Genesis 1 - 2:3
When Elohim set out to form the sky and the land, the land was within a chaotic deluge, and darkness covered its depths, and the breath of Elohim blew over the water: And Elohim commanded "Let there be light" and there was light. And Elohim knew that the light was good. And Elohim separated the light from the darkness. And Elohim named the light, Day,and the darkness he named, Night. So there was evening and there was morning, one day.
And Elohim commanded, "Let there be a canopy in the midst of the water and let it separate water from water." So Elohim stretched out a canopy and it separated the water beneath the canopy from the water above the canopy, and it was so. And Elohim named the canopy, Sky. So there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And Elohim commanded, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry ground appears", and it was so. And Elohim named the dry ground, Land, and the gathered water he named, Seas. And Elohim knew that it was good. And Elohim commanded, "Let the land blossom with vegetation, plant yielding seed, fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, according to the seed", and it was so. And the land blossomed with vegetation, plant yielding seed according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit after the seed in them according to their kind. And Elohim knew that it was good. So there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
And Elohim commanded, "Let there be luminaries in the canopy of the sky to divide between the day and the night. And they will mark time, for seasons, for days and years. And they will be luminaries in the canopy of the sky to give light upon the land", and it was so. And Elohim made two great luminaries, the greater luminary to rule the day and the lesser luminary to rule the night, and the stars. And Elohim placed them within the canopy of the sky to give light upon the land. And to rule over the day and the night, and to separate between the light and between the darkness. And Elohim knew that it was good. So there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
And Elohim commanded, "Let the water teem with swarms of living creatures, and birds flying over the land against the canopy of the sky". And Elohim formed great sea creatures, and all life that springs from the water according to its kind, and every bird of the wing according to its kind, and Elohim knew it was good. And Elohim blessed them and commanded them "Increase and multiply and fill the water of the seas, and the birds increase within the land". So there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
And Elohim commanded, " Let the land bring forth living creatures according to their kind, in herds and swarms, and creatures of the land according to their kind". And it was so.
And Elohim formed the creatures of the land according to their kind, the herds according to their kind and every swarm of the ground according to its kind. And Elohim knew it was good.Then Elohim commanded, "Let us make humans in our image and after our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the herds, and over all the land, and over every swarm that moves upon the land". So Elohim formed humans in his image after the image of Elohim he formed them, male and female, he formed them. And Elohim blessed them and Elohim commanded them, "Increase and multiply, fill the land and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and over every living creature that moves upon the land". And Elohim commanded, "Here, I give to you every plant yielding seed that is upon the surface of all the land and every tree with seed in its fruit. They will be your food. And to all living creatures of the land and to all the birds of the sky and to all that moves upon the land that is alive every green plant for food". And it was so. And Elohim knew everything he had made, and it was very good. So there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Now the sky and the land, and all their hosts were completed. And Elohim completed on the seventh day his work that he did and he abstained on the seventh day from all his work that he did. And Elohim blessed the seventh day and he sanctified it for thereon Elohim abstained from all his work which he set out to form and make.
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translated into English by Mark Westergreen
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