1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2. Now the earth was chaos and waste, darkness was on the surface of the deep, and the Ruach Elohim was hovering upon the surface of the water.
3. Then God said, “Let there be light!” and there was light.
4. God saw that the light was good. So God distinguished the light from the darkness.
5. God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” So there was evening and there was morning—one day.
6. Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the water! Let it be for separating water from water.”
7. So God made the expanse and it separated the water that was below the expanse from the water that was over the expanse. And it happened so.
8. God called the expanse “sky.” So there was evening and there was morning—a second day.
9. Then God said, “Let the water below the sky be gathered to one place. Let the dry ground appear.” And it happened so.
10. God called the dry ground “land,” and the collection of the water He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
11. Then God said, “Let the land sprout grass, green plants yielding seed, fruit trees making fruit, each according to its species with seed in it, upon the land.” And it happened so.
12. The land brought forth grass, green plants yielding seed, each according to its species, and trees making fruit with the seed in it, each according to its species. And God saw that it was good.
13. So there was evening and there was morning—a third day.
14. Then God said, “Let lights in the expanse of the sky be for separating the day from the night. They will be for signs and for seasons and for days and years.
15. They will be for lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the land.” And it happened so.