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 formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day", and the darkness he called "night". There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

6 God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." 7 God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky". There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so. 10 God called the dry land "earth", and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas". God saw that it was good. 11 God said, "Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;" and it was so. 12 The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so. 16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. 19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20 God said, "Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky." 21 God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, "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 earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;" and it was so. 25 God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

26 God said, "Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." 29 God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. 30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.

31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.