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.

1 起初， 神创造天地。

2 地是空虚混沌； 深渊上一片黑暗； 神的灵运行在水面上。

3 神说： "要有光！ "就有了光。

4 神看光是好的， 他就把光暗分开了。

5 神称光为昼， 称暗为夜。有晚上， 有早晨； 这是第一日。

6 神说： "众水之间要有穹苍， 把水和水分开！ "事就这样成了。

7 神造了穹苍， 把穹苍以下的水和穹苍以上的水分开了。

8 神称穹苍为天。有晚上， 有早晨； 这是第二日。

9 神说： "天下的水要聚在一处， 使旱地露出来！ "事就这样成了。

10 神称旱地为地， 称水的聚处为海。 神看这是好的。

11 神说： "地上要长出青草、结种子的蔬菜和结果子的树木， 各从其类， 在地上的果子都包着核！ "事就这样成了。

12 于是， 地上长出了青草和结种子的蔬菜， 各从其类； 又长出结果子的树木， 各从其类， 果子都包着核。 神看这是好的。

13 有晚上， 有早晨； 这是第三日。

14 神说： "在天上穹苍中， 要有光体来分昼夜； 这些光体要作为记号， 定节令、日子和年岁；

15 它们要在天上穹苍中发光， 照耀地上！ "事就这样成了。

16 于是， 神造了两个大光体， 大的管昼， 小的管夜； 又造了星星。

17 神把这些光体安放在天上穹苍中， 照耀地上，

18 管昼夜， 分光暗。 神看这是好的。

19 有晚上， 有早晨； 这是第四日。

20 神说： "水要滋长生物； 地上和天空之中， 要有雀鸟飞翔！ "

21 于是， 神创造了大鱼和在水中滋生各种能活动的生物， 各从其类； 又创造了各种有翅膀的飞鸟， 各从其类。 神看这是好的。

22 神就赐福给它们， 说： "要繁殖增多， 充满海洋； 雀鸟也要在地上增多！ "

23 有晚上， 有早晨； 这是第五日。

24 神说： "地上要生出活物来， 各从其类； 牲畜、昆虫和地上的野兽， 各从其类！ "事就这样成了。

25 于是， 神造了地上的野兽， 各从其类； 牲畜， 各从其类； 地上的各种昆虫， 各从其类。 神看这是好的。

26 神说： "我们要照着我们的形象， 按着我们的样式造人； 使他们管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟、地上的牲畜， 以及全地， 和地上所有爬行的生物！ "

27 于是， 神照着自己的形象创造人； 就是照着他的形象创造了人； 他所创造的有男有女。

28 神就赐福给他们， 对他们说： "要繁殖增多， 充满这地， 征服它； 也要管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟和地上爬行的所有生物。"

29 神说： "看哪！ 我把全地上结种子的各样蔬菜， 和一切果树上有种子的果子， 都赐给你们作食物。

30 至于地上的各种野兽， 空中的各种飞鸟， 和地上爬行有生命的各种活物， 我把一切青草蔬菜赐给它们作食物。"事就这样成了。

31 神看他所造的一切都很好。有晚上， 有早晨； 这是第六日。