Orthodox Jewish Bible

Bereshis 1:15-22 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

15. And let them be for lights in the raki'a of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

16. And Elohim made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; He made the kokhavim (stars) also.

17. And Elohim set them in the raki'a of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18. And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and Elohim saw that it was tov.

19. And the erev and the boker were Yom Revi'i (Day Four, the Fourth Day).

20. And Elohim said, Let the waters bring forth an abundance of living creatures, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open raki'a of heaven.

21. And Elohim created great sea creatures, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth in abundance, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and Elohim saw that it was tov.

22. And Elohim blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.