1. In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
2. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God was hovering over the water.
3. Then God said, “Let there be light!” So there was light.
4. God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness.
5. God named the light day, and the darkness he named night. There was evening, then morning—the first day.
6. Then God said, “Let there be a horizon in the middle of the water in order to separate the water.”
7. So God made the horizon and separated the water above and below the horizon. And so it was.
8. God named ⌊what was above⌋ the horizon sky. There was evening, then morning—a second day.
9. Then God said, “Let the water under the sky come together in one area, and let the dry land appear.” And so it was.
10. God named the dry land earth. The water which came together he named sea. God saw that it was good.
11. Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: plants bearing seeds, each according to its own type, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seeds, each according to its own type.” And so it was.