Genesis 1:1-31 GNT

[1] In the beginning, when God created the universe, [2] the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the water. [3] Then God commanded, "Let there be light"-and light appeared. [4] God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness, [5] and he named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed and morning came-that was the first day. [6] Then God commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places"-and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it. [8] He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came-that was the second day. [9] Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"-and it was done. [10] He named the land "Earth," and the water which had come together he named "Sea." And God was pleased with what he saw. [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, [28] blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals. [29] I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; [30] but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food"-and it was done. [31] God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came-that was the sixth day.