VIN(i)
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
4 God saw that the light was good. God separated the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
6 Then God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water!"
7 So God made the expanse, separating the water beneath the expanse from the water above it. And so it was.
8 God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9 And God said, "Let the waters under heaven be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear." And it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said: "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them." It was so.
12 The earth sprouted vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14 God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20 God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
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.
22 God blessed them and said: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 God said: "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." It was so.
25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds. He made the livestock according to their kinds and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
27 And God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them: "Be fruitful and increase in number. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and dominate the birds of the air. Have dominion over every living creature that moves on the ground."
29 Then God said: "I give you every plant that bears seed on the face of the entire earth. I also give you every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
30 "Also every beast of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground; everything that has the breath of life in it, I give every green plant for food." It was so.
31 God saw all that he had made. It was very good. There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
2 1 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.