²⁴ And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures^(A) according to their kinds:^(B) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.^{(C) 25} God made the wild animals^(D) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(E) And God saw that it was good.^(F)

²⁶ Then God said, “Let us^(G) make mankind^(H) in our image,^(I) in our likeness,^(J) so that they may rule^(K) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(L) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁸ God blessed them and said to them,^(S) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(T) fill the earth^(U) and subdue it. Rule over^(V) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(W)”

²⁹ 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.^{(X) 30} 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^(Y) in it—I give every green plant for food.^(Z)” And it was so.

³¹ God saw all that he had made,^(AA) and it was very good.^(AB) And there was evening, and there was morning^(AC)—the sixth day.

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.^(AD)

² By the seventh day^(AE) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.^{(AF) 3} Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,^(AG) because on it he rested^(AH) from all the work of creating^(AI) that he had done.