Genesis 1-2

Legacy Standard Bible

Creation

1 ^(A)In the beginning ^(B)God ^(C)created the heavens and the earth. ² And the earth was ^[a](D)formless and void, and ^(E)darkness was over the ^[b]surface of the deep, and ^(F)the Spirit of God ^(G)was hovering over the ^[c]surface of the waters. ³ Then ^(H)God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. ⁴ And God saw that the light was ^(I)good; and God ^(J)separated the light from the darkness. ^5 (K)And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And ^(L)there was evening and there was morning, one day.

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

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

¹⁴ Then God said, “Let there be ^[r](T)lights in the ^[s](U)expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for ^(V)signs and for ^(W)seasons and for days and years; ¹⁵ and let them be for ^[t]lights in the ^[u]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. ¹⁶ So God made the two ^[v]great lights, the ^(X)greater ^[w]light ^[x]to rule the day, and the lesser ^[y]light ^[z]to rule the night, and also ^(Y)the stars. ^17 (Z)And God placed them in the ^[aa]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, ¹⁸ and ^[ab]to ^(AA)rule the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰ Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth ^[ac]across the face of the ^[ad]expanse of the heavens.” ²¹ And God created ^(AB)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 Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” ²³ And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

^24 (AC)Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after ^[ae]their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after ^[af]their kind”; and it was so. ²⁵ God made the ^(AD)beasts of the earth after ^[ag]their kind, and the cattle after ^[ah]their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

²⁶ Then God said, “Let ^(AE)Us make ^(AF)man in Our image, according to Our likeness, so that they will have ^(AG)dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ^[ai]sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁷ And God created man ^(AH)in His own image, in the image of God He created him; ^(AI)male and female He created them. ²⁸ God blessed them, and God said to them, “^(AJ)Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ^[aj]sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁹ Then God said, “Behold, ^(AK)I have given to you every plant yielding seed that is on the ^[ak]surface of all the earth, and every tree ^[al]which has the fruit of the tree yielding seed; it shall be food for you; ³⁰ and ^(AL)to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the ^[am]sky and to every thing that creeps on the earth ^[an]which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. ³¹ And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very ^(AM)good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all ^(AN)their hosts. ² And ^[ao]on ^(AO)the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and ^(AP)He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. ³ Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created ^[ap]in making it.

The Generations of the Heavens and the Earth

^4 (AQ)These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in ^(AR)the day that ^[aq]Yahweh God made earth and heaven. ^5 (AS)Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet grown, ^(AT)for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to ^[ar]cultivate the ground. ⁶ But a ^[as]stream would rise from the earth and water the whole ^[at]surface of the ground. ⁷ Then Yahweh God formed man of ^(AU)dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and so the ^(AV)man became a living ^[au]being. ⁸ And Yahweh God planted a ^(AW)garden in Eden, toward the east; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. ⁹ And out of the ground Yahweh God caused to grow ^(AX)every tree that is ^(AY)desirable in appearance and good for food; ^(AZ)the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰ Now a ^(BA)river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four ^[av]rivers. ¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that ^[aw]went around the whole land of ^(BB)Havilah, where there is gold. ¹² Now the gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. ¹³ And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that ^[ax]went around the whole land of Cush. ¹⁴ And the name of the third river is ^[ay](BC)Tigris; it is the one that went east of ^[az]Asshur. And the fourth river is the ^[ba](BD)Euphrates.

¹⁵ Then Yahweh God took the man and ^[bb]set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. ¹⁶ And Yahweh God ^(BE)commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may surely eat; ¹⁷ but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat from it; for in the day that you eat from it ^(BF)you will surely die.”

¹⁸ Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; ^(BG)I will make him a helper ^[bc]suitable for him.” ^19 (BH)And out of the ground Yahweh God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the ^[bd]sky, and He ^(BI)brought each to the man to see what he would call it; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. ²⁰ And the man gave names to all the cattle and to the birds of the ^[be]sky and to every beast of the field; but for ^[bf]Adam there was not found ^(BJ)a helper ^[bg]suitable for him. ²¹ So Yahweh God caused a ^(BK)deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. ²² And Yahweh God ^[bh]fashioned ^(BL)the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman, and He brought her to the man. ²³ Then the man said,

^24 (BN)Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. ^25 (BO)And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.