Genesis 1

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.	1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
2 And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over 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: Be light made. And light was made.	3 God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.
4 And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.	4 God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness.
5 And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one 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 made amidst 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 a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that 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 morning were the second day.	8 God cal ed the vault 'heaven'. Evening came and morning came: the second day.
9 God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.	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, he called 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 he said: Let the earth bring forth the green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.	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 the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit having seed each one according to its 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 made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and 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 To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done.	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: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.	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 he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.	17 God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth,
18 And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and 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 morning were the fourth day.	19 Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.
20 God also said: Let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the 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 the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its 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 he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon 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 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 in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.	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 beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its 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 he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth 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 And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created 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, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move 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 upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your 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 all the beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is life, that they may have to feed upon. And it was so done.	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 all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and 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.