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

And that's what happened. God made the dome

The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

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.

Then he gave the living creatures his blessing—he told the ocean creatures to increase and live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to increase everywhere on earth.

God made every one of them. Then he 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.

I have provided all kinds of fruit and grain for you to eat.

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.

That's how God created the heavens and the earth.

The Garden of Eden

When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,

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

The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.

The Lord God filled the garden with all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of these gave life—the other gave the wisdom to know the difference between right and wrong.

From Eden a river flowed out to water the garden, then it divided into four rivers.

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

The Tigris River that flows east of Assyria is the third, and the fourth is the Euphrates River.

The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it.

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,