Genesis 1, side by side

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

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

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

²And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

³God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

³And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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

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

⁵God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.

⁵And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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

⁶And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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.

⁷And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

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

⁸And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

⁹God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.

⁹And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

¹⁰God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.

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

¹¹God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.

¹¹And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

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

¹²And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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

¹³And the evening and the morning were the third day.

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

¹⁴And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

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

¹⁵And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

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.

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

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

¹⁷And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

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

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

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

¹⁹And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

²⁰God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

²⁰And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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.

²¹And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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

²²And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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

²³And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

²⁴God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.

²⁴And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

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.

²⁵And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

²⁶God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. 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.”

²⁶And God 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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

²⁷So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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.”

²⁸And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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.

²⁹And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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.

³⁰And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

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

³¹And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.