there was evening, and there was morning— the fourth day.
20AND HE SAID GOD LET THEM SWARM THE WATERS SWARMING THING[S] CREATURE[S] LIVING AND BIRD[S] LET IT FLY ABOVE THE EARTH ON [THE] SURFACE OF [THE] FIRMAMENT OF THE HEAVENS The Fifth Day 20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
21AND HE CREATED GOD <OBJ.> THE SEA MONSTERS <THE> GREAT AND <OBJ.> EVERY CREATURE <THE> LIVING WHICH CREEPS WHICH THEY SWARMED THE WATERS TO KIND THEIR AND <OBJ.> EVERY BIRD OF WING TO KIND ITS AND HE SAW GOD THAT [IT WAS] GOOD 21So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22AND HE BLESSED <OBJ.> THEM GOD <TO> SAYING BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY AND FILL <OBJ.> THE WATERS IN THE SEAS AND THE BIRD[S] LET IT MULTIPLY ON THE EARTH 22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
23AND THERE WAS EVENING AND THERE WAS MORNING A DAY FIFTH 23And there was evening, and there was morning— the fifth day.
24AND HE SAID GOD LET IT PRODUCE THE EARTH CREATURE[S] LIVING TO KIND ITS LIVESTOCK AND CREEPING THING[S] AND ANIMAL[S] OF [THE] EARTH TO KIND ITS AND IT WAS SO The Sixth Day 24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
25AND HE MADE GOD <OBJ.> [THE] ANIMAL[S] OF THE EARTH TO KIND ITS AND <OBJ.> THE LIVESTOCK TO KIND ITS AND <OBJ.> EVERY <THE> CREEPING THING OF THE GROUND TO KIND ITS AND HE SAW GOD THAT [IT WAS] GOOD 25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26AND HE SAID GOD LET US MAKE HUMANKIND IN IMAGE OUR ACCORDING TO LIKENESS OUR AND THEY MAY RULE OVER [THE] FISH OF THE SEA AND OVER [THE] BIRD[S] OF THE HEAVENS AND OVER THE LIVESTOCK AND OVER ALL THE EARTH AND OVER EVERY <THE> CREEPING THING WHICH CREEPS ON THE EARTH 26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself*NoteCloseMT; Syriac and over all the beasts of the earth and every creature that crawls upon it.”
27AND HE CREATED GOD <OBJ.> <THE> HUMANKIND IN OWN IMAGE HIS IN [THE] IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED <OBJ.> IT MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED <OBJ.> THEM 27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.*NoteCloseCited in Matthew 19:4 and Mark 10:6
28AND HE BLESSED <OBJ.> THEM GOD AND HE SAID TO <THE> THEM GOD BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY AND FILL <OBJ.> THE EARTH AND SUBDUE IT AND RULE OVER [THE] FISH OF THE SEA AND OVER [THE] BIRD[S] OF THE HEAVENS AND OVER EVERY ANIMAL WHICH CREEPS ON THE EARTH 28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
29AND HE SAID GOD HERE! I GIVE TO <THE> YOU <OBJ.> EVERY PLANT [WHICH] BEARS SEED SEED WHICH [IS] ON [THE] SURFACE OF ALL THE EARTH AND <OBJ.> EVERY <THE> TREE WHICH IN <THE> IT [IS THE] FRUIT OF A TREE [WHICH] BEARS SEED SEED TO <THE> YOU <IT> WILL BE[LONG] TO FOOD 29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
30AND TO EVERY <THE> ANIMAL OF THE EARTH AND TO EVERY <THE> BIRD OF THE HEAVENS AND TO EVERY CREEPING [THING] ON THE EARTH WHICH [IS] IN <THE> IT LIFE LIVING <OBJ.> ALL GREENERY OF PLANT[S] TO FOOD AND IT WAS SO 30And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth— everything that has the breath of life in it— I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31AND HE SAW GOD <OBJ.> ALL THAT HE HAD MADE AND THERE! [IT WAS] GOOD VERY AND THERE WAS EVENING AND THERE WAS MORNING [THE] DAY <THE> SIXTH 31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning— the sixth day.