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 The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.3 Then God said: »Let there be light!« And there was light.4 God saw that the light was good. God separated the light from the darkness.5 God called the light day. He called the darkness night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.6 Then God said: »Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters. Let it separate the waters from the waters.«7 God made the expanse. He separated the waters that were below the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. It was so.8 God called the expanse heaven. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.9 Then God said: »Let the waters below the atmosphere be gathered into one place. Let the dry land appear.« It was so.10 God called the dry land earth. The gathering of the waters He called seas. God saw that it was good.11 Then God said: »Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them.« It was so.12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind. God saw that it was good.13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.14 Then God said: »Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. Let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years.15 »Let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.« It was so.16 God made the two great lights. The sun was to govern the day. The moon was to govern the night. He made the stars also.17 He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth.18 The lights were to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. God saw that it was good.19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.20 God said: »Let the waters be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.«21 God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves in the waters after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.22 God blessed them and said: »Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.«23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.24 God said: »Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.« It was so.25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds. He made the livestock according to their kinds and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.26 Then God said: »Let us make man in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground.«27 God created man in his own image. In the image of God he created him. He created male and female.28 God blessed them and said to them: »Be fruitful and increase in number. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and dominate the birds of the air. Have dominion over every living creature that moves on the ground.«29 Then God said: »I give you every plant that bears seed on the face of the entire earth. I also give you every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.30 »Also every beast of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground; everything that has the breath of life in it, I give every green plant for food.« It was so.31 God saw all that he had made. It was very good. There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.