Jewish

When God began to createaWhen God began to create In contrast to others “In the beginning God created.” heaven and earth—

the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind fromba wind from In contrast to others “the spirit of.” God sweeping over the water—

God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light Day—and called the darkness Night. And there was evening and there was morning, a first day.ca first day In contrast to others “one day.”

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the water, that it may separate water from water.”

God made the expanse, and it separated the water that was below the expanse from the water that was above the expanse. And it was so.

God called the expanse Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

God said, “Let the water below the sky be gathered into one area, that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

God called the dry land Earth—and called the gathering of waters Seas. And God saw that this was good.

And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: seed-bearing plants, fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.” And it was so.

The earth brought forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that this was good.

And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate day from night; they shall serve as signs for the set times—the days and the years;

and they shall serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

God made the two great lights, the greater light to dominate the day and the lesser light to dominate the night, and the stars.

And God set them in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

to dominate the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that this was good.

And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and birds that fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”