⁶ And God said,^(A) “Let there be a vault^(B) between the waters^(C) to separate water from water.” ⁷ So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it.^(D) And it was so.^{(E) 8} God called^(F) the vault “sky.”^(G) And there was evening, and there was morning^(H)—the second day.

⁹ And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,^(I) and let dry ground^(J) appear.” And it was so.^{(K) 10} God called^(L) the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters^(M) he called “seas.”^(N) And God saw that it was good.^(O)

¹¹ Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:^(P) seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.^(Q)” And it was so.^{(R) 12} The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds^(S) and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.^{(T) 13} And there was evening, and there was morning^(U)—the third day.

¹⁴ And God said, “Let there be lights^(V) in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night,^(W) and let them serve as signs^(X) to mark sacred times,^(Y) and days and years,^{(Z) 15} and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.^{(AA) 16} God made two great lights—the greater light^(AB) to govern^(AC) the day and the lesser light to govern^(AD) the night.^(AE) He also made the stars.^{(AF) 17} God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, ¹⁸ to govern the day and the night,^(AG) and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.^{(AH) 19} And there was evening, and there was morning^(AI)—the fourth day.