Genesis 1:9-23

New International Version

⁹ And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,^(A) and let dry ground^(B) appear.” And it was so.^{(C) 10} God called^(D) the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters^(E) he called “seas.”^(F) And God saw that it was good.^(G)

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

¹⁴ And God said, “Let there be lights^(N) in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,^(O) and let them serve as signs^(P) to mark sacred times,^(Q) and days and years,^{(R) 15} and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.^{(S) 16} God made two great lights—the greater light^(T) to govern^(U) the day and the lesser light to govern^(V) the night.^(W) He also made the stars.^{(X) 17} God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, ¹⁸ to govern the day and the night,^(Y) and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.^{(Z) 19} And there was evening, and there was morning^(AA)—the fourth day.

²⁰ And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,^(AB) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”^{(AC) 21} So God created^(AD) the great creatures of the sea^(AE) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,^(AF) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.^(AG) And God saw that it was good.^{(AH) 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.”^{(AI) 23} And there was evening, and there was morning^(AJ)—the fifth day.