Genesis 1:3-27

New International Version

³ And God said,^(A) “Let there be light,” and there was light.^{(B) 4} God saw that the light was good,^(C) and he separated the light from the darkness.^{(D) 5} God called^(E) the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”^(F) And there was evening, and there was morning^(G)—the first day.

⁶ And God said,^(H) “Let there be a vault^(I) between the waters^(J) to separate water from water.” ⁷ So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.^(K) And it was so.^{(L) 8} God called^(M) the vault “sky.”^(N) And there was evening, and there was morning^(O)—the second day.

⁹ And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,^(P) and let dry ground^(Q) appear.” And it was so.^{(R) 10} God called^(S) the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters^(T) he called “seas.”^(U) And God saw that it was good.^(V)

¹¹ Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:^(W) seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.^(X)” And it was so.^{(Y) 12} The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds^(Z) and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.^{(AA) 13} And there was evening, and there was morning^(AB)—the third day.

¹⁴ And God said, “Let there be lights^(AC) in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,^(AD) and let them serve as signs^(AE) to mark sacred times,^(AF) and days and years,^{(AG) 15} and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.^{(AH) 16} God made two great lights—the greater light^(AI) to govern^(AJ) the day and the lesser light to govern^(AK) the night.^(AL) He also made the stars.^{(AM) 17} God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, ¹⁸ to govern the day and the night,^(AN) and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.^{(AO) 19} And there was evening, and there was morning^(AP)—the fourth day.

²⁰ And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,^(AQ) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”^{(AR) 21} So God created^(AS) the great creatures of the sea^(AT) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,^(AU) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.^(AV) And God saw that it was good.^{(AW) 22} God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”^{(AX) 23} And there was evening, and there was morning^(AY)—the fifth day.

²⁴ And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures^(AZ) according to their kinds:^(BA) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.^{(BB) 25} God made the wild animals^(BC) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(BD) And God saw that it was good.^(BE)

²⁶ Then God said, “Let us^(BF) make mankind^(BG) in our image,^(BH) in our likeness,^(BI) so that they may rule^(BJ) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(BK) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”