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The Beginning
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
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God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
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God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
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God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
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God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
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So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
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Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
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And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
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God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
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Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
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By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
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Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
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Adam and Eve
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
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Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,
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Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
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Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
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A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
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The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
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The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
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The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
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Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
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So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
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So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
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Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
