I. THE GENEALOGIES OF THE HEAVEN AND OF THE EARTH. II. 4 These are the genealogies of the heaven and of the earth when they were created. I. 1 In the beginning Elôhîm created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the spirit of Elôhîm moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And Elôhîm said, Let there be light and there was light. 4 And Elôhîm saw the light, that it was good and Elôhîm divided the light from the darkness. 5 And Elôhîm called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. 6 And Elôhîm said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And it was so. 7 And Elôhîm made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And Elôhîm saw the firmament, that it was good. 8 And Elôhîm called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. 9 And Elôhîm said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear and it was so. 10 And Elôhîm called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and Elôhîm saw that it was good. 11 And Elôhîm said, Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind: and Elôhîm saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. 14 And Elôhîm said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth 16 And Elôhîm made the two and it was so. great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night he made the stars also. 1 [And Elôhim placed them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.] 17 And Elôhîm set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 1 The restoration of this verse, which is omitted from the text as we now have it, is absolutely necessary to make the history agree with the other Verses. 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and Elôhîm saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. 20 And Elôhîm said, Let the waters swarm with a living pullulation, and let fowl fly above the earth towards the face of the firmament of the heaven. And it was so. 21 And Elôhîm created the great sea-monsters, and all the living and creeping things with which the waters swarm, after their kinds, and every winged fowl after its kind and Elôhîm saw that it was good. 22 And Elôhîm blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. 24 And Elôhîm said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind: and it was so. 25 And Elôhîm made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind and Elôhîm saw that it was good. 1 [And Elôhîm blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.] 26 And Elôhîm said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the This is another verse which is wanting both in our present text and in the ancient versions, but which is also required to make the history of creation complete. |