^3 (A)Then God said, ^(B)“Let there be ^(C)light”; and there was light.

⁶ Then God said, ^(A)“Let there be a ^[a]firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

⁹ Then God said, ^(A)“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and ^(B)let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

¹¹ Then God said, “Let the earth ^(A)bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the ^(B)fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so.

¹⁴ Then God said, “Let there be ^(A)lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and ^(B)seasons, and for days and years;

²⁰ Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living ^[a]creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the ^[b]firmament of the heavens.”

²⁴ Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so.

²⁶ Then God said, ^(A)“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; ^(B)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over ^[a]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

²⁹ And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; ^(A)to you it shall be for food.