1 No princípio, criou Deus os céus e a terra. 2 A terra, porém, estava sem forma e vazia; havia trevas sobre a face do abismo, e o Espírito de Deus pairava por sobre as águas.

3 Disse Deus: Haja luz; e houve luz. 4 E viu Deus que a luz era boa; e fez separação entre a luz e as trevas. 5 Chamou Deus à luz Dia e às trevas, Noite. Houve tarde e manhã, o primeiro dia.

6 E disse Deus: Haja firmamento no meio das águas e separação entre águas e águas. 7 Fez, pois, Deus o firmamento e separação entre as águas debaixo do firmamento e as águas sobre o firmamento. E assim se fez. 8 E chamou Deus ao firmamento Céus. Houve tarde e manhã, o segundo dia.

9 Disse também Deus: Ajuntem-se as águas debaixo dos céus num só lugar, e apareça a porção seca. E assim se fez. 10 À porção seca chamou Deus Terra e ao ajuntamento das águas, Mares. E viu Deus que isso era bom. 11 E disse: Produza a terra relva, ervas que deem semente e árvores frutíferas que deem fruto segundo a sua espécie, cuja semente esteja nele, sobre a terra. E assim se fez. 12 A terra, pois, produziu relva, ervas que davam semente segundo a sua espécie e árvores que davam fruto, cuja semente estava nele, conforme a sua espécie. E viu Deus que isso era bom. 13 Houve tarde e manhã, o terceiro dia.

14 Disse também Deus: Haja luzeiros no firmamento dos céus, para fazerem separação entre o dia e a noite; e sejam eles para sinais, para estações, para dias e anos. 15 E sejam para luzeiros no firmamento dos céus, para alumiar a terra. E assim se fez. 16 Fez Deus os dois grandes luzeiros: o maior para governar o dia, e o menor para governar a noite; e fez também as estrelas. 17 E os colocou no firmamento dos céus para alumiarem a terra, 18 para governarem o dia e a noite e fazerem separação entre a luz e as trevas. E viu Deus que isso era bom. 19 Houve tarde e manhã, o quarto dia.

20 Disse também Deus: Povoem-se as águas de enxames de seres viventes; e voem as aves sobre a terra, sob o firmamento dos céus. 21 Criou, pois, Deus os grandes animais marinhos e todos os seres viventes que rastejam, os quais povoavam as águas, segundo as suas espécies; e todas as aves, segundo as suas espécies. E viu Deus que isso era bom. 22 E Deus os abençoou, dizendo: Sede fecundos, multiplicai-vos e enchei as águas dos mares; e, na terra, se multipliquem as aves. 23 Houve tarde e manhã, o quinto dia.

24 Disse também Deus: Produza a terra seres viventes, conforme a sua espécie: animais domésticos, répteis e animais selváticos, segundo a sua espécie. E assim se fez. 25 E fez Deus os animais selváticos, segundo a sua espécie, e os animais domésticos, conforme a sua espécie, e todos os répteis da terra, conforme a sua espécie. E viu Deus que isso era bom.

26 Também disse Deus: Façamos o homem à nossa imagem, conforme a nossa semelhança; tenha ele domínio sobre os peixes do mar, sobre as aves dos céus, sobre os animais domésticos, sobre toda a terra e sobre todos os répteis que rastejam pela terra. 27 Criou Deus, pois, o homem à sua imagem, à imagem de Deus o criou; homem e mulher os criou. 28 E Deus os abençoou e lhes disse: Sede fecundos, multiplicai-vos, enchei a terra e sujeitai-a; dominai sobre os peixes do mar, sobre as aves dos céus e sobre todo animal que rasteja pela terra. 29 E disse Deus ainda: Eis que vos tenho dado todas as ervas que dão semente e se acham na superfície de toda a terra e todas as árvores em que há fruto que dê semente; isso vos será para mantimento. 30 E a todos os animais da terra, e a todas as aves dos céus, e a todos os répteis da terra, em que há fôlego de vida, toda erva verde lhes será para mantimento. E assim se fez. 31 Viu Deus tudo quanto fizera, e eis que era muito bom. Houve tarde e manhã, o sexto dia.

1 IN THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.

3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.'

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 And God said: 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said: 'Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.' And it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 And God said: 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so.

16 And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20 And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.'

21 And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.'

23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24 And God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.' And it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'

27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.

28 And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.'

29 And God said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed--to you it shall be for food;

30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, I have given every green herb for food.' And it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.