God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness

Then God put these lights in the sky to shine on the earth,

to rule day and night, and to separate light from darkness. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

So God made the giant sea monsters and all the living creatures that swim in the ocean. He also made every kind of bird. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women.

God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.

And I have given the green plants as food for everything else that breathes, including animals, both wild and tame, and birds. And so it was.

God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came, then morning—that was the sixth day.

So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created.

The Seventh Day

By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested.

God blessed the seventh day and made it special, because on that day he rested from his work.

no grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land.

where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found.

So the Lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names. None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.

So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,

The woman stared at the fruit. It looked beautiful and tasty. She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the fruit. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some to him, and he ate it too.

At once they saw what they had done, and they realized they were naked. Then they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.

Late in the afternoon, when the breeze began to blow, the man and woman heard the Lord God walking in the garden. So they hid behind some trees.

Then the Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for the man and his wife.

So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden, where they would have to work the ground from which the man had been made.

Then God put winged creatures at the entrance to the garden and a flaming, flashing sword to guard the way to the life-giving tree.

Later she had another son and named him Abel. Abel became a sheep farmer, but Cain farmed the land.

and Abel also gave an offering to the Lord. He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the Lord the best parts of it. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,

but not with Cain and his offering. This made Cain so angry that he could not hide his feelings.

The Lord said to Cain: What's wrong with you? Why do you look so angry?