1 No princípio, Deus criou os céus e a terra. 2 A terra era sem forma e vazia, a escuridão cobria as águas profundas, e o Espírito de Deus se movia sobre a superfície das águas.

3 Então Deus disse: "Haja luz", e houve luz. 4 E Deus viu que a luz era boa, e separou a luz da escuridão. 5 Deus chamou a luz de "dia" e a escuridão de "noite".

A noite passou e veio a manhã, encerrando o primeiro dia.

6 Então Deus disse: "Haja um espaço entre as águas, para separar as águas dos céus das águas da terra". 7 E assim aconteceu. Deus criou um espaço para separar as águas da terra das águas dos céus. 8 Deus chamou o espaço de "céu".

A noite passou e veio a manhã, encerrando o segundo dia.

9 Então Deus disse: "Juntem-se as águas que estão debaixo do céu num só lugar, para que apareça uma parte seca". E assim aconteceu. 10 Deus chamou a parte seca de "terra" e as águas de "mares". E Deus viu que isso era bom. 11 Então Deus disse: "Produza a terra vegetação: toda espécie de plantas com sementes e árvores que dão frutos com sementes. As sementes produzirão plantas e árvores, cada uma conforme a sua espécie". E assim aconteceu. 12 A terra produziu vegetação: toda espécie de plantas com sementes e árvores que dão frutos com sementes. As sementes produziram plantas e árvores, cada uma conforme a sua espécie. E Deus viu que isso era bom.

13 A noite passou e veio a manhã, encerrando o terceiro dia.

14 Então Deus disse: "Haja luzes no céu para separar o dia da noite e marcar as estações, os dias e os anos. 15 Que essas luzes brilhem no céu para iluminar a terra". E assim aconteceu. 16 Deus criou duas grandes luzes: a maior para governar o dia e a menor para governar a noite, e criou também as estrelas. 17 Deus colocou essas luzes no céu para iluminar a terra, 18 para governar o dia e a noite e para separar a luz da escuridão. E Deus viu que isso era bom.

19 A noite passou e veio a manhã, encerrando o quarto dia.

20 Então Deus disse: "Encham-se as águas de seres vivos, e voem as aves no céu acima da terra". 21 Assim, Deus criou os grandes animais marinhos e todos os seres vivos que se movem em grande número pelas águas, bem como uma grande variedade de aves, cada um conforme a sua espécie. E Deus viu que isso era bom. 22 Então Deus os abençoou: "Sejam férteis e multipliquem-se. Que os seres encham os mares e as aves se multipliquem na terra".

23 A noite passou e veio a manhã, encerrando o quinto dia.

24 Então Deus disse: "Produza a terra grande variedade de animais, cada um conforme a sua espécie: animais domésticos, animais que rastejam pelo chão e animais selvagens". E assim aconteceu. 25 Deus criou grande variedade de animais selvagens, animais domésticos e animais que rastejam pelo chão, cada um conforme a sua espécie. E Deus viu que isso era bom.

26 Então Deus disse: "Façamos o ser humano à nossa imagem; ele será semelhante a nós. Dominará sobre os peixes do mar, sobre as aves do céu, sobre os animais domésticos, sobre todos os animais selvagens da terra e sobre os animais que rastejam pelo chão".

27 Assim, Deus criou os seres humanos à sua própria imagem,

à imagem de Deus os criou;

homem e mulher os criou.

28 Então Deus os abençoou e disse: "Sejam férteis e multipliquem-se. Encham e governem a terra. Dominem sobre os peixes do mar, sobre as aves do céu e sobre todos os animais que rastejam pelo chão".

29 Então Deus disse: "Vejam! Eu lhes dou todas as plantas com sementes em toda a terra e todas as árvores frutíferas, para que lhes sirvam de alimento. 30 E dou todas as plantas verdes como alimento a todos os seres vivos: aos animais selvagens, às aves do céu e aos animais que rastejam pelo chão". E assim aconteceu.

31 Então Deus olhou para tudo que havia feito e viu que era muito bom.

A noite passou e veio a manhã, encerrando 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.