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.

1 No princípio criou Deus os céus e a terra.2 A terra era sem forma e vazia; e havia trevas sobre a face do abismo, mas o Espírito de Deus pairava sobre a face das águas.3 Disse Deus: haja luz. E houve luz.4 Viu Deus que a luz era boa; e fez separação entre a luz e as trevas.5 E Deus chamou à luz dia, e às trevas noite. E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia primeiro.6 E disse Deus: haja um firmamento no meio das águas, e haja separação entre águas e águas.7 Fez, pois, Deus o firmamento, e separou as águas que estavam debaixo do firmamento das que estavam por cima do firmamento. E assim foi.8 Chamou Deus ao firmamento céu. E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia segundo.9 E disse Deus: Ajuntem-se num só lugar as águas que estão debaixo do céu, e apareça o elemento seco. E assim foi.10 Chamou Deus ao elemento seco terra, e ao ajuntamento das águas mares. E viu Deus que isso era bom.11 E disse Deus: Produza a terra relva, ervas que dêem semente, e árvores frutíferas que, segundo as suas espécies, dêem fruto que tenha em si a sua semente, sobre a terra. E assim foi.12 A terra, pois, produziu relva, ervas que davam semente segundo as suas espécies, e árvores que davam fruto que tinha em si a sua semente, segundo as suas espécies. E viu Deus que isso era bom.13 E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia terceiro.14 E disse Deus: haja luminares no firmamento do céu, para fazerem separação entre o dia e a noite; sejam eles para sinais e para estações, e para dias e anos;15 e sirvam de luminares no firmamento do céu, para alumiar a terra. E assim foi.16 Deus, pois, fez os dois grandes luminares: o luminar maior para governar o dia, e o luminar menor para governar a noite; fez também as estrelas.17 E Deus os pôs no firmamento do céu para alumiar a terra,18 para governar o dia e a noite, e para fazer separação entre a luz e as trevas. E viu Deus que isso era bom.19 E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia quarto.20 E disse Deus: Produzam as águas cardumes de seres viventes; e voem as aves acima da terra no firmamento do céu.21 Criou, pois, Deus os monstros marinhos, e todos os seres viventes que se arrastavam, os quais as águas produziram abundantemente segundo as suas espécies; e toda ave que voa, segundo a sua espécie. E viu Deus que isso era bom.22 Então Deus os abençoou, dizendo: Frutificai e multiplicai-vos, e enchei as águas dos mares; e multipliquem-se as aves sobre a terra.23 E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia quinto.24 E disse Deus: Produza a terra seres viventes segundo as suas espécies: animais domésticos, répteis, e animais selvagens segundo as suas espécies. E assim foi.25 Deus, pois, fez os animais selvagens segundo as suas espécies, e os animais domésticos segundo as suas espécies, e todos os répteis da terra segundo as suas espécies. E viu Deus que isso era bom.26 E disse Deus: Façamos o homem à nossa imagem, conforme a nossa semelhança; domine ele sobre os peixes do mar, sobre as aves do céu, sobre os animais domésticos, e sobre toda a terra, e sobre todo réptil que se arrasta sobre a terra.27 Criou, pois, Deus o homem à sua imagem; à imagem de Deus o criou; homem e mulher os criou.28 Então Deus os abençoou e lhes disse: Frutificai e multiplicai-vos; enchei a terra e sujeitai-a; dominai sobre os peixes do mar, sobre as aves do céu e sobre todos os animais que se arrastam sobre a terra.29 Disse-lhes mais: Eis que vos tenho dado todas as ervas que produzem semente, as quais se acham sobre a face de toda a terra, bem como todas as árvores em que há fruto que dê semente; ser-vos-ão para mantimento.30 E a todos os animais da terra, a todas as aves do céu e a todo ser vivente que se arrasta sobre a terra, tenho dado todas as ervas verdes como mantimento. E assim foi.31 E viu Deus tudo quanto fizera, e eis que era muito bom. E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia sexto.