Genesis 1:3-31

Legacy Standard Bible

³ Then ^(A)God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. ⁴ And God saw that the light was ^(B)good; and God ^(C)separated the light from the darkness. ^5 (D)And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And ^(E)there was evening and there was morning, one day.

⁶ Then God said, “Let there be ^[a]an ^(F)expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” ⁷ So God made the ^[b]expanse and separated ^(G)the waters which were below the ^[c]expanse from the waters ^(H)which were above the ^[d]expanse; and it was so. ⁸ And God called the ^[e]expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹ Then God said, “^(I)Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let ^(J)the dry land appear”; and it was so. ¹⁰ And God called the dry land earth, and the ^(K)gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. ¹¹ Then God said, “Let the earth sprout ^[f](L)vegetation, ^[g]plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after ^[h]their kind ^[i]with seed in them”; and it was so. ¹² And the earth brought forth ^[j]vegetation, ^[k]plants yielding seed after ^[l]their kind, and trees bearing fruit ^[m]with seed in them, after ^[n]their kind; and God saw that it was good. ¹³ And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

¹⁴ Then God said, “Let there be ^[o](M)lights in the ^[p](N)expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for ^(O)signs and for ^(P)seasons and for days and years; ¹⁵ and let them be for ^[q]lights in the ^[r]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. ¹⁶ So God made the two ^[s]great lights, the ^(Q)greater ^[t]light ^[u]to rule the day, and the lesser ^[v]light ^[w]to rule the night, and also ^(R)the stars. ^17 (S)And God placed them in the ^[x]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, ¹⁸ and ^[y]to ^(T)rule the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰ Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth ^[z]across the face of the ^[aa]expanse of the heavens.” ²¹ And God created ^(U)the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. ²² Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” ²³ And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

^24 (V)Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after ^[ab]their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after ^[ac]their kind”; and it was so. ²⁵ God made the ^(W)beasts of the earth after ^[ad]their kind, and the cattle after ^[ae]their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

²⁶ Then God said, “Let ^(X)Us make ^(Y)man in Our image, according to Our likeness, so that they will have ^(Z)dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ^[af]sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁷ And God created man ^(AA)in His own image, in the image of God He created him; ^(AB)male and female He created them. ²⁸ God blessed them, and God said to them, “^(AC)Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ^[ag]sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁹ Then God said, “Behold, ^(AD)I have given to you every plant yielding seed that is on the ^[ah]surface of all the earth, and every tree ^[ai]which has the fruit of the tree yielding seed; it shall be food for you; ³⁰ and ^(AE)to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the ^[aj]sky and to every thing that creeps on the earth ^[ak]which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. ³¹ And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very ^(AF)good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.