Genesis 1

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.	1 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,
2 Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweepingover the waters.	2 the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters.
3 God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.	3 Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
4 God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness.	4 God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness.
5 God cal ed light 'day', and darkness he called 'night'. Evening came and morning came: the first day.	5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." Thus evening came, and morning followed--the first day.
6 God said, 'Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.' And so itwas.	6 Then God said, "Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other." And so it happened:
7 God made the vault, and it divided the waters under the vault from the waters above the vault.	7 God made the dome, and it separated the water above the dome from the water below it.
8 God cal ed the vault 'heaven'. Evening came and morning came: the second day.	8 God called the dome "the sky." Evening came, and morning followed--the second day.
9 God said, 'Let the waters under heaven come together into a single mass, and let dry land appear.' Andso it was.	9 Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear." And so it happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared.
10 God cal ed the dry land 'earth' and the mass of waters 'seas', and God saw that it was good.	10 God called the dry land "the earth," and the basin of the water he called "the sea." God saw how good it was.
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.	11 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it." And so it happened:
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.	12 the earth brought forth every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw how good it was.
13 Evening came and morning came: the third day.	13 Evening came, and morning followed--the third day.
14 God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide day from night, and let them indicatefestivals, days and years.	14 Then God said: "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark the fixed times, the days and the years,
15 Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth.' And so it was.	15 and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth." And so it happened:
16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to govern the day, the smal er light to govern thenight, and the stars.	16 God made the two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the night; and he made the stars.
17 God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth,	17 God set them in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth,
18 to govern the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good.	18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw how good it was.
19 Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.	19 Evening came, and morning followed--the fourth day.
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.	20 Then God said, "Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky." And so it happened:
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.	21 God created the great sea monsters and all kinds of swimming creatures with which the water teems, and all kinds of winged birds. God saw how good it was,
22 God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fil the waters of the seas; and let the birdsmultiply on land.'	22 and God blessed them, saying, "Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth."
23 Evening came and morning came: the fifth day.	23 Evening came, and morning followed--the fifth day.
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.	24 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals of all kinds." And so it happened:
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.	25 God made all kinds of wild animals, all kinds of cattle, and all kinds of creeping things of the earth. God saw how good it was.
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.'	26 Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground."
27 God created man in the image of himself, in the image of God he created him, male and female hecreated them.	27 God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them.
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.'	28 God blessed them, saying: "Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth."
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.	29 God also said: "See, I give you every seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food;
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.	30 and to all the animals of the land, all the birds of the air, and all the living creatures that crawl on the ground, I give all the green plants for food." And so it happened.
31 God saw al he had made, and indeed it was very good. Evening came and morning came: the sixthday.	31 God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed--the sixth day.