Genesis 1:6-25

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁶ Then God said, “Let there be ^[a]an ^(A)expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” ⁷ God made the ^[b]expanse, and separated ^(B)the waters which were below the ^[c]expanse from the waters ^(C)which were above the ^[d]expanse; and it was so. ⁸ God called the ^[e]expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹ Then God said, “^(D)Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let ^(E)the dry land appear”; and it was so. ¹⁰ God called the dry land earth, and the ^(F)gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. ¹¹ Then God said, “Let the earth sprout ^[f](G)vegetation, ^[g]plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after ^[h]their kind ^[i]with seed in them”; and it was so. ¹² The earth brought forth ^[j]vegetation, ^[k]plants yielding seed after ^[l]their kind, and trees bearing fruit ^[m]with seed in them, after ^[n]their kind; and God saw that it was good. ¹³ There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

¹⁴ Then God said, “Let there be ^[o](H)lights in the ^[p](I)expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for ^(J)signs and for ^(K)seasons and for days and years; ¹⁵ and let them be for ^[q]lights in the ^[r]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. ¹⁶ God made the two ^[s]great lights, the ^(L)greater ^[t]light ^[u]to govern the day, and the lesser ^[v]light ^[w]to govern the night; He made ^(M)the stars also. ^17 (N)God placed them in the ^[x]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, ¹⁸ and ^[y]to ^(O)govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰ Then God said, “Let the waters ^[z]teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth ^[aa]in the open ^[ab]expanse of the heavens.” ²¹ God created ^(P)the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. ²² God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” ²³ There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

^24 (Q)Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after ^[ac]their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after ^[ad]their kind”; and it was so. ²⁵ God made the ^(R)beasts of the earth after ^[ae]their kind, and the cattle after ^[af]their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.