1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon 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 the evening and the morning were the first 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 the evening and the morning were the 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 bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the 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 two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 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 the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his 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 the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his 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 So 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 moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 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 life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

1 Alguses lõi Jumal taevad ja maa.

2 Ja maa oli tühi ja paljas ja pimedus oli sügavuse peal ja Jumala Vaim hõljus vete kohal.

3 Ja Jumal ütles: „Saagu valgus!" Ja valgus sai.

4 Ja Jumal nägi, et valgus oli hea, ja Jumal lahutas valguse pimedusest.

5 Ja Jumal nimetas valguse päevaks ja pimeduse ta nimetas ööks. Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik, — esimene päev.

6 Ja Jumal ütles: „Saagu laotus vete vahele ja see lahutagu veed vetest!"

7 Ja nõnda sündis: Jumal tegi laotuse ja lahutas veed, mis laotuse all, vetest, mis laotuse peal olid.

8 Ja Jumal nimetas laotuse taevaks. Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik, — teine päev.

9 Ja Jumal ütles: „Veed kogunegu taeva all ühte paika, et kuiva näha oleks!" Ja nõnda sündis.

10 Ja Jumal nimetas kuiva pinna maaks ja veekogu Ta nimetas mereks. Ja Jumal nägi, et see hea oli.

11 Ja Jumal ütles: „Maast tärgaku haljas rohi, seemet kandvad taimed, viljapuud, mille viljas nende seeme on, nende liikide järgi maa peale!" Ja nõnda sündis:

12 maa laskis võrsuda haljast rohtu, seemet kandvaid taimi nende liikide järgi, ja viljapuid, mille viljas nende seeme on, nende liikide järgi. Ja Jumal nägi, et see hea oli.

13 Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik, — kolmas päev.

14 Ja Jumal ütles: „Saagu valgused taevalaotusse eraldama päeva ööst! Tähistagu need seatud aegu, päevi ja aastaid,

15 olgu nad valgusteks taevalaotuses, valgustuseks maale!" Ja nõnda sündis:

16 Jumal tegi kaks suurt valgust: suurema valguse valitsema päeval ja väiksema valguse valitsema öösel, ning tähed.

17 Ja Jumal pani need taevalaotusse, et nad valgustaksid maad

18 ja valitseksid päeval ja öösel ja eraldaksid valguse pimedusest. Ja Jumal nägi, et see hea oli.

19 Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik, — neljas päev.

20 Ja Jumal ütles: „Vesi kihagu elavaist olendeist, ja maa peal lennaku linnud taevalaotuse poole!"

21 Ja Jumal lõi suured mereloomad ja kõiksugu elavad olendid, kellest vesi kihab, nende liikide järgi, ja kõiksugu tiibadega linnud nende liikide järgi. Ja Jumal nägi, et see hea oli.

22 Ja Jumal õnnistas neid ja ütles: „Olge viljakad ja teid saagu palju, täitke mere vesi, ja lindusid saagu palju maa peale!"

23 Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik, — viies päev.

24 Ja Jumal ütles: „Maa toogu esile elavad olendid nende liikide järgi, lojused ja roomajad ja metselajad nende liikide järgi!" Ja nõnda sündis:

25 Jumal tegi metselajad nende liikide järgi, ja lojused nende liikide järgi, ja kõik roomajad maa peal nende liikide järgi. Ja Jumal nägi, et see hea oli.

26 Ja Jumal ütles: „Tehkem inimesed Oma näo järgi, meie sarnaseks, et nad valitseksid kalade üle meres, lindude üle taeva all, loomade üle ja kogu maa üle ja kõigi roomajate üle, kes maa peal roomavad!",

27 Ja Jumal lõi inimese Oma näo järgi, Jumala näo järgi lõi Ta tema, Ta lõi tema meheks ja naiseks!

28 Ja Jumal õnnistas neid, ja Jumal ütles neile: „Olge viljakad ja teid saagu palju, täitke maa ja alistage see enestele; ja valitsege kalade üle meres, lindude üle taeva all ja kõigi loomade üle, kes maa peal liiguvad!"

29 Ja Jumal ütles: „Vaata, Mina annan teile kõik seemet kandvad taimed kogu maal, ja kõik puud, mis kannavad vilja, milles nende seeme on; need olgu teile roaks.

30 Ja kõigile loomadele maa peal ja kõikidele lindudele taeva all ja kõigile roomajaile maa peal, kelles on elav hing, annan Ma kõiksugu haljast rohtu toiduks!" Ja nõnda sündis.

31 Ja Jumal vaatas kõike, mis Ta oli teinud, ja vaata, see oli väga hea! Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik, — kuues päev.