1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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John 1:1, John 1:3, John 1:1, John 1:3, Hebrews 11:3

2Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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Jeremiah 4:23, Jeremiah 4:23, Psalms 104:30, Psalms 104:30, Isaiah 45:18

3God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

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2 Corinthians 4:6, 2 Corinthians 4:6, John 1:5, John 1:5, Isaiah 45:7

4God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

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Ecclesiastes 11:7, Genesis 1:18, Ecclesiastes 2:13, Ecclesiastes 11:7, Genesis 1:18

5God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.

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Psalms 74:16, Psalms 74:16, Isaiah 45:7, Isaiah 45:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:5

6God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

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Job 37:18, Job 26:7, Job 26:8, Job 37:18, Job 26:7

7God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

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Psalms 148:4, Proverbs 8:28, Proverbs 8:29, Psalms 148:4, Proverbs 8:28

8God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

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Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:13

9God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together in one gathering, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.

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2 Peter 3:5, 2 Peter 3:5, Jonah 1:9, Jonah 1:9, Jeremiah 5:22

10God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.

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Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:4, Psalms 104:31, Psalms 104:31, Genesis 1:4

11God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.

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Psalms 104:14, Psalms 104:17, Hebrews 6:7, Psalms 104:14, Psalms 104:17

12The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

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Mark 4:28, Mark 4:28, Isaiah 55:10, Isaiah 55:11, Isaiah 55:10

13There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

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14God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

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Psalms 104:19, Psalms 104:20, Deuteronomy 4:19, Psalms 104:19, Psalms 104:20

15and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

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16God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

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Psalms 136:7, Psalms 136:9, Psalms 136:7, Psalms 136:9, Deuteronomy 4:19

17God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

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Psalms 8:3, Psalms 8:3, Psalms 8:1, Psalms 8:1, Job 38:12

18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

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Jeremiah 31:35, Jeremiah 31:35, Psalms 19:6, Psalms 19:6

19There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

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20God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."

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Psalms 104:24, Psalms 104:25, Psalms 104:24, Psalms 104:25, Genesis 2:19

21God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

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Psalms 104:24, Psalms 104:26, Psalms 104:24, Psalms 104:26, Genesis 1:25

22God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

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Genesis 8:17, Genesis 8:17, Psalms 107:38, Genesis 1:28, Job 40:15

23There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

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24God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.

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Psalms 50:9, Psalms 50:10, Psalms 50:9, Psalms 50:10, Genesis 6:20

25God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

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Jeremiah 27:5, Jeremiah 27:5, Job 12:8, Job 12:10, Job 12:8

26God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

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Colossians 3:10, Colossians 3:10, Ephesians 4:24, Ephesians 4:24, Psalms 8:4

27God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.

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Matthew 19:4, Matthew 19:4, Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 2:10, Genesis 5:1

28God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

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Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:7, Genesis 9:7, Leviticus 26:9

29God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

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Genesis 9:3, Genesis 9:3, Psalms 145:15, Psalms 145:16, Psalms 145:15

30To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.

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Psalms 104:14, Psalms 104:14, Psalms 147:9, Psalms 145:15, Psalms 145:16

31God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

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1 Timothy 4:4, 1 Timothy 4:4, Psalms 104:24, Psalms 104:24, Psalms 19:1