Genesis 1:8-25

New International Version

⁸ God called^(A) the vault “sky.”^(B) And there was evening, and there was morning^(C)—the second day.

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

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

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

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

²⁴ And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures^(AN) according to their kinds:^(AO) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.^{(AP) 25} God made the wild animals^(AQ) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(AR) And God saw that it was good.^(AS)