11. Then he commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit” — and it was done.
12. So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw.
13. Evening passed and morning came — that was the third day.
14. Then God commanded, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;
15. they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth” — and it was done.
16. So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars.
17. He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth,
18. to rule over the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God was pleased with what he saw.
19. Evening passed and morning came — that was the fourth day.
20. Then God commanded, “Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds.”
21. So God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of creatures that live in the water, and all kinds of birds. And God was pleased with what he saw.
22. He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce, and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number.
23. Evening passed and morning came — that was the fifth day.
24. Then God commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small” — and it was done.
25. So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw.
26. Then God said, “And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small.”
27. So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female,