Genesis 1:1-26

New International Version

³ And God said,^(J) “Let there be light,” and there was light.^{(K) 4} God saw that the light was good,^(L) and he separated the light from the darkness.^{(M) 5} God called^(N) the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”^(O) And there was evening, and there was morning^(P)—the first day.

⁶ And God said,^(Q) “Let there be a vault^(R) between the waters^(S) to separate water from water.” ⁷ So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.^(T) And it was so.^{(U) 8} God called^(V) the vault “sky.”^(W) And there was evening, and there was morning^(X)—the second day.

⁹ And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,^(Y) and let dry ground^(Z) appear.” And it was so.^{(AA) 10} God called^(AB) the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters^(AC) he called “seas.”^(AD) And God saw that it was good.^(AE)

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

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

²⁰ And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,^(AZ) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”^{(BA) 21} So God created^(BB) the great creatures of the sea^(BC) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,^(BD) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.^(BE) And God saw that it was good.^{(BF) 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.”^{(BG) 23} And there was evening, and there was morning^(BH)—the fifth day.

²⁴ And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures^(BI) according to their kinds:^(BJ) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.^{(BK) 25} God made the wild animals^(BL) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(BM) And God saw that it was good.^(BN)

²⁶ Then God said, “Let us^(BO) make mankind^(BP) in our image,^(BQ) in our likeness,^(BR) so that they may rule^(BS) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(BT) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”