³ And God said,^(J) “Let there be light,” and there was light.^(K)

¹¹ Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:^(A) seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.^(B)” And it was so.^{(C) 12} The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds^(D) and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.^(E)

²⁰ And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,^(A) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”^{(B) 21} So God created^(C) the great creatures of the sea^(D) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,^(E) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.^(F) And God saw that it was good.^{(G) 22} God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”^(H)

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)

²⁶ Then God said, “Let us^(A) make mankind^(B) in our image,^(C) in our likeness,^(D) so that they may rule^(E) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(F) 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,^(M) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(N) fill the earth^(O) and subdue it. Rule over^(P) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(Q)”