Genesis 1:20-2:9

New International Version

²⁰And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,^(A) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”^(B) ²¹So 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) ²²God 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) ²³And there was evening, and there was morning^(I)—the fifth day.

²⁴And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures^(J) according to their kinds:^(K) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.^(L) ²⁵God made the wild animals^(M) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(N) And God saw that it was good.^(O)

²⁶Then God said, “Let us^(P) make mankind^(Q) in our image,^(R) in our likeness,^(S) so that they may rule^(T) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(U) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁷So God created^(V) mankind^(W) in his own image,^(X)
in the image of God^(Y) he created them;
male and female^(Z) he created them.^(AA)

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(AB) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(AC) fill the earth^(AD) and subdue it. Rule over^(AE) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(AF)”

²⁹Then 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.^(AG) ³⁰And 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^(AH) in it—I give every green plant for food.^(AI)” And it was so.

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

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

²By the seventh day^(AN) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.^(AO) ³Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,^(AP) because on it he rested^(AQ) from all the work of creating^(AR) that he had done.

Adam and Eve

⁴This is the account^(AS) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,^(AT) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

⁵Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth^[b] and no plant had yet sprung up,^(AU) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth^(AV) and there was no one to work the ground, ⁶but streams^[c] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. ⁷Then the Lord God formed^(AW) a man^[d]^(AX) from the dust^(AY) of the ground^(AZ) and breathed into his nostrils the breath^(BA) of life,^(BB) and the man became a living being.^(BC)

⁸Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;^(BD) and there he put the man he had formed. ⁹The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees^(BE) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life^(BF) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.^(BG)

Footnotes

Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth
Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
Genesis 2:6 Or mist
Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).