Genesis 1

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.	1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.	2 Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweepingover the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.	3 God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.	4 God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.	5 God cal ed light 'day', and darkness he called 'night'. Evening came and morning came: the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.	6 God said, 'Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.' And so itwas.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.	7 God made the vault, and it divided the waters under the vault from the waters above the vault.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.	8 God cal ed the vault 'heaven'. Evening came and morning came: the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.	9 God said, 'Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let dry land appear.' Andso it was.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.	10 God cal ed the dry land 'earth' and the mass of waters 'seas', and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.	11 God said, 'Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees on earth, bearing fruitwith their seed inside, each corresponding to its own species.' And so it was.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.	12 The earth produced vegetation: the various kinds of seed-bearing plants and the fruit trees with seedinside, each corresponding to its own species. God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.	13 Evening came and morning came: the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:	14 God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicatefestivals, days and years.
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.	15 Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth.' And so it was.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.	16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smal er light to govern thenight, and the stars.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,	17 God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.	18 to govern the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.	19 Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.	20 God said, 'Let the waters be alive with a swarm of living creatures, and let birds wing their way abovethe earth across the vault of heaven.' And so it was.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.	21 God created great sea-monsters and al the creatures that glide and teem in the waters in their ownspecies, and winged birds in their own species. God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.	22 God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fil the waters of the seas; and let the birdsmultiply on land.'
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.	23 Evening came and morning came: the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.	24 God said, 'Let the earth produce every kind of living creature in its own species: cattle, creeping thingsand wild animals of al kinds.' And so it was.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.	25 God made wild animals in their own species, and cattle in theirs, and every creature that crawls alongthe earth in its own species. God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.	26 God said, 'Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be mastersof the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, al the wild animals and al the creatures that creep alongthe ground.'
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.	27 God created man in the image of himself, in the image of God he created him, male and female hecreated them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.	28 God blessed them, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, fil the earth and subdue it. Be masters of thefish of the sea, the birds of heaven and al the living creatures that move on earth.'
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.	29 God also said, 'Look, to you I give all the seed-bearing plants everywhere on the surface of the earth,and all the trees with seed-bearing fruit; this wil be your food.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.	30 And to al the wild animals, al the birds of heaven and al the living creatures that creep along theground, I give all the foliage of the plants as their food.' And so it was.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.	31 God saw al he had made, and indeed it was very good. Evening came and morning came: the sixthday.