1 No princípio criou Deus os céus e a terra.
2 A terra era sem forma e vazia; e havia trevas sobre a face do abismo, mas o Espírito de Deus pairava sobre a face das águas.
3 Disse Deus: haja luz. E houve luz.
4 Viu Deus que a luz era boa; e fez separação entre a luz e as trevas.
5 E Deus chamou à luz dia, e às trevas noite. E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia primeiro.
6 E disse Deus: haja um firmamento no meio das águas, e haja separação entre águas e águas.
7 Fez, pois, Deus o firmamento, e separou as águas que estavam debaixo do firmamento das que estavam por cima do firmamento. E assim foi.
8 Chamou Deus ao firmamento céu. E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia segundo.
9 E disse Deus: Ajuntem-se num só lugar as águas que estão debaixo do céu, e apareça o elemento seco. E assim foi.
10 Chamou Deus ao elemento seco terra, e ao ajuntamento das águas mares. E viu Deus que isso era bom.
11 E disse Deus: Produza a terra relva, ervas que dêem semente, e árvores frutíferas que, segundo as suas espécies, dêem fruto que tenha em si a sua semente, sobre a terra. E assim foi.
12 A terra, pois, produziu relva, ervas que davam semente segundo as suas espécies, e árvores que davam fruto que tinha em si a sua semente, segundo as suas espécies. E viu Deus que isso era bom.
13 E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia terceiro.
14 E disse Deus: haja luminares no firmamento do céu, para fazerem separação entre o dia e a noite; sejam eles para sinais e para estações, e para dias e anos;
15 e sirvam de luminares no firmamento do céu, para alumiar a terra. E assim foi.
16 Deus, pois, fez os dois grandes luminares: o luminar maior para governar o dia, e o luminar menor para governar a noite; fez também as estrelas.
17 E Deus os pôs no firmamento do céu para alumiar a terra,
18 para governar o dia e a noite, e para fazer separação entre a luz e as trevas. E viu Deus que isso era bom.
19 E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia quarto.
20 E disse Deus: Produzam as águas cardumes de seres viventes; e voem as aves acima da terra no firmamento do céu.
21 Criou, pois, Deus os monstros marinhos, e todos os seres viventes que se arrastavam, os quais as águas produziram abundantemente segundo as suas espécies; e toda ave que voa, segundo a sua espécie. E viu Deus que isso era bom.
22 Então Deus os abençoou, dizendo: Frutificai e multiplicai-vos, e enchei as águas dos mares; e multipliquem-se as aves sobre a terra.
23 E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia quinto.
24 E disse Deus: Produza a terra seres viventes segundo as suas espécies: animais domésticos, répteis, e animais selvagens segundo as suas espécies. E assim foi.
25 Deus, pois, fez os animais selvagens segundo as suas espécies, e os animais domésticos segundo as suas espécies, e todos os répteis da terra segundo as suas espécies. E viu Deus que isso era bom.
26 E disse Deus: Façamos o homem à nossa imagem, conforme a nossa semelhança; domine ele sobre os peixes do mar, sobre as aves do céu, sobre os animais domésticos, e sobre toda a terra, e sobre todo réptil que se arrasta sobre a terra.
27 Criou, pois, Deus o homem à sua imagem; à imagem de Deus o criou; homem e mulher os criou.
28 Então Deus os abençoou e lhes disse: Frutificai e multiplicai-vos; enchei a terra e sujeitai-a; dominai sobre os peixes do mar, sobre as aves do céu e sobre todos os animais que se arrastam sobre a terra.
29 Disse-lhes mais: Eis que vos tenho dado todas as ervas que produzem semente, as quais se acham sobre a face de toda a terra, bem como todas as árvores em que há fruto que dê semente; ser-vos-ão para mantimento.
30 E a todos os animais da terra, a todas as aves do céu e a todo ser vivente que se arrasta sobre a terra, tenho dado todas as ervas verdes como mantimento. E assim foi.
31 E viu Deus tudo quanto fizera, e eis que era muito bom. E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia sexto.
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning —the first day.
6 And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water."
7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
8 God called the vault "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning —the second day.
9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so.
10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so.
12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
13 And there was evening, and there was morning —the third day.
14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,
15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.
16 God made two great lights —the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening, and there was morning —the fourth day.
20 And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky."
21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth."
23 And there was evening, and there was morning —the fifth day.
24 And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so.
25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, "and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground —everything that has the breath of life in it —I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning —the sixth day.