2. The earth was barren,with no form of life;it was under a roaring oceancovered with darkness.But the Spirit of Godwas moving over the water.
3. God said, “I command light to shine!” And light started shining.
4. God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness
5. and named the light “Day” and the darkness “Night”. Evening came and then morning—that was the first day.
6. God said, “I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it.”
7. And that's what happened. God made the dome
8. and named it “Sky”. Evening came and then morning—that was the second day.
9. God said, “I command the water under the sky to come together in one place, so there will be dry ground.” And that's what happened.
10. God named the dry ground “Land”, and he named the water “Sea”. God looked at what he had done and saw that it was good.
11. God said, “I command the earth to produce all kinds of plants, including fruit trees and grain.” And that's what happened.
12. The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.
13. Evening came and then morning—that was the third day.
14. God said, “I command lights to appear in the sky and to separate day from night and to show the time for seasons, special days, and years.
15. I command them to shine on the earth.” And that's what happened.
16. God made two powerful lights, the brighter one to rule the day and the other to rule the night. He also made the stars.
17. Then God put these lights in the sky to shine on the earth,