1. In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.
2. But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the Spirit of God was brought over the waters.
3. And God said, "Let there be light." And light became.
4. And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.
5. And he called the light, 'Day,' and the darknesses, 'Night.' And it became evening and morning, one day.
6. God also said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters."
7. And God made a firmament, and he divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament. And so it became.
8. And God called the firmament 'Heaven.' And it became evening and morning, the second day.