1 No princípio, Deus criou os céus e a terra.

2 A terra era sem forma e vazia; havia trevas sobre a face do abismo, e o Espírito de Deus se movia sobre as águas.

3 Então Deus disse:

— Haja luz!

E houve luz. 4 E Deus viu que a luz era boa e fez separação entre a luz e as trevas. 5 Deus chamou à luz "dia" e chamou às trevas "noite". Houve tarde e manhã, o primeiro dia.

6 E Deus disse:

— Haja um firmamento no meio das águas e separação entre águas e águas.

7 E Deus fez o firmamento e a separação entre as águas debaixo do firmamento e as águas acima do firmamento. E assim aconteceu. 8 E Deus chamou ao firmamento "céus". Houve tarde e manhã, o segundo dia.

9 E Deus disse:

— Ajuntem-se as águas debaixo dos céus num só lugar, e apareça a porção seca.

E assim aconteceu. 10 Deus chamou à porção seca "terra" e ao ajuntamento de águas chamou "mares". E Deus viu que isso era bom. 11 E Deus disse:

— Que a terra produza relva, ervas que deem semente e árvores frutíferas que deem fruto segundo a sua espécie, cuja semente esteja no fruto sobre a terra.

E assim aconteceu. 12 E a terra produziu relva, ervas que davam semente segundo a sua espécie e árvores que davam fruto, cuja semente estava nele, conforme a sua espécie. E Deus viu que isso era bom. 13 Houve tarde e manhã, o terceiro dia.

14 E Deus disse:

— Que 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 sirvam de luzeiros no firmamento dos céus, para iluminar a terra.

E assim aconteceu. 16 Deus fez 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 iluminarem a terra, 18 para governarem o dia e a noite e fazerem separação entre a luz e as trevas. E Deus viu que isso era bom. 19 Houve tarde e manhã, o quarto dia.

20 E Deus disse:

— Que as águas sejam povoadas de enxames de seres vivos; e as aves voem sobre a terra, sob o firmamento dos céus.

21 Assim Deus criou as grandes criaturas marinhas e todos os seres vivos que se movem, os quais povoam as águas, segundo as suas espécies; e todas as aves, segundo as suas espécies. E Deus viu que isso era bom. 22 E Deus os abençoou, dizendo:

— Sejam fecundos, multipliquem-se e encham as águas dos mares; e, na terra, se multipliquem as aves.

23 Houve tarde e manhã, o quinto dia.

24 E Deus disse:

— Que a terra produza seres vivos, conforme a sua espécie: animais domésticos, animais que rastejam e animais selvagens, segundo a sua espécie.

E assim aconteceu. 25 E Deus fez os animais selvagens, segundo a sua espécie, e os animais domésticos, conforme a sua espécie, e todos os animais que rastejam sobre a terra, segundo a sua espécie. E Deus viu que isso era bom.

26 E Deus disse:

— Façamos o ser humano 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 animais que rastejam pela terra.

27 Assim Deus criou o ser humano à sua imagem, à imagem de Deus o criou; homem e mulher os criou. 28 E Deus os abençoou e lhes disse:

— Sejam fecundos, multipliquem-se, encham a terra e sujeitem-na. Tenham domínio sobre os peixes do mar, sobre as aves dos céus e sobre todo animal que rasteja pela terra.

29 E Deus disse ainda:

— Eis que lhes 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 servirá de alimento para vocês. 30 E para todos os animais da terra, todas as aves dos céus e todos os animais que rastejam sobre a terra, em que há fôlego de vida, toda erva verde lhes servirá de alimento.

E assim aconteceu. 31 Deus viu tudo o que havia feito, e eis que era muito bom. Houve tarde e manhã, o sexto dia.

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was waste 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 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 heavens 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, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their 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 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 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: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of 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 birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird 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 birds multiply on the earth. 23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything 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 birds of the heavens, 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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth 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 bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.