Genesis 1

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.	1 In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.
2 Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweepingover the waters.	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 God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.	3 And God said, “Let there be light.” And light became.
4 God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness.	4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.
5 God cal ed light 'day', and darkness he called 'night'. Evening came and morning came: the first day.	5 And he called the light, ‘Day,’ and the darknesses, ‘Night.’ And it became evening and morning, one 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 God also said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.”
7 God made the vault, and it divided the waters under the vault from the waters above the vault.	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 God cal ed the vault 'heaven'. Evening came and morning came: the second day.	8 And God called the firmament ‘Heaven.’ And it became evening and morning, 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 Truly God said: “Let the waters that are under heaven be gathered together into one place; and let the dry land appear.” And so it became.
10 God cal ed the dry land 'earth' and the mass of waters 'seas', and God saw that it was good.	10 And God called the dry land, ‘Earth,’ and he called the gathering of the waters, ‘Seas.’ And God saw that it was good.
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 And he said, “Let the land spring forth green plants, both those producing seed, and fruit-bearing trees, producing fruit according to their kind, whose seed is within itself, over all the earth.” And so it became.
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 And the land brought forth green plants, both those producing seed, according to their kind, and trees producing fruit, with each having its own way of sowing, according to its species. And God saw that it was good.
13 Evening came and morning came: the third day.	13 And it became evening and the morning, 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 firmament of heaven. And let them divide day from night, and let them become signs, both of the seasons, and of the days and years.
15 Let them be lights in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth.' And so it was.	15 Let them shine in the firmament of heaven and illuminate the earth.” And so it became.
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 And God made two great lights: a greater light, to rule over the day, and a lesser light, to rule over the night, along with the stars.
17 God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth,	17 And he set them in the firmament of heaven, to give light over all the earth,
18 to govern the day and the night and to divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good.	18 and to rule over the day as well as the night, and to divide light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.	19 And it became evening and morning, 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 And then God said, “Let the waters produce animals with a living soul, and flying creatures above the earth, under the firmament of heaven.”
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 And God created the great sea creatures, and everything with a living soul and the ability to move that the waters produced, according to their species, and all the flying creatures, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fil the waters of the seas; and let the birdsmultiply on land.'	22 And he blessed them, saying: “Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea. And let the birds be multiplied above the land.”
23 Evening came and morning came: the fifth day.	23 And it became evening and morning, 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 God also said, “Let the land produce living souls in their kind: cattle, and animals, and wild beasts of the earth, according to their species.” And so it became.
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 And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their species, and the cattle, and every animal on the land, according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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 And he said: “Let us make Man to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the earth.”
27 God created man in the image of himself, in the image of God he created him, male and female hecreated them.	27 And God created man to his own image; to the image of God 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 And God blessed them, and he said, “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon 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 And God said: “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant upon the earth, and all the trees that have in themselves the ability to sow their own kind, to be food for you,
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 for all the animals of the land, and for all the flying things of the air, and for everything that moves upon the earth and in which there is a living soul, so that they may have these on which to feed.” And so it became.
31 God saw al he had made, and indeed it was very good. Evening came and morning came: the sixthday.	31 And God saw everything that he had made. And they were very good. And it became evening and morning, the sixth day.