¹⁹ The waters swelled so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered;

⁵ They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water,^(A)

² the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God^[a] swept over the face of the waters.^{(A) 3} Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.^{(B) 4} And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.^{(C) 5} God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.^(D)

⁶ And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”^{(E) 7} So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so.^{(F) 8} God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

⁹ And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.^{(G) 10} God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.^(H)